Legislator Details
Image Description:
Photo captured from Find-a-Grave.com, 6/24/2026
Photo captured from Find-a-Grave.com, 6/24/2026
Charles Rufus Herrick
AKA:
Number of sessions served 2
Gender: Male
Age at election:
Vital Records Information:
Birth
Date: 3/7/1858
City:
County: Ingham County, MI
Country: US
Death
Date: 10/13/1930
City: Bloomer Township, MI
County: Montcalm County, MI
Country: US
Type of Burial: interred
Burial
Date: 10/15/1930
City: Palo, MI
County: Ionia County, MI
Country: US
Cemetery: Palo Cemetery
Marital Information:
married Ella Clock about 1878; children: 2, Pearl May (Upton) and Mabelle (Carpenter)
Number of Children:
Background
Religion:
Military Service:
Occupation: teacher, farmer, travelling salesman, manufacturer
Race: Caucasian or White
Education:
attended district schools
Biographical Sketch:
Son of Nathan and Mary J. (Dailey) Herrick. He taught school for 5 years, afterwards engaging in farming for a period of 25 years, and traveling salesman and manufacturer for 20 years.
Notable Facts:
Died of heart disease. Date on death certificate difficult to read, written over. Obit appeared in Grand Rapids Press on 10/13/1930.
Find-a-Grave says he was born in Handy Twp, Livingston Co., MI; 1925 Manual says born in Ingham Co.
Sessions Served:
Fifty-Fourth Legislature, 1927-1928
Chamber: Senate
Party: Republican
Committees Served On: Agriculture , Apportionment , Conservation, Executive Business , Fish and Game, Penal Institutions, State Homes and Schools
Postions Held:
City of Residence: Fenwick
County of Residence Montcalm
District: 25
District Description: Counties of Gratiot, Ionia, Mecosta and Montcalm
Date Elected: 11/2/1926
Date Sworn In: 1/5/1927
Date Left Office:
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed
Maritial Status: Unknown
Notes: Chair of the Committee on State Homes and Schools
Fifty-Third Legislature, 1925-1926
Chamber: Senate
Party: Republican
Committees Served On: Agriculture , Insurance , Prohibition, Soldiers' Home , State Hospitals
Postions Held:
City of Residence: Fenwick
County of Residence Montcalm
District: 18
District Description: Counties of Ionia and Montcalm
Date Elected: 11/4/1924
Date Sworn In: 1/7/1925
Date Left Office:
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Maritial Status: Married
Notes: Chair of the Committee on Soldiers' Home