Legislator Details
Number of sessions served 3
Gender: Male
Age at election: 58
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Birth
Date: 5/21/1860
City: Middlebury township
County: Shiawassee, Michigan
Country: United States
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Married and has five children, four boys and one girl.
Number of Children: 5
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Education:
He was educated in the district school and at the Ovid high school, Spring Arbor Seminary, and the University of Michigan. He graduated from the law department of the state university, and was admitted to the practice of law at the age of twenty-two years.
Biographical Sketch:
With the exception of a few years spent in Dakota, Texas and California, he has lived all his life in Michigan. In 1901 he was admitted to practice in the United States Circuit Court and in the United States District Court at Grand Rapids. In 1912 he was appointed by the national government white slave officer for the Ludington district. He served eight years as city justice of Ludington and two years as prosecuting attorney of Mason county.
Notable Facts:
Republican and was elected to the 1919-1920 and 1925-1926 legislatures, and re-elected November 2, 1926, without opposition.
Sessions Served:
Committees Served On: Boys' Vocational School, Elections , Northern State Normal School , Printing
City of Residence: Ludington
County of Residence Mason
District Description: Mason County
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed
Notes: Chair of the Committee on Northern State Normal School
Committees Served On: City Corporations , Printing , Private Corporations , Traverse City State Hospital
City of Residence: Ludington
County of Residence Mason
District Description: Mason County
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Notes: Chair of the Committees on the Traverse City State Hospital; and Printing
Committees Served On: Industrial School for Boys , Mines and Minerals , Public Lands & Forestry Interests
City of Residence: Ludington
County of Residence Mason
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed
Bibliography:
Manual 1919 p. 815; Manual 1927, p. 647; Manual 1925, p. 602; PolGryd
