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Episcopalian Politicians
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• Paul Lincoln Adams (1908-1990) — also known as Paul L. Adams — of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, Mich.; East Lansing, Ingham County, Mich.; Bath Township, Clinton County, Mich. Born in Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, Mich., April 9, 1908. Son of John Newton Adams and Angela (Moloney) Adams; married, July 28, 1934, to Ruth Karpinski. Democrat. Mayor of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., 1938-42; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1942; member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1956-57; resigned 1957; Michigan state attorney general, 1958-61; appointed 1958; resigned 1961; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1960; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1962, 1964-72; appointed 1962; defeated, 1962. Episcopalian. Member, Elks; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Eta Sigma. Died in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., November 23, 1990. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Arthur Emil Anderson (b. 1893) — also known as Arthur Anderson — of Big Rapids, Mecosta County, Mich. Born in Spurr Mountain (unknown county), Mich., November 27, 1893. Son of John E. Anderson and Hilma (Brandt) Anderson; married, December 19, 1921, to Winifred Van Brocklin. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper publisher; chair of Mecosta County Republican Party, 1950. Episcopalian. Swedish ancestry. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Elks; Knights of Pythias. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Joseph C. Armstrong (b. 1868) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Ireland, November 15, 1868. Son of James Armstrong and Mary Jane (Johnston) Armstrong. Republican. Engineer; insurance broker; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1925-32; defeated, 1922 (Wayne County 1st District), 1932 (Wayne County 1st District), 1940 (Wayne County 1st District), 1950 (Wayne County 1st District), 1952 (Wayne County 1st District), 1954 (Wayne County 2nd District). Episcopalian. Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Silas R. Arnold (1810-1875) — of Monroe, Monroe County, Mich. Born in Fairfield, Herkimer County, N.Y., August 17, 1810. Mayor of Monroe, Mich., 1853, 1864-65. Episcopalian. Died March 9, 1875. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Nelson Axford (b. 1880) — also known as John N. Axford — of Owosso, Shiawassee County, Mich. Born in Owosso, Shiawassee County, Mich., June 30, 1880. Son of Hiram Axford and Mary Jane (Needham) Axford; married, October 1, 1902, to Wilhelmina Murray. Democrat. Clothing merchant; mayor of Owosso, Mich., 1936-38. Episcopalian. Member, Elks. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Lucius K. Baker (1855-1929) — of Ludington, Mason County, Mich.; Winnetka, Cook County, Ill. Born in Kelloggsville, Ashtabula County, Ohio, August 16, 1855. Son of Edward P. Baker and Paulina (Bloss) Baker; married 1882 to May C. Foster (died 1890). Republican. Lumber business; mayor of Ludington, Mich., 1892. Episcopalian. Died February 5, 1929. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• 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, Detroit, Mich.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Charles Loughead Bartlett (b. 1871) — also known as Charles L. Bartlett — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Mich., December 18, 1871. Son of Dr. Charles E. Bartlett and Mary (Loughead) Bartlett; married to Mary C. Carpenter. Major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer; recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1922-29; American candidate for Michigan state attorney general, 1936. Episcopalian. Member, United Spanish War Veterans; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Eagles; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows; Gamma Eta Gamma. 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.
  
  
• Howard F. Baxter (1886-1969) — of Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich. Born in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich., June 8, 1886. Son of Alfred Baxter and Kate (Lockwood) Baxter; married, January 26, 1910, to Elizabeth Clapperton. Republican. Telephone engineer; laundry business; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Kent County 1st District, 1923-24; member of Michigan state senate 16th District, 1925-28. Episcopalian. Member, Rotary; Alpha Delta Phi; Tau Beta Pi. Died in 1969. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Samuel Willard Beakes (1861-1927) — also known as Samuel W. Beakes — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Burlingham, Sullivan County, N.Y., January 11, 1861. Son of George M. Beakes and Elizabeth (Bull) Beakes; married, July 6, 1886, to Annie S. Beakes (daughter of Hiram J. Beakes). Democrat. Lawyer; private secretary to Judge Thomas M. Cooley; newspaper editor and publisher; mayor of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1888-90; postmaster; U.S. Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1913-17, 1917-19; defeated, 1916, 1918; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1916. Episcopalian. Died in Washington, D.C., February 9, 1927. Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
  • See also Beakes family of New York
  • See also: congressional biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Berry Nelson Beaman (1890-1981) — also known as Berry N. Beaman — of Parma, Jackson County, Mich.; Jackson, Jackson County, Mich. Born in Jackson, Jackson County, Mich., August 15, 1890. Son of Fred Beaman and Grace (Berry) Beaman; married to Lucretia Comstock. Republican. Manufacturer; treasurer of Michigan Republican Party, 1956-61; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1960; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from 10th Senatorial District, 1961-62. Episcopalian. Member, Elks; Sigma Chi. Died in Jackson, Jackson County, Mich., December 25, 1981. Cremated.
  
