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Clarence J. Dacey (b. 1892) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., September
7, 1892.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1929-30; defeated, 1932; member of Michigan
state senate 5th District, 1931-32.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dennis Dacey and Margaret (Reynolds) Dacey. |
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Vincent P. Dacey (b. 1895) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., July 3,
1895.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of
Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1921-24, 1929-32; candidate in Republican primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 15th District, 1932; candidate in
Democratic primary for circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1935.
Irish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Michael Buchanan Danaher (1855-1940) —
also known as Michael B. Danaher —
of Ludington, Mason
County, Mich.
Born in Brighton, Racine
County, Wis., September
28, 1855.
Democrat. Lawyer; Mason
County Prosecuting Attorney; candidate for mayor
of Ludington, Mich., 1910; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1920; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1928
(alternate), 1932,
1936.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Died in Ludington, Mason
County, Mich., January
30, 1940 (age 84 years, 124
days).
Interment at Pere
Marquette Cemetery, Ludington, Mich.
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Peter J. Danhof (1864-1944) —
of Grand Haven, Ottawa
County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Haven, Ottawa
County, Mich., January
1, 1864.
Democrat. Lawyer; Ottawa
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1891-92; law partner of Allen
C. Adsit, 1901-12; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 20th Circuit, 1911; superior court judge in
Michigan of Grand Rapids, 1915; appointed 1915; Democratic candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1916, 1918, 1934
(primary).
Christian
Reformed. Dutch
ancestry.
Died in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., January
3, 1944 (age 80 years, 2
days).
Interment at Lake
Forest Cemetery, Grand Haven, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of John Danhof and Rensina Danhof; married, September
4, 1888, to Emile Walkley. |
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Robert John Danhof (b. 1925) —
also known as Robert J. Danhof —
of Muskegon, Muskegon
County, Mich.; East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; Holland, Ottawa
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., August
24, 1925.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, 1960-61; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 23rd Senatorial
District, 1961-62; candidate for Michigan
state attorney general, 1962; Judge,
Michigan Court of Appeals 2nd District, 1969-; defeated, 1968;
appointed 1969.
Christian
Reformed or Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Jaycees.
Still living as of 1998.
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Relatives: Son
of Nicholas J. Danhof and Joan (Buter) Danhof; married to Marguerite
DenHerder. |
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William Frederick Dannemiller (1927-2001) —
also known as William F. Dannemiller; Bill
Dannemiller —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., August
9, 1927.
Democrat. Lawyer; real estate
developer; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 2nd
District, 1960; candidate for Michigan
state senate 18th District, 1964.
Presbyterian.
German
ancestry.
Died, of heart
failure, in University of Michigan Hospital,
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., December
5, 2001 (age 74 years, 118
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Emil Ames Dapper (1844-1906) —
also known as Emil A. Dapper —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
21, 1844.
Socialist. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; candidate for Michigan
state senate 16th District, 1902.
Died in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., November
13, 1906 (age 62 years, 265
days).
Interment at Valley
City Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Frank Peter Darin (1899-1958) —
also known as Frank P. Darin —
of River Rouge, Wayne
County, Mich.; Wyandotte, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born, of American parents, in Laggio, Italy,
September
21, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; newspaper
reporter; lawyer; municipal judge in Michigan, 1921-23;
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, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; White
Shrine of Jerusalem; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died January
28, 1958 (age 58 years, 129
days).
Interment at Woodmere
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Victor Darin and Rose Marie Pagnetto; married, September
21, 1925, to Marie D'Seppo. |
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Peter P. Darrow —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Michigan, 1964.
Still living as of 1999.
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John G. David (1911-2000) —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.; Grand Blanc, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born August
29, 1911.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Genesee County 1st District,
1948.
Died March
25, 2000 (age 88 years, 209
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Larry S. Davidow (1895-1991) —
also known as Lazarus S. Davidow —
of Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., November
15, 1895.
Lawyer; delegate to Socialist National Convention from
Michigan, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1920 (Socialist, 13th District),
1926 (Republican primary, 1st District), 1938 (Democratic primary,
17th District), 1942 (Democratic primary, 17th District); candidate
in Republican primary for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Oakland County
5th District, 1961.
Died March 9,
1991 (age 95 years, 114
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Alton Thomas Davis —
also known as Alton T. Davis —
of Grayling, Crawford
County, Mich.
