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Willis J. Abbot Willis John Abbot (1863-1934) — also known as Willis J. Abbot; Willis J. Abbott — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill.; New York, New York County, N.Y.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich.; Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Mich.; Brookline, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., March 16, 1863. Democrat. Newspaper editor; chairman of Henry George's campaign for Mayor of New York City, 1898; director of the Democratic National Press Bureau, 1900 and 1908; close friend and spokesman of William Jennings Bryan; candidate for University of Michigan board of regents, 1903; editor, Christian Science Monitor, 1922-27. Christian Scientist. Member, American Economic Association. Died in Brookline, Norfolk County, Mass., May 19, 1934 (age 71 years, 64 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Waldo Abbot and Julia (Holmes) Abbot; married 1888 to Amanda Mack.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, November 1897
  Daniel Brainard Ainger (1844-1913) — also known as Daniel B. Ainger — of Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio; Bryan, Williams County, Ohio; Charlotte, Eaton County, Mich.; Washington, D.C.; Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Bellevue, Huron County, Ohio, March 9, 1844. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1868, 1876; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1878, 1894; postmaster at Washington, D.C., 1880-82; Adjutant General of Michigan, 1887-91; Michigan state banking commissioner, 1896-97. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Grand Army of the Republic. Died in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., April 2, 1913 (age 69 years, 24 days). Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery, Charlotte, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of William W. Ainger and Nancy (Brainard) Ainger; married, November 29, 1866, to Fannie Rhodes; married 1896 to Kittie Rose Savage.
  Frank Aldrich (b. 1850) — of Washington, D.C.; Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Pierpont, Ashtabula County, Ohio, March 17, 1850. Republican. Newspaper editor; book publisher; manager and electrician for the Hansen Battery Light and Power Company, Washington, D.C., 1889-90; quartermaster-general of the District of Columbia National Guard, 1890-92; invented in 1893 and patented a railroad car seal which became widely used; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1899-1900. Burial location unknown.
  Arthur Emil Anderson (1893-1966) — also known as Arthur Anderson — of Big Rapids, Mecosta County, Mich.; Marquette, Marquette County, Mich. Born in Spurr Mountain, Baraga County, Mich., November 27, 1893. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper publisher; chair of Mecosta County Republican Party, 1950. Episcopalian. Swedish ancestry. Member, American Legion; Knights of Pythias; Freemasons; Elks. Died in November, 1966 (age about 73 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of John E. Anderson and Hilma (Brandt) Anderson; married, December 19, 1921, to Winifred Van Brocklin.
James B. Angell James Burrill Angell (1829-1916) — also known as James B. Angell — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Scituate, Providence County, R.I., January 7, 1829. Editor of Sen. Henry B. Anthony's newspaper, Providence Journal, 1860-66; president, University of Vermont, 1866-71; president, University of Michigan, 1871-1909; U.S. Minister to China, 1880-81; Turkey, 1897-98. Congregationalist. Member, American Historical Association. Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., April 1, 1916 (age 87 years, 85 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Andrew Aldrich Angell and Amey (Aldrich) Angell; married, November 26, 1855, to Sarah S. Caswell (daughter of Alexis Caswell); father of Alexis Caswell Angell.
  Political family: Angell-Cooley family of Ann Arbor, Michigan.
  Angell Hall, at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., is named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Past and Present of Washtenaw County (1906)
  Raymond Lee Anglemire (1876-1936) — also known as Raymond L. Anglemire — of Allegan County, Mich. Born in Remington, Jasper County, Ind., June 3, 1876. Democrat. Newspaper work; dentist; candidate for Michigan state senate 8th District, 1926; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 4th District, 1928, 1932; delegate to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Allegan County, 1933. Member, American Legion. Died in Trowbridge Township, Allegan County, Mich., January 8, 1936 (age 59 years, 219 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Saugatuck, Mich.
  Relatives: Married 1903 to Estelle Louise Condon.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Henry S. Babcock (b. 1866) — of Emmet County, Mich.; Alma, Gratiot County, Mich. Born in Omer, Arenac County, Mich., April 26, 1866. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; Emmet County School Commissioner, 1900-18; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1932; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1936-37. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Eri D. Babcock and Katherine M. (Keller) Babcock; married, September 15, 1891, to Una M. Hathaway; married, June 23, 1915, to Elinor Gage.
  Norman Bailey (1822-1896) — of Hastings, Barry County, Mich. Born in Cayuga County, N.Y., January 1, 1822. Republican. Merchant; newspaper editor; member of Michigan state senate 21st District, 1861-62. Member, Odd Fellows. Died in Hastings, Barry County, Mich., February 15, 1896 (age 74 years, 45 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Hastings, Mich.
  Relatives: Brother of Alvin W. Bailey; married 1864 to Rachel Aldrich.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Joseph A. Baldwin (1895-1949) — of Albion, Calhoun County, Mich. Born in Addison, Lenawee County, Mich., August 8, 1895. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper business manager; hotel business; lawyer; member of Michigan state senate 9th District, 1935-36, 1939-44; defeated, 1936. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; American Legion; Rotary; Sigma Nu; Phi Alpha Delta; American Bar Association; Delta Sigma Rho. Died January 5, 1949 (age 53 years, 150 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Albion, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Charles W. Baldwin and Mary A. (Sykes) Baldwin; married, July 13, 1918, to Irene McCall.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  William S. Ballenger III (b. 1941) — of Ovid, Clinton County, Mich. Born in Flint, Genesee County, Mich., March 28, 1941. Republican. Newspaper reporter; chair of Shiawassee County Republican Party, 1966-68; member of Michigan state house of representatives 87th District, 1969-70; member of Michigan state senate 30th District, 1971-74; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1974; candidate for U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1982. Presbyterian. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Farm Bureau; Jaycees. Still living as of 2021.
  Relatives: Son of William Sylvester Ballenger and Marie Elizabeth (Daley) Ballenger; married, June 20, 1964, to Virginia Lee Woodard.
  George Albert Barnes (1885-1963) — also known as George A. Barnes — of Bellevue, Eaton County, Mich.; Flint, Genesee County, Mich. Born in Howell, Livingston County, Mich., February 1, 1885. Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Michigan state senate 13th District, 1915-16. English ancestry. Died in 1963 (age about 78 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of George Barnes.
Samuel W. Beakes Samuel Willard Beakes (1861-1927) — also known as Samuel W. Beakes — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Burlingham, Sullivan County, N.Y., January 11, 1861. Democrat. Lawyer; private secretary to Judge Thomas M. Cooley; newspaper editor and publisher; mayor of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1888-90; postmaster at Ann Arbor, Mich., 1894-98; U.S. Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1913-17, 1917-19; defeated, 1916, 1918; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1916. Episcopalian. Died in Washington, D.C., February 9, 1927 (age 66 years, 29 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of George Mortimer Beakes and Elizabeth (Bull) Beakes; married, July 6, 1886, to Annie Spelman Beakes (daughter of Hiram J. Beakes); second cousin once removed of Ambrose Augustine Weeks Jr.; third cousin of Stephen Galloway; third cousin once removed of Cornelia Cole Fairbanks and Llewellyn James Barden; fourth cousin once removed of Chauncey C. Pendleton and Daniel Parrish Witter.
  Political families: Fairbanks-Adams family; Mapes-Jennings-Denby-Harrison family of New York and Arizona; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Beakes-Greene-Witter family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Past and Present of Washtenaw County (1906)
Junius E. Beal Junius Emery Beal (1860-1942) — also known as Junius E. Beal; Junius Emery Field — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Port Huron, St. Clair County, Mich., February 23, 1860. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; real estate broker; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 1st District, 1905-06; member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1908-39; vice-president, Farmers and Merchants Bank; president, Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Street Railway Co.; officer of gas and electric utilities. Methodist. English ancestry. Member, Beta Theta Pi; Phi Beta Kappa; Rotary; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners; Sons of the American Revolution. Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., June 24, 1942 (age 82 years, 121 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
  Relatives: Adoptive son of Phoebe Rhoda (Beers) Beal; son of James Edward Field and Loretta Jane (Beal) Field; married 1889 to Ella Travis; nephew and adoptive son of Rice Aner Beal; nephew of Eugene Emery Beal; first cousin of Emery Richard Beal; first cousin twice removed of Porter Beal; second cousin once removed of Joseph Lorenzo Beal; third cousin of Clarence Lapham Lathrop.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Beal family of Michigan (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Michigan Manual 1927
  Allan Louis Benson (1871-1940) — also known as Allan L. Benson — of Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Plainwell, Allegan County, Mich., November 6, 1871. Socialist. Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 24th District, 1912, 1914; candidate for President of the United States, 1916. Resigned from the Socialist Party in 1918 over its non-support of American participation in World War I. Died, of coronary thrombosis, in Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y., August 19, 1940 (age 68 years, 287 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Adelbert L. Benson and Rose (Morris) Benson; married, November 19, 1899, to Mary Hugh.
  See also Wikipedia article
  William Howard Berkey (1874-1952) — also known as William H. Berkey — of Cassopolis, Cass County, Mich. Born in Cambria County, Pa., February 24, 1874. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; farmer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1920 (alternate), 1940; member of Michigan state board of agriculture, 1930-47; Dry candidate for delegate to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Cass County, 1933. Member, Freemasons. Died in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., March 22, 1952 (age 78 years, 27 days). Interment at Prospect Hill Cemetery, Cassopolis, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Joshua Berkey and Barbara (Mahan) Berkey; married, June 8, 1911, to Olive K. Gard.
