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8. * D. W. Shackleford, D .. Jefferson City 16. T. L. Rubey, D. . Lebanon
MONTANA.
At Large.
*Charles N. Pray, R.
Fort Benton
NEBRASKA.
1. * John A. Maguire, D Lincoln 4. Chas. W. Sloan, R. Geneva
2. C. O. Lobeck, D. .. Omaha
3. * James P. Latta, D Tekamah
5. * George W. Norris, R. McCook
6. * Moses P. Kinkaid, R. O'Neill
MISSISSIPPI.
1. * Ezekiel S. Candler, Jr., D. . Corinth
4. * T. U. Sisson, D Winona
2. * William W. Rucker, D ... Keytesville
3. * Joshua W. Alexander, D .... Gallatin
4. * C. P. Booher, D .. Savannah
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES .- Continued.
NEVADA. At Large.
Edward E. Roberts, R.
Carson City
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
1. * Cyrus A. Sulloway, R. .. Manchester | 2. * Frank D. Currier, R. Canaan
NEW JERSEY.
1. * H. C. Loudenslager, R ..... Paulsboro 6. * William Hughes, D. ... Paterson
2. * John J. Gardner, R ..... Atlantic City 7. Edward W. Townsend, D. . Montclair
3. Thomas J. Scully, D ... . S. Amboy 8. Walter I. McCoy, D. .... E. Orange
4. * Ira IW. Wood, R .. . Trenton 9. * Eugene F. Kinkead, D. .. Jersey City
5. William E. Tuttle, Jr., D ... Westfield 10. * James A. Hamill, D ...... Jersey City
NEW YORK.
1. Martin W. Littleton, D. Port Wash'on
20. * Thomas W. Bradley, R .... Walden
2. * George H. Lindsay, D .Brooklyn 21. Richard E. Connell, D. . Poughkeepsie
3. James P. Maher, D. Brooklyn
22. * William H. Draper, R ....... . Troy
4. Frank E. Wilson, D. Brooklyn 23. 5. Wm. C. Redfield, D Brooklyn Henry S. De Forest, R. . Schenectady 24. * George W. Fairchild, R .... Oneonta 25. Theron Akin, D. Akin
6. * William M. Calder, R. Brooklyn
7. * John J. Fitzgerald, D. Brooklyn
8. * Daniel J. Riordan, D. . New York
10. * William Sulzer, D ..
11. * Charles V. Fornes, D.
12. * Michael F. Conry, D ... New York
13. Jefferson M. Levy, D . New York
14. John J. Kindred, D. . . Astoria
15. Thomas G. Patten, D. ... New York
34. * James S. Simmons, R. . Niagara Falls 35. * Daniel A. Driscoll, D ....... Buffalo 16. * Francis B. Harrison, D ... New York 17. Henry George, Jr., D. . New York 36. Charles B. Smith, D. Buffalo 18. Steven B. Ayres, D. New York
37. * Edward B. Vreeland, R Salamanca
NORTH CAROLINA.
1. * John H. Small, D .. Washington
6. * Hannibal I. Godwin. D Dunn
2. * Claude Kitchin, D .... Scotland Neck 7. * Robert. N. Page, I) Biscoe
3. James M. Faison, D .. Faison 8. R. L. Doughtin, D Sparta
4. * Edward W. Pou, D ..... Smithfield 9 *Edwin Y. Webb, D Shelby
5. Charles M. Stedman, D ... Greensboro
10. John M. Gudger, D) Asheville
NORTH DAKOTA.
At Large.
*L. B. Hanna, R. . Fargo | 11. T. Helgeson, R. . . . Milten
01110.
1. * Nicholas Longworth, R. . Cincinnati 12. * Edward I. Taylor, Jr. R. Columbus 2. Alfred G. Allen, D. Cincinnati 13. * Carl C. Anderson. D Forstorla 3. * James M. Cox, D .. . Dayton 14. * William G. Sharp. D
4. J. H. Gocke, D. Wapakoneta
6. * Matthew R. Denver, D. . Wilmington 7. J. D. Post, D. . Washington, C. Il. 18 J. J. Whitacre, D Canton
8. Frank B. Willis, R .. . Ada 10. E. R. Bathrick, D A k mn
9. * Isaac R. Sherwood, D. Toledo 20. Paul Howland. R.
