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ERASTUS N. BATES,
Senator from the eighth district, comprising the counties of Allegan and Van Buren, was born in Geauga county, Ohio, March 1, 1845. When twelve years of age he re- moved with his parents to Dorr township, Allegan county, where he has since resided.
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He received his education in the district schools. He was married to Flora I. Gilbert in 1870 and they have five children living. His attention has been given to farming and mercantile business and at present is a farmer. Mr. Bates enlisted in the 21st Michigan infantry in 1864, marched with Sherman from Chattanooga to the sea, and served until the close of the war. He has held the office of supervisor; represented the second district of Allegan county in the house, 1885-7; served as financial clerk of the house in 1889 under Daniel Crossman; appointed a trustee of the Michigan Asylum in 1889 by Governor Luce and reappointed by Governors Rich and Bliss. He is a Republican and was elected to the senate of 1907-8 and reelected November 3, 1908, by a vote of 10,036 to 4,520 for Benjamin F. Granger and 247 for F. E. Miller.
TOM J. G. BOLT,
Senator from the twenty-third district, comprising the counties of Muskegon and Ottawa, was born in Devonshire, England, April 16, 1848. He came to America and landed at New York, March, 1857. He went to London, Canada, and in the winter of 1858 located in Ottawa county, Michigan, and lived on his father's farm which he helped to clear. He attended school at Lisbon, Ottawa county, and graduated from Grand Rapids high school in 1867. He taught district and village schools in Kent, Ottawa and Muskegon counties for twenty-one successive years. He was married to Ola A. Minnich, December 25, 1874, and has three children, Louis J., Lucius P. and Adah T. Mr. Bolt now owns 900 acres of land and has always lived upon, and operated a farm. He has held the offices of school inspector, township superintendent of schools, township treasurer, supervisor and county school commissioner. He was in the employ of the state tax commission for five years doing expert field work, was elected supervisor first in 1882 and has been supervisor of his township twenty-four terms, at present holding that office. Mr. Bolt is a Republican, was elected to the senate November 3, 1908, by a vote of 10,220 to 4,894 for William O. VanEyck, 364 for John G. Blok and 258 for Truman E. Hubbell.
WILLIAM HERBERT BRADLEY,
Senator from the eighteenth district, comprising the counties of Ionia and Montcalm, was born in Spencer township, Kent county, Michigan, February 26, 1859 and received his education in the public schools. He worked three years in his father's store and five and one-half years in a printing office. From 1880 to 1884, he was engaged in the retail general merchandise business, and from 1884 to 1905 he was in the wholesale and retail grocery business. Since 1905 he has conducted an exclusive wholesale grocery business. Mr. Bradley has served as alderman of Greenville, was mayor of Greenville in 1891, and appointed alderman in 1908. He is married, and has two boys and two girls. He is a Republican and was elected to the senate November 3, 1908, by a vote of 8,833 to 5,288 for William C. Smith and 682 for Henry W. Powell.
WILLIAM A. COLLINS,
Senator from the twenty-fourth district, comprising the counties of Bay and Midland, was born at Saginaw, Michigan, February 19, 1879, and received his education in the public and high schools of Bay City. Leaving school in 1896, he began teaching in the country schools of Bay county, continuing teaching for six years, in the meantime studying law. He was admitted to the bar on passing examination before the state board of law examiners in 1901, and began the practice of law in 1902, which practice he still continues. Mr. Collins is married and has always been a resident of Michigan. He has two sons. He was a member of the Bay county board of school examiners from 1899 to 1902, and circuit court commissioner from 1902 to 1906. He is a Repub- lican and was elected to the senate November 3, 1908, by a vote of 8,772 to 5,244 for Charles C. Castanier and 295 for John Daniels.
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LUREN D. DICKINSON,
Senator from the fifteenth district, comprising the counties of Barry, Clinton and Eaton, was born in Niagara county, New York, April 15, 1859, of English and Irish descent. His parents removed to Eaton county, Michigan, in 1860, where he has since lived, receiving his education in the district schools and the Charlotte high school. He taught school during the winter for nineteen years and was at one time principal of the Potter- ville high school. He was married in 1888 to Zora D. Cooley and has one adopted daughter. Mr. Dickinson has been interested in farming, fruitgrowing and stock- raising for many years. He is a stockholder in the First National Bank of Charlotte, trustee of the Eaton M. E. Church and a member of the order of K. of P. He is a Repub- lican, has been a member of the county committee for twenty-four years, was chairman of the representative committee four years, assessor of school district eleven years, town clerk, superintendent of schools under old system, supervisor several terms, and representative in the legislatures of 1897-8, 1905-6 and 1907-8. He was elected to the senate November 3, 1908, by a vote of 10,778 to 7,972 for Dwight Backus and 226 for Selah A. McGee.