  Berkey Hall, a classroom and office building at Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, is named for him.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Ralph Harman Booth (1873-1931) — of Grosse Pointe, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Toronto, Ontario, September 29, 1873. Newspaper publisher; president, Booth Newspapers; U.S. Minister to Denmark, 1930-31. Episcopalian. Died June 20, 1931 (age 57 years, 264 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Wood Booth and Clara L. (Gagnier) Booth; married, May 23, 1906, to M. Mary Batterman.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
  Ulysses Wilhelm Boykin (1914-1987) — also known as Ulysses W. Boykin — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Knoxville, Knox County, Tenn., October 17, 1914. Republican. Journalist; candidate for Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1952; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1964 (alternate), 1976; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. Baptist. African ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., September 26, 1987 (age 72 years, 344 days). Interment at Detroit Memorial Park West, Redford Township, Wayne County, Mich.
  Relatives: Married 1942 to Cecil Whittaker; married, April 17, 1965, to Nancy Smith; father of Ulysses Boykin III.
  George Breitman (1916-1986) — also known as Albert Parker; Philip Blake; Chester Hofla; Anthony Massini; John F. Petrone; G. Sloane — of Newark, Essex County, N.J.; Detroit, Wayne County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., February 28, 1916. Socialist. Became a socialist agitator in Newark, N.J., 1935; arrested about 1936 and charged with inciting riots; jailed for a week; founding member of the Socialist Workers Party, 1937; member of its National Committee, 1939-81; Socialist Workers candidate for U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1940, 1942, 1946, 1948, 1954; editor-in-chief of the weekly newspaper, The Militant, 1941-43, 1946-54; writer under several different pen names; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. Member, International Typographical Union. Expelled from the Socialist Workers Party for "disloyalty," 1984. Died, following a heart attack, in Beekman Downtown Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., April 19, 1986 (age 70 years, 50 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Benjamin Breitman and Pauline (Trattler) Breitman; married 1940 to Dorothea Katz.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Aaron Switzer Brown (1913-1969) — also known as Aaron S. Brown — of Bloomfield Hills, Oakland County, Mich.; Lyme, Grafton County, N.H. Born in Pontiac, Oakland County, Mich., April 15, 1913. Newspaper reporter; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Mexico City, 1937-38; U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua, 1961-67. Died February 22, 1969 (age 55 years, 313 days). Interment somewhere in Lyme, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of Guy Carlton Brown and Millie Belle (Switzer) Brown; married, August 8, 1936, to Dorothy Park.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
  Charles F. Brown (b. 1862) — of Alma, Gratiot County, Mich. Born in Leslie, Ingham County, Mich., September 13, 1862. Republican. Newspaper publisher; postmaster at Alma, Mich., 1901-11; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1919. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of George W. Brown and Avis (Bunker) Brown; married, December 19, 1885, to Nellie Gray.
  Frank D. Brown (b. 1901) — of Bellevue, Eaton County, Mich. Born in Middleville, Barry County, Mich., February 8, 1901. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Eaton County, 1931-32; defeated, 1932. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married 1925 to Lelah Smith.
  George Brown (b. 1863) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Dublin, Ireland, 1863. Republican. School teacher; newspaper reporter; insurance agent; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1919-20, 1923-24; defeated in primary, 1924, 1926, 1932. Burial location unknown.
Vernon J. Brown Vernon Jacobs Brown (1874-1964) — also known as Vernon J. Brown — of Mason, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Vevay Township, Ingham County, Mich., March 20, 1874. Republican. Grocer; Ingham County Clerk, 1919-22; mayor of Mason, Mich., 1921-23; newspaper publisher; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District, 1929-38; Michigan state auditor general, 1939-44; Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1945-46; candidate for Governor of Michigan, 1946. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Kiwanis. Died in 1964 (age about 90 years). Interment at Hawley Cemetery, Vevay Township, Ingham County, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of John M. Brown and Nancy J. (Jacobs) Brown; married to Maud R. DeCamp; father of Jim N. Brown.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Michigan Manual 1939
  Milie Bunnell (1861-1929) — of Duluth, St. Louis County, Minn. Born in Goodrich, Genesee County, Mich., December 4, 1861. Republican. Newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1916, 1920. Died in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, Calif., January 26, 1929 (age 67 years, 53 days). Entombed at Santa Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, Calif.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Lou J. Burch (b. 1863) — of Eaton Rapids, Eaton County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Eaton Rapids, Eaton County, Mich., February 28, 1863. Republican. Publisher, Eaton Rapids Times; editor, Truth, the official organ of the organized liquor interests in Michigan; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1899-1900; defeated, 1900. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, May 29, 1884, to Ida M. Bryant.
  Robert Paul Butler (b. 1883) — also known as Robert P. Butler — of West Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Prairieville, Barry County, Mich., December 25, 1883. Democrat. Newspaper reporter; lawyer; U.S. Attorney for Connecticut, 1934-45. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; Delta Psi. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Robert W. Butler and Bertha E. (Watson) Butler; married, June 4, 1910, to Emily Joslyn.
  Leon Donald Case (b. 1877) — also known as Leon D. Case — of Watervliet, Berrien County, Mich. Born in Ellsworth, Pierce County, Wis., January 15, 1877. Democrat. Newspaper publisher; member of Michigan state senate 7th District, 1913-14, 1933-36; defeated, 1914, 1928; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1936; secretary of state of Michigan, 1937-38; defeated, 1938. English and French ancestry. Interment at Old Watervliet Cemetery, Watervliet, Mich.
  Paul M. Chandler (1919-1964) — of Plymouth, Wayne County, Mich.; Livonia, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, Mich., November 26, 1919. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; newspaper publisher; candidate for delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from 18th Senatorial District, 1961; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 21st District, 1963-64; died in office 1964; elected Michigan state senate 14th District 1964, but died before taking office. Lutheran. Died in Livonia, Wayne County, Mich., December 12, 1964 (age 45 years, 16 days). Burial location unknown.
  William Chandler (b. 1846) — of Muncie, Delaware County, Ind.; Adrian, Lenawee County, Mich.; Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, Mich. Born in Raisin Township, Lenawee County, Mich., April 27, 1846. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; banker; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1876; superintendent of the ship canal at Sault Ste. Marie, 1881-85; involved in electric power development; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Chippewa District, 1899-1902. Burial location unknown.
  Chester Clark Chatfield (1821-1857) — also known as Chester C. Chatfield — of Eaton Rapids, Eaton County, Mich. Born in New York, June 3, 1821. Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper editor; Eaton County Prosecuting Attorney, 1850-52; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Eaton County, 1855; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1856. Died in Eaton Rapids, Eaton County, Mich., March 28, 1857 (age 35 years, 298 days). Original interment at Old Cemetery, Eaton Rapids, Mich.; reinterment in 1874 at Rose Hill Cemetery, Eaton Rapids, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Joram Chatfield and Jane Polly (Holcomb) Chatfield; married 1848 to Celestia Evaline Whitcomb; third cousin of Constant Webb Chatfield; fourth cousin once removed of Truman Hotchkiss and Arthur Eugene Parmelee.
  Political families: Blodgett-Whedon family of Killingworth, Connecticut; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Henry C. Chipman (1784-1867) — of Walterboro, Colleton County, S.C.; Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Tinmouth, Rutland County, Vt., July 25, 1784. Whig. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; newspaper editor; justice of Michigan territorial supreme court, 1827-32; Wayne County Criminal Court Judge, 1841-43. Episcopalian. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., May 31, 1867 (age 82 years, 310 days). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Nathaniel Chipman; married to Mary Martha Logan.
  Political family: Chipman family.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society
Isaac P. Christiancy Isaac Peckham Christiancy (1812-1890) — also known as Isaac P. Christiancy — of Monroe, Monroe County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born near Johnstown, Fulton County, N.Y., March 12, 1812. Republican. Lawyer; newspaper editor; Monroe County Prosecuting Attorney, 1841-46; member of Michigan state senate 3rd District, 1850-52; candidate for Governor of Michigan, 1852; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1856 (member, Platform Committee); justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1858-75; resigned 1875; chief justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1872-73; U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1875-79; resigned 1875; U.S. Minister to Peru, 1879-81. Died in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., September 8, 1890 (age 78 years, 180 days). Interment at Woodland Cemetery, Monroe, Mich.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial — Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society
  Image source: Library of Congress
  Robert Henry Clancy (1882-1962) — also known as Robert H. Clancy — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., March 14, 1882. Newspaper reporter; private secretary to U.S. Rep. Frank E. Doremus 1911-13, and to Assistant Secretary of Commerce Edwin F. Sweet, 1913-17; U.S. Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1923-25, 1927-33; defeated, 1924 (Democratic, 1st District), 1932 (Republican, 14th District); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1924; delegate to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Wayne County 1st District, 1933. Catholic. Member, Knights of Columbus; Elks. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., April 23, 1962 (age 80 years, 40 days). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Owen Clancy and Helen (Reardon) Clancy.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Henry Stephen Clubb (1827-1921) — also known as Henry S. Clubb — of Grand Haven, Ottawa County, Mich.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Colchester, Essex, England, June 21, 1827. Abolitionist; newspaper publisher; founder and first president, Vegetarian Society of America; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Michigan state senate 29th District, 1873-74; pastor. Swedenborgian. Died, from chronic gastritis and senile debility, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., October 29, 1921 (age 94 years, 130 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Sharon, Pa.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Kenneth Vern Cockrel Jr. (b. 1965) — also known as Ken Cockrel, Jr. — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born October 29, 1965. Democrat. Journalist; mayor of Detroit, Mich., 2008-09; defeated, 2009. African ancestry. Still living as of 2020.
