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FRED M. WARNER, Governor.
ALEXANDER MAITLAND, Lieutenant Governor.
GEORGE A. PRESCOTT, Secretary of State.
FRANK P. GLAZIER, State Treasurer.
JAMES B. BRADLEY, Auditor General.
WILLIAM H. ROSE, Commissioner of the State Land Office.
JOHN E. BIRD, Attorney General.
PATRICK H. KELLEY, Superintendent of Public Instruction.
JAMES H. THOMPSON, Member of State Board of Education,
LUTHER L. WRIGHT, Member of State Board of Education.
WILLIAM J. McKONE, Member of State Board of Education.
SHERIDAN F. MASTER, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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three children, Lena V., Philip Henry and Katherine Frances. He was appointed a member of the state board of education to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of E. Finlay Johnson in April, 1901, and was elected to the same position November, 1902. Mr. Kelley has always voted the Republican ticket and takes active part in the cam- paigns. He was the unanimous choice of the Republican state convention, held at De- troit, June 30, 1904, for the nomination, and was elected superintendent of public in- struction November 8, by a vote of 341,035 to 157,581 for John E. Mealley, 12,818 for Frederick S. Goodrich, 7,476 for Wesley Emery, 900 for Alben E. Higgins and 64 scat- tering.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
LUTHER L. WRIGHT,
[Term, January 1, 1905, to December 31, 1910.]
Of Ironwood, Michigan, was born at Canton, New York, January 18, 1856. He is of Scotch-Irish descent. He was educated in the common schools of Wisconsin, and Ripon College, from which he was graduated with the degree of A. B. He was chosen county commissioner of schools of Gogebic county five successive terms without opposition; was superintendent of the public schools of Ironwood eighteen years. Mr. Wright was united in marriage to Miss Nellie Corning of Portage, Wisconsin, in 1880, and has two children. He was appointed a member of the state board of education to fill the va- cancy caused by the resignation of Lincoln Avery. At the Republican state conven- tion held at Detroit, June, 1902, he was unanimously chosen as nominee to succeed himself, and was elected in the fall of that year. On January 23, 1903, he was elected president of the board for 1903-4. Mr. Wright was again nominated to that office by the Republican state convention at Detroit, June 1904, and elected November 8, by a vote of 340,511 to 156,777 for H. Kirk White, 12,644 for Alfred Lowther, 7,544 for George Perry and 20 scattering.
JAMES HERBERT THOMPSON,
[Term January 1, 1901, to December 31, 1906.]
Of Evart, Osceola county, was born at Flushing, Genesee county, Michigan, April 6, 1866. He received his education in the public schools of Reed City, supplemented by a three years' course at the State Normal College, Ypsilanti, from which he was grad- uated in 1890. He began teaching at the age of sixteen, following that occupation for five years. He was superintendent of the Evart schools five years (1890-95), which position he resigned to enter mercantile business, later serving four years as county commissioner of schools of Osceola county. He is married, has no children. Mr. Thompson is a graduate of the law department of the University of Michigan and is actively engaged in the practice of law at Evart. He was elected a member of the state board of education by a vote of 314,668 to 209,809 for James McEntee, 11,810 for Samuel W. Bird, 2,810 for Joseph Carr, 939 for Mrs. Elizabertus Smith, 859 for Daniel C. Wachs and 3,796 scattering.
WILLIAM J. McKONE,
[Term expires December 31, 1908.]
Of Albion, was born in Montezuma, New York, August 23, 1866. He obtained a com- mon school education in his native village and afterwards attended the Port Byron Free School and Academy. Mr. McKone came to Michigan in 1884 and spent the three following years in the State Normal School at Ypsilanti, from which he was graduated
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in 1887. He at once began teaching school, having been superintendent of the Mor- rice schools three years, Almont two years, Mason six years, and is completing his sev- enth year in the Albion schools. He has been prominently identified with national, state and local educational interests, and is president of the State Teachers' Associa- tion. He has conducted teachers' institutes in nearly one-half the counties of Michi- gan. He takes an active interest in church and social affairs, and has held many offices of trust and honor in different societies and fraternities. Mr. McKone is married and has three children. He is in demand as a lecturer, a frequent contributor to educa- tional journals, and is the author of a popular text book, "Michigan, State and Local Government." Mr. McKone was the unanimous choice of the Grand Rapids Republi- can convention, February 14, to succeed Patrick H. Kelley, resigned, and was elected April 3, 1905.
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STATE LEGISLATURE. SENATORS.
