Legislator Details
Arthur L. Bemis
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Number of sessions served 1
Gender: Male
Age at election: 38
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Date: 3/20/1858
City: Elyra
County: Lorraine OH
Country: US
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Number of Children: 0
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Occupation: farm laborer, teacher, professor
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Spent two years at Michigan Agricultural College and also took a private course and several years of private instruction in classic and modern languages.
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Came to Ionia Co. MI at the age of five years and lived there fifteen years working on a farm by the month. Superintendent of Nashville and Carson City schools and three years a member of Montcalm Co. Board of School Examiners. Several years owned and edited the Carson City Gazette.
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Chamber: House
Party: Republican
Committees Served On: Education , State House of Correction , Ways and Means
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City of Residence: Carson City
County of Residence Montcalm
District: Montcalm 1
District Description: City of Stanton; townships of Bloomer, Bushnell, Crystal, Day, Douglass, Evergreen, Ferris, Home, Richland and Sidney
Date Elected: 11/3/1896
Date Sworn In: 1/6/1897
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Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed
Maritial Status: Married
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