EARL FAIRBANKS, M. D.,
Senator from the twenty-sixth district, comprising the counties of Lake, Manistee, Mason, Newaygo and Oceana, was born at Fillmore Center, Allegan county, Michigan, July 19, 1860, of English parents. He is a descendent of Jonathan Fairbanks, who came to this country in 1630 and built the first house in Dedham, Massachusetts, which is still standing. Mr. Fairbanks is a vice president, as is also Hon. Charles W. Fair- banks, of the association "The Fairbanks Family of America." He attended the district schools until fourteen years of age. He taught school, worked in the lumber woods and on the railroad until he secured enough money to pay expenses in the medical department of the University of Michigan, from which he graduated in 1888. He established himself at once in the practice of medicine at Luther where he has since resided. He was postmaster at Luther six years, president of the village five years, chairman of the Republican county committee eight years, president of the school board four years and is at the present time chairman of the Republican county com- mittee. He was alternate delegate to the Republican national convention at St. Louis, 1896, and delegate to the convention of 1900 at Philadelphia, from the ninth congressional district. Dr. Fairbanks is married and has four children. He represented his district in the house of 1903-4 and 1905-6, was elected to the senate of 1907-8 and reelected November 3, 1908, by a vote of 11,123 to 5,166 for J. Edwin Secor and 1 for J. H. Blades.
EUGENE FOSTER,
Senator from the twenty-eighth district, comprising the counties of Alcona, Arenac, Clare, Crawford, Gladwin, Iosco, Ogemaw, Osceola, Oscoda and Roscommon, was born at Caroga, Fulton county, N. Y., August 8, 1860. He was educated in the public schools of Fulton and Hamilton counties, New York, and Cass City and Tuscola, Michigan. In 1875 he began to learn the printers' trade at Midland, Michigan, remaining there until 1878, when he went to Gladwin and took charge of the Gladwin County Record which had just been established and he has been one of its publishers since the fall of that year. He has held the offices of school assessor, member of board of education, clerk of Grout township, clerk of Gladwin village five terms, postmaster under President Harrison and mayor of Gladwin city five terms. He was a member of the constitutional convention of 1907-8, from the twenty-eighth district, and has been a member of the Gladwin county Republican committee since 1882 and chairman thereof since 1892. Mr. Foster is a member of the F. & A. M., K. of P., O. E. S., Foresters, Ben Hurs, Loyal Guards and Woodmen. He was elected to the senate November 3, 1908, by a vote of 10,839 to 4,553 for Fred Powell and 34 for William Ream.
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OTTO FOWLE,
Senator from the thirtieth district comprising the counties of Chippewa, Delta, Luce, Mackinac, Menominee and Schoolcraft, was born at Moscow, Hillsdale county, Mich- igan, January 9, 1852. He was educated in the district schools, Hillsdale high school, and business college, and worked on a farm until sixteen. In 1871 he entered Hills- dale College and graduated in 1875, having taught school during two winters. He later read law, and was admitted to the bar at Hillsdale, September, 1877. In 1878 he was elected circuit court commissioner. Mr. Fowle was married to Jennie E. Mead, June 30, 1880. He opened the first bank in Chippewa county at the Soo in July, 1883, with E. H. Mead as partner. In August, 1886, he formed the First National Bank into which the private bank was merged, and has been its president since organization. He has also held several public offices, being appointed on board of water commissioners and sewer commissioner in village of Soo, elected first Republican mayor in 1889, chair- man board of supervisors, chamber of commerce, commercial club, treasurer of public library board, etc. Mr. Fowle organized St. Mary's Falls Water Power Company, original of Lake Superior Power Company; was appointed by Governor Bliss on board of trustees U. P. hospital for insane and was chairman of board for about four years. Mr. Fowle was elected to the senate November 3, 1908, by a vote of 11,766 to 3 for John Winters and 1 for David Knox.
