Legislator Details


William Marvin Kilpatrick
AKA:
Number of sessions served 2
Sessions served
Gender: Male
Age at election: 40

Vital Records Information:

Birth
Date: 12/25/1840
City: Middlesex, NY
County: Yates County, NY
Country: US
 
Death
Date: 9/18/1919
City: Ann Arbor, MI
County: Washtenaw County, MI
Country: US
Type of Burial: interred
Burial
Date:
City: Owosso, MI
County: Shiawassee County, MI
Country: US
Cemetery: Oak Hill Cemetery

Marital Information:
married Mary Caroline Williams, 12/31/1868; died of complications due to childbirth, 10/7/1869. married Emily Harriet Williams, 6/10/1873; died 7/22/1880. married Mana Ruckle Needles, 6/30/1897

Number of Children: 6

Background

Religion:
Military Service:
Occupation: lawyer, teacher
Race: Caucasian or White

Education:
Attended common schools and entered Genesee Seminary, NY in 1860. Graduated from U of M Law School, 1866.

Biographical Sketch:
Taught school while in the seminary and in Illinois, 1863-64. Served as city attorney (1869-73), supervisor (1873-75), alderman and mayor (1875-76) of Owosso. Served as prosecuting attorney (1876-80), member and president of board of education (13 years) of Shiawassee County. Member, Republican State Central Committee, 1878-84. Member of Michigan state senate 17th District, 1881-82, 1895-96. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention, 1888. Delegate to Republican National Convention, 1892. Delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention 14th District, 1907-08.

Notable Facts:
Odf Scotch-Irish descent. Spent his early years on a farm.

Sessions Served:

Thirty-Eighth Legislature, 1895-1896
Chamber: Senate
Party: Republican
Committees Served On: Asylums for Insane at Pontiac and Newberry, Immigration , Printing , Judiciary , Liquor Traffic , Public Lands, State Library , University
Postions Held:

City of Residence: Owosso
County of Residence Shiawassee
District: 14
District Description: Counties of Ingham and Shiawassee

Date Elected: 11/6/1894
Date Sworn In: 1/2/1895
Date Left Office:

Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed

Maritial Status: Widow/Widower
Notes:
Thirty-First Legislature, 1881-1882
Chamber: Senate
Party: Republican
Committees Served On: Military Affairs , Education and Public Schools , Michigan Institution for the Deaf and Dumb , Constitutional Amendments , Mines, Minerals and Mining Interests
Postions Held:

City of Residence: Owosso
County of Residence Shiawassee
District: 17
District Description: Counties of Livingston and Shiawassee

Date Elected: 11/2/1880
Date Sworn In: 1/5/1881
Date Left Office:

Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed

Maritial Status:
Notes:

Bibliography:

MI Manual 1895, p. 553-4; Manual 1881 p.335, 429
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