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ARCHIBALD MCEACHERN,
Representative from the Schoolcraft district, composed of the counties of Alger, Luce, Mackinac and Schoolcraft, was born in Argyleshire, Scot- land, January 10, 1844, of Highland Scotch parents. He came to America with his parents in 1852, and was educated in the common schools of Middlesex county, Ontario. In 1873 was married to Miss Mary Love of Elgin, Ontario. He moved to Mackinac county, Michigan, in 1881, and located on homestead land. Mr. McEachern is a republican and was elected to the legislature of 1903-4, by a vote of 2,685 to 3 scattering votes.
JAMES H. MONROE,
Representative from Grand Traverse county, was born in Steuben county, New York, August 5, 1847. He was educated in the common schools, and was for a number of years engaged in farming. He was a member of the board of supervisors of Grand Traverse county for several years, and served the county as judge of probate for eight years. Mr. Monroe is a republican, and was elected to the legislature of 1903-4, by a vote of 1,486 to 508 for John R. Santo.
JAMES SMITH MONROE,
Representative from Gogebic county was born in the city of Paterson, New Jersey, December 29, 1854. He was reared on a farm at West Milford, New Jersey. He was educated in the public and private schools in his native state and in the state of New York. He graduated from Cornell University in 1880, and came to Michigan in the same year, settling at Ontonagon, where he lived six years. He moved to Ironwood in 1886 and has since resided there. He was admitted to the bar in 1886 and has since practiced his profession. He has held numerous township, city and county offices. He was elected to the legislature of 1901-2, and re-elected November 4, 1902, by a vote of 1,269 to 773 for Adolf W. Peterson.
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JAMES L. MORRICE, -
Representative from Emmet county, was born on a farm in Ionia county, March 21, 1847. He received his education in the district schools, the common high school, Olivet College, and the Agricultural College, gradua- ting from the latter in 1875. He has held the offices of county examiner of teachers, county treasurer, register of deeds, and for the past four years has represented his township on the board of supervisors. He has always been a republican and was elected to the legislature of 1903-4, by a vote of 1,536 to 980 for William A. Seegmiller. *
SILAS H. MUNSELL,
Representative from Livingston county, was born in Iosco township, Living- ston county, March 17, 1860. After obtaining his education in the dis- trict schools and the village schools of Fowlerville, he returned to the farm, teaching winters and working on the farm summers. He was married April 2, 1888, to Viola Fields and has one child. He is a member of Fowlerville Lodge F. & A. M., Fowlerville Chapter O. E. S. and a member of the A. O. O. G. He has never before been a candidate for office. He is a republican and was elected to the legislature of 1803-4, by a vote of 2,452 to 2,422 for Luther C. Kanause.
FRANK S. NEAL,
Representative from the third district of Wayne county, was born in Seneca county, New York, September 21, 1862, and obtained his education in the common schools. He came to Michigan in 1880, and locating at Dundee, entered the employ of the C. S. & L. S. and M. C. R. R., where he remained eight years, as ticket agent and telegraph operator, after which he went to Northville, and engaged in the mercantile business. Mr. Neal is married, and in 1891 bought the Northville Record and has since devoted himself entirely to newspaper work. He is a director in the Globe Furniture Co., of Northville, a director of the Northville Tele- phone Co., and is chairman of the second district congressional com- mittee for Wayne county. He is a republican, and was elected to the legislature of 1901-2, and re-elected November 4, 1902, by a vote of 2,295 to 1,534 for James E. Vreeland and 122 for Samuel F. Bird.