  Relatives: Son of Kenneth Cockrel, Sr. and Carol Cockrel.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Harold Reginald Collier (1915-2006) — also known as Harold R. Collier — of Berwyn, Cook County, Ill. Born in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., December 12, 1915. Republican. Newspaper editor; candidate in primary for secretary of state of Illinois, 1952; U.S. Representative from Illinois, 1957-75 (10th District 1957-73, 6th District 1973-75). Methodist. Member, Moose; Elks. Died in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Fla., January 17, 2006 (age 90 years, 36 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Carol Jean Bangert.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Franklin Barker Conger (1851-1934) — also known as Frank B. Conger — of Washington, D.C. Born in Port Huron, St. Clair County, Mich., May 11, 1851. Republican. Newspaper editor; postmaster at Washington, D.C., 1883-88; delegate to Republican National Convention from District of Columbia, 1884. Died in Washington, D.C., April 6, 1934 (age 82 years, 330 days). Interment at Lakeside Cemetery, Port Huron, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Omar Dwight Conger and Emily Jane (Barker) Conger; married, January 18, 1879, to Charlotte Metcalfe Brown; nephew of Chauncey Stewart Conger (1838-1916); first cousin of Chauncey Stewart Conger (1882-1963); first cousin twice removed of Hugh Conger; second cousin of Edwin Hurd Conger; second cousin once removed of Moore Conger and Frederick Ward Conger; third cousin once removed of Anson Griffith Conger and Harmon Sweatland Conger; third cousin twice removed of Ralph Waldo Hungerford; fourth cousin once removed of James Lockwood Conger, Charles Franklin Conger and Edward Augustus Conger.
  Political families: Conger family of New York; Conger-Hungerford family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
Thomas M. Cooley Thomas McIntyre Cooley (1824-1898) — also known as Thomas M. Cooley — of Adrian, Lenawee County, Mich.; Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Attica, Wyoming County, N.Y., January 6, 1824. Lawyer; newspaper editor; law partner of Charles M. Croswell, 1855; reporter, Michigan Supreme Court, 1857-64; law professor; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1865-85; chief justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1868-69, 1876-77, 1884-85; member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1887-92. Member, American Bar Association. Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., September 12, 1898 (age 74 years, 249 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Cooley and Rachel (Hubbard) Cooley; married, December 30, 1846, to Elizabeth Horton; father of Fanny Cooley (who married Alexis Caswell Angell).
  Political family: Angell-Cooley family of Ann Arbor, Michigan.
  Cross-reference: Samuel W. Beakes — Consider A. Stacy
  Thomas M. Cooley Law School, in Lansing, Michigan, is named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society
  Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)
  Clyde Eugene Cooper (1885-1963) — also known as Clyde E. Cooper — of White Cloud, Newaygo County, Mich. Born in Big Rapids, Mecosta County, Mich., January 28, 1885. Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Newaygo District, 1947-60. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Elks. Died in 1963 (age about 78 years). Burial location unknown.
  Terry T. Corliss (b. 1867) — of Mayville, Tuscola County, Mich. Born in Almont, Lapeer County, Mich., February 10, 1867. Republican. Newspaper publisher; postmaster; member of Michigan state senate 21st District, 1913-16. English ancestry. Burial location unknown.
  Arthur Stanley Coutant (b. 1854) — also known as A. S. Coutant — of Greenville, Montcalm County, Mich.; Mt. Pleasant, Isabella County, Mich. Born in Greenwich, Huron County, Ohio, December 11, 1854. Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1896-1900; postmaster at Mt. Pleasant, Mich., 1897-1902. French, Dutch, Scotch-Irish, and German ancestry. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Isaac Newton Coutant and Anne (Oglevee) Coutant; married, December 29, 1881, to Anna M. Saterlee.
  Charles Herbert Culver (1870-1949) — also known as Charles H. Culver — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., February 5, 1870. Republican. Police officer; lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; newspaper publisher; founder, Little Stick (satirical paper); member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1915-18, 1921-32; defeated, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1944, 1946; member, Michigan Crime Commission, 1929-34; candidate for circuit judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1935. Scottish ancestry. Died, in the Arnold Home for the Aged, Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., August 13, 1949 (age 79 years, 189 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Victor Darin and Rose Marie Pagnetto; married, September 21, 1925, to Marie D'Seppo.
  Murl Holcomb DeFoe (1879-1964) — also known as Murl H. DeFoe — of Charlotte, Eaton County, Mich. Born in Eaton County, Mich., March 10, 1879. Republican. Newspaper editor; member of Michigan state senate 15th District, 1919-20, 1943-46; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1936. Died January 24, 1964 (age 84 years, 320 days). Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery, Charlotte, Mich.
  Relatives: Married to Hazel Kirke.
  Edmond Otis Dewey (1861-1921) — also known as Edmond O. Dewey — of Owosso, Shiawassee County, Mich. Born in Niles, Berrien County, Mich., August 24, 1861. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; postmaster at Owosso, Mich., 1900-11; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; nominated in primary for mayor of Owosso, Mich. 1917, but withdrew before election. Died in Owosso, Shiawassee County, Mich., January 22, 1921 (age 59 years, 151 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Owosso, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of George Martin Dewey (1827-1897) and Emma (Bingham) Dewey; brother of George Martin Dewey (1869-1927); married, September 21, 1887, to May Corinne Williams; uncle of Thomas Edmund Dewey; first cousin thrice removed of David Waterman; second cousin twice removed of Thomas Glasby Waterman; second cousin four times removed of Luther Waterman and Joshua Coit; second cousin five times removed of Samuel Huntington and Samuel Gager; third cousin twice removed of John Hall Brockway; third cousin thrice removed of Ebenezer Huntington; fourth cousin of James Gillespie Blaine III; fourth cousin once removed of Alexander Hamilton Waterman and Joshua Milton Fiero Jr..
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Roosevelt family of New York; Dewey-Blaine-Coit-Huntington family of Connecticut and Pennsylvania (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  George Martin Dewey (1869-1927) — also known as George M. Dewey — of Owosso, Shiawassee County, Mich. Born in Hastings, Barry County, Mich., September 10, 1869. Republican. Newspaper publisher; postmaster at Owosso, Mich., 1900. Died in Owosso, Shiawassee County, Mich., June 19, 1927 (age 57 years, 282 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of George M. Dewey and Emma (Bingham) Dewey; brother of Edmond Otis Dewey; married, January 25, 1899, to Anne Louise 'Annie' Thomas; father of Thomas Edmund Dewey; first cousin thrice removed of David Waterman; second cousin twice removed of Thomas Glasby Waterman; second cousin four times removed of Luther Waterman and Joshua Coit; second cousin five times removed of Samuel Huntington and Samuel Gager; third cousin twice removed of John Hall Brockway; third cousin thrice removed of Ebenezer Huntington; fourth cousin of James Gillespie Blaine III; fourth cousin once removed of Alexander Hamilton Waterman and Joshua Milton Fiero Jr..
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Roosevelt family of New York; Dewey-Blaine-Coit-Huntington family of Connecticut and Pennsylvania (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Samuel William Dexter (1792-1863) — also known as Samuel W. Dexter — of Dexter, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., February 18, 1792. Newspaper publisher; Washtenaw County Judge, 1826-27; candidate for Delegate to U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1831. Died in Dexter, Washtenaw County, Mich., February 6, 1863 (age 70 years, 353 days). Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Dexter, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Katharine (Gordon) Dexter and Samuel Dexter; married to Millicent Bond.
  The city of Dexter, Michigan, is named for him.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Edward Nelson Dingley (b. 1862) — also known as Edward N. Dingley — of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Mich. Born in Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, August 21, 1862. Republican. Newspaper editor; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Kalamazoo County 1st District, 1899-1902; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1900; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1912, 1914. Burial location unknown.
Frank E. Doremus 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.
  Relatives: Son of Sylvester Doremus and Sarah (Peake) Doremus; married, June 26, 1890, to Elizabeth Hatley.
  Cross-reference: Robert H. Clancy
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Image source: Library of Congress
  Albert Martin Doyle (b. 1892) — also known as Albert M. Doyle — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Chatham, Ontario, September 3, 1892. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; naturalized U.S. citizen; newspaper reporter; school teacher; real estate agent; probation officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Amsterdam, 1922-25; U.S. Consul in Rotterdam, 1926-29; Brisbane, 1929-31; Sydney, 1931-40; U.S. Consul General in Amsterdam, 1944-47. Member, Delta Theta Phi. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Michael Doyle and Catherine (Dillon) Doyle; married, June 14, 1924, to Odette Lebosse.
  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; brother of Thurman B. Doyle.
  Political family: Doyle family of Menominee, Michigan.
  Ate Dykstra (1865-1953) — of Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich. Born in Netherlands, December 1, 1865. Republican. Grocer; dry goods merchant; political editor of a weekly newspaper; candidate for mayor of Grand Rapids, Mich., 1910; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Kent County 1st District, 1923-34, 1939-42, 1945-46; defeated, 1934, 1936. Dutch ancestry. Died in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich., September 18, 1953 (age 87 years, 291 days). Interment at Washington Park Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
  Relatives: Married to Anna Feenstra.
  Elton R. Eaton (1881-1952) — of Kalamazoo County, Mich.; Plymouth, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Mitchell County, Iowa, July 30, 1881. Republican. Newspaper publisher; Kalamazoo County Sheriff, 1917-20; executive secretary to Gov. Alex J. Groesbeck, 1923-26; delegate to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Wayne County 5th District, 1933; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1937-40, 1945-48 (Wayne County 5th District 1937-40, Wayne County 7th District 1945-48); defeated, 1948; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1940; candidate for U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1942. Member, Rotary. Died in 1952 (age about 70 years). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Plymouth, Mich.
  Relatives: Father of Sterling Eaton.
  William Paul Faust (1929-1995) — also known as William Faust — of Westland, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Bucyrus, Crawford County, Ohio, March 29, 1929. Democrat. Newspaper editor; supervisor of Nankin Township, Michigan, 1963-65; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 15th District, 1964; member of Michigan state senate, 1967-94 (13th District 1967-82, 12th District 1983-94). Catholic. Member, Civitan. Died in 1995 (age about 66 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Paul Joseph Faust and Teresa (Johnson) Faust.