  
• N. Lorraine Beebe (b. 1910) — of Dearborn, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Mich., 1910. Republican. Member of Michigan state senate 12th District, 1967-70; defeated, 1964, 1970; candidate for secretary of state of Michigan, 1974. Female. Episcopalian. Member, American Civil Liberties Union. Still living as of 1974.
  
  
• Russell H. Bengel (1898-1984) — of Jackson, Jackson County, Mich. Born in Racine, Racine County, Wis., September 4, 1898. Son of Henry Bengel and Margaret (Roth) Bengel; married to Ruth Ingram (died 1986). Republican. Accountant; treasurer, General Products Corp.; mayor of Jackson, Mich., 1936-39. Episcopalian. He and his wife donated $1 million to the Michigan Wildlife Habitat Foundation. Died February 15, 1984. Cremated.
  
  
• Alvin M. Bentley, Jr. (b. 1941) — of Owosso, Shiawassee County, Mich. Born in Washington, D.C., May 27, 1941. Son of Arvilla (Duecher) Bentley and Alvin Morell Bentley; married, October 7, 1961, to Sue Ann Meiers. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1968; chair of Shiawassee County Republican Party, 1968-73. Episcopalian. Member, Farm Bureau. Still living as of 1973.
  
  
• Frank Probasco Bohn (1866-1944) — also known as Frank P. Bohn — of Newberry, Luce County, Mich. Born in Charlottesville, Hancock County, Ind., July 14, 1866. Son of Daniel Bohn and Mary (Probasco) Bohn; married, January 19, 1918, to Martena J. Jensen. Physician; banker; Democratic candidate for Michigan state house of representatives from Delta District, 1896; candidate in Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1916; member of Michigan state senate 30th District, 1923-26; U.S. Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1927-33; defeated (Republican), 1932. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Order of the Eastern Star; Elks; Odd Fellows. Died in Newberry, Luce County, Mich., June 1, 1944. Interment at Forest Home Cemetery, Newberry, Mich.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Ralph Harman Booth (1873-1931) — of Grosse Pointe, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Toronto, Ontario, September 29, 1873. Son of Henry Wood Booth and Clara L. (Gagnier) Booth; married, May 23, 1906, to M. Mary Batterman. Newspaper publisher; president, Booth Newspapers; U.S. Minister to Denmark, 1930-31. Episcopalian. Died June 20, 1931. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William H. Bright (b. 1863) — of Ocean City, Cape May County, N.J.; Wildwood, Cape May County, N.J. Born in Bridgehampton, Sanilac County, Mich., October 21, 1863. Republican. Real estate and insurance business; Cape May County Sheriff, 1905-08; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1912 (alternate), 1920; member of New Jersey state senate from Cape May County, 1919-27. Episcopalian. Member, Odd Fellows. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Basil W. Brown (1927-1997) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich.; Highland Park, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Vandalia, Cass County, Mich., March 20, 1927. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; member of Michigan state senate, 1957-88 (3rd District 1957-64, 6th District 1965-74, 3rd District 1975-82, 2nd District 1983-88); resigned 1988. Black. Episcopalian. Member, NAACP; Amvets; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks; Kappa Alpha Psi. Died October 28, 1997. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Gilbert E. Bursley (1913-1998) — also known as "Mr. Education" — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., February 28, 1913. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 1st District, 1961-64; member of Michigan state senate 18th District, 1965-78; candidate for University of Michigan board of regents, 1978; president, Cleary College, Ypsilanti, Mich., 1978-84. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks; Rotary. Died in 1998. Cremated; ashes interred at Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
  
  
• Martin D. Buth (b. 1917) — of Comstock Park, Kent County, Mich. Born in Kent County, Mich., October 18, 1917. Married 1943 to George Ann Shaw; brother of Richard D. Buth. Republican. Dairy farmer; Plainfield Township Trustee; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1959-82 (Kent County 3rd District 1959-64, 90th District 1965-82). Episcopalian. Member, Farm Bureau; Rotary. Still living as of 1982.
  
