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he spoke throughout the state of Michigan under the management of the state central committee. In 1892 he was the choice of Berrien county for congress, but was defeated in convention by Mr. Thomas, who received his hearty and loyal support. Mr. Hamilton was elected to the 55th and 56th congresses, and was re- elected to the 57th congress of the United States by a vote of 26,883 to 20,498 for Roman I. Jarvis, democratic candidate, and 968 for Charles A. Salyer.
FIFTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES .- Ionia, Kent and Ottawa. Population 1900, 203,710.
WILLIAM ALDEN SMITH,
Of Grand Rapids, was born in Dowagiac, Cass county, Michigan, May 12, 1859; attended the public schools at that place, and at twelve years of age removed with his parents to Grand Rapids, where he has since resided. As a boy he was engaged in many youthful enterprises: Sold newspapers; was messenger in Western Union telegraph office; appointed messenger in the house of repre- sentatives in the state legislature by John T. Rich, speaker; studied law, was ' admitted to the bar in 1882, and has since been engaged in the practice of his profession in Grand Rapids. Congressman Smith is a self-made man, and by taking advantage of his opportunities, he has made himself what he is. In poli- tics he is a staunch republican; was a member of the 54th congress of the United States. While in that honorable body he was appointed, by the speaker of the house, on the committee of foreign affairs, and was placed fifth upon a commit- tee of fourteen. Also obtained an appropriation of fifty thousand dollars for the improvement of Grand River. For six years he was a member of the republican state central committee; was elected to the 55th and 56th congresses, and was re- elected to the 57th congress of the United States by a vote of 27,898 to 21,497 for William F. McKnight, democratic candidate; 790 for Frank D. Cutler, one for John Kosten.
SIXTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES .- Genesee, Ingham, Livingston and Oakland; townships of Livonia, Nankin, Dearborn, Redford, Springwells and Greenfield, and 12th, 14th and 16th wards of Detroit city, Wayne county.
Population 1900, 221,699.
SAMUEL W. SMITH,
Of Pontiac, was born in the township of Independence, Oakland county, Michi- gan, August 23, 1852. His education was acquired in the Clarkston and Detroit public schools; taught school six years, and in 1876 commenced the study of law; was admitted to practice in 1877, and was graduated from the law department of the Michigan university with the class of '78, since which time he has been engaged in the practice of his profession at Pontiac. In politics he is a republi- can; was elected prosecuting attorney of Oakland county in 1880 and re-elected to the same position in 1882; was a member of the senate in 1884 and elected to
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the 55th and 56th congresses, and was re-elected to the 57th congress of the United States by a vote of 27,941 to 22,553 for Everett L. Bray, democratic candidate; 1,302 for Nathan Norton Clark; scattering 91.
SEVENTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES .- Huron, Lapeer, Macomb, Sanilac and St. Clair; townships of Gratiot, Grosse Pointe and Hamtramck, and 17th ward of city of Detroit, Wayne county.
Population 1900, 202,388.
EDGAR WEEKS,
Was born at Mt. Clemens August 3, 1839, and educated in the city schools until, at the age of fifteen years, be began learning the printing business in his native town. At the age of seventeen he took charge of a newspaper office at New Baltimore; was subsequently employed on the Lake Superior Journal, pub- lished at the time at Sault Ste. Marie, and afterwards at Marquette-the first newspaper ever published on Lake Superior; was afterwards employed on the Detroit Evening Tribune and for a short time on the Free Press. About 1858 he became assistant county clerk of Macomb county, began studying law, and soon after entered the law office of Eldredge & Hubbard at Mt. Clemens, where he remained until his admission to the bar in 1861. In June, 1861, he enlisted in Co. B, 5th Michigan volunteer infantry, was promoted to a first sergeantcy, went to the front about September 1, 1861, and ten months after was commissioned by Gov. Blair first lieutenant and adjutant of the 22d Michigan infantry and trans- ferred to the new regiment, then being organized at Pontiac under ex-Gov. Moses Wisner, colonel of the regiment. In the winter of 1862-63, while serving in Kentucky, was promoted to the captaincy of Co. F, in that regiment; was ap. pointed by Gen. Rosecrans acting assistant inspector general of the third brigade, second division of the reserve corps of the army of the Cumberland, commanded by Gen. Gordon Granger, where he remained until after the battle of Chicka- mauga, when he returned to the line, took an active part in several engagements and skirmishes, was twice severely injured by accidents, resigned his commission during the winter of 1864 on account of sickness and terminated his army service. Returning to Mt. Clemens, he established the Mt. Clemens Monitor, a leading republican paper of Macomb county; was elected circuit court commissioner in the fall of 1864, but was obliged to relinquish it because the law authorizing sol- diers to vote in the field was declared unconstitutional. Was elected prosecuting attorney of Macomb county two terms; appointed judge of probate in 1875 to succeed Thomas L. Sackett, deceased, served nearly two years and retired. Has often been a candidate for office, but defeated for various causes, and has been prominent in republican national politics and Grand Army matters. Is at pres- ent practicing his profession at his old home, Mt. Clemens. Was elected to the 56th congress and re-elected to the 57th congress of the United States by a vote of 22,915 to 15,938 for Justin R. Whiting; 880 for Julian S. West; scattering 19.
