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University of Michigan Board of Regents


Members of the University of Michigan Board of Regents, 1835-2005 (May be incomplete!)
Robert McClelland 1835-37 John J. Adam 1837-40 Isaac E. Crary 1837-43 Samuel Denton 1837-40 Thomas Fitzgerald 1837 John Norvell 1837-39 Ross Wilkins 1837-42 Martin Kundig 1841-45 John Owen 1841-48 Andrew M. Fitch 1842-46 Marvin Allen 1843-51 Lewis Cass 1843-44 Austin E. Wing 1845-49 Elon Farnsworth 1846-57 Robert McClelland 1850-51 Epaphroditus Ransom 1850-51 James Kingsley 1852-58 Andrew Parsons 1852-54 George Bradley 1858-63 William M. Ferry 1858-63 Thomas D. Gilbert 1864-75 George Willard 1864-73 Hiram A. Burt 1868-75 Jonas H. McGowan 1870-77 Claudius B. Grant 1872-79 Byron M. Cutcheon 1875-81 Ebenezer O. Grosvenor 1880-87 James F. Joy 1881-85 Austin Blair 1881-89 Arthur M. Clark 1884-91 Moses W. Field 1886-89 Levi L. Barbour 1892-98 Henry Howard 1892-94 Henry S. Dean 1894-1907 George A. Farr 1896-1903 Levi L. Barbour 1902-08 Peter White 1904-08 Walter H. Sawyer 1906-31 Junius E. Beal 1908-39 Chase S. Osborn 1908-11 William L. Clements 1910-33 William A. Comstock 1914-16 James O. Murfin 1918-33 Edmund C. Shields 1933-35 Franklin M. Cook 1934-41 Charles F. Hemans 1934-41 James O. Murfin 1934-37 David H. Crowley 1936-43 Edmund C. Shields 1938-45 J. Joseph Herbert 1940-55 Harry G. Kipke 1940-47 Earl L. Burhans 1942 Alfred B. Connable 1942-57 Franklin M. Cook 1942-43 Vera Burridge Baits 1943-57 Otto E. Eckert 1946-61 Charles S. Kennedy 1946-61 Roscoe O. Bonisteel 1946-59 Kenneth M. Stevens 1948-55 Leland I. Doan 1952-59 Paul L. Adams 1956-57 Carl Brablec 1958-66 Irene E. Murphy 1958-66 William K. McInally 1960-64 Frederick C. Matthaei 1960-67 Paul G. Goebel 1962-70 William B. Cudlip 1964-72 Alvin M. Bentley 1966-69 Robert J. Brown 1967-74 Otis M. Smith 1967-71 Gertrude V. Huebner 1967-74 Frederick C. Matthaei, Jr. 1967-68 Gerald R. Dunn 1969-84 Lawrence B. Lindemer 1969-75 Paul W. Brown 1971-94 Deane Baker 1973-98 Sarah Goddard Power 1975-87 Neal D. Nielsen 1985-92 Philip H. Power 1987-98 Shirley M. McFee 1991- Rebecca McGowan 1993- Andrea Fischer Newman 1995- Olivia Maynard 1997-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1840: John J. Adam, resigned.
  • 1841 Mar 18: John Owen, appointed.
  • 1843: Isaac E. Crary, resigned.
  • 1843 Apr 1: Lewis Cass, appointed.
  • 1869: John F. Miller (Dem), defeated.
  • 1877 Jan 2: Jonas H. McGowan, resigned.
  • 1881 Oct 10: Austin Blair, appointed.
  • 1889 Mar 14: Moses W. Field, died in office.
  • 1894 May 24: Henry Howard, died in office.
  • 1894 Jun 1: Henry S. Dean, appointed.
  • 1896 Jan 11: George A. Farr, appointed.