  
• Ruth Gibson Butler (b. 1891) — also known as Ruth G. Butler — of Houghton, Houghton County, Mich. Born in Republic, Marquette County, Mich., July 11, 1891. Daughter of Thomas Henry Gibson and Alice (Quinn) Gibson; married to Jesse C. Butler. Republican. Member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1961-62; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Houghton District, 1961-62; candidate for Michigan state house of representatives from Houghton District, 1962. Female. Episcopalian. Member, League of Women Voters; Order of the Eastern Star. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Katharine Edgar Byron (1903-1976) — also known as Katharine E. Byron; Katharine Edgar — of Williamsport, Washington County, Md.; Washington, D.C. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., October 25, 1903. Granddaughter of Louis Emory McComas; daughter of Gen. Clinton Goodloe Edgar and Mary (McComas) Edgar; married to William Devereux Byron; mother of Goodloe Edgar Byron (who married Beverly Barton Butcher). Democrat. U.S. Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1941-43. Female. Episcopalian. Died in Washington, D.C., December 28, 1976. Interment at Riverview Cemetery, Williamsport, Md.
  • See also Byron family of Maryland
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Samuel James Clarkson (b. 1925) — also known as S. James Clarkson — of Southfield, Oakland County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., February 9, 1925. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Oakland County 4th District, 1959-60; defeated, 1952 (Wayne County 1st District), 1956 (Oakland County 4th District), 1960 (Oakland County 4th District); mayor of Southfield, Mich., 1961-67; candidate for circuit judge in Michigan 6th Circuit, 1964, 1976; candidate in primary for Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals 2nd District, 1974. Episcopalian. Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Sigma Nu Phi. Still living as of 1976.
  
  
• Creighton R. Coleman (1912-1995) — of Marshall, Calhoun County, Mich.; Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Mich. Born in Marshall, Calhoun County, Mich., February 17, 1912. Married 1939 to Mary Leslie Stallings. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Michigan state senate 9th District, 1949-56; candidate in primary for U.S. Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1956; circuit judge in Michigan 37th Circuit, 1960-78. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Rotary. Died in 1995. Interment at Oakridge Cemetery, Marshall, 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.
  
  
• Andrew W. Comstock (b. 1838) — of Alpena, Alpena County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Port Huron, St. Clair County, Mich., October 5, 1838. Son of Alfred Comstock and Harriet Jane (Westbrook) Comstock; married, July 14, 1869, to Lillie J. Little; father of Caroline Comstock (who married Henry Allyn Haigh). Democrat. Lumber manufacturer; banker; shipowner; mayor of Alpena, Mich., 1873-74; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1892; president of railroads. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Alfred Comstock (1877-1949) — also known as William A. Comstock; Bill Comstock — of Alpena, Alpena County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Alpena, Alpena County, Mich., July 2, 1877. Son of William B. Comstock and Myra (Rapelji) Comstock; married, April 22, 1919, to Josephine White. Democrat. Builder and operator of electric railways, 1899-1922; president, State Savings Bank (Alpena), 1906-09; real estate business; mayor of Alpena, Mich., 1913-14; member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1914-16; member of Michigan Democratic State Central Committee, 1915; Michigan Democratic state chair, 1920-24; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1924, 1928, 1932; member of Democratic National Committee from Michigan, 1924-30; Governor of Michigan, 1933-34; defeated, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1934. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Eagles; Elks; Zeta Psi. Died June 16, 1949. Interment somewhere in Alpena, Mich.
  • Cross-reference: Rudolph G. Tenerowicz; Willis M. Brewer
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Cecil O. Creal (1899-1986) — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Kiantone, Chautauqua County, N.Y., December 19, 1899. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; mayor of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1959-65. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Elks; Lions. Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., November 20, 1986. Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
  
  
• Catherine Moore Cushman (b. 1916) — of Dearborn, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., August 10, 1916. Daughter of George Edwin Moore and Gertrude (Snow) Moore; married to Edward Lowell Cushman. Democrat. Delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 16th District, 1961-62. Female. Episcopalian. Member, League of Women Voters. Still living as of 1962.
  
  
• Malcolm Gray Dade (1903-1991) — also known as Malcolm G. Dade — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass., February 27, 1903. Son of Isiah C. Dade and Margaret (Warfield) Dade; married to Bonnie Jean Denham; father of Malcolm G. Dade, Jr.. Democrat. Ordained minister; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 4th District, 1961-62. Black. Episcopalian. Member, NAACP; Freemasons; Alpha Phi Alpha. Died in 1991. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Robert William Davis (b. 1932) — also known as Robert W. Davis; Bob Davis — of St. Ignace, Mackinac County, Mich.; Gaylord, Otsego County, Mich. Born in Marquette, Marquette County, Mich., July 31, 1932. Republican. Funeral director; member of Michigan state house of representatives 106th District, 1967-70; member of Michigan state senate 37th District, 1971-78; U.S. Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1979-93. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Lions. Still living as of 1998.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post.
  
