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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 re- ceived his education in the public schools, and at Eastman's business college, Pough- keepsie, New York. He worked for 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 1903 was in the wholesale and retail grocery business. Since 1903 he has conducted an exclusive wholesale grocery business. Mr. Bradley is married and has two boys and two girls. He has served as alderman of Greenville, was mayor in 1908 and again in 1909. He is a Republican and was elected to the senate of 1909-10 and reelected November 8, 1910, by a vote of 5,265 to 3,669 for Nathan B. Hayes, 582 for Alfred L. Benedict and 232 for Judson Seymour.
CHARLES ERNEST CARTIER,
Senator from the twenty-sixth district, comprising the counties of Lake, Manistee, Mason, Newaygo and Oceana, was born at Manistee, Michigan, March 24, 1875. He was educated in the Ludington public schools and the University of Michigan. He was manager of a factory for seven years, manager of a general store and in the lumber and coal business six years. He has been a resident of Michigan for thirty-five years, is married and has two children. Mr. Cartier has served two terms as mayor of Luding- ton, is a director of the First National Bank of Ludington, vice-president of the Cartier lumber company and of the Cartier manufacturing company. He is a Republican and was elected to the senate November 8, 1910, by a vote of 6,894 to 4,293 for Nelson J. Gaylord.
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
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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 of 1909-10 and reelected November 8, 1910, by a vote of 5,120 to 3,888 for Clarence L. Sheldon.
JOHN CONLEY,
Senator from the twenty-first senatorial district, comprising the counties of Lapeer and Tuscola, was born in Lapeer township, Lapeer county, Michigan, in 1863, of Irish parentage. He lived on a farm until the age of twenty years and was educated in the district schools. He worked in the lumber woods for six years. Mr. Conley was town- ship clerk two years, supervisor twelve years, sheriff four years, and has held other offices. He is married and has always resided in Michigan. He is a Democrat and was elected to the senate at the special election held on Monday, January 30, 1911, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Edwin G. Fox.
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 printer's 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., R. A. M., K. of P., O. E. S., Foresters, Ben Hurs, Loyal Guards and Woodmen. He is a Republican and was elected to the senate of 1909-10, and reelected November 8, 1910, by a vote of 7,059 to 1,934 for John T. Winship and 222 for Ezra Hyland.
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 1526 he was elected circuit court commissioner. Mr. Fowle was married to Jennie 1. Mead. June 30, 1880. He opened the first bank in Chippewa county at the Soo in July, 1853 with E. H. Mcad 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 1859, chair- man board of supervisors, chamber of commerce, commercial club, treasurer of public library board, ctc. Mr. Fowle organized St. Mary's Falls Water Power Company. original of Lake Superior Power Company; was appointed by Governor Blims on board of trustees U. l'. hospital for insane and was chairman of board for about four Jeals Mr. Fowle has always been a Republican and was elected to the senate of 1900-10 and reelected November 8, 1910, having no opposition.
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LEONARD FREEMAN,
Senator from the thirteenth district, comprising the counties of Genesee and Livingston, was born in Crawford county, Pennsylvania, May 6, 1867, and came to Michigan in 1903. Previous to his coming to Michigan he was engaged in the mercantile business and in farming. Since locating in this state he has been engaged in the manufacture of butter and cheese, farming, and dealing in real estate. Mr. Freeman is married and has six children. He is president of the Fenton State Savings Bank of Fenton, has served one term as village president of Fenton, and was a member of the board of con- trol, Michigan Reformatory at Ionia, from February, 1908, up to the time of his election as state senator. He has also served on the board of prison industries. He is a Re- publican and was elected to the senate November 8, 1910, by a vote of 6,763 to 4,610 for E. A. Stowe, 469 for H. G. Briggs and 545 for Herbert F. Bodine.
W. FRANK JAMES,
Senator from the thirty-second district, comprising the counties of Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw and Ontonagon, was born at Morristown, New Jersey, May 23, 1873, of Cornish descent. He was educated in the Hancock high school and at Albion college. He has served as treasurer of Houghton county, alderman and mayor of Hancock. Mr. James is married and has been engaged in the insurance and real estate business since 1898. He participated in the Spanish-American war, being a member of company F, thirty-fourth Michigan. He is a Republican and was elected to the senate November 8, 1910, by a vote of 7,456 to 3,711 for John D. Cuddihy, 286 for John Valimaki, 3 for James Fyfe and 1 for Sampson J. Waters.
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 Alleghany 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 of 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. He is an ardent Republican, and was elected to the senate of 1909-10 and re- elected November 8, 1910, by a vote of 7,168 to 4,907 for James S. Ogden and 316 for W. J. Rogers.
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 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 1909-10 and reelected November 8, 1910, by a vote of 7,316 to 6,752 for James W. Helme and 254 for William S. Kimball.
