Robert P. Griffin

A Representative and a Senator from Michigan. 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 1943 and served three years in the U. S. Army, fourteen months in the European theater. Graduated, Central Michigan College at Mount Pleasant 1947. Received law degree from University of Michigan Law School 1950. 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 on May 11, 1966, to the United States Senate 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 3, 1979. Republican whip 1969-1977. Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1978. Was a resident of Traverse City, Mich, until his death on April 16, 2015.  . Interment in Linwood Cemetery, Grand Traverse County, Mich.