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• Willis J. Abbott — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill.; New York, New York County, N.Y.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich.; Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Mich. Democrat. Newspaper editor; candidate for University of Michigan board of regents, 1903. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Daniel B. Ainger (1844-1913) — of Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio; Bryan, Williams County, Ohio; Charlotte, Eaton County, Mich.; Washington, D.C.; Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Bellevue, Huron County, Ohio, March 9, 1844. Son of William W. Ainger and Nancy (Brainard) Ainger; married, November 29, 1866, to Fannie Rhodes; married 1896 to Kittie Rose Savage. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1868, 1876; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1878, 1894; postmaster of Washington, D.C., until 1882; Adjutant General of Michigan, 1887-91; Michigan state banking commissioner, 1896-97. Congregationalist. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons. Died in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., April 2, 1913. Interment somewhere in Charlotte, Mich.
  
  
• Frank Aldrich (b. 1850) — of Washington, D.C.; Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Pierpont, Ashtabula County, Ohio, March 17, 1850. Republican. Newspaper editor; book publisher; manager and electrician for the Hansen Battery Light and Power Company, Washington, D.C., 1889-90; quartermaster-general of the District of Columbia National Guard, 1890-92; invented in 1893 and patented a railroad car seal which became widely used; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1899-1900. 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.
  
  
• James Burrill Angell (1829-1916) — also known as James B. Angell — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Scituate, Providence County, R.I., January 7, 1829. Son of Andrew Aldrich Angell and Amey (Aldrich) Angell; married, November 26, 1855, to Sarah S. Caswell (daughter of Alexis Caswell (president, Brown University)); father of Alexis Caswell Angell. Editor of Sen. Henry B. Anthony's newspaper, Providence Journal, 1860-66; president, University of Vermont, 1866-71; president, University of Michigan, 1871-1909; U.S. Minister to China, 1880-81; Turkey, 1897-98. Congregationalist. Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., April 1, 1916. Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
  • See also Angell-Cooley family of Michigan
  • See also: Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Henry S. Babcock (b. 1866) — of Emmet County, Mich.; Alma, Gratiot County, Mich. Born in Omer, Arenac County, Mich., April 26, 1866. Son of Eri D. Babcock and Katherine M. (Keller) Babcock; married, September 15, 1891, to Una M. Hathaway (died 1910); married, June 23, 1915, to Elinor Gage. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; Emmet County School Commissioner, 1900-18; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1932; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1936-37. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William S. Ballenger III (b. 1941) — of Ovid, Clinton County, Mich. Born in Flint, Genesee County, Mich., March 28, 1941. Son of William Sylvester Ballenger and Marie Elizabeth (Daley) Ballenger; married, June 20, 1964, to Virginia Lee Woodard. Republican. Newspaper reporter; chair of Shiawassee County Republican Party, 1966-68; member of Michigan state house of representatives 87th District, 1969-70; member of Michigan state senate 30th District, 1971-74; candidate in primary for U.S. Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1974; candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1982. Presbyterian. Member, Farm Bureau; Sons of the American Revolution; Jaycees. Still living as of 2007.
  
  
• George Albert Barnes (1885-1963) — also known as George A. Barnes — of Bellevue, Eaton County, Mich.; Flint, Genesee County, Mich. Born in Howell, Livingston County, Mich., February 1, 1885. Son of George Barnes. Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Michigan state senate 13th District, 1915-16. English ancestry. Died in 1963. 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.
  
  
• Junius Emery Beal (1860-1942) — also known as Junius E. Beal; Junius Emery Field — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Port Huron, St. Clair County, Mich., February 23, 1860. Son of James E. Field and Loretta B. Field; adoptive son of Rice Amer Beal (died 1883) and Phoebe (Beers) Beal; married 1889 to Ella Travis. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; real estate broker; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1888; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 1st District, 1905-06; member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1908-39; vice-president, Farmers and Merchants Bank; president, Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Street Railway Co.; officer of gas and electric utilities. Methodist. English ancestry. Member, Scottish Rite Masons; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Rotary; Beta Theta Pi; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., June 24, 1942. Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
  
  
• Allan Louis Benson (1871-1940) — also known as Allan L. Benson — of Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Plainwell, Allegan County, Mich., November 6, 1871. Son of Adelbert L. Benson and Rose (Morris) Benson; married, November 19, 1899, to Mary Hugh. Socialist. Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; candidate for President of the United States, 1916. Resigned from the Socialist Party in 1918 over its non-support of American participation in World War I. Died, of coronary thrombosis, in Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y., August 19, 1940. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William H. Berkey (1874-1952) — of Cassopolis, Cass County, Mich. Born in Cambria County, Pa., February 24, 1874. Son of Joshua Berkey and Barbara (Mahan) Berkey; married, June 8, 1911, to Olive K. Gard. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; farmer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1920 (alternate), 1940; member of Michigan state board of agriculture, 1930-47; Dry candidate for delegate to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Cass County, 1933. Member, Freemasons. Berkey Hall, a classroom and office building at Michigan State University, is named for him. Died in 1952. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Aaron Switzer Brown (1913-1969) — also known as Aaron S. Brown — of Lyme, Grafton County, N.H. Born in Pontiac, Oakland County, Mich., April 15, 1913. Son of Guy Carlton Brown and Millie Belle (Switzer) Brown; married, August 8, 1936, to Dorothy Park. Newspaper reporter; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Mexico City, 1937-38; U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua, 1961-67. Died February 22, 1969. Interment somewhere in Lyme, N.H.
  
