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Affiliation | Republican |
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Name | Robert P. Griffin |
Address | Traverse City, Michigan , United States |
Email | None |
Website | None |
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November 06, 1923
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Died | April 17, 2015
(91 years)
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Contributor | RP |
Last Modifed | RBH Feb 22, 2022 05:00pm |
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Info | born 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.
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