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Charles Homer Baxter (b. 1879) —
also known as Charles H. Baxter —
of Loretto, Dickinson
County, Mich.; Houghton, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
12, 1879.
Republican. Mining engineer;
college
professor; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1924.
Member, Tau Beta
Pi; Rotary;
Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Ramsay Baxter and Margaret Ellen (Wright) Baxter; married,
October
16, 1912, to Margaret Eleanor Scully. |
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Charles Harry Benedict (b. 1876) —
of Lake Linden, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., September
24, 1876.
Democrat. Metallurgist;
worked for copper mining companies; inventor,
ammonia leaching process for copper; director, Federal Reserve Bank of
Minneapolis, 1919-23; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1920,
1928
(alternate).
Jewish.
Member, American
Chemical Society; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Benedict and Hannah (Goldsmith) Benedict; married, February
4, 1902, to Lena Manson. |
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James Price Briscoe (1894-1981) —
also known as J. Price Briscoe —
of Idaho Springs, Clear
Creek County, Colo.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
23, 1894.
Democrat. Mining executive; member of Colorado
state senate, 1950.
Member, Elks.
Died in May, 1981
(age 86
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Montague Ferry (1871-1938) —
also known as William M. Ferry —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Grand Haven, Ottawa
County, Mich., March
12, 1871.
Republican. Mining business; member of Utah
state senate, 1911-15; mayor
of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1915-19.
Congregationalist.
Died January
11, 1938 (age 66 years, 305
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward P. Ferry and Clara (White) Ferry; married 1896 to Ednah
Truman. |
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Edward F. Fisher (b. 1870) —
of Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Wayne, Wayne
County, Mich., October
31, 1870.
Republican. School
teacher; physician;
surgeon for Amalgamated Copper Co. coal mines in Wyoming;
candidate for Michigan
state senate, 1924 (5th District), 1926 (21st District); member
of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 5th District,
1929-36, 1941-44; defeated, 1944, 1950; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1936.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas F. Francis (b. 1853) —
of Ishpeming, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Redruth, Cornwall, England,
1853.
Republican. Mining business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Marquette County 2nd
District, 1915-18, 1921-22; defeated in primary, 1922.
Burial location unknown.
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George Girrbach (1890-1948) —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., March
30, 1890.
Republican. School
teacher; general manager and vice-president, Soo Creamery;
secretary, Rudyard Woodworking
Corp.; vice-president, Centralgoma Iron
Mines, Ltd.; member of Michigan
state senate 30th District, 1945-48; died in office 1948;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1947.
Member, Grange;
Rotary;
Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Suffered a head injury in an automobile
collision, and died the next day, in Hurley Hospital,
Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., May 24,
1948 (age 58 years, 55
days).
Interment at Crystal
Lake Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Walter Friedrich Gries (1892-1959) —
also known as Walter F. Gries —
of Laurium, Houghton
County, Mich.; Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich.; Negaunee, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Lake Linden, Houghton
County, Mich., October
1, 1892.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; school teacher
and principal; prison
warden; superintendent, welfare department, Cleveland-Cliffs
iron mining and shipping
company; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1952;
member of Michigan
state board of education, 1953-59.
Member, Rotary.
Died, while suffering from diabetes,
in a hospital
at Ishpeming, Marquette
County, Mich., November
23, 1959 (age 67 years, 53
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Gries and Ida J. (Tauppe) Gries; married to Velta
Liste. |
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1957-58 |
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Robert A. Haggerty —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Democrat. Coal miner; automobile
worker; financial
secretary, Local 946, United Automobile Workers; financial
secretary, Greater Detroit Maintenance and Power House Workers
Council, UAW-CIO; Political Action Committee Coordinator
for Wayne County Council CIO; constable; member of Michigan
state senate 21st District, 1949-54; defeated in primary, 1954;
candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 8th District,
1956, 1960.
Member, United
Auto Workers.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael Haggerty and Margaret Haggerty; married 1938 to
Katherine Maguire. |
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Michael Harris (b. 1852) —
of Menominee
County, Mich.
Born in Ireland,
September
19, 1852.
Republican. Miner; lumberman;
merchant;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Menominee County, 1905-10,
1917-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1872 to
Margaret Barry. |
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Frank Heath (1886-1954) —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in England,
June
28, 1886.
Republican. Coal mining superintendent; ice cream
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1940
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee); member of Michigan
state senate 24th District, 1945-54; nominated, but died before
the election 1954; died in office 1954; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Michigan.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions.