  
• Charles F. Brown (b. 1862) — of Alma, Gratiot County, Mich. Born in Leslie, Ingham County, Mich., September 13, 1862. Son of George W. Brown and Avis (Bunker) Brown; married, December 19, 1885, to Nellie Gray. Republican. Newspaper publisher; postmaster; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1919. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Frank D. Brown (b. 1901) — of Bellevue, Eaton County, Mich. Born in Middleville, Barry County, Mich., February 8, 1901. Married 1925 to Lelah Smith. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Eaton County, 1931-32; defeated, 1932. Member, Freemasons. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Vernon J. Brown (1874-1964) — of Mason, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Vevay Township, Ingham County, Mich., March 20, 1874. Son of John M. Brown and Nancy J. (Jacobs) Brown; married to Maud R. DeCamp; father of Jim N. Brown. Republican. Grocer; Ingham County Clerk, 1919-22; newspaper publisher; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District, 1929-38; Michigan state auditor general, 1939-44; Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1945-46; candidate in primary for Governor of Michigan, 1946. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Kiwanis; Knights of Pythias. Died in 1964. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Robert Paul Butler (b. 1883) — also known as Robert P. Butler — of West Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Prairieville, Barry County, Mich., December 25, 1883. Son of Robert W. Butler and Bertha E. (Watson) Butler; married, June 4, 1910, to Emily Joslyn. Democrat. Newspaper reporter; lawyer; U.S. Attorney for Connecticut, 1934-45. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; Delta Psi. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Leon Donald Case (b. 1877) — also known as Leon D. Case — of Watervliet, Berrien County, Mich. Born in Ellsworth, Pierce County, Wis., January 15, 1877. Democrat. Newspaper publisher; member of Michigan state senate 7th District, 1913-14, 1933-36; defeated, 1914, 1928; candidate in primary for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1936; secretary of state of Michigan, 1937-38; defeated, 1938. English and French ancestry. Interment at Old Watervliet Cemetery, Watervliet, Mich.
  
  
• Paul M. Chandler (1919-1964) — of Livonia, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, Mich., November 26, 1919. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; newspaper publisher; candidate in primary for delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from 18th Senatorial District, 1961; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 21st District, 1963-64; died in office 1964; elected Michigan state senate 14th District 1964, but died before taking office. Lutheran. Died in Livonia, Wayne County, Mich., December 12, 1964. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Robert Henry Clancy (1882-1962) — also known as Robert H. Clancy — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., March 14, 1882. Son of Owen Clancy and Helen (Reardon) Clancy. Newspaper reporter; private secretary to U.S. Rep. Frank E. Doremus 1911-13, and to Assistant Secretary of Commerce Edwin F. Sweet, 1913-17; U.S. Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1923-25, 1927-33; defeated, 1924 (Democratic, 1st District), 1932 (Republican, 14th District); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1924; delegate to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Wayne County 1st District, 1933. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., April 23, 1962. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Thomas McIntyre Cooley (1824-1898) — also known as Thomas M. Cooley — of Adrian, Lenawee County, Mich.; Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Attica, Wyoming County, N.Y., January 6, 1824. Son of Thomas Cooley (1778-1847) and Rachel (Hubbard) Cooley; married, December 30, 1846, to Elizabeth Horton (died 1890); father of Fanny Cooley (who married Alexis Caswell Angell). Lawyer; newspaper editor; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1865-85; chief justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1868-69, 1876-77, 1884-85. Member, American Bar Association. Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Mich. is named for him. Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., September 12, 1898. Burial location unknown.
  • Cross-reference: Samuel W. Beakes
  • See also Angell-Cooley family of Michigan
  