EDWIN G. FOX,
Senator from the twenty-first district, comprising the counties of Lapeer and Tuscola, was born of American parents in the Province of Ontario, fifty-eight years ago. Fifty- three years ago he came to Michigan and lived in Lapeer county for a short time, later locating at Flint. Most of the time since, he has lived in Tuscola county. He received his education in the public schools. After spending one year as clerk and bookkeeper in a general store, he went to western Iowa to take charge of a general store. Owing to failing health he returned to Mayville, Michigan, where he took charge of a general store for a few years. In 1876 he engaged in the mercantile business for himself, which is continued under the firm name of Edwin G. Fox & Son. Mr. Fox served six years as town clerk, four years as register of deeds, two years village president and eighteen years on the school board. He is a Republican; was a member of the senate of 1887,- '89 and '93; and was again elected to the senate November 3, 1908, by a vote of 7,948 to 304 for George Holman.
ALBERT CHARLES KINGMAN,
Senator from the ninth district, comprising the counties of Branch and Calhoun, was born at Corning, Steuben county, New York, June 18, 1850, of American parentage. He received his education in the Angelica Academy, New York, and Kalamazoo College. When quite young. his father removed to Angelica, in Allegheny county, New York, where they lived until 1867, when they removed to Michigan, and settled at Cassopolis. In 1868 Mr. Kingman entered Kalamazoo College as a freshman, having received his preparatory training in Angelica Academy. He graduated from Kalamazoo College in 1872, receiving the A. B. degree and the degree A. M. in due course in 1874. He studied law at Dowagiac and at the University of Michigan, and was admitted to the bar in 1874. In 1877 he came to Battle Creek to practice law where he has since re- sided. Mr. Kingman has never held public office except one term as alderman of Battle Creck. He is an ardent Republican, and was elected to the senate November 3, 1908, by a vote of 10,522 to 6,783 for Silas W. L. Scott, 613 for James S. Finch and 533 for W. C. Phelps .-
FRED B. KLINE,
Senator from the nineteenth district, comprising the counties of Lenawee and Monroe, was born at Addison, Lenawee county, Michigan, February 1, 1865. His education was acquired in the public schools of Addison. At the age of twenty years he engaged
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in the hardware business at Addison and still continues this business. He is married and has always resided in Addison with the exception of four years' residence at Adrian while serving as county clerk. He is a Republican and was elected to the senate of 1907-8 and reelected November 3, 1908, by a vote of 10,636 to 8,310 for Alister B. Staup and 625 for Charles E. Mitchell.
GUSTAV A. KRUEGER,
Senator from the second district of Wayne county, comprising the fifth, seventh and ninth wards of Detroit, was born in Germany in 1868, acquiring his education in Smith's Business University, Peters' German and English private school, Central High of Detroit, and the public schools. At the age of twelve he emigrated with his parents to Detroit, Michigan, where he learned the cigar trade. He was secretary of the C. M. B. A. for fifteen years. Mr. Krueger has always been a Republican, and was for four years a member of the Republican county committee. He is at present an active member of several secret societies. He was elected to the senate November 3, 1908, by a vote of 5,209 to 4,790 for August Cyrowski, 113 for George Suttie and 260 for Henry Kummerfeld.
JOHN DONALD M. MACKAY,
Senator from the third 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 thirteen years has been engaged in the practice of law at Detroit. He is a Republican, was elected to the state senate for the terms of 1905-6, 1907-8 and reelected November 3, 1908, by a vote of 13,191 to 5,146 for Edward S. Grece, 478 for John Sweet and 333 for Edward A. Hoisington. ,
CARL E. MAPES,
Senator from the sixteenth district, comprising the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth wards of the city of Grand Rapids, was born in Eaton county, Michigan, December 26, 1874. He is a graduate of Olivet College and of the law department, University of Michigan, and has practiced law in Grand Rapids since his graduation in 1899. Mr. Mapes was assistant in the prosecuting attorney's office of Kent county from 1901 to 1904. He is a Republican, was representative in the legislature of 1905-6, and was elected to the senate November 3, 1908, by a vote of 8,229 to 5,636 for Arthur S. White and 467 for Ernest L. Woodard.
