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James Plank, Pierson, regular, November 6, 1883.
John Gray, University of New York City, 1879. regular, Trufant, November 8, 1883.
Mrs. Cornelia M. Barnes, eclectic, Fairplain, November 7. 1883.
H. E. Cummins, eclectic, McBride, November 3, 1883.
E. C. Sweet, eclectic, Montcalm county, October 27, 1883.
Caleb Griffith, homeopathic, Greenville. November 15, 1883.
James Totten. homeopathic, Pierson, November 20, 1883.
Jolın J. Travis, University of Michigan, 1876, regular. Carson City, November 20, 1883.
G. P. Booth, eclectic, Montcalm county, November 14, 1883.
L. B. Lester, Hobart College, regular, Greenville, November 19, 1883. Joel Soule, magnetic, Fairplain. November 26, 1883.
Samuel Morgan, Yale Medical College, 1875, regular. Howard City, October 8. 1883.
Burneth S. Frisbie, Syracuse Medical College, eclectic, Crystal, Novem- ber 7, 1883.
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Andrew B. Spinney, Western Homeopathic College, 1859, homeopathic, November 28, 1883.
Donald A. M. Donald, University of Michigan, 1876, regular, Mont- calm county, December 4, 1883.
Joseph T. Kilborn, eclectic, Trufant, November 7, 1883.
Horace L. Bower, Albany Union University, 1864, regular, Greenville, September 13, 1883.
O. B. Sims, homeopathic, Carson City, September 4, 1883.
James A. Straigham, Hahnemann Medical College, 1877, homeopathic, Carson City, December 5, 1883.
Joshua Tennant, University of Michigan, 1872, regular, Carson City, December 5, 1883.
John J. Jush, University of Michigan, regular, Coral. December 5, 1883. John A. Barry, regular, Maple Valley, December 5, 1883.
J. Lamout, regular, Carson City, December 6, 1883.
Ann Howell, Eclectopathic School of Canada, 1879, eclectic, Green- ville, December 13, 1883.
G. F. Golden, eclectic, Coral, December 21, 1883.
Patrick Martin, University of Michigan, 1864, Bellevue Hospital and Medical College, 1867, regular, Carson City, December 26, 1883.
Mrs. Deborah T. Lindley, magnetic, Greenville, January 10, 1884.
Richard P. Comfort, Columbus Medical College, 1882, regular, Mc- Bride, January 19, 1884.
Elmira Berry, Pine, February 27, 1884.
Alexander Leslie, regular, McBride, March 4, 1884.
Diantha Butterworth, magnetic, Douglass, April 4, 1884.
Wilson B. Paine, Bellevue Hospital Medical College, 1884, regular, Greenville, April 7, 1884.
Solomon B. Knapp, Lansing Homeopathic College, 1872, homeopathic, Crystal, March 15, 1884.
George S. Townsend, homeopathic, Cato, April 8, 1884.
David H. Lord, Vermont Medical College, 1840, regulaf, Howard City, June 26, 1884.
Avery E. Alden, Eclectic Medical College, 1879, eclectic, November 19, 1884.
D. E. L. Robertson, eclectic, McBride, December 11, 1884.
B. J. Daniels, New York University, 1862, regular, February 17, 1885. Orpheus Smith, homeopathic, Pierson, March 14, 1885.
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Earl Brigham, Rush Medical College, 1885, regular, Vestaburg, May 11, 1885.
A. L. Brighnir, Trufant, May 15, 1885.
Walter J. Bruce, regular, Gowen, June 13, 1885.
Edwin Pierce Higgins, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1871, regular, July 14, 1885.
John B. Reed, August 31, 1885.
Charles W. Paine, University of Medicine and Surgery, 1876, eclectic, October 17, 1885.
Francis M. Kinney, January 29, 1886.
Rebecca A. Zink, March 11, 1886.
Elizabeth Paul, Gowen, May 20, 1886.
