Members of Michigan State Board of Agriculture, 1861-1968
(May be incomplete!)
David
Carpenter 1861-71
Justus
Gage 1861-69
Philo
Parsons 1861-63
Charles
Rich 1861-67
Silas
Yerkes 1861
Adonijah
S. Welch 1863-66
J.
Webster Childs 1869-82
Hezekiah
G. Wells 1871-83
Cyrus
G. Luce 1885-86
George
B. Horton 1887-91
Oscar
Palmer 1889-91
L.
Whitney Watkins 1899-1905
Edward
P. Allen 1899-1903
Robert
D. Graham 1905-19
Henry
F. Buskirk 1905-09
William
J. Oberdorffer 1905-11
Alfred
J. Doherty 1907-19
I.
Roy Waterbury 1907-21
William
L. Carpenter 1909-11
Jason
Woodman 1911-23
John
W. Beaumont 1912-21
L.
Whitney Watkins 1920-27
Dora
H. Stockman 1920-31
Clark
L. Brody 1921-59
John
A. Doelle 1922
Melville
B. McPherson 1922-33
Jay
R. McColl 1922-27
Herbert
W. Gowdy 1924-29
William
H. Berkey 1930-47
Charles
E. Downing 1934-39
Benjamin
H. Halstead 1934-39
James
J. Jakway 1938-43
Lavina
M. Masselink 1938-43
Forest
H. Akers 1940-57
Melville
B. McPherson 1940-45
Winfred
G. Armstrong 1944-54
Sarah
Van Hoosen Jones 1944-55
Frederick
H. Mueller 1945-57
Ellsworth
B. More 1948-50
Connor
D. Smith 1950-53
Arthur
K. Rouse 1954-59
Connor
D. Smith 1954-68
G.
Donald Stevens 1958-59
Jan
B. Vanderploeg 1958-63
Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)
1861:
Silas
Yerkes, resigned.
1882 Nov 8:
J.
Webster Childs, died in office.
1886:
Cyrus
G. Luce, resigned.
1891 Jan 23:
Oscar
Palmer, resigned.
1899 Jan 25:
Edward
P. Allen, appointed.
1905 Jan 30:
Henry
F. Buskirk, appointed.
1905 Jun 30:
William
J. Oberdorffer, appointed.
1909 Apr 5:
William
L. Carpenter (Rep), elected;
William
J. Oberdorffer (Rep), elected;
John
Smith (Dem), defeated;
Rial
V. McArthur (Dem), defeated;
John
W. King (Prohibition), defeated;
Charles
S. Bartlett (Prohibition), defeated;
Fred
Marshall (Socialist), defeated;
John
D. Hunt (Socialist), defeated;
John
H. Latta (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1909 Apr 5:
Robert
D. Graham (Rep), elected;
Alfred
J. Doherty (Rep), elected;
Benjamin
T. Halstead (Dem), defeated;
George
H. Bartlett (Prohibition), defeated;
George
H. Candee (Prohibition), defeated;
Archie
Smith (Socialist), defeated;
Clyde
E. Kern (Socialist), defeated;
John
A. Ingram (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Albert
B. Latta (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1909 Apr 5:
William
H. Wallace (Rep), elected;
I.
Roy Waterbury (Rep), elected;
William
Carpenter (Dem), defeated;
James
A. Taylor (Dem), defeated;
Perry
E. Palmer (Prohibition), defeated;
Lucien
H. Stoddard (Prohibition), defeated;
Edwin
R. Cornish (Socialist), defeated;
Herman
Mack (Socialist), defeated;
Shepard
B. Cowles (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Thomas
J. Grabuski (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1911 Apr 3:
John
W. Beaumont (Rep), elected;
Jason
Woodman (Rep), elected;
Albert
E. Stevenson (Dem), defeated;
John
A. Weston (Dem), defeated;
John
D. Hunt (Socialist), defeated;
William
W. Mutton (Socialist), defeated;
George
H. Candee (Prohibition), defeated;
Joshua
C. Curtis, defeated;
Archie
McInnes (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Albert
B. Latta (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1913:
Oscar
W. Braman (Progressive), defeated;
Alfred
E. Souter, defeated;
Albert
B. Cook, defeated.
1915 Apr 5:
William
H. Wallace (Rep), elected;
I.
