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• Edwin Green Babcock (b. 1863) — also known as Edwin G. Babcock — of Coldwater, Branch County, Mich. Born in Bethel, Branch County, Mich., January 3, 1863. Son of Christopher G. Babcock. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Branch County, 1933-34; defeated, 1928, 1934, 1936, 1940. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Henry T. Backus (1809-1877) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Norwich, New London County, Conn., April 4, 1809. Son-in-law of William Woodbridge. Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County, 1840; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850; member of Michigan state senate 3rd District, 1861-62; justice of Arizona territorial supreme court, 1865-69. Member, Freemasons. Died in Greenwood, Mohave County, Ariz., July 13, 1877. Original interment somewhere in Greenwood, Ariz.; reinterment in 1885 at Yantic Cemetery, Norwich, Conn.
  
  
• Alexander Samuel Bacon (1853-1920) — also known as Alexander S. Bacon — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Jackson, Jackson County, Mich., November 20, 1853. Son of John Arthur Bacon and Harriet (Smith) Bacon; married, September 1, 1886, to Harriet Whittlesey Schroter. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Kings County 9th District, 1887; candidate for Justice of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1906 (Independence League), 1915 (American). Baptist. Member, Freemasons. Attorney for New York Gov. William Sulzer at his impeachment trial in 1913. Died, from complications of pneumonia, in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., May 29, 1920. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Nathaniel Bacon (1802-1869) — of Niles, Berrien County, Mich. Born in Ballston Spa, Saratoga County, N.Y., July 14, 1802. Married to Caroline S. Lord (1815-1887). Republican. Lawyer; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1855-57; circuit judge in Michigan 2nd Circuit, 1858-63, 1867-69; died in office 1869. Presbyterian. Died in Niles Township, Berrien County, Mich., September 9, 1869. Interment at Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles, Mich.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• William A. Bahlke (b. 1861) — of Alma, Gratiot County, Mich. Born near Pewamo, Ionia County, Mich., July 4, 1861. Son of Anton Bahlke and Mary (Hund) Bahlke; married, October 7, 1891, to Mary Eleanor Carpenter. Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster; banker; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1904; candidate for Michigan state senate 19th District, 1906; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1920. German ancestry. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Joseph Bahorski (b. 1882) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn., March 10, 1882. Republican. Bakery business; lawyer; member of Michigan state senate, 1923-28 (2nd District 1923-26, 3rd District 1927-28); defeated in primary, 1928, 1932. Member, Scottish Rite Masons; Freemasons; Shriners; Civitan; Sigma Nu Phi. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• John F. Baker (b. 1874) — of Flint, Genesee County, Mich. Born in Ontario, March 5, 1874. Son of Thomas Baker and Jemima (Kelley) Baker; married, June 30, 1909, to Nettie Edna Stewart. Lawyer; candidate for circuit judge in Michigan 7th Circuit, 1929; probate judge in Michigan, 1936. Unitarian. Member, Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star. 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.
  
  
• William J. Balgooyen (1894-1958) — of Muskegon Heights, Muskegon County, Mich. Born May 14, 1894. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for circuit judge in Michigan 14th Circuit, 1935. Died February 16, 1958. 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.
  
  
• John Walford Bannasch (1906-1984) — also known as John W. Bannasch — of Jackson, Jackson County, Mich.; Clarklake, Jackson County, Mich. Born in Jackson, Jackson County, Mich., November 28, 1906. Married 1931 to Dorothy H. Miller. Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Jackson County 1st District, 1943-50; candidate in primary for U.S. Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1950. Methodist; later Unitarian. Member, Freemasons; Lions. Died in Jackson County, Mich., June 12, 1984. Cremated.
  