  • 1899 Apr 3: Henry S. Dean (Rep), elected; Eli R. Sutton, elected; Stanley E. Parkill, defeated; Edward S. LeGendre (Dem), defeated; Frederic S. Goodrich (Prohibition), defeated; Harvey B. Hatch (Prohibition), defeated; William A. Higdon, defeated; Edwin D. Cox, defeated; Richard Henke, defeated; Herman Richter (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1901: Edmund C. Shields (Dem), defeated.
  • 1903: Wellington R. Burt (Dem), defeated; Willis J. Abbot (Dem), defeated.
  • 1905: Walter H. Sawyer (Rep), elected.
  • 1907: Woodbridge N. Ferris (Dem), defeated; Frank B. Leland (Rep), elected; Junius E. Beal, elected.
  • 1908: Peter White, died in office.
  • 1908 Jul 3: Chase S. Osborn, appointed.
  • 1909 Apr 5: George P. Codd (Rep), elected; William L. Clements (Rep), elected; Myron H. Walker (Dem), defeated; Arthur J. Lacy (Dem), defeated; William H. Adams (Prohibition), defeated; Emor L. Calkins (Prohibition), defeated; Eliza Burt Gamble (Socialist), defeated; Joseph Warnock (Socialist), defeated; Herman Richter (Socialist Labor), defeated; William Hoag (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1911 Apr 3: Benjamin S. Hanchett (Rep), elected; Lucius L. Hubbard (Rep), elected; John W. Anderson (Dem), defeated; Henry Kremers (Dem), defeated; George H. Sherman (Socialist), defeated; John F. Maki (Socialist), defeated; John O. Hinds, defeated; Leroy H. White (Prohibition), defeated; Shepard B. Cowles (Socialist Labor), defeated; Herman Richter (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1913: Walter H. Sawyer (Rep), elected.
  • 1915 Apr 5: Frank B. Leland (Rep), elected; Junius E. Beal (Rep), elected; Samuel T. Douglas (Dem), defeated; Elwin F. Brown (Dem), defeated; Leon L. Tyler (Progressive), defeated; Christopher G. Parnall (Progressive), defeated; Annie G. Lockwood (Socialist), defeated; M. Verne Breitmayer (Socialist), defeated; John F. Eesley (Prohibition), defeated; Marshall H. Pettit (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1917 Apr 2: James O. Murfin (Rep), elected; William L. Clements (Rep), elected; John T. Winship (Dem), defeated; Edgar O. Galloway (Dem), defeated; Joseph M. Carrier (Socialist), defeated; Olaf J. Hansen (Socialist), defeated; Moses E. Johnson (Prohibition), defeated; A. L. Allison (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1919 Apr 7: Benjamin S. Hanchett (Rep), elected; Lucius L. Hubbard (Rep), elected; Etta C. Boltwood (Dem), defeated; Effie Gaylord Huston (Dem), defeated; Alice M. Tucker (Prohibition), defeated; Mary E. Faull (Prohibition), defeated; V. Milton Breitmayer (Socialist), defeated; Harvey A. Hedden (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1921: Benjamin H. Halstead (Dem), defeated; Nellie Sawyer Clark (Dem), defeated; Walter H. Sawyer (Rep), elected.
  • 1923: Edmund C. Shields (Dem), defeated; Junius E. Beal, elected.
  • 1925: Mary L. Hinsdale (Dem), defeated.
  • 1927: Samuel T. Douglas (Dem), defeated.
  • 1929 Apr 1: Walter H. Sawyer (Rep), elected; R. Perry Shorts (Rep), elected; Edmund C. Shields (Dem), defeated; Horatio J. Abbott (Dem), defeated; Francis W. Elliott (Socialist), defeated; John Sweet (Socialist), defeated; Mrs. Dell Skinner (Prohibition), defeated; John Y. Johnston (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1931: Walter H. Sawyer, died in office; Charles F. Hemans (Dem), defeated; Junius E. Beal, elected.
  • 1933 Jan 9: Edmund C. Shields, appointed.
