Legislator Details
Image Description:
Portrait captured from Find-a-Grave.com 6/22/2025
Number of sessions served 2
Gender: Male
Age at election: 38
Vital Records Information:
Birth
Date: 11/8/1868
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County: Detroit, MI
Country: Wayne County, MI
Death
Date: 12/2/1944
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Burial
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City: Leslie, MI
County: Ingham County, MI
Country: US
Cemetery: Woodlawn Cemetery
Marital Information:
married Jessie B. Stewart, 3/11/1903; children: 2, Ruth Beatrice (Freeman) and 1 other
Number of Children: 2
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Race: Caucasian or White
Education:
graduated from the Leslie high school, 1888; graduated from University of Michigan, 1892; graduated from University of Michigan law dept., 1895
Biographical Sketch:
Son of Ogden V. and Julia E. (McArthur) Tuttle. Practiced law in Leslie upon graduation in 1895. In the fall of 1898 he was elected prosecuting attorney of Ingham county and in January, 1899, opened a law office in the city of Lansing. He was reelected in the fall of 1900. He was elected president of the village of Leslie in 1905. He was president of the People's Bank of Leslie, and was interested in farming and various business enterprises but devoted nearly all of his time to his legal business. He maintained law offices at both Leslie and Lansing.
Notable Facts:
Sessions Served:
Committees Served On: Forestry & State Lands , Michigan Reformatory , Normal College , Public Buildings , Cities and Villages , Claims and Public Accounts
City of Residence: Leslie
County of Residence Ingham
District Description: Counties of Ingham and Shiawassee
Date Left Office: 12/31/1910
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed
Notes: Committee chairmanships: Cities and Villages; Normal College
Committees Served On: Cities and Villages , Industrial Home for Girls , Judiciary , Normal School at Mount Pleasant , Public Buildings , School for the Deaf
City of Residence: Leslie
County of Residence Ingham
District Description: Counties of Ingham and Shiawassee
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Notes: Chair of the Committees on Industrial Home for Girls; and Public Buildings
Bibliography:
Manual 1907 p.703; Find-a-Grave.com, includes portrait; Michiganology
