Legislator Details
Number of sessions served 2
Gender: Male
Age at election: 37
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Birth
Date: 1/15/1881
City: Moundsville, WV
County: Marshall County, WV
Country: US
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married Nona M. [or Sonona] McJilton around 1900
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Occupation: steel worker, truck manufacturer, real estate
Race: Caucasian or White
Education:
Moundsville, West Virginia public schools; Carnegie Night Technical School of Homestead, PA
Biographical Sketch:
Of Irish and English descent. Upon completing his schooling, he entered the electrical department of the Carnegie Steel Works in Homestead. Later in connection with this work, he had headquarters at Chicago, IL, and, while living there, bought a farm near Spring Lake, MI, as a summer home. Later he made the farm his permanent home. After moving to Michigan, he was active in the good roads movement and served as director of the West Michigan Pike Association and the Michigan Good Roads Association He was secretary of the Michigan Road Commissioners' Association and the Grand Highway Association.
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Sessions Served:
Committees Served On: Drainage, Elections , Executive Business , Highways , Normal Schools
City of Residence: Spring Lake
County of Residence Ottawa
District Description: Comprising the counties of Muskegon and Ottawa
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed
Notes: Chair of the Committee on Highways
Committees Served On: Highways , Insurance , Labor , Penal Institutions
City of Residence: Spring Lake
County of Residence Ottawa
District Description: Comprising the counties of Muskegon and Ottawa
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed
Notes: Chair of the Committee on Labor
Bibliography:
Manual 1919 p.801; PolGryd;; USCen 1920, 1930