  • 1933 Apr 3: Franklin M. Cook (Dem), elected; Charles F. Hemans (Dem), elected; William L. Clements (Rep), defeated; Donald E. Johnson (Rep), defeated; H. J. McFarlan (Socialist), defeated; Sarah Fagan (Socialist), defeated; Mary P. Hopkins (Prohibition), defeated; Spurgeon D. Gostelow (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1934 Mar 19: James O. Murfin, appointed.
  • 1935 Apr 1: David H. Crowley (Rep), elected; Esther Marsh Cram (Rep), elected; Edmund C. Shields (Dem), defeated; Charles M. Novak (Dem), defeated; Walter G. Bergman (Socialist), defeated; Francis King (Socialist), defeated; Arthur Kirkpatrick (Farmer-Labor), defeated; Seymour A. Ayres (Farmer-Labor), defeated; Stanley B. Niles (Commonwealth), defeated; Elmon T. Felch (Commonwealth), defeated; Blanche Winters (American), defeated; Adelaide B. Cotharin (American), defeated.
  • 1937: James O. Murfin (Rep), defeated.
  • 1939 Apr 3: Harry G. Kipke (Rep), elected; J. Joseph Herbert (Rep), elected; Dean W. Myers (Dem), defeated; Charles C. Lockwood (Dem), defeated; Francis King (Socialist), defeated; Harold Chalk (Socialist), defeated; Florence Howard (Commonwealth), defeated; Earl A. Tremain (Commonwealth), defeated.
  • 1941 Apr 7: Earl L. Burhans (Rep), elected; Alfred B. Connable (Rep), elected; Franklin M. Cook (Dem), defeated; Charles F. Hemans (Dem), defeated; E. Harold Munn (Prohibition), defeated; Ernest L. Hibbard (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1942 Dec 23: Earl L. Burhans, resigned.
  • 1942 Dec 24: Franklin M. Cook, appointed.
  • 1943: Franklin M. Cook, died in office.
  • 1943 Apr 5: Ralph A. Hayward (Rep), elected; R. Spencer Bishop (Rep), elected; Charles P. Nugent (Dem), defeated; Ira D. McCoy (Dem), defeated; G. Albert Emerich (Prohibition), defeated; Enos A. Potts (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1943 May 14: Vera Burridge Baits, appointed.
  • 1945: J. Walter Orr (Dem), defeated.
  • 1945 Apr 2: Charles S. Kennedy, elected; Otto E. Eckert, elected.
  • 1946 Nov 1: Roscoe O. Bonisteel, appointed.
  • 1947 Apr 7: J. Joseph Herbert (Rep), elected; Kenneth M. Stevens (Rep), elected; George D. Schermerhorn (Dem), defeated; John L. Brumm (Dem), defeated; Clarice A. Nelson (Prohibition), defeated; Harold A. Lindahl (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1949 Apr 4: Alfred B. Connable (Rep), elected; Vera Burridge Baits (Rep), elected; Rosa Falk (Dem), defeated; Joseph E. Arsulowicz (Dem), defeated; Georgina K. Fields (Progressive), defeated; Ruby Sweetman (Progressive), defeated; Albert L. Leach (Prohibition), defeated; Walker M. Towns (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1951 Apr 2: Leland I. Doan (Rep), elected; Roscoe O. Bonisteel (Rep), elected; Murray D. Van Wagoner (Dem), defeated; Wheaton L. Strom (Dem), defeated; Arthur L. Leach (Prohibition), defeated; Orville L. Heltzel (Prohibition), defeated; Richard Fox (Progressive), defeated; Louis J. Cleage (Progressive), defeated; Theos A. Grove (Socialist Labor), defeated; James Sim (Socialist Labor), defeated; William H. Yancey (Socialist Workers), defeated; Howard Lerner (Socialist Workers), defeated.
