Legislator Details
Number of sessions served 3
Gender: Male
Age at election: 33
Vital Records Information:
Birth
Date: 8/13/1871
City: Atlantic, IA
County: Cass County, IA
Country: US
Death
Date: 7/23/1923
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Marital Information:
married Isabella Hosie, dau. of James R. and Clara (McMoran) Hosie, 1/17/1900 in Wayne, MI
Number of Children: 0
Background
Religion: Presbyterian
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Occupation: lawyer
Race: Caucasian or White
Education:
district schools of South Dakota; high school of Atlantic, Iowa; Preparatory school of Olivet College; BA from Olivet College, 1894; LL. B. from Detroit College of Law, 1895,
Biographical Sketch:
Of Highland Scottish ancestry, Son of Thomas Compton and Johanna MacKay. In 1880 the MacKay family removed to Spink county, SD, when he was 9. He was admitted to the bar in 1895 and practiced in Detroit, as a member of the firm of Stellwagen, MacKay and Wade, formerly Cutcheon, Stellwagen and MacKay. He specialized in corporation law. He was a member of the Detroit Club, the University Club, the Detroit Country Club, the Indian Village Club, and the Lawyers' Club. He also beloneds to the Detroit Bar Association, the Michigan State Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He was agent for the provost marshal general for the 22nd district of Detroit, and was a director of the regal advisory board, and for 3 terms. He had mining interests in Montana.
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Sessions Served:
Committees Served On: State Prison at Jackson , Constitutional Amendments , State Affairs , Industrial School for Boys , Insurance , Public Health
County of Residence Wayne
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed
Notes: Chair of the Committees on State Affairs; and State Prison at Jackson
Committees Served On: Asylum for Insane at Traverse City , Fisheries , Judiciary , Normal College , State Affairs , State Library
City of Residence: Detroit
County of Residence Wayne
District Description: City of Detroit wards 1, 2, 3, 5 and 7
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Notes: Chair of the Committees on State Affairs; and State Library
Committees Served On: Federal Relations , Industrial School for Boys , Judiciary , Public Health , Railroads , State Library , University
City of Residence: Detroit
County of Residence Wayne
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Notes: Chair of the Committees on State Library; and University
Bibliography:
PolGryd; MIBiog 2:70; USCen 1910; MIMar, 1868-1925; BURTON 4:361
