Selected officials of Wayne County

(not intended to be complete)

Alexander W. Buel (Prosecuting Attorney, 1843-46) Charles Flowers (Circuit Court Commissioner, 1881-84) Joseph M. Weiss (Circuit Court Commissioner) John S. Haggerty (Road Commissioner) Philip T. Van Zile (Prosecuting Attorney, 1911) Paul W. Voorhies (Prosecuting Attorney, 1921-24) Harry S. Toy (Prosecuting Attorney, 1931-34) Leo J. Nowicki (Drain Commissioner, 1933-36) Elmer B. O'Hara (County Clerk, 1933-36) Thomas C. Wilcox (Sheriff, 1933-40) Harold E. Stoll (Register of Deeds, 1933-42) Fred C. Fischer (Superintendent of Schools, 1935-54) Andrew C. Baird (Sheriff, 1940-46) Edward Behrendt (Sheriff, 1947-48) Harold E. Stoll (County Clerk, 1947-63) Andrew C. Baird (Sheriff, 1949-63) Peter L. Buback (Sheriff, 1963-68) William L. Cahalan (Prosecuting Attorney, 1967-83) Roman S. Gribbs (Sheriff, 1968-69) Joseph B. Sullivan (County Clerk, 1970) Charmie Currie (County Commissioner) William Lucas (Sheriff, 1970-82) Charles N. Youngblood (Drain Commissioner, 1973-88) Robert A. Ficano (Sheriff, 1983-2002) William Lucas (County Executive, 1983-86) Edward H. McNamara (County Executive, 1987-2002) Teola Hunter (County Clerk, 1993-96) Robert A. Ficano (County Executive, 2003-) Warren C. Evans (Sheriff, 2003-)

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Wayne County

• Belleville Hillside Cemetery
• Dearborn Heights St. Hedwig Cemetery
• Detroit Unknown location
• Detroit Belle Isle Park
• Detroit Capitol Park
• Detroit Elmwood Cemetery
• Detroit Evergreen Cemetery
• Detroit Ford Cemetery
• Detroit Forest Lawn Cemetery
• Detroit Grand Circus Park
• Detroit Grand Lawn Cemetery
• Detroit Holy Cross Cemetery
• Detroit Marygrove College Memorial Garden
• Detroit Mt. Elliott Cemetery
• Detroit Mt. Olivet Cemetery
• Detroit Roseland Park
• Detroit Russell Street Cemetery
• Detroit St. Anne's Church
• Detroit Sweetest Heart of Mary Cemetery
• Detroit Woodlawn Cemetery
• Detroit Woodmere Cemetery
• Huron Township Michigan Memorial Park
• Livonia Mt. Hope Memorial Gardens
• Livonia Park Lawn Cemetery
• Plymouth Riverside Cemetery
• Wayne Glenwood Cemetery
• Wyandotte Mt. Carmel Cemetery

Politicians buried here:

• Fred Christian Fischer (1879-1963) — also known as Fred C. Fischer — of Belleville, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Flat Rock, Wayne County, Mich., 1879. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1920; candidate in primary for U.S. Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1934; Wayne County Superintendent of Schools, 1935-54. Methodist. German ancestry. Member, Freemasons. A library in Belleville, Michigan, and an elementary school in Taylor, Michigan, are named for him. Died, from a stroke, in St. Joseph's Hospital, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., 1963. Interment at Hillside Cemetery.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Jack E. Legel (1936-2001) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in 1936. Democrat. Member of Michigan state house of representatives 2nd District, 1975-80; defeated, 1966 (17th District), 1968 (17th District), 1970 (17th District), 1980 (2nd District), 1982 (3rd District), 1982 (1st District), 1984 (2nd District), 1986 (2nd District), 1992 (14th District); alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1980; candidate in primary for Michigan state senate 5th District, 1994. Died, of liver cancer, in the Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospice, Wyandotte, Wayne County, Mich., November 14, 2001. Interment at St. Hedwig Cemetery.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Stanley W. Turner (1843-1905) — of Michigan. Born in 1843. Republican. Member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1877, 1889-90 (Ingham County 2nd District 1877, Ogemaw District 1889-90); Michigan state auditor general, 1893-96. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., March 26, 1905. Interment somewhere.
  
  
• Charles H. Mahoney — of Wayne County, Mich. Republican. Republican candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1932, 1934 (primary), 1936 (primary). Interment somewhere.
  
  
• Sheridan J. Colby (1864-1909) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Woodhull Township, Shiawassee County, Mich., December 2, 1864. Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1899-1904, 1907-09; died in office 1909. Died May 19, 1909. Interment somewhere.
  
  

Politicians formerly buried here:

• Hazen Stuart Pingree (1840-1901) — also known as Hazen S. Pingree — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Denmark, Oxford County, Maine, August 30, 1840. Son of Jasper Pingree and Adeline (Bryant) Pingree; relative of Samuel Everett Pingree; married 1872 to Frances A. Gilbert. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; boot and shoe manufacturer; mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1890-97; Governor of Michigan, 1897-1900. English ancestry. Died June 18, 1901. Original interment somewhere; reinterment at Woodlawn Cemetery; statue at Grand Circus Park.
  • Cross-reference: George A. Loud
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Hiram Alden (c.1792-1838) — of Branch County, Mich. Born in New York. Physician; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Branch County, 1835-37. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., November 28, 1838. Original interment somewhere; reinterment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Coldwater, Mich.
  
  

Politicians who have monuments here:

• Alpheus Starkey Williams (1810-1878) — also known as Alpheus S. Williams — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Saybrook, Middlesex County, Conn., September 20, 1810. Son-in-law of Charles Larned. Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper editor; probate judge in Michigan, 1839; recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1842; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; postmaster; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for Governor of Michigan, 1866; U.S. Minister to Salvador, 1866-69; U.S. Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1875-78; died in office 1878. Suffered a stroke and died in the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., December 21, 1878. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery; statue erected 1921 at Belle Isle Park.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Stevens Thomson Mason (1811-1843) — also known as Stevens T. Mason; Tom Mason; "The Boy Governor"; "Young Hotspur"; "The Stripling" — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born near Leesburg, Loudoun County, Va., October 27, 1811. Great-grandnephew of George Mason; great-grandson of Thomson Mason; grandson of Stevens Thomson Mason (1760-1803); grandnephew of John Thomson Mason (1765-1824); second cousin once removed of Thomson Francis Mason and James Murray Mason; nephew of Armistead Thomson Mason; son of John Thomson Mason (1787-1850) and Elizabeth Baker (Moir) Mason (1789-1839); married, November 1, 1838, to Julia Elizabeth Phelps (1818-1870); first cousin once removed of John Thomson Mason, Jr.; third cousin twice removed of Charles O'Conor Goolrick. Secretary of Michigan Territory, 1831; Governor of Michigan Territory, 1834-35; Governor of Michigan, 1835-40. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., January 4, 1843. Originally entombed at New York Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1905 at Capitol Park. Mason County, Mich. is named for him.
  • See also Mason family of Virginia
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  • Books about Stevens T. Mason: Harlan L. Hagman, Bright Michigan Morning : The Years of Governor Tom Mason (out of print)
  
  

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Politicians buried here:

• Lewis Cass (1782-1866) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H., October 9, 1782. Great-great-grandfather of Thomas Cass Ballenger. Democrat. Member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1806; general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Governor of Michigan Territory, 1813-31; U.S. Secretary of War, 1831-36; U.S. Minister to France, 1836-42; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1844, 1852; U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1845-48, 1849-57; candidate for President of the United States, 1848; U.S. Secretary of State, 1857-60. Member, Freemasons. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., June 17, 1866. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. Cass counties in Ill., Ind., Iowa, Mich., Minn., Mo., Neb. and Tex. are named for him.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  • Books about Lewis Cass: Willard Carl Klunder, Lewis Cass and the Politics of Moderation; Frank Bury Woodford, Lewis Cass, the Last Jeffersonian (out of print)
  
  
• Russell Alexander Alger (1836-1907) — also known as Russell A. Alger — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in a log cabin, Lafayette Township, Medina County, Ohio, February 27, 1836. Son of Russell Alger and Caroline (Moulton) Alger; married, April 2, 1861, to Annette H. Henry; father of Frederick Moulton Alger (who married Mary Eldridge Swift); grandfather of Frederick Moulton Alger, Jr.. Republican. Lawyer; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; lumber business; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1884; Governor of Michigan, 1885-86; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1888; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1888; U.S. Secretary of War, 1897-99; U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1902-07; appointed 1902; died in office 1907. Member, Freemasons; Grand Army of the Republic; Sons of the American Revolution; Loyal Legion. Died in Washington, D.C., January 24, 1907. Entombed at Elmwood Cemetery. Alger County, Mich. is named for him.
  • See also Alger family of Michigan
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Internet Movie Database profile.
  
