Home About Chat Users Issues Party Candidates Polling Firms Media News Polls Calendar Key Races United States President Senate House Governors International

New User Account
"A comprehensive, collaborative elections resource." 
Email: Password:

  Griffin, Robert P.
CANDIDATE DETAILS
AffiliationRepublican  
 
NameRobert P. Griffin
Address
Traverse City, Michigan , United States
EmailNone
WebsiteNone
Born November 06, 1923
DiedApril 17, 2015 (91 years)
ContributorRP
Last ModifedRBH
Feb 22, 2022 05:00pm
Tags Church of Christ -
Infoborn in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., November 6, 1923; attended public schools in Garden City and Dearborn, Mich.; during the Second World War enlisted in the Seventy-first Infantry Division in 1943 and spent fourteen months in Europe; graduated, Central Michigan College at Mount Pleasant 1947; received law degree from University of Michigan Law School 1950; was admitted to the bar in 1950 and commenced the practice of law in Traverse City, Mich.; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-fifth and to the four succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1957, until his resignation May 10, 1966; appointed to the United States Senate May 11, 1966, to fill vacancy caused by the death of Patrick V. McNamara; elected November 8, 1966, to full six-year term commencing January 3, 1967; reelected in 1972 and served from May 11, 1966, to January 2, 1979; Republican whip 1969-1977; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1978; is a resident of Traverse City, Mich.


JOB APPROVAL POLLS

BOOKS
Title Purchase Contributor

EVENTS
Start Date End Date Type Title Contributor

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor

DISCUSSION
Importance? 0.00000 Average

FAMILY

INFORMATION LINKS
RACES
  11/07/1978 MI US Senate Lost 47.85% (-4.29%)
  08/08/1978 MI US Senate- R Primary Won 78.30% (+56.60%)
  01/03/1977 Minority Leader Lost 48.65% (-2.70%)
  01/03/1975 US Senate Assistant Minority Leader Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  01/03/1973 US Senate Assistant Minority Leader Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/07/1972 MI US Senate Won 52.28% (+5.98%)
  01/03/1971 US Senate Assistant Minority Leader Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  09/24/1969 US Senate Assistant Minority Leader Won 53.49% (+6.98%)
  11/08/1966 MI US Senate Won 55.90% (+12.05%)
  11/08/1966 MI US Senate - Special Election Won 56.01% (+12.30%)
  05/11/1966 MI US Senate Appointment Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/03/1964 MI District 9 Won 57.43% (+14.86%)
  11/06/1962 MI District 9 Won 59.41% (+18.82%)
  11/08/1960 MI District 9 Won 59.64% (+19.36%)
  11/04/1958 MI District 9 Won 56.79% (+13.59%)
  11/06/1956 MI District 9 Won 55.98% (+11.95%)
  08/07/1956 MI District 09- R Primary Won 52.27% (+16.27%)
ENDORSEMENTS
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 17, 1975 R John Paul Stevens
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 15, 1971 R William H. Rehnquist
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 09, 1971 D Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr.
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - May 17, 1970 R Harry Blackmun
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Apr 08, 1970 R G. Harrold Carswell
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Nov 21, 1969 NPA Reject
Supreme Court - Chief Justice - Jun 23, 1969 R Warren E. Burger
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Aug 30, 1967 D Thurgood Marshall