  
• Stanley C. Barker (1907-1972) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in 1907. Republican. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1940. Died in 1972. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Thomas E. Barkworth (b. 1851) — of Jackson, Jackson County, Mich. Born in Lincolnshire, England, July 21, 1851. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Jackson County 1st District, 1891-94; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1894, 1896; candidate for justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1899; Michigan Democratic state chair, 1903-05; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1904. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Horace Thomas Barnaby, Jr. (1870-1952) — also known as Horace T. Barnaby — of Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich. Born in North Star Township, Gratiot County, Mich., October 24, 1870. Son of Horace Thomas Barnaby and Sophia Jane (Abbey) Barnaby; married, April 5, 1893, to Mary E. Ryno (died 1921); married, March 27, 1927, to Maude C. Jones. Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Kent County 2nd District, 1901-04; candidate for probate judge in Michigan, 1904; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention 17th District, 1907-08; member of Michigan state senate 17th District, 1909-12; candidate in primary for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1938, 1940. Methodist. Member, Knights of Pythias; Optimist Club. Died May 20, 1952. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
  
  
• Edward N. Barnard — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Republican. Lawyer; political boss and ally of Frank D. McKay; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1932, 1940; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1940, 1956. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Harry E. Barnard (1892-1973) — of Jackson, Jackson County, Mich.; Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Denver, Colo., July 11, 1892. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney, 1927-28; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Jackson County 1st District, 1929-32; candidate in primary for Michigan state senate 10th District, 1932. Died in St. Clair Shores, Macomb County, Mich., August 20, 1973. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William S. Barnett — of Cadillac, Wexford County, Mich. Lawyer; mayor of Cadillac, Mich., 2008-. Still living as of 2008.
  
  
• Francis Edward Barron (b. 1911) — also known as Francis E. Barron — of Howell, Livingston County, Mich. Born in Howell, Livingston County, Mich., July 28, 1911. Son of Richard E. Barron and Mary (Robb) Barron; married, October 9, 1942, to Abbie Esther Morley. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate in primary for Michigan state house of representatives from Shiawassee District, 1948; municipal judge in Michigan, 1952. Catholic. Member, American Legion; Knights of Columbus; Delta Theta Phi. Still living as of 1955.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Wilfred George Bassett (1911-1986) — also known as Wilfred G. Bassett — of Jackson, Jackson County, Mich. Born in Jackson, Jackson County, Mich., May 26, 1911. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Jackson County 1st District, 1951-64; defeated, 1964; candidate in primary for circuit judge in Michigan 4th Circuit, 1966. Baptist. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Elks; Delta Theta Phi. Died in Tampa, Hillsborough County, Fla., February 5, 1986. Interment at East Liberty Cemetery, East Liberty, Mich.
  
  
• Marianne O. Battani (b. 1944) — of Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., May 18, 1944. Lawyer; common pleas court judge in Michigan, 1981; district judge in Michigan, 1981-82; circuit judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1982-2000; defeated, 1980; U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 2000-. Female. Still living as of 2000.
  • See also: federal judicial profile.
  
  
• Homer L. Bauer (1902-1973) — of Charlotte, Eaton County, Mich. Born in Chester Township, Eaton County, Mich., November 28, 1902. Married 1943 to Marjorie M. Field. Republican. Lawyer; Eaton County Prosecuting Attorney, 1935-42; candidate in primary for circuit judge in Michigan 5th Circuit, 1941; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1943-52 (Eaton County 1943-44, Eaton District 1945-52). Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died in Charlotte, Eaton County, Mich., March 17, 1973. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Witter Johnston Baxter (1816-1888) — also known as Witter J. Baxter — of Jonesville, Hillsdale County, Mich. Born in Sidney Plains, Delaware County, N.Y., June 18, 1816. Son of Levi Baxter and Lois (Johnston) Baxter; married 1852 to Alice Beaumont (1831-1872) (granddaughter of Myron Holly (prominent abolitionist)). Republican. School teacher; lawyer; banker; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1856; member of Michigan state board of education, 1857-76, 1877-81; appointed 1857; resigned 1876, 1881; member of Michigan state senate 9th District, 1877-78. Presbyterian. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Odd Fellows. Died February 6, 1888. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Emmet Lewis Beach (b. 1857) — also known as Emmet L. Beach — of Saginaw, Saginaw County, Mich. Born in Bridgeport, Saginaw County, Mich., March 31, 1857. Democrat. Lawyer; circuit judge in Michigan 10th Circuit, 1900-05; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1914; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1916; member of Michigan Democratic State Central Committee, 1917. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Henry Harrison Beadle (1838-1915) — also known as William H. H. Beadle — Born, in a log cabin at Howard, Parke County, Ind., January 1, 1838. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; member of Republican National Committee from Dakota Territory, 1872-; member of Dakota territorial House of Representatives, 1877-79; Dakota Territory superintendent of public instruction, 1879-86. Member, Freemasons. Died in 1915. Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Albion, Mich. Beadle County, S.Dak. is named for him.
  
