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of the State House of Correction and branch prison at Marquette. He is a Republi- can, and was elected to the state senate for the term of 1903-4, and reelected Novem- ber 8, 1904, by a vote of 11,573 to 2,029 for John H. Lewis and 358 for Richard Quayle.
ARCHIBALD J. PEEK,
Senator from the tenth district, comprising the counties of Jackson and Washtenaw, was born in Onondaga county, New York, June 8, 1854, of Scotch descent. He ac- quired his education in the Jackson high school and after being graduated moved with his parents on a farm. He remained with them until married to Libby Morrill. He then moved to a farm of his own and continued active farming until elected sheriff of Jackson county, which office he held for two terms. He was elected to the legislature of 1897-8, after which he engaged in the hack and omnibus business in Jackson city. He was elected to the senate of 1905-6 by a vote of 12,635 to 9,810 for Arthur Brown.
JAMES FULTON RUMER,
Senator from the thirteenth district, comprising the counties of Genesee and Livingston, was born of American parentage in Logan county, Ohio, December 12, 1852. Mr. Rumer's father was a Virginian and his mother was a native of Ohio. He is married and has five children. Dr. E. C. Rumer, his eldest son, is in partnership with his father in the practice of medicine. Mr. Rumer is one of a family of nine children, all of whom are living except one brother, Joseph, who died in the civil war. He was educated in the common schools and Huntsville College of Ohio; taught school for a number of years, attended the Rush Medical College, and was graduated from the Kentucky School of Medicine, Louisville, class of 1889. He has been a resident of Michigan twenty-eight years, began the study of medicine while teaching school, and has practiced for twenty- four years. He is a Republican, and has held the offices of president of Davison vil- lage, president of the school board twelve years, and has been president of the Genesee County Medical Society. He was elected to the senate November 8, 1904, by a vote of 8,950 to 5,112 for George Judson and 324 for Wilson Shaw.
HUNTLEY RUSSELL,
Senator from the seventeenth district, comprising every township of Kent county and the sixth, seventh and eighth wards of the city of Grand Rapids, was born at New Brit- ain, Connecticut, in 1858, of Scotch descent. He acquired his education in the public, and English and classical schools of Waterbury, Connecticut, completing his education at Trinity College, Hartford, in 1884. He married Clara C. Comstock, daughter of Con- gressman C. C. Comstock, and has a family of two sons. He was a civil engineer on the N. Y. & N. E. Railroad, and since locating in Michigan has given his attention to farming. Mr. Russell has been a resident of Michigan for twenty-one years. He is a Republi- can, and was elected to the senate November 8, 1904, by a vote of 9,020 to 3,985 for William E. Davis and 281 for John E. Nicles. This vote was the largest ever given & candidate in this district.
THADDEUS D. SEELEY,
Senator from the twelfth district, comprising the counties of Oakland and Macomb, was born at Pontiac, Michigan, August 26, 1867. He received his education in the common schools of Pontiac, and with the exception of five years in Bay City has been a res- ident of Oakland county. Mr. Seeley was married to Eva Palmer of Pontiac in 1888. He has been engaged in stock farming, and has carried on a general live stock
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business as shipper and dealer. He has always been a Republican, having held vari- ous township offices, and was elected to the legislatures of 1901-2 and 1903-4, was nomi- nated by acclamation, and elected to the senate of 1905-6 by a vote of 11,033 to 7,846 for Edmund Foster.
SUEL ANDREWS SHELDON,
Senator from the twenty-third district, comprising the counties of Muskegon and Ot- tawa, was born in Husterford township, Dodge county, Wisconsin, December 6, 1850. He removed at an early age with his parents to Ottawa county, Michigan, and for three years his father, Eli Sheldon, worked in the lumber woods along Grand River. He then settled on the farm in Wright township which Senator Sheldon now owns. The early life of Mr. Sheldon was that of the typical pioneer youth, and his only schooling was such as could be obtained in the short winter terms of the district school, supplemented by home study, and while yet in his teens became a teacher in the district schools of the county. He was married, November 13, 1879, to Eleanor Gear. As a business man he has had an active and varied career. From a country pedagogue he became western manager for Austin, Tomlinson & Webster Mfg. Co., of Jackson, holding this position for five years. Subsequently he became advertising manager for the Grand Rapids Evening Press; was for a time connected with the Michigan Tradesman, and afterwards acted as business manager of the Workman, Practical Farmer and the Fruit Grower. Mr. Sheldon is a strong believer in the doctrines of the Republican party as taught by Lincoln. He has held the offices of supervisor, school director and president of the Ottawa and West Kent Agricultural Society. He was elected to the senate of 1899-1900, and was again elected senator November 8, 1904, by a vote of 10,884 to 3,345 for William H. Loutit and 486 for William Jones.