10. Robert M. Switzer, R ..... Gallipolis
11. H. C. Claypool, D ... . Chillicothe
15. George White, D Marietta 5. * Timothy T. Ansberry, D ... Defiance
16. W. B. Francis, D Martins Ferry
17. * William A. Ashbrook, D Johnstown
21. R. J. Bulkley, D Cleveland
. . Syracuse
30. * John W. Dwight, R .. . Dryden
31. * Sereno E. Payne, R. . Auburn
32. Henry G. Danforth, R .. . Rochester
33. Edwin S. Underhill, R. ..... Bath
29. * Michael E. Driscoll, R ..
26. * George R. Malby, R .... Ogdensburg 27. Charles A. Talcott, D. . Utica
9. * Henry M. Goldfogle, D .. . New York 28. Luther W. Mott, R .. Oswego
New York
New York
19. * John E. Andrus, R. Yonkers
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OKLAHOMA.
1. * Bird S. McGuire, R. . .Pawnee 1 4. * Charles D. Carter, D. Ardmore
2. * Richard T. Morgan, R .... Woodward
5. * Scott Ferris, D. Lawton
3. James L. Davenport, D. .. ... . . Vinita
OREGON.
1. * Willis C. Hawley, R .. . Salem 2. A. W. Lafferty, R. Portland
PENNSYLVANIA.
1. * Henry H. Bingham, R. Philadelphia 2. Vacancy.
3. * J. Hampton Moore, R. . Philadelphia
4. * Reuben O. Moon, R .... Philadelphia
5. Michael Donohue, D. .. Philadelphia 6. * George D. McCreary, R. Philadelphia
7. * Thomas S. Butler, R ... West Chester
8. Robert E. Difenderfer, D. Ashbourne
9. * William W. Griest, R .... Lancaster
10. John R. Farr, R ... . Scranton 26. * A. Mitchell Palmer, D .. Stroudsburg 27. * J. N. Langham, R. Indiana 11. Charles C. Bowman, R ... Pittston
12. Robert E. Lee, D. Pottsville
13. * John H. Rothermel, D. Reading
14. George W. Kipp, D. . Towanda
15. * William B. Wilson, D Blossburg
16. * John G. McHenry, D .. Benton
17. * Benjamin K. Focht, R ... Lewisburg 18. * Marlin E. Olmstead, R. . Harrisburg 19. Jesse L. Hartman, R. . Hollidaysburg 20. * Daniel F .. Lafean, R ........ York
21. Charles E. Patton, R. . Curwensville
Curtis H. Gregg, D ..... Greensburg
23. Thomas S. Crago, R .... Waynesburg
24. Charles Matthews, R ... New Castle 25. * Arthur L. Bates, R .. . . Meadville
28. Peter M. Speer, R .. Oil City
29. Stephen G. Porter, R ... Pittsburg 30. * John Dalzell, R. . Swissvale 31. * James F. Burke, R. . Pittsburg 32. * Andrew J. Barchfeld, R .. Pittsburg
RHODE ISLAND.
Geo. F. O'Shaunessy, D. . Providence 2. George H. Utter, R. . Westerly
SOUTH CAROLINA.
1. * George S. Legare, D. . Charleston 5. * David E. Finley, D. . Yorkville
2. Jas. S. Byrnes, D Aiken
3. * Wyatt Aiken, D ... . Abbeville
4. * Joseph T. Johnson, D. . Spartenburg
SOUTH DAKOTA.
At Large.
*Charles H. Burke, R. . Pierre | *Eben W. Martin, R. Deadwood
TENNESSEE.
