Legislator Details


Charles Tobias Winegar
AKA:
Number of sessions served 1
Sessions served
Gender: Male
Age at election: 34

Vital Records Information:

Birth
Date: 7/28/1878
City: Escanaba, MI
County: Delta County, MI
Country: US
 
Death
Date: 1/13/1945
City: Grosse Pointe, MI
County: Wayne County, MI
Country: US
Type of Burial:
Burial
Date: 1/16/1945
City: Birmingham, MI
County: Oakland County, MI
Country: US
Cemetery: Greenwood Cemetery

Marital Information:
married Alta Wington Poppleton, dau. of Edgar C. and Mary B. Poppleton, in Detroit, 4/27/1910; children: 2, Cooper and Jane (Crane)

Number of Children: 2

Background

Religion:
Military Service:
Occupation: lawyer
Race: Caucasian or White

Education:
graduated from Escanaba High School, 1893; graduated from University of Michigan, law dept., 1904

Biographical Sketch:
Son of Byron Dell and Florence S. (O'Brien) Winegar. Upon graduating from law school he practiced mining law for 9 years, when elected to the Senate. In 1915, he went to work for the Dodge Brothers, in Detroit, as head of personnel. When Dodge merged with Chrysler in 1929, he became personnel director of the corporation, a post he held until his death. He was loaned to the City of Hamtramck as director of Public Safety and was appointed in 1935 by Gov. Frank Fitzgerald to the State Welfare Commission. In 1944, Mayor Jeffries named him to the Mayor's Executive Blight Committee for the elimination of slums.

Notable Facts:

Sessions Served:

Forty-Seventh Legislature, 1913-1914
Chamber: Senate
Party: National Progressive
Committees Served On: Cities and Villages , Gaming Interests , Home for Feeble Minded , Newberry State Hospital , Normal School at Kalamazoo , State Affairs , State Prison at Marquette
Postions Held:

City of Residence: Iron Mountain
County of Residence Dickinson
District: 31
District Description: Counties of Alger, Dickinson, Gogebic, Iron and Marquette

Date Elected: 11/5/1912
Date Sworn In: 1/1/1913
Date Left Office:

Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed

Maritial Status: Married
Notes: Party: National Progressives

Bibliography:

Manual 1913 p.740; PolGryd; USCen 1910; Find-a-Grave.com; DFP 1/15/1945 p.13 col.2 and p.1 col.2, p.3, col.7-8; MIMarRec 1867-1952; USCen 1920
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