Legislator Details

Image of Charles VanKeuren
Image Description:
Charles Van Keuren portrait from Nimmo p.118

Charles VanKeuren
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Number of sessions served 1
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Gender: Male
Age at election: 26

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Birth
Date: 6/4/1878
City: Oceola Township, MI
County: Livingston County, MI
Country: US
 
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Marital Information:
single while in the legislature

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Occupation: publisher
Race: Caucasian or White

Education:
graduated from Howell High School, 1896; graduated from University of Michigan, 1902

Biographical Sketch:
Of Dutch ancestry. His family moved to Howell in 1888. He enter university in 1897 after traveling for one year with a Toledo stationery house. In 1899, he was appointed special commissioner to the Paris Exposition by the Ohio Centennial Exposition Company. For 1 year after graduation, he was employed as traveling advertising manager for the Oaks, a weekly magazine of Chicago, and the next year travelled for Rand, McNally & Co., publishers of Chicago, continuing with them until September, 1904. Member of the Masons

Notable Facts:
In the spring, o1896, he won the state high school oratorical championship.

Sessions Served:

Forty-Third Legislature, 1905-1906
Chamber: House
Party: Republican
Committees Served On: Home for the Feeble Minded, Printing , University
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City of Residence: Howell
County of Residence Livingston
District: Livingston
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Date Elected: 11/8/1904
Date Sworn In: 1/4/1905
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Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed

Maritial Status: Unknown
Notes: Chair of the Committee on Printing

Bibliography:

Nimmo p. 118, includes portrait; Manual 1905 p.772
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