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EIGHTH DISTRICT. COUNTIES .- Clinton, Saginaw, Shiawassee and Tuscola. Population, 1900, 176,114.
JOSEPH W. FORDNEY,
Of Saginaw, Saginaw county, was born in Blackford county, Indiana, November 5, 1853; lived with his parents on a farm until sixteen years of age, and received a common school education. Came to Saginaw in June, 1869. He began life in the lumber woods, logging and estimating pine timber, thus acquiring a thorough knowledge of the pine land and lumber business. In 1892 engaged in the manufacture of baskets, which with pine lands and lumber has occupied his attention since. Was elected alderman in 1895, and re-elected in 1897. Mr. Fordney was elected to the 56th and re-elected to the 57th congress of the United States by a vote of 21,522 to 17,212 for Wellington R. Burt, democratic candidate; 960 for Hamilton E. Fraser; scattering, 557.
NINTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES .- Benzie, Lake, Leelanau, Manistee, Mason, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana and Wexford.
Population, 1900, 160,137.
ROSWELL P. BISHOP,
Of Ludington, Mason county, was born in Sidney, Delaware county, New York, January 6, 1843, and was educated at the Unadilla academy, Cooperstown semin- ary, Walton academy, New York, and Michigan University. When eighteen years of age, at the outbreak of the civil war, he enlisted in Co. C, 43d New York infantry volunteers. May 1, 1862, he lost his right arm, but remained with his regiment until December. Immediately on returning from the service he sought to acquire an education, and alternated between attending and teaching school until 1868, when he entered the university. January 2, 1872, he was appointed to a position under the sergeant-at-arms of the national senate and house of repre- sentatives; was elected alderman in the city of Ann Arbor, April, 1875; admitted to the bar in May, and has since been engaged in the practice of law at Luding- ton. In politics he is a republican; was prosecuting attorney of Mason county 1876-84; member of the house of the state legislature of 1883-4, and 1893-4; elected to the 54th, 55th and 56th congresses and was re-elected to the 57th congress of the United States by a vote of 21,408 to 12,197 for Frank L. Fowler, democratic candidate, and 729 for Edwin S. Palmiter.
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TENTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES .- Alcona, Alpena, Arenac, Bay, Cheboygan, Crawford, Emmet, Glad- win, Iosco, Midland, Montmorency, Ogemaw, Oscoda, Otsego and Presque Isle.
Population, 1900, 189,246.
ROUSSEAU O. CRUMP,
Of West Bay City, was born of English parents in Pittsford, Monroe county, New York, May 20, 1843, and received his education in the Pittsford and Rochester schools. In 1868 he was married, settled at Plainwell, Allegan county, Michigan, and engaged in the manufacture of lumber, in which occupation he has since continued. In 1881 he removed to West Bay City, and in 1884 organized the Crump's manufacturing company, for the manufacture of boxes, being one of the largest of its kind in the country. In politics he is a republican, and cast his first vote in 1864 for Abraham Lincoln; has served his city two terms as alder- man, and has served several terms as mayor of his city; was elected to the 54th, 55th and 56th congresses, and re-elected to the 57th congress of the United States by a vote of 23,308 to 15,241 for Lee E. Joslyn, democratic candidate; and 738 for Joseph Leighton.
ELEVENTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES .- Antrim, Charlevoix, Clare, Grand Traverse, Gratiot, Isabella, Kalkaska, Mecosta, Missaukee, Montcalm, Osceola and Roscommon.
Population, 1900, 201,570.
ARCHIBALD B. DARRAGH,
Of St. Louis, Gratiot county, was born in Monroe county, Michigan, December 23, 1840. His education was acquired in the common school supplemented by a course in the University of Michigan. He taught school two years, and on August 14, 1862, enlisted as private in the 18th Michigan infantry. After being captured by the enemy he was exchanged and transferred to the 9th Michigan cavalry with which regiment he served until the close of the war. Mr. Darragh is married, and has held the office of county superintendent of schools, county treasurer, president of the village, and mayor of the city of St. Louis. In politics a repub- lican. He was elected to the 57th congress by a vote of 29,540 to 15,064 for George Killeen, democratic candidate, and 83 for Edward J. McMullen.
TWELFTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES .- Alger, Baraga, Chippewa, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Luce, Mackinac, Marquette, Menominee, Ontonagon and Schoolcraft.
Population 1900, 261,362.
CARLOS D. SHELDEN,
Of Houghton, was born in Walworth county, Wisconsin, June 10, 1840; came to Michigan when seven years of age with his parents, locating at Houghton, where he has since made his home; obtained his education in the public schools and
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the Ypsilanti union school. His trade occupation has been that of a machinist, but for the past twenty years has been more exclusively engaged in real estate and steamboat business. He served in the war in the twenty-third Michigan infantry. In politics he is a republican; served as president of his village and supervisor of township; was a member of the house of 1893-4 from the second district of Houghton county, and a member of the senate of 1895-6; elected to the 55th and 56th congresses, and re-elected to the 57th congress of the United States by a vote of 33,759 to 11,516 for Edward F. Legendre, democratic candidate, and 1,167 for Jacob Kaminen.
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JUSTICES OF SUPREME COURT. CHIEF JUSTICE MONTGOMERY.
[Term expires December 31, 1901.]
Robert M. Montgomery was born in Eaton Rapids, Michigan, May 12, 1849; at- tended the Eaton Rapids high school until eighteen years of age, when he entered the law office of F. J. Russell, at Hart, Oceana county, where he remained three years. During the war he enlisted and was mustered in the 7th Michigan cavalry, but never saw any active service. At the age of twenty-one he was admitted to the bar and began the practice of his profession at Pentwater, continuing until 1877, when he moved to Grand Rapids. While at Pentwater he was prosecuting attorney of Oceana county four years, and on moving to Grand Rapids was ap- pointed assistant United States attorney, which office he held until October, 1881. At the spring election of 1881 he was elected judge of the seventeenth judicial circuit, and was re-elected to a second term, which office he held until Septem- ber, 1888, when he resigned and resumed the practice of his profession at Grand Rapids, continuing as a member of the firm of Montgomery & Bundy until he assumed the duties of his present position, to which he was elected at the spring election of 1891 on the republican ticket, by a vote of 153,211 to 148,271 for John W. Champlin, democrat; 14,144 for A. Dodge, prohibition, and 9,260 for O'Brien J. Atkinson, people's party.
JUSTICE HOOKER.
[Term expires December 31, 1903.]
Frank A. Hooker, of Charlotte. was born in Hartford, Connecticut, January 16, 1844. When twelve years of age he removed with his parents to Maumee, Ohio, and later to Defiance; attended public school and the law department of the Michigan university, graduating from the latter in 1865. He began the practice of law at Bryan, Ohio, and after one year came to Charlotte, Michigan, where, until his election to the supreme bench, he was engaged in the practice of his profession; was married August 5, 1868, to Miss Emma E. Carter, at Defiance, Ohio. In politics he is a republican; has held the office of superintendent of schools of Eaton county; was prosecuting attorney two terms, and in 1878 was ap- pointed judge of the fifth judicial circuit, by Gov. Croswell, to fill vacancy; was continued as circuit judge by a vote of the people at the following election and held that office until resigning to accept a position on the supreme bench made vacant by the resignation of Chief Justice Morse. He was elected to that posi- tion at the general election of 1892 and served as chief justice until December 31, 1893; re-elected April 3, 1893, for full term, to succeed himself, over George H. Durand, of Flint, democrat candidate, by a vote of 164,754 to 148,712; Edward S. Grece, people's party, received 14,469 votes, and Myron H. Walker, prohibition, received 14,526 votes.
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JUSTICE MOORE.
[Term expires December 31, 1905.]