  
• Clyde Eugene Cooper (1885-1963) — also known as Clyde E. Cooper — of White Cloud, Newaygo County, Mich. Born in Big Rapids, Mecosta County, Mich., January 28, 1885. Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Newaygo District, 1947-60. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Odd Fellows. Died in 1963. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Terry T. Corliss (b. 1867) — of Mayville, Tuscola County, Mich. Born in Almont, Lapeer County, Mich., February 10, 1867. Newspaper publisher; postmaster; member of Michigan state senate 21st District, 1913-16. English ancestry. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Arthur Stanley Coutant (b. 1854) — also known as A. S. Coutant — of Greenville, Montcalm County, Mich.; Mt. Pleasant, Isabella County, Mich. Born in Greenwich, Huron County, Ohio, December 11, 1854. Son of Isaac Newton Coutant and Anne (Oglevee) Coutant; married, December 29, 1881, to Anna M. Saterlee. Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1896-1900; postmaster. French, Dutch, Scotch-Irish, and German ancestry. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Charles Herbert Culver (1870-1950) — also known as Charles H. Culver — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., February 5, 1870. Republican. Lawyer; founder, Little Stick (satirical newspaper); member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1915-18, 1921-32; defeated, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1944, 1946; candidate in primary for circuit judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1935. Scottish ancestry. Died in 1950. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Frank P. Darin (1899-1958) — of River Rouge, Wayne County, Mich.; Wyandotte, Wayne County, Mich. Born September 21, 1899. Married, September 21, 1925, to Marie D'Iseppo. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; newspaper reporter; lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 4th District, 1925-32; defeated in primary, 1948; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1932; candidate for Michigan state senate 21st District, 1934; candidate for circuit judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1956. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows; Delta Theta Phi. Died January 28, 1958. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Murl H. DeFoe (1879-1964) — of Charlotte, Eaton County, Mich. Born in Eaton County, Mich., March 10, 1879. Republican. Newspaper editor; member of Michigan state senate 15th District, 1919-20, 1943-46; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1936. Died in 1964. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Edmond O. Dewey (b. 1861) — of Owosso, Shiawassee County, Mich. Born in Niles, Berrien County, Mich., August 24, 1861. Son of George M. Dewey (1832-1897) and Emma (Bingham) Dewey (1837-1910); married, September 21, 1887, to May Corinne Williams; brother of George Martin Dewey; uncle of Thomas Edmund Dewey. Republican. Newspaper publisher; postmaster; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1916. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  
  
• George Martin Dewey (d. 1927) — also known as George M. Dewey — of Owosso, Shiawassee County, Mich. Son of George M. Dewey (1832-1897) and Emma (Bingham) Dewey (1837-1910); brother of Edmond O. Dewey; married to Annie Thomas; father of Thomas Edmund Dewey. Republican. Newspaper publisher; postmaster. Died in 1927. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  
  
• Samuel W. Dexter (1792-1863) — of Dexter, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., 1792. Son of Samuel Dexter. Newspaper publisher; Washtenaw County Judge, 1826-27; candidate for Delegate to U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1831. Died in Dexter, Washtenaw County, Mich., February 6, 1863. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Frank Ellsworth Doremus (1865-1947) — also known as Frank E. Doremus — of Portland, Ionia County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Venango County, Pa., August 31, 1865. Son of Sylvester Doremus and Sarah (Peake) Doremus; married, June 26, 1890, to Elizabeth Hatley. Democrat. Newspaper editor; lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Ionia County 1st District, 1891-92; U.S. Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1911-21; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1916, 1920; mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1923-24; resigned 1924. Dutch and English ancestry. Died in Howell, Livingston County, Mich., September 4, 1947. Interment at Roseland Park, Detroit, Mich.
  • Cross-reference: Robert H. Clancy
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• W. F. Doyle (1897-1988) — of Menominee, Menominee County, Mich. Born in Green Bay, Brown County, Wis., November 13, 1897. Son of Michael J. Doyle; brother of Thurman B. Doyle. Republican. Newspaper reporter; member of Michigan state senate 10th District, 1933-34. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Died in 1988. Interment at St. Anne's Catholic Cemetery, Mackinac Island, Mich.
  • See also Doyle family of Michigan
  
  
• Ate Dykstra (1865-1953) — of Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich. Born in Netherlands, December 1, 1865. Married to Anna Feenstra (died 1938). Republican. Grocer; dry goods merchant; political editor of a weekly newspaper; candidate for mayor of Grand Rapids, Mich., 1910; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Kent County 1st District, 1923-34, 1939-42, 1945-46; defeated, 1934, 1936. Dutch ancestry. Died in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich., September 18, 1953. Interment at Washington Park Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
  
  
• Elton R. Eaton (1881-1952) — of Kalamazoo County, Mich.; Plymouth, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Mitchell County, Iowa, July 30, 1881. Father of Sterling Eaton. Republican. Newspaper publisher; Kalamazoo County Sheriff, 1917-20; executive secretary to Gov. Alex J. Groesbeck, 1923-26; delegate to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Wayne County 5th District, 1933; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1937-40, 1945-48 (Wayne County 5th District 1937-40, Wayne County 7th District 1945-48); defeated, 1948; candidate in primary for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1940; candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1942. Member, Rotary. Died in 1952. Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Plymouth, Mich.
  