Democrat. Lawyer; Crawford
County Prosecuting Attorney; circuit
judge in Michigan 46th Circuit, 1990; Judge,
Michigan Court of Appeals 4th District, 2005-10; appointed 2005;
justice
of Michigan state supreme court, 2010; appointed 2010; defeated,
2010.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Association for Justice; Sigma
Nu Phi; Elks; Rotary.
Still living as of 2011.
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Earl J. Davis (1885-1936) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., October
23, 1885.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1921-24; resigned
1924.
Died November
9, 1936 (age 51 years, 17
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John E. Davis and Ida Davis; married 1914 to Lenore
F. Cowles. |
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James M. Davis (b. 1844) —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Orchard Grove, Lake
County, Ind., September
11, 1844.
Republican. Lawyer; Kalamazoo
County Probate Judge, 1889-96; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Kalamazoo County 2nd
District, 1899-1900.
Burial location unknown.
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Harlow P. Davock (b. 1848) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., March
11, 1848.
Republican. Civil
engineer; worked on many railroad
and canal
projects; lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1893-94.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert R. Day (1919-2000) —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., April
12, 1919.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; Saginaw
County Circuit Court Commissioner.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Delta
Chi; Lions; Elks.
Died February
19, 2000 (age 80 years, 313
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Day and Margaret (Cavanaugh) Day; married, August
10, 1943, to Laura Alice Hoff. |
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William Rufus Day (1849-1923) —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Ravenna, Portage
County, Ohio, April
17, 1849.
Lawyer; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1886-90; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1898; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals, 1899-1903; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1903-22.
Lutheran.
Died in Mackinac Island, Mackinac
County, Mich., July 9,
1923 (age 74 years, 83
days).
Interment at West
Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Ohio.
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Alston Gordon Dayton (1857-1920) —
also known as Alston G. Dayton —
of Upshur
County, W.Va.; Philippi, Barbour
County, W.Va.
Born in Philippi, Barbour
County, Va. (now W.Va.), October
18, 1857.
Republican. Lawyer; Upshur
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1879; Barbour
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1884-88; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1895-1905;
resigned 1905; U.S.
District Judge for West Virginia, 1905.
Died,in a sanitarium
at Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., July 30,
1920 (age 62 years, 286
days).
Interment at Fraternity
Cemetery, Philippi, W.Va.
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Charles Werden Deane (1837-1914) —
also known as Charles W. Deane; C. W. Deane; Charles
W. Dean —
of Pentwater, Oceana
County, Mich.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Antigo, Langlade
County, Wis.
Born in Grafton, Windham
County, Vt., 1837.
Republican. Lawyer; Oceana
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1861-62; major in the Union Army
during the Civil War; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Newaygo District, 1867-68;
village president, Pentwater, Mich., 1867; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1868.
Died in Antigo, Langlade
County, Wis., June 4,
1914 (age about 76
years).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Michigan City, Ind.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter Werden Dean and Philinder (Willey) Dean; married to Adele C.
Woodward. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Joseph Francis Deeb (1909-1978) —
also known as Joseph F. Deeb —
of East Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., February
26, 1909.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, 1940-53.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., March
30, 1978 (age 69 years, 32
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael George Deeb and Rose (Balesh) Deeb; married, July 6,
1934, to Eleanor Mary Drieborg. |
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Herman Dehnke (1887-1979) —
of Harrisville, Alcona
County, Mich.
Born in Henry
County, Ohio, November
26, 1887.
Republican. Lawyer; Alcona
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1915-27; circuit
judge in Michigan 23rd Circuit, 1928-59; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1936;
candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1945; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Alpena District,
1961-62.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Grange.
Died in Midland, Midland
County, Mich., April
10, 1979 (age 91 years, 135
days).
Interment at Harrisville
Cemetery, Harrisville, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Hermann Dehnke and Katherine (Sattler) Dehnke; married, September
1, 1913, to Maude Frances Dodge. |
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Charles J. DeLand (1879-1943) —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., December
18, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Jackson County Republican Party, 1906-10; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 10th District,
1907-08; member of Michigan
state senate 10th District, 1915-20; secretary
of state of Michigan, 1921-26; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1929-30; defeated, 1934, 1940; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 15th District, 1932; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1936
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee).
Died in 1943
(age about
63 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Sheila Deming (born c.1951) —
of Grand Ledge, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born about 1951.
Lawyer; mayor
of Grand Ledge, Mich., 2001-07; defeated, 2007.
Female.
Still living as of 2007.