NOBLE ASHLEY,
Senator from the third district of Wayne county (city of Detroit), was born at South Ferriby, Lincolnshire, England, September 30, 1863. He is a son of George Ashley of the same place, his mother being Ellen Matilda Noble, of Kirkstead, Lincolnshire. He was educated in the English and Canadian grammar schools. At the age of nine he emigrated with his father's family to Sarnia, Ontario, and commenced to learn the trade of a printer on the "Sarnia Observer." In 1880, his parents having both died, he lo- cated in the city of Detroit, and followed the occupation of a printer. He was mar- ried in 1888 to Florine E. Kelley, of Glencoe, Ontario, and has three sons. He is an ardent fraternalist, belonging to a number of societies, and at present employed by the Modern Maccabees. Mr. Ashley has always been a Republican. In 1895 he was elected alderman of the tenth ward in the city of Detroit, being president pro tem. of the com- mon council in 1897, and was a member of the board of supervisors of Wayne county from 1896 to 1898. He represented the city of Detroit in the legislature in 1903-4, and was elected to the senate November 8, 1904, by a vote of 9,830 to 5,570 for Francis J. Melody.
JOHN BAIRD,
Senator from the twenty-second district, comprising Saginaw county, was born in Que- bec, Canada, February 11, 1860, and received his education in the common schools of Seaforth, Canada. He came to Michigan when fourteen years of age and has been em- ployed in the manufacture of salt for the past twenty-five years. He has always been a Republican. Mr. Baird has represented his township on the board of supervisors five years, and has served as chairman of the Republican county committee for the past eight years. He represented his district in the legislature of 1895-6, was elected to the state senate of 1901-2 and 1903-4, and was again reelected November 8, 1904, by a vote of 8,903 to 6,743 for Wellington R. Burt and 943 for Clarence Neely.
WILLIAM E. BROWN,
Senator from the twenty-first district, comprising the counties of Lapeer and Tuscola, was born on his father's farm in the township of Hadley, Lapeer county, Michigan, De- cember 25, 1863, and has always been a resident of Lapeer county. He was educated in the public schools and afterward taught in district and village schools for five years. He graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan in 1887, and was admitted to practice the same year by the supreme court. He commenced the practice of law at Imlay City and continued to live there until elected prosecuting attorney in 1892, when he moved to Lapeer, where he has since resided. He was married in 1890 to Grace E. Palmer of Imlay City, and has three children, two boys and one girl. Mr. Brown served two terms as prosecuting attorney, and has since been actively engaged in the practice of law. He is an active member of several secret societies. He was elected to the state senate of 1903-4 and was reelected November 8, 1904, by a vote of 8,329 to 3,743 for Charles K. Farley and 90 for Lorenzo B. Walton.
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ALBERT BALDWIN COOK,
Senator from the fourteenth district, comprising the counties of Ingham and Shiawassee, was born at the Michigan Agricultural College, August 11, 1873, and is of New England descent. He was educated at the Agricultural College, was graduated in 1893, and is a farmer by occupation. Mr. Cook is married and lives on his farm near Owosso. He is a Republican, was elected to the senate of 1903-4 and reelected November 8, 1904, by a vote of 11,692 to 6,978 for Oswald H. Reed and 225 for Horace J. Walker.
JESSE R. CROPSEY,
Senator from the ninth, district, comprising the counties of Kalamazoo and Calhoun, was born on a farm in the township of Brady, Kalamazoo county, Michigan, April 27, 1866. He remained on the farm and attended district school until twenty-two years of age, then took a course at the Vicksburg high school, and after reading law for one year was admitted to the bar at Kalamazoo, March 18, 1890. Since that time he has been actively engaged in his chosen profession, enjoying a large practice in his and ad- joining counties, as well as in the higher state and federal courts. He was married to Carrie B. Yates of Vicksburg, October 28, 1891, and has one son. Mr. Cropsey has held the office of township clerk for several terms, served two terms as circuit court com- missioner, and is now serving a second term as president of the board of education of the Vicksburg district. He has been village attorney thirteen years, and member of the Republican county committee ten years. He was placed in nomination at the Re- publican convention for presidential elector from the third congressional district, but withdrew when nominated for state senator. He was elected to the state senate, No- vember 8, 1904, by a vote of 14,023 to 7,153 for Ben A. Cole, 797 for William D. Farley and 465 for Clay Lockwood.
