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David A. Brown —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Financier; candidate in primary for mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1923.
Burial location unknown.
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James Edward Davidson (1865-1947) —
also known as James E. Davidson —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., December
7, 1865.
Republican. Shipbuilder;
financier; director, Pere Marquette Railroad;
director, Cleveland Indians pro
baseball team; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1915-19, 1927, 1939; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1920,
1944
(alternate); member of Republican
National Committee from Michigan, 1923-40.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Lake Placid, Essex
County, N.Y., July 25,
1947 (age 81 years, 230
days).
Interment somewhere
in Bay City, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of James Davidson and Ellen M. (Rogers) Davidson; married 1890 to June
Lolette Cobb; married, July 28,
1919, to Helen Forrest Knox. |
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26, 1947 |
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Walter Francis Girardot (1927-2005) —
also known as Walter F. Girardot —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
27, 1927.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
stockbroker; candidate for Michigan
state senate 4th District, 1952; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1972, 1974; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1976.
French
Canadian and Irish
ancestry.
Died in Franklin, Oakland
County, Mich., December
4, 2005 (age 78 years, 280
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank D. McKay (1883-1965) —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., November
4, 1883.
Republican. Financier; political boss who dominated Republican
politics in Michigan for years; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1920,
1928,
1932
(alternate), 1936,
1940,
1944;
Michigan
state treasurer, 1925-30; investigated
by a grand jury in 1931 over his handling
of state funds while Treasurer; member of Republican
National Committee from Michigan, 1940-44; subject of three
federal grand jury investigations
in 1940 over alleged fraud,
extortion
and kickbacks;
indicted
in 1944 for bribery
of state legislators; hired a Purple
Gang figure to murder
the star witness, State Sen. Warren
G. Hooper, and the case collapsed; charged
in 1945, along with William
McKeighan, with conspiracy to violate
state liquor laws; tried in
1946; the judge directed a verdict of not guilty.
Died in Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., January
12, 1965 (age 81 years, 69
days).
Entombed at Greenwood
Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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