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Politician members

• Fred H. Aldrich (b. 1861) — of Cadillac, Wexford County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Wauseon, Fulton County, Ohio, September 11, 1861. Son of Joseph D. Aldrich and Julie E. (Carter) Aldrich; married, August 21, 1884, to Sarah Corine Isbell. Republican. Lawyer; circuit judge in Michigan 28th Circuit, 1888-99. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Dennis Wayne Archer (b. 1942) — also known as Dennis W. Archer — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., January 1, 1942. Democrat. Lawyer; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1986-90; appointed 1986; resigned 1990; mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1994-2001; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1996, 2000. Black. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; American Trial Lawyers Association; National Bar Association; NAACP; Freemasons; Alpha Phi Alpha. Still living as of 2001.
  
  
• Maxwell F. Badgley (b. 1898) — also known as Max Badgley — of Jackson, Jackson County, Mich. Born in Jackson, Jackson County, Mich., December 9, 1898. Son of Forrest C. Badgley and Anne V. (Beers) Badgley; married to Irene Reed; married, September 25, 1947, to Helen R. Haynes. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1944. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Forty and Eight; Phi Delta Phi. Interment at Woodland Cemetery, Jackson, Mich.
  
  
• Thomas Gilbert Baillie (1881-1969) — also known as Thomas G. Baillie — of Saginaw County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Saginaw, Saginaw County, Mich., March 8, 1881. Son of John Gilbert Baillie and Roberta (Burrowes) Baillie; married 1907 to Emma Earle. Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Saginaw County 1st District, 1905-06; defeated, 1906. Member, Scottish Rite Masons; American Bar Association; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Died in 1969. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Joseph A. Baldwin (1895-1948) — of Albion, Calhoun County, Mich. Born in Addison, Lenawee County, Mich., August 8, 1895. Son of Charles W. Baldwin and Mary A. (Sykes) Baldwin; married, July 13, 1918, to Irene McCall. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of Michigan state senate 9th District, 1935-36, 1939-44; defeated, 1936. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Rotary; Delta Sigma Rho; Phi Alpha Delta; Sigma Nu. Died in 1948. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Byron L. Ballard (b. 1890) — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Tex., February 21, 1890. Son of Walter Elgin Ballard and Jennie (Peden) Ballard; married, February 16, 1916, to M. Lucille Juzek. Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of Charles H. Hayden, 1917-30, and of Edmund C. Shields, 1931; chair of Ingham County Democratic Party, 1920-24; candidate for Michigan state senate 14th District, 1926; treasurer of Michigan Democratic Party, 1937; charged on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) with accepting bribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire case collapsed when the star prosecution witness, Charles F. Hemans, refused to testify. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Rotary; Sigma Phi Epsilon. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• George N. Bashara, Jr. (1934-2002) — of Grosse Pointe Woods, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., July 7, 1934. Son of George N. Bashara. Republican. Lawyer; probate judge in Michigan, 1969-72; Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals 1st District, 1973-82; appointed 1973; member of Wayne State University board of governors, 1985-92; defeated, 1992. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; NAACP; Freemasons; Shriners; Lions; Delta Theta Phi. Died April 8, 2002. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Bonifas Bennett (1904-1964) — also known as John B. Bennett — of Ontonagon, Ontonagon County, Mich. Born in Garden, Delta County, Mich., January 10, 1904. Son of James G. Bennett and Mary (Bonifas) Bennett; married, May 4, 1929, to Corinne Waldhuetter. Republican. Lawyer; Ontonagon County Prosecuting Attorney, 1929-30, 1933-36; U.S. Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1943-45, 1947-64; defeated, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1944; died in office 1964. Member, American Bar Association; Elks; Rotary; Gamma Eta Gamma. Died in Chevy Chase, Montgomery County, Md., August 9, 1964. Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring, Md.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Don Binkowski (b. 1929) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich.; Warren, Macomb County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., October 26, 1929. Son of Alex Binkowski and Helen (Wojtowicz) Binkowski; married to Sharon J. Hromek. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from 2nd Senatorial District, 1961-62; district judge in Michigan 37th District, 1969-86. Catholic. Polish ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; American Civil Liberties Union; Polish National Alliance; American Legion; Polish Legion of American Veterans; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Knights of Columbus; Delta Theta Phi. Still living as of 1999.
  