WILLIAM L. CURTIS,
Senator from the twenty-ninth district, comprising the counties of Alpena, Cheboygan, Emmet, Mackinac, Montmorency, Otsego and Presque Isle, was born in the township of Richland, Kalamazoo county, Michigan, January 29, 1842, and obtained his education in the district schools and Prairie Seminary at that place. He taught school for three years, and at the age of twenty, in partnership with his brother, assumed the entire control of his father's large farm, and for nineteen years was known as one of the most successful farmers in that section of the country. In 1882 he removed to Petos- key and purchased the interest of Thomas Quinlan in the banking firm of Wachtel & Quinlan, later purchasing the balance of interest, and in partnership with his son formed the First National Bank of Petoskey. Mr. Curtis is a staunch Republican, and has held the office of mayor of the city of Petoskey, being endorsed by both parties and having but one vote against him. He was elected to the house of 1901-2, represented his dis- trict in the senate of 1903-4 and was reelected to the senate November 8, 1904, by a vote of 11,999 to 4,931 for James R. Snody.
ALFRED J. DOHERTY,
Senator from the twenty-eighth district, comprising the counties of Alcona, Arenac, Clare, Crawford, Gladwin, Iosco, Missaukee, Ogemaw, Oscoda and Roscommon, was born in the state of New York, May 1, 1856. His education was obtained at Genesee Seminary, Belfast, New York. He came to Michigan in 1878 and engaged in the mer- cantile business, which he conducted successfully for twenty years. Mr. Doherty is
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married. He is a staunch Republican, and was elected to the state senate of 1901-2 and 1903-4, and again reelected November 8, 1904, by a vote of 9,974 to 3,658 for Justin K. Mead.
TOWNSEND A. ELY,
Senator from the nineteenth district, comprising the counties of Clinton and Gratiot, was born in Wabash, Indiana, August 27, 1843, of English parentage. He came to Alma, Michigan, in April, 1854, and received his education in the district schools of that place. Mr. Ely entered the army as a private of company C, eighth Michigan infantry, enlisting at Arcadia, February 25, 1865, and was commissioned second lieutenant April 25, 1865. At the close of the war he returned to Alma and engaged in farming, which occupation he has since followed. He has served three terms as president of Alma vil- lage and was postmaster during both the Hayes and Harrison administrations. In poli- tics he is a Republican, and was elected to the state senate, November 8, 1904, by a vote 7,960 to 4,762 for Willard D. Tucker.
AUGUSTINE W. FARR,
Senator from the twenty-sixth district, comprising the counties of Benzie, Lake, Man- istee, Mason and Oceana, was born in North Hudson, Essex county, New York, July 29, 1847. He came to Michigan with his parents in 1854 and spent five years in the public schools of Grand Rapids. Mr. Farr has resided at Onekama since 1870, and has been engaged in the mercantile business and the manufacture of lumber ; at present is mostly interested in farming and real estate. He has held various township and village offices, and represented his district in the legislature of 1877. He is a Republican, and was elected to the state senate of 1901-2 and 1903-4, and again reelected November 8, 1904, by a vote of 10,233 to 3,601 for Nelson J. Gaylord, 670 for Joseph M. Gamble and 1 for M. E. Thurston.
ANDREW FYFE,
Senator from the sixteenth district, comprising the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth wards of the city of Grand Rapids, was born at Glas- gow, Scotland, April 27, 1863. He came to this country with his parents when three years of age and settled in the Province of Ontario, Canada, where he attended the common schools until the family moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1879. He be- gan life in the United States as a furniture worker and in 1884 was engaged as reporter on Grand Rapids newspapers. He was appointed clerk of the Superior Court of Grand Rapids in 1887, and while holding that office studied law, passed an excellent examina- tion and was admitted to the bar. He resigned that office to accept the appointment as surveyor of customs for the port of Grand Rapids, tendered him by President Cleve- land in 1893. Since 1897 he has given his attention to law and insurance business. Mr. Fyfe was known as a forcible campaign speaker for the Democracy until 1896, when he left that party upon the money issue and stumped the state against Bryan. Since then he has been an active Republican, and was elected to the state senate November 8, 1904, by a vote of 9,475 to 4,575 for David E. Uhl and 392 for James E. Walker.
CASSIUS L. GLASGOW,
Senator from the fifteenth district, comprising the counties of Barry and Eaton, was born of Scotch parentage in Allen township, Hillsdale county, Michigan, February 16, 1859. He received his education in the district and union schools and Hillsdale Col- lege. He remained on his father's farm until ready to start life for himself, which he
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did by clerking in a hardware store in Jonesville, Michigan. After a few years he went west, obtaining employment in the office of a wholesale hardware house in Sioux City, Iowa. He moved to Nashville, Barry county, in 1881 and engaged in the hardware and implement business, adding a large furniture store in 1896. He is a member of the orders of F. & A. M., K. of P. and Modern Maccabees. In politics he has always been a Republican, and has held the offices of president and treasurer of his village. He was elected to the senate of 1903-4 and reelected November 8, 1904, by a vote of 8,349 to 5,027 for John H. Palmer and 408 for Manley M. Chase. Mr. Glasgow was unanimously chosen as president pro tempore of the senate of 1905.