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Edwin Denby (1870-1929) —
also known as Ned Denby —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., February
18, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during the
Spanish-American War; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1903-04; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1905-11; defeated,
1910; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1917; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1921-24; persuaded by Secretary of State
Albert
B. Fall to transfer control of the Navy's oil leases to the
Interior Department; Fall then accepted large bribes
to sell the leases to his friends, in what became known as the Teapot
Dome scandal;
in 1924, Denby was forced to
resign as Secretary of the Navy.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
8, 1929 (age 58 years, 356
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Ray Derham (1888-1957) —
of Iron Mountain, Dickinson
County, Mich.
Born in Corunna, Shiawassee
County, Mich., September
3, 1888.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; member of Michigan
state senate 31st District, 1933-34; defeated in primary, 1934;
candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 25th Circuit, 1947.
Died in Iron Mountain, Dickinson
County, Mich., November
27, 1957 (age 69 years, 85
days).
Interment at Pine
Tree Cemetery, Corunna, Mich.
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Lee Burget Des Voignes (1858-1938) —
also known as L. Burget Des Voignes —
of Marcellus, Cass
County, Mich.; Cassopolis, Cass
County, Mich.
Born in Mt. Eaton, Wayne
County, Ohio, October
14, 1858.
Republican. Lawyer; Cass
County Circuit Court Commissioner, 1889-90; Cass
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1891-92; Cass
County Probate Judge, 1896; circuit
judge in Michigan 36th Circuit, 1906-23; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1927.
Died in 1938
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Cassopolis, Mich.
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John R. Dethmers (1903-1971) —
of Holland, Ottawa
County, Mich.; East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Plessis, O'Brien
County, Iowa, October
15, 1903.
Republican. Lawyer; Ottawa
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1931-38; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1939; Michigan
Republican state chair, 1942-45; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1944;
Michigan
state attorney general, 1945-46; resigned 1946; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1946-70; appointed 1946; defeated,
1970; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1953, 1956-62, 1967-69.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Judicature Society; Delta
Theta Phi; Knights
of Pythias; Rotary.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., November
1, 1971 (age 68 years, 17
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Andrew L. Deuel (1850-1926) —
of Harbor Springs, Emmet
County, Mich.
Born in Oakland
County, Mich., August
23, 1850.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; real
estate and insurance
business; Emmet
County Prosecuting Attorney; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1904;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 29th District,
1907-08; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Emmet County, 1917-20.
Died in 1926
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Harbor Springs, Mich.
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Michael Devereaux —
of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in Irondequoit, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; real estate
business; Isabella
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1879-80; mayor
of Mt. Pleasant, Mich., 1890-92, 1896-98, 1907-08; candidate for
Michigan
state board of education, 1894.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Edmund Dewey (1902-1971) —
also known as Thomas E. Dewey —
of Pawling, Dutchess
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Owosso, Shiawassee
County, Mich., March
24, 1902.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1933; New
York County District Attorney, 1937-41; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1940;
Governor
of New York, 1943-55; defeated, 1938; candidate for President
of the United States, 1944, 1948; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1952
(speaker),
1956.
Episcopalian.
English
and French
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations; Farm
Bureau; Grange;
Phi
Mu Alpha; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his room at the Seaview Hotel,
Bal Harbor, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., March
16, 1971 (age 68 years, 357
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Pawling
Cemetery, Pawling, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of George
Martin Dewey and Anne Louise 'Annie' (Thomas) Dewey; married, June 16,
1928, to Frances Eileen Hutt (grandniece of Jefferson
Finis Davis); nephew of Edmond
Otis Dewey; first cousin four times removed of David
Waterman; second cousin thrice removed of Thomas
Glasby Waterman; second cousin five times removed of Luther
Waterman and Joshua
Coit; third cousin thrice removed of John
Hall Brockway; fourth cousin once removed of James
Gillespie Blaine III. |
| | | Political families: Roosevelt
family of New York; Upham
family; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton
family of Massachusetts; Eastman
family; Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York; Chandler-Hale
family of Portland, Maine; Abbott
family of Salinas, California; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Dewey-Blaine-Coit-Huntington
family of Connecticut and Pennsylvania (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Herbert
Brownell, Jr. — Charles
C. Wing — Martin
T. Manton — Herman
Methfessel |
| | | The Thomas E. Dewey Thruway,
which runs through Westchester,
Rockland,
Orange,
Ulster,
Greene,
Albany,
Schenectady,
Montgomery,
Herkimer,
Oneida,
Madison,
Onondaga,
Cayuga,
Seneca,
Ontario,
Monroe,
Genesee,
Erie,
and Chautauqua
counties in New York, is named for
him. |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Thomas E. Dewey: Mary M.