William C. Freeman, Trinity Medical College, 1876, regular, July 6, 1886.
Stephen A. Gates, Albany Medical College, 1878, regular, Crystal, December 1, 1886.
Fannie Brainard, Michigan University, 1877, regular, December 13, 1886.
Edwin F. Sayles, Beach Medical Institute, 1886, eclectic, December 14, 1886.
W. Andrew Dutt, Bennett Medical College, 1885, eclectic, December 15, 1886.
F. G. Wagan, Edmore, January 28, 1887.
James S. Campbell, magnetic and eclectic, Edmore, February 16, 1887. George W. Forrest, regular, May 9, 1887.
Walter S. Shotwell, Homeopathic Medical College, 1882, homeopathic, June 24, 1887.
John I. Duston, eclectic, Howard City, August 17, 1887.
Levi Day, Western Medical Reserve College, 1850, regular, September 2, 1887.
C. D. Romans, Medical College of Ohio, 1881. regular, September 5, 1887.
Lyman A. Sayles, September 14, 1887.
Charles A. Sweet, College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1887, regular, September 27, 1887.
A. G. Goodson, eclectic. Pierson, October 19, 1887.
Hugh Fuller, eclectic, January 15, 1888.
C. J. Gardner, magnetic, Greenville, April 6, 1888.
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Oliver O. Osborn, University of Maine, 1883, University of Ohio, 1884, eclectic, Fenwick, May 9, 1888.
Edward R. Close, eclectic, May 7, 1888.
George Chapman, regular and eclectic, April 13, 1888.
Fred K. Taylor, University of Bishops Medical College, 1888, regular, June 26, 1888.
Jay Lovett, eclectic, September 21, 1888.
Carl Buck, Enlongen University, Germany. 1876, regular, September 26, 1888.
Frank F. Ferguson, Trinity University, 1888. regular. September 21, 1888.
J. J. Austin, Bennett Medical College, 1872, eclectic, ()ctober 27, 1888. Joseph S. Zukoskie, Medical College of Warsaw, Russia. 1867, regular, October 31, 1888.
George H. Powers, regular, October 14, 1888.
Wesley Miller, Columbus Medical College, 1876, regular. September 24, 1889.
Robert Henry Blaisdell, Indiana College of Medicine, 1884, regular, Crystal, November 3, 1889.
William M. Wemp, Detroit College of Medicine, 1886, regular, Edmore, March 12, 1890.
E. D. Newton, Detroit Medical College, 1883, regular, March 22, 1890.
Arthur S. Austin, Detroit College of Medicine, 1886, regular, April 12, 1 890.
M. Beaty, Jefferson Medical College. 1877, regular. Entrican and Greenville, June 24, 1890.
Matthew Mack, University of Michigan, regular, October 5, 1890.
Lon A. Denman. Lakeview, November 29, 1890.
Elvira E. Jones, Eclectic School of Medicine, 1856, Carson City, June 16, 1891.
J. H. Sanderson, Michigan College of Medicine. 1890, regular, Edmore, September 16, 1891.
Charles L. DeLeon, Eclectic and Royal School of Physicians and Sur- geons, 1874, eclectic, October 19, 1891.
William E. Rodgers, eclectic, February 3, 1892.
Mrs. Etta Gunn, August 2, 1892.
Wirt W. Jones, Buffalo Medical University. 1892, regular, November 13, 1892
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D. K. Black, Detroit College of Medicine, 1886, regular, Greenville, December 5, 1892.
Samuel E. Howard, Druidic Banchoreion Medical College, 1890, cclec- tic. Wyman, December 10, 1892.
Francis R. Blanchard, University of Michigan, 1891, regular, March, 1893.
Louis E. Deary, June 7, 1893.
Charles Baker, November 24, 1893.
