Dwight Griswold | |
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| United States Senator fromNebraska | |
| In office November 5, 1952 – April 12, 1954 | |
| Preceded by | Fred A. Seaton |
| Succeeded by | Eva Bowring |
| 25th Governor of Nebraska | |
| In office January 9, 1941 – January 9, 1947 | |
| Lieutenant | William E. Johnson Roy W. Johnson |
| Preceded by | Robert Leroy Cochran |
| Succeeded by | Val Peterson |
| Head of the American Mission for Aid toGreece | |
| In office 1947–1948 | |
| President | Harry S. Truman |
| Director of the Internal Affairs and Communications Division of theAllied Control Council | |
| In office 1947 | |
| Appointed by | Harry S. Truman |
| Succeeded by | George B. McKibbin |
| Member of theNebraska Senate | |
| In office 1925–1929 | |
| Member of theNebraska House of Representatives | |
| In office 1920 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Dwight Palmer Griswold (1893-11-27)November 27, 1893 Harrison, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Died | April 12, 1954(1954-04-12) (aged 60) Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
Dwight Palmer Griswold (November 27, 1893 – April 12, 1954) was an American publisher and politician from the U.S. state ofNebraska. He served as the 25thgovernor of Nebraska from 1941 to 1947, and in theUnited States Senate from 1952 until his death in 1954. Griswold was a member of theRepublican Party.
Griswold was born inHarrison, Nebraska, and attended public schools inGordon, Nebraska. He attended the Kearney Military Academy andNebraska Wesleyan University. Griswold received a B.A. degree from theUniversity of Nebraska in Lincoln in 1914.[1]
Griswold served as aninfantrysergeant on theU.S.–Mexico border from 1916 to 1917, and became acaptain infield artillery duringWorld War I.
Griswold was the editor and publisher of theGordon Journal in Gordon, Nebraska, from 1922 to 1940.[2] He served in the Nebraska House of Representatives in 1920 and in the Nebraska Senate from 1925 to 1929.[3] He was an unsuccessful candidate for governor in1932,1934, and1936. He was elected governor in1940 and reelected in1942 and1944. Griswold challengedSen.Hugh A. Butler in the state's1946 Republican primary, but was badly defeated.[4]
Griswold served in theMilitary Government of Germany in 1947 and was chief of the American mission for aid toGreece from 1947 to 1948. He was electedin 1952 to theUnited States Senate to complete an unexpired term scheduled to end on January 3, 1955, but died on April 12, 1954, in theBethesda Naval Hospital of a heart attack. Griswold was the third of six Senators to serve during the fifteenth Senate term forNebraska's Class 2 seat, from January 3, 1949 to January 3, 1955. He is interred at Fairview Cemetery inScottsbluff, Nebraska.[2][5]
Griswold is a member of theNebraska Hall of Fame,[6] inducted in 1993.
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromBiographical Directory of the United States Congress.Federal government of the United States.
Nebraska Blue Book, 1954. (Lincoln, NE: Nebraska Legislative Council, 1954)This biographical sketch is based largely on the entry in theNebraska Blue Book, 1954.
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| Preceded by | Governor of Nebraska January 9, 1941 – January 9, 1947 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | U.S. senator (Class 2) from Nebraska November 5, 1952 – April 12, 1954 Served alongside:Hugh A. Butler | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Republican nominee forGovernor of Nebraska 1932,1934,1936 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Republican nominee forGovernor of Nebraska 1940,1942,1944 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Republican nominee forU.S. Senator fromNebraska (Class 2) 1952 | Succeeded by |
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