  
• William Paul Faust (1929-1995) — also known as William Faust — of Westland, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Bucyrus, Crawford County, Ohio, March 29, 1929. Son of Paul Joseph Faust and Teresa (Johnson) Faust. Democrat. Newspaper editor; supervisor of Nankin Township, Michigan, 1963-65; candidate in primary for U.S. Representative from Michigan 15th District, 1964; member of Michigan state senate, 1967-94 (13th District 1967-82, 12th District 1983-94). Catholic. Member, Civitan. Died in 1995. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Len W. Feighner (b. 1862) — of Nashville, Barry County, Mich. Born in Canton, Stark County, Ohio, June 5, 1862. Son of William Feighner and Henrietta (Stauffer) Feighner; married 1885 to Stelle L. Wilson. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; postmaster; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Barry County, 1929-32; defeated, 1932. Methodist. Member, Scottish Rite Masons; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Ransom L. Ford (1878-1973) — of Montrose, Genesee County, Mich. Born in Byron, Shiawassee County, Mich., February 12, 1878. Republican. Newspaper editor; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Genesee County 1st District, 1915-18; defeated, 1912. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star. Died in 1973. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Sheridan Ford (b. 1867) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Monroe County, Mich., January 28, 1867. Republican. Newspaper correspondent; art critic; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1915-18. Irish ancestry. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Andrew Bird Glaspie (b. 1876) — also known as Andrew B. Glaspie — of Oxford, Oakland County, Mich. Born in Oxford, Oakland County, Mich., November 21, 1876. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; printing business; newspaper editor; postmaster; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Oakland County 2nd District, 1917-22; member of Michigan state senate 12th District, 1923-24. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Donald W. Gordon (b. 1923) — also known as Don Gordon — of Leland, Leelanau County, Mich. Born in Sand Lake, Kent County, Mich., June 28, 1923. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; newspaper editor; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Charlevoix District, 1963-64; candidate in primary for Michigan state senate 36th District, 1964. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Still living as of 1964.
  
  
• Joseph Gulvezan (1907-1991) — of Michigan. Born in 1907. Progressive. Auto worker; candidate for Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1948. Retiree director of Region 1B, United Auto Workers; columnist in UAW newspaper; president of the Detroit Metropolitan Council of Senior Citizens. Died in 1991. Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
  
  
• Thomas Hall (1869-1958) — of Bismarck, Burleigh County, N.Dak. Born in Cliff Mine, Keweenaw County, Mich., June 6, 1869. Son of Richard Hall and Ellen (Peters) Hall; married, September 1, 1897, to Anna M. Grafenstein. Republican. Newspaper reporter; rancher; secretary of state of North Dakota, 1913-24, 1943-54; U.S. Representative from North Dakota 2nd District, 1924-33; defeated, 1932. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks. Died in Bismarck, Burleigh County, N.Dak., December 4, 1958. Interment at Fairview Cemetery, Bismarck, N.Dak.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William B. Hallett (b. 1860) — of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Mich. Born in Adrian, Lenawee County, Mich., July 1, 1860. Democrat. Newspaper editor; printing business; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Kalamazoo County 1st District, 1917-18; defeated, 1908, 1918, 1922, 1932. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Edward J. Halloran (b. 1884) — of Davison, Genesee County, Mich. Born in Alpena, Alpena County, Mich., November 30, 1884. Son of John Halloran and Mary (Henry) Halloran; married, April 26, 1907, to Jennie Halloran. Democrat. Newspaper publisher; president, Michigan Federation, Typographical Union; vice-president, Michigan Federation of Labor; candidate for Michigan state senate 13th District, 1930; member, National Labor Relations Board, 1934-36. Catholic. Member, Knights of Columbus. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Everis Anson Hayes (1855-1942) — also known as Everis A. Hayes; E. A. Hayes — of Madison, Dane County, Wis.; Ironwood, Gogebic County, Mich.; San Jose, Santa Clara County, Calif. Born in Waterloo, Jefferson County, Wis., March 10, 1855. Son of Anson E. Hayes and Mary (Folsom) Hayes; married, October 11, 1884, to Nettie Louise Porter; married, July 18, 1893, to Mary Louisa Bassett. Republican. Lawyer; fruit grower; newspaper publisher; U.S. Representative from California, 1905-19 (5th District 1905-13, 8th District 1913-19); defeated, 1918. Died in San Jose, Santa Clara County, Calif., June 3, 1942. Interment at Oak Hill Memorial Park, San Jose, Calif.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Frederick L. Homsher (1885-1950) — of Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pa. Born in Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pa., November 19, 1885. Son of John G. Homsher; married to Mary E. Bryson. Newspaper editor and publisher; railroad business; member of Pennsylvania state senate, 1938-50; died in office 1950. Died in Michigan, May 3, 1950. Interment at Strasburg Mennonite Cemetery, Strasburg, Pa.
  