Roy Waterbury (Rep), elected;
Angus
M. Smith (Dem), defeated;
John
J. Bale (Dem), defeated;
Henry
Wilson (Progressive), defeated;
O.
C. Hollister (Progressive), defeated;
John
J. Palmer (Socialist), defeated;
George
W. Eldridge (Socialist), defeated;
Jefferson
D. Leland (Prohibition), defeated;
William
S. Lathers (Prohibition), defeated.
1917:
James
J. Jakway (Dem), defeated.
1919:
L.
Whitney Watkins (Rep), elected.
1919 Apr 7:
Dora
H. Stockman (Rep), elected.
1921:
John
W. Beaumont, resigned;
Melville
B. McPherson (Rep), elected;
C.
Kent Jakeway (Dem), defeated.
1921 Oct 7:
Clark
L. Brody, appointed.
1922:
John
A. Doelle, resigned.
1922 Apr 4:
Jay
R. McColl, appointed.
1923 Apr 2:
Clark
L. Brody (Rep), elected;
Herbert
W. Gowdy (Rep), elected;
William
H. Welch (Dem), defeated;
E.
Sumner Rust (Dem), defeated;
Andrew
Wood (Prohibition), defeated;
John
H. Perry (Prohibition), defeated.
1925:
Benjamin
H. Halstead (Dem), defeated;
Minnie
F. Kaltenbrun (Dem), defeated;
Dora
H. Stockman (Rep), elected;
L.
Whitney Watkins (Rep), elected.
1927 Apr 4:
Melville
B. McPherson (Rep), elected;
Jay
R. McColl (Rep), elected;
Harris
E. Thomas (Dem), defeated;
Minnie
F. Kaltenbrun (Dem), defeated;
William
Mollenhauer (Workers), defeated;
Aaron
M. Katz (Workers), defeated;
William
W. Haviland (Prohibition), defeated;
Fred
L. Perrine (Prohibition), defeated.
1929 Apr 1:
Clark
L. Brody (Rep), elected;
William
H. Berkey (Rep), elected;
Frank
J. Sawyer (Dem), defeated;
Minnie
F. Kaltenbrun (Dem), defeated;
Horace
T. Auckerman (Socialist), defeated;
Mint
Nauta (Socialist), defeated;
Wirt
McClain (Prohibition), defeated;
Charles
H. Pollycutt (Prohibition), defeated.
1931 Apr 6:
Matilda
R. Wilson (Rep), elected;
Gilbert
L. Daane (Rep), elected;
William
Tyson (Dem), defeated;
Theodore
Rzeppa (Dem), defeated;
William
F. Russell (Socialist), defeated;
B.
F. Underhill (Socialist), defeated;
William
J. Johnston (Prohibition), defeated;
Francis
Jesse (Prohibition), defeated.
1933 Apr 3:
Charles
E. Downing (Dem), elected;
Benjamin
H. Halstead (Dem), elected;
A.
J. Rogers (Rep), defeated;
Melville
B. McPherson (Rep), defeated;
Frank
E. Bennett (Socialist), defeated;
Charles
W. Crum (Socialist), defeated;
William
J. Johnston (Prohibition), defeated;
Judson
Black (Prohibition), defeated.
1935 Apr 1:
Clark
L. Brody (Rep), elected;
William
H. Berkey (Rep), elected;
Clarence
B. Smith (Dem), defeated;
George
W. Bolling (Dem), defeated;
Angus
Kennedy (Socialist), defeated;
Nahum
Burnett (Socialist), defeated;
Roy
McComb (Farmer-Labor), defeated;
Harry
Baumunk (Farmer-Labor), defeated;