  
• Zachariah Chandler (1813-1879) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Bedford, Hillsborough County, N.H., December 10, 1813. Nephew of John Chandler and Thomas Chandler; son of Samuel Chandler and Margaret (Orr) Chandler; married, December 10, 1844, to Letitia Douglass; father of Mary Douglas Chandler (who married Eugene Hale); grandfather of Frederick Hale; great-great-granduncle of Rodney Dennis Chandler. Republican. Mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1851-52; candidate for Governor of Michigan, 1852; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1856; member of Republican National Committee from Michigan, 1856-60, 1870-72; Chairman of Republican National Committee, 1876-79; U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1857-75, 1879; died in office 1879; U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 1875-77; Michigan Republican state chair, 1878-79. Died in his room at the Grand Pacific Hotel, Chicago, Cook County, Ill., November 1, 1879. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  • See also Chandler-Hale family
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Robert McClelland (1807-1880) — of Monroe, Monroe County, Mich. Born in Greencastle, Franklin County, Pa., August 1, 1807. Democrat. Delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1835; member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1835-37, 1850-51; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Monroe County, 1838, 1840, 1843; Speaker of the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1843; mayor of Monroe, Mich., 1841; U.S. Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1843-49; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850; Governor of Michigan, 1851-53; resigned 1853; U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 1853-57; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., August 30, 1880. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Edwin Denby (1870-1929) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Ind., February 18, 1870. Grandson of Graham Newell Fitch; son of Charles Harvey Denby and Martha (Fitch) Denby; brother of Charles Denby; married, March 18, 1911, to Marion Bartlett Thurber. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1903-04; U.S. Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1905-11; defeated, 1910; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1917; U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1921-24. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Phi Delta Phi. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., February 8, 1929. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  • Cross-reference: M. Hubert O'Brien
  • See also Denby-Fitch family of Indiana
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Charles Beecher Warren (1870-1936) — also known as Charles B. Warren — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Bay City, Bay County, Mich., April 10, 1870. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908 (alternate), 1912 (alternate), 1916 (alternate), 1924, 1928, 1932; member of Republican National Committee from Michigan, 1912; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1921-22; Mexico, 1924. Died in Grosse Pointe, Wayne County, Mich., February 3, 1936. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  
• Donald McDonald Dickinson (1846-1917) — also known as Donald M. Dickinson; Don M. Dickinson — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich.; Trenton, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Port Ontario, Oswego County, N.Y., January 17, 1846. Son of Col. Asa C. Dickinson and Minerva H. Dickinson; married, June 15, 1869, to Frances L. Platt. Democrat. Lawyer; Michigan Democratic state chair, 1876; member of Democratic National Committee from Michigan, 1880-85; U.S. Postmaster General, 1888-89; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1892. Member, American Bar Association; American Historical Association. Died October 15, 1917. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. Dickinson County, Mich. is named for him.
  
  
• Truman Handy Newberry (1864-1945) — also known as Truman H. Newberry — of Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., November 5, 1864. Son of John Stoughton Newberry and Helen Parmelee (Handy) Newberry; married, February 7, 1888, to Harriet Josephine Barnes; father of Carol Newberry Brooks. Republican. Paymaster and agent, Detroit, Bay City and Alpena Railway, 1885-87; president and treasurer, Detroit Steel and Spring Co., 1887-1901; director, Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co.; director, Grace Hospital; served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1908-09; U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1919-22. Presbyterian. Tried and convicted in 1921 of overspending on his campaign (federal laws at that time set an unrealistically low limit); his conviction was reversed by Supreme Court; following an investigation, the Senate declared him entitled to his seat but expressed disapproval of the sum spent on his election; resigned under pressure. Died in Grosse Pointe, Wayne County, Mich., October 3, 1945. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  • Cross-reference: Paul H. King
  • See also Newberry family of Michigan
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Henry Porter Baldwin (1814-1892) — also known as Henry P. Baldwin — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Coventry, Kent County, R.I., February 22, 1814. Son of John Baldwin and Margaret (Williams) Baldwin; married 1835 to Harriet M. Day; married, November 21, 1866, to Sibyle Lambard. Republican. Merchant; banker; member of Michigan state senate 2nd District, 1861-62; Governor of Michigan, 1869-72; U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1879-81; appointed 1879; Michigan Republican state chair, 1880-81. Episcopalian. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., December 31, 1892. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• John R. Williams (1782-1854) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., May 4, 1782. Mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1824-25, 1829-30, 1844-46; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention 1st District, 1835. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., October 20, 1854. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  
• William Woodbridge (1780-1861) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Norwich, New London County, Conn., August 20, 1780. Father-in-law of Henry T. Backus. Lawyer; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1807; member of Ohio state senate, 1813-15; secretary of Michigan Territory, 1815-28; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1819-20; resigned 1820; justice of Michigan territorial supreme court, 1828-32; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention 1st District, 1835; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan at-large, 1835; member of Michigan state senate 1st District, 1838-40; Governor of Michigan, 1840-41; U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1841-47. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., October 20, 1861. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• James McMillan (1838-1902) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Hamilton, Ontario, May 12, 1838. Republican. Member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1876-79; Michigan Republican state chair, 1879-80, 1886-87, 1890-96; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1884; U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1889-1902; died in office 1902. Died in Manchester, Essex County, Mass., August 10, 1902. Entombed in mausoleum at Elmwood Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• George Bryan Porter (1791-1834) — Born in Norristown, Montgomery County, Pa., February 9, 1791. Brother of David Rittenhouse Porter and James Madison Porter; uncle of Horace Porter. Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1827; Governor of Michigan Territory, 1831-34; died in office 1834. Presbyterian. Died in a cholera epidemic in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., July 6, 1834. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  • See also Porter-Edwards-Lincoln-Todd family of Illinois
  
  
• Jacob Merritt Howard (1805-1871) — also known as Jacob M. Howard — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Shaftsbury, Bennington County, Vt., July 10, 1805. Member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County, 1838; U.S. Representative from Michigan at-large, 1841-43; defeated (Whig), 1843; Michigan state attorney general, 1855-60; U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1862-71. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., April 2, 1871. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• James Valentine Campbell (1823-1890) — also known as James V. Campbell — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., February 25, 1823. Father of Henry Munroe Campbell. Lawyer; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1858-90; died in office 1890; chief justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1870-71, 1878-79, 1886-87. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., March 26, 1890. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  • See also Campbell-Lothrop family of Michigan
  
