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  Griffiths, Martha W.
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AffiliationDemocratic  
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NameMartha W. Griffiths
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Detroit, Michigan , United States
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Born January 29, 1912
DiedApril 22, 2003 (91 years)
ContributorNot in Public Domain
Last ModifedMr. Matt
Feb 28, 2022 10:06pm
Tags Married - Presbyterian -
InfoMrs. Martha Edna Wright Griffiths

attended the public schools; B.A., University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo., 1934; graduated from the University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Mich., 1940; lawyer, private practice; legal department, American Automobile Insurance Co., 1941-1942; Detroit, Mich., Ordnance District contract negotiator, 1942-1946; elected to the Michigan state house of representatives, 1948-1952; appointed as recorder and judge of Recorders Court in Detroit, 1953; elected as judge, 1953-1954; delegate, Democratic National Conventions, 1956 and 1968; unsuccessful candidate for election to the Eighty-third Congress in 1952; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-fourth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1955-December 31, 1973); was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-third Congress in 1972; lieutenant governor of Michigan, 1982-1991; died on April 22, 2003, in Amarda, Mich..


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  11/04/1986 MI Lt. Governor Won 68.10% (+36.66%)
  11/02/1982 MI Lt. Governor Won 51.36% (+6.31%)
  11/07/1972 MI District 17 Won 66.44% (+33.93%)
  07/13/1972 US Vice President - D Convention Lost 0.03% (-59.04%)
  11/03/1970 MI District 17 Won 79.67% (+59.34%)
  11/05/1968 MI District 17 Won 74.83% (+50.02%)
  11/08/1966 MI District 17 Won 69.18% (+38.36%)
  08/02/1966 MI District 17 - D Primary Won 86.31% (+72.63%)
  11/03/1964 MI District 17 Won 72.83% (+45.79%)
  11/06/1962 MI District 17 Won 59.26% (+18.53%)
  11/08/1960 MI District 17 Won 57.59% (+15.37%)
  11/04/1958 MI District 17 Won 60.33% (+20.81%)
  08/05/1958 MI District 17- D Primary Won 89.13% (+78.25%)
  11/06/1956 MI District 17 Won 53.30% (+6.79%)
  11/02/1954 MI District 17 Won 52.17% (+4.61%)
  08/03/1954 MI District 17 - D Primary Won 63.18% (+26.36%)
  11/04/1952 MI District 17 Lost 46.98% (-5.88%)
  08/05/1952 MI District 17- D Primary Won 49.87% (+24.78%)
ENDORSEMENTS
US Vice President - Appointment - Dec 19, 1974 NPA Reject