Legislator Details


Maurice Reid Matthews
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Number of sessions served 1
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Gender: Male
Age at election: 35

Vital Records Information:

Birth
Date: 8/19/1899
City: Brookville, PA
County: Jefferson county
Country: US
 
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Marital Information:
Married Mary E. Watt, dau. of Rev. John T. & Arabella (Anderson) Watt, 1/30/1921

Number of Children: 0

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Military Service: United States Army
Occupation: lawyer
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Education:
attended rural common school and high school at Brookville, PA., from which he graduated in 1917; Detroit College of Law;

Biographical Sketch:
Son of Clark O. & Gertrude (Hartzell) Matthews. Attended Carngie Inst. of Technology, Pittsburg, studying chemical engineering. Practiced law in Fenton after 1929. Involved in insurance, bonds and farm administration. Worked in an automobile factory. He served as justice of the peace, member of township board, and city attorney of Fenton for five terms. He was past commander of James DeWitt Post, No. 38 American Legion; Charter member of the Genesee bar association; director Fenton chamber of commerce; member Sojourners Lodge No. 483, F. & A.M.; past high priest of Royal Arch Masons; captain-general Fenton Commandery, Knights Templar; past patron Fenton Chapter Order of Eastern Star.

Notable Facts:
City attorn. for Fenton. Member of the Masons and the Odd Fellows. Republican and was elected to the legislature at a special election held March 4, 1935, to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Hon. Charles D. Parker. House Resolution No. 4, 1952 House Journal, p. 6, reported tha t he had died. No date or place of death given.

Sessions Served:

Fifty-Eighth Legislature, 1935-1936
Chamber: House
Party: Republican
Committees Served On: Horticulture , Judiciary , State Police and Public Safety, University
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City of Residence: Fenton
County of Residence Genesee
District: Genesee 2
District Description: Townships of Argentine, Atlas, Burton, Clayton, Davison, Fenton, Flint, Flushing, Forest, Gaines, Genesee, Grand Blanc, Montrose, Mount Morris, Mundy, Richfield, Thetford, and Vienna in Genesee County

Date Elected: 11/6/1934
Date Sworn In: 1/2/1935
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Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed

Maritial Status: Married
Notes: Elected to fill vacancy caused by the death of Charles D. Parker

Bibliography:

Lewis 5:437-38; Manual 1935, 713;
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