Dwight Griswold

Dwight Griswold

Dwight Palmer Griswold (born November 27, 1893 in Harrison , Sioux County , Nebraska , † April 12, 1954 in Bethesda , Maryland ) was an American politician and between 1941 and 1947 the 26th Governor of Nebraska. He also represented this state in the US Senate .

Early years and political advancement

Dwight Griswold attended the Kearney Military Academy , Nebraska Wesleyan University, and the University of Nebraska after elementary school . There he graduated in 1914. In 1916 he was used as a sergeant in a border conflict with Mexico . During the First World War he rose to become captain in the US Army . After the war, Griswold began a successful career in banking and as a newspaper publisher. Between 1922 and 1940 he published the newspaper "The Gordon Journal".

Griswold was a member of the Republican Party . In 1920 he was elected to the Nebraska House of Representatives. Between 1925 and 1929 he was a member of the State Senate . In 1934 and 1936 he was defeated by the Democrat Robert Leroy Cochran in the gubernatorial elections , after he had already lost the gubernatorial election to Charles W. Bryan in 1932 . He was more successful in the 1940 election, beating Terry Carpenter .

Governor of Nebraska

Griswold took up his new office on January 9, 1941. After he had been confirmed in 1942 and 1944, he was able to serve as governor until January 9, 1947. His reign was marked by the events of World War II . Since December 7, 1941, the day of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor , the United States had been at war with Japan and shortly afterwards with Germany. This meant that industrial production in Nebraska had to be converted to armaments requirements. At the same time soldiers were drafted and recruited for the US armed forces. After the end of the war in 1945, the war-related changes had to be reduced to meet civilian needs. Alongside these events, a new labor law was introduced in Nebraska, and the recruitment process into the civil service was changed. Better qualified applicants should be given preference in recruitment.

Another résumé

In 1946, Griswold applied unsuccessfully for a seat in the US Senate. In 1947 he was a member of the American military government in Germany and from 1947 to 1948 he was a member of the American Aid Committee for Greece . In 1952 he managed to get into the US Senate, where he stayed at the Bethesda Naval Hospital until his death on April 12, 1954 . Dwight Griswold was married to Erma Elliott, with whom he had two children.

Web links

• Dwight Griswold in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Dwight Griswold in the National Governors Association (English)
• Dwight Griswold in the database of Find a Grave (English)