  
• 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
  
  
• Chester Milton Howell (b. 1884) — also known as Chester M. Howell; "Chiseling Chet" — of Saginaw, Saginaw County, Mich. Born in Muskegon, Muskegon County, Mich., September 10, 1884. Republican. Newspaper editor; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Saginaw County 1st District, 1923-26; member of Michigan state senate 22nd District, 1927-32, 1939-45; defeated, 1932, 1936; resigned 1945; charged on December 6, 1944 with accepting bribes from naturopathic physicians, and pleaded guilty; testified against other legislators in bribery cases. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Kiwanis; Moose; Rotary. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Nathaniel Ingersoll (1817-1881) — also known as John N. Ingersoll — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich.; Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y.; Owosso, Shiawassee County, Mich.; Corunna, Shiawassee County, Mich. Born in North Castle town, Westchester County, N.Y., May 4, 1817. Son of Nathaniel Ingersoll (1783-1824) and Abigail (Webber) Ingersoll (1786-1830); married 1834 to Harriet M. Robinson (died 1860); married, November 27, 1864, to Julia (Hammond) Barnum. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1849, 1869-70 (Chippewa County 1849, Shiawassee County 1st District 1869-70); member of Michigan state senate 28th District, 1861-62; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1868. Member, Odd Fellows. Died in Corunna, Shiawassee County, Mich., May 13, 1881. 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.
  
  
• Kurt R. Keydel (1904-1990) — of Michigan. Born in 1904. Republican. Member of Wayne State University board of governors, 1969-80; defeated, 1968; appointed 1969; defeated, 1980. Publisher of the Detroit German newspaper Der Apendpost. Died in 1990. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Austin E. Lathrop (1865-1950) — also known as Cap Lathrop — of Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska; Cordova, Valdez-Cordova census area, Alaska. Born in Michigan, 1865. Owner of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner newspaper, a chain of movie theaters, two radio stations, two banks, and the Healy River Coal Company; trustee, Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines, 1933-35, continuing as regent, University of Alaska, 1935-50. Killed in a railroad accident, at Healy, Denali Borough, Alaska, 1950. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Christian Lodge (1862-1950) — also known as John C. Lodge — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., August 12, 1862. Son of Dr. Edwin Albert Lodge and Christiana Hanson Lodge; uncle by marriage of Charles Augustus Lindbergh. Newspaper reporter; lumber business; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1909-10; mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1922-23, 1924, 1927-29. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Detroit's John C. Lodge Expressway is named for him. Died February 6, 1950. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
  
  
• Will Leonard Lowrie (1869-1944) — also known as Will L. Lowrie — of Illinois. Born in Adrian, Lenawee County, Mich., March 8, 1869. Son of A. H. Lowrie and Mattie Beckwith (Pease) Lowrie; married, September 18, 1907, to Amy W. Alden. Newspaper correspondent; U.S. Vice Consul in Rio de Janeiro, 1899; U.S. Consul in Hobart, 1906; Weimar, 1906-08; Erfurt, 1908-09; Carlsbad, 1909-12; U.S. Consul General in Lisbon, 1912-20; Athens, 1920-22; Wellington, 1926-29; Frankfort, 1931-32. Congregationalist. Member, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Died April 2, 1944. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• James N. McBride (1864-1933) — of Owosso, Shiawassee County, Mich.; Burton, Shiawassee County, Mich. Born in Mercer Center (unknown county), Pa., December 12, 1864. Newspaper editor; farmer; member of Michigan Union Silver Party State Central Committee, 1899; Progressive candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1914; Republican candidate for Michigan state house of representatives from Shiawassee County, 1932. Methodist. Member, Farm Bureau; Grange. Died in Burton, Shiawassee County, Mich., March 10, 1933. Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Burton, Mich.
  
  
• Will McGillivray (b. 1877) — of Oscoda, Iosco County, Mich. Born in Phornburry, Ontario, April 12, 1877. Republican. Postmaster; newspaper publisher; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Iosco District, 1917-20. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Howard McLean (1860-1933) — also known as John H. McLean — of Iron Mountain, Dickinson County, Mich.; Ironwood, Gogebic County, Mich. Born in Neenah, Winnebago County, Wis., June 6, 1860. Nephew by marriage of Nelson W. Fisk. Republican. Mining and railroad executive; founder of Iron Mountain Press newspaper; Dickinson County Treasurer, 1897-98; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1904. Catholic; later Protestant. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. Died, of a stroke, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., May 6, 1933. Interment at Fort Howard Cemetery, Green Bay, Wis.
  
  
• Daniel P. McMullen (b. 1852) — of Cheboygan, Cheboygan County, Mich. Born in Canada, September 8, 1852. Republican. Newspaper publisher; farmer; mayor of Cheboygan, Mich., 1892; member of Michigan state senate 29th District, 1899-1902. Member, Ancient Order of United Workmen; Knights of Pythias; Maccabees; Woodmen. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Arthur Edson Blair Moody (1902-1954) — also known as Blair Moody — of Michigan. Born in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., February 13, 1902. Father of Blair Moody, Jr.. Democrat. Newspaper reporter; U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1951-52; defeated, 1952, 1954; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1952. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died, during his campaign for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senator, of a heart ailment and pneumonia, in University Hospital, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., July 20, 1954. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
  • Cross-reference: Billie S. Farnum
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Michael Moore (b. 1954) — of Flint, Genesee County, Mich. Born in Flint, Genesee County, Mich., April 23, 1954. Married to Kathleen Glynn. Elected to Davison school board at age 18; founder and publisher of the Flint Voice alternative newspaper, which later became the Michigan Voice; Citizens candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1984; editor, Mother Jones magazine; directed and appeared in Roger and Me and other movie documentaries; host of the 1994-95 television series "TV Nation". Irish ancestry. Still living as of 2005.
  • See also: Internet Movie Database profile.
  • Books by Michael Moore: Will They Ever Trust Us Again? (2004); The Official Fahrenheit 9/11 Reader (2004); Downsize This! Random Threats from an Unarmed American (1997); Stupid White Men ..and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation (2002); Dude, Where's My Country? (2003); Adventures in a TV Nation, with Kathleen Glynn (1998)
  • Books about Michael Moore: Ken Lawrence, The World According to Michael Moore : A Portrait in His Own Words; Joseph Vogel, Free Speech 101: The Utah Valley Uproar over Michael Moore
  • Critical books about Michael Moore: David T. Hardy & Jason Clarke, Michael Moore Is A Big Fat Stupid White Man; Bernard Goldberg, 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America (And Al Franken Is #37)
  
