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Doyle family of Menominee, Michigan

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Michael J. Doyle (1854-1928) — of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, Mich.; Menominee, Menominee County, Mich. Born in 1854. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Chippewa District, 1891-92; resigned 1892; defeated, 1916 (Menominee County); mayor of Menominee, Mich.; elected 1918; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1918; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1920, 1924, 1928; candidate for justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1922; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1924. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Died in Menominee, Menominee County, Mich., 1928 (age about 74 years). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Menominee, Mich.

		Relatives: Father of Thurman B. Doyle (1896-1974) and W. F. Doyle.
		Political family: Doyle family of Menominee, Michigan.

Thurman B. Doyle (1896-1974) — of Menominee, Menominee County, Mich. Born in 1896. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1944, 1948; candidate for Michigan state attorney general, 1944, 1946; member of Michigan Democratic State Central Committee, 1947; candidate in primary for circuit judge in Michigan 41st Circuit, 1954. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Died in Menominee, Menominee County, Mich., 1974 (age about 78 years). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Menominee, Mich.

		Relatives: Son of Michael J. Doyle (1854-1928); brother of W. F. Doyle.
		Political family: Doyle family of Menominee, Michigan.

W. F. Doyle (1897-1988) — of Menominee, Menominee County, Mich. Born in Green Bay, Brown County, Wis., November 13, 1897. Republican. Newspaper reporter; member of Michigan state senate 10th District, 1933-34. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Died in 1988 (age about 90 years). Interment at St. Anne's Catholic Cemetery, Mackinac Island, Mich.

		Relatives: Son of Michael J. Doyle (1854-1928); brother of Thurman B. Doyle.
		Political family: Doyle family of Menominee, Michigan.

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