  
• William Alanson Howard (1813-1880) — also known as William A. Howard — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Hinesburg, Chittenden County, Vt., April 8, 1813. U.S. Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1855-59, 1860-61; defeated, 1852 (Whig), 1858 (Republican); Michigan Republican state chair, 1860-61; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1868, 1872; candidate for U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1871; member of Republican National Committee from Michigan, 1872-76; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1872, 1876; Governor of Dakota Territory, 1878-80; died in office 1880. Died in Washington, D.C., April 10, 1880. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Charles W. Whipple (d. 1855) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Ohio. Member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County, 1835-37; Speaker of the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1837; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1838-55; died in office 1855; chief justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1848-51. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., October 29, 1855. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  
• Thomas Witherell Palmer (1830-1913) — also known as Thomas W. Palmer — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., January 25, 1830. Son of Thomas Palmer and Mary A. (Witherell) Palmer; nephew of Benjamin F. H. Witherell; married, October 16, 1855, to Lizzie Pitts Merrill. Republican. Merchant; real estate business; lumber business; member of Michigan state senate 2nd District, 1879-80; U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1883-89; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1889-90. Unitarian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., June 1, 1913. Entombed at Elmwood Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Norvell (1789-1850) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Danville, Boyle County, Ky., December 21, 1789. Father-in-law of Henry N. Walker. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention 1st District, 1835; U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1837-41; member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1837-39; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County, 1842; U.S. Attorney for Michigan, 1845-50. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., April 24, 1850. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Alpheus Starkey Williams (1810-1878) — also known as Alpheus S. Williams — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Saybrook, Middlesex County, Conn., September 20, 1810. Son-in-law of Charles Larned. Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper editor; probate judge in Michigan, 1839; recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1842; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; postmaster; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for Governor of Michigan, 1866; U.S. Minister to Salvador, 1866-69; U.S. Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1875-78; died in office 1878. Suffered a stroke and died in the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., December 21, 1878. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery; statue erected 1921 at Belle Isle Park.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William Cotter Maybury (1848-1909) — also known as William C. Maybury — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., November 20, 1848. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1883-87; defeated, 1880; mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1897-1904; candidate for Governor of Michigan, 1900. Episcopalian. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., 1909. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery; statue at Grand Circus Park.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Christian Lodge (1862-1950) — also known as John C. Lodge — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., August 12, 1862. Son of Dr. Edwin Albert Lodge and Christiana Hanson Lodge; uncle by marriage of Charles Augustus Lindbergh. Newspaper reporter; lumber business; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1909-10; mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1922-23, 1924, 1927-29. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Detroit's John C. Lodge Expressway is named for him. Died February 6, 1950. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  
• Coleman Alexander Young (1918-1997) — also known as Coleman A. Young — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Ala., May 24, 1918. Son of Coleman Young and Ida (Jones) Young. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; national representative, UAW-CIO, 1946-47; director of organization, Wayne County CIO Council, 1947-48; executive secretary, National Negro Labor Council, 1951-55; candidate for Michigan state house of representatives, 1959, 1962 (Democratic primary); delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 9th District, 1961-62; member of Michigan state senate 4th District, 1965-73; defeated (Progressive), 1948; resigned 1973; member of Democratic National Committee from Michigan, 1969-81; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1972, 1980, 1984 (Speaker), 1996; mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1974-93; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1992; defeated (Democratic), 1988. Black. Member, Freemasons; NAACP. Received the Spingarn Medal in 1981. Died, of emphysema, while hospitalized for heart problems, at Sinai Hospital, Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., November 29, 1997. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  • Cross-reference: Conrad L. Mallett, Jr.
  • Books by Coleman A. Young: Hard Stuff : The Autobiography of Coleman Young (1994, out of print)
  • Books about Coleman A. Young: Wilbur C. Rich, Coleman Young and Detroit Politics : From Social Activist to Power Broker
  
  
• Lucius Lyon (1800-1851) — of Bronson, Branch County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich. Born in Shelburne, Chittenden County, Vt., February 26, 1800. Uncle of George W. Thayer. Democrat. Delegate to U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1833-35; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention 11th District, 1835; U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1837-39; U.S. Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1843-45. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., September 24, 1851. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• George Van Ness Lothrop (1817-1897) — also known as George V. N. Lothrop — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Easton, Fairfield County, Conn., August 8, 1817. Son of Howard Lothrop and Sally (Williams) Lothrop; brother of Edwin H. Lothrop; married 1847 to Almira Strong; grandfather of Isabella Lothrop (daughter-in-law of Henry Munroe Campbell). Democrat. Lawyer; Michigan state attorney general, 1848-51; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1856, 1860; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1860; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; U.S. Minister to Russia, 1885-88. English ancestry. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Alpha Delta Phi. Died in 1897. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  • See also Campbell-Lothrop family of Michigan
  
  
• Solomon Sibley (1769-1846) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Sutton, Worcester County, Mass., October 7, 1769. Father-in-law of Charles Christopher Trowbridge; father of Henry Hastings Sibley. Member of Northwest Territory legislature, 1799; mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1806; U.S. Attorney for Michigan, 1815-24; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1820-23; justice of Michigan territorial supreme court, 1824-27. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., April 4, 1846. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  • See also Sibley-Johnson family
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• George Edward Bushnell (1887-1965) — also known as George E. Bushnell — of Highland Park, Wayne County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Roanoke, Va., November 4, 1887. Son of Rev. John Eichelberger Bushnell and Annie Carter (Terrill) Bushnell; married, November 5, 1923, to Ida Mary Bland; brother of Miller Bushnell. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1934-55; defeated, 1928; resigned 1955; chief justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1940, 1948. Presbyterian. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; American Bar Association; Delta Theta Phi. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, September 30, 1965. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  
• George Morrell (1786-1845) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Lenox, Berkshire County, Mass., March 22, 1786. Justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1836-43; chief justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1842-43. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., March 9, 1845. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  
• John Biddle (1792-1859) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., March 2, 1792. Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1827-28; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1829-31; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention 1st District, 1835; candidate for Governor of Michigan, 1835; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County, 1841; Speaker of the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1841. Died in White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier County, Va. (now W.Va.), August 25, 1859. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Ladue (1804-1854) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in New York, November 18, 1804. Tanner; mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1850-51. Died December 1, 1854. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  
• Kirkland C. Barker (1819-1875) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in East Schuyler, Herkimer County, N.Y., September 8, 1819. Mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1864-65. Drowned, when the sailboat in which he was transporting ballast-lead to his yacht Cora suddenly sank, in the Detroit River near Amherstberg, Ontario, May 20, 1875. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  
• Charles Christopher Trowbridge (1800-1883) — of Michigan. Born December 29, 1800. Son-in-law of Solomon Sibley. Mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1834; candidate for Governor of Michigan, 1837. Died April 6, 1883. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  • See also Sibley-Johnson family
  
  
• George Pierre Codd (1869-1927) — also known as George P. Codd — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., December 7, 1869. Republican. Mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1905-06; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908; member of University of Michigan board of regents; elected 1909; circuit judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1911-21, 1924-27; appointed 1911; resigned 1921; died in office 1927; U.S. Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1921-23. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., February 16, 1927. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Frederick Buhl (1806-1890) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in 1806. Brother of Christian Henry Buhl; uncle by marriage of John Strong, Jr.. Mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1848. Died in 1890. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  • See also Buhl-Strong family of Michigan
  
  
• Christian Henry Buhl (1810-1894) — also known as Christian H. Buhl — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in 1810. Brother of Frederick Buhl; uncle by marriage of John Strong, Jr.. Mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1860-61. Died in 1894. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  • See also Buhl-Strong family of Michigan
  