  
• Richard Hector Deadman (1872-1962) — also known as Richard H. Deadman — of Alpena, Alpena County, Mich. Born in Clandeboye, Ontario, September 20, 1872. Married 1901 to Lillie M. Rea. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; real estate business; Alpena County Clerk, 1909-12; Alpena County Treasurer, 1917-21; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Alpena District, 1939-50; defeated in primary, 1936, 1950, 1954. Episcopalian. English and Scottish ancestry. Member, Grange; Elks; Odd Fellows. Died January 16, 1962. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Alpena, Mich.
  
  
• Grant Decker (1814-1890) — of Flint, Genesee County, Mich. Born in Deckertown (now Sussex), Sussex County, N.J., February 4, 1814. Merchant; miller; lumber business; mayor of Flint, Mich., 1855-56. Episcopalian. Died in Flint, Genesee County, Mich., July 30, 1890. Interment at Glenwood Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
  
  
• Clarence B. Dell (1899-1998) — of Ozark, Mackinac County, Mich.; St. Ignace, Mackinac County, Mich. Born in Fibre, Chippewa County, Mich., May 11, 1899. Son of John Dell and Clarice (King) Dell; married to Irene A. Davis. Republican. Postmaster; realtor; Mackinac County Treasurer, 1931-55, 1957-62; chair of Mackinac County Republican Party, 1940-54; secretary to U.S. Rep. Victor A. Knox; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Chippewa District, 1961-62. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died September 17, 1998. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• 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, Detroit, Mich.
  • Cross-reference: M. Hubert O'Brien
  • See also Denby-Fitch family of Indiana
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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)
  
  
• Dean B. Doty (1919-1998) — of Grand Ledge, Eaton County, Mich. Born in Midland, Midland County, Mich., August 3, 1919. Great-grandson of Philo Doty; son of Mark Doty and Gladys (Walsh) Doty; married to Roberta Boswoth. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; florist; chair of Eaton County Republican Party, 1956-60; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1960; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Eaton District, 1961-62. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Rotary. Died August 24, 1998. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Grand Ledge, Mich.
  
  
• Silas H. Douglass (1816-1890) — also known as Silas H. Douglas — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Fredonia, Chautauqua County, N.Y., October 27, 1816. Married, May 1, 1845, to Helen Welles (died 1880). Physician; university professor; mayor of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1871-73. Episcopalian. Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., August 26, 1890. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Lorenzo Thurston Durand (1849-1917) — also known as Lorenzo T. Durand — of Saginaw County, Mich. Born in Morehouseville, Hamilton County, N.Y., December 9, 1849. Son-in-law of John Moore; brother of George Harman Durand. Democrat. Saginaw County Prosecuting Attorney, 1879-82; candidate for Governor of Michigan, 1902; candidate for circuit judge in Michigan 10th Circuit, 1917. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died August 7, 1917. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Durand family of Michigan
  