  
• Harry Webster Musselwhite (1868-1955) — also known as Harry W. Musselwhite — of Manistee, Manistee County, Mich. Born near Coldwater, Branch County, Mich., May 23, 1868. Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; U.S. Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1933-35; defeated, 1934. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Eagles; Elks. Died in San Lorenzo, Alameda County, Calif., December 14, 1955. Interment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• F. Jack Neller (1908-1987) — of Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Mich. Born in Croydon, England, May 14, 1908. Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; newspaper reporter; lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Calhoun County 2nd District, 1939-42; Calhoun County Prosecuting Attorney, 1953-56; candidate for circuit judge in Michigan 37th Circuit, 1959. Died in 1987. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Josiah T. Newcomb (b. 1868) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Owosso, Shiawassee County, Mich., June 19, 1868. Republican. Newspaper work; lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County 23rd District, 1902, 1904; member of New York state senate 19th District, 1909-12; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1912. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Charles Archibald Nichols (1876-1920) — also known as Charles A. Nichols — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Boyne City, Charlevoix County, Mich., August 25, 1876. Son of Thomas Whitney Nichols. Republican. Newspaper reporter; city clerk of Detroit, Mich., 1908-12; U.S. Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1915-20; died in office 1920. Died in Washington, D.C., April 25, 1920. Interment at Grand Lawn Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Patrick O'Brien (b. 1858) — of Iron River, Iron County, Mich. Born in Pennsylvania, March 9, 1858. Married 1885 to Georgia Elliott. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; postmaster; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Iron District, 1915-24. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Horace Mann Oren (1859-1912) — also known as Horace M. Oren — of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, Mich. Born in Oakland, Clinton County, Ohio, February 3, 1859. Newspaper editor; lawyer; Michigan state attorney general, 1899-1902; circuit judge in Michigan 11th Circuit, 1911-12; appointed 1911; died in office 1912. Died in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Mich., 1912. Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
  
  
• Chase Salmon Osborn (1860-1949) — also known as Chase S. Osborn — of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, Mich.; Possum Poke, Poulan, Worth County, Ga. Born in a log house in Huntington County, Ind., January 22, 1860. Son of George A. Osborn and Margaret (Fannon) Osborn; married, May 7, 1881, to Lillian G. Jones. Republican. Newspaper publisher; postmaster; member of Michigan Republican State Executive Committee, 1899; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1899; member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1908-11; appointed 1908; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908; Governor of Michigan, 1911-12; defeated, 1914; candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1918, 1930; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1928; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1936. Presbyterian. English, French, and Irish ancestry. Member, Grange; Audubon Society; National Rifle Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Elks; Kiwanis; Knights of Pythias; Lions; Odd Fellows; Pi Gamma Mu; Sigma Chi; Sigma Delta Chi. Died April 11, 1949. Interment at a private or family graveyard, Chippewa County, Mich.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Milton Robert Palmer (1878-1932) — also known as Milton R. Palmer — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich., January 25, 1878. Son of Milton Josiah Palmer and Jane (Bayne) Palmer. Republican. Newspaper reporter; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1921-32. Unitarian. Died in 1932. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Edwin S. Palmiter (1854-1925) — of Hart, Oceana County, Mich. Born June 20, 1854. Son of Judson Palmiter (1827-1886) and Harriet S(tow) Palmiter (c.1832-1895); married 1877 to Lydia J. Garver. Newspaper publisher; abstractor; Prohibition candidate for secretary of state of Michigan, 1890; member of Michigan Prohibition Party State Central Committee, 1899; Prohibition candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1902. Died in 1925. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• S. Don Potter (b. 1928) — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., December 15, 1928. Republican. Journalist; radio and television news director; member of Michigan state senate 24th District, 1965-66; defeated in primary, 1966. Presbyterian. Still living as of 1966.
  