  
• Jonathan Kearsley — of Michigan. Mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1826, 1829. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  
• Marshall Chapin — of Michigan. Mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1831, 1833. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  
• Levi Cook — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1832, 1835-36; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County, 1838. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  
• Zina Pitcher — of Michigan. Whig. Mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1840-41, 1843; candidate for Governor of Michigan, 1843. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  
• Oliver M. Hyde — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1854-55, 1856-57. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  
• William W. Wheaton — of Michigan. Mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1868-71. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  
• Hugh Moffat — of Michigan. Mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1872-75. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  
• Henry Billings Brown (1836-1913) — also known as Henry B. Brown — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich.; Washington, D.C. Born in South Lee, Lee, Berkshire County, Mass., March 2, 1836. Son of Billings Brown and Mary (Tyler) Brown; married, July 13, 1864, to Caroline Pitts (died 1901); married, June 25, 1904, to Josephine E. Tyler. Lawyer; circuit judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1868; U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1875-90; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1890-1906; resigned 1906. Congregationalist. Died in Bronxville, Westchester County, N.Y., September 4, 1913. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  • See also: federal judicial profile; NNDB dossier; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• John H. Harmon — of Michigan. Mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1852-54. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  
• John Logan Chipman (1830-1893) — also known as J. Logan Chipman — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., June 5, 1830. Grandson of Nathaniel Chipman. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1865-66; superior court judge in Michigan of Detroit, 1879-87; U.S. Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1887-93; defeated, 1866; died in office 1893; candidate for justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1891. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., August 17, 1893. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  • See also Chipman family of Vermont and Connecticut
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• De Garmo Jones — of Michigan. Mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1839-40. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  
• Douglas Houghton — of Michigan. Mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1842. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  
• Charles D. Howard — of Michigan. Mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1849-50. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  
• William C. Duncan — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1862-63; member of Michigan state senate 2nd District, 1863-64. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  
• Alexander Lewis — of Michigan. Mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1876-77. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  
• Stephen B. Grummond — of Michigan. Mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1884-85. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  
• Alexander Woodruff Buel (1813-1868) — also known as Alexander W. Buel — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Castleton, Rutland County, Vt., December 13, 1813. Democrat. Member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County, 1838, 1848, 1859-60; Speaker of the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1848; Wayne County Prosecuting Attorney, 1843-46; U.S. Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1849-51; defeated, 1850; postmaster. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., April 19, 1868. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• David Stuart (1816-1868) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., March 12, 1816. Son of Robert Stuart. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1853-55; defeated, 1854; general in the Union Army during the Civil War. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., September 12, 1868. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• James Witherell (1759-1838) — of Fair Haven, Rutland County, Vt. Born in Massachusetts, 1759. Democrat. Member of Vermont state legislature; U.S. Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1807-08; resigned 1808. Died in 1838. Original interment at Russell Street Cemetery; reinterment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Daniel Goodwin — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. U.S. Attorney for Michigan, 1834-41; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1843-46; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850; circuit judge in Michigan 11th Circuit, 1864-81. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  
• Henry William Lord (1821-1891) — also known as Henry W. Lord — of Michigan. Born in Northampton, Hampshire County, Mass., March 8, 1821. Republican. U.S. Consul in Manchester, 1861-68; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1876; U.S. Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1881-83; defeated, 1882. Killed in a railroad accident near Butte, Silver Bow County, Mont., January 25, 1891. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Henry N. Walker (1811-1886) — of Wayne County, Mich. Born in Fredonia, Chautauqua County, N.Y., November 30, 1811. Son-in-law of John Norvell. Member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County, 1844; Michigan state attorney general, 1845-47. Episcopalian. Died February 24, 1886. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  
• John Stoughton Newberry (1826-1887) — also known as John S. Newberry — of Michigan. Born in Waterville, Oneida County, N.Y., November 18, 1826. Father of Truman Handy Newberry; grandfather of Carol Newberry Brooks. Republican. U.S. Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1879-81. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., January 2, 1887. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  • See also Newberry family of Michigan
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Samuel T. Douglass — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1852-57; resigned 1857. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  
• Elon Farnsworth — of Michigan. Member Michigan territorial council 1st District, 1834-35; candidate for Governor of Michigan, 1839; Michigan state attorney general, 1843-45; member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1846-57. An organizer of the Michigan Central Railroad. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  
• Benjamin F. H. Witherell — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Uncle of Thomas Witherell Palmer. Delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1857; circuit judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1858-66. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  
• Charles Larned — of Michigan. Father-in-law of Alpheus Starkey Williams. Michigan territory attorney general, 1814. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  
• John Owen (d. 1892) — of Michigan. Member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1841-48; appointed 1841; Michigan state treasurer, 1861-66. Died in 1892. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  
• Henry Martyn Duffield (1842-1912) — also known as Henry M. Duffield — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., May 15, 1842. Son of Rev. George Duffield and Isabella Graham (Bethune) Duffield; married 1863 to Frances Pitt. Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1876; general in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1904. Member, Grand Army of the Republic. Died July 13, 1912. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  
• Cora M. Brown (1914-1972) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Bessemer, Jefferson County, Ala., April 19, 1914. Democrat. Social worker; police officer; member of Michigan state senate, 1953-56 (2nd District 1953-54, 3rd District 1955-56); defeated in primary, 1950, 1951; candidate in primary for U.S. Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1956. Female. Black. Baptist. Member, Alpha Kappa Alpha; Order of the Eastern Star. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., December 17, 1972. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  
• Porter Kibbee — of Macomb County, Mich. Michigan land commissioner, 1850-54; Macomb County Probate Judge, 1853-61. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  
• George W. Thayer (1827-1916) — of Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich. Born in Burlington, Chittenden County, Vt., September 27, 1827. Nephew of Lucius Lyon. Democrat. Mayor of Grand Rapids, Mich., 1877-78. Died September 2, 1916. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  
• Bert R. Shurly — of Wayne County, Mich. Republican. Candidate in primary for U.S. Representative from Michigan 14th District, 1932. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  
• Robert Stuart — of Michigan. Father of David Stuart. Michigan state treasurer, 1840-41. Explorer, fur trader, business partner of John Jacob Astor. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  
• Ross Wilkins — of Lenawee County, Mich. Delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention 3rd District, 1835; member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1837-42. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  
• Henry Jones Alvord — also known as Henry J. Alvord — of Wayne County, Mich.; Lapeer, Lapeer County, Mich. Born in Greenfield, Franklin County, Mass. Son of Elijah Alvord and Lucretia (Clarke) Alvord; brother-in-law of Graham Newell Fitch. Physician; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850; member of Michigan state senate 29th District, 1855-56. Member, Freemasons. Died in Washington, D.C. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  • See also Denby-Fitch family of Indiana
  
  
• Theodore H. Hinchman — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Member of Michigan state senate 2nd District, 1877. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  
• John Strong, Sr. (1798-1881) — of Greenfield Township (now part of Detroit), Wayne County, Mich. Born in Wroxton, Oxfordshire, England, November 26, 1798. Father of John Strong, Jr.; grandfather of John Strong Haggerty. Democrat. Farmer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County, 1835-36. Episcopalian. Attacked by a burglar, wounded, and died as a result, in Greenfield Township (now part of Detroit), Wayne County, Mich., February 23, 1881. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  • See also Buhl-Strong family of Michigan
  
  
• Henry Munroe Campbell (1854-1926) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., April 18, 1854. Son of James Valentine Campbell; father of Henry Munroe Campbell, Jr. (grandson-in-law of George Van Ness Lothrop). Delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention 1st District, 1907-08. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association. Died in 1926. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  • See also Campbell-Lothrop family of Michigan
  
  
• James W. Ames (1864-1944) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., October 12, 1864. Republican. Physician; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1901-02; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1924. Black. One of the founders of Dunbar Hospital (1918). Died in 1944. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  • See also: Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• William W. Ferguson (b. 1857) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., 1857. Republican. Member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1893-96. Black. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  
• Edward Kanter — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Germany. Democrat. Member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1857; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1876. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  
• Miller Bushnell — of Michigan. Brother of George Edward Bushnell. Democrat. Candidate for Michigan state senate 18th District, 1928. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  
• Francis F. Palms — of Michigan. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1904. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  

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• Charles E. Bowles (1884-1957) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Yale, St. Clair County, Mich., March 24, 1884. Son of Alfred Bowles and Mary (Lutz) Bowles; married, June 1, 1915, to Ruth Davis. Republican. Lawyer; recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1926-29; resigned 1929; mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1930; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 15th District, 1932, 1934; candidate for circuit judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1941; candidate for Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1950, 1952. Member, Optimist Club. Recalled from office as Mayor in 1930 over charges that he had sold out to gangsters and the Ku Klux Klan. Died July 30, 1957. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
  
  
• Ralph William Liddy (1886-1962) — also known as Ralph W. Liddy — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., May 8, 1886. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for circuit judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1935 (Democratic), 1941 (primary); candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1936, 1940; common pleas court judge in Michigan. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., August 15, 1962. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
  
  
• E. N. Karay (1905-1992) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Samos, Greece, November 2, 1905. Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1942-46; common pleas court judge in Michigan, 1946; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968 (alternate), 1972 (alternate); candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1964. Eastern Orthodox. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Eagles; Order of Ahepa. Died in 1992. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
  
  