CHARLES SMITH,
Senator from the thirty-second district, comprising the counties of Gogebic, Houghton, Keweenaw and Ontonagon, was born in the township of Livonia, Wayne county, Michi- gan, December 24, 1839, and remained on the farm until 1857. He attended the union school at Ypsilanti until 1862, with the exception of three month's service as a private in company H, 1st regiment Michigan infantry. In 1863 he located in Houghton county, where he has since made his home. For the past thirty-two years he has been in the employ of copper smelting companies, and at present is clerk of the smelting depart-' ment of the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company. He is vice president of the First Na- tional Bank of Lake Linden, director of the Northern Michigan Building & Loan Asso- ciation of Hancock and chairman of the Miskwabik Development Association, Ltd., of Keweenaw county. In politics he is a Republican and has served seventeen consecu- tive terms as supervisor of his township. Mr. Smith represented his district in the lower house of the legislature during the terms of 1895-6 and 1897-8, was elected to the senate 1899-1900, 1901-2 and 1903-4 and was again reelected November 8, 1904, by a vote of 12,854 to 2,560 for Robert Hill.
SENECA CHAMBERLAIN TRAVER,
Senator from the fourth district of Wayne county, was born in Newton, Iowa, May 17, 1867. He is of English and Holland descent, and has been a resident of Michigan for thirteen years. He received his education in the high schools of Seneca Falls, New York, and at the Waterloo Academy, Waterloo, New York. Before coming to Michi- gan he was for three years engaged in teaching in the public schools of the state of New York. He is a lawyer by profession, having been admitted to the bar in the city of De- troit in 1893. Mr. Traver is unmarried. He is a Republican, always taking an interest in politics, but never has been a candidate for office until he was placed in nomination
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for the office of state senator. He was elected to the senate November 8, 1904, by a vote of 12,221 to 5,567 for Benjamin R. Hoyt, the democratic candidate.
SIMEON VAN AKIN,
Senator from the fifth district, comprising the counties of Lenawee and Monroe, was born in the village of Hudson, Lenawee county, Michigan, October 14, 1842. His parents were among the early pioneers of Michigan and settled in the valley of the Tiffin before Michigan became a state. His education was acquired in the district school, supplemented by occasional select schools held in the village. At the age of nineteen he enlisted in company C, 1st regiment United States sharpshooters, Berdans, and shortly after the close of the war he married and removed to Ida township, Monroe county, where he has since resided and been engaged in farming. Mr. Van Akin has always been a consistent Republican, and has held the offices of township clerk, justice of the peace, and for five years was a member of the board of supervisors. He was elected to the senate of 1903-4 and reelected November 8, 1904, by a vote of 10,934 to 7,963 for Orr H. Russell and 547 for George Laubach.
JASON WOODMAN,
Senator from the eighth district, comprising the counties of Allegan and Van Buren, was born at Paw Paw, Van Buren county, Michigan, in 1860, of New England ances- tors on the farm where he now lives. He graduated from the Michigan Agricultural College in 1881. He was lecturer of the Michigan State Grange for eight years, and has served four years as chairman of the Van Buren Republican county committee. Mr. Woodman is a strong Republican, and was elected to the senate of 1903-4 and re- elected November 8, 1904, by a vote of 10,605 to 3,594 for John Cook.
WALTER YEOMANS,
Senator from the eighteenth district, comprising the counties of Ionia and Montcalm, was born in the township of Easton, Ionia county, Michigan, February 13, 1848. His grandfather, Erastus Yeomans and family, were among the first settlers, locating at Ionia in May, 1833. His education was acquired in the district and high schools of Ionia county. His early years were spent on the home farm of his father, Sanford A. Yeo- mans, who was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1867, and a representa- tive in the legislature of 1877-79. At the age of twenty-one he was married and took up the occupation of farming for himself and continued it for twenty-four years. Since then he has been engaged in the real estate business, and has served as vice presi- dent and director of the old First National Bank of Ionia. In politics he is a Republi- can, and has held various township offices, including supervisor and chairman of the board of supervisors. Mr. Yeomans was elected to the state senate for the term of 1905-6 by a vote of 10,216 to 4,737 for Robert H. Blaisdell and 382 for Frank Adgate.
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MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE.