FRANK D. NEWBERRY,
Representative from Branch county, was born in Avon township, Oak- . land county, Michigan, June 23, 1840 ; received his preparatory education at the Rochester Academy and the Dickinson Institute at Romeo ; entered Williams College, Massachusetts, in September, 1859 ; left college and
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enlisted in the 5th New York volunteer infantry (Duryees Zouaves) May 9, 1861; served his full term of enlistment and was in all the battles in eastern, Virginia from Big Bethel to Chancellorsville. He graduated from the Medical department of the University of Michigan in March, 1865. He was married in 1867 and engaged in teaching. He was principal of the schools at Rochester for two years and then removed to Branch county and had charge of the schools at Union City for four years. He was elected clerk of Branch county in 1874, and held that office for six years, during which time he studied law and was admitted to the bar; in addition to county clerk, he has held the offices of city attorney, member of the school board, circuit court commissioner and prosecuting attorney. In 1876, he joined the National Guards as a private in company "A," 2d infantry ; was captain from '78 to '86; lieutenant colonel from '86 to '87 and inspector general from '87 to '91. Re-entered the service in '96 and enlisted with his company in the 32d Michigan volunteer infantry for the war with Spain; was mustered out November 5, 1898, and three days later was elected prosecuting attorney ; resigned his office July 27, 1899, and accepted a captain's commission in the 30th United States volunteer infantry ; served twenty-one months, sixteen of which were passed in the Philippines, and was mustered out April 3, 1901, at San Francisco, Cali- fornia ; returned to his home in Coldwater and resumed the practice of law. Has always been a republican and was elected to the legislature of 1903-4 by a vote of 3,139 to 1,997 for Edson Blackman.
DAVID M. NOTTINGHAM,
Representative from the first district of Ingham county, was born January 5, 1855, in Marion, Indiana, of English and French parents. He lived on a farm until sixteen years of age. He taught school, attended college and worked at the harness trade until he attained the age of twenty-three. He graduated from Hahnemann Medical College, Chicago, Ill., in 1881, and practiced three years in Bronson, Branch county, Michigan. In 1884 he commenced the practice of medicine at Lansing, where he has since practiced. He was a member of the common council of the city of Lans- ing for two years. He has been city health officer and at present is member and clerk of the board of education. Dr. Nottingham is a republi- can and was elected to the legislature of 1903-4 by a vote of 2,611 to 2,537 for Anson R. Hardy.
FRANK A. OSBORN,
Representative from the second district of Kalamazoo county, was born in Pavilion township, Kalamazoo county, December 21, 1852. He obtained his education in the common schools, one year at the Kalamazoo high school and one term in the Baptist College at that place. He taught school four years, afterward settling on the farm where he now resides. Mr. Osborn is married and has held the offices of township clerk, superin-
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tendent of schools and supervisor, and has always been a staunch republi- can and was elected to the legislature of 1901-2 and re-elected November 4, 1902, by a vote of 2,219 to 1,900 for Adelbert D. Whipple and.99 for McMaster Bryant.
DANIEL B. OVIATT,
Representative from Antrim county, was born at Wellsville, New York, in 1847, of Scotch and Irish parents. He was educated in the common schools and Battle Creek College. He is married and has made his way in life by hard work. While living in New York he was elected to the office of township assessor several terms. For a time he followed the profession of minister of the gospel. For eight years he has been editor aud publisher of the Alden Wave. Mr. Oviatt was supervisor of Helena township, Antrim county, Michigan, for five years and justice of the peace seven years. He is a republican in politics and was elected to the legislature of 1903-4 by a vote of 947 to 513 for James E. Wagley.
ROBERT W. PADDOCK,
Representative from Charlevoix county, was born in Lake county, Ill., March 13, 1861. His early boyhood was spent working on the farm and attending the common schools of Illinois. He attended the Wauconda Academy two years and then entered the Valparaiso Normal School, Indiana, from which he graduated in 1879. After graduation- he taught school several terms. He was married in 1885 to Miss Mary F. Nicholls, settled in Ohio where for two years he was factory superintendent and for twelve years an officer at the Boys' Industrial School at Lancaster. He came to Michigan in 1899 and purchased a large tract of stump land and engaged in live stock raising. Mr. Paddock is a republican, and was elected to the legislature of 1903-4 by a vote of 906 to 246 for J. W. Colden.
LEVI P. PARTLOW,
Representative from Clinton county, was born in Eagle township, Clinton county, in 1846, his father having settled there in the year 1835 on the spot which his posterity now holds. He took up the occupation of a farmer when he was eighteen years of age, which pursuit he has followed until the present time. He has held several offices of trust, being elected justice of the peace for five consecutive terms. He was also postmaster for twelve years. Mr. Partlow has been a life long republican, and was elected to the legislature of 1903-4, by a vote of 2,477 to 1,805 for Henry J. Patterson.