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• Henry Ford (1863-1947) — of Dearborn, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Dearborn Township (part now in Dearborn), Wayne County, Mich., July 30, 1863. Son of William Ford (1826-1905) and Mary (Litogot) Ford (c.1839-1876); married, April 11, 1888, to Clara Jane Bryant (1866-1950); uncle of Clarence M. Ford. Founded Ford Motor Company, 1903; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1916; Democratic candidate for U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1918. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Died, from a stroke, in Dearborn, Wayne County, Mich., April 7, 1947. Interment at Ford Cemetery.
  • Cross-reference: James Couzens; Herman Bernstein; Alfred J. Murphy; Martin C. Ansorge
  • See also: NNDB dossier; Internet Movie Database profile.
  • Books about Henry Ford: Douglas Brinkley, Wheels for the World : Henry Ford, His Company, and a Century of Progress, 1903-2003; William A. Levinson, Henry Ford's Lean Vision; Pat McCarthy, Henry Ford : Building Cars for Everyone (for young readers); David Weitzman, Model T : How Henry Ford Built a Legend (for young readers)
  • Critical books about Henry Ford: Max Wallace, The American Axis : Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh, and the Rise of the Third Reich; Neil Baldwin, Henry Ford and the Jews : The Mass Production of Hate
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Joseph Gulvezan (1907-1991) — of Michigan. Born in 1907. Progressive. Auto worker; candidate for Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1948. Retiree director of Region 1B, United Auto Workers; columnist in UAW newspaper; president of the Detroit Metropolitan Council of Senior Citizens. Died in 1991. Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
  
  
• Barbara Coleman (d. 1999) — also known as Barbara Mathews — of Dearborn, Wayne County, Mich. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1972. Female. Died January 8, 1999. Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
  
  

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• Hazen Stuart Pingree (1840-1901) — also known as Hazen S. Pingree — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Denmark, Oxford County, Maine, August 30, 1840. Son of Jasper Pingree and Adeline (Bryant) Pingree; relative of Samuel Everett Pingree; married 1872 to Frances A. Gilbert. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; boot and shoe manufacturer; mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1890-97; Governor of Michigan, 1897-1900. English ancestry. Died June 18, 1901. Original interment somewhere in ; reinterment at Woodlawn Cemetery; statue at Grand Circus Park.
  • Cross-reference: George A. Loud
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• William Cotter Maybury (1848-1909) — also known as William C. Maybury — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., November 20, 1848. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1883-87; defeated, 1880; mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1897-1904; candidate for Governor of Michigan, 1900. Episcopalian. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., 1909. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery; statue at Grand Circus Park.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  

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• Charles Archibald Nichols (1876-1920) — also known as Charles A. Nichols — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Boyne City, Charlevoix County, Mich., August 25, 1876. Son of Thomas Whitney Nichols. Republican. Newspaper reporter; city clerk of Detroit, Mich., 1908-12; U.S. Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1915-20; died in office 1920. Died in Washington, D.C., April 25, 1920. Interment at Grand Lawn Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Strong Haggerty (1866-1950) — also known as John S. Haggerty — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich.; Plymouth, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Springwells (now part of Detroit), Wayne County, Mich., August 22, 1866. Grandson of John Strong, Sr.; nephew of John Strong, Jr.; son of Lorenzo D. Haggerty and Elizabeth (Strong) Haggerty. Republican. President, Haggerty Brick Co. and Campbell Land Co.; Wayne County Road Commissioner; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1912, 1916, 1924 (alternate), 1928; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1915-19, 1927; secretary of state of Michigan, 1927-30; treasurer of Michigan Republican Party, 1927-29. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died in 1950. Entombed in mausoleum at Grand Lawn Cemetery.
  • See also Buhl-Strong family of Michigan
  
  
• George Hasseler (1856-1934) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Germany, January 25, 1856. Half-brother of Meiko Meyer. Naturalized U.S. citizen; Socialist Labor candidate for Governor of Michigan, 1898; candidate for circuit judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1899, 1909; Socialist Labor candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1924. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., June 10, 1934. Interment at Grand Lawn Cemetery.
  
  
• Clarence Monroe Burton (1853-1932) — also known as Clarence M. Burton — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in California, November 18, 1853. Lawyer; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1907-08. Founder of the Burton Historical Collection at the Detroit Public Library. Died October 23, 1932. Interment at Grand Lawn Cemetery.
  
  
• D. Neil Reid (1900-1981) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Redford Township (part now in Detroit), Wayne County, Mich., March 30, 1900. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1936; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1947-48; defeated, 1944, 1948, 1950; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1947. Died in 1981. Interment at Grand Lawn Cemetery.
  
  

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• John Nichczynski (1889-1934) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born near Poznan, Poland, April 20, 1889. Candidate in Republican primary for Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1926, 1930; member of Michigan state senate 21st District, 1933-34; died in office 1934. Polish ancestry. Died September 12, 1934. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
  
  
• Henry Dattner (1892-1942) — of Michigan. Born in 1892. Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1936. Died, in an auto accident at Vincennes, Knox County, Ind., August 6, 1942. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Girard Nefcy (d. 2003) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Married to Therese McGee Nefcy. Republican. Candidate in primary for delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 10th District, 1961. Died April 29, 2003. Interment at Marygrove College Memorial Garden.
  
  

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• Jerome Patrick Cavanagh (1928-1979) — also known as Jerome P. Cavanagh; Jerry Cavanagh — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., June 16, 1928. Son of Sylvester J. Cavanagh and Irene (Timmons) Cavanagh; married, November 22, 1952, to Mary Helen Martin. Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1962-70; candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1966; candidate in primary for Governor of Michigan, 1974. Catholic. Died in 1979. Interment at Mt. Elliott Cemetery.
  
  
• John Atkinson (1843-1898) — of Wayne County, Mich. Born in 1843. Father of Reilly Atkinson, Sr.. Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; law partner of William L. Carpenter, Flavius L. Brooke, and Henry A. Haigh, starting in 1889; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1884; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1896; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1897-98; died in office 1898. Died August 14, 1898. Interment at Mt. Elliott Cemetery.
  • See also Atkinson-Hawley family of Michigan and Idaho
  • See also: Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Charles Moran (1797-1876) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in 1797. Member Michigan territorial council 1st District, 1832-35. Died October 13, 1876. Interment at Mt. Elliott Cemetery.
  • See also: Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Daniel J. Campeau (1813-1883) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., November 18, 1813. Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1852. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., February 14, 1883. Interment at Mt. Elliott Cemetery.
  
  

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• Patrick Vincent McNamara (1894-1966) — also known as Patrick V. McNamara — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in North Weymouth, Weymouth, Norfolk County, Mass., October 4, 1894. Democrat. U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1955-66; died in office 1966; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1956, 1960, 1964. Member, Americans for Democratic Action. Died in Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md., April 30, 1966. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
  • Cross-reference: John Brademas
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John William Smith (1883-1942) — also known as John Smith — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in 1883. Mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1924-27, 1933. Died June 18, 1942. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
  