  
• Hiram J. Beakes (d. 1882) — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Married to Sarah C. Swathel (died 1904); father of Annie S. Beakes (who married Samuel Willard Beakes). Lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 2nd District, 1863-64; Washtenaw County Probate Judge, 1864-72; mayor of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1873-75. Died May 18, 1882. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Beakes family of New York
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Townsend F. Beaman (1906-1983) — also known as Towny Beaman — of Summit Township, Jackson County, Mich. Born in Vandercook Lake, Jackson County, Mich., 1906. Republican. Lawyer; candidate in primary for Michigan state senate 19th District, 1974. Methodist. Suffered a heart attack while golfing at the Country Club of Jackson, and died soon after, at Foote Hospital West, Jackson, Jackson County, Mich., June 12, 1983. Cremated.
  
  
• William Robert Beasley (b. 1919) — also known as William R. Beasley — of Ferndale, Oakland County, Mich.; Birmingham, Oakland County, Mich. Born in Highland Park, Wayne County, Mich., January 7, 1919. Son of Robert M. Beasley and Elizabeth J. (Edwards) Beasley; married, February 7, 1942, to Helen J. Beattie. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; circuit judge in Michigan 6th Circuit, 1967-76; Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals 2nd District, 1976-; appointed 1976. Presbyterian. Member, American Legion; Delta Theta Phi. Still living as of 1987.
  
  
• John W. Beaumont (b. 1858) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Elizabeth, Union County, N.J., July 20, 1858. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of Michigan state board of agriculture, 1912-15. English ancestry. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Theodore Gilbert Beaver (b. 1834) — also known as T. G. Beaver — of Niles, Berrien County, Mich.; Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Union County, Pa., 1834. Son of Mary Ann (Swartz) Beaver (died 1903) and Jesse Beaver (1811-1892); married 1863 to Frances Mary Twombly (1843-1876). Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of Niles, Mich., 1884, 1889. Member, Scottish Rite Masons; Freemasons; Maccabees; Royal Arcanum. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Mary V. Beck (1908-2005) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Ford City, Armstrong County, Pa., February 29, 1908. Daughter of Michael Beck and Anna (Woytowych) Beck. Democrat. Social worker; lawyer; member, Detroit City Council, 1950-70 (first woman to be elected); candidate in primary for U.S. Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1950; candidate in primary for mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1969. Female. Eastern Orthodox. Ukrainian ancestry. Died, in St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Clinton Township, Macomb County, Mich., January 30, 2005. Interment at St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Cemetery, South Bound Brook, N.J.
  
  
• Frederick Christopher Belen (1913-1999) — also known as Frederick C. Belen — of Arlington, Arlington County, Va. Born in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., December 25, 1913. Son of Christopher Frederick Belen and Elizabeth Lehman Belen; brother of Lucile E. Belen; married, February 7, 1943, to Opal Marie Sheets. Lawyer; aide to U.S. Reps. Andrew J. Transue and George D. O'Brien; served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Presbyterian. Member, Federal Bar Association; American Legion; Disabled American Veterans. U.S. deputy postmaster general; chaired the committee which created the ZIP code. Died, of complications from Parkinson's disease, in Arlington Hospital, Arlington, Arlington County, Va., October 13, 1999. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Belen family of Michigan
  
  
• Frank A. Bell (b. 1868) — of Negaunee, Marquette County, Mich. Born in Calhoun County, Mich., November 28, 1868. Son of Orville J. Bell and Sarah (Porter) Bell; married, October 14, 1914, to Frances Staley. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1916; circuit judge in Michigan 25th Circuit, 1927-47. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Robert Holmes Bell (b. 1944) — also known as Robert H. Bell — of Ingham County, Mich. Born in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., April 19, 1944. Lawyer; district judge in Michigan, 1973-79; circuit judge in Michigan 30th Circuit, 1979-87; U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Michigan, 1987-. Still living as of 2000.
  • See also: federal judicial profile.
  