  
• Raymond D. Dzendzel (b. 1921) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Port Clinton, Ottawa County, Ohio, July 29, 1921. Democrat. Business representative, Carpenters Local 982; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 12th District, 1955-58; member of Michigan state senate, 1959-70 (18th District 1959-64, 7th District 1965-70); defeated in primary, 1970. Episcopalian. Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Shriners; Lions; Moose. Still living as of 1970.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• George H. Edwards (1911-1980) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Brunswick, Glynn County, Ga., February 13, 1911. Democrat. Member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1955-78 (Wayne County 11th District 1955-64, 12th District 1965-72, 9th District 1973-78). Black. Episcopalian. Member, Elks. Died in 1980. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Prince L. Edwoods (b. 1889) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Bay City, Bay County, Mich., May 1, 1889. Son of Cornelius Edwoods and Rebecca (Johnson) Edwoods; married 1914 to Laura Henderson. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1940. Black. Episcopalian. Member, NAACP; Alpha Phi Alpha. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• W. Scott Ensign (1909-1983) — of Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Mich. Born in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Mich., January 28, 1909. Democrat. President, Battle Creek Federation of Labor, 1956-62; vice-president, AFL-CIO Calhoun County Council, 1962-64; printing business; member of Michigan state house of representatives 48th District, 1965-66; defeated, 1966. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Optimist Club; Delta Sigma Phi. Died in 1983. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Paxton Espie (1881-1949) — also known as John P. Espie — of Eagle, Clinton County, Mich. Born in Moscow Township, Hillsdale County, Mich., February 14, 1881. Married 1904 to Edith H. Sprague; married 1933 to Alice Sexton Slocum. Republican. Member of Michigan state house of representatives from Clinton County, 1923-32, 1935-49; defeated, 1932; died in office 1949. Episcopalian. Member, Farm Bureau; Grange; Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died December 2, 1949. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Howard Robert Estes (1894-1957) — also known as Howard R. Estes — of Birmingham, Oakland County, Mich. Born in Alpena, Alpena County, Mich., July 10, 1894. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Oakland County 3rd District, 1945-54. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Rotary. Died in 1957. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Albert M. Ewert — of Grand Ledge, Eaton County, Mich. Democrat. Episcopal priest; delegate to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Eaton County, 1933; candidate in primary for U.S. Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1934. Episcopalian. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Louis Henry Fead (1877-1943) — also known as Louis H. Fead — of Newberry, Luce County, Mich.; Pleasant Ridge, Oakland County, Mich. Born in Lexington, Sanilac County, Mich., May 2, 1877. Son of John Lawrence Fead and Augusta (Walther) Fead; married 1919 to Marion McPherson. Republican. Lawyer; Luce County Prosecuting Attorney, 1901-12; vice-president, Newberry State Bank; circuit judge in Michigan 11th Circuit, 1913-28; resigned 1928; worked with the Red Cross in France during and after World War I; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1928-37; appointed 1928; defeated, 1937; chief justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1928, 1937. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Kiwanis; Lions; Rotary. Died, from a heart attack while suffering from throat cancer, in the University Hospital, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., February 4, 1943. Interment at Deepdale Memorial Park, Near Lansing, Eaton County, Mich.
  
  
• Charles Louis Follo (1905-1979) — also known as Charles L. Follo — of Escanaba, Delta County, Mich. Born in Escanaba, Delta County, Mich., April 7, 1905. Son of Charles Olaf Follo and Mayme (Bohmann) Follo; married to Iona Bergman Dixon. Democrat. Delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Delta County, 1961-62. Episcopalian. Swedish ancestry. Member, American Political Science Association; Rotary. Died in 1979. Interment at Lakeview Cemetery, Escanaba, Mich.
  
  
• Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. (1913-2006) — also known as Gerald R. Ford; Jerry Ford; Leslie Lynch King, Jr.; "Passkey" — of Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich.; Rancho Mirage, Riverside County, Calif. Born in Omaha, Douglas County, Neb., July 14, 1913. Son of Leslie Lynch King, Sr. (1884-1941); step-son of Gerald Rudolph Ford, Sr. (1890-1962); married, October 15, 1948, to Elizabeth Ann Bloomer "Betty" Warren; half-brother of Thomas G. Ford, Sr.. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1948, 1960, 1964; U.S. Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1949-73; resigned 1973; Vice President of the United States, 1973-74; President of the United States, 1974-77; defeated, 1976. Episcopalian. Member, Scottish Rite Masons; Humane Society; American Legion; Amvets; Forty and Eight; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Jaycees; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Phi Delta Phi. Shot at in two separate incidents in San Francisco in September 1975. On September 5, Lynette 'Squeaky' Fromme, follower of murderous cult leader Charles Manson, got close to the President with a loaded pistol, and squeezed the trigger at close range; the gun misfired. On September 22, Sara Jane Moore fired a shot at him, but a bystander deflected her aim. Both women were convicted and sentenced to life in prison. Received the Medal of Freedom in 1999. Died in Rancho Mirage, Riverside County, Calif., December 26, 2006. Interment at Gerald R. Ford Museum, Grand Rapids, Mich.
  • Cross-reference: Richard M. Nixon; L. William Seidman
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Internet Movie Database profile.
  • Books by Gerald R. Ford: A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (1983)
  • Books about Gerald R. Ford: John Robert Greene, The Presidency of Gerald R. Ford; Edward L. Schapsmeier, Gerald R. Ford's Date With Destiny: A Political Biography; James Cannon, Time and Chance : Gerald Ford's Appointment With History; Douglas Brinkley, Gerald R. Ford
  
  
• Thomas G. Ford, Sr. (1918-1995) — of East Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich. Born in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich., July 15, 1918. Half-brother of Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr.. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Michigan state house of representatives 91st District, 1965-72; defeated in primary, 1972. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Shriners; Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died in 1995. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Lynn O. Francis (1906-1992) — of Midland, Midland County, Mich. Born in Sanford, Midland County, Mich., August 7, 1906. Republican. Midland County Treasurer, 1935-40; candidate in primary for Michigan state house of representatives from Midland County, 1952; member of Michigan state senate 24th District, 1955-62; candidate for circuit judge in Michigan 42nd Circuit, 1966. Episcopalian. Member, Civitan; Elks. Died February 19, 1992. Interment at New Jerome Township Cemetery, Sanford, Mich.
  