  
• Louis Charles Rabaut (1886-1961) — also known as Louis C. Rabaut — of Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., December 5, 1886. Son of Louis Aloysius Rabaut and Clara Lenau (Reid) Rabaut; married, June 28, 1911, to Stella Marie Petz. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Michigan 14th District, 1935-47, 1949-61; defeated, 1932, 1946; died in office 1961; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1936, 1940, 1952, 1956; candidate for delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from 1st Senatorial District, 1961. Catholic. Author of the amendment which inserted the words "under God" into the Pledge of Allegiance. Died in Hamtramck, Wayne County, Mich., November 12, 1961. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Clarence John McLeod (1895-1959) — also known as Clarence J. McLeod — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., July 3, 1895. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1920-21, 1923-37, 1939-41; defeated, 1936, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1952; candidate for mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1937. Catholic. Scottish and French ancestry. Member, Delta Theta Phi. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., May 15, 1959. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Lesinski (1885-1950) — of Dearborn, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Erie, Erie County, Pa., January 3, 1885. Father of John Lesinski, Jr.. Democrat. Real estate business; lumber business; banker; U.S. Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1933-50; died in office 1950; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948. Catholic. Polish ancestry. Died in Dearborn, Wayne County, Mich., May 27, 1950. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• George Donoghue O'Brien (1900-1957) — also known as George D. O'Brien — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., January 1, 1900. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; candidate for circuit judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1935 (Democratic primary), 1947; U.S. Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1937-39, 1941-47, 1949-55; defeated, 1932, 1934, 1938, 1946, 1954; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1944. Died in Washington, D.C., October 25, 1957. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
  • Cross-reference: Frederick C. Belen
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• George Gregory Sadowski (1903-1961) — also known as George G. Sadowski — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., March 12, 1903. Son of Charles Sadowski and Ludwika (Jurkiewitz) Sadowski; married, October 10, 1928, to Eleanor Leppek. Democrat. Lawyer; real estate business; member of Michigan state senate 2nd District, 1931-32; defeated, 1928; member of Michigan Democratic State Central Committee, 1929; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948; U.S. Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1933-39, 1943-51; defeated in primary, 1938, 1940, 1950, 1952. Catholic. Polish ancestry. Member, Polish National Alliance. Died in Utica, Macomb County, Mich., October 9, 1961. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz (1899-1970) — also known as Thaddeus Machrowicz — of Hamtramck, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Gostyn, Poland, August 21, 1899. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate in primary for Michigan state senate 3rd District, 1940; municipal judge in Michigan, 1942-50; U.S. Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1951-61; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1952, 1956, 1960; U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1961-70; died in office 1970. Died in Bloomfield Township, Oakland County, Mich., February 17, 1970. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
  • Cross-reference: Patricia J. Boyle
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Robert Henry Clancy (1882-1962) — also known as Robert H. Clancy — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., March 14, 1882. Son of Owen Clancy and Helen (Reardon) Clancy. Newspaper reporter; private secretary to U.S. Rep. Frank E. Doremus 1911-13, and to Assistant Secretary of Commerce Edwin F. Sweet, 1913-17; U.S. Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1923-25, 1927-33; defeated, 1924 (Democratic, 1st District), 1932 (Republican, 14th District); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1924; delegate to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Wayne County 1st District, 1933. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., April 23, 1962. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Leo Joseph Wilkowski (1902-1955) — also known as Leo J. Wilkowski — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., April 5, 1902. Brother of Anthony J. Wilkowski; married 1925 to Theresa D. Kozlowski. Democrat. Hardware business; member of Michigan state senate 2nd District, 1939-44; nominated, but withdrew 1944; Charged on January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former state legislators) with accepting bribes; tried, convicted, and sentenced to 3-5 years in prison; charged on December 16, 1944 (along with other legislators) with accepting bribes from naturopathic physicians; tried and convicted; charged on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) with accepting bribes to vote against a banking bill, but the last set of charges were dismissed when he agreed to testify. Polish ancestry. Member, Polish National Alliance. Died of heart trouble, March 23, 1955. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
  
  
• Albert J. Zak (1909-1975) — of Hamtramck, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., March 21, 1909. Democrat. Member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 3rd District, 1945-46, 1951-52; defeated in primary, 1936 (Wayne County 3rd District), 1965 (2nd District), 1966 (2nd District); candidate in primary for U.S. Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1946; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1952; mayor of Hamtramck, Mich., 1952-63, 1974-75; died in office 1975. Catholic. Member, Polish National Alliance. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., February 25, 1975. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
  
  
• Henry Raymond Kozak (1917-2001) — also known as Henry R. Kozak — of Hamtramck, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., January 1, 1917. Married to Genieve Traczuk. Democrat. Member of Michigan state senate 3rd District, 1945-50; defeated in primary, 1955; candidate in primary for Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 14th District, 1960; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1964. Polish ancestry. Member, Eagles; Polish National Alliance. Died, of cancer, at Bon Secours Hospital, Grosse Pointe, Wayne County, Mich., August 23, 2001. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
  
  
• George Kolowich (1897-1955) — of Michigan. Born in 1897. Republican. Member of Michigan state senate 3rd District, 1929-30; defeated in primary, 1930. Died December 8, 1955. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
  
  
• William V. Kozerski (1921-2003) — of Hamtramck, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Hamtramck, Wayne County, Mich., February 8, 1921. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; traffic rate analyst for Chrysler Corporation; mayor of Hamtramck, Mich., 1975-79. Catholic. Polish ancestry. Member, Polish National Alliance; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Died, from respiratory and heart disease, in Sinai-Grace Hospital, Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., February 24, 2003. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
  
  
• Samuel Bastien (1867-1935) — of Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Amherstberg, Ontario, August 25, 1867. Democrat. Candidate in primary for Michigan state senate 1st District, 1928; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1932. Died in Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne County, Mich., May 24, 1935. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
  
  
• Thomas J. Dowling (1916-1971) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., 1916. Member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1947-48; defeated, 1944 (Republican, Wayne County 1st District), 1950 (Republican primary, Wayne County 1st District), 1952 (Republican, Wayne County 1st District), 1954 (Democratic primary, Wayne County 5th District). Died in 1971. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
  
  
• Iwan Tryhook (1896-1978) — of Hamtramck, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Austria, May 12, 1896. Republican. Republican candidate for Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 3rd District, 1946, 1948 (primary). Died in Hamtramck, Wayne County, Mich., August 3, 1978. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
  
  
• George A. O'Kon (1901-1984) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich.; East Detroit (now Eastpointe), Macomb County, Mich. Born August 5, 1901. Farmer-Labor candidate for Michigan state senate 1st District, 1936. Died, of a heart attack, on March 3, 1984. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
  
  
• Edward J. Bonior (1922-2001) — of East Detroit (now Eastpointe), Macomb County, Mich.; Pompano Beach, Broward County, Fla. Born February 21, 1922. Father of David Edward Bonior. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor of East Detroit, Mich., 1963-67; defeated, 1967; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1964. Died, of colon cancer, in Pompano Beach, Broward County, Fla., January 5, 2001. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
  
  
• Katherine Czarnecki (1911-2001) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Serbia, May 28, 1911. Married to Walter Czarnecki. Republican. Candidate for delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 7th District, 1961. Female. Catholic or Eastern Orthodox. Died, from complications of a stroke, at Woodward Hills Convalescent Home, Bloomfield Hills, Oakland County, Mich., July 18, 2001. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Frank Ellsworth Doremus (1865-1947) — also known as Frank E. Doremus — of Portland, Ionia County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Venango County, Pa., August 31, 1865. Son of Sylvester Doremus and Sarah (Peake) Doremus; married, June 26, 1890, to Elizabeth Hatley. Democrat. Newspaper editor; lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Ionia County 1st District, 1891-92; U.S. Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1911-21; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1916, 1920; mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1923-24; resigned 1924. Dutch and English ancestry. Died in Howell, Livingston County, Mich., September 4, 1947. Interment at Roseland Park.
  • Cross-reference: Robert H. Clancy
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  

Politicians formerly buried here:

• James Witherell (1759-1838) — of Fair Haven, Rutland County, Vt. Born in Massachusetts, 1759. Democrat. Member of Vermont state legislature; U.S. Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1807-08; resigned 1808. Died in 1838. Original interment at Russell Street Cemetery; reinterment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Gabriel Richard (1767-1832) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in La Ville de Saintes, France, October 15, 1767. Catholic priest; founder in 1817 of a school which later became the University of Michigan.; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1823-25. Catholic. Died, of cholera, in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., September 13, 1832. Entombed at St. Anne's Church.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• John Bartholomew Sosnowski (1883-1968) — also known as John B. Sosnowski — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., December 8, 1883. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S. Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1925-27; defeated, 1926 (1st District), 1928 (1st District), 1930 (1st District), 1932 (1st District), 1934 (1st District), 1936 (1st District), 1938 (1st District), 1942 (1st District), 1944 (1st District), 1946 (1st District), 1952 (16th District); delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1932, 1936, 1940 (alternate), 1944; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1940. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., July 16, 1968. Interment at Sweetest Heart of Mary Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  

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• James Couzens (1872-1936) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Chatham, Ontario, August 26, 1872. Son of James J. Couzens and Emma (Clift) Couzens; married, August 31, 1898, to Margaret A. Manning; father of Frank Couzens. Republican. In 1903, along with Henry Ford and others, organized the Ford Motor Company; Detroit police commissioner, 1916; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1916; mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1919-22; U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1922-36; defeated in primary, 1936; died in office 1936. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., October 22, 1936. Entombed in mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  • Books about James Couzens: Harry Barnard, Independent Man : The Life of Senator James Couzens
  