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JOHN J. PERKINS,
Representative from Barry county, was born in Franklin township, Port- age county, Ohio, December 14, 1827. He attended the district school winters and worked on his father's farm summers, until he attained the age of seventeen years, when he entered the academy to finish his education. He was married at the age of twenty, and in 1856 he moved to Michigan, and settled on the farm where he still resides. His first vote was cast for John C. Fremont and ever since the organization of the republican party he has been one of the leaders in his part of the county. He has been elected treasurer three times and has held the office of highway commissioner for eighteen years and the office of super- visor for ten years. He was elected to the legislature of 1901-2 and re-elected November 4, 1902, by a vote of 2,592 to 2,225 for James M. Elliott and 201 for Judge R. Barnum.
ALVIN D. PETTIT,
Representative from the third district of Houghton county, was born in Emerson township, Gratiot county, December 6, 1856. He was educated in the district schools and in the public schools of Ithaca village. He was left an orphan at the age of ten, and the next five years of his life were spent in working upon farms in summer and attending school in winter. At the age of fifteen he entered a printing office, and with the exception of four years' service as postmaster at Ithaca, has continually followed the printing business up to the present time. He is a republican, and has been prominent in the party both in Gratiot and Houghton counties, having been chairman of the republican committee of the former county, and also a member of the county committee of the latter county. He was elected to the legislature of 1903-4, by a vote of 1,190 to 400 for Frederick J. Bawden.
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GARDNER POWELL,
Representative from St. Joseph county, was born in the township of Porter, Cars county, Michigan, February 9, 1844. His parents were pioneers, having moved from New York to this state in 1836. He moved from Cass county to St. Joseph county in 1890, and has resided in the village of Constantine since 1899. He has taught school and engaged in farming for twenty-eight years. He is a democrat and has been elected to several township offices in Constantine township, although the town- ship has a republican majority of over one hundred. He was elected to the legislature of 1903-4 by a vote of 2,492 to 2,469 for J. B. Woodman.
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HERBERT ERNEST POWELL,
Representative from Ionia county, was born in Ronald township, Ionia county, Michigan, April 27, 1866. He obtained his elementary education in the district school, after which he attended the Ionia high school four years, graduating in 1886. The following winter was spent in teaching and in the spring of 1887 he assumed the management of his father's farm of four hundred acres which, in connection with his own, he still manages paying special attention to the feeding of stock and the breeding of pure bred Shropshire and Rambouillet sheep. He is a prominent member of the grange and secretary of the Ionia County Farmers' Institute Society ; also a member of the Maccabees and Masonic orders. Mr. Powell is a stockholder and director of the National Bank of Ionia and is in many ways identified with the commercial interests of Ionia county. Previous to his election to the legislature in 1900, Mr. Powell had never held a public office. He was elected to the legislature of 1903-4, by a vote of 3,885 to 3,102 for Henry Frace and 251 for Charles Herring.
EDMOND S. RANDALL,
Representative from Oceana county, was born at Morristown, St. Law- rence county, New York, October 16, 1845. He moved with his parents to Kent county, Michigan, in May, 1851, locating on a farm in Cannon township, and residing there until November 19, 1861, obtaining his educa- tion in the schools of Kent county and the high school of Otisco, Ionia county. On the date last mentioned he enlisted in company C, 13th Michigan volunteer infantry, serving in the army of the Cumberland and Tennessee during the civil war, until February, 1864, when he re- enlisted, following Sherman from Chattanooga to Savannah and thence to Washington ; returned from Washington to Louisville, Kentucky, where he was mustered out, and returned to Jackson, Michigan, being discharged July 5, 1865. He was married December 24, 1867, and in February, 1879, moved with his family to Lawrence county, Tennessee, where he engaged in farming and lumbering until September, 1884, when he came back to Michigan, locating in Grant township, Oceana county. He was supervisor of Grant township for eleven years, chairman of the board of supervisors of Oceana county two years, and was elected justice of the peace in 1896. He was elected to the legislatures of 1899-1900 and 1901-2 and re-elected November 4, 1902, by a vote of 1,319 to 752 for George B. Getty and 211 for Joseph E. Gamble.
J. HERBERT READ,
Representative from Manistee county, was born in the township of Potter, Yates county, New York, January 24, 1858, and resided there until March, 1884, when he came to Manistee county. Mr. Read was educated
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in the district school of Yates county with the exception of two terms spent in the union school at Rushville. He was married in 1885 and lias two children. Has held the offices of township clerk and supervisor for six years. Is a republican in politics and was elected to the legislatures of 1899-1900 and 1901, and re-elected November 4, 1902, by a vote of 2,137 to 1,654 for Joseph Werle.