Stolberg, Fighting
Organized Crime : Politics, Justice, and the Legacy of Thomas E.
Dewey — Barry K. Beyer, Thomas
E. Dewey, 1937-1947 : A Study in Political
Leadership — Richard Norton Smith, Thomas
E. Dewey and His Times — Scott Farris, Almost
President: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed the
Nation — David Pietrusza, 1948:
Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that Transformed
America |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Donald McDonald Dickinson (1846-1917) —
also known as Donald M. Dickinson; Don M.
Dickinson —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Trenton, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Port Ontario, Oswego
County, N.Y., January
17, 1846.
Democrat. Lawyer; Michigan
Democratic state chair, 1876; member of Democratic
National Committee from Michigan, 1880-85; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1880,
1892;
U.S.
Postmaster General, 1888-89.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Historical Association.
Died October
15, 1917 (age 71 years, 271
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Gerrit John Diekema (1859-1930) —
also known as Gerrit J. Diekema —
of Holland, Ottawa
County, Mich.
Born in Holland, Ottawa
County, Mich., March
27, 1859.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ottawa County 1st District,
1885-92; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1889-90; candidate
for Michigan
state attorney general, 1892; mayor
of Holland, Mich., 1895; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1896,
1924;
Michigan
Republican state chair, 1900-11, 1927-29; bank
president; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1908-11; defeated,
1910; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1916; U.S. Minister to Netherlands, 1929-30, died in office 1930.
Died in Netherlands,
December
20, 1930 (age 71 years, 268
days).
Interment at Pilgrim
Home Cemetery, Holland, Mich.
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Robert W. Dilley (1918-1998) —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born October
13, 1918.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Michigan
state senate 16th District, 1950.
Died July 14,
1998 (age 79 years, 274
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Albert W. Dimmers Jr. (b. 1904) —
of Hillsdale, Hillsdale
County, Mich.
Born in Hillsdale, Hillsdale
County, Mich., July 25,
1904.
Republican. Lawyer; Hillsdale
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1935-40; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Hillsdale District, 1945-48;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,
1952.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Rotary;
Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Albert W. Dimmers and Cora (Bailey) Dimmers; married to Kathleen
McFarland. |
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John David Dingell Jr. (1926-2019) —
also known as John D. Dingell; "Big John";
"The Truck" —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Trenton, Wayne
County, Mich.; Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., July 8,
1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1955-2003 (15th District 1955-65,
16th District 1965-2003, 15th District 2003); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1956,
1960,
1968,
1984,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Catholic.
Polish
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Polish
Legion of American Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; National Rifle
Association.
Died, from prostate
cancer, in Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich., February
7, 2019 (age 92 years, 214
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Grace Blossom (Bigler) Dingell and John
David Dingell; married 1952 to Helen
Henebry; married 1981 to Deborah
Ann Insley; father of Christopher
D. Dingell. |
| | | Political family: Dingell
family of Detroit, Michigan. |
| | | Cross-reference: Doug
Ross |
| | | John Dingell Drive,
in Detroit Metro Airport,
Romulus,
Michigan, is named for
him. — The John D. Dingell VA
Medical Center, in Detroit,
Michigan, is named for
him. — The John D. Dingell Jr. Memorial Bridges,
which take Stadium Boulevard over State Street and the Ann Arbor
Railroad tracks, in Ann Arbor,
Michigan, are named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Ballotpedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Michigan Manual
1957-58 |
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Michael A. Dively (b. 1938) —
of Traverse City, Grand
Traverse County, Mich.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, December
12, 1938.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 104th District, 1969-74; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1972.
United
Church of Christ. Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Bar
Association; Elks.
Still living as of 1974.
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Martin M. Doctoroff (b. 1933) —
of Birmingham, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in 1933.
Lawyer; Judge,
Michigan Court of Appeals 2nd District, 1987-; appointed 1987.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association.
Still living as of 1998.
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Francis Henry Dodds (1858-1940) —
also known as Francis H. Dodds —
of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born near Waddington, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., June 9,
1858.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1892;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1909-13; defeated,
1912.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich., December
23, 1940 (age 82 years, 197
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, Mich.
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Nugent Dodds (b. 1887) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich., June 17,
1887.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, 1926.
Episcopalian.