  
• Frank Tripp Bennett (1882-1964) — also known as Frank T. Bennett — of Jackson, Jackson County, Mich. Born in Jackson, Jackson County, Mich., May 8, 1882. Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Jackson County 1st District, 1907-08; mayor of Jackson, Mich., 1920-21. Irish ancestry. Died in 1964. 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.
  
  
• Arlington A. Bergman — of Mason, Ingham County, Mich. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for circuit judge in Michigan 30th Circuit, 1910, 1911. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Lewis E. Berry, Jr. (b. 1914) — of Cheboygan, Cheboygan County, Mich. Born in Cheboygan, Cheboygan County, Mich., September 5, 1914. Republican. Lawyer; Cheboygan County Prosecuting Attorney, 1941-42, 1946-47; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1948; chair of Cheboygan County Republican Party, 1950. Still living as of 1950.
  
  
• Barnabas Bidwell (1763-1833) — of Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Mass. Born in Tyringham (part now in Monterey), Berkshire County, Mass., August 23, 1763. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1801-04; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 12th District, 1805-07; U.S. Representative from Michigan 12th District; resigned 1807; Massachusetts state attorney general, 1807-10. Died in Kingston, Ontario, July 27, 1833. Interment at Cataraqui Cemetery, Cataraqui, Ontario.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Anthony F. Bielawski (b. 1913) — also known as Tony Bielawski — of Bay City, Bay County, Mich.; Linwood, Bay County, Mich. Born in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich., September 6, 1913. Democrat. Lawyer; chair of Bay County Democratic Party, 1954-72; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1984; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1960; defeated, 1956, 1976. Still living as of 1984.
  
  
• Kinsley Scott Bingham (1808-1861) — also known as Kinsley S. Bingham — of Green Oak, Livingston County, Mich. Born in Camillus, Onondaga County, N.Y., December 16, 1808. Married 1833 to Margaret Warden (died 1834) (sister of Robert Warden, Jr. (1815?-?)); married, June 10, 1839, to Mary Warden (sister of Robert Warden, Jr. (1815?-?)); brother of Ira P. Bingham. Lawyer; farmer; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1837-39, 1841-42 (Livingston District 1837-39, 1841, Livingston County 1842); Speaker of the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1838-39, 1842; U.S. Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1847-51; Governor of Michigan, 1855-59; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1856; U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1859-61; died in office 1861. Died in Green Oak, Livingston County, Mich., October 5, 1861. Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Livingston County, Mich.; reinterment at Old Village Cemetery, Brighton, Mich.
  • See also Bingham-Warden family of Michigan
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• John E. Bird (1862-1928) — of Adrian, Lenawee County, Mich. Born in Clayton, Lenawee County, Mich., December 19, 1862. Republican. Lawyer; Lenawee County Prosecuting Attorney, 1895-99; Michigan state attorney general, 1905-10; resigned 1910; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1910-28; appointed 1910; died in office 1928; chief justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1910, 1919, 1926. Died February 9, 1928. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• James Gillespie Birney (1792-1857) — also known as James G. Birney — of Huntsville, Madison County, Ala.; New York, New York County, N.Y.; Lower Saginaw, Saginaw County (now Bay City, Bay County), Mich. Born in Danville, Boyle County, Ky., February 4, 1792. Son of James Gillespie Birney and Mary Reed Birney; married 1816 to Agatha McDowell; uncle of Humphrey Marshall; father of James M. Birney. Lawyer; studied law in the office of Alexander J. Dallas in Philadelphia; member of Kentucky state legislature, 1816-17; member of Alabama state legislature, 1819-20; candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama, 1828; Liberty candidate for President of the United States, 1840, 1844; candidate for Governor of Michigan, 1843, 1845. Presbyterian. While traveling, the horse he was riding bucked; he fell, suffered severe injuries, and subsequently died, in Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, N.J., November 25, 1857. Interment at Williamsburgh Cemetery, Groveland, N.Y.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Donald E. Bishop (b. 1933) — of Rochester, Oakland County, Mich. Born in Almont, Lapeer County, Mich., February 27, 1933. Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives 63rd District, 1967-70; member of Michigan state senate, 1971-82 (16th District 1971-74, 8th District 1975-82); defeated, 1982; candidate in primary for U.S. Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1972. Congregationalist. Still living as of 1982.
  
