The Political Graveyard: Kent County, Mich.

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Kent County
Michigan

Politicians who were born in Kent County

Kent County (no city given): Maurice E. Post, 1881 — Andrew Johnson, 1889 — Charles R. Feenstra, 1894 — R. Lester Hill, 1902 — Martin D. Buth, 1917

Ada Township: Thomas H. McNaughton, 1861

Algoma Township: Irving Pennington, 1886

Alto: Richard Posthumus, 1950

Byron Center: Owen F. Bieber, 1929

Caledonia: D. Hale Brake, 1891

Cedar Springs: Harold D. Tripp, 1894

Comstock Park: J. Neal Lamoreaux, 1889

Courtland Township: Samuel J. Wall, 1851 — Frank W. Peterson, 1877

East Grand Rapids: Stanley G. Thayer, 1923

Gaines Township: Clarence E. Kistler, 1869

Grand Rapids:

	Grand Rapids, 1800-1849: Eugene F. Sawyer, 1848
	Grand Rapids, 1850-1899: William F. Sapp, 1856 — Sybrant Wesselius, c.1859 — Charles Holden, 1860 — Patrick H. McGarry, 1860 — Cornelius DeYoung, 1860 — James A. Smith, 1865 — James F. Barnett, 1869 — Harry C. White, 1870 — Ladd J. Lewis, Jr., 1871 — James T. McDermott, 1872 — John W. Reid, 1872 — Roger I. Wykes, 1874 — Oscar E. Kilstrom, 1874 — Louis J. Vanderburg, c.1875 — Leonard D. Verdier, 1877 — Stanley D. Montgomery, 1878 — Milton R. Palmer, 1878 — James C. Quinlan, 1879 — Bartel J. Jonkman, 1884 — Arthur H. Vandenberg, 1884 — Don VanderWerp, 1885 — Earl W. Munshaw, 1886 — Howard F. Baxter, 1886 — Jerry T. Logie, 1887 — Henry L. Schmidt, 1891 — Edward Brouwer, 1892 — Jack Williams, 1892 — Viva Gaunt, 1892 — Frederick H. Mueller, 1893 — John Minnema, 1893 — Harold H. Smedley, 1893 — Owen L. Decker, 1893 — Edward A. Borgman, 1894 — Thomas F. McAllister, 1896 — Dorothy L. Judd, 1898 — Thomas J. Whinery, 1899
	Grand Rapids, 1900-1949: Paul G. Goebel, 1901 — John A. Hannah, 1902 — Walter V. Schaefer, 1904 — Ella D. Koeze, 1905 — Andrew Bolt, 1906 — Joseph E. Arsulowicz, 1909 — John B. Martin, Jr., 1909 — Joseph F. Deeb, 1909 — Anthony F. Bielawski, 1913 — Don F. Seyferth, 1913 — Clarence A. Boonstra, 1914 — Louis C. Schooley, 1914 — Thomas G. Ford, Sr., 1918 — Robert H. Blandford, 1919 — Peter Kok, 1919 — L. William Seidman, 1921 — Jelt Sietsema, 1921 — Richard F. Vander Veen, 1922 — Donald E. Powers, 1923 — Robert J. Danhof, 1925 — Milton Zaagman, 1926 — K. William Stinson, 1930 — Donald E. Holbrook, Jr., 1931 — Herbert H. Carlson, c.1933 — Jack R. Lousma, 1936 — Rick Hill, 1946 — David H. Sawyer, 1947
	Grand Rapids, 1950-1999: John A. Knouse, 1953

Near Grand Rapids: Walter R. Taylor, c.1858

Grattan: Theodore N. Chapin, 1862

Grattan Township: John Saul, 1871

Harvard: M. Thomas Ward, 1884

Near Kent City: M. Harold Saur, 1892 — Ray M. Barrett, 1902

Lisbon: William G. Burton, 1875

Lowell: Ellis E. Faulkner, 1877

Nelson Township: Fay E. Benjamin, 1892

Oakfield: Edward J. Bowman, 1871

Paris Township (now Kentwood): John D. Karel, 1878 — Robert VanderLaan, 1930

Plainfield: Emery R. Beal, 1865

Plainfield Township: Wayne R. Rice, 1885

Rockford: Roy M. Watkins, 1874

Sand Lake: Donald W. Gordon, 1923

Spencer Township: William H. Bradley, 1859

Vergennes Township: Ezra F. Aldrich, 1884

Walker Township (now Walker): Jeremiah H. Anderson, 1843 — Colin P. Campbell, 1877

Wyoming Township (now Wyoming): G. Chase Godwin, 1840 — Harry T. Emmons, 1882 — Gerald DeRuiter, c.1932

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