  
• Philip H. Power — also known as Phil Power — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Son of Eugene Barnum Power; married to Sarah Goddard. Democrat. Newspaper publisher; candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1978; member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1987-98; appointed 1987; defeated, 1998. Still living as of 1998.
  • See also Power family of Michigan
  
  
• Perry F. Powers (1858-1945) — of Cambridge, Henry County, Ill.; Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich.; Cadillac, Wexford County, Mich. Born in Jackson, Jackson County, Ohio, September 5, 1858. Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Michigan state board of education, 1899-1900; Michigan state auditor general, 1901-04; mayor of Cadillac, Mich., 1920-21; postmaster; vice-president, Peoples Savings Bank. Died in 1945. Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery, Cadillac, Mich.
  
  
• Francis H. Rankin, Jr. (1854-1925) — of Flint, Genesee County, Mich. Born in Flint, Genesee County, Mich., December 28, 1854. Republican. Newspaper publisher; printer; mayor of Flint, Mich., 1891-92; a director of the Union Trust and Savings Bank. Member, Freemasons. Died in Flint, Genesee County, Mich., December 7, 1925. Interment at Glenwood Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
  
  
• Friend William Richardson (1865-1943) — also known as Friend W. Richardson; William Richardson — of California. Born in Michigan, December 1, 1865. Son of William Richardson and Rhoda (Dye) Richardson; married to Augusta Felder. Republican. Newspaper publisher; California state treasurer, 1915-23; Governor of California, 1923-27. Quaker. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Order of the Eastern Star; Elks; Kiwanis; Moose; Odd Fellows; Rotary; Woodmen. Died, of a heart ailment, in Berkeley, Alameda County, Calif., September 5, 1943. Cremated; ashes interred at Chapel of the Chimes, Oakland, Calif.
  • Cross-reference: Fletcher Bowron
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Harry Mark Royal (1867-1945) — also known as Harry M. Royal — of Shelby, Oceana County, Mich. Born in Mattawan, Van Buren County, Mich., July 26, 1867. Son of Albert Henry Royal and Sarah Fidelia (Woodruff) Royal; married, December 27, 1888, to Isabella Johnston. Democrat. Newspaper publisher; president, White Lake Canning Company; vice-president, Oceana Canning Company; postmaster; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1912. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Odd Fellows. Died July 15, 1945. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Aloysius Ryan (1919-2001) — also known as William A. Ryan; Bill Ryan — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Morgantown, Monongalia County, W.Va., May 2, 1919. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; President and financial secretary, United Auto Workers Local 104; editor of The Wage Earner newspaper; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1958-82 (Wayne County 3rd District 1958-64, 3rd District 1965-72, 14th District 1973-82); Speaker of the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1969-74. Catholic. Died following a stroke, in the Martin Luther Holt nursing home, Holt, Ingham County, Mich., October 9, 2001. Entombed in mausoleum at St. Joseph Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
  
  
• James Edmund Scripps (1835-1906) — also known as James E. Scripps — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in London, England, March 19, 1835. Son of James Moag Scripps. Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Michigan state senate 3rd District, 1903-04. Died May 29, 1906. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Paul Werntz Shafer (1893-1954) — also known as Paul W. Shafer — of Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Mich.; Bronson, Branch County, Mich. Born in Elkhart, Elkhart County, Ind., April 27, 1893. Son of John M. Shafer; married to Ila Mack. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; municipal judge in Michigan, 1929-36; U.S. Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1937-54; nominated, but died before the election 1954; died in office 1954. Died in Washington, D.C., August 17, 1954. Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery, Battle Creek, Mich.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Walter Shapiro (born c.1947) — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Democrat. Candidate in primary for U.S. Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1972. Political columnist for USA Today. Still living as of 2001.
  
  
• George S. Stanley (b. 1858) — of Cadillac, Wexford County, Mich. Born in Chester, England, June 30, 1858. Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1900; mayor of Cadillac, Mich., 1901-02; defeated, 1896, 1900, 1902, 1905, 1911. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Alfred Peter Swineford (1836-1909) — also known as Alfred P. Swineford — of Marquette, Marquette County, Mich. Born in Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio, September 14, 1836. Married to Psyche Flower. Democrat. Newspaper publisher; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Marquette District, 1871-72; mayor of Marquette, Mich., 1874-75; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1878; Governor of Alaska District, 1885-89; candidate for Delegate to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1906. Died in Juneau, Alaska, October 26, 1909. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Juneau, Alaska.
  
  
• Mark L. Thompson (b. 1945) — of Rogers City, Presque Isle County, Mich. Born in Rogers City, Presque Isle County, Mich., August 8, 1945. Married 1971 to Jeanette Hahn. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; journalist; chair of Alpena County Republican Party, 1970-71; member of Michigan state house of representatives 106th District, 1973. Presbyterian. Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Still living as of 1973.
  