JAMES G. HAYDEN,
Senator from the seventh district, comprising the counties of Berrien and Cass, was born of Scotch and Irish parents in Calvin township, Cass county, Michigan, November 10, 1854, and from early childhood was practically thrown upon his own resources ' through the death of his father. He attended the common schools of Cass county, fin- ishing his education at the Bryant & Stratton's commercial college. He worked for four years on the grade of the C. & G. T. and Air Line roads, and for six months as sec- tion hand. He has been a successful farmer, business man, is at present engaged in the insurance and real estate business, and is a member of the board of super- intendents of the poor. He is a Mason and charter member of Cassopolis Lodge K. of P. Mr. Hayden has always taken a deep interest in politics and has held the office of township treasurer, served two terms as county treasurer, and has been president of the Cass county agricultural society. He was elected to the state senate November 8, 1904, by a vote of 10,215 to 6,251 for Josiah S. Caldwell and 269 for Byron W. Poor.
ALBERT OSCAR HEINE,
Senator from the twenty-fourth district, comprising the counties of Bay and Midland, was born in Hamburg, Germany, December 5, 1868, and came to Mt. Clemens, Michi- gan, in 1870. A few years later he moved with his parents to Saginaw, and received his education in the public schools of that city. In 1884 he moved to Bay City, enter- ing the employ of S. V. Wilkin, clothier, and remained with him until three years ago; Mr. Heine then entered the clothing business with C. E. Janett under the firm name of Heine & Janett. This partnership continued until early in the year 1904, when Mr. Janett retired on account of ill health, Mr. Heine reorganizing the business under the name of A. O. Heine Co., Ltd. He is a Republican, and was elected to the state senate November 8, 1904, by a vote of 8,917 to 4,631 for Birdsey Knight and 301 for Frederick Hebinger.
BELA W. JENKS,
Senator from the twentieth district, comprising the counties of Huron and Sanilac, was born in Essex county, New York, of Welsh parentage, July 18, 1849. He has been a resident of Michigan since 1860, and received his education in the public schools of St. Clair. He has been a successful business man and engaged in various business enter- prises. In 1874. he became a member of the firm of J. Jenks & Co., was secretary and treasurer of J. Jenks & Co., Inc., from 1882 to 1902, secretary of the Huron Milling Co., and treasurer of the Mihlethaler Co., Ltd., from 1902 to the present time. Mr. Jenks has taken an active interest in politics and has held the office of treasurer of Sand Beach township and trustee of Sand Beach village. He was elected to the senate in Novem- ber, 1904, by a vote of 8,551 to 3,148 for William Smith.
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GEORGE N. JONES,
Senator from the eleventh district, comprising the county of St. Clair, was born at Bellevue, Michigan, in 1859, of English ancestors. He was educated in the normal school of Canada. He is married and has two daughters. He has been engaged in the grocery business for twenty-four years. Mr. Jones is a Republican, was elected to the state senate of 1903-4, and reelected November 8, 1904, by a vote of 7,592 to 4,113 for Frederick Albert Beard and 168 for Daniel W. Lamont.
HARRY J. KANE,
Senator from the twenty-fifth district, comprising the counties of Isabella, Mecosta, Newaygo and Osceola, was born in Middlesex county, Ontario, Canada, September 20, 1860, of Irish ancestors. He acquired his education in the common schools of Middle- sex county, Canada, and came to Michigan in 1880 and engaged in farming. Mr. Kane continued on the farm until elected sheriff of Isabella county in 1890, which office he held four years. Since 1895 he has been engaged in the mercantile business at Mt. Pleasant. He is a strong Republican and was elected to the senate of 1905-6 by a vote of 11,558 to 4,917 for William P. Nisbett and 1 for Frank H. Dodds.