  
• Clifford A. Bishop (1877-1952) — of Flint, Genesee County, Mich. Born in Genesee County, Mich., 1877. Lawyer; Genesee County Prosecuting Attorney; circuit judge in Michigan 7th Circuit, 1939-52; appointed 1939; died in office 1952. Member, American Bar Association. Died May 23, 1952. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• James Johnston Blanchard (b. 1942) — also known as James J. Blanchard; Jim Blanchard — of Pleasant Ridge, Oakland County, Mich.; Beverly Hills, Oakland County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., August 8, 1942. Son of James Robert Blanchard and Rosalie Johnston Blanchard; married 1966 to Paula Parker (divorced); married, September 2, 1989, to Janet Eifert Fox. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Michigan 18th District, 1975-83; Governor of Michigan, 1983-90; defeated, 1990, 2002; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1984, 1996, 2000, 2004; U.S. Ambassador to Canada, 1993-96. Unitarian. Member, American Bar Association; Jaycees; Delta Tau Delta. Still living as of 2007.
  • Cross-reference: Conrad L. Mallett, Jr.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Roscoe Osmond Bonisteel (1888-1972) — also known as Roscoe O. Bonisteel — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Sidney Crossing, Ontario, December 23, 1888. Son of Milton F. Bonisteel and Frances Anna (Whyte) Bonisteel; married, September 12, 1914, to Lillian Coleman Rudolph. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; City Attorney, Ann Arbor, Mich., 1921-28; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1928, 1944; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1932; member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1946-59; appointed 1946; member of Wayne State University board of governors, 1956-59; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from 33rd Senatorial District, 1961-62. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Freemasons; Rotary; Phi Kappa Sigma. Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., February 25, 1972. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• O. Lee Boothby (b. 1933) — of Niles, Berrien County, Mich. Born in Bakersfield, Kern County, Calif., March 17, 1933. Son of Robert Boothby and Naomi (Gillett) Boothby; married to Carole Maxine Larson. Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 20th District, 1956; candidate in primary for Michigan state senate, 1958 (7th District), 1964 (22nd District); delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from 7th Senatorial District, 1961-62; candidate in primary for U.S. Representative from Michigan 4th District, 1962, 1976. Seventh-Day Adventist. Member, American Bar Association; Lions; Toastmasters. Still living as of 1976.
  
  
• Charles Augustus Boyle (1907-1959) — also known as Charles A. Boyle — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Spring Lake, Ottawa County, Mich., August 13, 1907. Son of Michael Melvin Boyle and Rose (Marsh) Boyle; married, August 14, 1940, to Helen Shaughnessy. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Illinois 12th District, 1955-59; died in office 1959. Catholic. Member, American Bar Association; Elks; Knights of Columbus; Delta Theta Phi. Killed in an automobile accident in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., November 4, 1959. Interment at All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, Ill.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Thomas E. Brennan (b. 1929) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich.; East Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., May 27, 1929. Republican. Candidate for Michigan state house of representatives, 1952 (Wayne County 1st District), 1954 (Wayne County 6th District); candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 15th District, 1955; common pleas court judge in Michigan; circuit judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1963-65; appointed 1963; resigned 1966; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1967-73; resigned 1973; chief justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1969-71; candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1976; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1982. Catholic. Member, American Bar Association; Ancient Order of Hibernians; Delta Theta Phi. Still living as of 1990.
  
  
• Vincent Morrison Brennan (1890-1959) — also known as Vincent M. Brennan — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Mt. Clemens, Macomb County, Mich., April 22, 1890. Son of Charles Thomas Brennan and Mary Agnes (Morrison) Brennan; married, July 17, 1915, to Ruth Hurley. Republican. Lawyer; law professor; member of Michigan state senate 2nd District, 1919-20; U.S. Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1921-23; circuit judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1924-54. Catholic. Member, American Bar Association; National Lawyers Guild; Elks; Knights of Columbus; Maccabees; Delta Theta Phi. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., February 4, 1959. Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Birmingham, Mich.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• James H. Brickley (1928-2001) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich.; Okemos, Ingham County, Mich.; Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Mich. Born in Flint, Genesee County, Mich., November 15, 1928. Son of J. Harry Brickley and Marie E. (Fischer) Brickley; married, June 16, 1950, to Marianne E. Doyle. Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals 1st District, 1966; U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1969-70; Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1971-74, 1979-82; candidate in primary for Governor of Michigan, 1982; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1982-99; appointed 1982; resigned 1999; chief justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1995-96. Catholic. Member, American Bar Association; Delta Theta Phi. Died, of multiple myeloma and Alzheimer's disease, on September 28, 2001. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Samuel Jerome Bronson (1930-1986) — also known as S. Jerome Bronson — of Franklin, Oakland County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., March 21, 1930. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Michigan state senate 12th District, 1960; Oakland County Prosecuting Attorney, 1965-68; candidate for circuit judge in Michigan 6th Circuit, 1966; Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals 2nd District, 1969-86; died in office 1986. Jewish. Member, American Bar Association. Arrested and charged with soliciting and accepting a soliciting and accepting a bribe of $20,000 for his vote on a pending case; committed suicide the same day, in Franklin, Oakland County, Mich., November 14, 1986. Burial location unknown.
  • Cross-reference: James N. Canham
  