OLIVER HOLT ADAMS,
Representative from Isabella county, was born in the township of Coe, Isabella county, Michigan, April 28, 1860, and received his education in the district schools, and Detroit' Business University from which he graduated in 1884. He has been a successful far- mer, lumberman and banker, and is now vice-president of the Commercial State Bank of Shepherd. He personally superintends his large farm in Coe, part of which his father located in 1854. He was married in June, 1901, to Mabel E. Curtiss of Reading, Michi- gan. Mr. Adams has always taken an active part in politics and has been chairman of the Republican county committee for the past two years. He has held the office of township clerk; supervisor six years and for four years chairman of the board of super- visors; was elected county treasurer in 1898 and reelected in 1900 by an increased ma- jority. Mr. Adams was elected to the legislature November 8, 1904, by a vote of 3,236 to 1,694 for Samuel Craft.
ROBERT NEWTON ADAMS,
Representative from Chippewa county, was born of English parents in Hastings county, Ontario, May 13, 1844, and educated in the public schools of Ontario. He was mar- ried in 1867 and has six children. Two sons were in the late Spanish war in Cuba. In 1878 he commenced farming in Chippewa county and after engaging in that occupation for a time went into the real estate business and later became interested in the mercan- tile, mining and banking business. Mr. Adams is a Mason and is a member of the com- mandery of Sault Ste. Marie. Mr. Adams has always been a Republican since coming to Michigan, was a member of the board of education of Sault Ste. Marie for ten years, and was elected to the legislature of 1903-4 and reelected November 8, 1904, by a vote of 2,779 to 759 for Wesley L. Williams.
M. LIVY AGENS,
Representative from Mason county, was born in Orange, New Jersey, June 17, 1855, of Scotch and Irish descent. He received his education in the public schools, coming to Kalamazoo, Michigan, in 1864. He was married to Eva Holmes, December 25, 1876. Mr. Agens has been engaged in farming and fruit growing since 1874 on his farm in Mason county. He has always been a Republican, and has held the offices of township clerk, treasurer and supervisor, and for twelve years was assessor of a union school district with five schools. He was appointed special deputy of the State Grange last January for the counties of Benzie, Grand Traverse, Lake, Leelanau, Manistee, Mason and Oceana, and is chairman of the board of directors of Grange Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. He was elected to the legislature November 8, 1904, by a vote of 2,225 to 974 for Charles Gowan.
ROBERT ATTRIDGE,
Representative from Sanilac county, was born in Ontario, Canada, November 6, 1854, of Irish parentage. He was raised on a farm and received his education in the common schools of Ontario, Canada. He went to work on a farm at an early age, was employed for a time in the great Comstock mines in Nevada, and later taught school .. Mr. At-
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tridge has been a resident of Michigan for thirty years, and at present is engaged in farm- ing. He is a Republican, and has taken an active interest in politics, having held the offices of clerk, justice of the peace, supervisor of his township, and has been a member of the school board ten years. He was elected to the legislature of 1905-6 by a vote of 4,355 to 1,587 for Archibald C. Graham and 275 for Avery Brugh.
ANDREW V. AUSTIN,
Representative from the second district of Oakland county, was born in Milford De- cember 4, 1844. His parents were pioneers of Oakland county, settling in Milford in 1836. He enlisted in company E, 185 New York volunteers, and was wounded in the head at the battle of Five Forks, April 1, 1865, and reported dead. In 1868 he re- turned to Milford and engaged in the grocery business, continuing the same for nearly thirty-five years, when he retired on account of ill health. He was at one time a member of the common council of Milford. He is a member of Heber Le Favour Post . G. A. R. No. 181, was three times elected its commander and for fifteen years has been its quartermaster. He was married December 19, 1888, to Hattie M. Foote. He was formerly married to Lizzie Bartlett, by whom he had three children. He was elected to the legislature in 1902 and reelected November 8, 1904, by a vote of 3,056 to 2,466 for Andrew J. Tripp.
THOMAS GILBERT BAILLIE,
Representative from the first representative district of Saginaw county, was born at Saginaw, Michigan, March 8, 1881, of Scotch parentage. He attended the public and high schools of Saginaw. He entered the employ of Symons Bros. & Co., wholesale grocers, remaining with them six months, then entered the office of general traffic mana- ger of the P. M. Railroad Co., remaining there until he entered the University of Michi- gan in 1900. During the summer months of 1901 to 1903 he was employed in the Sav- ings Bank of East Saginaw, graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan in June, 1903, since which time he has been practicing law in the city of Sagi- naw. Mr. Baillie is an active Republican and was elected to the legislature November 8, 1904, by a plurality of 2,014.