Burial location unknown.
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Peter F. Dodds (b. 1849) —
of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., January
4, 1849.
School
teacher; lawyer; law partner of Isaac
A. Fancher, 1875-82; Isabella
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1881-82; circuit
judge in Michigan 21st Circuit, 1894-1917.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Franklin Luke Dodge (1853-1929) —
also known as Frank L. Dodge —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio, October
22, 1853.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District,
1883-86; candidate for Michigan
state senate, 1890, 1900; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1908, 1914, 1920,
1926; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1928.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., December
24, 1929 (age 76 years, 63
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Michael L. Donahue (b. 1940) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y., March
26, 1940.
Libertarian. Lawyer; bank
officer; candidate for Michigan
state senate 5th District, 1998; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives 12th District, 2000; candidate for
justice
of Michigan state supreme court, 2002; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 14th District, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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George Anthony Dondero (1883-1968) —
also known as George A. Dondero —
of Royal Oak, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Greenfield Township (now part of Detroit), Wayne
County, Mich., December
16, 1883.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Royal Oak, Mich., 1921-23; U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1933-57 (17th District 1933-53,
18th District 1953-57).
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Died in Royal Oak, Oakland
County, Mich., January
29, 1968 (age 84 years, 44
days).
Interment at Oakview
Cemetery, Royal Oak, Mich.
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Ann Elizabeth Donnelly (b. 1924) —
also known as Ann E. Donnelly —
of Highland Park, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 3,
1924.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County
15th District, 1961-62.
Female.
Still living as of 1962.
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Joseph Michael Donnelly (b. 1895) —
also known as Joseph M. Donnelly —
of Ontonagon, Ontonagon
County, Mich.; Houghton, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Ontonagon, Ontonagon
County, Mich., December
26, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
Ontonagon
County Probate Judge, 1920-24; Ontonagon
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1924-28, 1930-32; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1928,
1932
(alternate), 1944;
U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, 1933-37.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John P. Donnelly and Johanna (Hawley) Donnelly; married, June 18,
1924, to Virginia Testman. |
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William Minton Donnelly (1885-1946) —
also known as William M. Donnelly —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August
5, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1926, 1928, 1930;
member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1927; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1928,
1944;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1933-34, 1945-46; defeated in primary, 1934, 1940; died in office
1946; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1935.
Died January
30, 1946 (age 60 years, 178
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Pat M. Donofrio —
of Clinton Township, Macomb
County, Mich.; Macomb Township, Macomb
County, Mich.
Lawyer; circuit
judge in Michigan 16th Circuit, 1997-2002; appointed 1997; Judge,
Michigan Court of Appeals 2nd District, 2002-; appointed 2002.
Still living as of 2013.
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Judith Dennehy Doran (c.1943-2003) —
also known as Judith D. Doran —
of Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, about 1943.
Lawyer; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 6th Circuit, 1978.
Female.
Member, National
Organization for Women.
Died, of cancer,
on February
24, 2003 (age about 60
years).
Burial location unknown.
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M. Edward Doran (b. 1895) —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Bronson, Branch
County, Mich., October
1, 1895.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
St. Joseph County Democratic Party, 1935-44; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1940,
1944
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee).
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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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.
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
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1920;
mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1923-24; resigned 1924.
Dutch
and English
ancestry.
Died in Howell, Livingston
County, Mich., September
4, 1947 (age 82 years, 4
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Roseland
Park Cemetery, Berkley, Mich.
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James Duane Doty (1799-1865) —
also known as James D. Doty —
of Neenah, Winnebago
County, Wis.; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Salem, Washington
County, N.Y., November
5, 1799.
Democrat. Lawyer; federal
judge, 1828-32; member
Michigan territorial council 7th District, 1834-35; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Wisconsin Territory, 1839-41; Governor
of Wisconsin Territory, 1841-44; delegate
to Wisconsin state constitutional convention, 1846; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District, 1849-53; Governor
of Utah Territory, 1863-65; died in office 1865.
Presbyterian.
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, June 13,
1865 (age 65 years, 220
days).
Interment at Fort
Douglas Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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William G. Doty (1852-1919) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Manchester, Washtenaw
County, Mich., September
6, 1852.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1891-93.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in 1919
(age about
66 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Washington Doty and Rhoda Jane (Brown) Doty; married, June 26,
1877, to Kate Westcott; grandson of Samuel
Doty. |
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Andrew B. Dougherty (1863-1928) —
of Elk Rapids, Antrim
County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Saint John, New
Brunswick, 1863.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1899; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1904;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; Michigan
state attorney general, 1923-26; appointed 1923; resigned 1926.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., January
8, 1928 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Elk Rapids, Mich.