R. L. Bently, University of Michigan, 1893, homeopathic, Stanton, December 7, 1893.
Charles A. Carle, Physicians and Surgeons Medical College, New York, 1867, regular, Entrican, March 1, 1894.
Allen S. Russell, College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1864, regular, March 24, 1894.
Lutetia A. Denman, April 3, 1894.
John Robinson, regular and eclectic, May 24, 1894.
William Kickland, Stanton, June 29, 1894.
John E. Fleming, Kansas City Hospital Medical College, 1885, homeo- pathic, August 22, 1894.
George W. Mallory, Starling Medical College, 1851, regular, Howard City, August, 1894.
Lyman W. Henry, eclectic, Pierson, September 21, 1894.
Frederick Stevens, Medical College of Indiana, 1879, March 27, 1895. A. Lee Smith, Crystal, April, 1895.
Seymour A. Woodworth, Hahnemann Medical College, 1895, homeo- pathic, April 25, 1895.
Major L. Dasef, Detroit College of Medicine, 1895, regular, May 7, 1895.
Jay A. Lovett, Bennett Eclectic Medical College, 1890, eclectic, May II, 1895.
Albert Stealy, Edmore, May 13, 1895.
A. E. Savage, Detroit College of Medicine, 1893, regular, Gowen, May 15, 1895.
Elba C. Van Decar, Excelsior College of Medicine, 1894, regular, May 21, 1895.
Oliver O. Osborn, Michigan College of Medicine and Surgery, 1895, regular, May 27, 1895.
John F. Joslin. Long Island College Hospital, 1869, regular, May 16, 1895.
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William Alfred Kickland, University of Michigan, 1895, regular, June 29, 1895.
John A. Morey, University of Michigan, 1881, regular, Richland and Ferris, August 28, 1895.
U. A. D. Collelins, University of Pavia, 1890, regular, February I, 1896.
Sophia B. Jones, University of Buffalo, 1883, regular, May 7, 1896.
John Harrison, Detroit College of Medicine, 1896, regular, June 17, 1896.
W. J. M. Lee, Illinois Health University, 1896, July 11, 1896.
Albert Stealy, Toledo Medical College, regular, August 6, 1896.
James W. Boucher, Eclectic Medical College, 1896, eclectic, August 31, 1896.
I. Winslow Ayer, Eclectic and Harvard Medical College, 1853, regu- lar, September 8, 1896.
A. P. Culbertson, University of Michigan, 1884, regular, October 12, 1896.
Albert F. Haskins, Fenwick, November 5, 1896.
George E. Smith, Eclectic Medical College, 1897, eclectic, January 28, 1897.
Charles E. Armstrong. Independent Medical College, 1897, magnetic, February 27, 1897.
Benjamin F. Beardsley, Buffalo Medical College, 1865, regular, April 6, 1897.
Arthur D. Ballou, Michigan College of Medicine, 1897, regular, April 6, 1897.
C. J. Annes, Michigan College of Medicine and Surgery, 1892, regular, Pierson, May 11, 1897.
Lyman W. Soper, American Medical College, 1890, eclectic, Novem- ber 6, 1897.
James C. Clarendon, Druidic University, 1882, eclectic, November 3, 1897.
James Purdon, Jefferson Medical College, 1897, the University Medi- cal College, 1897, regular, February 4, 1898.
Gustave Nelson, University of Copenhagen, 1883, Louisville Medical College, 1893, regular, April 8, 1898.
Henry Salisbury, magnetic, June 28, 1898.
William Day, January 16, 1899.
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Grant D. Soper, American Eclectic Medical College, 1891, eclectic February 28, 1899.
J. P. Young, College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1878, Crystal, March 14, 1899.
Will H. Lester, Kansas City Medical College, 1899, Greenville, May 6, 1899.
Penbroke Edwards, eclectic, July 1, 1899.
Edwin Hughs, Hahnemann College of Medicine, 1886, homeopathic, July 7, 1899.
William Robbie, Harvey Medical College, 1899, regular, September 6, 1899.
