Legislator Details


George W. Partridge
AKA:
Number of sessions served 1
Sessions served
Gender: Male
Age at election: 60

Vital Records Information:

Birth

Date: 10/23/1834
City: Pittsfield, MA
County: Berkshire County, MA
Country: US
 

Death

Date: 7/1/1901
City: Detroit, MI
County: Wayne County, MI
Country: US
Type of Burial: interred

Burial

Date: 7/3/1901
City: Battle Creek, MI
County: Calhoun County, MI
Country: US
Cemetery: Oak Hill Cemetery

Marital Information:
married Laura D. Partridge, 1857

Number of Children: 7

Background

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Race: Caucasian or White

Education:
Attended Wesleyan Methodist Seminary, Albion, MI. Graduated from Columbia University Law School, 1872.

Biographical Sketch:
Located in Michigan, 1842. Located in Detroit, 1877. Served as comissary department clerk during Civil War. Clerk in Quartermaster General's Office, Washington, DC, for eight years. Clerk in U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce for four years. Served as law clerk, U.S. Department of the Interior; first assistant examiner, U.S. Patent Office; special inspector, U.S. Department of the Treasury; special agent, U.S. Census Bureau. Private secretary for Senator Zach Chandler for eight years. Special Deputy Collector of Customs, Detroit, 1879-83. Co-director and Washington Correspondent, Detroit Post and Tribune. Assistant Secretary, Union Congressional Republican Committee, 1872. Member and president, Detroit Board of Estimates. Speaker pro tempore and representative of Wayne County 1st District, Michigan House of Representatives, 1895-96.

Notable Facts:
Death certificate lists birth date as 10/28/1831.

Sessions Served:

Thirty-Eighth Legislature, 1895-1896

Chamber: House
Party: Republican
Committees Served On: Apportionments, Home for Feeble Minded , Judiciary , Rules and Joint Rules
Postions Held: Speaker Pro Tempore

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

Date Elected: 11/6/1894
Date Sworn In: 1/2/1895
Date Left Office:

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

Maritial Status: Married
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Bibliography:

MI Manual 1895, p. 577-8. http://seekingmichigan.cdmhost.com/seeking_michigan/discover_item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/p129401coll7&CISOPTR=828726
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