  
• Garry Eldridge Brown (1923-1998) — also known as Garry Brown — of Schoolcraft, Kalamazoo County, Mich. Born in Schoolcraft, Kalamazoo County, Mich., August 12, 1923. Great-grandson of Ebenezer Lakin Brown; grandson of Addison Makepeace Brown; son of E. Lakin Brown and Blanche (Jackson) Brown; married, September 10, 1955, to Frances Esther Wilkins. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from 6th Senatorial District, 1961-62; member of Michigan state senate, 1963-66 (6th District 1963-64, 21st District 1965-66); U.S. Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1967-79; defeated, 1978. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Elks; Jaycees. Died August 27, 1998. Interment somewhere in Schoolcraft, Mich.
  • See also Brown family of Michigan
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Wilber Marion Brucker (1894-1968) — also known as Wilber M. Brucker — of Saginaw, Saginaw County, Mich.; Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Saginaw, Saginaw County, Mich., June 23, 1894. Son of Ferdinand Brucker and Robertha H. Brucker; married 1923 to Clara Hantel; father of Wilber Marion Brucker, Jr.. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Saginaw County Prosecuting Attorney, 1923-26; Michigan state attorney general, 1928-30; appointed 1928; Governor of Michigan, 1931-32; defeated, 1932; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1964 (alternate); candidate for U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1936; U.S. Secretary of the Army. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Council on Foreign Relations; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Kiwanis; Moose; Odd Fellows; Delta Sigma Rho; Phi Gamma Delta; Sigma Delta Kappa. Suffered an apparent heart attack after attending an Economic Club luncheon, and died soon after, in the emergency room at Harper Hospital, Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., October 28, 1968. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also Brucker family of Michigan
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• William Robert Bryant, Jr. (b. 1938) — also known as William R. Bryant, Jr. — of Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., May 4, 1938. Son of William Robert Bryant and Mary Frances (Fisk) Bryant. Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1971-96 (1st District 1971-72, 13th District 1973-92, 1st District 1993-96). Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Jaycees; Rotary. Still living as of 1996.
  
  
• Victor Earle Bucknell (1904-1969) — also known as Victor E. Bucknell — of Vicksburg, Kalamazoo County, Mich. Born in Burr Oak, St. Joseph County, Mich., August 23, 1904. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Michigan Democratic State Central Committee, 1944-49; candidate for justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1946; candidate in primary for Governor of Michigan, 1948. Member, American Bar Association. Died in 1969. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Winston Perry Bullard (1942-1998) — also known as Perry Bullard — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, September 2, 1942. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War; member of Michigan state house of representatives 53rd District, 1973-92. Member, American Bar Association; American Civil Liberties Union; Common Cause. Died in Canton, Wayne County, Mich., October 15, 1998. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Benjamin D. Burdick (1903-1987) — also known as Ben Burdick — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich.; Birmingham, Oakland County, Mich. Born in Lawrence, Essex County, Mass., July 2, 1903. Brother of Irwin H. Burdick. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1948, 1956, 1960 (alternate); member of Wayne State University board of governors; elected 1959; circuit judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1963-77; appointed 1963. Jewish. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Federal Bar Association; Freemasons; Shriners; B'nai B'rith. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., December 5, 1987. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Burdick-Hochman family of Michigan
  
  
• Robert B. Burns (b. 1920) — of Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich. Born in Gobleville (now Gobles), Van Buren County, Mich., March 26, 1920. Democrat. Municipal judge in Michigan; candidate for Michigan state house of representatives from Kent County 1st District, 1962; Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals 3rd District, 1965-87; resigned 1987. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Freemasons; Elks. Still living as of 2003.
  
  
• 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. 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, American Bar Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Delta Theta Phi. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, September 30, 1965. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
  
  
• Robert Paul Butler (b. 1883) — also known as Robert P. Butler — of West Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Prairieville, Barry County, Mich., December 25, 1883. Son of Robert W. Butler and Bertha E. (Watson) Butler; married, June 4, 1910, to Emily Joslyn. Democrat. Newspaper reporter; lawyer; U.S. Attorney for Connecticut, 1934-45. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; Delta Psi. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Henry Magnus Butzel (1871-1963) — also known as Henry M. Butzel — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., May 24, 1871. Son of Magnus Butzel and Henrietta Butzel; married 1907 to Mae Schlesinger. Republican. Lawyer; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1929-55; appointed 1929; chief justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1931, 1939, 1946, 1954. Member, American Bar Association. Died in 1963. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Henry Munroe Campbell (1854-1926) — of Michigan. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., April 18, 1854. Son of James Valentine Campbell. Delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention 1st District, 1907-08. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association. Died in 1926. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
  