1. Sam R. Sells, R. Johnson City 6. * Joseph W. Byrns, D. Nashville
2. * R. W. Austin, R. Knoxville
3. * John A. Moon, D. . Chattanooga
8. * Thetus W. Sims, D. . Linden
4. * Cordell Hull, D. . Carthage 9. * Finis J. Garrett, D. . Dresden
5. * William C. Houston, D .. Woodbury 10. * George W. Gordon, D. Memphis
TEXAS.
1. * Morris Sheppard, D Texarkana
9 .. * George F. Burgess, D. Gonzales 2. * Martin Dies, D. Kountze
10. * Albert S. Burleson, D. Austin 3. James Young, D. Kaufman
11. * Robert L. Henry, D. . Waco
4. * Choice B. Randell, D Sherman 12. Oscar Callaway, D. Comanche
5. * Jack Beall, D .. Waxahachie
6. * Rufus Hardy, D. Corsicana
7. * Alexander W. Gregg, D ... Palestine
S. * John M. Moore, D. . Richmond
13. * John H. Stephens, D. Amarillo
14. * James L. Slayden, D. . San Antonio
15. * John N. Garner, D. Uvalde
16. * William R. Smith,* D. . Colorado
22.
6. * J. Edwin Ellerbe, D. . . Marion
7. * Asbury F. Lever, D. . Lexington
7. * Lemuel P. Padgett, D .. . Columbia
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES .- Continued.
UTAH. At Large.
*Joseph Howell, R.
. Logan
VERMONT.
1. * David J. Foster, R ... ... . Burlington | 2. * Frank Plumley, R. Northfield
VIRGINIA.
1. * William A. Jones, D . Warsaw 6. * Carter Glass, D Lynchburg
2. E. E. Holland, D.
Suffolk 7. * James Hay, D) .. Madison
3. * John Lamb, D .. . Richmond 8. * Charles C. Carlin, D. .... Alexandria
4. Ro. Turnbull, D. Lawrenceville 9. * C. Bascom Slemp, R ... Big Stone Gap
5. * E. W. Saunders, D .... Rocky Mount 10. * Henry D. Flood, D) ... Appomatox
WASHINGTON.
*William E. Humphrey, R ... Seattle
William La Follette, R ..... Pullman Stanton Warburton, R ..... Tacoma
WEST VIRGINIA.
1. John W. Davis, D. Clarksburg 4. John M. Hamilton, D .... Grantsville
2. W. G. Brown, D. . Kingwood
3. Adam B. Littlepage, D. ... Charleston
5. * James A. Hughes, R .... Huntington
WISCONSIN.
1. * Henry A. Cooper, R. Racine 7. * John J. Esch, R. . . La Crosse
2. * John M. Nelson, R. Madison 8. * James H. Davidson, R .... Oshkosh
3. * Arthur W. Kopp, R .. .Platteville 9. Thomas F. Konop, D. .... Kewaunee
4. * William J. Cary, R. . . . Milwaukee 10. * Elmer A. Morse, R .. Antigo
5. Victor L. Berger, Soc .... Milwaukee
6. Michael E. Burke, D ... Beaver Dam
11. * Irvine I. Lenroot, R .... Superior
WYOMING.
1. * Frank W. Mondell, R.
Newcastle
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES .- Concluded.
DELEGATES FROM TERRITORIES.
ALASKA.
1. * James Wickersham. Fairbanks
ARIZONA.
1. * Ralph H. Cameron, R. Flagstaff
HAWAII.
1. * J. K. Kalanianaole, R. Honolulu
NEW MEXICO.
1. * William H. Andrews, R. Albuquerque
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
Resident Commissioners.
1. Benito Legarda. Manila | 2. Manuel L. Quezon. ... Lucena
PORTO RICO.
Resident Commissioner.
1. Luis Munoz Rivera, U . San Juan
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, STATE OFFICERS, SUPREME COURT AND LEGISLATURE.
UNITED STATES SENATORS.
WILLIAM ALDEN SMITH,
[Term expires March 4, 1913.]