George Dakin, Western University, 1899. dentist, Stanton, September 27, 1899.
Marion W. Swarthout, Independent Medical College, 1898, regular. Greenville, October 5, 1899.
Claude Adams, Cleveland College of Medicine. 1854. regular, Lake- view, October 5, 1899.
John W. Kirtland, Hahnemann Medical College. 1878. homeopathic, October 5, 1899.
Elam Mann, magnetic, October 23, 1899.
Claude Boorie Root, Northern Institute of Osteopathy, 1901. osteo- pathic, January 6, 1902.
LATER REGISTRATION.
By an act approved on September 23, 1899, all physicians were required to register again, and certain requirements were fixed in the legislative act covering the eligibility of physicians under the registration statute. The list of registrations since the going into effect of that act is as follow :
R. Leighton Bentley. Stanton, January 25, 1900; A. P. Culbertson, Vickeryville, January 26, 1900; J. F. Kilburn, Trufant, January 26, 1900; A. E. Savage, Gowen, January 26. 1900; James Purdon, Edmore, January 26, 1900; C. F. Morgan, Greenville. January 26, 1900; John Phipps, Stan- ton, January 22, 1900: Francis P. Blanchard, Lakeview, March 22, 1900; Elias Fish, Greenville, March 22, 1900: William P. Gamber, Stanton, March 22, 1900; A. William Foy. Central Lake, January 26, 1900: Lyman S. Crotsen, Edmore, March 22, 1900: Daniel C. Bell, McBride, January 26. 1900; H. B. Johnson, Sheridan, March 22, 1900; S. M. Gleason, Greenville, January 26. 1900: Thomas B. Dowden, Lansing, January 26. 1900: Nor-
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man E. Bachman, Stanton, March 22, 1900; Charles M. Martin, Greenville, March 22, 1900; Sophronia Cummings Walsh, Westville, March 22, 1900; Charles O. Jenison, Greenville, March 22, 1900; John G. Just, Coral, March 22. 1900; Robert H. Blaisdell, Sheridan, March 22, 1900; John Avery, Greenville, March 22, 1900; Cyrenius C. Sayles, Langston, March 22, 1900; Albert Stealy, Fenwick, March 22, 1900; Gustava M. L. Nelson, Trufant, March 22, 1900; Elaine Mann, Stanton, March 22, 1900; John Tyler Joslin, Lakeview, May 8, 1900: William Richardson, Carson City, January. 26, 1000; Frederick Taylor, Carson City, January 26, 1900; John W. Kirtland, Lakeview. March 22, 1900; Carl M. Bock, Greenville, March 22, 1900; Jay A. Lovett, Carson City, March 22, 1900; H. L. Bower, Greenville, Jan- uary 26. 1900; Alva Winslow Nichols, Greenville, January 26, 1900; Cor- nelia M. Barnes, Amsden, March 22. 1900; Arthur D. Ballou, Vestaburg, March 22, 1900; Josiah Black, Belding, March 22, 1900: James Totten, Howard City, March 22, 1900: William H. Belknap, Greenville, July 31, 1900: Stanley Monroe, Berlin, July 31. 1900; Duncan K. Black, Greenville, January 26, 1900; Allen L. Corey, Stanton, March 22, 1900; James A. Stringham, Carson City, January 26, 1900; L. B. Lester, Greenville, Janti- ary, 26, 1900; Will IT. Lester, Greenville. January 26, 1900; Charles A. Carle. Entrican, March 22, 1900: George S. Townsend, Six Lakes, March 22, 1900; S. Darwin Boughnere, Grand Rapids, March 22, 1900; Benjamin I .. Franklin. Merrill, March 22. 1900: Benjamin W. Franklin, Merrill, March 22, 1900: Frank L. Ferguson, Howard City, March 22, 1900; Jan Odell Nelson. Howard City, March 22. 1900; J. P. Young, Crystal, March 22. 