Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'ịbụ onye ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị New Deal dọọrọ mmasị ya, ọ gbanwere ọrụ ya. A họpụtara Gruening ka ọ bụrụ onye nnọchi anya ndị US na 7th Inter-American Conference na 1933, Director nke Ngalaba nke Mpaghara na Island Possessions nke Ngalaba nke Ime Obodo, 1934<unk>1939, na Administrator nke Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration, 1935<unk>1937. Ọ bụ onye otu Alaska International Highway Commission site na 1938 ruo 1942. N'afọ 1939, a họpụtara Gruening ka ọ bụrụ Gọvanọ nke Ala Alaska, ọ rụkwara ọrụ ahụ afọ iri na atọ na ọkara. Ọ bụ onye nnọchiteanya na Democratic National Convention nke 1952,
1956, na 1960, a họpụtara ya na United States Senate na 1958, na-eje ozi ruo afọ 10.