Joseplı B. Moore was born at Commerce, Oakland county, Michigan, November 3, 1845. His early education was acquired in the common schools, supplemented by part of three years at Hillsdale college and one year in the law department of the Michigan university. At the outbreak of the civil war an elder brother en- listed. The two boys who were left at home also desired to go to the front; the family could spare but one of them, so on one December morning in 1864, they drew cuts for the privilege of serving their country. The lucky number fell to Joseph B. (now Justice Moore), who went at once to Detroit, where he enlisted. He was in the barracks but 10 days, when to his great disappointment, the sur- geon in charge refused to accept him and sent him home, being only nineteen years old when he made this attempt. The next day after the surgeon's edict, his brother went to Detroit, where he enlisted in his brother's place and served faithfully, while Joseph B. looked after the folks at home. He moved to Lapeer in 1868, where he has been engaged in the practice of his profession. He has served as judge of the sixth judicial circuit for eight years; while in said position, he heard and disposed of upwards of four hundred and seventy criminal and fifteen hundred civil cases, among them the "Young" murder case and the celebrated election case of Reynolds vs. May. This work was so well done that but two criminal and thirteen civil cases have been reversed by the supreme court. He was a prominent member of the senate in 1879; was prosecuting attor- ney of Lapeer county two terms, and elected justice of the supreme court on the republican ticket, in the spring of 1895, by a vote of 189,294 to 108,807 for John W. McGrath, democrat; 25,943 for Robbins B. Taylor, people's party, and 18,116 for Myron H. Walker, prohibition.
JUSTICE LONG.
[Term expires December 31, 1907.]
Charles Dean Long was born at Grand Blanc, Genesee county, Michigan, June 14, 1841. His early education was acquired at the district school and the Flint city schools. He taught for four years preparatory to a course at the university. The outbreak of the civil war caused him to substitute the battle-field for his university course, and in August, 1861, he enlisted in company A, 8th Michigan infantry. In the battle of Wilmington Island, Georgia, April 16, 1862, he lost his left arm and received a ball in his left hip, passing through and lodging in the right groin, from which wound he is still a sufferer. He returned home, and later in the summer entered the law office of Oscar Adams, of Flint. In the fall of 1864 he was elected county clerk (Genesee county), which office he held for four suc- cessive terms. He was prosecuting attorney of his county from 1875 to 1880, inclusive, and was one of Michigan's four supervisors of the census for 1880. In 1885 he was commander of the department of Michigan, G. A. R. He has always resided at Flint until September, 1890, when he moved to Detroit and later to Lansing, his present home. In politics he is a republican; was elected justice of the supreme court of the state of Michigan, April 4, 1887, by a vote of 174,924 to 140,315 for Charles H. Camp, democrat: 27,658 for John C. Blanchard, greenback, and 18,530 for Lemuel Clute, prohibition. In 1891 Judge Long was elected presi-
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dent of the Detroit college of law. This was upon its organization, and he has remained at its head ever since. At the national encampment of the G. A. R. held in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, September 11, 1894, his friends insisted upon his standing for the office of commander-in-chief. With an election quite evident, he withdrew his name in the interest of harmony. On April 5, 1897, he was re- elected for the full term of ten years by a vote of 210,721 to 139,307 for George L. Yaple, democratic people's union silver party ; 30,729 for Dan P. Foote, democrat; 7,936 for Noah W. Cheever, prohibition; 3,906 for John O. Zabel, people's party; 2,166 for Lester H. Chappel, national; imperfect and scattering, 40.
JUSTICE GRANT.
[Term expires December 31, 1909.]
Claudius B. Grant was born at Lebanon, York county, Maine, October 25, 1835. At the age of twenty he entered the university of Michigan, graduating from the classical course in 1859. The following three years he taught in the Ann Arbor high school, the last two years of which he was principal. He served in the civil war, entering the United States service as captain of company D, 20th Michigan infantry, was made major November 21, 1863, and lieutenant colonel December 20, 1864; resigning this position April 12, 1865, he returned to Ann Arbor and entered the law department of the university; was admitted to the bar in June, 1866, and began the practice of law in Ann Arbor. He was elected recorder of Ann Arbor in 1866, and appointed postmaster in 1867; was a member of the house of the state legislature in 1871-2, '73-4; was elected regent of the university in 1871, and in 1872 was appointed alternate commissioner of the state of Michigan under the law authorizing the centennial commission. In 1873 he moved to Houghton, where, until his election, he was engaged in the practice of law. He was elected prosecuting attorney in 1876; judge of the twenty-fifth judicial circuit in 1881, and re-elected in 1887; was elected justice of the supreme court in the spring of 1889, for full term, and re-elected April 3, 1899, by a vote of 216,828 to 165,482 for Thomas E. Barkworth, democratic people's union silver candidate; 8,789 for Frank Baldwin Clark, prohibition; 4,856 for John M. Harris, people's party, and 3,190 for George A. Eastman, socialist labor; scattering, 1,042.
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STATE OFFICERS ..
GOVERNOR.