1900; J. Audley Young, Crystal, May 22, 1901 ; Adelbert Wesley Mar- tin, Vicksburg. July 8. 1901: Elmer Lucius Street, Ithaca, November 23, 1901 : William II. Haskins. Edmore, March 22, 1901 : S. S. Ludlum, How- ell, March 22, 1900: Almond A. DeGroat, Woodville, March 22, 1900; Eugene S. Robertson, Lansing, January 26, 1900: Samuel E. Morgan, Sun- field, March 22. 1900: F. Maude Whelpley, Sunfield. June 2, 1902; J. D. Whelpley, Grand Rapids, May 8. 1900; Rayburn B. Smith, Saginaw. May 14, 1903; John McIntosh, Whittemore, March 22, 1900: George Lewis Bond, Ann Arbor. June 18, 1903; Louis C. Jacobson, Sheridan. August 19, 1903: William B. Dove, Muskegon, January 26, 1900; Elba C. Van Decar, Saginaw, May 21, 1902: Cyrus Bunting Gardner, Pickney. August 19, 1904; Fred A. Johnson, Ann Arbor, June 22, 1904: Charles Reid Lawson, Detroit, April 21, 1903; Rudolph Pickard Miller. Battle Creek, July 6. 1903: Will- iam G. Young, Saginaw, May 14. 1903; Lee E. Kelsey, Lakeview, June 22. 1904: James C. Valentine, Ypsilanti. May 15. 1901 : Francis J. Fralick,
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Northport, January 26, 1900; Jorgen W. Hansen, Trufant, August 23, 1905; Stanley Ray Coleman, Carson City, August 25, 1905; Lewis E. Bracey, Detroit, May 4, 1905; George Henry Lewis, Greenville, August 8, 1905; Richard Coles Lyle, Jr., Detroit, May 19, 1905; Ernest M. H. High- field, Detroit, November 11, 1904; Richard HI. Wood, Montrose, March 22, 1900; Melvin C. Hubbard, Detroit, May 17, 1906; Albert James Bower, Greenville, August 8, 1905; John A. Innis, Lakeview, March 22, 1906; John C. Salmon, Shelby, January 26, 1900; Clinton D. Woodruff, Allegan, March 22, 1900; Walter Anson Lee, Sheridan, February 23. 1907; Edmund W. Bolio, Coral, March 22, 1900; Walter C. Walker, Detroit, March 22, 1900; John F. Taber, Harvard, March 22, 1900; Temple K. Brown, Fow- lerville, July 16, 1907; Mortimer E. Danforth, Ann Arbor, June 6, 1902; Frederick Eugene Warren, Sparta, April 21, 1908; George Richardson Stark, Grand Rapids, June 4. 1903; Horace E. Hungerford, Bennett, March 22, 1900; Richard Coles Lyle, Jr., Detroit, May 19, 1905; Edward Bollin- ger, Kankakee, Illinois, October 1, 1903; Lyman W. Soper, Rockland, March 22, 1900; Albert W. Sovercen, Vanderbilt, March 22, 1901; Donald Alex- ander McLean, Stanton, April 9, 1910; AArthur W. Woodburne, Caro, Jan- uary 26, 1900; Omar J. East, Vandalia, March 22, 1900; Henry C. Carpen- ter, Woodland, March 22, 1900; P. Jay Rohrig, Ferry, March 22, 1900; John Robert Hansen, Trufant, June 30, 1911; Louis Adelbert Wardell, Hastings, September 1, 1911; Charles W. Lozar, Detroit, May 11, 1910; Noble William Miller, Howard City. May 18, 1912; Bert C. Sickles, Bell- aire, January 26, 1900; Albert Stewart Barr, Ann Arbor, June 24, 1909; Frederick H. Ferguson. Fronto, New York, July 13, 1901; Earl Perchel Brunce, Williamsburg, May 26, 1911 ; Don Vilette Hargrave, Palo, June 19, 1913; George W. Barber, Greenville, November 1, 1913; William Anson Forester, Cleveland, Ohio. January 26, 1903; Howard Norton Flexer, Lake- view. June 17, 1904: George Edward Horne, Auburn, May 11, 1906; Philip T. Leighly, Stanton. July 27. 1915: James Albert Paul Duncan, Carson City, May 3, 1906.
