Glenn Griswold

Offices

U.S. House
District 11
In office
Mar 4, 1931 to Mar 4, 1933

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
Left: Redistricting
District 5
In office
Mar 4, 1933 to Jan 3, 1939

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
Left: Lost Reelection Bid
7 years, 10 months, 3 days
Glenn Griswold spent 7 years, 10 months, 3 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the federal level.

Elections

1930–U.S. House (District 11) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 4, 1930
51.26%
Glenn Griswold*, Democratic, 41,823 votes
48.74%
Albert R. Hall (i), Republican, 39,771 votes
Out of 81,594 votes casts, the margin of victory was 2,052 (2.52%)
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1932–U.S. House (District 5) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 8, 1932
53.51%
Glenn Griswold (i)*, Democratic, 70,698 votes
45.34%
J. Raymond Schutz, Republican, 59,904 votes
 1.15%
Axel B. Broo, Socialist, 1,513 votes
Out of 132,115 votes casts, the margin of victory was 10,794 (8.17%)
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1934–U.S. House (District 5) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 1934
54.06%
Glenn Griswold (i)*, Democratic, 68,079 votes
44.80%
Albert R. Hall, Republican, 56,420 votes
 0.62%
Jacob Mueller, Socialist, 778 votes
 0.52%
George Schafer, Prohibition, 657 votes
Out of 125,934 votes casts, the margin of victory was 11,659 (9.26%)
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1936–U.S. House (District 5) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 3, 1936
52.63%
Glenn Griswold (i)*, Democratic, 70,854 votes
47.18%
Benjamin J. Brown, Republican, 63,517 votes
 0.19%
Herman Vogel, Socialist, 257 votes
Out of 134,628 votes casts, the margin of victory was 7,337 (5.45%)
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1938–U.S. House (District 5) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 8, 1938
54.66%
Forest A. Harness*, Republican, 73,102 votes
45.34%
Glenn Griswold (i), Democratic, 60,643 votes
Out of 133,745 votes casts, the margin of victory was 12,459 (9.32%)
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In the 5 races for which we have results, Glenn Griswold had a record of 4-1. That includes a record of 4-1 in 5 general elections.