  
• Milton Robert Carr (b. 1943) — also known as Bob Carr — of East Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Janesville, Rock County, Wis., March 27, 1943. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Michigan, 1975-81, 1983-95 (6th District 1975-81, 1983-93, 8th District 1993-95); defeated, 1972, 1980; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1980; candidate for U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1994. Baptist. Member, American Bar Association; American Civil Liberties Union; Common Cause; NAACP. Still living as of 2002.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post.
  
  
• Michael F. Cavanagh (b. 1940) — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich.; East Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., October 21, 1940. Democrat. Lawyer; district judge in Michigan, 1973-74; Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals 2nd District, 1975-82; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1983-; chief justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1991-95. Catholic. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society. Still living as of 2006.
  
  
• Louis Calvin Chappell (1910-1991) — also known as Louis C. Chappell — of South Haven, Van Buren County, Mich. Born in Mancelona, Antrim County, Mich., January 8, 1910. Son of Harry Louis Chappell and Alta (Coblentz) Chappell; married, June 8, 1940, to Pauline Ladyman. Republican. School teacher; economist; lawyer; candidate in primary for delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Van Buren County, 1961. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; Elks; Kiwanis; Delta Theta Phi. Died in South Haven, Van Buren County, Mich., September 28, 1991. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Owen Jenks Cleary (1900-1960) — also known as Owen J. Cleary — of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich., February 4, 1900. Son of Patrick Roger 'P.R.' Cleary (1858-1948) and Helen Clarke (Jenks) Cleary; married to Marie DeWaele. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; president, Cleary College; candidate in primary for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1946; Michigan Republican state chair, 1949-53; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1952, 1956 (alternate); member of Republican National Committee from Michigan, 1952-53; secretary of state of Michigan, 1953-54; defeated, 1954; candidate in primary for Governor of Michigan, 1954. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Moose; Rotary; Delta Theta Phi; Phi Delta Phi; Phi Kappa Sigma. Died September 10, 1960. Interment at Highland Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.
  
  
• Mary Stallings Coleman (1914-2001) — also known as Mary S. Coleman; Mary Leslie Stallings — of Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Mich. Born in Forney, Kaufman County, Tex., June 24, 1914. Daughter of Leslie C. Stallings and Agnes (Huther) Stallings; married 1939 to Creighton R. Coleman. Republican. Lawyer; probate judge in Michigan, 1961-72; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1973-82; resigned 1982; chief justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1979-82. Female. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Altrusa; American Association of University Women; American Legion Auxiliary; Junior League; Alpha Omicron Pi; Beta Sigma Phi; Phi Kappa Phi. Died, of cancer, in Ocala, Marion County, Fla., November 27, 2001. Cremated; ashes interred at Oakridge Cemetery, Marshall, Mich.
  
  
• Joseph H. Collins (1873-1948) — of Corunna, Shiawassee County, Mich. Born in Corunna, Shiawassee County, Mich., March 24, 1873. Son of Jeremiah Collins and Margaret (O'Shea) Collins; married, June 28, 1911, to Lena B. Jeandheur. Republican. Lawyer; Shiawassee County Circuit Court Commissioner, 1897-1901; Shiawassee County Prosecuting Attorney, 1911-15; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1916; circuit judge in Michigan 35th Circuit, 1918-48; died in office 1948. Member, American Bar Association; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Rotary. Died April 5, 1948. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Warren C. Colver (b. 1925) — of Alaska. Born in Fenton, Genesee County, Mich., January 19, 1925. U.S. Attorney for Alaska, 1961-64; Alaska state attorney general, 1964-. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Elks; Lions. Still living as of 1967.
  
  
• Thomas McIntyre Cooley (1824-1898) — also known as Thomas M. Cooley — of Adrian, Lenawee County, Mich.; Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Attica, Wyoming County, N.Y., January 6, 1824. Son of Thomas Cooley (1778-1847) and Rachel (Hubbard) Cooley; married, December 30, 1846, to Elizabeth Horton (died 1890); father of Fanny Cooley (who married Alexis Caswell Angell). Lawyer; newspaper editor; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1865-85; chief justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1868-69, 1876-77, 1884-85. Member, American Bar Association. Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Mich. is named for him. Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., September 12, 1898. Burial location unknown.
  • Cross-reference: Samuel W. Beakes
  • See also Angell-Cooley family of Michigan
  