Herbert
E. Persons (Commonwealth), defeated;
Carrie
M. Londsberry (Commonwealth), defeated;
John
S. Sweet (American), defeated;
Henry
S. Deering (American), defeated.
1939 Apr 3:
Melville
B. McPherson (Rep), elected;
Forest
H. Akers (Rep), elected;
Benjamin
H. Halstead (Dem), defeated;
Albert
L. LaLonde (Dem), defeated;
Nahum
Burnett (Socialist), defeated;
Will
Cheeseman (Socialist), defeated;
Walter
S. Haynes (Commonwealth), defeated;
Charles
R. Lanphear (Commonwealth), defeated.
1941 Apr 7:
Clark
L. Brody (Rep), elected;
William
H. Berkey (Rep), elected;
Benjamin
H. Halstead (Dem), defeated;
Charles
F. Klump (Dem), defeated;
Eley
Sherwin (Prohibition), defeated;
Fred
Sowles (Prohibition), defeated.
1943 Apr 5:
Winfred
G. Armstrong (Rep), elected;
Sarah
Van Hoosen Jones (Rep), elected;
Joseph
P. Carey (Dem), defeated;
Arthur
W. Jewett (Dem), defeated;
Floyd
M. Barden (Prohibition), defeated;
Allen
Barr (Prohibition), defeated.
1945 Jun 25:
Melville
B. McPherson, died in office.
1945 Jul 25:
Frederick
H. Mueller, appointed.
1947 Apr 7:
Clark
L. Brody (Rep), elected;
Ellsworth
B. More (Rep), elected;
George
D. Stevens (Dem), defeated;
William
S. Lamoreaux (Dem), defeated;
Perry
Hayden (Prohibition), defeated;
Lester
W. Kline (Prohibition), defeated.
1949 Apr 4:
Winfred
G. Armstrong (Rep), elected;
Sarah
Van Hoosen Jones (Rep), elected;
Connor
D. Smith (Dem), defeated;
Harvey
C. Whetzel (Dem), defeated;
Clyde
Smith (Progressive), defeated;
Annabelle
McLay (Progressive), defeated;
William
J. Persons (Prohibition), defeated;
DeLand
Crary (Prohibition), defeated.
1950 Apr 28:
Ellsworth
B. More, died in office.
1950 May 15:
Connor
D. Smith, appointed.
1951 Apr 2:
Forest
H. Akers (Rep), elected;
Frederick
H. Mueller (Rep), elected;
Mrs.
Raymond W. Starr (Dem), defeated;
Hiram
A. Sackett (Dem), defeated;
William
J. Persons (Prohibition), defeated;
Glenn
A. Root (Prohibition), defeated;
Robert
Travis (Progressive), defeated;
Jesus
Gonzales, Jr. (Progressive), defeated;
Charles
Schwartz (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Albert
Mills (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1953 Apr 6:
Clark
L. Brody (Rep), elected;
Arthur
K. Rouse (Rep), elected;
Connor
D. Smith (Dem), defeated;
Floyd
Himes (Dem), defeated;
Hector
Hawkins (Prohibition), defeated;
D.
Earl Harrow (Prohibition), defeated;
Charles
Schwartz (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Marion
L. Walbridge (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1954:
Winfred
G. Armstrong, died in office.
1954 Dec 7:
Connor
D. Smith, appointed.
1955:
Sarah
Van Hoosen Jones (Rep), defeated;
Dale
B. Stafford (Rep), defeated.
1955 Apr 4:
William
E. Baker (Dem), elected;
Connor
D. Smith (Dem), elected.
1957 Apr 1:
G.
Donald Stevens (Dem), elected;
Jan
B. Vanderploeg (Dem), elected;
Frank
Merriman (Rep), defeated;
Frederick
H. Mueller (Rep), defeated;
William
J. Persons (Prohibition), defeated;
Paul
H. Kyburz (Prohibition), defeated.
1959 Apr 6:
Frank
Merriman (Rep), elected;
Warren
M. Huff (Dem), elected;
E.
H. Bjornseth (Dem), defeated;
Arthur
K. Rouse (Rep), defeated;
John
Zywicki (Socialist Labor), defeated;
William
J. Persons (Prohibition), defeated;
Daniel
T. Perrine (Prohibition), defeated;
Frank
Troha (Socialist Labor), defeated.
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