  
• Wynne C. Garvin (1909-1973) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Francesville, Pulaski County, Ind., January 28, 1909. Son of John Garvin and Mary (Hibaugh) Garvin; married to Mary Emma Menafee. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 3rd District, 1961-62. Episcopalian. Member, Elks. Died in 1973. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• William Oliver Raymond Greene (b. 1906) — also known as William O. Greene — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Akron, Summit County, Ohio, December 31, 1906. Son of William Greene and Ethel (Glover) Greene; married to Edverta Eunice Motley. Democrat. Deputy sheriff; candidate in primary for Michigan state senate 3rd District, 1956, 1958; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from 3rd Senatorial District, 1961-62. Black. Episcopalian. Member, NAACP; Urban League; Freemasons. Still living as of 1962.
  
  
• Hicks George Griffiths (1910-1996) — also known as Hicks G. Griffiths — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Amsterdam, Montgomery County, N.Y., July 9, 1910. Married to Martha Edna Wright. Democrat. Lawyer; Michigan Democratic state chair, 1949-50; probate judge in Michigan, 1950; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1952; candidate for circuit judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1953. Episcopalian. Member, Eagles; Maccabees. Died in 1996. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Henry Allyn Haigh (b. 1854) — also known as Henry A. Haigh — of Michigan. Born in Dearborn, Wayne County, Mich., March 13, 1854. Son of Richard Haigh, Sr. (1811-1904) and Lucy Billings (Allyn) Haigh; married, January 16, 1895, to Caroline Comstock (daughter of Andrew W. Comstock). Republican. Lawyer; law partner of William L. Carpenter, Flavius L. Brooke, and John Atkinson, starting in 1889; active in promotion and construction of electric railways, and officer for several railroad companies; director of the Alpena Power Company; stockholder and director of the Peninsular Savings Bank; director and counsel of Continental Casualty insurance company; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1892; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1896. Episcopalian. English ancestry. Member, American Historical Association; American Public Health Association; Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Alfred Hannah (1902-1991) — also known as John A. Hannah — of East Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich., October 9, 1902. Son of Wilfred Steele Hannah and Mary Ellen (Malone) Hannah; married to Sarah May Shaw. Republican. Agricultural extension agent; president of Michigan State College, 1941-55, and Michigan State University, 1955-69; director, Motor Wheel Corporation, Michigan Bell Telephone Company, American Bank and Trust Company, and Manufacturers National Bank of Detroit; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from 14th Senatorial District, 1961-62. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Newcomen Society; Rotary; Alpha Zeta; Phi Eta Sigma; Phi Kappa Phi; Pi Kappa Delta; Sigma Delta Chi. Died in 1991. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John P. Hansen (born c.1942) — of Dexter, Washtenaw County, Mich. Democrat. Member of Michigan state house of representatives 52nd District, 1999-. Episcopalian. Still living as of 2002.
  
  
• Wilbur J. Harris (1907-1975) — of Bay City, Bay County, Mich. Born in Bay City, Bay County, Mich., October 15, 1907. Republican. Retail fuel business; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Bay County 1st District, 1939-40. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Died in 1975. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Gus Theodore Hartman (1883-1963) — also known as Gus T. Hartman — of Houghton, Houghton County, Mich. Born in Houghton, Houghton County, Mich., February 2, 1883. Son of Gottlieb Hartman and Margerate (Gmahling) Hartman; married 1917 to Marie Dreis. Republican. Assistant superintendent, Copper Range Railroad; Michigan Deputy Auditor General; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1925-34 (Houghton County 3rd District 1925-26, Houghton County 2nd District 1927-34); defeated, 1934. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Eagles; Elks. Died in 1963. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Blaine W. Hatch (b. 1889) — of Marshall, Calhoun County, Mich. Born in Marshall, Calhoun County, Mich., July 26, 1889. Son of Jesse M. Hatch and Ella M. (Willard) Hatch; married, October 28, 1915, to Mabel A. Bordaille; brother of Hazen J. Hatch; uncle of Hazen van den Berg Hatch. Republican. Probate judge in Michigan, 1920-27; circuit judge in Michigan 37th Circuit, 1927-59; appointed 1927. Episcopalian. Member, Sons of Union Veterans; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Knights of Pythias. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Hatch family of Michigan
  