  Len W. Feighner (1862-1948) — of Nashville, Barry County, Mich. Born in Canton, Stark County, Ohio, June 5, 1862. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; postmaster; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Barry County, 1929-32; defeated, 1932. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners; Knights of Pythias; Elks; Odd Fellows. Died August 27, 1948 (age 86 years, 83 days). Interment at Lakeview Cemetery, Nashville, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of William Feighner and Henrietta (Stauffer) Feighner; married, October 26, 1884, to Stelle L. Wilson.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Charles Backus Hyde Fessenden (1813-1895) — also known as C. B. H. Fessenden — of Utica, Macomb County, Mich.; New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass.; Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Sandwich, Barnstable County, Mass., July 17, 1813. Lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Macomb County, 1842; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1853-61; newspaper editor; Bristol County Sheriff, 1863-69. Died in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., April 16, 1895 (age 81 years, 273 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William Fessenden and Martha (Freeman) Fessenden; brother of Benjamin Fessenden; married, June 21, 1842, to Sarah A. H. Fitch; nephew of Nathaniel Freeman Jr.; first cousin once removed of Samuel Fessenden (1845-1903); first cousin thrice removed of Samuel Allyne Otis; second cousin once removed of Walter Fessenden; second cousin twice removed of Harrison Gray Otis; third cousin of Samuel Clement Fessenden (1784-1869), John Milton Fessenden and Reuben Eaton Fenton; third cousin once removed of William Pitt Fessenden, Samuel Clement Fessenden (1815-1882), Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden, William Fessenden Allen and Joseph Palmer Fessenden; third cousin twice removed of Asahel Otis, James Deering Fessenden, Henry Nichols Blake, Francis Fessenden, Joshua Abbe Fessenden, Samuel Fessenden (1847-1908), Oliver Grosvenor Fessenden and Desda Chapin; third cousin thrice removed of Charles Milton Fessenden; fourth cousin of James Otis; fourth cousin once removed of Peter Rawson Taft, Day Otis Kellogg, Dwight Kellogg, Asa H. Otis and Ebenezer Oliver Grosvenor.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Upham family; Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Olaf K. Fjetland (1893-1969) — also known as O. K. Fjetland — of Lemmon, Perkins County, S.Dak.; Iron River, Iron County, Mich.; Gladstone, Delta County, Mich. Born in Ellsworth, Hamilton County, Iowa, March 26, 1893. Democrat. Newspaper publisher; insurance agent; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 1924; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1928, 1932. Norwegian ancestry. Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, N.M., October 6, 1969 (age 76 years, 194 days). Interment at Santa Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M.
  Relatives: Son of Ingeborg (Skeie) Fjetland and Knut Fjetland.
  Rufus Fleming (1852-1920) — of Avondale, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio; Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in West Lebanon, Warren County, Ind., 1852. Republican. Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; U.S. Consul in Edinburgh, 1897-1920, died in office 1920. Died in Edinburgh, Scotland, April 3, 1920 (age about 67 years). Interment at Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Dr. Jackson F. Fleming; married 1878 to Annabel Lee Hutchins.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Ransom L. Ford (1878-1973) — of Montrose, Genesee County, Mich. Born in Byron, Shiawassee County, Mich., February 12, 1878. Republican. Newspaper editor; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Genesee County 1st District, 1915-18; defeated, 1912. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star. Died in 1973 (age about 95 years). Burial location unknown.
  Sheridan D. Ford (b. 1867) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Monroe County, Mich., January 28, 1867. Republican. Newspaper correspondent; art critic; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1915-18. Irish ancestry. Burial location unknown.
  Eugene Foster (1860-1928) — of Gladwin, Gladwin County, Mich. Born in Caroga town, Fulton County, N.Y., August 8, 1860. Republican. Newspaper editor; chair of Gladwin County Republican Party, 1892-1928; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1896; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention 28th District, 1907-08; member of Michigan state senate 28th District, 1909-12. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Order of the Eastern Star; Knights of Pythias; Foresters; Woodmen. Died, probably from heart disease, in his office at the Gladwin County Record newspaper, Gladwin, Gladwin County, Mich., October 2, 1928 (age 68 years, 55 days). Interment at Highland Cemetery, Gladwin, Mich.
  Relatives: Married, September 30, 1916, to Cora W. Mills.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  James B. Furber (c.1868-1930) — of Rahway, Union County, N.J.; Linden, Union County, N.J. Born in Allegan, Allegan County, Mich., about 1868. Traveling salesman for National Cash Register Company; newspaper publisher; real estate developer; lawyer; mayor of Rahway, N.J., 1906, 1922-24; resigned 1906; charged with assault in connection with his participation in a Socialist rally in Rahway, N.J., May 31, 1919, which was ended by spraying the speaker and audience with a fire hose; Socialist candidate for U.S. Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1920; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey; elected (Democratic) mayor of Linden, N.J. 1930, but died before taking office. Suffered a paralytic stroke, while addressing a meeting of the Parent Democratic Club, and died soon after in St. Elizabeth Hospital, Elizabeth, Union County, N.J., November 12, 1930 (age about 62 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Father of Helen Josephine Furber (niece by marriage of George McGillivray).
  Arthur D. Gallery (1861-1943) — of Caro, Tuscola County, Mich. Born in Eaton Rapids, Eaton County, Mich., October 28, 1861. Newspaper publisher; Dry candidate for delegate to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Tuscola County, 1933. Congregationalist; later Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Rotary. Died, in Caro Community Hospital, Caro, Tuscola County, Mich., October 3, 1943 (age 81 years, 340 days). Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, Eaton Rapids, Mich.
  Relatives: Married, June 30, 1897, to Anna Mead.
  William D. C. Germaine (1866-1943) — also known as "Wild Bill" — of Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Mich. Born in Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Mich., October 17, 1866. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; mayor of Traverse City, Mich., 1908-10, 1912-13. Died in Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Mich., January 3, 1943 (age 76 years, 78 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Traverse City, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Cuyler Germaine and Anna (Kratochvil) Germaine; married, July 27, 1895, to Ola Hull.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  George Edwin Gillam (b. 1863) — also known as George E. Gillam — of Montague, Muskegon County, Mich.; Harrisville, Alcona County, Mich. Born in Coldwater, Branch County, Mich., December 20, 1863. Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Iosco District, 1897-1900. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, June 12, 1889, to Rena B. Tillotson.
Herbert R. Gillette Herbert Reed Gillette (1883-1957) — also known as Herbert R. Gillette — of Howell, Livingston County, Mich. Born in Locke Township, Ingham County, Mich., December 25, 1883. Democrat. Flour mill business; newspaper editor; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. Died in 1957 (age about 73 years). Interment at Lakeview Cemetery, Howell, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Frank Alfred Gillette and Frances L. (Clark) Gillette; married 1906 to Beulah Josephine Parshall.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Livingston Republican, April 27, 1932
  Andrew Bird Glaspie (1876-1943) — also known as Andrew B. Glaspie — of Oxford, Oakland County, Mich. Born in Oxford, Oakland County, Mich., November 21, 1876. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; printing business; newspaper editor; postmaster; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Oakland County 2nd District, 1917-22; member of Michigan state senate 12th District, 1923-24. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Died in Oakland County, Mich., September 3, 1943 (age 66 years, 286 days). Interment at Oxford Cemetery, Oxford, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Andrew Peleg Glaspie and Amy Elizabeth (Bird) Glaspie; married to Clara M. Chamberlain.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Donald W. Gordon (b. 1923) — also known as Don Gordon — of Leland, Leelanau County, Mich. Born in Sand Lake, Kent County, Mich., June 28, 1923. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; newspaper editor; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Charlevoix District, 1963-64; candidate for Michigan state senate 36th District, 1964. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  William Walton Griest (1858-1929) — also known as William W. Griest — of Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pa. Born in Christiana, Lancaster County, Pa., September 22, 1858. Republican. Newspaper editor; president of electric railways and lighting companies; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1896, 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1916, 1920, 1924 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business), 1928 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business); secretary of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1899-1903; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1909-29 (9th District 1909-23, 10th District 1923-29); died in office 1929. Died in Mt. Clemens, Macomb County, Mich., December 5, 1929 (age 71 years, 74 days). Interment at Woodward Hill Cemetery, Lancaster, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of Ellwood Griest and Rebecca (Walton) Griest; married, October 17, 1888, to Elizabeth P. Smith.
  The W. W. Griest Building (built 1924-25), a 14-story office building in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  Joseph Gulvezan (1907-1991) — of Wayne County, Mich. Born in 1907. Progressive. Auto worker; candidate for Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1948. Member, United Auto Workers. Retiree director of Region 1B, United Auto Workers; columnist in UAW newspaper; president of the Detroit Metropolitan Council of Senior Citizens. Died in 1991 (age about 84 years). Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
  Thomas Hall (1869-1958) — of Bismarck, Burleigh County, N.Dak. Born in Cliff Mine, Keweenaw County, Mich., June 6, 1869. Republican. Newspaper reporter; rancher; secretary of state of North Dakota, 1913-24, 1943-54; U.S. Representative from North Dakota 2nd District, 1924-33; defeated, 1932. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks. Died in Bismarck, Burleigh County, N.Dak., December 4, 1958 (age 89 years, 181 days). Interment at Fairview Cemetery, Bismarck, N.Dak.
  Relatives: Son of Richard Hall and Ellen (Peters) Hall; married, September 1, 1897, to Anna Marie Grafenstein.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  William B. Hallett (1860-1938) — of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Mich. Born in Adrian, Lenawee County, Mich., July 1, 1860. Democrat. Newspaper editor; printing business; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Kalamazoo County 1st District, 1917-18; defeated, 1908, 1918, 1922, 1932. Died in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Mich., September 29, 1938 (age 78 years, 90 days). Burial location unknown.