  
• Roswell Peter Bishop (1843-1920) — also known as Roswell P. Bishop — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich.; Ludington, Mason County, Mich. Born in Sidney, Delaware County, N.Y., January 6, 1843. Son of Edward Bishop and Anna (Andrews) Bishop. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; wounded during the war at Lees Mills, Va., and lost his right arm; lawyer; Mason County Prosecuting Attorney, 1877-80, 1885-86; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Mason County, 1883-84, 1893-94; U.S. Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1895-1907; defeated, 1906; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention 26th District, 1907. Died in Pacific Grove, Monterey County, Calif., March 4, 1920. Interment at El Carmelo Cemetery, Pacific Grove, Calif.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Allan R. Black — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for circuit judge in Michigan 30th Circuit, 1935. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Bruce D. Black (b. 1947) — of New Mexico. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., July 27, 1947. Lawyer; Judge, New Mexico Court of Appeals, 1991-95; U.S. District Judge for New Mexico, 1995-. Still living as of 2001.
  • See also: federal judicial profile.
  
  
• Edward D. Black (1853-1939) — of Flint, Genesee County, Mich. Born in Genesee County, Mich., September 22, 1853. Son of Henry A. Black and Caroline (Center) Black; married, December 31, 1889, to Bertha B. Billings. Republican. Lawyer; Genesee County School Commissioner, 1878-85; circuit judge in Michigan 7th Circuit, 1918-39; died in office 1939. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Rotary. Died May 3, 1939. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Eugene F. Black (1903-1990) — of Port Huron, St. Clair County, Mich. Born in Marine City, St. Clair County, Mich., January 27, 1903. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Michigan state attorney general, 1947-48; circuit judge in Michigan 31st Circuit, 1954-55; appointed 1954; resigned 1955; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1956-72. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Lions; Optimist Club; Delta Theta Phi. Died in Port Huron, St. Clair County, Mich., August 4, 1990. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Wallace Blackney (1876-1963) — also known as William W. Blackney — of Flint, Genesee County, Mich. Born in Clio, Genesee County, Mich., August 28, 1876. Son of William Wallace Blackney and Frances M. (Bell) Blackney; married, December 28, 1904, to Cassie F. Miller. Republican. School teacher; Genesee County Clerk, 1905-12; lawyer; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1925-30; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1932; U.S. Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1935-37, 1939-53; defeated, 1922, 1936. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Odd Fellows. Died in Flint, Genesee County, Mich., March 14, 1963. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Clio, Mich.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Austin Blair (1818-1894) — also known as "The War Governor" — of Jackson, Jackson County, Mich. Born in Caroline, Tompkins County, N.Y., February 8, 1818. Son of Rhoda (Blackman) Mann Blair and George Blair (1796-1869); third cousin of Bernard Blair; married, February 18, 1841, to Persis Lyman (died 1843); married, May 25, 1846, to Elizabeth Pratt (died 1847); married, February 16, 1849, to Sarah Louise (Horton) Ford; father of Charles Austin Blair. Lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Jackson County, 1846; instrumental in the 1846 abolition of capital punishment in Michigan, the first English-speaking jurisdiction to do so; Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney, 1853-54, 1885-86; member of Michigan state senate 12th District, 1855-56; Governor of Michigan, 1861-65; defeated (Liberty), 1872; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1860; U.S. Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1867-73; member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1881-89; appointed 1881. Unitarian. Died in Jackson, Jackson County, Mich., August 6, 1894. Interment at Mt. Evergreen Cemetery, Jackson, Mich.; statue at State Capitol Grounds, Lansing, Mich.
  • See also Blair family of Michigan and New York
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Charles Austin Blair (1854-1912) — also known as Charles A. Blair — of Jackson, Jackson County, Mich. Born in Jackson, Jackson County, Mich., April 10, 1854. Third cousin once removed of Bernard Blair; son of Austin Blair; married, October 8, 1879, to Effie C. North. Republican. Lawyer; Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney; candidate for circuit judge in Michigan 4th Circuit, 1899; Michigan state attorney general, 1903-04; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1905-12; died in office 1912; chief justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1909. Scottish ancestry. Died August 30, 1912. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Blair family of Michigan and New York