NURSES.
The following nurses are registered in Montcalm county and with their names are given the dates of their respective registrations: Mrs. Kathryne Kirtland, April 28, 1911 : Grace Derby Wells, January 18, 1912; Mrs. James Purdom, January 18, 1912; Jean McDonald Clark, April 28, 1912; Grace Lois Miller. November 6, 1912; Mary Helen Mack, December 3. 1914, and Lillian McQueen Kelsey, August 29, 1914.
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OPTOMETRISTS.
The following is a complete list of the registrations of optometrists in Montcalm county: Claude Wolfe, January 2, 1910; George E. Flint, March 29, 1910; Dwight B. Herrick, March 29, 1910; George C. Williams, March 29, 1910; James L. Lazier, March 30, 1910; John W. Davis, March 30, 1910; Ashman Stoddard, May 10. 1910; Jacob Miller, May 10, 1910; Clarence L. Gilmour, September 8, 1910; William E. Bonnewell, June 5, 1910, and Ira M. Stromsta, November 21, 1910. A large percentage of these registrations were made at Saginaw, although there was one each made at Grand Rapids, Detroit and Muskegon.
George W. Baker registered as a drugless healer with the state board of registration in medicine, on November 1, 1913.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
POLITICAL AND STATISTICAL.
The Democrats carried Montcalm county in 1852, the first presidential election after the county was organized. but with that exception and the further exception of the Progressive upheaval in 1912, the Republican candi- dates for presidential electors have had an unbroken chain of victories in the county.
In 1912, although Gustavus D. Pope who headed the Progressive candi- dates for presidential electors, received an unprecedented vote of 2,853 to 1,876 for the Republican candidates and 1,381 for the Democratic candi- dates, the county gave Amos S. Mussleman, the Republican candidate for governor, 2,393 votes; Woodbridge N. Ferris, the Democratic candidate, 2,151 votes and Lucius W. Watkins, the Progressive candidate, 1,597 votes.
In 1914, the Progressive candidate for governor polled only 150 votes in Montcalm county, while former Governor Chase S. Osborn, the Repub- lican candidate that year, polled 2.328 votes to 1.591 for Woodbridge N. Ferris, the Democratic candidate, who, by the way, was re-elected.
Although the Blaine candidates for presidential electors carried Mont- calm county in 1884, by a plurality of 59, the fusion candidates of the Democrats and Greenbackers were largely successful in local offices. The Republicans elected the sheriff, register of deeds, prosecuting attorney, sur- veyor and coroners, besides their candidates for representatives and circuit court commissioner. The Democrats and Greenbackers elected the judge of probate, clerk and treasurer. The county gave Congressman Horr a plurality of two votes over the fusion candidate, T. E. Tarsney, who was elected.
The "mugwump" campaign of 1884 had been very bitterly fought out between the Republicans on the one hand and the Democrats and Green- backers on the other. The Democratic county chairman in the fight of 1884 was W. F. Hoyt, while the Greenback county chairman was Dr. A. W. Nichols, of Greenville.