FRED R. MING,
Senator from the twenty-ninth district, comprising the counties of Alpena, Charlevoix , Emmet, Montmorency, Otsego and Presque Isle, was born at Rochester, New York, October 13, 1865, of German parentage. He received his education at the Ontario Veterinary College of Toronto, Canada, and at Belleville College, Belleville, Canada. He came to Cheboygan at the age of fourteen, and at the age of eighteen began teach- ing school, continuing this work for five years and at the same time studying veterinary surgery. He is married, and has been a resident of Michigan for twenty-seven years. He was interested in the organization of the fire department of Cheboygan, and was chief of the department for three years. He was chief of police for three years and has held the office of sheriff for six years. Mr. Ming has been interested in fruit growing and general farming, livery and sale stable, and selling agricultural implements. He was representative from Cheboygan county in 1905-6, was elected to the senate of 1907-8 and reelected November 3, 1908, by a vote of 12,488 to 5,015 for George W. Manion.
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MICHAEL H. MORIARTY,
Senator from the thirty-first district, comprising the counties of Alger, Dickinson, Gogebic, 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 clerkship in the legislature of 1889, and at the close of the session opened a law office in Crystal Falls. Mr. Moriarty has held the offices of county commissioner of schools, prosecuting attorney, county treasurer of Iron county, and member of the board of control of the state house of correction and branch prison at Marquette. He is a Republican, and was elected to the state senate for the terms of 1903-4, 1905-6 and 1907-8, and reelected November 3, 1908, by a vote of 13,169 to 3,572 for John H. Lewis.
FRANK T. NEWTON,
Senator from the twelfth district, comprising the counties of Oakland and Washtenaw, was born in Washtenaw county, Michigan, September 30, 1867, of English parentage. He received his education in the district schools. Mr. Newton taught school for nine years, was traveling salesman for four years, and has been in the manufacturing business ten years. He has held the office of sheriff of Washtenaw county. Mr. Newton is a Republican and was elected to the senate November 3, 1908, by a vote of 11,823 to 8,732 for Morgan Axford and 708 for Charles Thompson.
GEORGE G. SCOTT,
Senator from the fifth district of Wayne county, was born at Detroit, Michigan, Septem- ber 16, 1874, of Scotch descent. He is the son of the late Rev. John P. Scott, D. D., formerly pastor of the church now known as the Second Avenue Presbyterian of Detroit. He received his education at the National Normal University of Lebanon, Ohio, being graduated from the scientific and business departments, and later was graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan. He is a member of the bar of the state of Ohio as well as Michigan, and has been admitted to practice in the United States Courts. Mr. Scott married Miss Hattie A. Krause of Detroit, June 5, 1907. He is a practicing attorney with offices at 48 Home Bank Building, Detroit, Michigan. He is a Republican, represented the fourth district of Wayne county in the legislature of 1905-6 and the first district in 1907-8, and was elected to the senate November 3, 1908, by a vote of 8,443 to 4,469 for Daniel P. Cassidy, 358 for Timothy Edwards and 316 for Martin Roskay.
FRANCIS J. SHIELDS,
Senator from the thirteenth district, comprising the counties of Genesee and Livingston, was born at Howell, Michigan, in 1874, of Irish-American descent. His education was acquired in the Howell high school and the University of Michigan, graduating from the literary and law departments. Mr. Shields has practiced law for eleven years and has always been a resident of Michigan. He is a Republican and was elected to the senate November 3, 1908, by a vote of 9,983 to 372 for Joseph D. Stehle.
CHARLES SMITH,
Senator from the thirty-second district, comprising the counties of Baraga, Hough- ton, Keweenaw and Ontonagon, was born in the township of Livonia, Wayne county, Michigan, December 24, 1839, and remained on the farm until 1857. He attended the union school at Ypsilanti until 1862, with the exception of three months' 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-six years he has been in the employ of copper smelting companies, and at present is clerk of the smelting department of the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company. He is vice presi-
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dent of the First National Bank of Lake Linden and director of the Northern Mich- igan Building & Loan Association of Hancock. He is a Republican and has served twenty consecutive terms as supervisor of his township. Mr. Smith represented his dis- trict in the lower house of the legislature during the terms of 1895-6 and 1897-8, was elected to the senate of 1899-1900, 1901-2, 1903-4, 1905-6, 1907-8 and was again re- elected November 3, 1908, by a vote of 11,407 to 3,978 for Matthias A. Thometz, 838 for Charles J. Johnson and 1 for John Hepting.