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Harold E. Bledsoe (1896-1974) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Marshall, Harrison County, Tex., August 29, 1896. Son of William Bledsoe and Mattie (Smith) Bledsoe; married to Mamie Geraldine Neal. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; candidate in primary for circuit judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1935; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1936; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1940; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1948; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 11th District, 1961-62. Black. Baptist. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., March 26, 1974. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Harry D. Boardman (1891-1959) — of Jackson, Jackson County, Mich. Born in Jackson, Jackson County, Mich., December 22, 1891. Son of John W. Boardman, Sr. and Ida M. (Mathews) Boardman; married, December 1, 1917, to Marguerite Van Schoick. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; municipal judge in Michigan, 1922-26; Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney, 1927; circuit judge in Michigan 4th Circuit, 1945-59; appointed 1945; defeated, 1959; died in office 1959. Member, Elks; Delta Theta Phi. Died April 14, 1959. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Xenophon A. Boomhower — of Bad Axe, Huron County, Mich. Born in Ohio. Son of Addison Boomhower and Almy (Stuart) Boomhower; married to Catherine Gillies. Republican. Lawyer; Huron County Prosecuting Attorney, 1909-21; circuit judge in Michigan 24th Circuit, 1924-53. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Rotary. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William A. Boos, Jr. (b. 1922) — of Saginaw, Saginaw County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., September 27, 1922. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1961-66 (Saginaw County 1st District 1961-64, 85th District 1965-66); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1964; candidate for circuit judge in Michigan 10th Circuit, 1966. Congregationalist. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Optimist Club. Still living as of 1966.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Paul D. Borman (b. 1939) — of Michigan. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., 1939. Lawyer; law professor; U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1994-. Still living as of 2002.
  • See also: federal judicial profile.
  
  
• Stephen Borrello — of Saginaw, Saginaw County, Mich. Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1996; Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals 4th District, 2003-. Still living as of 2003.
  
  
• Willard I. Bowerman, Jr. (1917-1987) — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., May 3, 1917. Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District, 1953-60; mayor of Lansing, Mich., 1961-65; defeated, 1965. Baptist. Member, Lions. Died in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., September 22, 1987. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
  • See also: Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Charles E. Bowles (1884-1957) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Yale, St. Clair County, Mich., March 24, 1884. Son of Alfred Bowles and Mary (Lutz) Bowles; married, June 1, 1915, to Ruth Davis. Republican. Lawyer; recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1926-29; resigned 1929; mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1930; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 15th District, 1932, 1934; candidate for circuit judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1941; candidate for Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1950, 1952. Member, Optimist Club. Recalled from office as Mayor in 1930 over charges that he had sold out to gangsters and the Ku Klux Klan. Died July 30, 1957. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
  
  
• George E. Bowles (1915-1993) — of Plymouth, Wayne County, Mich.; Grosse Pointe Shores, Wayne County, Mich. Born in 1915. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate in primary for Michigan state senate 18th District, 1950; circuit judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1956-69; appointed 1956. Died September 20, 1993. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Patricia Jean Ehrhardt Pernick Boyle (b. 1937) — also known as Patricia J. Boyle — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., 1937. Democrat. Lawyer; law clerk to U.S. District Judge Thaddeus Machrowicz, 1964-65; recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1976-78; U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1978-83; resigned 1983; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1983-98; appointed 1983. Female. Still living as of 2002.
  • See also: federal judicial profile.
  
