Legislator Details
Number of sessions served 4
Gender: Female
Age at election: 66
Vital Records Information:
Birth
Date: 8/4/1872
City: Marilla, MI
County: Manistee County, MI
Country: US
Death
Date: 5/25/1948
City:
County:
Country: US
Type of Burial: interred
Burial
Date:
City: DeWitt Township, MI
County: Clinton County, MI
Country: US
Cemetery: Hurd Cemetery
Marital Information:
married Francis M. Stockman (d. 1932) in 8/8/1889; children: 3 sons, Marion A. , Lee X. and Vern
married Gustof Weinkauf, 1947
Number of Children: 3
Background
Religion:
Military Service:
Occupation: teacher, lecturer, author
Race:
Education:
public schools of Marilla Township;
Benzonia College;
master's from Hillsdale College;
Received an Honorary LL.D. from Michigan State College in 1934
Biographical Sketch:
Daughter of Leander and Lucy Jane (Bennet)Hall. In 1903, she & her husband bought the "Grand River View Farm" northwest of Lansing. She was editor of the official paper of the State Grange, "The Michigan Patron", for 5 years, and conducted the Home Economics department of the paper. She was an advisory member of the U.S. Children's Bureau, secretary of the National Rural Home Conference, the Michigan State Educational Advisory Committee, a member of the White House Children's Conference during the Hoover administration, the Children of Democracy conference and Women's Christian Temperance Union. Elected to the state board of agriculture in 1919 and 1925.She was born in a log cabin. She is the author of 3 books and many songs.
She is a lecturer on agricultural subjects and was elected the state of Michigan State Grange lecturer in 1914 and still held that position in 1941.
Notable Facts:
The first woman to hold an elected office in Michigan.
The first woman in the United States to serve on the board of a Land Grant College.
Introduced legislation that resulted in the Michigan Medical Insurance Program, the first of its kind in the nation.
Dry candidate for delegate to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Ingham County 2nd District, 1933.
Died in 1948 in California.
Sessions Served:
Committees Served On: Agriculture , Education , Girls' Training School, Michigan School for the Blind , Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science, State Library
City of Residence: East Lansing
County of Residence Ingham
District Description: Townships of Alaiedon, Aurelius, Bunker Hill, Delhi, Ingham, Le Roy, Leslie, Locke, Meridian, Onondaga, Stockbridge, Vevay, Wheatfield, White Oak, and Williamstown, and the cities of East Lansing and Mason.
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed
Notes: Chair of the Committee on Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science. Chair of the Committee on State Library.
Committees Served On: Education , Girls' Training School, Michigan School for the Blind , Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science, Public Health
City of Residence: East Lansing
County of Residence Ingham
District Description: Townships of Alaiedon, Aurelius, Bunker Hill, Delhi, Ingham, Lansing, Le Roy, Leslie, Locke, Meridian, Onondaga, Stockbridge, Vevay, Wheatfield, White Oak, and Williamstown, and the cities of East Lansing and Mason
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Committees Served On: Education , General Taxation , Girls' Training School, Michigan School for the Blind , Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science
City of Residence: Lansing
County of Residence Ingham
District Description: Townships of Alaiedon, Aurelius, Bunker Hill, Delhi, Ingham, Lansing, Le Roy, Leslie, Locke, Meridian, Onondaga, Stockbridge, Vevay, Wheatfield, White Oak, and Williamstown, and the cities of East Lansing and Mason
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Notes: Chair of the Committee on Michigan School for the Blind
Committees Served On: Education , General Taxation , Horticulture , Michigan School for the Blind , Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science, Religious and Benevolent Societies
City of Residence: Lansing
County of Residence Ingham
District Description: Townships of Alaiedon, Aurelius, Bunker Hill, Delhi, Ingham, Lansing, Le Roy, Leslie, Locke, Meridian, Onondaga, Stockbridge, Vevay, Wheatfield, White Oak, and Williamstown, and the cities of East Lansing and Mason in Ingham County
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Notes: Chair of the Committee on the Michigan School for the Blind
Bibliography:
Manual 1941 p.690; Manual 1943 p.635;
Manual 1939 p.628; PolGryd, includes photo; Find-a-Grave.com; Isabella Co. Times-News 5/27/1948 p.2 col.1; MI Legislative Handbook 1945-46, p. 165.