  
• Roy Dikeman Chapin (1880-1936) — of Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., February 23, 1880. Son of Edwin C. Chapin and Ella (King) Chapin; married, November 4, 1914, to Inez Tiedeman. President, Hudson Motor Car Company; U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1932-33. Member, Phi Delta Theta. Died, from pneumonia, in Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., February 16, 1936. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Hazen Stuart Pingree (1840-1901) — also known as Hazen S. Pingree — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Denmark, Oxford County, Maine, August 30, 1840. Son of Jasper Pingree and Adeline (Bryant) Pingree; relative of Samuel Everett Pingree; married 1872 to Frances A. Gilbert. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; boot and shoe manufacturer; mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1890-97; Governor of Michigan, 1897-1900. English ancestry. Died June 18, 1901. Original interment somewhere in ; reinterment at Woodlawn Cemetery; statue at Grand Circus Park.
  • Cross-reference: George A. Loud
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Homer Ferguson (1889-1982) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich.; Grosse Pointe, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Harrison City, Westmoreland County, Pa., February 25, 1889. Son of Samuel Ferguson and Margaret (Bush) Ferguson; married 1913 to Myrtle Jones. Republican. Lawyer; candidate in primary for Michigan state senate 4th District, 1928; circuit judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1929-42; appointed 1929; U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1943-55; defeated, 1954; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1952; U.S. Ambassador to Philippines, 1955-56; federal judge, 1956-71. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; Sigma Delta Kappa. Died December 17, 1982. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Albert Eugene Cobo (1893-1957) — also known as Albert E. Cobo — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., October 2, 1893. Son of August Cobo and Elizabeth (Byrn) Cobo; married 1914 to Ethel Ruby Christie. Republican. Mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1950-57; died in office 1957; candidate for Governor of Michigan, 1956. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks. Died September 12, 1957. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  
  
• Wade Hampton McCree, Jr. (1920-1987) — also known as Wade H. McCree, Jr. — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, July 30, 1920. Son of Wade Hampton McCree and Lulu (Harper) McCree; married, July 29, 1946, to Dores B. McCrary. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; circuit judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1954-61; appointed 1954; resigned 1961; U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1961-66; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1966-77; U.S. Solicitor General, 1977-81; law professor. Black. Unitarian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died, from a heart attack and bone cancer in Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., August 30, 1987. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Alexander Joseph Groesbeck (1873-1953) — also known as Alex J. Groesbeck — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Warren Township (now Warren), Macomb County, Mich., November 7, 1873. Nephew of Charles G. Groesbeck; son of Louis Groesbeck and Julia (Coquillard) Groesbeck. Republican. Lawyer; Michigan state attorney general, 1917-20; Governor of Michigan, 1921-26; defeated in primary, 1914, 1926, 1930, 1934; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1924, 1944. Dutch and French ancestry. Died March 10, 1953. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • Cross-reference: Adolph F. Marschner; Elton R. Eaton
  • See also Groesbeck family of Michigan
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Frank Couzens (b. 1902) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., February 28, 1902. Son of James Couzens. Mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1933-38; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  
  
• Merrill I. Mills (1819-1882) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in 1819. Democrat. Stove manufacturer; founder of Banner Tobacco Company; director of First National Bank of Detroit; mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1866-67; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1876. Died in 1882. Entombed at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  
  
• Arthur Edson Blair Moody (1902-1954) — also known as Blair Moody — of Michigan. Born in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., February 13, 1902. Father of Blair Moody, Jr.. Democrat. Newspaper reporter; U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1951-52; defeated, 1952, 1954; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1952. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died, during his campaign for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senator, of a heart ailment and pneumonia, in University Hospital, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., July 20, 1954. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • Cross-reference: Billie S. Farnum
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Blaisdell Corliss (1851-1929) — also known as John B. Corliss — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Richford, Franklin County, Vt., June 7, 1851. Son of Hezekiah Corliss and Lydia (Round) Corliss; married, December 5, 1877, to Elizabeth N. Danforth. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1895-1903; defeated, 1902. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., December 24, 1929. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Francis Dodge (1864-1920) — also known as John F. Dodge — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Niles, Berrien County, Mich., October 25, 1864. Son of Daniel Rugg Dodge and Maria Duval (Casto) Dodge; married, September 22, 1892, to Ivy Hawkins (died 1901); married, December 9, 1903, to Isabelle Smith (divorced 1907); married, December 10, 1907, to Matilda Rausch; uncle of Horace Elgin Dodge, Jr.. Republican. Early automobile manufacturer; made parts for Oldsmobile and Ford in the early 20th century; co-founder of Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company in 1914, manufacturer of Dodge cars and trucks; the Dodge operation became part of Chrysler Corporation in 1928; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1916. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., January 14, 1920. Entombed at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also Dodge-Barkley-MacArthur-Cromwell family
  
  
• Alfred Lucking (1856-1929) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Ingersoll, Ontario, December 18, 1856. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1903-05; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1924. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., December 1, 1929. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Howard Aldridge Coffin (1877-1956) — also known as Howard A. Coffin — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Middleboro, Plymouth County, Mass., June 11, 1877. Son of George Henry Coffin and Jane Clifford (Guild) Coffin; married, October 4, 1904, to Abbie Sweetland Ghodey (died 1945). Republican. Sales representative, Ginn & Company book publishers, 1901-11; controller, Warren Motor Car Company, 1911-13; regional manager, Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, 1913-18; secretary, Detroit Pressed Steel Company, 1918-21; assistant to president, Cadillac Motor Car Company, 1921-25; vice-president, later president, White Star Oil Refining Company, 1925-33; division manager, Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, 1933; U.S. Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1947-49; defeated, 1944, 1948. Baptist. Member, Rotary. Died in Washington, D.C., February 28, 1956. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Carl May Weideman (1898-1972) — also known as Carl M. Weideman — of Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., March 5, 1898. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Michigan 14th District, 1933-35; defeated in primary, 1934; circuit judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1950-67; defeated, 1935; appointed 1950; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1936. Lutheran. German ancestry. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died in Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne County, Mich., March 5, 1972. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Frank J. Hecker (1846-1927) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Freedom, Washtenaw County, Mich., 1846. Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1892; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1900; member, Panama Canal Commission. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., June 27, 1927. Entombed at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  
  
• Arthurus Webster (1871-1966) — also known as Arthur Webster — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Montrose, Lee County, Iowa, 1871. Republican. Circuit judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1919-56; resigned 1956. Died in 1966. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  
  
• Matilda Rausch Dodge Wilson (1883-1967) — also known as Matilda R. Wilson; Matilda Rausch; Matilda Rausch Dodge; Mrs. Alfred Wilson — of Rochester, Oakland County, Mich. Born October 19, 1883. Daughter of George Rausch and Margaret (Glinz) Rausch; married, December 10, 1907, to John Francis Dodge (uncle of Horace Elgin Dodge, Jr.); married, June 19, 1925, to Alfred G. Wilson. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1928; Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1940. Female. Presbyterian. Left her estate, Meadow Brook Hall, to Oakland University. Died in Brussels, Belgium, September 18, 1967. Entombed at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also Dodge-Barkley-MacArthur-Cromwell family
  
  
• Jackson Vaughn III (1917-2006) — also known as Jackie Vaughn III — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Ala., November 17, 1917. Son of William Vaughn and Myrtle Vaughn. Democrat. Candidate in primary for delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from 4th Senatorial District, 1961; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1967-78 (23rd District 1967-72, 18th District 1973-78); resigned 1978; member of Michigan state senate, 1978-2002 (5th District 1978-82, 3rd District 1983-94, 4th District 1995-2002). Black. Baptist or Methodist. Member, NAACP; Americans for Democratic Action; American Civil Liberties Union; Omicron Delta Kappa; Elks; Freemasons. Died, in Botsford Hospital, Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., September 12, 2006. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Frank Cody (1870-1946) — of Michigan. Born in Belleville, Wayne County, Mich., December 31, 1870. Superintendent of schools; member of Michigan state board of education, 1915; resigned 1943. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., 1946. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  
  