JAMES HENDERSON LEE,
Senator from the fourth district of Wayne county, was born at New York City, March 27, 1887, and was educated in the Detroit public and high schools, later taking a law course at the Detroit College of Law from which he graduated in 1909. He is a member
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of the law firm of Chawke & Lee, Detroit. Mr. Lee is a Democrat and is the youngest member of the present senate. He was elected to the senate November 8, 1910, by a vote of 6,385 to 4,787 for John N. Anhut, 179 for John A. Wells and 277 for Arthur E. Purdon.
JOHN LEIDLEIN,
Senator from the twenty-second district, comprising the county of Saginaw, was born at Buena Vista, Saginaw county, Michigan, September 3, 1864, of German parents, and was educated in the public schools. His parents came to Saginaw county from Bavaria sixty-two years ago. He was twice elected township clerk of Buena Vista, the first time when he was but twenty-one years of age, and at the age of twenty-two was elected secretary of the Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Saginaw county, holding this position for five years and declining a reelection. He was supervisor eleven years, chairman of the board, five years-being chosen unanimously the last four times; was school director eight years, a member of the state senate of 1899-1900, and during the past three years has been president of the Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company. He is president of the State Association of Supervisors and of the State Association of Mutual Fire Insurance Companies. For the past fifteen years he has been manager of the Buena Vista Cheese Company besides conducting a farm. Mr. Leidlein is married. He is a Democrat and was elected to the senate November 8, 1910, by a vote of 6,160 to 5,832 for Peter Herrig, 129 for John H. Johnson and 76 for John Hood.
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 and was representative in the legislature of 1905-6; was elected to the senate of 1909-10 and reelected November S. 1910, by a vote of 5,109 to 3,127 for John E. More and 189 for George H. Newell.
GUY ALONZO MILLER,
Senator from the third district of Wayne county, was born at Aurora, Illinois, Septem- ber 11, 1875, of American parentage, and came to Michigan in 1876. He attended the Detroit high school, graduating in 1894, and the University of Michigan; was grad- uated from the literary department in 1898 and from the law department in 1900 He was married in 1901 and has two children. Since graduation in 1900, Mr. Miller has been engaged in the active practice of his profession at Detroit. He is a Republican and was elected to the legislatures of 1907-8 and 1909-10, and was elected to the senate November 8, 1910, by a vote of 8,826 to 4,295 for Fred Wright, Jr., 253 for Fred I. Cook, 252 for Henry J. Robinson and 5 for Charles Erb.
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, 1559, 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 1557. 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 hield 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 Re- publican, and was elected to the state senate for the terms of 1903-4, 1905-6, 1907 S and 1909-10 and reelected November 8, 1910, by a vote of 8,343 to 2,551 for John Wickstrom, 695 for W. J. Davis and 1 for Alfred Lilja.
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JAMES A. MURTHA,
Senator from the second district of Wayne county, was born at Flatbush, Long Island, New York, September 3, 1870, and was educated in the public schools of Brooklyn, New York, and at Larchmere academy and Columbia University. Since 1891 he has been engaged in the practice of law. He is single and has resided in Michigan about seven years. He was a presidential elector for the third Congressional district of New York on the Palmer and Buckner Gold Democrat ticket and was also a Democratic candidate for Congress from the above-named district. Mr. Murtha is a Democrat and was elected to the senate November 8, 1910, by a vote of 4,376 to 2,099 for Edward Mollison, 17 for George Suttie and 186 for Theodore W. Grant.
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 of 1909-10 and reelected November 8, 1910, by a vote of 9,477 to 7,812 for Harvey J. Taylor, 427 for John Harper and 136 for Edwin R. Cornish.
CHARLES G. PUTNEY,
Senator from the twentieth district, comprising the counties of Huron and Sanilac, was born at Lisbon, St. Lawrence county, New York, December 4, 1866, and was educated in the district schools, and at the Fenton normal and state normal college. He spent the first twelve years of his life on the farm and attending school. He later taught dis- trict school three years and was superintendent of schools at Port Sanilac and Sandusky for nine years. In 1901 he was elected commissioner of schools and resigned in 1910 He has taken an active part in school work and has served as president of the State Reading Circle Board. He was married in 1894 to Jessie A. Moore. Mrs. Putney died in 1904. Mr. Putney has always been an active Republican and served four years as county chairman. He is a Mason and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and an enthusiastic Sunday school worker. He was elected to the senate November 8, 1910, by a vote of 5,969 to 2,290 for John L. Brennan.