LAWRENCE W. SNELL,
Senator from the first district of Wayne county, was born in Hamtramck, Wayne county, May 28, 1870, of German descent. He was educated in the common schools, supplemented by a course in the Detroit Business University. He was married in November, 1900, to Estelle M. Chamberlin, of Berlin, Green Lake county, Wisconsin, and has two sons and one daughter. Early in his career he was a dealer in real estate, but in later years has engaged in the dairy business and at present owns and operates the Log Cabin Creamery of Detroit. He is also a member of the firm of Snell & Seeley which firm handles all vaccine cattle for Parke, Davis Co. Mr. Snell served two terms as village trustee, as well as four years as justice of the peace, and is at present a member of the Michigan State Agricultural Society. He is a Mason, a member of Palestine Lodge, Michigan Sovereign Consistory and Moslem Temple Mystic Shrine, Detroit, and belongs to Greenfield Tent of the Maccabees. He is an active Republican, was representative in the legislatures of 1905-6 and 1907-8, and was elected to the senate November 3, 1908, by a vote of 12,494 to 6,309 for John H. Dohrman, 345 for Joseph E. Ryerson, 743 for Charles Schroeder and 1 for George D. Scott.
WALTER ROSS TAYLOR,
Senator from the sixth senatorial district, comprising the counties of Kalamazoo and St. Joseph, was born in Grand Rapids township, Kent county, Michigan, November 5, 1859, and received his education in the district schools. He is married and has been a resident of Michigan all of his life. Mr. Taylor lived with his parents on a farm until past the age of twenty, when he went to Newaygo in 1879 and became deputy for his brother, George E., then register of deeds and owner of abstracts of title. He was elected clerk, and later assessor of the village. In 1888 he removed to Kalamazoo where he was employed in the abstract office one year, and in 1889 went to Lansing on appointment by W. D. Fuller, then reporter of the supreme court, finally acquired the abstract business of Kalamazoo county. In 1905 and 1906 he served as mayor. Mr. Taylor is a member of the F. & A. M., I. O. O. F., K. of P., and the Elks, at present president of the "Michigan Elks." He was recently elected at DesMoines, Iowa, vice president of American Association of Title Men. He is a Republican and was elected to the senate November 3, 1908, by a vote of 10,319 to 7,219 for John S. Flanders and 406 for Guy H. Lockwood.
ARTHUR J. TUTTLE,
Senator from the fourteenth district, comprising the counties of Ingham and Shiawassee, was born in Leslie township, Ingham county, Michigan, November 8, 1868. He was graduated from the Leslie high school in 1888, from the literary department of the University of Michigan in 1892 and from the law department of the University of Michigan in 1895. He has practiced law at Leslie since leaving the university. In the fall of 1898 he was elected prosecuting attorney of Ingham county and in January, 1899, opened a law office in the city of Lansing. He was reelected in the fall of 1900. Many important criminal cases were tried by him during his term of office, including the so-called military fraud and state cases. He was elected president of the village of Leslie in 1905 and now holds that office. He is president of the People's Bank of Leslie, is interested in farming and various business enterprises but devotes nearly all of his time to his legal business. He maintains his law offices at both Leslie and
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Lansing. He has always been an active Republican, having served as president of the Zach Chandler Republican Club of Ingham county and for two terms as chairman of the county committee of Ingham county. He was married March 11, 1903, to Jessie B. Stewart and they have two daughters, Ruth, born March 21, 1904 and Esther, born September 27, 1905. He was elected to the senate of 1907-8 and reelected November 3, 1908, by a vote of 10,553 to 7,865 for John W. Whallon.
NEWTON O. WARD,
Senator from the twenty-fifth district, comprising the counties of Gratiot, Isabella and Mecosta, was born at Sheffield, Ontario, November 8, 1854. He came to Michigan in 1862 and received his education in the public schools. At the age of fifteen he was thrown upon his own resources by the sudden death of his father, and began teaching school, which profession he followed six years, after which he entered the hardware, implement and grain business, in which he has since been successfully engaged. Mr. Ward was married in 1876. He has held the offices of township clerk, supervisor, census enumerator, superintendent of schools, member of village council, and post- master under President Mckinley. In politics he is a Republican, was a representative in the legislatures of 1901-2 and 1903-4 and was elected to the senate November 3, 1908, by a vote of 10,013 to 5,450 for Clark C. Field.
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