Legislator Details
Number of sessions served 4
Gender: Male
Age at election: 43
Vital Records Information:
Birth
Date: 3/31/1889
City: Laurium, Michigan
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Country: US
Death
Date: 3/19/1939
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Number of Children: 0
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Military Service: United States Army
Occupation: accountant, educational worker
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graduated from Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, 1913; Post-graduate work in education, psychology, social science at the University of Arizona.
Biographical Sketch:
Irish-American descent. He worked as an accountant-secretary for Lang wholesale company in Iowa. He later attended Rogers School of Arts in Fostoria, OH then traveled 7 years as their instructor, putting on productions in various places. He was organist for St. Martin's-on-the-Lake in Detroit for a number of years. He was a field clerk for the 15th decennial census, as well as a special unemployment survey in 1931.
Notable Facts:
Enlisted for World War I in the U.S. infantry at Waterloo, Iowa
Died in office; killed in an auto accident.
Sessions Served:
Committees Served On: Apportionment , Banks and Corporations , Finance and Appropriations , Institutions for State Wards, Military Affairs and Aviation
City of Residence: Detroit
County of Residence Wayne
District Description: 17th, 19th, and 21st wards of Detroit city, the townships of Gratiot and Grosse Point, and the city of Grosse Pointe in Wayne County
Reason for Leaving Office: Died
End of Term Status: Departed
Notes: Chair of the Committee on Military Affairs and Aviation
Died in an auto accident, March 19, 1939. Carl Bischoff took his seat in the Senate.
Committees Served On: Apportionment , Banks and Corporations , Blind and Deaf, Finance and Appropriations , Industrial Schools, Military Affairs and Aeronautics, Printing and Expense, Public Health
City of Residence: Detroit
County of Residence Wayne
District Description: Townships of Gratiot and Grosse Pointe; cities of Grosse Pointe Sores, Grosse Pointe Farms, Grosse Pointe, Grosse Pointe Park and wards 17, 19 and 21 of the city of Detroit in Wayne County
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Notes: Chair of the Committees on Apportionment; and Public Health
Committees Served On: Apportionment , Blind and Deaf, Education , Industrial Schools, Insurance , Public Health
City of Residence: Detroit
County of Residence Wayne
District Description: Townships of Gratiot and Grosse Pointe; cities of Grosse Pointe Sores, Grosse Pointe Farms, Grosse Pointe, Grosse Pointe Park and wards 17, 19 and 21 of the city of Detroit in Wayne County
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Notes: Chair of the Committee on Blind and Deaf
Committees Served On: Apportionment , Finance and Appropriations , Education , Insurance , Labor , Public Health , State Homes and Schools
City of Residence: Detroit
County of Residence Wayne
District Description: 17th, 19th, 21st wards of Detroit city and the townships of Gratiot and Grosse Point
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Notes: Chair of Education; State Homes and Schools.
Bibliography:
Manual 1933, p.644; Manual 1939 p.605; 1939 SJ p.522, SCR19
