Legislator Details


Frank Homer Hosford
AKA:
Number of sessions served 1
Sessions served
Gender: Male
Age at election: 3

Vital Records Information:

Birth
Date: 1/1/1853
City: Henrietta, OH
County: Lorain County, OH
Country: US
 
Death
Date: 3/21/1908
City: Washington, DC
County:
Country: US
Type of Burial:
Burial
Date:
City: Washington, DC
County:
Country: US
Cemetery:

Marital Information:
married; children: 3, F. H. , Margarete Anna and Florence Helen

Number of Children: 3

Background

Religion:
Military Service:
Occupation: journalist, editor
Race: Caucasian or White

Education:
studied law in Lowell and Grand Rapids, MI

Biographical Sketch:
His family moved to Lowell, Kent Co., MI in 1868. Worked at the now defunct Grand Rapids Times then at the Leader, the Eagle and the Democrat, all in Grand Ra[ids. In 1882, he was interested in the Kalamazoo Daily Commercial as editor and part owner. In 1883, he went to Detroit and for 12 years was a reporter, then city editor for the Free Press. He directed their Washington bureau for 8 years, until 1896. He then worked for the Denver News, the Salt Lake Herald, the Anaconda Standard and the Chicago Dispatch. Finally he was covering Washington for the Detroit Times, Saginaw News and Kalamazoo Gazette.. He was once the president of the Gridiron Club in Washington, 1898. Member of the Masons, Knights of Pythias and the Odd Fellows.

Notable Facts:
Exact date of birth not known. Committed suicide

Sessions Served:

Thirty-Fourth Legislature, 1887-1888
Chamber: House
Party: Fusion
Committees Served On: Engrossment and Enrollment, Michigan Asylum for Insane , Railroads
Postions Held:

City of Residence: Detroit
County of Residence Wayne
District: Wayne 1
District Description: City of Detroit

Date Elected: 11/2/1886
Date Sworn In: 1/5/1887
Date Left Office:

Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed

Maritial Status: Married
Notes: A Fusionist, backed by the Democratic and Greenback parties.

Bibliography:

MIBiog 1:415; DFP 3/21/1908 p.4; DFP 3/22/1908 p.4; DFP 3/21/1908 p.1-2; DFP 3/23/1908 p.4; Manual 1887 p.622-23; USCen 1880
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