  Edward John Halloran (1884-1959) — also known as Edward J. Halloran — of Davison, Genesee County, Mich. Born in Alpena, Alpena County, Mich., November 30, 1884. Democrat. Newspaper publisher; president, Michigan Federation, Typographical Union; vice-president, Michigan Federation of Labor; candidate for Michigan state senate 13th District, 1930; member, National Labor Relations Board, 1934-36. Catholic. Member, Knights of Columbus. Died in Davison, Genesee County, Mich., November 18, 1959 (age 74 years, 353 days). Interment at St. John's Catholic Cemetery, Davison, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of John Halloran and Mary (Henry) Halloran; married, April 26, 1907, to Jennie Halloran.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Everis Anson Hayes (1855-1942) — also known as Everis A. Hayes; E. A. Hayes — of Madison, Dane County, Wis.; Ironwood, Gogebic County, Mich.; San Jose, Santa Clara County, Calif. Born in Waterloo, Jefferson County, Wis., March 10, 1855. Republican. Lawyer; fruit grower; newspaper publisher; U.S. Representative from California, 1905-19 (5th District 1905-13, 8th District 1913-19); defeated, 1918. Died in San Jose, Santa Clara County, Calif., June 3, 1942 (age 87 years, 85 days). Interment at Oak Hill Memorial Park, San Jose, Calif.
  Relatives: Son of Anson E. Hayes and Mary (Folsom) Hayes; married, October 11, 1884, to Nettie Louise Porter; married, July 18, 1893, to Mary Louisa Bassett.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  James W. Hine (b. 1846) — of Lowell, Kent County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in West Meredith, Delaware County, N.Y., 1846. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; druggist; newspaper editor and publisher; member of Michigan state senate 22nd District, 1883. Burial location unknown.
  Warren Green Hooper (1904-1945) — also known as Warren G. Hooper — of Albion, Calhoun County, Mich. Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., May 2, 1904. Republican. Newspaper reporter; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Calhoun County 1st District, 1939-44; member of Michigan state senate 9th District, 1945; died in office 1945. Episcopalian. Member, Theta Kappa Nu; Freemasons; Knights Templar. During a grand jury investigation, admitted to taking bribes and was given immunity from prosecution in return for his testimony against others; however, four days before the hearing, he was shot and killed in his car, alongside highway M-99, near Springport, Jackson County, Mich., January 11, 1945 (age 40 years, 254 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Albion, Mich.
  Relatives: Married, May 23, 1936, to Callienetta Cobb; second great-grandson of William Hooper.
  Cross-reference: William Green — Frank D. McKay
  Epitaph: "With Honesty He Lived; For Honesty he was Taken."
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Chester Milton Howell (1883-1965) — also known as Chester M. Howell; "Chiseling Chet" — of Saginaw, Saginaw County, Mich. Born in Muskegon, Muskegon County, Mich., September 10, 1883. Republican. Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Saginaw County 1st District, 1923-26; member of Michigan state senate 22nd District, 1927-32, 1939-45; defeated, 1932, 1936; resigned 1945; charged on December 6, 1944 with accepting bribes from naturopathic physicians, and pleaded guilty; testified against other legislators in bribery cases. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Rotary; Kiwanis; Elks; Moose. Died in Owosso, Shiawassee County, Mich., May 8, 1965 (age 81 years, 240 days). Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.
  Relatives: Married 1910 to Clara Emma Bricker.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Emil Hurja (1892-1953) — of Breckenridge, Stephens County, Tex.; Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich. Born in Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich., January 22, 1892. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1936; candidate in Republican primary for U.S. Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1946, 1948. Finnish ancestry. Member, American Political Science Association; American Economic Association; Sigma Delta Chi. Suffered a heart attack, collapsed and died at the National Press Club, Washington, D.C., May 30, 1953 (age 61 years, 128 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Married 1919 to Gudrun Anderson.
  See also Wikipedia article
  John Nathaniel Ingersoll (1817-1881) — also known as John N. Ingersoll — of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne County, Mich.; Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y.; Owosso, Shiawassee County, Mich.; Corunna, Shiawassee County, Mich. Born in North Castle town, Westchester County, N.Y., May 4, 1817. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1849, 1869-70 (Chippewa County 1849, Shiawassee County 1st District 1869-70); member of Michigan state senate 28th District, 1861-62; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1868; mayor of Corunna, Mich. Member, Odd Fellows. Died in Corunna, Shiawassee County, Mich., May 13, 1881 (age 64 years, 9 days). Interment at Pine Tree Cemetery, Corunna, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Nathaniel Ingersoll and Abigail (Webber) Ingersoll; married 1834 to Harriet M. Robinson; married, November 27, 1864, to Julia (Hammond) Barnum; second cousin once removed of Raymond Vail Ingersoll; third cousin twice removed of Robert Stephen Ingersoll.
  Political family: Ingersoll family of New York.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Andrew Johnson (b. 1889) — of Empire, Leelanau County, Mich.; Beulah, Benzie County, Mich. Born in Kent County, Mich., September 12, 1889. Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wexford District; elected 1942; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1948; chair of Benzie County Republican Party, 1950. Congregationalist. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married 1915 to Garnet Dailey.
  Thomas E. Johnson (b. 1883) — of Rockford, Kent County, Mich. Born in Ontario, March 10, 1883. Republican. Superintendent of schools; newspaper editor and publisher; member of Michigan state board of education, 1917-19; Michigan superintendent of public instruction, 1919-26. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Brought about complete reorganization of Michigan schools. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of H. J. Johnson and Rebecca (Howard) Johnson; married, August 7, 1907, to Mildred M. Milks.
  James Frederick Joy (1810-1896) — also known as James F. Joy — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Durham, Strafford County, N.H., December 2, 1810. Republican. Lawyer; led, built, reorganized, or merged many railroad companies, including the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy and the Michigan Central; an incorporator of the St. Mary's Falls Ship Canal Company, which built the first canal at Sault Ste. Marie in 1853-55; president of the Detroit Post-Tribune newspaper; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1861-62; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1880; member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1881-85. English ancestry. Died September 24, 1896 (age 85 years, 297 days). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of James Joy and Sarah (Pickering) Joy; married 1841 to Martha Alger Reed (daughter of John Reed); married 1860 to Mary Bourne.
  Political family: Reed family of West Bridgewater, Massachusetts.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Kurt R. Keydel (1904-1990) — of Michigan. Born in 1904. Republican. Member of Wayne State University board of governors, 1969-80; defeated, 1968; appointed 1969; defeated, 1980. Publisher of the Detroit German newspaper Der Apendpost. Died in 1990 (age about 86 years). Burial location unknown.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Eugene Vernon Lathrop and Sarah (Parsons) Lathrop; first cousin six times removed of Benjamin Huntington; second cousin once removed of Alfred L. Lathrop (who married Barbara M. Lathrop); second cousin four times removed of Joshua Coit and Jedediah Sabin; second cousin five times removed of Samuel Huntington, Henry Huntington and Gurdon Huntington; third cousin of William Barret Ridgely; third cousin thrice removed of Ebenezer Huntington, Asahel Otis, Augustus Seymour Porter, Samuel Lathrop, Peter Buell Porter, Zina Hyde Jr. and Henry Sabin; fourth cousin once removed of Joseph Lyman Huntington, John Hall Brockway and Abial Lathrop.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  William Livingstone (b. 1844) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Dundas, Ontario, January 21, 1844. Republican. Great Lakes shipping business; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1875; banker; newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1900; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. Scottish ancestry. Member, American Bankers Association; Freemasons; Knights Templar. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William Livingstone and Helen (Stevenson) Livingstone; married 1866 to Susan Downie.
John C. Lodge John Christian Lodge (1862-1950) — also known as John C. Lodge — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., August 12, 1862. Republican. Newspaper reporter; lumber business; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1909-10; mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1922-23, 1924, 1928-30; defeated, 1929. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Died February 6, 1950 (age 87 years, 178 days). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Dr. Edwin Albert Lodge and Christiana (Hanson) Lodge; uncle by marriage of Charles Augustus Lindbergh.
  The John C. Lodge Freeway (M-10), in Detroit, Michigan, is named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Image source: Detroit Free Press, September 11, 1927
  Will Leonard Lowrie (1869-1944) — also known as Will L. Lowrie — of Illinois. Born in Adrian, Lenawee County, Mich., March 8, 1869. Newspaper correspondent; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Rio de Janeiro, 1899-1901; U.S. Consul in Hobart, 1906; Weimar, 1906-08; Erfurt, 1908-09; Carlsbad, 1909-12; U.S. Consul General in Lisbon, 1912-20; Athens, 1920-22; Wellington, as of 1926-29; Frankfort, as of 1931-32. Congregationalist. Member, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Died April 2, 1944 (age 75 years, 25 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of A. H. Lowrie and Mattie Beckwith (Pease) Lowrie; married, September 18, 1907, to Amy W. Alden.
  Russell Vernon Mack (1891-1960) — also known as Russell V. Mack — of Hoquiam, Grays Harbor County, Wash. Born in Hillman, Montmorency County, Mich., June 13, 1891. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper publisher; U.S. Representative from Washington 3rd District, 1947-60; died in office 1960. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Elks. Died suddenly, from a coronary occlusion, on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, in the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., March 28, 1960 (age 68 years, 289 days). Interment at Fern Hill Cemetery, Aberdeen, Wash.
  Relatives: Son of Cornelius W. Mack and Lucy (Deacon) Mack; married, January 26, 1947, to Laura E. Prohaska.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  John Bartlow Martin (1915-1987) — of Illinois. Born in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio, August 3, 1915. Journalist; author; speechwriter for Adlai E. Stevenson, John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Hubert Humphrey; U.S. Ambassador to Dominican Republic, 1962-63. Died, from throat cancer, in Highland Park Hospital, Highland Park, Lake County, Ill., January 3, 1987 (age 71 years, 153 days). Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Herman Cemetery, Herman, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of John Martin and Laura Martin; married to Frances Rose Smethurst Martin.