  • 1953 Apr 6: Charles S. Kennedy (Rep), elected; Otto E. Eckert (Rep), elected; Thomas N. Robinson (Dem), defeated; Hazen J. Hatch (Dem), defeated; William J. Persons (Prohibition), defeated; Fenno E. Densmore (Prohibition), defeated; James Sim (Socialist Labor), defeated; Theos A. Grove (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1955: William B. Cudlip (Rep), defeated; J. Joseph Herbert (Rep), defeated; Eugene B. Power (Dem), elected.
  • 1957: Paul L. Adams, resigned.
  • 1957 Apr 1: Irene E. Murphy (Dem), elected; Carl Brablec (Dem), elected; Alfred B. Connable (Rep), defeated; Ethel Jocelyn Watt (Rep), defeated; Helen D. Lowell (Prohibition), defeated; Ralph C. March (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1959 Apr 6: William K. McInally (Dem), elected; Frederick C. Matthaei (Rep), elected; Ellis A. Wunsch (Dem), defeated; Ann Timmons Burgess (Rep), defeated; Delmar D. Gibbons (Prohibition), defeated; Herbert E. Crouter (Prohibition), defeated; Ralph W. Muncy (Socialist Labor), defeated; Theos A. Grove (Socialist Labor), defeated; Evelyn Sell (Socialist Workers), defeated.
  • 1961 Apr 3: Allan R. Sorenson (Dem), elected; Paul G. Goebel (Rep), elected; James C. Zeder (Rep), defeated; Theodore Sachs (Dem), defeated; Daniel Wadowski (Independent American), defeated; Sarah Lovell (Socialist Workers), defeated; E. Harold Munn, Jr. (Prohibition), defeated; Rollin M. Severance (Prohibition), defeated; Edith Gbur (Socialist Workers), defeated; Wheeler H. Kern (Independent American), defeated; James C. Horvath (Socialist Labor), defeated; Theos A. Grove (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1963: William B. Cudlip (Rep), elected; Eugene B. Power (Dem), elected; Ink White (Rep), defeated.
  • 1964 Aug 22: William K. McInally, died in office.
  • 1966 Apr 4: Alvin M. Bentley, appointed.
  • 1966 Nov 8: Robert J. Brown (Rep), elected; Gertrude V. Huebner (Rep), elected; Irene E. Murphy (Dem), defeated; John J. Collins (Dem), defeated; James Sim (Socialist Labor), defeated; Peter Goonis (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1967 Jun 15: Frederick C. Matthaei, resigned.
  • 1967 Jun 20: Frederick C. Matthaei, Jr., appointed.
  • 1968 Nov 5: Robert E. Nederlander (Dem), elected; Gerald R. Dunn (Dem), elected; Frederick C. Matthaei, Jr. (Rep), defeated; Lawrence B. Lindemer (Rep), defeated; Thomas Russell Copi (New Politics), defeated; Helen Schiff (Socialist Workers), defeated; Eric Chester (New Politics), defeated; Glen W. Johnson (Socialist Labor), defeated; Lydia B. Muncy (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1969 Apr 10: Alvin M. Bentley, died in office.
  • 1969 Apr 23: Lawrence B. Lindemer, appointed.