Died September
1, 1954 (age 68 years, 65
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Eugene Hook (1893-1982) —
also known as Frank E. Hook; "Fightin'
Frank" —
of Ironwood, Gogebic
County, Mich.; Edina, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in L'Anse, Baraga
County, Mich., May 26,
1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; miner;
lawyer;
municipal judge in Michigan, 1924-25; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1935-43, 1945-47;
defeated, 1942 (12th District), 1946 (12th District), 1954 (12th
District), 1956 (12th District), 1958 (12th District), 1966 (11th
District); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1936,
1940,
1944
(alternate), 1948;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1948; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Michigan; candidate in primary for circuit
judge in Michigan 32nd Circuit, 1957; president of radio
station WJMS, Ironwood, Mich.
Lutheran.
Member, American
Legion; Sigma
Delta Kappa; Disabled
American Veterans; Americans
for Democratic Action.
In February 1945, he was involved in a fist fight on the floor of the
House of Representatives with John
E. Rankin of Mississippi.
Died in Edina, Hennepin
County, Minn., June 21,
1982 (age 89 years, 26
days).
Interment at Fort
Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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George Magoffin Humphrey (1890-1970) —
also known as George M. Humphrey —
of Mentor, Lake
County, Ohio.
Born in Cheboygan, Cheboygan
County, Mich., March 8,
1890.
Lawyer;
president, M.A. Hanna Company (mining and processing iron and
nickel ores), 1929-52; chairman of Pittsburgh Consolidated
Coal Company; chairman, Executive Committee, National Steel
Corporation; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1953-57.
Episcopalian.
Died, from heart
disease, in University Hospital,
Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, January
20, 1970 (age 79 years, 318
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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James Franklin Jewell (1865-1943) —
also known as James F. Jewell —
of Hubbell, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Cornwall, England,
1865.
Republican. Copper mine worker; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1921-26, 1931-34 (Houghton County
2nd District 1921-26, Houghton County 1st District 1931-34);
defeated, 1928, 1934.
English
ancestry.
Died in 1943
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Houghton, Mich.
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William Kelly (1854-1937) —
of Vulcan, Dickinson
County, Mich.; Iron Mountain, Dickinson
County, Mich.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
17, 1854.
Republican. Mining engineer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1912
(alternate), 1916.
Presbyterian.
Member, Tau Beta
Pi; Psi
Upsilon; Rotary.
Slipped and
fell while descending steps, and died nine days later from his
injuries, in Iron Mountain, Dickinson
County, Mich., October
1, 1937 (age 83 years, 167
days).
Interment at Everett
Cemetery, Everett, Pa.
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Austin Eugene Lathrop (1865-1950) —
also known as Austin E. Lathrop; Cap
Lathrop —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska; Cordova, Chugach
census area, Alaska.
Born in Lapeer, Lapeer
County, Mich., October
5, 1865.
Owner of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner newspaper,
a chain of movie
theaters, two radio
stations, two banks, and
the Healy River Coal Company; trustee, Alaska Agricultural
College and School of Mines, 1933-35, continuing as regent,
University of Alaska, 1935-50.
Killed in a railroad
accident, at Healy, Denali
Borough, Alaska, July 26,
1950 (age 84 years, 294
days).
Burial location unknown.
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David J. Leveque (b. 1882) —
of Lake Linden, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Lake Linden, Houghton
County, Mich., May 22,
1882.
Republican. Banker;
mining business; fruit
farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Houghton County 2nd District,
1917-18.
French
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Grange;
Farm
Bureau.
Burial location unknown.
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Alexander Maitland (1844-1925) —
of Negaunee, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Ayrshire, Scotland,
June
20, 1844.
Republican. Mining executive; mayor
of Negaunee, Mich., 1889; member of Michigan
state senate 31st District, 1897-1900; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1903-06.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died June 12,
1925 (age 80 years, 357
days).
Interment at Negaunee
Cemetery, Negaunee, Mich.
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James H. McDonald (1832-1889) —
of Escanaba, Delta
County, Mich.
Born in Inverness, Scotland,
March
15, 1832.
Republican. Railroad
builder; iron mining magnate; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1887-89; died in office 1889.
Killed in a train
derailment, near Elmwood, Iron
County, Mich., January
19, 1889 (age 56 years, 310
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Escanaba, Mich.
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John Howard McLean (1860-1933) —
also known as John H. McLean —
of Iron Mountain, Dickinson
County, Mich.; Ironwood, Gogebic
County, Mich.
Born in Neenah, Winnebago
County, Wis., June 6,
1860.