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary
  James N. McBride (1864-1933) — of Owosso, Shiawassee County, Mich.; Burton, Shiawassee County, Mich. Born in Mercer Center (unknown county), Pa., December 12, 1864. Newspaper editor; farmer; member of Michigan Union Silver Party State Central Committee, 1899; Progressive candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1914; Republican candidate for Michigan state house of representatives from Shiawassee County, 1932. Methodist. Member, Grange; Farm Bureau. Died in Burton, Shiawassee County, Mich., March 10, 1933 (age 68 years, 88 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Burton, Mich.
  Will McGillivray (b. 1877) — of Oscoda, Iosco County, Mich. Born in Phornburry, Ontario, April 12, 1877. Republican. Postmaster; newspaper publisher; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Iosco District, 1917-20. Burial location unknown.
  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.
  Relatives: Nephew by marriage of Nelson W. Fisk.
  Daniel P. McMullen (b. 1852) — of Cheboygan, Cheboygan County, Mich. Born in Canada, September 8, 1852. Republican. Newspaper publisher; farmer; mayor of Cheboygan, Mich., 1892; member of Michigan state senate 29th District, 1899-1902; postmaster at Cheboygan, Mich., 1903-11. Member, Knights of Pythias; Ancient Order of United Workmen; Woodmen; Maccabees. Burial location unknown.
  Isaac E. Messmore (1821-1902) — of La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wis.; Washington, D.C.; Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Ontario, August 21, 1821. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Wisconsin state assembly, 1861; circuit judge in Wisconsin 6th Circuit, 1861-62; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; assistant commissioner, U.S. Revenue Bureau; real estate developer; newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1880 (member, Credentials Committee); candidate for U.S. Representative from California 6th District, 1894. Died, from pneumonia, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., January 8, 1902 (age 80 years, 140 days). Interment at Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
  Relatives: Son of John Messmore and Jane (Moat) Messmore; married 1848 to Editha McKenney; married to Margaret A. (Hull) Jones.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  George W. Minchin (1854-1929) — of Evart, Osceola County, Mich. Born in Pontiac, Oakland County, Mich., August 3, 1854. Republican. Newspaper publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1896. Died September 21, 1929 (age 75 years, 49 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Evart, Mich.
  Relatives: Married to Alice M. Bennett; father of Flora Min Minchin.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
H. J. Miner Harlan Jerome Miner (b. 1869) — also known as H. J. Miner — of Sykeston, Wells County, N.Dak.; International Falls, Koochiching County, Minn. Born in Albion, Calhoun County, Mich., 1869. Newspaper publisher; member of North Dakota state house of representatives, 1890; member of North Dakota state senate, 1900; member of Minnesota state house of representatives District 62, 1915-18. Burial location unknown.
  See also Minnesota Legislator record
  Image source: Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917
  Arthur Edson Blair Moody (1902-1954) — also known as Blair Moody — of Michigan. Born in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., February 13, 1902. Democrat. Newspaper reporter; U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1951-52; defeated, 1952, 1954; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1952 (chair, Committee on Rules and Order of Business). Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died, during his campaign for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senator, of a heart ailment and pneumonia, in University Hospital, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., July 20, 1954 (age 52 years, 157 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
  Relatives: Father of Blair Moody Jr..
  Cross-reference: Billie S. Farnum
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Franklin Moore (1845-1915) — of St. Clair, St. Clair County, Mich. Born in St. Clair Township, St. Clair County, Mich., September 6, 1845. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; salt manufacturer; postmaster at St. Clair, Mich., 1881, 1891; member of Michigan state house of representatives from St. Clair County 2nd District, 1899-1902. Died, from atrial stenosis, in St. Clair, St. Clair County, Mich., July 12, 1915 (age 69 years, 309 days). Interment at Hillside Cemetery, St. Clair, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Reuben Moore and Margaret (Riddle) Moore; married, June 11, 1873, to Emily S. Parmelee; father of Franklin Moore (1877-1927).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Michael Moore (b. 1954) — of Flint, Genesee County, Mich. Born in Flint, Genesee County, Mich., April 23, 1954. Elected to Davison school board at age 18; founder and publisher of the Flint Voice alternative newspaper, which later became the Michigan Voice; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; editor, Mother Jones magazine; directed and appeared in Roger and Me and other movie documentaries; host of the 1994-95 television series "TV Nation". Irish ancestry. Still living as of 2014.
  Relatives: Married to Kathleen Glynn.
  See also NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile
  Books by Michael Moore: Will They Ever Trust Us Again? (2004) — The Official Fahrenheit 9/11 Reader (2004) — Downsize This! Random Threats from an Unarmed American (1997) — Stupid White Men ...and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation (2002) — Dude, Where's My Country? (2003) — Adventures in a TV Nation, with Kathleen Glynn (1998)
  Books about Michael Moore: Ken Lawrence, The World According to Michael Moore : A Portrait in His Own Words — Joseph Vogel, Free Speech 101: The Utah Valley Uproar over Michael Moore
  Critical books about Michael Moore: David T. Hardy & Jason Clarke, Michael Moore Is A Big Fat Stupid White Man — Bernard Goldberg, 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America (And Al Franken Is #37)
  Harry Webster Musselwhite (1868-1955) — also known as Harry W. Musselwhite — of Manistee, Manistee County, Mich. Born near Coldwater, Branch County, Mich., May 23, 1868. Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; U.S. Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1933-35; defeated, 1934. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Eagles. Died in San Lorenzo, Alameda County, Calif., December 14, 1955 (age 87 years, 205 days). Interment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  F. Jack Neller (1908-1987) — of Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Mich. Born in Croydon, England, May 14, 1908. Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; newspaper reporter; lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Calhoun County 2nd District, 1939-42; Calhoun County Prosecuting Attorney, 1953-56; candidate for circuit judge in Michigan 37th Circuit, 1959, 1974. Died in 1987 (age about 79 years). Burial location unknown.
  Josiah T. Newcomb (b. 1868) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Owosso, Shiawassee County, Mich., June 19, 1868. Republican. Newspaper work; lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County 23rd District, 1902, 1904; member of New York state senate 19th District, 1909-12; defeated, 1912; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1912. Burial location unknown.
  Charles Archibald Nichols (1876-1920) — also known as Charles A. Nichols — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Boyne City, Charlevoix County, Mich., August 25, 1876. Republican. Newspaper reporter; city clerk of Detroit, Mich., 1908-12; U.S. Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1915-20; died in office 1920. Died in Washington, D.C., April 25, 1920 (age 43 years, 244 days). Interment at Grand Lawn Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Whitney Nichols and Jane 'Jenny' (Fletcher) Nichols; fifth great-grandnephew of Fitz-John Winthrop; sixth great-grandson of John Winthrop (1606-1676); seventh great-grandson of John Winthrop (1588-1649).
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
Frank E. Nimocks Frank E. Nimocks (1865-1925) — of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn. Born in Hillsdale County, Mich., 1865. Newspaper reporter; dentist; manager, Minneapolis Rebate Company; member of Minnesota state house of representatives, 1907-10, 1913-25 (District 40 1907-10, 1913-14, District 30 1915-25); died in office 1925. Died in Ramsey County, Minn., March 1, 1925 (age about 59 years). Burial location unknown.
  See also Minnesota Legislator record
  Image source: Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917
  John Norvell (1789-1850) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Danville, Boyle County, Ky., December 21, 1789. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; newspaper publisher; postmaster at Detroit, Mich., 1831-36; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention 1st District, 1835; U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1837-41; member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1837-39; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County, 1842; U.S. Attorney for Michigan, 1845-50. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., April 24, 1850 (age 60 years, 124 days). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Lipscomb Norvell and Mary (Hendrick) Norvell; brother of Caleb Cushing Norvell; married to Mary Else Thurston, Alexandrine Catherine Cone and Isabella (Hodgkiss) Freeman; father of Dallas Norvell and Emily Virginia Norvell (who married Henry Nelson Walker); uncle of Henry Laurence Norvell; third cousin twice removed of Ernest Campbell Norvell.
  Political family: Conway-Norvell-Johnson-Carroll family.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Patrick O'Brien (1858-1933) — of Iron River, Iron County, Mich. Born in Pennsylvania, March 9, 1858. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; postmaster; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Iron District, 1915-24; chair of Iron County Republican Party, 1923. Member, Knights of Pythias; Elks. Died, from nephritis and myocarditis, in Iron River, Iron County, Mich., January 10, 1933 (age 74 years, 307 days). Interment at Iron River Cemetery, Iron River, Mich.
  Relatives: Married 1885 to Georgie E. Elliott.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Robert Young Ogg (b. 1860) — also known as Robert Y. Ogg — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Dundas, Ontario, July 22, 1860. Compositor; newspaper reporter; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1887-88, 1909-12; member of Michigan state senate 4th District, 1913-16; candidate in Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1916. Congregationalist. Scottish ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Alexander Ogg and Elizabeth (Airth) Ogg; married, June 4, 1888, to Susie M. McCarthy.
  Horace Mann Oren (1859-1912) — also known as Horace M. Oren — of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, Mich. Born in Oakland, Clinton County, Ohio, February 3, 1859. Newspaper editor; lawyer; Michigan state attorney general, 1899-1902; circuit judge in Michigan 11th Circuit, 1911-12; appointed 1911; died in office 1912. Died in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Mich., 1912 (age about 53 years). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
  William Merritt Osband (b. 1836) — of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Arcadia, Wayne County, N.Y., June 15, 1836. Republican. College professor; furniture business; newspaper editor; pipe organ manufacturer; chair of Washtenaw County Republican Party, 1886-90. Methodist. English ancestry. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Wilson Osband and Susanna (Sherman) Osband; married, August 7, 1861, to Lucy Aldrich.
