Claim: In 1904, Henry Littleton Groom unsuccessfully contested the seat of Drayton and Toowoomba in the Queensland and as a politician he was inferior to his younger brother, Littleton Groom.
Evidence: In 1904, Groom unsuccessfully contested the seat of Drayton and Toowoomba in the Queensland Legislative Assembly following the death of John Fogarty. As a politician he was inferior to his younger brother, Littleton Groom, a future Speaker of the Federal Parliament and member for the federal seat of Darling Downs.