Legislator Details
Image Description:
Portrait captured from Find-a-Grave.com 4/18/2025
Number of sessions served 5
Gender: Male
Age at election: 45
Vital Records Information:
Birth
Date: 12/29/1854
City: Paterson, NJ
County: Passaic County, NJ
Country: US
Death
Date: 3/11/1942
City: Ironwood, MI
County: Gogebic County, MI
Country: US
Type of Burial:
Burial
Date: 3/14/1942
City: Ironwood, MI
County: Gogebic County, MI
Country: US
Cemetery: Riverside Cemetery
Marital Information:
married Emma Caroline Mitchell, dau. of Peter Mitchell, July 1881; children: Olga M. (MacMahon), Hettie (Bargh), Irving Kelley and James Smith jr.
Number of Children: 4
Background
Religion:
Military Service:
Occupation: teacher, lawyer
Race: Caucasian or White
Education:
public and private schools of New Jersey and the Seward Institute at Warwick, NY; graduated from Cornell University, 1880
Biographical Sketch:
Son of Peter S. Harriet (Fitzgerald) Monroe. He came to Ontonagon, MI, in 1880 as principal of schools, until 1886, when he moved to Ironwood. While in Ontonagon, he served as secretary of the county board of school examiners for 5 years, was a clerk of Ontonagon township and, fo 12 years, was assessor of the village. He was admitted to the bar in 1886. He served as township clerk, assessor, secretary of board of school examiners, commissioner of schools, circuit court commissioner, superintendent of poor at Gogebic for 12 years, and city attorney and assessor of Ironwood. Member of the Masons.
Notable Facts:
Sessions Served:
Committees Served On: City Corporations , Michigan Asylum for Insane , Revision & Amendment of the Constitution , Rules and Joint Rules
Postions Held: Speaker Pro Tempore
City of Residence: Ironwood
County of Residence Gogebic
District Description: Gogebic County
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed
Notes: Committee chairmanship: City Corporations
Committees Served On: Apportionment , City Corporations , Northern Asylum for Insane , Revision of the Constitution
City of Residence: Ironwood
County of Residence Gogebic
District Description: Gogebic County
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Notes: Chair of the Committee on City Corporations
Committees Served On: Apportionment , City Corporations , Industrial Home for Girls , Liquor Traffic
City of Residence: Ironwood
County of Residence Gogebic
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Notes: Chair of the Committee on City Corporartions
Committees Served On: Apportionment , City Corporations , Rules and Joint Rules , State Public Schools
City of Residence: Ironwood
County of Residence Gogebic
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Notes: Chair of the Committee on City Corporations
Committees Served On: City Corporations , Revision and Amendment of the Statutes , Rules and Joint Rules , School for the Blind
City of Residence: Ironwood
County of Residence Gogebic
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Bibliography:
Nimmo p.82 (no text), includes portrait; MILegHdbk 1903 p.61; Manual 1901 p.639-40; Find-a-Grave.com, includes portrait; Ironwood Daily Globe 3/12/1942; Michiganology