RICHARD B. REYNOLDS,
Representative from Leelanau district, comprising the counties of Benzie and Leelanau, was born at North . Kingston, R. I., December 25, 1849. His ancestors came from England. He received his education in the dis- trict schools and Providence Conference Seminary, East Greenwich, R. I. When eighteen years of age he moved to Benzie county, Michigan, with his parents. Mr. Reynolds has been married twice but is a widower, and has one son and four daughters. He has been engaged in general merchandise and farming. Mr. Reynolds is a republican and has held the office of county clerk three terms. He was elected to the legislature of 1903-4 by a vote of 1,597 to 901 for Marvin La Core.
GEORGE D. RICHARDS,
Representative from Cheboygan county, was born in Yarmouth, Elgin county, Ontario, December 7, 1855. He removed to Michigan in January. 1864, with his parents, locating at North Branch, Lapeer county. His early education was acquired in the schools of Ontario and northern Lapeer county. He worked on farms, in the lumber woods, drove the Flint and Thunder Bay Rivers until January, 1880. He located in March, 1880, at the junction of the Sturgeon rivers, Cheboygan county. Here he established the postoffice of Wolverine, and was appointed postmaster in January, 1881, holding the office six years. He was married July 11, 1881, to Miss Susie Casler of North Branch. He took up a government home- stead in June, 1880, residing there summers and at Wolverine winters. Since 1886 he has resided continuously in Wolverine. For an income, he has built new roads, bridges, looked lands, scaled logs, lumbered for self and otliers, was trespass agent of the J. L. & S. R. R. Co. several years ; at the same time, and since, doing a general real estate, land-looking and timber estimating business. Was elected county road commissioner of Cheboygan county two terms ; has been a member of the Wolverine school board twelve years, and director of its graded schools the past eight years. Is a W. of W., a K. of P, and has always been a republican. Was nominated for representative by the republicans, without solicitation, and elected November 4, 1902, by 1,546 votes to 1,099 for Leon Lyons.
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LOTE C. ROBINSON,
Representative from the first district of Calhoun county, was born in the township of Battle Creek, November 15, 1857. He received his education in the district schools of the county. When ten years of age his parents moved on a farm in Eckford township, where he still resides. He was married December 15, 1880. Has always been a republican, and was chair- man of the republican county committee for two years and was re- elected in September. He has held the offices of clerk and treasurer of his township, and was elected to the lgislature of 1903-4 by a vote of 2,338 to 2,314 for William Boyd and 143 for Burt Abell.
WALTER CLARENCE ROBINSON,
Representative from the first district of Wayne county, was born at Uxbridge, Ontario, in' November, 1871, of Scotch and English parents. IIe was educated in the Detroit schools and College of Law. He was engaged five years in the newspaper work and has practiced law during the past ten years. Mr. Robinson is a republican, and was elected November 4, 1902, on the general legislative ticket, by a vote of 21,230 to 20,771 for William Stacey the candidate receiving the highest number of votes on the democratic ticket.
LINCOLN RODGERS,
Representative from Muskegon county, was born in Muskegon, June 2, 1866, and obtained his education in the schools of his native city. He has been a successful manufacturer of lumber and iron in Wisconsin and Michigan for many years. Mr. Rodgers is a republican and was elected to the legislature of 1901-2, and re-elected November 4, 1902, by a vote of 3,624 to 1,876 for Adrian C. Barr, and 302 for Orlin Royce.
ASA T. SANDERSON,
Representative from the second district of Saginaw county, was born in the township of Fenner, Madison county, New York, May 2, 1854. In 1857 he came to Michigan with his parents and located on a farm near St. Charles. His education was obtained in the common schools of Saginaw county. At the age of twenty-two he learned the carpenter's trade and conducted lumbering operations and bought out the hardware store of B. J. Downing. He read law two winters but, failing health compelled him to return to the farm, where he has since engaged extensively in stock raising and farming. He has held all the township offices, except that of clerk. Mr. Sanderson is married and has always been a strong
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republican. He was elected to the legislature of 1901- and re-elected November 4, 1902, by a vote of 2,592 to 1,706 for Rubin W. Beeman and 89 for Charles D. Pattee.