Of Grand Rapids, was born at Dowagiac, Michigan, May 12, 1859. He received a common school education and removed with his parents to Grand Rapids in 1872. Mr. Smith was appointed a page in the Michigan House of Representatives in 1879; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1883. He was a member of the Republican State Central Committee in 1888, 1890 and 1892. In June, 1901, he was honored with the degree of master of arts by Dartmouth College. Mr. Smith was elected to the 54th, 55th, 56th, 57th, 58th and 59th Congresses, and reelected to the 60th Congress November 4th, 1906, without opposition. He was elected United States Senator for the full term January 15th, 1907, and elected United States Senator to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator Russell A. Alger, February 5, 1907, and immediately resigned his seat in the House of Representatives, entering upon his duties as United States Senator, February 11, 1907.
CHARLES ELROY TOWNSEND, [Term expires March 4, 1917.]
Of Jackson, was born at Concord, Michigan, August 15, 1856, of New England par- entage. He received his education in the Concord and Jackson high schools and the University of Michigan. He worked on a farm until twenty years of age, when he be- came principal of schools at Parma, Michigan, which work he pursued nine years. Mr Townsend is married, and has always resided in Michigan. He was admitted to the bar at Jackson in 1895 where he has since practiced his profession. He held the office of register of deeds ten years and was elected to the 58th, 59th, 60th and 61st Congresses At the primaries September 6, 1910, he was nominated United States Senator to succes ! Julius Caesar Burrows whose term expired March 4, 1911, and was elected by the Week- lature January 17, 1911, for the term ending March 4, 1917.
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MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
FIRST DISTRICT.
DETROIT CITY, except the 12th, 14th, 16th and 18th wards. Population 1910, 354,731.
FRANK E. DOREMUS,
Democrat, of Detroit, member of Congress from the first district of Michigan, was born in Venango county, Pennsylvania, August 31, 1865, of Holland and English parentage. He was educated in the Portland, Michigan, high school, later entering the Detroit College of Law. He was editor of the Portland Review from 1885 to 1899 and during the past ten years has been practicing law. He was assistant corporation counsel for the city of Detroit four years and city controller three years. Mr. Doremus is married and has been a resident of Michigan forty-four years. He was nominated at the primaries September 6, 1910, and elected November 8, 1910, by a vote of 20,843 to 17,676 for Edwin Denby, 315 for Alfred Lowther and 1,286 for Charles Erb.
SECOND DISTRICT.
COUNTIES .- Jackson, Lenawee, Monroe and Washtenaw; townships of Brownstown, Canton, Ecorce, Huron, Monguagon, Northville, Plymouth, Romulus, Sumpter, Taylor and Van Buren and the city of Wyandotte, Wayne county.
Population 1910, 215,090.
WILLIAM W. WEDEMEYER,
Republican, of Ann Arbor, was born in Lima township, Washtenaw county, Michigan, ยท March 22, 1873, of German parents. His early life was spent on the farm and his educa- tion was acquired in the district school. He later graduated from the Ann Arbor high school and from the literary and law departments of the University of Michigan. He was admitted to the bar in 1895. He served on the board of school examiners and as county school commissioner of Washtenaw county from 1895 to 1897; was deputy commissioner of railroads under Governor Pingree, 1897 to 1899; American Consul, Georgetown, British Guiana, 1905, but relinquished this position on account of sickness. In 1902 he was a candidate for representative in Congress from the second congressional district. Mr. Wedemeyer was elected to the 62nd Congress November 8, 1910, by a vote of 21,485 to 15,125 for John V. Sheehan, 725 for Edward P. Bates and 375 for David J. Malloy.
THIRD DISTRICT.
COUNTIES .- Branch, Calhoun, Eaton, Hillsdale and Kalamazoo. Population 1910, 202,842.
JOHN M. C. SMITH,
Republican, of Charlotte, was born in Ireland in 1853, of Scotch-Irish descent. His parents came to America when he was two years of age and located in Ohio. He received his education in the Potterville and Charlotte high schools and is a graduate from the law department of the University of Michigan. He came to Michigan at the age of
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thirteen and was on a farm until eighteen years of age after which he worked as mason for ten years. Later he engaged in the manufacturing and banking business and the practice of law. He was married in 1887 to Miss Lena Parkhurst and has a daughter and a son. Mr. Smith was nominated at the primaries September 6, 1910, and elected November 8, 1910, by a vote of 18,606 to 11,935 for Nathaniel H. Stewart, 844 for Frederick S. Goodrich and 883 for Charles H. Price.
FOURTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES .- Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Cass, St. Joseph and Van Buren.
Population 1910, 195,382.
EDWARD L. HAMILTON,
Republican, of Niles, Michigan, was born in Niles township, Berrien county, Michigan. December 9, 1857. He received a common school education and was admitted to the bar in 1884. Mr. Hamilton is married and has always resided in Michigan. He was elected to the 55th, 56th, 57th, 58th, 59th, 60th and 61st Congresses. He was again nominated for Congress at the primaries September 6, 1910, and elected November S. 1910, by a vote of 17,282 to 12,185 for John E. Barnes, 653 for Henry Andrews and 650 for O. M. Southworth.
FIFTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES .- Ionia, Kent and Ottawa. Population 1910, 237,996.
EDWIN F. SWEET,
Democrat, of Grand Rapids, was born at Dansville, New York, November 21. 1847. and was educated at Yale. He graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan and practiced law from 1874 to 1904. Mr. Sweet is married and has five children. As a member of the Grand Rapids board of education he led the fight against the bribery methods employed by book companies and aided in eliminating politics from educational matters and making the board of education and library commission elective by the city at large. While mayor he started a non-partisan movement in Grand Rapids outlining a practical plan for local elections which has been endorsed by the voters of Grand Rapids. He inaugurated flood protection measures for Grand Rapids, better hospital location and system, the fight which resulted in taking away the charter from the private corporation competing with the city in the water business. Mr. Sweet was nominated at the primaries September 6, 1910, and elected November S. 1910, by a vote of 15,219 to 14,589 for Gerrit J. Diekema, 893 for Henry W. Powell and 755 fer B. F. Barendsen.
SIXTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES .- Genesee, Ingham, Livingston and Oakland; townships of Dearborn, Green field, Livonia, Nankin, Redford and Springwells, and 12th, 14th, 16th and 15th wards of Detroit city, Wayne county.
Population 1910, 313,010. SAMUEL W. SMITH,
Republican, of Pontiac, was born in the township of Independence, Oakland county. Michigan, August 23, 1852. His education was acquired in the Clarkston and Detroit public schools. He taught school six years. He commeneed the study of law In 1576
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and was admitted to practice in 1877. He was graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan in the class of '78, since which time he has been engaged in the practice of his profession at Pontiac until he became a member of Congress. Mr. Smith was married to Miss Alida E. De Land in 1880, and they have four sons, E. De Land, Ferris N., Wendell and Harlan S. He was elected prosecuting attorney of Oakland county in 1880 and reelected in 1882; was a member of the state senate in 1884; was elected to the 55th, 56th, 57th, 58th, 59th, 60th and 61st Congresses; was renominated at the primaries September 6, 1910, and elected November 8, 1910, by a vote of 23,321 to 18,403 for Alva M. Cummins, 1,210 for W. S. Sly, 1,189 for John A. C. Menton and 1 for Ainsley Smith.
SEVENTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES .- Huron, Lapeer, Macomb, Sanilac and St. Clair; townships of Gratiot, Grosse Point and Hamtramck, Wayne county.
Population 1910, 192,269.
HENRY McMORRAN,
Of Port Huron, was born in Port Huron, July 11, 1844. He was educated in the district schools. He is a business man carrying on many successful enterprises. He has always been a Republican and contributes very much to the success of his party ticket in the seventh district. In 1866 he was married to Miss Emma C. Williams and to them have been born a son and two daughters. He was elected representative to the 58th, 59th, 60th and 61st Congresses; was renominated at the primaries September 6, 1910, and elected November 8, 1910, by a vote of 15,897 to 11,595 for Thomas Wellman, 687 for Nelson Miller, 427 for William H. Smith, 1 for Louis C. Cramton and 8 for Fred N. Hitchcock.
EIGHTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES .- Clinton, Saginaw, Shiawassee and Tuscola. Population 1910, 180,578. JOSEPH W. FORDNEY,
Republican, of Saginaw, Saginaw county, was born in Blackford county, Indiana, November 5, 1853; lived with his parents on a farm until he was sixteen years of age, received a common school education, and came to Saginaw in June, 1869. He is mar- ried. Mr. Fordney began life in the lumber woods, logging and estimating pine timber, thus acquiring a thorough knowledge of the pine land and lumber business. In 1892 he engaged in the manufacture of baskets, which, with pine lands and lumber has occu- pied his attention since. He was elected alderman in 1895, and reelected in 1897; was elected to the 56th, 57th, 58th, 59th, 60th and 61st Congresses; was renominated at the primaries September 6, 1910, and elected November 8, 1910, by a vote of 14,878 to 10,571 for James P. Devereaux, 544 for J. George Fisher and 323 for Frank E. Jones.
NINTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES .- Benzie, Lake, Leelanau, Manistee, Mason, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana and Wexford.
Population 1910, 173,650.
JAMES C. MCLAUGHLIN,
Republican, of Muskegon, was born in Illinois in 1858. He received his education in the high school of Muskegon and the literary and law departments of the University of Michigan. He is a practicing attorney, is president of the Muskegon Abstract Com-
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pany, and has resided in Michigan since 1864. Mr. McLaughlin has been prosecuting attorney of Muskegon county and was appointed by Governor Bliss in January, 1901. a member of the Board of State Tax Commissioners, serving until November, 190 .. when the board was reorganized by the legislature of 1905. He was elected to the 60th and 61st Congresses and reelected November 8, 1910, by a vote of 13,029 to 6,171 for Emery D. Weimer, 629 for R. C. Young, 8 for Fred Rocke, 1 for Mr. Helm and 1 for W. W. Slocum.
TENTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES .- Alcona, Alpena, Arenac, Bay, Cheboygan, Crawford, Emmet, Gladwin, Iosco, Midland, Montmorency, Ogemaw, Oscoda, Otsego and Presque Isle.
Population 1910, 208,574.
GEORGE ALVIN LOUD,
Republican, of Au Sable, Oscoda county, was born at Bracebridge, Ohio, June 18, 1852. descending from early Puritan stock, being the tenth generation from Elder William Brewster; later ancestors, Austin Loud and Alvin Kile, grandfathers, were respected pioneer settlers of northern Ohio. When Mr. Loud was four years of age, the family removed to Massachusetts and in his fifteenth year they again changed residence to Au Sable, Michigan. He was educated in the English high school (military) Boston Professor Patterson's school, Detroit, and Ann Arbor high school. On leaving school he became associated with his father and brothers, Henry Nelson and Edward F. Loud in the lumber business on the Au Sable river, the partnership with his brothers con- tinuing up to the present time. He married Elizabeth Glennie, only daughter of John W. Glennie, a well known lumberman and banker, and has four daughters. . Served four years on Governor Pingree's staff and during the Spanish war was sent by the governor to Montauk Point to represent him in caring for sick and disabled soldiers sent from Cuba. later sent in charge of hospital train through southern camps and hospitals to bring home sick soldiers of Michigan regiments; was on board the U. S. revenue cutter "McCulloch", serving as paymaster, at the battle of Manila. He was elected repm sentativc to the 62nd Congress for the fifth consecutive terin by a vote of 15,060 to 8,746 for Albert Miller, 445 for George A. Parmenter, 944 for Henry A. Hotchkiss and 1 for F. M. Saunders.
ELEVENTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES .- Antrim, Charlevoix, Clare, Grand Traverse, Gratiot, Isabella, Kalkaska. Mccosta, Missaukee, Montcalm, Osceola and Roscommon.
Population 1910, 210,123.
