Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Nā te hiahia ki ngā kaupapa tōrangapū o te New Deal, ka huri ia i tana mahi. I tohua a Gruening ki te roopu o te US ki te 7th Inter-American Conference i te 1933, Kaiwhakahaere o te Wahanga o nga Whenua me nga Whenua o te Tari o nga Whenua, 1934<unk>1939, me te Kaiwhakahaere o te Whakahaere Whakahou o Puerto Rico, 1935<unk>1937. He mema ia o te Komihana Rori Nui o Alaska mai i te 1938 ki te 1942. I te tau 1939, i tohua a Gruening hei Kawana o te Rohe o Alaska, a i mahi ia i taua tuunga mo te 13 1/2 tau. He karere ia ki te Democratic National Conventions o 1952,
1956, me te 1960, ka pootihia ki te United States Senate i te 1958, e mahi ana mo nga tau 10.