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Edward Leon Douglas (b. 1927) —
also known as Edward L. Douglas —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., May 29,
1927.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 8th
District, 1961-62.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League; Omega
Psi Phi.
Still living as of 1962.
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Relatives: Son
of Levi Douglas and Minnie (Robinson) Douglas; married to Kathleen
Ellis. |
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Samuel Townsend Douglass (1814-1898) —
also known as Samuel T. Douglass —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Grosse Ile, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Wallingford, Rutland
County, Vt., February
28, 1814.
Lawyer; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1852-57; resigned 1857.
Died in Grosse Ile, Wayne
County, Mich., March 5,
1898 (age 84 years, 5
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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William E. Dowling —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1937-39; Wayne
County Prosecuting Attorney; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1947.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Tom Downs (1916-2007) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash., July 11,
1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 4th
District, 1961-62; candidate for Judge,
Michigan Court of Appeals 1st District, 1964; candidate for Michigan
State University board of trustees, 1972; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Unitarian.
Died in 2007
(age about
90 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Downs and Elizabeth (Seiling) Downs; married to Alice
Elizabeth 'Bette' Mohrmann. |
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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.
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Raymond H. Dresser (b. 1901) —
of Sturgis, St. Joseph
County, Mich.
Born in Litchfield, Hillsdale
County, Mich., January
28, 1901.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1939-47; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1940;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary;
Gamma
Eta Gamma.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Niles E. Dresser and Lou (Sherk) Dresser; married 1923 to Lola
Juckett. |
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Divie B. Duffield —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Lawyer; candidate in primary for mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1918.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Martyn Duffield (1842-1912) —
also known as Henry M. Duffield —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., May 15,
1842.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1876; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1888,
1892;
general in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; candidate
for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died July 13,
1912 (age 70 years, 59
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. George Duffield and Isabella Graham (Bethune) Duffield;
married 1863 to
Frances Pitt. |
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Patrick James Duggan Jr. (b. 1933) —
also known as Patrick J. Duggan —
of Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., September
28, 1933.
Lawyer; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1977-86; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1986-2000;
took senior status 2000.
Still living as of 2015.
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John M. Dunham (1888-1973) —
of East Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich., July 16,
1888.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Kent County
2nd District, 1933; candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1941.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Kent Community Hospital,
Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., January
23, 1973 (age 84 years, 191
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Harrison M. Dunham and Kittie (Parks) Dunham; married 1917 to
Frances Adeline Rogers; nephew of Major
L. Dunham. |
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Charles John Dunn (1872-1939) —
also known as Charles J. Dunn —
of Orono, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Houghton
County, Mich., July 14,
1872.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1901-02; municipal judge in
Maine, 1903-11; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Maine, 1908,
1916;
justice
of Maine state supreme court, 1918-35; chief
justice of Maine state supreme court, 1935-39; died in office
1939.
Universalist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died November
10, 1939 (age 67 years, 119
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Stuart J. Dunnings Jr. —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Michigan
state senate 14th District, 1956, 1957.
African
ancestry.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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George Harman Durand (1838-1903) —
also known as George H. Durand —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Cobleskill, Schoharie
County, N.Y., February
21, 1838.
Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of John
J. Carton; mayor of
Flint, Mich., 1873-75; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1875-77; defeated,
1876; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1892; appointed 1892; defeated,
1893; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Died in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., June 8,
1903 (age 65 years, 107
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
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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.
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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.
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Clyne Ward Durst Jr. (b. 1930) —
also known as Clyne W. Durst, Jr. —
of Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., October
27, 1930.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Lenawee County,
1961-62.
Methodist.
Member, Jaycees;
Kiwanis;
Elks.
Still living as of 1962.
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Relatives: Son
of Dorothy (Bichmann) Durst and Clyne Ward Durst, Sr.; married to
Jean M. Luethjohan. |
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Frank H. Dusenbury (b. 1878) —
of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich., May 26,
1878.
Republican. Lawyer; Isabella
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1903-06; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Isabella County, 1909-12.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Modern
Maccabees.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank H. Dusenbury and May V. Dusenbury; married, December
27, 1906, to Edith E. Gorham. |
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John W. Dwyer —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1921.
Burial location unknown.
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