Legislator Details
Number of sessions served 6
Gender: Male
Age at election: 59
Vital Records Information:
Birth
Date: 3/3/1863
City:
County: Lapeer county
Country: United States
Death
Date:
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Type of Burial:
Burial
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City: Lowell, MI
County: Kent County, MI
Country: US
Cemetery: Oakwood Cemetery
Marital Information:
Married to Evelyne Rickert in 1885 and had one daughter
Number of Children: 1
Background
Religion: Congregational Church
Military Service:
Occupation: Banking, pharmaceuticals
Race:
Education:
Public schools. Graduated high school from Lowell, Michigan, in 1880.
Biographical Sketch:
English and French descent. He was a member of the village council and school board.
He started learning the drug business immediately upon finishing school and has followed that line for forty-six years. Besides conducting a drug store in Lowell, he has an interest in one in Alma; is director and vice-president of the City State Bank, of Lowell, and treasurer and president of the Lowell Specialty Co.; was a member of the village council sixteen years, being president six years and a member of the school board fourteen years.
Notable Facts:
Member of several Masonic orders (held various offices), member of the Odd Fellows and Moose.
Elected to the legislature in 1922, 1924 and 1926, November 6, 1928, without opposition, and re-elected November 4, 1930, without opposition.
Sessions Served:
Committees Served On: Ways and Means
City of Residence: Lowell
District Description: Townships of Ada, Bowne, Byron, Caledonia, Cascade, Gaines, Grand Rapids, Lowell, Paris, Vergennes, and Wyoming
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed
Committees Served On: Ways and Means
City of Residence: Lowell
District Description: Township of Ada, Bowne, Byron, Caladonia, Cascade, Gaines, Grand Rapids, Lowell, Paris, Vergennes, Wyoming
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Committees Served On: Ways and Means
City of Residence: Lowell
District Description: Township of Ada, Bowne, Byron, Caladonis, Cascade, Gaines, Grand Rapids, Lowell, Paris, Vergennes, Wyoming.
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Committees Served On: Michigan School for the Blind , Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science, Michigan State Prison , Public Health
City of Residence: Lowell
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Notes: Chair of the Committee on Michigan School for the Blind
Committees Served On: Public Health , Ways and Means
City of Residence: Lowell
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Committees Served On: Apportionment , Newberry State Hospital , Public Health , State Affairs
City of Residence: Lowell
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Bibliography:
Manual 1933, P. 661; Manual 1929, P. 699;
Manual 1931, P. 670; Manual 1927, p. 653;
Manual 1925, p. 607; Manual 1923, p. 745;
Find-a-Grave.com; MIBiog 2:34