Republican. Mining and railroad
executive; founder
of Iron Mountain Press newspaper;
Dickinson
County Treasurer, 1897-98; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1904.
Catholic;
later Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, of a stroke,
in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 6,
1933 (age 72 years, 334
days).
Interment at Fort
Howard Memorial Park, Green Bay, Wis.
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Patrick Henry O'Brien (1868-1956) —
also known as Patrick H. O'Brien —
of Superior, Douglas
County, Wis.; Calumet, Houghton
County, Mich.; Laurium, Houghton
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Phoenix, Keweenaw
County, Mich., March
15, 1868.
Democrat. Miner; lawyer;
candidate for Michigan
state senate 32nd District, 1900; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1908 (12th District), 1930 (6th
District); circuit
judge in Michigan 12th Circuit, 1912-22; resigned 1922;
defeated, 1935 (3rd Circuit); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1912
(speaker),
1928
(alternate), 1932;
candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1919, 1925; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1932; Michigan
state attorney general, 1933-34; defeated, 1934; candidate for
mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1937; Wayne
County Probate Judge, 1939.
Member, American Bar
Association; National
Lawyers Guild; Knights
of Columbus; Eagles;
Elks.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., November
28, 1956 (age 88 years, 258
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph G. O'Connor (1904-1967) —
of Lincoln Park, Wayne
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., May 24,
1904.
Democrat. Trained as an engineer;
gold assayer for Yellow Jacket Mining Co., Nevada; worked for
Chrysler
Corporation in the 1930s; executive board
member, United Auto Workers Local 7, 1938; national
representative to the Congress of Industrial Organizations,
1941-48; advertising
business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1949-62 (Wayne County 1st
District 1949-54, Wayne County 6th District 1955-62); defeated in
primary, 1962.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, United
Auto Workers; Moose; Elks; Eagles;
Maccabees;
Knights
of Equity.
Died in 1967
(age about
63 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Velma Eugen Jones. |
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Alvin E. Richards (b. 1886) —
of Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Soudan, St. Louis
County, Minn., October
6, 1886.
Republican. Mining superintendent; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Marquette County, 1947-54;
defeated, 1954.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry F. Shea (1885-1967) —
of Laurium, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Osceola Mine, Houghton
County, Mich., April
15, 1885.
Democrat. Miner; railroad
trainman; plumber;
steamfitter;
candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Houghton County 1st District,
1918; member of Michigan
state senate 32nd District, 1937-40; defeated, 1940; charged
on January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former state
legislators) with accepting bribes;
tried,
convicted,
and sentenced
to 3-5 years in prison;
granted immunity
from prosecution in return for his testimony in another bribery
case, 1945.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Eagles.
Died in 1967
(age about
82 years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Aloysius Sullivan (b. 1890) —
also known as William A. Sullivan —
of Globe, Gila
County, Ariz.
Born in Calumet, Houghton
County, Mich., August
28, 1890.
Democrat. Organizer, owner, Mine Supply and Hardware
Co.; mayor of
Globe, Ariz., 1934-46; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arizona, 1936,
1944
(alternate); secretary of
Arizona Democratic Party, 1936-38; member of Arizona
state senate, 1947-62.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Rotary;
Toastmasters.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Sylvester J. Sullivan and Mary Ann (Murphy) Sullivan; married, September
2, 1916, to Gertrude Elizabeth Roberts. |
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Charles A. Ward (b. 1859) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Shelby, Macomb
County, Mich., December
28, 1859.
Democrat. Mining engineer;
publisher of the Ann Arbor Argus-Democrat newspaper;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1892;
member of Michigan
state senate 10th District, 1899-1900; defeated, 1900.
Burial location unknown.
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Matthew H. Watters (b. 1859) —
of Ishpeming, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in England,
1859.
Republican. Miner; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Marquette County 2nd
District, 1899-1900.
Burial location unknown.
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Peter White (1820-1908) —
of Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., October
31, 1820.
Democrat. Merchant;
lawyer;
banker;
founder of Cleveland Cliffs mining company; postmaster at Carp
River, Mich., 1851-56; Marquette,
Mich., 1856; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Chippewa District, 1857-58;
member of Michigan
state senate 32nd District, 1875-76; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1876,
1888,
1896;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1882; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1904-08; died in office 1908.
Died in Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich., 1908
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Presque
Isle Park, Marquette, Mich.
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James M. Wilcox (b. 1850) —
of Calumet, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Wales,
July
22, 1850.
Republican. Mining superintendent; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Iron District, 1913-14;
member of Michigan
state senate 32nd District, 1917-28; defeated in primary, 1928.
Welsh
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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