Legislator Details
Image Description:
Portrait captured from Find-a-Grave.com, 9/24/2025
Number of sessions served 2
Gender: Male
Age at election: 47
Vital Records Information:
Birth
Date: 11/23/1867
City: Waterford Township MI
County: Oakland County, MI
Country: US
Death
Date: 1/11/1935
City: Pontiac, MI
County: Oakland County, MI
Country: US
Type of Burial:
Burial
Date: 1/14/1935
City: Pontiac, MI
County: Oakland County, MI
Country: US
Cemetery: Oak Hill Cemetery
Marital Information:
married Catherine Cruice, dau. of Thomas and Catherine H. (Jack) Cruice,10/2/1895, in Pontiac, MI; children: 1, Hudson C. Covert.
Number of Children: 1
Background
Religion:
Military Service:
Occupation: lawyer
Race: Caucasian or White
Education:
Pontiac High School
Biographical Sketch:
Son of American parents; Hudson Peter and Nancy J. (Sheldon) [or Mary Jane (Cruise)] Covert, early pioneers of Oakland county. He was Oakland County's prosecuting attorney 1905-1910. He also served as Oakland County's circuit court commissioner (3 terms) and as superintendent of the poor for about 3 years.
Notable Facts:
Died in office in 1935. Death was the result of compound skull fractures received in a auto accident.
Mother's name varies by source: Political Graveyard and Find-a-Grave and headstone say Nancy J. Sheldon; death certificate says Mary Jane Cruise; marriage record says N.J.Shelson; Nancy J Covert listed as mother living with them in 1900 US Census...
Sessions Served:
Committees Served On: Education and Public Schools , Judiciary , Claims and Public Accounts , Roads and Bridges , Western Michigan Normal School, Rules and Joint Rules , Northern State Normal School
City of Residence: Pontiac
County of Residence Oakland
District Description: comprising the counties of Oakland and Washtenaw
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed
Committees Served On: Education and Public Schools , Roads and Bridges , Traverse City State Hospital , Finance and Appropriations , Industrial School for Boys , Normal School at Mount Pleasant , State Prison at Marquette
City of Residence: Pontiac
County of Residence Oakland
District Description: Comprising the counties of Oakland and Washtenaw
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Notes: Chair of Education and Public Schools; and Roads and Bridges; and Traverse City State Hospital
Bibliography:
Manual 1915 p. 763; Manual 1917 p. 778; PolGryd; Michiganology; Find-a-Grave.com, includes portrait; USCen 1900, 1910