  
• Emerson R. Boyles (1881-1960) — of Charlotte, Eaton County, Mich. Born in Chester Township, Eaton County, Mich., June 29, 1881. Son of William Boyles and Emma (Braybrooks) Boyles; married, June 15, 1905, to Mabel Casler. Republican. Lawyer; Eaton County Prosecuting Attorney, 1913-16; Eaton County Probate Judge, 1921-26; member, Michigan Public Utilities Commission; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1940-56; appointed 1940; resigned 1956; chief justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1943, 1950. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Rotary. Died in 1960. Burial location unknown.
  • Cross-reference: Glenn S. Allen, Jr.
  
  
• John A. Boyne (b. 1878) — of Highland Park, Wayne County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Marlette, Sanilac County, Mich., December 22, 1878. Son of George Boyne and Ida A. (Jones) Boyne; married, September 25, 1901, to Juel Nesbitt. Republican. Lawyer; attorney for Michigan Central Railroad; recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1925-28, 1930-35. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Vincent L. Bradford — of Niles, Berrien County, Mich.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Lawyer; member of Michigan state senate, 1838-39. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Rolland Bradley (born c.1897) — of Houston, Harris County, Tex. Born in Michigan. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas state house of representatives 19th District, 1929; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1944. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Russell Wallen Bradley (b. 1921) — also known as Russell W. Bradley — of Menominee, Menominee County, Mich. Born in Hermansville, Menominee County, Mich., August 12, 1921. Son of Martin Bradley and Jennie (Wallen) Bradley; married to Alice Marian Knapp. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; Menominee County Prosecuting Attorney, 1959; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from 30th Senatorial District, 1962; appointed 1962; candidate in primary for U.S. Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1964. Presbyterian. Member, Amvets. Still living as of 1967.
  
  
• D. Hale Brake (1891-1979) — of Stanton, Montcalm County, Mich. Born in Caledonia, Kent County, Mich., March 5, 1891. Son of David H. Brake and Bertha (Hale) Brake; married, January 1, 1917, to Marjorie Valentine. Republican. School teacher and principal; farmer; lawyer; Montcalm County Prosecuting Attorney, 1927-30; member of Michigan state senate 25th District, 1935-42; candidate in primary for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1942; Michigan state treasurer, 1943-54; defeated, 1954; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1944; candidate in primary for Governor of Michigan, 1954; candidate for justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1955; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from 25th Senatorial District, 1961-62. Congregationalist. Member, Order of the Coif; Gleaners; Grange; Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star; Lions; Rotary; Delta Sigma Rho; Delta Tau Delta. Died in Sheridan, Montcalm County, Mich., April 24, 1979. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Stephen C. Bransdorfer (b. 1929) — of Michigan. Born in 1929. Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Michigan state attorney general, 1978. Still living as of 1978.
  
  
• Edward L. Branson (1870-1935) — of Franklin County, Kan.; Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Mich. Born in Ottawa, Franklin County, Kan., October 4, 1870. Republican. Lawyer; Franklin County Attorney; member of Michigan state senate 9th District, 1929-32; defeated, 1932. Died in 1935. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• V. O. Braun (1896-1980) — of Owosso, Shiawassee County, Mich. Born in Rising Sun, Wood County, Ohio, June 7, 1896. Son of C. H. Braun and Emma (Roush) Braun; married, September 7, 1935, to Grace Downing. Republican. School teacher; lawyer; Shiawassee County Prosecuting Attorney, 1935-38; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Shiawassee County, 1939-44; defeated in primary, 1944. Member, Alpha Gamma Rho; Phi Kappa Delta. Died in 1980. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• James R. Breakey, Jr. (1900-1969) — of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in 1900. Son of James R. Breakey (1864-1943; physician). Republican. Lawyer; circuit judge in Michigan 22nd Circuit, 1945-67; appointed 1945; candidate for justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1960. Died in 1969. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Leo Joseph Brennan (b. 1891) — also known as Leo J. Brennan — of L'Anse, Baraga County, Mich. Born in L'Anse, Baraga County, Mich., July 24, 1891. Son of Patrick Brennan and Anna (Brady) Brennan; married, November 24, 1923, to Jane Larmour. Lawyer; Baraga County Prosecuting Attorney, 1927; circuit judge in Michigan 12th Circuit, 1947-65; appointed 1947. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Theodore Brentano (1854-1940) — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Mich., March 29, 1854. Son of Lorenzo Brentano and Caroline Brentano; married, May 17, 1887, to Minnie Claussenius. Republican. Lawyer; superior court judge in Illinois, 1890-1921; U.S. Minister to Hungary, 1922-27; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1932. Died July 2, 1940. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Mark Spencer Brewer (1837-1901) — also known as Mark S. Brewer — of Pontiac, Oakland County, Mich. Born in Addison Township, Oakland County, Mich., October 22, 1837. Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan state senate 20th District, 1873-74; U.S. Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1877-81, 1887-91; U.S. Consul General in Berlin, 1881-84; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1896; U.S. Civil Service Commissioner, 1898-1901. Died in Washington, D.C., March 18, 1901. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Pontiac, 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.
  
