Legislator Details
Image Description:
Portrait captured from Find-a-Grave.com, 12/16/2025
Number of sessions served 4
Gender: Male
Age at election: 40
Vital Records Information:
Birth
Date: 11/21/1876
City: Oxford, MI
County: Oakland County, MI
Country: US
Death
Date: 9/3/1943
City:
County: Oakland County, MI
Country: US
Type of Burial:
Burial
Date: 9/5/1943
City: Oxford, MI
County: Oakland County, MI
Country: US
Cemetery: Oxford Cemetery
Marital Information:
married Clara M. Chamberlain about 1901; children: 2, David M. and Marian Elizabeth (Little)
Number of Children: 2
Background
Religion:
Military Service: United States Army
Occupation: teacher, realtor; merchant, printing business, newspaper editor
Race:
Education:
Public schools; graduated from high school in Oxford, MI, 1894;
Michigan State Normal College, Ypsilanti
Biographical Sketch:
Scotch-Irish ancestry. Son of Andrew P. and Amy Elizabeth (Bird) Glaspie. He taught school for a short time in Goodison and Orion before attending Michigan State Normal School, Ypsilanti, where he played football. He coached football in 1897. He served one year as a member of Company G, Thirty-first Michigan infantry, during the Spanish-American war. Upon his return, he partnered with E. Henry Congdon and became the co-publisher and editor of the Oxford Leader until 1936. Served 8 years as Oxford's postmaster; as a member of the Oxford School Board
In 1899 he engaged in the printing and publishing business; editor of the Michigan Sportsman for 2 years. From 1921 to 1927, Glaspie engaged in an mercantile business with a partner named Charles (C.A.) Webster. At the time of his death he was outdoor editor for the Pontiac Daily Press (now The Oakland Press), a position he had held for a number of years.
Notable Facts:
Father was civil war veteran; his grandfather served in the war of 1812; his great-great grandfather in the Revolutionary war. Andrew's death certificate is under A. Bird Glaspie. Died of heart disease.
Sessions Served:
Committees Served On: Apportionment , Conservation, Elections , Military Affairs , Printing , State Hospitals
City of Residence: Oxford
County of Residence Oakland
District Description: Comprising the counties of Oakland and Washtenaw
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed
Notes: Chair of the Committee on State Hospitals
Committees Served On: Apportionment , College of Mines , Game Laws , Railroads
City of Residence: Oxford
County of Residence Oakland
District Description: Townships: Addison, Brandon, Commerce, Groveland, Highland, Holly, Independence, Lyon, Milford, Novi, Orion, Oxford, Rose, Springfield, Waterford, West Bloomfield, and White Lake
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Committees Served On: Game Laws , General Taxation , Newberry State Hospital , Revision & Amendment of the Constitution
City of Residence: Oxford
County of Residence Oakland
District Description: Township of Addison, Brandon, Commerce, Groveland, Highland, Holly, Independence, Lyon, Milford, Novi, Orion, Oxford, Rose, Springfield, Waterford, West Bloomfield, White Lake.
Reason for Leaving Office: Resigned
Notes: Chair of the Committee on Game Laws
Committees Served On: Central Michigan Normal School , Federal Relations, Game Laws , Michigan Reformatory
City of Residence: Oxford
County of Residence Oakland
Reason for Leaving Office: Resigned
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Bibliography:
Manual 1917 p.792-93; Manual 1919 p.815-16; PolGryd; Find-a-Grave.com, includes portraits; USCen 1910, 1930; Michiganology
