The Political Graveyard: Heenan-Durant family of Grosse Pointe, Michigan

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Heenan-Durant family of Grosse Pointe, Michigan

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Richard Durant (1918-2008) — also known as Dick Durant — of Grosse Pointe, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Quincy, Norfolk County, Mass., March 5, 1918. Republican. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 14th District, 1950, 1952; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1960, 1964; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; lawyer. Congregationalist. Died January 17, 2008 (age 89 years, 318 days). Burial location unknown.

		Relatives: Son of William Clark Durant and Heloise Timbrell 'Lella' (Durant) Durant; married, July 26, 1945, to Rosemary Heenan (sister of Palmer T. Heenan); father of W. Clark Durant.
		Political family: Heenan-Durant family of Grosse Pointe, Michigan.

Palmer T. Heenan (1921-2016) — of Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne County, Mich. Born in December, 1921. Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1959, 1979; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1968; mayor of Grosse Pointe Park, Mich., 1983-; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. Died February 29, 2016 (age 94 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.

		Relatives: Brother of Rosemary Heenan (who married Richard Durant); married, November 23, 1956, to Jayne Houseal; uncle of W. Clark Durant.
		Political family: Heenan-Durant family of Grosse Pointe, Michigan.
		Image source: City of Grosse Pointe Park

W. Clark Durant (b. 1949) — of Grosse Pointe, Wayne County, Mich.; Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., May 13, 1949. Republican. Lawyer; bankruptcy trustee for the Ann Arbor Railroad, 1983-88, making it profitable; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1984; candidate for U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1990, 2012; candidate for justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1990; co-founder (1991), chairman (1991-2003), and CEO (2003-09) of Cornerstone Schools, a group of charter and independent schools in Detroit; member of Michigan state board of education, 1995-99; resigned 1999. Still living as of 2018.

		Relatives: Son of Rosemary (Heenan) Durant and Richard Durant; nephew of Palmer T. Heenan.
		Political family: Heenan-Durant family of Grosse Pointe, Michigan.
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