  
• Gerald John Cotter (1903-1978) — also known as Gerald J. Cotter — of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella County, Mich. Born in Mt. Pleasant, Isabella County, Mich., December 12, 1903. Son of John B. Cotter and Mary Ellen (McCarthy) Cotter; married, October 30, 1929, to Alta T. Dettling. Republican. Lawyer; Isabella County Prosecuting Attorney, 1931-34; member of Michigan state senate 24th District, 1935-36; defeated, 1936; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1939; candidate for circuit judge in Michigan 21st Circuit, 1947. Catholic. Member, American Bar Association; Elks; Kiwanis; Knights of Columbus. Died in 1978. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Byrnes Cudlip (1904-1988) — also known as William B. Cudlip — of Grosse Pointe Shores, Wayne County, Mich.; Harbor Springs, Emmet County, Mich. Born in Iron Mountain, Dickinson County, Mich., March 4, 1904. Son of William J. Cudlip and Luella (Byrnes) Cudlip; married to Lynwood Rockwell Bope. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 13th District, 1961-62; member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1964-72; defeated, 1955. Catholic. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Council on Foreign Relations; Phi Delta Phi; Phi Kappa Psi. Died in Harbor Springs, Emmet County, Mich., November 12, 1988. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Alva Marvin Cummins (b. 1869) — also known as Alva M. Cummins — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Perry, Shiawassee County, Mich., February 24, 1869. Son of Jeptha Cummins and Phoebe Heaton (Dickerson) Cummins; married 1892 to Jennie Osborne; married, February 22, 1900, to Fannie Fitch. Democrat. Lawyer; Ingham County Prosecuting Attorney, 1897-98; member of Michigan Democratic State Central Committee, 1907; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1910, 1912; candidate for circuit judge in Michigan 30th Circuit, 1911; candidate for Governor of Michigan, 1922; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1924; candidate for Michigan state attorney general, 1926; candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1934. Member, American Bar Association. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Robert John Danhof (b. 1925) — also known as Robert J. Danhof — of Muskegon, Muskegon County, Mich.; East Lansing, Ingham County, Mich.; Holland, Ottawa County, Mich. Born in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich., August 24, 1925. Son of Nicholas J. Danhof and Joan (Buter) Danhof; married to Marguerite DenHerder. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, 1960-61; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from 23rd Senatorial District, 1961-62; candidate for Michigan state attorney general, 1962; Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals 2nd District, 1969-; defeated, 1968; appointed 1969. Christian Reformed or Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Jaycees. Still living as of 1998.
  
  
• Herman Dehnke (1887-1979) — of Harrisville, Alcona County, Mich. Born in Henry County, Ohio, November 26, 1887. Son of Hermann Dehnke and Katherine (Sattler) Dehnke; married, September 1, 1913, to Maude Frances Dodge. Republican. Lawyer; Alcona County Prosecuting Attorney, 1915-27; circuit judge in Michigan 23rd Circuit, 1928-59; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1936; candidate for justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1945; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Alpena District, 1961-62. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; Grange; Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died in 1979. Interment at Harrisville Cemetery, Harrisville, Mich.
  
  
• Thomas Edmund Dewey (1902-1971) — also known as Thomas E. Dewey — of Pawling, Dutchess County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Owosso, Shiawassee County, Mich., March 24, 1902. Nephew of Edmond O. Dewey; son of George Martin Dewey and Annie (Thomas) Dewey; married, June 16, 1928, to Frances Eileen Hutt (c.1903-1970) (grandniece of Jefferson Finis Davis). Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1933; New York County District Attorney, 1937-41; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1940; Governor of New York, 1943-55; defeated, 1938; candidate for President of the United States, 1944, 1948; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1952, 1956. Episcopalian. English and French ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; Farm Bureau; Grange; Council on Foreign Relations; Freemasons; Phi Delta Phi; Phi Mu Alpha. Died, from a heart attack, in his room at the Seaview Hotel, Bal Harbor, Dade County (now Miami-Dade County), Fla., March 16, 1971. Entombed in mausoleum at Pawling Cemetery, Pawling, N.Y.
  • Cross-reference: Herbert Brownell, Jr.; Charles C. Wing; Martin T. Manton
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article.
  • Books about Thomas E. Dewey: Mary M. Stolberg, Fighting Organized Crime : Politics, Justice, and the Legacy of Thomas E. Dewey; Barry K. Beyer, Thomas E. Dewey, 1937-1947 : A Study in Political Leadership (out of print); Richard Norton Smith, Thomas E. Dewey and His Times (out of print)
  
  
• 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, Detroit, Mich. Dickinson County, Mich. is named for him.
  
