Legislator Details


John W. Fletcher
AKA:
Number of sessions served 5
Sessions served
Gender: Male
Age at election: 58

Vital Records Information:

Birth
Date: 7/28/1888
City: Nottawa twp, MI
County: Saint Joseph County, MI
Country: US
 
Death
Date: 1/1/1982
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Type of Burial:
Burial
Date: 1/1/1982
City: Centreville MI
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Cemetery: Prairie River Cemetery

Marital Information:

Number of Children: 2

Background

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Military Service:
Occupation: farmer, engineer
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Education:
Centreville & Three Rivers Schools School of Engineering, University of Michigan, 1910

Biographical Sketch:
Colonel in WWI served as St Joseph County Treasurer, 1934-1940; a farmer; member of the Grange, Farm Bureau, American Legion, 40 and 8, and Vetrans of Foreign Wars.

Notable Facts:
Served 1917-1919 as Lieutenant in the Engineers & was Lieutenant in War Department General Staff & a Battalion Commander in England & France, 1940-45. elected to the State Senate at a special election and re-elected in 1946; elected to fill a vacancy in the House of Representatives in March, 1952 and re-elected at the regular elections in 1952, 1954 and 1956.

Sessions Served:

Sixty-Ninth Legislature, 1957-1958
Chamber: House
Party: Republican
Committees Served On: Military and Veterans' Affairs , Public Utilities , Retirement , Revision & Amendment of the Constitution
Postions Held:

City of Residence: Centerville
County of Residence Saint Joseph
District: Saint Joseph
District Description: Counties of Saint Joseph and Cass

Date Elected: 11/6/1956
Date Sworn In: 1/9/1957
Date Left Office:

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

Maritial Status: Unknown
Notes: Chair of the Committee on Public Utilities
Sixty-Eighth Legislature, 1955-1956
Chamber: House
Party: Republican
Committees Served On: Military and Veterans' Affairs , Public Utilities , Retirement , Revision & Amendment of the Constitution
Postions Held:

City of Residence: Centerville
County of Residence Saint Joseph
District: Saint Joseph
District Description: Counties of Cass and Saint Joseph

Date Elected: 11/2/1954
Date Sworn In: 1/12/1955
Date Left Office:

Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected

Maritial Status: Married
Notes: Chair of the Committee on Public Utilities
Sixty-Seventh Legislature, 1953-1954
Chamber: House
Party: Republican
Committees Served On: Apportionment , Michigan Veterans' Facility, Military and Veterans' Affairs , Public Utilities , Retirement
Postions Held:

City of Residence: Centreville
County of Residence Saint Joseph
District: Saint Joseph
District Description: Counties of Cass and Saint Joseph

Date Elected: 11/4/1952
Date Sworn In: 1/14/1953
Date Left Office:

Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected

Maritial Status: Married
Notes: Chair of the Committee on Michigan Veterans' Facility
Sixty-Sixth Legislature, 1951-1952
Chamber: House
Party: Republican
Committees Served On:
Postions Held:

City of Residence: Centerville
County of Residence Saint Joseph
District: Saint Joseph
District Description: Saint Joseph and Cass counties

Date Elected: 3/26/1952
Date Sworn In: 4/1/1952
Date Left Office:

Reason for Leaving Office:
End of Term Status: Re-elected

Maritial Status:
Notes: Replaced Bert Dickerson, who had died Dec. 1951.
Sixty-Fourth Legislature,1947-1948
Chamber: Senate
Party: Republican
Committees Served On: Agriculture , Municipalities, Veterans' and Military Affairs
Postions Held:

City of Residence: Centreville
County of Residence Saint Joseph
District: 6
District Description: Counties of Kalamazoo and Saint Joseph.

Date Elected: 11/5/1946
Date Sworn In: 1/1/1947
Date Left Office:

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

Maritial Status: Married
Notes: Chair of the Committee on Veterans' and Military Affairs

Bibliography:

PolGryd; Manual 1947, p. 665; Manual 1953, p. 255; Manual 1955 p. 195; Manual 1957-1958, Pg. 193
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