  
• Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg (1884-1951) — also known as Arthur H. Vandenberg — of Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich. Born in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich., March 22, 1884. Son of Aaron Vandenberg and Alpha (Hendrick) Vandenberg; married to Hazel H. Whitaker. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1912-18; U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1928-51; appointed 1928; died in office 1951; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1940. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Woodmen. Died in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich., April 18, 1951. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Frank M. Vandercook (b. 1853) — of St. Louis, Gratiot County, Mich. Born in New York, June 27, 1853. Married, April 7, 1870, to Elvira A. Near (died 1884); married 1885 to Elsie Livingston (died 1907); married, April 29, 1909, to Etta Millard. Newspaper publisher; Gratiot County Register of Deeds, 1897-1900; member of Michigan People's Party State Executive Committee, 1899; secretary of Michigan People's Party, 1899. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Guy Adrian Vander Jagt (1931-2007) — also known as Guy Vander Jagt — of Cadillac, Wexford County, Mich.; Luther, Lake County, Mich. Born in Cadillac, Wexford County, Mich., August 26, 1931. Married to Carol VanderJagt. Republican. Journalist; news director, WWTV, Cadillac, Mich.; lawyer; member of Michigan state senate 36th District, 1965-66; resigned 1966; U.S. Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1966-93; defeated in primary, 1992. Presbyterian. Dutch ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Rotary. Died, of pancreatic cancer, in Washington, D.C., June 22, 2007. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Don VanderWerp (1885-1971) — of Fremont, Newaygo County, Mich. Born in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich., September 14, 1885. Nephew of John Vanderwerp; married 1930 to Mildred Hekhuis. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Newaygo District, 1933-34, 1961-64; member of Michigan state senate 26th District, 1935-56; defeated in primary, 1956, 1958. Methodist. Dutch ancestry. Member, Farm Bureau; Grange; Freemasons; Shriners. Died June 24, 1971. Interment at Maplegrove Cemetery, Fremont, Mich.
  
  
• Coleman C. Vaughan (b. 1857) — of St. Johns, Clinton County, Mich. Born in Machias, Cattaraugus County, N.Y., August 1, 1857. Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Michigan Republican State Executive Committee, 1899; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1899; member of Michigan state senate, 1903-04, 1911-12 (19th District 1903-04, 15th District 1911-12); delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1904, 1924; secretary of state of Michigan, 1915-20. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Jonathan G. Wait (1811-1873) — of Michigan. Born in York, Livingston County, N.Y., November 22, 1811. Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Michigan state house of representatives from St. Joseph County, 1851-52; member of Michigan state senate, 1863-68 (16th District 1863-66, 14th District 1867-68). Founder, editor, and publisher of the Sturgis Journal. Died in Sturgis, St. Joseph County, Mich., October 24, 1873. Interment at Oak Lawn Cemetery, Sturgis, Mich.
  
  
• Charles A. Ward (b. 1859) — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Shelby, Macomb County, Mich., December 28, 1859. Democrat. Mining engineer; publisher of the Ann Arbor Argus-Democrat newspaper; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1892; member of Michigan state senate 10th District, 1899-1900; defeated, 1900. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Charles A. Weissert (b. 1878) — of Hastings, Barry County, Mich. Born in Hastings, Barry County, Mich., August 22, 1878. Married, June 20, 1914, to Elaine Bauer. Republican. Newspaper editor; author; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Barry County, 1915-20. German ancestry. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• George Wilson Welsh (1883-1974) — also known as George W. Welsh — of Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich.; Ada, Kent County, Mich. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, March 27, 1883. Son of Joseph Welsh and Elizabeth (Wilson) Welsh; married, October 4, 1906, to Shirlie Louise Smith. Republican. Printing business; publisher of a The Fruit Belt (farm magazine); member of Michigan state house of representatives from Kent County 1st District, 1917-24; Speaker of the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1923-24; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1924; Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1925-26; defeated in primary, 1926, 1952; candidate in primary for Governor of Michigan, 1928, 1932; mayor of Grand Rapids, Mich., 1938-49; candidate in primary for delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from 17th Senatorial District, 1961. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks. Died in Ada, Kent County, Mich., June 29, 1974. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
  
  
• Frank L. Westover (b. 1853) — of Bay City, Bay County, Mich. Born in Sheffield, Berkshire County, Mass., December 17, 1853. Republican. Lawyer; newspaper editor; postmaster; insurance business; Bay County Clerk, 1895-98; member of Michigan state senate 24th District, 1901-04. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Enoch Thomas White, Jr. (1913-1995) — also known as Ink White — of St. Johns, Clinton County, Mich. Born in Lapeer, Lapeer County, Mich., July 8, 1913. Son of Enoch Thomas White and Jacqueline White; married to Barbara Jane Raymond. Republican. Journalist; chair of Clinton County Republican Party, 1960; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Eaton District, 1961-62; candidate for University of Michigan board of regents, 1963. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Rotary. Died in St. Johns, Clinton County, Mich., November 4, 1995. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Alpheus Starkey Williams (1810-1878) — also known as Alpheus S. Williams — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Saybrook, Middlesex County, Conn., September 20, 1810. Son-in-law of Charles Larned. Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper editor; probate judge in Michigan, 1839; recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1842; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; postmaster; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for Governor of Michigan, 1866; U