Commenting upon the election in the issue of November 14. 1884. the Stanton Weekly Clipper, which obviously was anti-Republican, said :
"The Democrats and Greenbackers indulged in a general celebration of
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the results of the election Saturday night. Of course, the Democrats were exceedingly happy over the election of Cleveland and the fusion congress- man, and the principal part of the county ticket and the Greenbackers were equally rejoiced over their share of the success of the fusion ticket. Well they might be because every man of them stood shoulder to shoulder with their Democratic brethren in the fight, that was crowned with victory, and did his full share in the common cause. Hence all joined in the general rejoicing amid the booming of cannon. About one hundred guns were fired, speeches were made, fires kindled and stores, offices and houses illumin- ated. The band furnished splendid music for the occasion and the town was painted scarlet. With all of the jollification no Republican had occasion to say that he was in any way imposed upon or illtreated and the affair passed off without any unwarranted act or disturbance. All in all it was the jolliest time Stanton ever saw."
Congressman R. G. Horr of the eighth Michigan district who was defeated for re-election in 1884 came to be one of the best-known men in the country. T. E. Tarsney, who defeated him, was a brilliant young law- yer of Saginaw and of Irish parentage.
In 1888, Gen. Benjamin Harrison carried Montcalm county over Cleve- land by a plurality of 985 and Cyrus G. Luce for governor was given a plurality of 1,000 over Wellington R. Burt, the Democratic candidate for the same office. In 1802, President Harrison received a plurality of 1,497 over Grover Cleveland in Montcalm county, and John T. Rich, the Repub- lican candidate for governor was given a plurality of 1,316 over Allen B. Morse, the Democratic candidate. In 1896, William Mckinley received a plurality of 872 over William J. Bryan, and Hazen S. Pingree, Republican, running for governor, received a plurality of 931 over Charles R. Sligh, the Democratic candidate. In 1898. l'ingree again carried Montcalm county by 1,088. In 1900, President Mckinley received a plurality of 2,198 in Mont- calm county, and Aaron T. Bliss. the Republican candidate for governor, a plurality of 2,042 over William C. Maybury, the Democratic candidate. Governor Bliss received a plurality of 1,300 in Montcalm county, in 1902, over Lorenzo T. Durand, Democrat.
In the landslide of 1904. President Roosevelt received a plurality of 3,970 over Alton B. Parker and Fred M. Warner, the Republican candidate for governor, a plurality of 1,193 over Woodbridge N. Ferris, the Demo- cratic candidate.
Two years later, Governor Warner, running for re-election, received a plurality of 1,145 over Charles H. Kimmerle, the Democratic candidate for
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governor. In 1908, William H. Taft, the Republican candidate for presi-
dent, received a plurality of 2,860 over William J. Bryan in Montcalm
county. In 1910, Chase S. Osborn, who was elected as the Republican candidate for governor of Michigan, received a plurality of 821 in Mont- calm county. This was the beginning of the Republican defection in Mont- calm county, and, in fact, throughout the nation, which culminated in the complete defeat of the party in 1912.
The presidential vote of Montcalm county, since the first election in 1852, is as follows:
1852 -- Scott, Whig
Pierce, Democrat
Hale, Free Soil
Buchanan, Democrat
Douglass, Democrat
1864-Lincoln, Republican
McClellan, Democrat
Seymour, Democrat
1872-Grant, Republican
O'Connor, Democrat Greeley, Democrat and Liberal
1876-Hayes, Republican
Tilden, Democrat
Cooper, Greenback
1880-Garfield, Republican
Hancock, Democrat
Weaver, Greenback
1884-Blaine, Republican
Cleveland, Democrat
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1892-Harrison, Republican
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Wilson, Democrat Roosevelt, Progressive
ADOPTING THE CONSTITUTION.
The first constitutional convention in which Montcalm county was repre-
May 15, 1867, and adjourned on August 22. 1867. Although there had been conventions held in 1835, 1836 and 1850 they were held before Mont- calm took on a permanent organization. George F. Case represented Mont- calm county in the convention of 1867. The delegates to this convention
were elected on April 1, 1867, in pursuance of Act No. 41, of the session laws of 1867. The Constitution, as revised by this convention, was sub- mitted to the people on April 6, 1868 and rejected by a vote of 71,733 yeas, to 110,582 nays.
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