  
• William McNulty Brodhead (b. 1941) — also known as William M. Brodhead — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, September 12, 1941. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1971-74 (17th District 1971-72, 2nd District 1973-74); U.S. Representative from Michigan 17th District, 1975-83; candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1994. Still living as of 1998.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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
  
  
• Flavius Lionel Brooke (1858-1921) — also known as Flavius L. Brooke — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Norfolk County, Ontario, October 17, 1858. Republican. Lawyer; law partner of William L. Carpenter, John Atkinson, and Henry A. Haigh, starting in 1889; circuit judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1900-08; resigned 1908; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1908-21; appointed 1908; died in office 1921; chief justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1915. Died January 21, 1921. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• James D. Brooker (1863-1930) — of Cass City, Tuscola County, Mich. Born in Mallorytown, Ontario, March 18, 1863. Son of James Brooker and Lois Brooker; married, November 12, 1889, to Mary E. Bader. Republican. Lawyer; one of the organizers of the Cass City Telephone Company, later president and manager; Tuscola County Prosecuting Attorney; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1920. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Suffered a stroke, and died four days later, in Cass City, Tuscola County, Mich., February 15, 1930. Interment at Elkland Township Cemetery, Near Cass City, Tuscola County, Mich.
  
  
• Robert S. Brooks (b. 1917) — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in 1917. Lawyer; candidate in primary for mayor of Lansing, Mich., 1961. Still living as of 1961.
  
  
• Robert Cameron Broomfield (b. 1933) — Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., 1933. Lawyer; superior court judge in Arizona, 1971-85; U.S. District Judge for Arizona, 1985-99; took senior status 1999. Still living as of 1999.
  • See also: federal judicial profile.
  
  
• Burney Eslie Brower (b. 1880) — also known as Burney E. Brower — of Jackson, Jackson County, Mich. Born in Ingham County, Mich., June 18, 1880. Married 1905 to Esther Gaylord Miller. Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Jackson County 1st District, 1917-20; member of Michigan state senate 21st District, 1921-26. Dutch and Irish ancestry. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Arthur Brown — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1903-05; candidate for circuit judge in Michigan 22nd Circuit, 1911. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Arthur Ellison Brown (b. 1892) — also known as Arthur E. Brown — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Tuscola County, Mich., October 23, 1892. Son of Robert Brown and Ida May (Moshier) Brown; married, July 18, 1918, to Elfrieda A. Juengel. Republican. Lawyer; oil executive; candidate for Michigan state senate 5th District, 1932, 1934, 1938, 1940; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1935-36. Methodist. Member, American Legion; Odd Fellows; Sigma Nu Phi. 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.
  
  
• Donald A. Brown (b. 1924) — of Royal Oak, Oakland County, Mich. Born in Akron, Summit County, Ohio, November 2, 1924. Married, December 20, 1947, to Lynette Ralya. Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Oakland County 5th District; defeated, 1952; elected 1956; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1958. Presbyterian. Still living as of 1958.
  
  
• 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