  
• Hazen van den Berg Hatch (b. 1932) — also known as H. V. Hatch — of Marshall, Calhoun County, Mich. Born in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Mich., January 18, 1932. Grandson of Jesse M. Hatch; nephew of Blaine W. Hatch; son of Hazen J. Hatch and Clare (van den Berg) Hatch; married to Mary Louise Holmes. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Calhoun County 1st District, 1961-62; candidate in primary for Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals 3rd District, 1974. Episcopalian. Member, Order of the Coif; Rotary; Phi Delta Phi; Sigma Nu. Still living as of 2003.
  • See also Hatch family of Michigan
  
  
• William Hatton (1864-1944) — of Grand Haven, Ottawa County, Mich. Born in Borris, County Carlow, Ireland, October 10, 1864. Son of William R. D. Hatton and Mary Jane (Burroughs) Hatton; married, June 5, 1895, to Elizabeth Seaman; married, October 27, 1923, to Frances Whiting (daughter of Justin Rice Whiting (1847-1903); sister of Justin Rice Whiting (1886-1965)). Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; leather business; chair of Ottawa County Republican Party, 1920-38; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1924 (alternate), 1928, 1932. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Rotary. Died in 1944. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Whiting family of Michigan
  
  
• Frank Heath (1886-1954) — of Bay City, Bay County, Mich. Born in England, June 28, 1886. Republican. Coal mining superintendent; ice cream business; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1940; member of Michigan state senate 24th District, 1945-54; nominated, but died before the election 1954; died in office 1954; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1944. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Lions. Died September 1, 1954. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Warren Green Hooper (1904-1945) — also known as Warren G. Hooper — of Albion, Calhoun County, Mich. Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., May 2, 1904. Great-great-grandson of William Hooper; married, May 23, 1936, to Callienetta Cobb. Republican. Newspaper reporter; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Calhoun County 1st District, 1939-44; member of Michigan state senate 9th District, 1945; died in office 1945. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar. During a grand jury investigation, admitted to taking bribes and was given immunity from prosecution in return for his testimony against others; however, four days before the hearing, he was shot and killed in his car, alongside highway M-99, near Springport, Jackson County, Mich., January 11, 1945. Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Albion, Mich.
  • Cross-reference: William Green; Frank D. McKay
  
  
• Lewis Taylor Hubbs, Jr. (b. 1923) — also known as Lewis T. Hubbs — of Gladwin, Gladwin County, Mich. Born in North Glenside, Montgomery County, Pa., September 24, 1923. Son of Lewis T. Hubbs, Sr. and Mary (Hainsworth) Hubbs; married to Dorothy Eloise Ward. Republican. Chair of Gladwin County Republican Party, 1960-62; candidate in primary for Michigan state senate 28th District, 1960; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from 28th Senatorial District, 1961-62. Episcopalian. Member, Rotary. Still living as of 1962.
  
  
• James Russell Hughes (1907-1992) — also known as J. Russell Hughes; "Rip" — of Harrisville, Alcona County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., September 22, 1907. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1949; chair of Alcona County Republican Party, 1950; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1956; candidate for circuit judge in Michigan 23rd Circuit, 1959; probate judge in Michigan; Episcopal priest. Episcopalian. Member, Disabled American Veterans; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died, from a closed-head injury resulting from a fall on a hard surface, November 8, 1992. Interment at Springport Cemetery, Harrisville, Mich.
  
