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Dwight Griswold

Dwight Palmer Griswold
United States Senator
from Nebraska
In office
November 5, 1952 – April 12, 1954
Preceded byFred A. Seaton
Succeeded byEva Bowring
25th Governor of Nebraska
In office
January 9, 1941 – January 9, 1947
LieutenantWilliam E. Johnson
Roy W. Johnson
Preceded byRobert Leroy Cochran
Succeeded byVal Peterson
Head of the American Mission for Aid to Greece
In office
1947–1948
PresidentHarry S. Truman
Director of the Internal Affairs and Communications Division of the Allied Control Council
In office
1947
Appointed byHarry S. Truman
Succeeded byGeorge B. McKibbin
Member of the Nebraska Senate
In office
1925–1929
Member of the Nebraska House of Representatives
In office
1920
Personal details
Born(1893-11-27)November 27, 1893
Harrison, Nebraska, U.S.
DiedApril 12, 1954(1954-04-12) (aged 60)
Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
Political partyRepublican

Dwight Palmer Griswold (November 27, 1893 – April 12, 1954) was an American publisher and politician from the U.S. state of Nebraska. He served as the 25th governor of Nebraska from 1941 to 1947, and in the United States Senate from 1952 until his death in 1954. Griswold was a member of the Republican Party.


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