Legislator Details
Image Description:
Fred B. Wells portrait from Manual 1925 [unpaged]
Number of sessions served 6
Gender: Male
Age at election: 53
Vital Records Information:
Birth
Date: 2/16/1861
City: Wayne Township, MI
County: Cass County, MI
Country: US
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Marital Information:
married Ina Gertrude Hunter (1867-1953) 10/20/1888, in Wayne, Cass Co., MI; four children: Volney H., Clarence, Velma F. and Lawrence
Number of Children: 4
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Education:
LaGrange township district schools and the Dowagiac high school.
Biographical Sketch:
Of English descent. Son of Fanny (Beverstock) Wells (1829-1903) and Homer Wells (1830-1904). Member of the Grange and the Masonic Lodge.
Notable Facts:
Speaker of the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1925-26.
Died in Michigan in November, 1932
Republican and was elected to the legislature of 1915-1916, 1917-1918, 1919-1920, 1921-1922 and 1923-1924, and was again re-elected November 4, 1924, by a vote of 4,264 to 3,108 for Orrin V. Hicks.
Sessions Served:
City of Residence: Cassopolis
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed
Committees Served On: Ways and Means
City of Residence: Cassopolis
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Committees Served On: Education , Ways and Means
City of Residence: Cassopolis
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Committees Served On: Agriculture , City Corporations , Michigan Employment Institution for the Blind , Supplies and Expenditures
City of Residence: Dowagiac
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Notes: Chair of the Committee on Michigan Employment Institution for the Blind
Committees Served On: Agriculture , Labor , Michigan Farm Colony for Epileptics, State House of Correction & Branch of the State Prison in the Upper Peninsula
City of Residence: Cassopolis
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Committees Served On: Agriculture , Education , Industrial Home for Girls , Michigan School for the Deaf
City of Residence: Cassopolis
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Bibliography:
PolGryd; UNCen 1910; Manual 1917 p. 806; Manual 1919 p. 830; Manual 1925, p. 617;