  
• Michael A. Dively (b. 1938) — of Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Mich. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, December 12, 1938. Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives 104th District, 1969-74; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1972. United Church of Christ. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Kiwanis. Still living as of 1974.
  
  
• Martin M. Doctoroff (b. 1933) — of Birmingham, Oakland County, Mich. Born in 1933. Lawyer; Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals 2nd District, 1987-; appointed 1987. Member, American Bar Association; Federal Bar Association. Still living as of 1998.
  
  
• Frank L. Dodge (1853-1929) — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Oberlin, Lorain County, Ohio, October 22, 1853. Son of Hervey Dodge and Angeline (Stevens) Dodge; married, November 21, 1888, to Abby Turner. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District, 1883-86; candidate for Michigan state senate, 1890, 1900; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1908, 1914, 1920, 1926; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1928. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows. Died December 24, 1929. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
  • See also: Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• M. Edward Doran (b. 1895) — of South Bend, St. Joseph County, Ind. Born in Bronson, Branch County, Mich., October 1, 1895. Democrat. Lawyer; chair of St. Joseph County Democratic Party, 1935-44; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1940, 1944. Member, American Bar Association. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Raymond H. Dresser (b. 1901) — of Sturgis, St. Joseph County, Mich. Born in Litchfield, Hillsdale County, Mich., January 28, 1901. Son of Niles E. Dresser and Lou (Sherk) Dresser; married 1923 to Lola Juckett. Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1939-47; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1940; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1944. Member, American Bar Association; Rotary; Gamma Eta Gamma. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John M. Dunham (1888-1973) — of East Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich. Born in Cadillac, Wexford County, Mich., July 16, 1888. Nephew of Major L. Dunham; son of Harrison M. Dunham and Kittie (Parks) Dunham; married 1917 to Frances Adeline Rogers. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Kent County 2nd District, 1933; candidate for justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1941. Member, Scottish Rite Masons; American Bar Association; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks. Died in Kent Community Hospital, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich., January 23, 1973. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
  
  
• Charles John Dunn (1872-1939) — also known as Charles J. Dunn — of Orono, Penobscot County, Maine. Born in Houghton County, Mich., July 14, 1872. Married, December 16, 1896, to Alice Isabel Ring. Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1901-02; municipal judge in Maine, 1903-11; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1908; justice of Maine state supreme court, 1918-35; chief justice of Maine state supreme court, 1935-39; died in office 1939. Universalist. Member, American Bar Association. Died November 10, 1939. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Frank D. Eaman (b. 1877) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Livingston County, Mich., November 15, 1877. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Michigan Democratic State Central Committee, 1915-17; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1916 (alternate), 1924, 1928; delegate to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Wayne County 1st District, 1933. Member, American Bar Association. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• George Clifton Edwards, Jr. (1914-1995) — also known as George Edwards — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., August 6, 1914. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; probate judge in Michigan, 1951-54; circuit judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1954-56; appointed 1954; resigned 1956; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1956-62; appointed 1956; resigned 1962; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1963-. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Council on Foreign Relations; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Kappa Sigma; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in 1995. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Harry Thomas Edwards (b. 1940) — of District of Columbia. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 3, 1940. Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1980-. Member, American Bar Association; Alpha Phi Alpha. Still living as of 1991.
  
  
• Harold H. Emmons (b. 1875) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., June 30, 1875. Son of Marcus A. Emmons and Alma M. (Slaven) Emmons; married, February 10, 1910, to Marion Clark Scotten. Republican. Lawyer; secretary-treasurer, Regal Motor Car Company, 1913-17; in charge of aviation engine construction for Army and Navy during World War I; officer, Stout Metal Airplane Co.; organizer and director, National Air Transport Co.; organizer and president, Aircraft Development Corp., Northwest Airways, Inc.; organizer and general counsel, Stinson Aircraft Corp.; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1928. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Military Order of the World Wars; Sons of the American Revolution; Delta Chi. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• G. Raymond Empson (b. 1872) — of Gladstone, Delta County, Mich. Born in Stretford, Greater Manchester, England, March 6, 1872. Lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Delta County, 1915-16. Member, American Bar Association. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• 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, Detroit, Mich.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• George S. Fitzgerald (1901-1980) — of Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., December 26, 1901. Brother of William B. Fitzgerald; uncle of William B. Fitzgerald, Jr.. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate in primary for circuit judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1935; member of Democratic National Committee from Michigan, 1949-53; candidate in primary for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1954; member of Michigan state senate 1st District, 1965-74. Catholic. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Federal Bar Association; Elks; Knights of Columbus; Knights of Equity; Gamma Eta Gamma. Died in 1980. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Fitzgerald family of Michigan
  