Chase S. Osborn Chase Salmon Osborn (1860-1949) — also known as Chase S. Osborn — of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, Mich. Born in a log house in Huntington County, Ind., January 22, 1860. Republican. Newspaper publisher; postmaster at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., 1889-93; member of Michigan Republican State Executive Committee, 1899; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1899; member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1908-11; appointed 1908; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908; Governor of Michigan, 1911-12; defeated, 1914; candidate for U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1918, 1930; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1928; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. Presbyterian. English, French, and Irish ancestry. Member, Kiwanis; Lions; Knights of Pythias; Audubon Society; National Rifle Association; Sigma Chi; Sigma Delta Chi; Pi Gamma Mu; Sons of the American Revolution; Elks; Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Grange. Died April 11, 1949 (age 89 years, 79 days). Interment a private or family graveyard, Chippewa County, Mich.
  Presumably named for: Salmon P. Chase
  Relatives: Son of George A. Osborn and Margaret (Fannon) Osborn; married, May 7, 1881, to Lillian G. Jones.
  See also National Governors Association biography
  Image source: Michigan Manual 1911
  Milton Robert Palmer (1878-1932) — also known as Milton R. Palmer — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich., January 25, 1878. Republican. Newspaper reporter; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1921-32; died in office 1932. Unitarian. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Royal and Select Masters. Died in a hospital in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., August 10, 1932 (age 54 years, 198 days). Interment at Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Milton Josiah Palmer and Jane (Bayne) Palmer.
  Edwin S. Palmiter (1854-1925) — of Hart, Oceana County, Mich. Born June 20, 1854. Newspaper publisher; abstractor; Prohibition candidate for secretary of state of Michigan, 1890; member of Michigan Prohibition Party State Central Committee, 1899; Prohibition candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1902. Died in 1925 (age about 71 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Judson Palmiter and Harriet S(tow) Palmiter; married 1877 to Lydia J. Garver.
  George H. Pond (b. 1846) — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Putnam Township, Livingston County, Mich., June 16, 1846. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; postmaster at Ann Arbor, Mich., 1898-1906. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights of the Maccabees. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Nathan Pond and Rutilla (Mead) Pond; married 1872 to Nellie J. Carman; married, September 1, 1890, to Mabel (Bushnell) Keith; grandson of Benjamin Pond.
  S. Don Potter (b. 1928) — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., December 15, 1928. Republican. Journalist; radio and television news director; member of Michigan state senate 24th District, 1965-66; defeated in primary, 1966. Presbyterian. Still living as of 1966.
  Philip H. Power — also known as Phil Power — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Democrat. Newspaper publisher; candidate for U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1978; member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1987-98; appointed 1987; defeated, 1998. Still living as of 1998.
  Relatives: Son of Eugene Barnum Power; married 1971 to Sarah Goddard.
  Perry F. Powers (1858-1945) — of Cambridge, Henry County, Ill.; Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich.; Cadillac, Wexford County, Mich. Born in Jackson, Jackson County, Ohio, September 5, 1858. Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Michigan state board of education, 1899-1900; Michigan state auditor general, 1901-04; mayor of Cadillac, Mich., 1920-21; postmaster at Cadillac, Mich., 1922-34; vice-president, Peoples Savings Bank. Died in 1945 (age about 86 years). Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery, Cadillac, Mich.
  Francis H. Rankin Jr. (1854-1925) — of Flint, Genesee County, Mich. Born in Flint, Genesee County, Mich., December 28, 1854. Republican. Newspaper publisher; printer; mayor of Flint, Mich., 1891-92; director, Union Trust and Savings Bank. Member, Freemasons. Died in Flint, Genesee County, Mich., December 7, 1925 (age 70 years, 344 days). Interment at Glenwood Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
  Richard W. Reading (1882-1952) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., February 7, 1882. Republican. Newspaper business manager; real estate business; Detroit city clerk, 1926-37; mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1938-40; defeated, 1939. Died, from a heart ailment, in Mellus Hospital, Brighton, Livingston County, Mich., December 9, 1952 (age 70 years, 306 days). Interment at Grand Lawn Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
  Relatives: Married to Blanche White; father of Richard W. Reading Jr..
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Friend William Richardson (1865-1943) — also known as Friend W. Richardson; William Richardson — of California. Born in Michigan, December 1, 1865. Republican. Newspaper publisher; California state treasurer, 1915-23; Governor of California, 1923-27. Quaker. Member, Elks; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners; Odd Fellows; Modern Woodmen; Rotary; Kiwanis; Moose. Died, of a heart ailment, in Berkeley, Alameda County, Calif., September 5, 1943 (age 77 years, 278 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Chapel of the Chimes, Oakland, Calif.
  Relatives: Son of William Richardson and Rhoda (Dye) Richardson; married to Augusta Felder.
  Cross-reference: Fletcher Bowron
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article
  Harry Mark Royal (1867-1945) — also known as Harry M. Royal — of Shelby, Oceana County, Mich. Born in Mattawan, Van Buren County, Mich., July 26, 1867. Democrat. Newspaper publisher; president, White Lake Canning Company; vice-president, Oceana Canning Company; postmaster; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1912. Congregationalist. Member, Odd Fellows; Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died July 15, 1945 (age 77 years, 354 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Albert Henry Royal and Sarah Fidelia (Woodruff) Royal; married, December 27, 1888, to Isabella Johnston.
John Russell John Russell (1822-1912) — of Milton, Macomb County, Mich. Born near Geneseo, Livingston County, N.Y., September 20, 1822. Methodist minister; newspaper publisher; Chairman of Prohibition National Committee, 1869; Prohibition candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1872; member of Michigan Prohibition Party State Central Committee, 1887; Prohibition candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 7th District, 1890; Prohibition candidate for Governor of Michigan, 1892; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. Methodist. Member, Good Templars. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., November 3, 1912 (age 90 years, 44 days). Interment at Hart Cemetery, Chesterfield Township, Macomb County, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Jesse Russell and Catherine Russell; married 1844 to Catherine Pulver; married 1852 to Mary Jane Herriman.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: American Prohibition Year Book 1912
  Spencer Booth Russell (1846-1913) — also known as Spencer B. Russell — of Mt. Clemens, Macomb County, Mich. Born in Jerusalem, Yates County, N.Y., November 24, 1846. Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper editor; mayor of Mt. Clemens, Mich., 1881-83. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died in Mt. Clemens, Macomb County, Mich., November 22, 1913 (age 66 years, 363 days). Interment at Clinton Grove Cemetery, Clinton Township, Macomb County, Mich.
  Relatives: Married to Marie Helen Van Eps (daughter of John E. Van Eps).
  Political family: VanEps family of Mt. Clemens and Clinton Township, Michigan.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Aloysius Ryan (1919-2001) — also known as William A. Ryan; Bill Ryan — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Morgantown, Monongalia County, W.Va., May 2, 1919. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; President and financial secretary, United Auto Workers Local 104; editor of The Wage Earner newspaper; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1958-82 (Wayne County 3rd District 1958-64, 3rd District 1965-72, 14th District 1973-82); Speaker of the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1969-74; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1968. Catholic. Member, United Auto Workers. Died following a stroke, in the Martin Luther Holt nursing home, Holt, Ingham County, Mich., October 9, 2001 (age 82 years, 160 days). Entombed in mausoleum at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
  James Edmund Scripps (1835-1906) — also known as James E. Scripps — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in London, England, March 19, 1835. Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Michigan state senate 3rd District, 1903-04. Died May 29, 1906 (age 71 years, 71 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of James Moag Scripps.
  Paul Werntz Shafer (1893-1954) — also known as Paul W. Shafer — of Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Mich. Born in Elkhart, Elkhart County, Ind., April 27, 1893. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; municipal judge in Michigan, 1929-36; U.S. Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1937-54; nominated, but died before the election 1954; died in office 1954. Died in Washington, D.C., August 17, 1954 (age 61 years, 112 days). Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery, Battle Creek, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of John M. Shafer; married to Ila Mack.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Walter Shapiro (born c.1947) — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born about 1947. Democrat. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1972. Political columnist for the national newspaper USA Today. Still living as of 2001.
  James M. Shepard (b. 1842) — of Michigan. Born in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass., November 24, 1842. Served in the Union Navy during the Civil War; school teacher; newspaper editor and publisher; member of Michigan state senate, 1879-80; U.S. Consul in Hamilton, 1897-1914. Burial location unknown.
  Edward D. Stair (b. 1859) — of Howell, Livingston County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Morenci, Lenawee County, Mich., March 29, 1859. Republican. Newspaper publisher; theatrical manager; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Jacob Stair and Maryette (Beckwith) Stair; married, July 2, 1888, to Grace Crookson.
  George S. Stanley (b. 1858) — of Cadillac, Wexford County, Mich. Born in Chester, England, June 30, 1858. Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; mayor of Cadillac, Mich., 1901-02; defeated, 1896, 1900, 1902, 1905, 1911. Burial location unknown.
Dora H. Stockman Dora Hall Stockman (1872-1948) — also known as Dora H. Stockman; Dora Hall; Dora Weinkauf — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich.; East Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in a log cabin at Marilla, Manistee County, Mich., August 4, 1872. Republican. School teacher; Lecturer of the Michigan State Grange, and editor of the Grange paper, the Michigan Patron; songwriter; member of Michigan state board of agriculture, 1920-31; Dry candidate for delegate to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Ingham County 2nd District, 1933; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District, 1939-46. Female. Member, Grange; Women's Christian Temperance Union. First woman to hold statewide elective office in Michigan. Died in California, 1948 (age about 75 years). Interment at Hurd Cemetery, DeWitt Township, Clinton County, Mich.
  Relatives: Daughter of Leander Hall and Lucy Jane (Bennet) Hall; married, August 8, 1889, to Francis M. Stockman; married 1947 to Gustof Weinkauf.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Michigan Manual 1927
  Alfred Peter Swineford (1836-1909) — also known as Alfred P. Swineford — of Albert Lea, Freeborn County, Minn.; Marquette, Marquette County, Mich.; Sitka, Alaska; Ketchikan, Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska. Born in Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio, September 14, 1836. Democrat. Postmaster at Albert Lea, Minn., 1857-58; newspaper editor and publisher; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Marquette District, 1871-72; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1872; mayor of Marquette, Mich., 1874-75; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1878; Governor of Alaska District, 1885-89; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1904 (Honorary Vice-President); candidate for Delegate to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1906. Died in Juneau, Alaska, October 26, 1909 (age 73 years, 42 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Juneau, Alaska; cenotaph at Park Cemetery, Marquette, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Swineford and Jane (Collins) Swineford; married to Psyche C. Flower; married, August 21, 1886, to Minnie E. (Marks) Smith.