AARON T. BLISS,
Of Saginaw, elected governor of Michigan, November 6th, 1900, was born May 22d, 1837, in Smithfield, Madison county, New York. He is of Puritan stock, his first American ancestor, Thomas Bliss, who settled at Hartford, Conn., in 1635, having left England to escape the persecutions to which the Puritans were sub- jected. The governor was the seventh child of Lymnan and Anna (Chaffee) Bliss. He spent his early life on the farm, obtaining his education in the little red school house near by. At seventeen he lett home and secured employment in a store, where he was when the civil war broke out and President Lincoln made his second call for troops. He enlisted as a private in company D, Tenth New York cavalry, taking the oath the first day of October, 1861, in the Methodist church at Bouckville. He aided in recruiting his company to its full strength and when the regiment left Elmira he was a first lieutenant. About a year later Governor Seymour commissioned him captain for gallant conduct on the field of battle. He spent three years and five months in the service, was captured at Reem's Station, Virginia, at the close of a fiercely fought rear-guard action, dur- ing Wilson's famous raid, and was held for six months as a prisoner of war in the prisons at Salisbury, North Carolina, Andersonville and Macon, Georgia, Charles- ton and Columbia, South Carolina. While in prison he cast his second vote for Abraham Lincoln, undaunted by his jailer's grim hints that the president's re-election meant more prison life and perhaps a grave on the hillside for the men who cast the black bean, which was the Lincoln prison ballot. After sev- eral fruitless attempts, he escaped from Columbia prison November 29, 1864. For eighteen weary days and nights he stumbled through the perils which beset him, finally reaching the union lines near Savannah, December 16, nearly starved. In the fall of 1865, he settled in Saginaw and began his successful career as a lumberman. March 31, 1868, he married Allaseba M. Phelps, of Solsville, Madi- son county, New York, daughter of Ambrose Phelps. They have no children. The scope of his business enterprises gradually enlarged until today it embraces, besides the manufacture of lumber and salt, banking, mercantile and farm enterprises, giving employment to large numbers of men. His operations have contributed materially to the prosperity of the Saginaw valley. Always a stal- wart republican, many public honors have been conferred upon him. He has servea his city as alderman, supervisor and member of the board of education. In 1882, he represented the 25th senatorial district (Saginaw county) in the state senate. When the board to organize and locate the Michigan Soldiers' Home was constituted, he was made a member and served thereon until he entered the 51st congress, representing the eighth district. While in congress he secured the appropriations which resulted in the splendid federal building which adorns Sag- inaw, and the government Indian school at Mt. Pleasant. In 1885 he was appointed aide on the staff of Governor Alger. His long service in the Grand Army of the Republic was signalized in 1897 by his election as department commander. On
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June 28, 1900, the republican state nominating convention, held at Grand Rapids, chose him as the party nominee for governor. At the polls this action was fully endorsed, he receiving 305,612 votes to 226,228 cast for William C. Maybury, dem- ocratic candidate; 11,834 for Frederick Samuel Goodrich, prohibition candidate; 2,709 for Henry Ramsay, social democratic candidate; 958 for Henry Ulbricht, Jr., social labor; 871 for Daniel Thompson, people's party, making his plurality over Maybury 79,384.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
ORRIN W. ROBINSON,
Of Chassell, Houghton county, was born in Claremont, New Hampshire, August 12, 1834, where he acquired a district school education. At the age of nineteen years he moved to Ontonagon, Michigan, where he remained two years and then started for Green Bay, Wisconsin, making an overland trip with snow shoes, while the provisions and blankets were carried by dog-train. He camped in the woods nights, taking about two weeks to make this trip. From Green Bay he went to Kossuth county, Iowa. In May, 1862, he returned to Hancock, Houghton county, Michigan, where he engaged as receiving and shipping clerk for the Quincy mine, which occupation he followed for twelve years. In 1873 he organ- ized the Sturgeon River Lumber Company, and built mills at Hancock, which were removed to Chassell in the fall of 1887, and he has been superintendent of the company since its organization. In politics he is a republican, casting his first vote for John C. Fremont in 1856; was deputy collector of customs and superintendent of the poor for Houghton county; was delegate to the national convention in 1892; was a member of the house of 1895-6, and was elected to the senate of 1897-8. On November 8, 1898, Mr. Robinson was elected lieutenant gov- ernor for 1899-1900 and re-elected for the term of 1901-1902 by a vote of 314,018 to 214,412 for Jonathan G. Ramsdell, democratic candidate; 11,848 for Trowbridge Johns, prohibition candidate; 2,820 for Clayton J. Lamb, social democratic candi- date; 914 for Gillis Boyenga, social labor candidate; imperfect and scattering, 862.
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