  
• John Warner Fitzgerald (1924-2006) — also known as John W. Fitzgerald — of Grand Ledge, Eaton County, Mich. Born in Grand Ledge, Eaton County, Mich., November 24, 1924. Grandson of John Wesley Fitzgerald; son of Frank Dwight Fitzgerald; father of Frank Moore Fitzgerald. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; member of Michigan state senate 15th District, 1959-64; Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals 3rd District, 1965-73; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1974-82; appointed 1974; chief justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1982. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; Farm Bureau; American Legion; Disabled American Veterans; Lions; Sigma Chi. Died July 7, 2006. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Fitzgerald family of Michigan
  
  
• William B. Fitzgerald, Jr. (b. 1942) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., June 12, 1942. Nephew of George S. Fitzgerald; son of William B. Fitzgerald. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1971-74 (4th District 1971-72, 12th District 1973-74); member of Michigan state senate 1st District, 1975-78; Democratic candidate for Governor of Michigan, 1978, 1982 (primary). Catholic. Member, American Bar Association; Delta Theta Phi. Still living as of 1982.
  • See also Fitzgerald family of Michigan
  
  
• William L. Fitzgerald (b. 1891) — of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Mich. Born in Michigan, August 30, 1891. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1913-14; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1928 (alternate), 1940; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1928. Member, American Bar Association. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William David Ford (1927-2004) — also known as William D. Ford — of Taylor, Wayne County, Mich.; Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., August 6, 1927. Son of Robert Ford and Jean (McGhee) Ford; married to Corinne Helene Sletten. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 19th District, 1961-62; member of Michigan state senate 21st District, 1963-64; U.S. Representative from Michigan, 1965-95 (15th District 1965-93, 13th District 1993-95); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1980, 1984. United Church of Christ. Scottish ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Shriners; Eagles; Jaycees; Moose; Rotary; Phi Delta Phi. Died August 14, 2004. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Glenwood C. Fuller (b. 1881) — of Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich. Born in Clio, Genesee County, Mich., October 14, 1881. Son of Charles K. Fuller and Frances E. (Howe) Fuller; married, February 6, 1915, to Lulu D. Fairbanks. Democrat. Lawyer; circuit judge in Michigan 17th Circuit, 1938; defeated, 1935; appointed 1938; defeated, 1938, 1947. Member, American Bar Association. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Paul Victor Gadola (1887-1968) — also known as Paul V. Gadola — of Flint, Genesee County, Mich. Born in Corunna, Shiawassee County, Mich., February 22, 1887. Son of Thomas Gadola and Ellen (Cotter) Gadola; married, June 19, 1928, to Ann Elizabeth Murphy; father of Paul Victor Gadola, Jr. and Thomas Laurence Gadola. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; circuit judge in Michigan 7th Circuit, 1929-59; appointed 1929; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from 13th Senatorial District, 1961-62. Catholic. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Forty and Eight; Civitan; Eagles; Elks; Optimist Club. Died in 1968. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Gadola family of Michigan
  
  
• Paul Victor Gadola, Jr. (b. 1929) — also known as Paul V. Gadola, Jr. — of Flint, Genesee County, Mich. Born in 1929. Son of Paul Victor Gadola; brother of Thomas Laurence Gadola. Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1959; candidate for Michigan state senate 13th District, 1960; candidate for Michigan State University board of trustees, 1976, 1978; U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1998-. Member, American Bar Association; American Trial Lawyers Association; Federalist Society. Still living as of 1999.
  • See also Gadola family of Michigan
  
  
• Harry G. Gault (b. 1892) — of Flint, Genesee County, Mich. Born in Mt. Morris Township, Genesee County, Mich., January 25, 1892. Son of William Henry Gault and Nora (Ryan) Gault; married, June 30, 1917, to Alice Margaret Wiard. Republican. Lawyer; Genesee County Prosecuting Attorney, 1921-24; director and general counsel, First National Bank and Trust Co. of Flint; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1944. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Order of the Coif; Freemasons; Elks; Kiwanis; Phi Delta Phi; Theta Chi. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Donald W. Gilbert (1900-1987) — of Saginaw, Saginaw County, Mich. Born in Cressey, Barry County, Mich., September 5, 1900. Republican. Lawyer; Saginaw County Prosecuting Attorney, 1945-46; member of Michigan state senate 22nd District, 1951-54; candidate in primary for delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from 22nd Senatorial District, 1961. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; Elks. Died in 1987. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John H. Gillis (b. 1923) — of Grosse Pointe Shores, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., February 2, 1923. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals 1st District, 1965-. Catholic. Member, American Arbitration Association; American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Disabled American Veterans; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Knights of Columbus; Gamma Eta Gamma. Still living as of 1987.
  
