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Dwight Griswold

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 27, 1893 in Harrison, NE
Died: April 12, 1954 in Bethesda, MD

Education:

  • University of Nebraska, 1914

Military Service:

  • Infantry, 1916 (served on Mexican border)
  • 1917-1918

Career:

  • Banker
  • Publisher of Gordon Journal, 1922-1940
  • American Mission for Aid to Greece, 1947-1948
  • Nebraska University regent, 1950-1954

Elected Office:

  • NE House, 1921
  • NE Senate, 1925-1929
  • Candidate for NE Governor, 1932, 1934, 1936


Election Results for Dwight Griswold


Click on the Year to see the results of that election.

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 42 NE R Governor Primary 1 85,331 68.5%
1936 42 NE R Governor General 2 257,279 43.1%
1940 46 NE R Governor Primary 1 73,330 42.5%
1940 46 NE R Governor General 1 365,638 60.9%
1942 48 NE R Governor Primary 1 81,567 77.0%
1942 48 NE R Governor General 1 283,271 74.8%
1944 50 NE R Governor Primary 1 74,359 84.8%
1944 50 NE R Governor General 1 410,136 76.1%
1946 52 NE R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 2 48,208 35.1%
1952 58 NE R U.S. Senate Class 2 Special Primary 1 162,952 81.3%
1952 58 NE R U.S. Senate Class 2 Special 1 369,841 63.6%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.



Ideology Data for Dwight Griswold


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
1953 59 Senate 73 19 R 84 38
1954 60 Senate 14 0 R 18 20


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.


Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.


Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)


Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.


Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.