US Congressman, Entrepreneur, Lawyer. He was a United States Representative from the State of Illinois. He was born one of nine children as Peter Charles Granata to Frank Granata (1864-1911), and his wife Rose Cairo Granata (1876-1935), in Chicago, Illinois, on October 28, 1898. He was educated locally and attended the public schools of his native city of Chicago, Illinois, before attending and graduating from the prestigious Bryant and Stratton Business College in Chicago, Illinois, in 1912. Following his education, he became engaged in the coal business in 1917. He was drafted during World War I, but he never served. He then took an interest in local politics and business endeavors. He served as Chief Clerk to the Prosecutor of the City of Chicago, Illinois, from 1926 to 1928, and as the Chief Deputy Coroner for the City of Chicago, Illinois, from 1928 to 1930. He then decided to run for a seat in the United States Congress in 1930, and was elected to represent the Seventy-Second Congress as a Republican Member-elect to succeed the outgoing United States Representative Stanley Henry Kunz (1864-1946), on March 4, 1931. A Member of the Republican Party, he then served Illinois's 8th District (Seventy-Second Congress), in the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1931, to April 5, 1932. Following his term in the United States Congress, he was succeeded in office by the incoming United States Representative Stanley Henry Kunz (1864-1946), on April 5, 1932. The United States Representative Stanley Henry Kunz (1864-1946), who had preceded him in office and then succeeded him had successfully contested the election. He (Granata), had originally won the race by more than 1,000 votes, but the United States Representative Stanley Henry Kunz (1864-1946), successfully argued that, either by fraud or mistake, he was denied the votes of thousands of "straight ticket" ballots. The United States Congress then reviewed the ballots and found that he'd (Kunz), been denied more than 2,300 votes and they declared him the winner. He (Granata), ran again for office but was an unsuccessful Candidate to represent the Seventy-Third Congress in 1932. In total, he was preceded and succeeded in office by United States Representative Stanley Henry Kunz (1864-1946), lost the contested election, and ran again but was unsuccessful. Following his defeat, he engaged in the coal and oil business in Chicago, Illinois, until May of 1933, and served as a Vice President of a glass company in Chicago, Illinois. He then served as an Assistant Director of Finance of the State of Illinois from 1941 to 1943, and as a Member of the Illinois State House of Representatives from 1933 to 1973. While serving as a Member of the Illinois State House of Representatives, he was Chairman of the General Assembly Retirement System Board of Trustees, he was Vice Chairman of the Republican State Central Committee, and was a Delegate at least three Republican National Conventions. He continued to be active in politics and in business pursuits until his death. He had been involved in politics for a total of forty-eight years and resident of Chicago, Illinois, his entire life. He passed away from heart-related issues at St. Francis Xavier Cabrini Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, on September 29, 1973, at the age of 74. Following his death, his funeral services were held through the Granata and Massey's Galewood Funeral Chapel in Chicago, Illinois, and at St. Giles Church in Chicago, Illinois, and he was buried in Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery in Hillside, Illinois. He was married to Johanna M. Wollner Granata (1917-1977), in Cook County, Illinois, on January 5, 1945, and they had two children together, Peter Charles Granta Jr. who born in 1946, and Paul Francis Granata (1955-1995). His wife Johanna survived him and passed away in Chicago, Illinois, on January 12, 1977, at the age of 59, and she is buried in Acacia Park Cemetery and Mausoleum in Norwood Park Township, Illinois.