FRANCIS HENRY DODDS,
Republican, of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella county, was born in St. Lawrence county, New York, Junc 9, 1858. Hc came to Isabella county with his parents in 1866 and there received his early education in the common schools. He is a graduate of Olivet College and of the law department of the University of Michigan; was president of the law alumni of the latter institution during the years 1880-1881. From 1874 to 1878, he taught school, and since 1880 has been in active practice of the law. Mr. Dodds la mar- ried. He was elected to the 61st Congress and reelected November 8, 1910, by a role of 16,179 to 7,157 for Hubbard Head, 660 for Lewis Welch and 976 for Raymond Bentley.
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TWELFTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES .- Alger, Baraga, Chippewa, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Luce, Mackinac, Marquette, Menominee, Ontonagon and Schoolcraft.
Population 1910, 325,628.
H. OLIN YOUNG,
Republican, of Ishpeming, Marquette county, was born August 4, 1850, at New Albion, New York, of English, Scotch and Welsh descent, and received his education in the Chamberlain Institute, Randolph, New York. Mr. Young is a lawyer. He held the office of prosecuting attorney of Marquette county from 1886 to 1896, and represented his district in the state legisalture of 1879. He was elected representative to the 58th, 59th, 60th and 61st Congresses and was reelected November 8, 1910, by a vote of 24,661 to 8,751 for Gideon T. Werline and 89 for Richard Quale.
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JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT.
CHIEF JUSTICE OSTRANDER. [Term expires December 31, 1919.]
Russell Cowles Ostrander was born at Ypsilanti, Michigan, September 1, 1851, and removed with his parents to Lansing in April, 1858, where he has since resided. Pure Dutch on his father's side, on his mother's he is a descendant of John Cowles, one of the first settlers of Farmington, Connecticut, and member of the General Court of that colony. He was educated in the ward and high schools of Lansing, teacher of a country school as early as 1868, and received a practical and thorough commercial education. He entered the law department of the University of Michigan in 1874, receiving his degree in 1876, in which year he was admitted to the bar. In 1876 and again in 1878 was elected circuit court commissioner, and in 1880 prosecuting attorney of Ingham county. Was city attorney of Lansing in 1895-6, and mayor of the city in 1896-7. From its organization in 1895 to December 31, 1904, he was a member of the state board of law examiners. Mr. Ostrander was nominated by the Republicans in convention at Saginaw, September 8, 1904, for justice of the supreme court, and was clected Novem- ber 8, 1904, for the term of seven years and reelected April 4, 1911, by a plurality of 132,317.
JUSTICE HOOKER.
[Term expires December 31, 1913.]
Frank A. Hooker was born at Hartford, Connecticut, January 16, 1844. When twelve years of age he removed with his parents to Maumee, Ohio, and later to Defi- ance; attended the public schools, the law department of the University of Michigan and was graduated from the latter in 1865. He began the practice of law at Bryan. Ohio, and after one year came to Charlotte, Michigan, where, until his clection to the supreme bench, he was engaged in the practice of his profession. Mr. Hooker was married August 5, 1868, to Miss Emma E. Carter, at Defiance, Ohio. Mrs. Hooker died at Lansing, November 24, 1909. Two sons were born to them, Harry E. Hooker, a lawyer, of Lansing, and Dr. Charles E. Hooker, of Grand Rapids. In politics he is a Republican; has held the office of superintendent of schools of Eaton county ; was prosecu- ting attorney for two terms, and in 1878 was appointed judge of the fifth judicial circuit by Governor Croswell to fill vacancy; was continucd as circuit judge by a vote of the people at the following election and held that office until resigning to accept a position on the supreme bench, made vacant by the resignation of Chief Justice Morse He was elected to that position at the general clection of 1892, and reelected April 3, 1893. for the full term to succeed himself. Mr. Hooker was again reelected April 6, 1903. for a term of ten years, by a vote of 215,825 to 127,582 for James H. Pound, 14,611 for Winent H. D. Fox, 3,951 for Peter Friesema, Jr., and 6,402 for Herbert A. Hodge. Justice Hooker was chief justice during the years 1893, 1902 and 1903, and will be again during 1913.
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