  
• George Magoffin Humphrey (1890-1970) — Born in Cheboygan, Cheboygan County, Mich., March 8, 1890. Lawyer; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1953-57. Episcopalian. President of M.A. Hanna Company 1929-52s. Died January 20, 1970. Interment at Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Theodore T. Jacobs (b. 1874) — also known as Theo T. Jacobs — of Sturgis, St. Joseph County, Mich. Born in Sturgis, St. Joseph County, Mich., December 8, 1874. Son of Thomas H. Jacobs and Mary Ann (Hall) Jacobs; married, February 1, 1913, to Louise Christine Rommel. Republican. Lawyer; circuit judge in Michigan 15th Circuit, 1931-53; appointed 1931. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Rotary. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• David Howell Jerome (1829-1896) — also known as David H. Jerome — of Michigan. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., November 17, 1829. Son of Horace Jerome and Elizabeth Rose (Hart) Jerome; married, June 15, 1859, to Lucy Peck. Republican. Merchant; member of Michigan state senate, 1863-68 (27th District 1863-66, 26th District 1867-68); alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1868; member of Michigan state constitutional commission 8th District, 1873; Governor of Michigan, 1881-82; defeated, 1882. Episcopalian. Died in Saginaw, Saginaw County, Mich., April 23, 1896. Interment somewhere in Saginaw, Mich.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Louise Johnson (b. 1871) — also known as Louise Powers — of Marshall, Calhoun County, Mich. Born in Marengo Township, Calhoun County, Mich., January 11, 1871. Daughter of Julius C. Powers and Sarah C. (Brown) Powers; married, April 8, 1914, to Charles J. Johnson. Republican. Probate judge in Michigan, 1927-; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1939. Female. Episcopalian. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Thomas E. Johnson (b. 1883) — of Rockford, Kent County, Mich. Born in Ontario, March 10, 1883. Son of H. J. Johnson and Rebecca (Howard) Johnson; married, August 7, 1907, to Mildred M. Milks. Republican. Superintendent of schools; newspaper editor and publisher; member of Michigan state board of education, 1917-19; Michigan superintendent of public instruction, 1919-26. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Brought about complete reorganization of Michigan schools. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Edward DeWitt Kinne (1842-1921) — also known as Edward D. Kinne — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in DeWitt, Onondaga County, N.Y., February 9, 1842. Son-in-law of Olney Hawkins; son of Julius C. Kinne. Republican. Lawyer; mayor of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1875-77; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 2nd District, 1881-82; circuit judge in Michigan 22nd Circuit, 1888-1917; president, First National Bank, Ann Arbor, Mich.; president, Washtenaw Gas Co. Episcopalian. English ancestry. Died July 25, 1921. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Kinne family of New York
  
  
• Victor Alfred Knox (1899-1976) — also known as Victor A. Knox — of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, Mich. Born near Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, Mich., January 13, 1899. Married, November 11, 1919, to Bertha Byers. Republican. Farmer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Chippewa County, 1937-52; defeated in primary, 1934; Speaker of the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1947-52; U.S. Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1953-65; defeated, 1947, 1964. Episcopalian or Presbyterian. Member, Farm Bureau; Grange; Freemasons; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Lions. Died in Petoskey, Emmet County, Mich., December 31, 1976. Interment at Oaklawn Chapel Gardens, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
  • Cross-reference: Clarence B. Dell
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• George J. Laundy (1864-1953) — of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, Mich. Born in Sarnia, Ontario, January 17, 1864. Son of Thomas Laundy and Catherine Laundy; married 1889 to Estelle Haynes. Democrat. Mayor of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., 1934-37; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1936, 1944. Episcopalian. Member, Woodmen. Died September 15, 1953. Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
  
  
• Karl K. Leibrand (1902-1967) — of Bay City, Bay County, Mich. Born in Isabella County, Mich., October 1, 1902. Son of G. C. Leibrand and Minnie (Kilburn) Leibrand; married to Shirley L. Hodge. Republican. Lawyer; Bay County Circuit Court Commissioner, 1935-36; Bay County Prosecuting Attorney, 1939-42; circuit judge in Michigan 18th Circuit, 1944-53; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from 24th Senatorial District, 1961-62. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Grange; Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi. Died in 1967. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Emil Lockwood (1919-2002) — of St. Louis, Gratiot County, Mich. Born in Ottawa, La Salle County, Ill., September 23, 1919. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; school teacher; athletic coach; accountant; candidate in primary for delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Gratiot County, 1961; member of Michigan state senate, 1963-70 (25th District 1963-64, 30th District 1965-70); candidate for secretary of state of Michigan, 1970. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks; Rotary. Died, at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Superior Township, Washtenaw County, Mich., August 2, 2002. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Kent T. Lundgren (b. 1914) — of Menominee, Menominee County, Mich. Born in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn., July 7, 1914. Son of Victor Lundgren and Olga (Olson) Lundgren; married to Mildred Francis New. Republican. Pharmacist; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Michigan state senate 30th District, 1962-64; defeated, 1956 (30th District), 1958 (30th District), 1960 (30th District), 1964 (37th District); delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from 30th Senatorial District, 1961-62; resigned 1962. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks. Still living as of 1964.
  
  
• Russell Vernon Mack (1891-1960) — also known as Russell V. Mack — of Hoquiam, Grays Harbor County, Wash. Born in Hillman, Montmorency County, Mich., June 13, 1891. Son of Cornelius W. Mack and Lucy (Deacon) Mack; married, January 26, 1947, to Laura E. Prohaska. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper publisher; U.S. Representative from Washington 3rd District, 1947-60; died in office 1960. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Elks. Died suddenly, from a coronary occlusion, on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, in the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., March 28, 1960. Interment at Fern Hill Cemetery, Aberdeen, Wash.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Alexander M. MacKay (1881-1952) — also known as Sandy MacKay — of West Branch, Ogemaw County, Mich. Born