EDWARD B. LINSLEY,
Senator from the sixth district, comprising the counties of Branch, Hillsdale and St. Joseph, was born in Henrietta, Monroe county, New York, July 27, 1847, and removed with his parents to Kalamazoo, Michigan, in 1857, where he received his education in the public schools. He is the son of D. M. Linsley, A. M., and his paternal great grand- father was Judge Joel Linsley, of Vermont, judge and member of the legislature of that state. He engaged in the drug business at Three Rivers, which he carried on success- fully for ten years, and in 1881 began the manufacture of small railway cars; this busi- ness later became incorporated as the Sheffield Car Co., with Mr. Linsley as secretary and treasurer, and later manager, which position he still holds. He served eight years in the Michigan state troops, much of the time as a commissioned officer, and takes a deep interest in the military affairs of the state. He was instrumental in establishing the Three Rivers Building & Loan Association, and has been at the head of this associ- ation since it commenced business. Through his efforts the Three Rivers Free Public Library was established some twenty years ago, of which he has been president since its organization. He has always been a Republican and has held the offices of member of the school board and mayor of Three Rivers city. He was elected to the senate No- vember 8, 1904, by a vote of 12,250 to 6,555 for Frank Hull.
JOHN DONALD M. MACKAY,
Senator from the second district of Wayne county, was born of Highland Scotch parent- age in Atlantic, Cass county, Iowa, August 13, 1871. He received his education in the public schools of Iowa and South Dakota, graduated from Olivet College in 1894 and from the Detroit College of Law in 1895. He is a member of the firm of Stellwagen & MacKay, formerly Cutcheon, Stellwagen & MacKay, one of the best known law firms in the state, and is a member of the board of trustees of Olivet College. He lived for a time on his father's ranch in South Dakota, has been associated in mining interests in Montana, and for the past nine years has been engaged in the practice of law at Detroit. He is a Republican, and was elected to the state senate of 1905-6 by a vote of 11,318 to 5,360 for Louis Darwin, 109 for George Young and 57 for John Miller.
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FREDERICK C. MARTINDALE,
Senator from the first district of Wayne county, was born in the province of Ontario December 18, 1865. He came to Michigan with his parents in 1867, settled on a farm in Greenfield township, and has since been a resident of Wayne county. He obtained his education in the Detroit grammar schools, and Detroit high school, after which he taught for six years, and for three years had charge of the Delray public schools. Owing to loss of health he spent three years in the southern states, then took up the study of law at the Detroit College of Law and was admitted to the bar in 1897. Mr. Martin- dale immediately formed a partnership with Edwin Henderson under the firm name of Henderson & Martindale and the firm has since continued. Mr. Martindale was mar- ried to Miss Mary Tireman, February 23, 1899, whose grandfather settled on a farm near Detroit in the early part of the last century. He is a strong Republican, being elected to the legislature of 1901-2 from the second district of Wayne county, and was elected to the senate November 8, 1904, by a vote of 12,084 to 6,731 for James P. Murtagh and 241 for Thomas E. Quellette.
WILLIS N. MILLS,
Senator from the thirtieth district, comprising the counties of Chippewa, Delta, Luce, Menominee and Schoolcraft, was born at Anamossa, Iowa, October 1, 1871, of Ameri- can parents. He received his education in the Englewood high school, Englewood, Illi- nois, and at Hamilton College, Hamilton, New York, receiving the degree of bachelor of arts in 1894 and master of arts in 1897. Mr. Mills has practiced law for the past ten years, and has held the office of prosecuting attorney of his county two terms. He is married, and has been a resident of Michigan eleven years. He was elected state sena- tor November 8, 1904, by a vote of 10,887 to 3,183 for Albert H. Powell.
ORLANDO C. MOFFATT,
Senator from the twenty-seventh district, comprising the counties of Antrim, Charle- voix, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau and Wexford, was born at Lyons, Michigan, August 6, 1865. He removed with his parents to Northport, Michigan, in 1868, and to Traverse City in 1874. He received his education in the public schools of Traverse City. He left school at the age of eighteen to go into the banking house of Hannah, Lay & Co., and left there to accept a position in the old National Bank of Grand Rap- ids. He returned to Traverse City in 1888, where he purchased the abstract books of Grand Traverse county, in which business he is still engaged. Mr. Moffatt is married. He has held the offices of township and village treasurer, member of board of educa- tion and register of deeds. He is a Republican and was elected to the senate of 1903-4 and reelected November 8, 1904, by a vote of 13,476 to 4,120 for Daniel H. McMullen and 1 for John Dodge. .
MICHAEL H. MORIARTY,
Senator from the thirty-first district, comprising the counties of Alger, Baraga, Dickin- son, Iron and Marquette, was born at Hudson, Michigan, September 27, 1859, of Irish parentage. He was educated in the Hudson high school. He studied law in the office of Thomas J. Hiller, of Hudson, and was admitted to practice in 1887. He had a clerk- ship in the legislature of 1889, and at the close of the session opened a law office in Crys- tal Falls. Mr. Moriarty has held the offices of county commissioner of schools, prose- cuting attorney, county treasurer of Iron county, and member of the board of control
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