Legislator Details

Portrait captured from Find-a-Grave.com, 7/9/2025
Vital Records Information:
Marital Information:
single when elected to the House; married Eleanor Kay Garrow about 1908; children Joseph W. and Joseph; married Edith Knight Butler 4/17/1930 in Salsbury, CT;
Number of Children: 2
Background
Education:
attended public schools of Detroit; attended St. Paul's school in Concord, NH; graduated from University of Michigan law dept, 1903
Biographical Sketch:
Of English and Dutch ancestry. Son of Henry W. and Flora Belle (VanHusen) Standart. He began his law practice in Detroit as a member of the firm Moore, Standart and Drake. He left law in 1908 to be treasurer of the National Loan and Investment Co. and was later its president. He served on the Grosse Pointe Council for 4 years. He was a member of the Yondotega Club [where he died, suddenly], the Detroit Country Club, the University Club and the Grosse Pointe Club, as well as, Sigma Phi fraternity.
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