  See also NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Mark L. Thompson (b. 1945) — of Rogers City, Presque Isle County, Mich. Born in Rogers City, Presque Isle County, Mich., August 8, 1945. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; journalist; chair of Alpena County Republican Party, 1970-71; member of Michigan state house of representatives 106th District, 1973. Presbyterian. Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Still living as of 1973.
  Relatives: Married 1971 to Jeanette Hahn.
  James A. Trotter (1852-1928) — of Vassar, Tuscola County, Mich.; Glendale, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Schoharie County, N.Y., March, 1852. Republican. Newspaper publisher; Vassar village Clerk, 1877-80;; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1892; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1899; postmaster of Vassar, Mich., 1902. Scottish ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., 1928 (age about 76 years). Cremated; ashes interred at Riverside Cemetery, Vassar, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. Alexander Trotter and Phebe (Day) Trotter; married, October 3, 1877, to Mary A. 'Mamie' Meehan.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg (1884-1951) — also known as Arthur H. Vandenberg — of Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich. Born in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich., March 22, 1884. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1911, 1912-18; U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1928-51; appointed 1928; died in office 1951; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1940. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Woodmen. Died in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich., April 18, 1951 (age 67 years, 27 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Aaron Vandenberg and Alpha (Hendrick) Vandenberg; married to Hazel H. Whitaker.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Frank M. Vandercook (b. 1853) — of St. Louis, Gratiot County, Mich. Born in New York, June 27, 1853. Newspaper publisher; Gratiot County Register of Deeds, 1897-1900; member of Michigan People's Party State Executive Committee, 1899; secretary of Michigan People's Party, 1899. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, April 7, 1870, to Elvira A. Near; married 1885 to Elsie Livingston; married, April 29, 1909, to Etta Millard.
  Guy Adrian Vander Jagt (1931-2007) — also known as Guy Vander Jagt — of Cadillac, Wexford County, Mich.; Luther, Lake County, Mich. Born in Cadillac, Wexford County, Mich., August 26, 1931. Republican. Journalist; news director, WWTV, Cadillac, Mich.; lawyer; member of Michigan state senate 36th District, 1965-66; resigned 1966; U.S. Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1966-93; defeated in primary, 1992. Presbyterian. Dutch ancestry. Member, Rotary; Freemasons. Died, of pancreatic cancer, in Washington, D.C., June 22, 2007 (age 75 years, 300 days). Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery, Cadillac, Mich.
  Relatives: Married to Carol VanderJagt.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Don VanderWerp (1885-1971) — of Fremont, Newaygo County, Mich. Born in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich., September 14, 1885. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Newaygo District, 1933-34, 1961-64; member of Michigan state senate 26th District, 1935-56; defeated in primary, 1956, 1958. Methodist. Dutch ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Grange; Farm Bureau. Died June 24, 1971 (age 85 years, 283 days). Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery, Fremont, Mich.
  Relatives: Married 1930 to Mildred Hekhuis; nephew of John Vanderwerp.
  Coleman C. Vaughan (b. 1857) — of St. Johns, Clinton County, Mich. Born in Machias, Cattaraugus County, N.Y., August 1, 1857. Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Michigan Republican State Executive Committee, 1899; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1899; member of Michigan state senate, 1903-04, 1911-12 (19th District 1903-04, 15th District 1911-12); delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1904, 1924; secretary of state of Michigan, 1915-20. Burial location unknown.
  Fred Wade (b. 1862) — of Saugatuck, Allegan County, Mich. Born in Douglas, Allegan County, Mich., June 29, 1862. Republican. Newspaper publisher; postmaster; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1921-26, 1929-32 (Allegan County 2nd District 1921-26, Allegan County 1929-32); defeated in primary, 1932. English ancestry. Burial location unknown.
  Jonathan G. Wait (1811-1873) — of Sturgis, St. Joseph County, Mich. Born in York, Livingston County, N.Y., November 22, 1811. Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Michigan state house of representatives from St. Joseph County, 1851-52; member of Michigan state senate, 1863-68 (16th District 1863-66, 14th District 1867-68); alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1872. Founder, editor, and publisher of the Sturgis Journal. Died in Sturgis, St. Joseph County, Mich., October 24, 1873 (age 61 years, 336 days). Interment at Oak Lawn Cemetery, Sturgis, Mich.
  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.
  Charles A. Weissert (b. 1878) — of Hastings, Barry County, Mich. Born in Hastings, Barry County, Mich., August 22, 1878. Republican. Newspaper editor; author; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Barry County, 1915-20. German ancestry. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, June 20, 1914, to Elaine Bauer.
Irving H. Welch Irving H. Welch (b. 1860) — of Edgerton, Hanson County, S.Dak.; Platte, Charles Mix County, S.Dak. Born in Van Buren County, Mich., July 16, 1860. Republican. School teacher; newspaper editor; postmaster; real estate business; mayor of Platte, S.D., 1901-03; member of South Dakota state house of representatives 9th District, 1903-04. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Burial location unknown.
  Image source: South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903
  George Wilson Welsh (1883-1974) — also known as George W. Welsh — of Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich.; Ada, Kent County, Mich. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, March 27, 1883. Republican. Printing business; publisher of a The Fruit Belt (farm magazine); member of Michigan state house of representatives from Kent County 1st District, 1917-24; Speaker of the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1923-24; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1924; Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1925-26; defeated in primary, 1926, 1952; candidate for Governor of Michigan, 1928, 1932; mayor of Grand Rapids, Mich., 1938-49; candidate for delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from 17th Senatorial District, 1961. Presbyterian. Scottish ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks. Died in Ada, Kent County, Mich., June 29, 1974 (age 91 years, 94 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Welsh and Elizabeth (Wilson) Welsh; married, October 4, 1906, to Shirlie Louise Smith.
  Frank L. Westover (b. 1853) — of Bay City, Bay County, Mich. Born in Sheffield, Berkshire County, Mass., December 17, 1853. Republican. Lawyer; newspaper editor; insurance business; postmaster at Bay City, Mich., 1883-87; Bay County Clerk, 1895-98; member of Michigan state senate 24th District, 1901-04. Burial location unknown.
  Enoch Thomas White Jr. (1913-1995) — also known as Ink White — of St. Johns, Clinton County, Mich. Born in Lapeer, Lapeer County, Mich., July 8, 1913. Republican. Journalist; chair of Clinton County Republican Party, 1960; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Eaton District, 1961-62; candidate for University of Michigan board of regents, 1963. Episcopalian. Member, Rotary; Freemasons. Died in St. Johns, Clinton County, Mich., November 4, 1995 (age 82 years, 119 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Enoch Thomas White and Jacqueline White; married to Barbara Jane Raymond.
  Harry Huntington Whiteley (1882-1957) — also known as Harry H. Whiteley — of Rogers City, Presque Isle County, Mich.; Dowagiac, Cass County, Mich. Born in Gaylord, Otsego County, Mich., May 7, 1882. Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1915-16; member of Michigan state senate 7th District, 1923-24; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1924. English ancestry. Died in Maryland, April 25, 1957 (age 74 years, 353 days). Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery, Mason, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Whiteley and Luella E. (Piper) Whiteley; married, June 21, 1905, to Sara Ethel Stevens.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Guy Joseph Wicksall (1872-1910) — also known as Guy J. Wicksall — of South Haven, Van Buren County, Mich. Born in Paw Paw, Van Buren County, Mich., August 19, 1872. Lawyer; newspaper publisher; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention 8th District, 1907-08. Died in South Haven, Van Buren County, Mich., December 23, 1910 (age 38 years, 126 days). Interment at Lake View Cemetery, South Haven, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Wicksall.
  George Willard (1824-1901) — of Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Mich. Born in Bolton, Chittenden County, Vt., March 20, 1824. Republican. Episcopal priest; college professor; newspaper editor; member of Michigan state board of education, 1857-62; member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1864-73; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Calhoun County 3rd District, 1867-68; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1872; U.S. Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1873-77. Episcopalian. Died in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Mich., March 26, 1901 (age 77 years, 6 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Battle Creek, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Allen Willard and Eliza (Barron) Willard.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Alpheus Starkey Williams (1810-1878) — also known as Alpheus S. Williams — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Saybrook, Middlesex County, Conn., September 20, 1810. Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper editor; probate judge in Michigan, 1839; recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1842; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; postmaster at Detroit, Mich., 1849-53; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for Governor of Michigan, 1866; U.S. Minister to Salvador, 1866-69; U.S. Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1875-78; died in office 1878. Suffered a stroke and died in the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., December 21, 1878 (age 68 years, 92 days). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.; statue erected 1921 at Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Mich.
  Relatives: Son-in-law of Charles Larned.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — U.S. State Dept career summary
  Edwin Willits (1830-1896) — of Monroe, Monroe County, Mich. Born in Otto, Cattaraugus County, N.Y., April 24, 1830. Republican. Lawyer; newspaper editor; Monroe County Prosecuting Attorney, 1860-62; member of Michigan state board of education, 1861-72; postmaster; member of Michigan state constitutional commission 2nd District, 1873; U.S. Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1877-83. Presbyterian. Died in Washington, D.C., October 22, 1896 (age 66 years, 181 days). Interment at Woodland Cemetery, Monroe, Mich.
  Relatives: Married to Jane Ingersoll.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  William B. Wreford (d. 1944) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Republican. Newspaper reporter; business executive; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1931-32; defeated in primary, 1932, 1934. Died in 1944. Burial location unknown.
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