  • 1970 Nov 3: Paul W. Brown (Dem), elected; James L. Waters (Dem), elected; Paul G. Goebel, Jr. (Rep), defeated; Jack H. Shuler (Rep), defeated; George Kindred (American Independent), defeated; Tom Staffin (American Independent), defeated; P. Thomas Vernier (Socialist Workers), defeated; Marcia Wisch (Socialist Workers), defeated; Vito J. DeLisi (Socialist Labor), defeated; William Walbridge (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1972 Nov 7: Deane Baker (Rep), elected; Lawrence B. Lindemer (Rep), elected; Marjorie Lansing (Dem), defeated; Thomas A. Roach (Dem), defeated; Joseph C. Toth (Socialist Labor), defeated; Vito J. DeLisi (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1974 Nov 5: Sarah Goddard Power (Dem), elected; Thomas A. Roach (Dem), elected; Dona Scott Parker (Rep), defeated; David F. Upton (Rep), defeated; Ellen Hoffman (Human Rights), defeated; Joan C. Johnson (American Independent), defeated; Diane L. Kohn (Human Rights), defeated; Daniel Eller (American Independent), defeated; James J. Horvath (Socialist Labor), defeated; Arlen R. Hillwarth (Conservative), defeated; Arthur R. Heraz (Conservative), defeated; Joseph C. Toth (Socialist Labor), defeated; Claudia Hommel (Socialist Workers), defeated; Steve Brede (Socialist Workers), defeated; Barbara A. Gettel (U.S. Labor), defeated.
  • 1975 May 30: Lawrence B. Lindemer, resigned.
  • 1976 Nov 2: Robert E. Nederlander (Dem), elected; Gerald R. Dunn (Dem), elected; David F. Upton (Rep), defeated; Earl D. Gabriel (Rep), defeated; Diane L. Kohn (Human Rights), defeated; Joan C. Johnson (American Independent), defeated; Leonard J. Lukomski (American Independent), defeated; Robert D. Garber (Libertarian), defeated; James L. Hudler (Libertarian), defeated; Edgar Thomas (Socialist Labor), defeated; Joseph C. Toth (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1978 Nov 7: Paul W. Brown (Dem), elected; James L. Waters (Dem), elected; Gilbert E. Bursley (Rep), defeated; John R. Axe (Rep), defeated.
  • 1980: Stuart E. Hertzberg (Dem), defeated.
  • 1982: Sarah Goddard Power (Dem), elected.
  • 1986: Gary R. Frink (Rep), defeated; Cynthia Hudgins (Rep), defeated.
  • 1987: Philip H. Power, appointed.
  • 1987 Mar 24: Sarah Goddard Power, died in office.
  • 1988: Clifford W. Taylor (Rep), defeated; F. Thomas Lewand (Dem), defeated.
  • 1990: Philip H. Power (Dem), elected; Marvin L. Esch (Rep), defeated.
  • 1992: Neal D. Nielsen (Rep), defeated.
  • 1994: Paul W. Brown (Dem), defeated; Andrea Fischer Newman (Rep), elected.
  • 1996: William W. Hall (Libertarian), defeated; William B. Quarton (Natural Law), defeated.
  • 1998 Nov 3: Kathy White (Dem), elected; David Brandon (Rep), elected; Jessie F. Dalman (Rep), defeated; Philip H. Power (Dem), defeated; Ann H. Rappaport (Natural Law), defeated; James F. Montgomery (Libertarian), defeated; William W. Hall (Libertarian), defeated; William B. Quarton (Natural Law), defeated; Ray William Vinton (Reform), defeated.
  • 2002 Nov 5: Andrea Fischer Newman (Rep), elected; Andrew C. Richner (Rep), elected; Greg Stephens (Dem), defeated; Ismael Ahmed (Dem), defeated; Susan Fawcett (Green), defeated; William W. Hall (Libertarian), defeated; Matt Petering (Green), defeated; Rick Gualdoni (U.S. Taxpayers), defeated; David Arndt (Natural Law), defeated; Nick Waun (Reform), defeated.
  • 2004 Nov 2: Olivia Maynard (Dem), elected; S. Martin Taylor (Dem), elected; Patrick Anderson (Rep), defeated; Carl Meyers (Rep), defeated; Karen Adams (U.S. Taxpayers), defeated; Mary F. Debusschere (Natural Law), defeated; Michael R. Corliss (Libertarian), defeated; Nathaniel Damren (Green), defeated; Joe Sanger (U.S. Taxpayers), defeated; James L. Hudler (Libertarian), defeated.

     

     


    		 
       
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