Legislator Details
Number of sessions served 6
Gender: Male
Age at election: 57
Vital Records Information:
Birth
Date: 3/21/1865
City: North Newberg, MI
County: Shiawassee County, MI
Country: United States
Death
Date: 2/13/1954
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Marital Information:
Married Harriet B. Lightbody, of San Jose, CA, dau. of Gorton & Julia A. (Martin) Lightbody, 8/29/1889; children: John Maslonek & a son who died in infancy.
Number of Children: 2
Background
Religion: Baptist
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Education:
Attended school in North Newburg, Northville and Pontiac
Biographical Sketch:
Son of R. Bruce & Phoebe E. (Devereaux)
Haight. Attended Pontiac High School. He had a life certificate as a registered pharmacist. Worked as a roundhouse hostler & locomotive fireman for the Pontiac, Oxford & Port Austin RR. & later other RRs; a telegrapher. Went to France for the YMCA, 1918. Practiced law in Lansing for many yrs as well as engaging in real estate development.
In 1903 acted as assistant secretary of the Grand Lodge, I.O.O.F. of Michigan. In 1911 he was elected judge of the municipal court of the city of Lansing, and was re-elected in 1915. During the summer of 1918 he resigned and went to France with the A.E.F. as a Y.M.C.A. secretary, having charge of he educational work among the American soldiers in the Nantes, France, division.
House Resolution No. 13, p. 356, 1954 House Journal indicated that he died 2/13/1954.
Notable Facts:
Lansing's Haight Brothers Subdivision was developed by Charles & his brother. Member of the Odd Fellows; BPOE (Elks);
Republican and was elected to the legislature in 1922, 1924, and 1926, and re-elected November 6, 1928, by a vote of 20,193 to 5,265 for D. D. Harris, 1930 and again elected November 6, 1934.
Sessions Served:
Committees Served On: Elections , Labor , Michigan School for the Blind , Pontiac State Hospital , Public Health
City of Residence: Lansing
County of Residence Ingham
District Description: City of Lansing in Ingham County
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed
Committees Served On: Apportionment , Insurance , Judiciary , State Psychopathic Hospital
City of Residence: Lansing
County of Residence Ingham
District Description: Lansing city
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed
Committees Served On: Apportionment , Insurance , Judiciary , Newberry State Hospital
City of Residence: Lansing
County of Residence Ingham
District Description: City of Lansing in Ingham County
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Notes: Chair of Newberry State Hospital.
Committees Served On: Apportionment , Judiciary , Michigan Home and Training School, Public Health , Rules and Resolutions
City of Residence: Lansing
County of Residence Ingham
District Description: City of Lansing in Ingham County
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Notes: Chair of the Committee on Michigan Home and Training School
Committees Served On: Federal Relations , Kalamazoo State Hospital , Michigan School for the Blind , Public Health , Judiciary
City of Residence: Lansing
County of Residence Ingham
District Description: City of Lansing in Ingham County
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Notes: Chair of the Committee on Public Health
Committees Served On: Railroads , Revision & Amendment of the Constitution , State House of Correction & Branch of the State Prison in the Upper Peninsula , State Industrial Home for Girls
City of Residence: Lansing
County of Residence Ingham
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Bibliography:
Lewis 5:567-69; Manual 1929, P. 695; Manual 1935, P. 709; Manual 1931, P. 665;
Manual 1927, p. 649; Manual 1925, p. 603; Manual 1923, p. 740;
