Selected officials of Alpena County

(not intended to be complete)

Seth L. Carpenter (County Clerk, 1871-72) Christian A. Oppenborn (County Treasurer, 1901-04) Frank D. Scott (Prosecuting Attorney, 1905-08) Richard H. Deadman (County Clerk, 1909-12) Carl R. Henry (Prosecuting Attorney) Richard H. Deadman (County Treasurer, 1917-21) Donald M. Habermehl (Prosecuting Attorney, 1949-54) Joseph P. Swallow (Prosecuting Attorney, 1963-64)

Politicians who were born in Alpena County

• Alpena: Otto W. Bishop 1875 William A. Comstock 1877 Frank D. Scott 1878 Alex J. Polk 1883 John D. Bingham 1884 Henry Douville 1884 Edward J. Halloran 1884 Allen G. Ludington 1889 Howard R. Estes 1894 Gerald W. Graves 1923 Joseph P. Swallow 1932 John F. Gilmet c.1961
• Herron: Donald M. Habermehl 1919
• See also Mich. birthplaces not assigned to counties.

Politicians who lived in Alpena County

• No city given: Christian A. Oppenborn
• Alpena:
  • Lived in Alpena, 1850-1899: Caspar Alpern - E. O. Avery - Seth L. Carpenter - Seth L. Carpenter - Joseph Cavanaugh - Andrew W. Comstock - Robert M. Donnelly - Frank Emerick - Charles R. Henry - Robert J. Kelley - Albert Pack - L. J. Robinson - Lyman J. Sylvester - Jonathan B. Tuttle
  • Lived in Alpena, 1900-1949: John D. Bingham - Otto W. Bishop - Duncan A. Cameron - Marie B. Comstock - William A. Comstock - Lemuel G. Dafoe - Richard H. Deadman - Lemeul G. Defoe - Henry Douville - Frank Emerick - Harry Fletcher - Philip J. Glennie - Henry K. Gustin - Carl R. Henry - Charles R. Henry - E. E. Knight - John Monaghan - Francis J. O'Donnell - Richard W. Piepkorn - Robert H. Rayburn - Michael Ryan - Frank D. Scott - Fred P. Smith - Mary L. Veenfliet - Arthur W. Wilcox
  • Lived in Alpena, 1950-1999: Roger Bauer - Otto W. Bishop - V. Myron Blixt - Howard Boudreau - John F. Gilmet - Philip J. Glennie - Gerald W. Graves - Edna Green - Dennis P. Grenkowicz - Donald M. Habermehl - Carl R. Henry - Harlo Herron - Frank J. Kelley - Herbert A. Kurrasch - Phil Ludlow - John J. Mack - Andy Neumann - Kenneth L. Oke - Clarence E. Smith - Joseph P. Swallow - Fred K. Taber - Walter W. Weinkauf - Arthur W. Wilcox - Carl A. Woloszyk
  • Lived in Alpena, 2000-2009: V. Myron Blixt - Heather Bodem - Clint Bohlen - John F. Gilmet - Kenneth L. Oke - Keith Titus
• Green Township: Alonzo B. Green
• Ossineke: Norman R. Martinson - James L. Sanborn
• See also Mich. areas not assigned to counties.

Politicians who died in Alpena County

• Alpena: Charles R. Henry 1926
• Ossineke: James L. Sanborn 1938
• See also Mich. deathplaces not assigned to counties.

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Alpena County

• Alpena Unknown location
• Alpena Alpena Cemetery
• Alpena Evergreen Cemetery

Politicians buried here:

• William Alfred Comstock (1877-1949) — also known as William A. Comstock; Bill Comstock — of Alpena, Alpena County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Alpena, Alpena County, Mich., July 2, 1877. Son of William B. Comstock and Myra (Rapelji) Comstock; married, April 22, 1919, to Josephine White. Democrat. Builder and operator of electric railways, 1899-1922; president, State Savings Bank (Alpena), 1906-09; real estate business; mayor of Alpena, Mich., 1913-14; member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1914-16; member of Michigan Democratic State Central Committee, 1915; Michigan Democratic state chair, 1920-24; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1924, 1928, 1932; member of Democratic National Committee from Michigan, 1924-30; Governor of Michigan, 1933-34; defeated, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1934. Episcopalian. Member, Zeta Psi; Freemasons; Elks; Eagles. Died June 16, 1949. Interment somewhere.
  • Cross-reference: Rudolph G. Tenerowicz; Willis M. Brewer
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• James L. Sanborn (1856-1938) — of Ossineke, Alpena County, Mich. Born in Sanborn, Niagara County, N.Y., March 17, 1856. Son of Lee R. Sanborn; married to Lorretta Roberts; father of Laura Sanborn (who married John David Bingham). Member of Michigan state house of representatives from Alpena County, 1907-10; defeated (Independent Republican), 1910. Died in Ossineke, Alpena County, Mich., November 29, 1938. Entombed in mausoleum at Alpena Cemetery.
  • See also Sanborn family of Michigan
  
  

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Politicians buried here:

• Frank Douglass Scott (1878-1951) — also known as Frank D. Scott — of Alpena, Alpena County, Mich. Born in Alpena, Alpena County, Mich., August 25, 1878. Republican. Lawyer; Alpena County Prosecuting Attorney, 1905-08; member of Michigan state senate 29th District, 1911-14; U.S. Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1915-27; defeated in primary, 1926. Scottish ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Elks. Died in Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Fla., February 12, 1951. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Henry William Harrington (1825-1882) — of Madison, Jefferson County, Ind. Born near Cooperstown, Otsego County, N.Y., September 12, 1825. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1860; U.S. Representative from Indiana 3rd District, 1863-65; defeated, 1864. Died in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., March 20, 1882. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Carl R. Henry (1887-1966) — of Alpena, Alpena County, Mich. Born in Au Sable, Iosco County, Mich., November 17, 1887. Son of Charles Roswell Henry. Democrat. Lawyer; Alpena County Prosecuting Attorney; candidate for Michigan state house of representatives from Alpena County, 1916; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1928; candidate for justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1930. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; Rotary; Freemasons; Elks. Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., December 13, 1966. Cremated; ashes interred at Evergreen Cemetery.
  
  
• Charles Roswell Henry (1856-1926) — also known as Charles R. Henry — of Au Sable, Iosco County, Mich.; Alpena, Alpena County, Mich. Born in Lake Ridge, Macon Township, Lenawee County, Mich., December 29, 1856. Father of Carl R. Henry. Lawyer; member of Michigan state senate 29th District, 1885. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons. Died of apoplexy (cerebral hemorrhage), after a period of heart trouble, in Alpena, Alpena County, Mich., February 26, 1926. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
  
  
• Richard Hector Deadman (1872-1962) — also known as Richard H. Deadman — of Alpena, Alpena County, Mich. Born in Clandeboye, Ontario, September 20, 1872. Married 1901 to Lillie M. Rea. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; real estate business; Alpena County Clerk, 1909-12; Alpena County Treasurer, 1917-21; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Alpena District, 1939-50; defeated in primary, 1936, 1950, 1954. Episcopalian. English and Scottish ancestry. Member, Odd Fellows; Grange; Elks. Died January 16, 1962. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
  
  
• John David Bingham (1884-1942) — also known as John D. Bingham — of Alpena, Alpena County, Mich. Born in Alpena, Alpena County, Mich., May 16, 1884. Son of John Bingham and Elizabeth Mulvena Bingham; married, June 10, 1911, to Laura Sanborn (granddaughter of Lee R. Sanborn; daughter of James L. Sanborn). Republican. Superintendent, Michigan Alkali Company; manager, Huron Port Cement; director, Peoples State Bank; mayor of Alpena, Mich., 1930-40. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Eagles. Died, from kidney failure, 1942. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
  • See also Sanborn family of Michigan
  
  
• James D. Turnbull (d. 1900) — of Michigan. Candidate for circuit judge in Michigan 26th Circuit, 1899. Died in 1900. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
  
  

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