JUNIUS EMERY BEAL,
Representative from the first district of Washtenaw county, was born at Port Huron, Michigan, February 23, 1860, of New England parentage. His mother died when he was eleven months old and he was adopted by his uncle Rice A. Beal. He resided in Dexter until 1866; since which time he has lived in Ann Arbor, receiving his education at the Ann Arbor high school and University of Michigan, graduating from the latter institution in 1882. His time was occupied during vacation in his father's printing office at the case and in the press room, getting familiar with the mechanical part of the business, and on graduation he assumed the editorship of the Ann Arbor Courier. When R. A. Beal died in 1883 he took up the work and carried on book publishing in connection with the newspaper for twenty years, when he sold out. Mr. Beal has been active in promoting the interests of Ann Arbor, has been a member of the Ann Arbor school board for twenty years, and was president of the Michigan Press Association in 1893. Apart from his busy life he has taken time to travel extensively through Eu- rope including Russia, and about the Caribbean Sea. He is married and has two chil- dren, a boy and girl. He is a member of various Masonic orders and a director of sev- eral boards. Mr. Beal has always been an active Republican, a presidential elector in 1888, president of the Michigan League of Republican clubs, 1889-90, and was elected to the legislature November 8, 1904, by a vote of 2,895 to 2,184 for William D. Harri- man and 57 for Charles K. Perrine.
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CASSIUS R. BENTON,
Representative from the third district of Wayne county, was born in Plymouth town- ship, Wayne county, Michigan, November 12, 1862. He received his education in the district schools of the township and the Northville union school, supplemented by a course in the Spencerian Business College of Detroit. He was united in marriage to Sophia L. Lauffer, February 24, 1892, and has always resided in Michigan. Mr. Ben- ton is a life-long Republican, and has held the offices of highway commissioner, super- visor, and was unanimously elected chairman of the board of supervisors of Wayne county in October, 1904. He was elected to the legislature November 8, 1904, by a vote of 3,065 to 1,611 for H. I. Post.
JOSEPH EDWARD BLAND,
Representative from the first district of Wayne county, was born in London, Ontario, May 5, 1866, being a descendent from the Irish branch of the ancient English family of Blands. He attended the public schools and business college and afterward took the degrees of bachelor of laws and master of laws at the University of Michigan. While at college he was a member of the Varsity Glee Club and was president of the post grad- uate class of which he was a member. Mr. Bland engaged in newspaper work for a time, having the management of daily publications in Arizona and California. Some ten years ago he engaged in the practice of law in Detroit, and is now a member of the firm of Bland, Van Syckle & Cook. During the Spanish-American war Mr. Bland saw service on board the U. S. Yosemite and has remained active in the naval militia, being now assistant paymaster of the Michigan State Naval Brigade. Mr. Bland has always been an ardent supporter of the Republican party, was a member of the legislature of 1901-2, and was elected a second time to the house November 8, 1904, by a plurality of 16,611.
WILLIAM EDWIN BOSLEY,
Representative from the first district of Calhoun county, was born at Geneseo, Livings- ton county, N. Y., March 30, 1837. The Bosley family emigrated from England and were among the early settlers of Maryland. He acquired his education in the high schools of Geneseo, New York. Mr. Bosley has enjoyed a successful business career. From 1859 to 1871 he was interested in a general store at Lakeville, New York, and came to Michi- gan in 1871. He has resided in Marshall since 1876, and for six years carried on a car- riage and implement business. In 1882 he established a general hardware business which he carried on until 1893 when he took his son, D. W. Bosley, into partnership with him under the firm name of W. E. Bosley & Son, and the business is still carried on in Marshall. Aside from his varied mercantile interests Mr. Bosley owns two farms to which he gives his personal supervision. He is married and has two children. He is an active Republican, has held the offices of alderman and mayor of Marshall city, and was elected to the legislature November 8, 1904, by a vote of 3,140 to 2,228 for Jay C. Snyder and 5 for Henry Reed.
JAMES E. BROCKWAY,
Representative from the first district of Bay county, was born at Brockway, St. Clair county, Michigan, November 30, 1872. He lived at Brockway and Port Huron until thirteen years of age, and then went to Au Sable and Oscoda, and tallied and inspected lumber during the summer months, attending school winters. He graduated from the Au Sable high school, paid his way through college, and finished his education at the
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Northern Indiana Normal University. He was admitted to the bar in 1895, practiced his profession separately until 1899, when he formed a partnership with Hon. Devere Hall, of Bay City, under the firm name of Hall & Brockway. Mr. Brockway was in active service in the Santiago campaign in Cuba with the 33d Michigan volunteer infan- try. In 1901 and 1902 was assistant adjutant general of Spanish war veterans in the United States, is senior vice commander of the Michigan Corps Spanish war veterans and judge advocate general for the United States in the National League of Veterans and Sons. Mr. Brockway is a Republican, held the office of circuit court commis- sioner from 1898 to 1902, and was elected to the legislature November 8, 1904, by a vote of 3,346 to 2,052 for Clarence L. Sheldon and 127 for Edwin T. Lumber.