ANDREW J. SCOTT,
Representative from the first district of Saginaw county, was born in Canada, December 1, 1840. At the age of thirteen he came to Michigan and has been engaged in the lumbering business forty-two years. Mr. Scott is married and has held the office of alderman two years. In politics he is a republican and was elected on the general legislative ticket of Saginaw by a vote of 4,457 to 4,357 for William B. Hill, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes on the democratic ticket. . .
THADDEUS D. SEELEY,
Representative from the first district of Oakland county, was born on a farm, which is now within the city limits of Pontiac, August 26, 1867. He was educated in the common schools and the Pontiac high school. He was married in 1888 to Eva M. Palmer. Has always been engaged in stock raising and general farming. Mr. Seeley is a republican, and was elected to the legislature of 1901-2, and re-elected November 4, 1902, by a vote of 2,557 to 2,189 for Daniel M. Johnston.
JOHN SHEA,
Representative from the first district of Wayne county, was born in London, England, June 4, 1855, and was educated in the English and American common schools. At the age of thirteen he came to New York and served as apprentice to trade of plastering. At the age of twenty- one he returned to England and. remained four years. He was married in Brighton, England, and returned to America in 1880, taking up his resi- dence in Detroit, where he has since resided. Besides working at his trade, he has filled the position of inspector of building construction for the board of education of Detroit, and for nearly four years has acted as business agent for the Building Trades Council of Detroit. He is a republican, and was elected on the general legislative ticket of Detroit, by a vote of 21,826 to 20,771 for William Stacey, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes on the democratic ticket.
CLARENCE LEANDER SHELDON,
Representative from the first district of Bay county was born at Lenox. Macomb county, Michigan in 1849. He was educated in the common schools. He worked at surveying railroad lines and constructing rail-
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roads in 1869 and 1870, and from 1870 to 1893 was in the lumber business in the counties of Lapeer and Roscommon. He is a manufacturer of sash doors and does a general plaining mill business. He is married and lives in the eleventh ward of Bay City. Mr. Sheldon, although a democrat, has twice been elected alderman of the eleventh ward, a strong republican precinct. He was elected to the legislature of 1903-4 by a vote of 2,512 to 1,801 for George W. Willis and 120 for Arthur R. Ballamy.
ABRAM N. SHOOK,
Representative from Montcalm county, was born at Pierson, Montcalm county, Michigan, in 1869, of English ancestors. He was educated in the Coral schools, supplemented by a course at Kalamazoo. He is married, and associated with his father in a general mercantile business at Coral, Michigan. Mr. Shook is a republican and was elected to the legislature of 1903-4, by a vote of 2,870 to 1,163 for Addison T. Green and 262 for A. A. Richardson.
WILLIAM N. SIGGINS,
Representative from the first district of Wayne county, was born åt Rochester, N. Y., July 1, 1846, and is of Scotch-Irish descent. He was educated in the public schools of Detroit, where he moved with his. parents when an infant. His father died leaving a family of four chil- dren for him to support. When the civil war broke out he ran away from school and enlisted as musician in company G, 9th Mcihigan infantry. He was taken prisoner and was exchanged and transferred to the 11th United States infantry and served three years and three months. Mr. Siggins is a widower. He is a member of the orders of I. O. O. F., A. O. U. W. and the G. A. R. He is a republican and was elected to the legis- lature of 1903-4, on the general legislative ticket of Detroit, receiving 21,494 votes to 20,771 for William Stacey, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes on the democratic ticket.
ALVAH GARDNER STONE,
Representative from the second district of Lenawee county, was born in Charleton, Worcester county, Massachusetts, March 2, 1853, of revolu- tionary stock, his great grandfather being one of the famous minute men and captain in the revolutionary army. He has been a resident of Mich- igan thirty years and his early education was obtained in Massachusetts, supplemented by a common school course at Medina, Michigan. He is married and has been a farmer since 1870. In politics he is a strong republican and was elected to the legislature of 1901-2 and re-elected November 4, 1902, by a vote of 3,043 to 2,274 for James A. Farmer and 212 for Daniel D. Baluss.
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LEONARD R. THOMAS,
Representative from Huron county, was born at Ontario. He is married and follows the work of farming. He was educated in the common schools. He has been township clerk, supervisor and county treasurer. He is a republican and was elected to the legislature of 1903-4 by a vote of 2,531 to 1,849 for John J. Campbell and 30 for Andrew Jackson.
JUSTUS THORINGTON,
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