Legislator Details


Tracy M. Doll
AKA:
Number of sessions served 2
Sessions served
Gender: Male
Age at election: 47

Vital Records Information:

Birth
Date: 2/4/1897
City:
County: Noble County, Indiana
Country: US
 
Death
Date: 8/7/1970
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Marital Information:
Married Genevieve Kennedy in 1924.

Number of Children: 0

Background

Religion: Roman Catholic
Military Service: United States Army
Occupation: Labor Union official
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Education:
grade schools of Noble County, IN and Crowmwell High School. Two years at University of Detroit.

Biographical Sketch:
Born in Indiana, Tracy Doll moved to Detroit, MI in 1916 and became affiliated with labor unions through his work in the automobile industry. He served as executive secretary-director of the C.I.O. political action committee, president of the Wayne County Council of the C.I.O.,executive board member of the United Automibile Workers of America and was president of the Local No, 154 U.A.W.-C.I.O. He served four years as a member of the Wayne County Board of Supervisorsand was a member of the Ways and Means Finance Committee of the board. He was elected to the state legislature on the Democratic ticket representing Wayne County's 1st District in 1945-46 and 1949-50.

Notable Facts:
Expelled along with Sam Sage from the UAW in 1949 for "disloyalty to the UAW-CIO and with acts highly injurious to the International Union" because he and Sage printed and distributed a suppressed report on allegations of gangsterism and racketeering in the UAW. (Stieber, p. 132) Served in 137th Field Artillery in France during WWI.

Sessions Served:

Sixty-Fifth Legislature, 1949-1950
Chamber: House
Party: Democratic
Committees Served On: Metropolitan Affairs, Military and Veterans' Affairs , Public Utilities , Rules and Resolutions
Postions Held:

City of Residence: Detroit
County of Residence Wayne
District: Wayne 1
District Description: Townships of Gratiot and Grosse Point, and the cities of Detroit and Grosse Pointe

Date Elected: 11/2/1948
Date Sworn In: 1/5/1949
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Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed

Maritial Status: Unknown
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Sixty-Third Legislature, 1945-1946
Chamber: House
Party: Democratic
Committees Served On: Military and Veterans' Affairs , Revision & Amendment of the Constitution , Rules and Resolutions, State Psychopathic Hospital, Supplies and Expenditures
Postions Held:

City of Residence: Detroit
County of Residence Wayne
District: Wayne 1
District Description: Townships of Gratiot and Grosse Point, and the cities of Detroit and Grosse Pointe

Date Elected: 11/7/1944
Date Sworn In: 1/3/1945
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Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed

Maritial Status: Married
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Bibliography:

Manual 1949 p. 651; PolGryd;Governing the UAW. Jack Stieber, New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1962. p. 1932-34; According to House Resolution No. 580, 1970 House Journal he died 8/7/1970; MI Legislative Handbook 1945-46, p.148
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