  
• Robert Paul Griffin (b. 1923) — also known as Robert P. Griffin — of Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., November 6, 1923. Father of Richard Griffin. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1957-66; resigned 1966; U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1966-79; appointed 1966; defeated, 1978; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1972; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1987-94; defeated, 1984. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; NAACP; American Legion; Elks; Kiwanis. Still living as of 2001.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Thomas Guastello (b. 1943) — of Utica, Macomb County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., 1943. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives 71st District, 1969-74; member of Michigan state senate 9th District, 1975-82. Catholic. Member, American Bar Association; Jaycees; Alpha Tau Omega. Still living as of 1982.
  
  
• Ralph B. Guy, Jr. (b. 1929) — of Michigan. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., August 30, 1929. U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1970-76; U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1976. Member, American Bar Association. Still living as of 1976.
  
  
• Frederick Hale (1874-1963) — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., October 7, 1874. Grandson of Zachariah Chandler; son of Eugene Hale and Mary Douglas (Chandler) Hale; cousin of Robert Hale. Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1905-06; member of Republican National Committee from Maine, 1912-18; U.S. Senator from Maine, 1917-41. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Delta Phi. Died in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, September 28, 1963. Interment at Woodbine Cemetery, Ellsworth, Maine.
  • See also Chandler-Hale family
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Ray Hart (b. 1872) — of Midland, Midland County, Mich. Born in Midland, Midland County, Mich., April 21, 1872. Son of Henry Hart and Maria (Parsons) Hart; married, February 8, 1900, to Flora Sias. Republican. Lawyer; mayor of Midland, Mich., 1899-1900; Midland County Prosecuting Attorney; circuit judge in Michigan 21st Circuit, 1918-47. Baptist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows; Rotary. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• George B. Hartrick (1891-1958) — of Royal Oak, Oakland County, Mich. Born in Royal Oak Township, Oakland County, Mich., July 2, 1891. Son of Thomas Hartrick and Mary Elizabeth (Briggs) Hartrick; married, December 16, 1913, to Bernice Bossardet. Republican. Lawyer; circuit judge in Michigan 6th Circuit, 1936-58; died in office 1958. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Exchange Club; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows. Died August 12, 1958. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Robert C. C. Heaney (b. 1906) — of East Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich. Born in Big Rapids, Mecosta County, Mich., January 22, 1906. Republican. Lawyer; treasurer of Michigan Republican Party, 1949-51; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1952, 1956. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; Exchange Club. Still living as of 1956.
  
  
• Carl R. Henry (1887-1966) — of Alpena, Alpena County, Mich. Born in Au Sable, Iosco County, Mich., November 17, 1887. Son of Charles Roswell Henry. Democrat. Lawyer; Alpena County Prosecuting Attorney; candidate for Michigan state house of representatives from Alpena County, 1916; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1928; candidate for justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1930. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Elks; Rotary. Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., December 13, 1966. Cremated; ashes interred at Evergreen Cemetery, Alpena, Mich.
  
  
• Cornelius Hoffius (1881-1943) — of Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich.; East Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich. Born in Goes, Netherlands, August 5, 1881. Son of Martin Hoffius and Maria (De Grew) Hoffius; married, August 26, 1908, to Rose Kass; father of R. Stuart Hoffius. Republican. Lawyer; Kent County Prosecuting Attorney, 1916-24; circuit judge in Michigan 17th Circuit, 1938-43; died in office 1943. Member, American Bar Association. Died October 26, 1943. Entombed at Graceland Mausoleum, Grand Rapids, Mich.
  
  
• Donald E. Holbrook (1909-1986) — of Clare, Clare County, Mich. Born in Clare, Clare County, Mich., August 20, 1909. Father of Donald E. Holbrook, Jr.. Republican. Lawyer; Clare County Prosecuting Attorney, 1937-42; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; circuit judge in Michigan 21st Circuit, 1948-64; resigned 1964; candidate for justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1963; Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals 3rd District, 1965-78. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Farm Bureau; Freemasons; Kiwanis; Odd Fellows. Died in 1986. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Donald E. Holbrook, Jr. (b. 1931) — of Clare, Clare County, Mich. Born in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich., October 29, 1931. Son of Donald E. Holbrook; married to Patsy Ann Cox. Republican. Lawyer; candidate in primary for delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Isabella District, 1961; member of Michigan state house of representatives 99th District, 1965-72; circuit judge in Michigan 21st Circuit, 1973-74; Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals 3rd District, 1975-. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Freemasons; Kiwanis;