Legislator Details
Number of sessions served 9
Gender: Male
Age at election: 57
Vital Records Information:
Birth
Date: 12/1/1865
City:
County:
Country: Netherlands
Death
Date: 9/19/1953
City: Grand Rapids, MI
County: Kent County, MI
Country: US
Type of Burial: interred
Burial
Date:
City: Grand Rapids, MI
County: Kent County, MI
Country: US
Cemetery: Washington Park Cemetery
Marital Information:
married Anna Feenstra; children: one daughter living, per 1941 Manual; another daughter & his only son are deceased.
Wife Anna Freenstra-Dykstra died on December 9, 1938.
Number of Children: 3
Background
Religion:
Military Service:
Occupation: farmer, businessman, newspaper editor
Race: Caucasian or White
Education:
Biographical Sketch:
Of Dutch ancestry, he came to America in 1890 (Grand Rapids, MI). Employed in furniture factories for a time and then conducted a grocery and dry goods store for 25 years, also being political editor of a weekly newspaper. Served five years on the Kent county board of supervisors, 3 terms as alderman of Grand Rapids, and was a candidate for mayor in 1910.
On 11/13/1918 one of his daughters died in Detroit. On 3/7/1931 his only son died in a car accident in Grand Rapids, MI.
Notable Facts:
Political Graveyard gives death date as 9/18/1953.
House Resolution No. 5, p.6, 1954 House Journal, indicated that he died 9/19,1953.
Sessions Served:
Committees Served On: Apportionment , City Corporations , Girls' Training School, Pontiac State Hospital , Roads and Bridges , State Psychopathic Hospital
City of Residence: Grand Rapids
District Description: City of Grand Rapids
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed
Notes: Chair of the Committee on City Corporations
Committees Served On: City Corporations , Labor , Printing , Religious and Benevolent Societies , Roads and Bridges
City of Residence: Grand Rapids
Reason for Leaving Office:
End of Term Status: Departed
Notes: Chair of the Committee on City Corporations
Committees Served On: City Corporations , Labor , Printing , Religious and Benevolent Societies , Roads and Bridges
City of Residence: Grand Rapids
District Description: City of Grand Rapids in Kent County
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed
Notes: Chair of the Committee on City Corporations
Committees Served On: City Corporations , Liquor Traffic , Michigan Home and Training School, Religious and Benevolent Societies , Roads and Bridges
City of Residence: Grand Rapids
District Description: City of Grand Rapids
Reason for Leaving Office: Lost Election
End of Term Status: Departed
Notes: Chair of Religious and Benevolent Societies.
Committees Served On: City Corporations , Michigan Home and Training School, Religious and Benevolent Societies , Roads and Bridges
City of Residence: Grand Rapids
District Description: Grand Rapids city
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Notes: Chair of the Committees on City Corporations; and Religious and Benevolent Societies
Committees Served On: City Corporations , Private Corporations , Religious and Benevolent Societies , State Psychopathic Hospital
City of Residence: Grand Rapids
District Description: Grand Rapids city
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Committees Served On: City Corporations , Education , Elections , Kalamazoo State Hospital
City of Residence: Grand Rapids
District Description: Grand Rapids city in Kent County
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Notes: Chair of the Committee on City Corporations
Committees Served On: City Corporations , Education , Northern State Normal School , Religious and Benevolent Societies
City of Residence: Grand Rapids
District Description: Grand Rapids city in Kent County
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Notes: Chair of the Committee on City Corporations
Committees Served On: City Corporations , Education , Northern State Normal School , Religious and Benevolent Societies
City of Residence: Grand Rapids
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Bibliography:
Manual 1933 p.653; Manual 1941 p.674;Manual 1929 p.692; Manual 1931 p.662;Manual 1939 p.612; Manual 1927 p.645;
Manual 1925 p.601; Manual 1923 p.738;PolGryd; 1954 HJ p.6 HR6; MI Legislative Handbook 1945-46, p.148