• Dracos A. Dimitry, Jr. (d. 1973) — also known as Drake Dimitry — of Michigan. Grandnephew of Alexander Dimitry. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate in primary for U.S. Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1956. Owner of Heights Mfg. Co., which built antenna towers. Died in an automobile collision on icy roads, near Almont, Lapeer County, Mich., March 23, 1973. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  
  
• Homer Warren (1855-1928) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Shelby Township, Macomb County, Mich., December 1, 1855. Republican. Real estate broker; treasurer of Michigan Republican Party, 1903. Member, Freemasons. Died in Detroit Diagnostic Hospital, Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., August 17, 1928. Entombed in mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  
  
• Homer C. Fritsch (1894-1957) — of Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne County, Mich. Born in 1894. Mayor of Grosse Pointe Park, Mich., 1950-57. Died in 1957. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  
  
• Horace Elgin Dodge, Jr. (1900-1963) — also known as Horace E. Dodge — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born August 2, 1900. Nephew of John Francis Dodge (who married Matilda Rausch); son of Horace Elgin Dodge (1868-1920; auto manufacturer) and Anna (Thomson) Dodge; married, June 21, 1921, to Lois Knowlson (divorced 1927); married, May 17, 1928, to Muriel Sisman (divorced 1938); married 1939 to Martha 'Mickey' Devine (divorced 1945); married 1945 to Clara Mae Tinsley (divorced 1953); married, February 14, 1953, to Gregg Sherwood (model and actress); brother of Delphine Dodge (who married James Henry Roberts Cromwell). Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1924. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., December 22, 1963. Entombed at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also Dodge-Barkley-MacArthur-Cromwell family
  
  
• Percy W. Grose — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1916. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Levi Thomas Griffin (1837-1906) — also known as Levi T. Griffin — of Michigan. Born in Clinton, Oneida County, N.Y., May 23, 1837. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1893-95; defeated, 1894. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., March 17, 1906. Interment at Woodmere Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Moses Whelock Field (1828-1889) — also known as Moses W. Field — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., February 10, 1828. Republican. U.S. Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1873-75; defeated, 1874; member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1886-89; died in office 1889. Died in Wayne County, Mich., March 14, 1889. Interment at Woodmere Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Joseph M. Weiss (1856-1937) — of Chippewa County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., May 25, 1856. Lawyer; Chippewa County Prosecuting Attorney, 1877-78; one of the founders of professional baseball in Detroit; helped organize the Cass Baseball Club in 1881; Wayne County Circuit Court Commissioner; member of Michigan state senate 2nd District, 1891-94; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1907-08. Jewish. Died, in Harper Hospital, Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., January 11, 1937. Interment at Woodmere Cemetery.
  
  
• John Greusel (d. 1886) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Blieskastle, Rheinpfalz, Germany. Father of Joseph Greusel. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1872, 1884 (alternate); member of Michigan state senate 2nd District, 1875, 1881-83. German ancestry. Died in Springwells Township (now part of Detroit), Wayne County, Mich., October 31, 1886. Interment at Woodmere Cemetery.
  
  
• Frederick Carl Matthaei (1892-1973) — also known as Frederick C. Matthaei — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., September 17, 1892. Son of Konrad Matthaei; married to Mildred Hague; father of Frederick C. Matthaei, Jr.. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1960-67; resigned 1967. Founder, president, and board chairman of American Metal Products Co., Detroit. Died March 26, 1973. Interment at Woodmere Cemetery.
  
  
• John Stevenson (1854-1937) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Ayrshire, Scotland, April 22, 1854. Republican. Steamboat owner; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1909-12, 1915-18, 1921-24. Died January 9, 1937. Interment at Woodmere Cemetery.
  
  
• William Alfred Debo (c.1878-1951) — also known as W. Alfred Debo — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Democrat. Candidate for Michigan state senate 4th District, 1926, 1928; Michigan Democratic state chair, 1931-35; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1932; Michigan Parole Commissioner. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., 1951. Interment at Woodmere Cemetery.
  
  
• Joseph Greusel (1837-1913) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Glasco, Ulster County, N.Y., August 5, 1837. Son of John Greusel. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1912. German ancestry. Died in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., February 13, 1913. Interment at Woodmere Cemetery.
  
  
• Judson B. Robb (d. 1996) — of Wayne County, Mich. Republican. Candidate for Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 18th District, 1962. Died in 1996. Interment at Woodmere Cemetery.
  
  

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• Dorothy Haener (1917-2001) — of New Boston, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., 1917. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1976, 1980 (alternate). Female. Member, National Organization for Women. Among the founders of the National Organization for Women in 1966. Died, of congestive heart failure, in Oakwood Hospital Seaway Center, Trenton, Wayne County, Mich., January 6, 2001. Interment at Michigan Memorial Park.
  
  

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• Loree Sumling (d. 2002) — of Michigan. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 2000. Female. Died, of colon cancer, October 3, 2002. Interment at Mt. Hope Memorial Gardens.
  
  

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• Edward H. McNamara (1926-2006) — also known as "Big Mac" — of Livonia, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., 1926. Father of Colleen M. McNamara. Democrat. Candidate for Michigan state senate 14th District, 1965; mayor of Livonia, Mich., 1970-86; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1970; Wayne County Executive, 1987-2002; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1996, 2000. Died, of heart failure and cancer, in Harper Hospital, Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., February 19, 2006. Interment at Park Lawn Cemetery.
  
  

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• Ebenezer Jenckes Penniman (1804-1890) — also known as Ebenezer J. Penniman — of Plymouth, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Lansingburgh (now part of Troy), Rensselaer County, N.Y., January 11, 1804. U.S. Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1851-53; defeated (Democratic), 1862; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1856. Died in Plymouth, Wayne County, Mich., April 12, 1890. Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Elton R. Eaton (1881-1952) — of Kalamazoo County, Mich.; Plymouth, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Mitchell County, Iowa, July 30, 1881. Father of Sterling Eaton. Republican. Newspaper publisher; Kalamazoo County Sheriff, 1917-20; executive secretary to Gov. Alex J. Groesbeck, 1923-26; delegate to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Wayne County 5th District, 1933; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1937-40, 1945-48 (Wayne County 5th District 1937-40, Wayne County 7th District 1945-48); defeated, 1948; candidate in primary for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1940; candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1942. Member, Rotary. Died in 1952. Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
  
  
• Sterling Eaton (1906-1965) — of Wayne County, Mich. Born in 1906. Son of Elton R. Eaton. Republican. Member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 21st District, 1957-58; defeated, 1958. Died in 1965. Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
  
  

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• J. Jacob Stellwagen (1843-1923) — of Wayne, Wayne County, Mich. Born April 4, 1843. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1916 (alternate), 1920. Died January 7, 1923. Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
  
  

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• William L. Cahalan (d. 1990) — of Wyandotte, Wayne County, Mich. Grandson of John C. Cahalan, Sr.; nephew of W. Leo Cahalan; son of John C. Cahalan, Jr.; first cousin of William Leo Cahalan. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1952; Wayne County Prosecuting Attorney, 1967-83; circuit judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1983-90. Died May 2, 1990. Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery.
  • See also Cahalan family of Michigan
  
  
• W. Leo Cahalan (1893-1954) — of Wyandotte, Wayne County, Mich. Born in 1893. Son of John C. Cahalan, Sr.; brother of John C. Cahalan, Jr.; uncle of William L. Cahalan; father of William Leo Cahalan. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1924; candidate for circuit judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1935; candidate for justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1945. Died in 1954. Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery.
  • See also Cahalan family of Michigan
  
  
• John C. Cahalan, Jr. — of Wyandotte, Wayne County, Mich. Son of John C. Cahalan, Sr.; brother of W. Leo Cahalan; father of William L. Cahalan; uncle of William Leo Cahalan. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1936; candidate in primary for U.S. Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1936; member of Michigan Democratic State Central Committee, 1937-39. Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery.
  • See also Cahalan family of Michigan
  
  
• John C. Cahalan, Sr. — of Wyandotte, Wayne County, Mich. Father of W. Leo Cahalan and John C. Cahalan, Jr.; grandfather of William L. Cahalan and William Leo Cahalan. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1928, 1932. Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery.
  • See also Cahalan family of Michigan
  
  

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