ARCHIBALD F. BUNTING,
Representative from the Leelanau district, comprising the counties of Benzie and Lee- lanau, was born at Albion, Illinois, May 17, 1871, of English descent. He obtained his education at Benzonia College and was graduated from the law department of the Uni- versity of Michigan in August, 1894. He was principal of the Thompsonville schools in 1890 and 1891 and of the Empire schools in 1892, was admitted to the bar in 1893, locating at Empire where he has since practiced his profession. He has been a resident of Michigan for seventeen years, and was married July 21, 1895. He has always been a Republican and has held the office of deputy county clerk, register of deeds, prose- cuting attorney for two terms, and was alternate delegate to the national convention at Philadelphia in 1900. He was elected lieutenant colonel of Michigan Sons of Veter- ans in 1893. Mr. Bunting was elected to the legislature of 1905-6 by a vote of 2,528 to 954 for Otis L. Wilson, 575 for William A. Young and 1 for Myron E. Thurston.
CHARLES J. BYRNS,
Representative from the second district of Marquette county, was born January 6, 1861, in Altona, New York. When eight years of age he moved with his parents to Port Henry, N. Y., where he received his education in the high school. He moved to Michigan when eighteen years of age and located at Ishpeming where after an experi- ence of several years as bookkeeper and manager of different lumber concerns, he pur- chased and successfully conducted a retail lumber business for two years. He engaged with the Wisconsin Land & Lumber Co. of Hermansville, Michigan, as traveling sales- man and remained with them for nearly four years. He is an ardent advocate of fra- ternal societies, has served as state deputy head consul of the Modern Woodmen of America for nine years, and was elected by acclamation, June, 1903, national director of the Modern Woodmen of America. He is a past grand master workman of the Michigan Grand Lodge of the A. O. U. W., and past grand commander of the military branch of the same order. He is a member of the K. O. T. M., Royal Arcanum, B. P. O. E., Knights of Columbus and C. O. F. Mr. Byrns is married, and has always been a strong Republican. He was elected to the legislature of 1903-4 and reelected Novem- ber 8, 1904, by a vote of 1,858 to 609 for John H. Mortley, 581 for John Power, and 121 for Jacob Kaminen.
IRVIN S. CANFIELD,
Representative from Alpena county, was born at Tyrone, Schuyler county, New York, May 12, 1863. In 1871 he came with his parents to Michigan, locating at Lyons, re- moving two years later to a farm in Hamlin township, Eaton county. His education was obtained in the district school, Eaton Rapids high school from which he graduated in 1885, afterward taking a course in the Detroit Business University. He taught ยท school winters and read law at intervals in the office of John M. Corbin at Eaton Rap- ids. In 1886 he removed to Alpena, where he was engaged as assistant teacher in the
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Alpena high school four years,was admitted to the bar in 1888, and since 1890 has prac- ticed law at that place. Mr. Canfield is married, and has held the office of county school examiner four years, city attorney of Alpena six years, and was chairman of the Repub- lican county committee 1900-1902. He has always been a Republican, and was elected to the legislature of 1905-6 by a vote of 2,398 to 1,006 for Henry Clothier and 153 for Ori I. Richardson.
JUDSON BEECHER CLARK,
Representative from the Schoolcraft district, comprising the counties of Alger, Luce, Mackinac and Schoolcraft, was born at Ashtabula, Ohio, March 24, 1859, of American parentage. His father served in battery G, first Michigan infantry, and at the close of the war Mr. Clark Sr., came to Michigan and settled on a farm in Grand Traverse county. Young Clark attended district school, Traverse City high school, and later attended school at Downer's Grove, Illinois, while living at the home of his uncle. His first work for himself was in a saw mill. Next he engaged in the meat and grocery business at Fife Lake, Michigan, coming to St. Ignace in 1886, and continued this business until two years ago, when he took up the real estate business. He is a married man and has three sons and one daughter. Mr. Clark has always been a Republican and has held the offices of supervisor, mayor, and three terms as treasurer of St. Ignace city. He is prominent in Masonic, Maccabee and Odd Fellow circles, and was master of St. Ignace Lodge, No. 369, F. & A. M. for seven years, and high priest of Mackinac Chapter R. A. M., one year. He was elected to the legislature November 8, 1904, by a vote of 3,783 to 1,363 for John McCarthy.
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