WILLIAM A. ROSENKRANS,
Senator from the fourteenth district, comprising the counties of Ingham and Shiawassee, was born at Flint, Michigan, March 25, 1864, of German and English parents. His education was acquired in the Pinckney, Byron and Corunna high schools, graduating from the latter in 1884. He immediately secured a position as clerk in the then First National Bank of Corunna, now the old Corunna State Bank, and has been with this institution ever since, having been elected cashier in 1894. He was married in 1891 to Hattie E. Harper, daughter of Judge A. A. Harper. He was mayor of Corunna four successive years, member of the board of education of Corunna fifteen years, and in 1907 was appointed by Governor Warner a member of the board of control of the In- dustrial School for Boys. He is a Republican and was elected to the senate November 8, 1910, by a vote of 8,391 to 6,687 for Joseph H. Dunnebacke, 719 for W. S. Sly and 177 for Seymour A. Ayres.
FRANK D. SCOTT,
Senator from the twenty-ninth district, comprising the counties of Alpena, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Emmet, Montmorency, Otsego and Presque Isle, was born at Alpena, Michigan, August 25, 1878, of Scotch parentage. His education was acquired in the Alpena high school. In 1901 he graduated from the law department of the University
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of Michigan, and has since practiced law. He served as circuit court commissioner one term; was prosecuting attorney 1904 to 1908; city attorney, 1902-3, and again in 1909, and is at present holding this position. June 21, 1901, he was appointed United States Commissioner for the Eastern district of Michigan which position he still holds. Mr. Scott is single and has always resided in Michigan. He is a past master of the F. and A. M., and a member of the Odd Fellows and the Elks. He is a Republican and was elected to the senate November 8, 1910, by a vote of 7,150 to 2,766 for Philip B. Wachtel, 257 for William A. Taylor, 620 for James Saunders and 1 for Charles h. Townsend.
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 of 1909-10, and re- elected November 8, 1910, by a vote of 5,717 to 3,847 for Fred Schneider, 174 for Alfred Lowther and 282 for Martin Roskay.
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 of 1909-10, and reelected November 8, 1910, by a vote of 8,102 to 5,450 for William An- derson, 144 for William H. Adams and 928 for Charles Schroeder.
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 always resided in Michigan. Mr. Taylor lived with his parents on a farm unto 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 1859 went to Laring 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 maver Mr. Taylor is a member of the F. & A. M., I. O. O. F., K. of P., and the Fiks, alei lias been president of the "Michigan Elks" and of the American Association of Tille Mm
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He is a Republican and was elected to the senate of 1909-10 and reelected November 8, 1910, by a vote of 6,899 to 5,584 for Herbert W. Hagerman, 415 for Leroy H. White and 579 for George A. Harrison.
JOHN VANDERWERP,
Senator from the twenty-third district, comprising the counties of Muskegon and Ottawa, was born in Fillmore township, Allegan county, Michigan, May 25, 1866, of Holland descent. He removed with his parents to Muskegon in 1872, and attended the public schools of that city, afterwards entering the law offices of Smith, Nims, Hoyt and Erwin and continuing his studies in the night school. At the age of twenty-one he was ad- mitted to the bar and continued the practice of law with the above firm until the fall of 1896, when he was elected judge of probate. After serving one term he was reelected. In September, 1901, he resigned to become a law partner with the members of the firm with which he had formerly been connected, and, with Judge Clarence W. Sessions, the firm name then becoming Nims, Hoyt, Erwin, Sessions and Vanderwerp. January 1, 1910, the firm of Cross, Vanderwerp, Foote and Ross was organized, the junior partner being Lieutenant Governor Ross. Mr. Vanderwerp was married December 18, 1889, to Miss Agnes Vogel and they have three daughters, Helen, Barbara and Agnes M. He is a Republican and was elected to the senate November 8, 1910, by a vote of 7,211 to 2,817 for Martin Easterly, 144 for Edward D. Wright and 361 for George Elferdink.
COLEMAN C. VAUGHAN,
Senator from the fifteenth district comprising the counties of Barry, Clinton and Eaton. was born at Machias, New York, August 1, 1857, of American parentage. He was educated in the district school and at Tenbroeck academy. He learned the printer's trade on the Lapeer Clarion, worked two years in the Detroit Free Press composing room and later bought the Clarion. In 1889 he bought the Clinton Republican which he has published ever since. Mr. Vaughan is married. He is interested in the timber and lumber business in the south and west, in the banking, building and loan business and the St. Johns foundry. He served two terms as president of St. Johns and was state senator in 1902. He is a Republican and was elected to the senate November 8, 1910, by a vote of 8,535 to 5,994 for Charles F. Fields and 339 for Judge R. Barnum.
ROBERT E. WALTER,
Senator from the twenty-seventh senatorial district, comprising the counties of Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau, Missaukee and Wexford, was born at Litchfield, Hillsdale county, Michigan, September 16, 1877, of English parentage. He was educated in the Fife Lake schools and the Traverse City high school. He is mar- ried and has always resided in Michigan. Mr. Walter participated in the Spanish- American war, serving with company M, 34th Michigan volunteer infantry. At the age of twenty-one he was elected township clerk and at the age of twenty-two was elected county clerk which office he held five terms. He is a Republican and was elected to the senate November 8, 1910, by a vote of 6,712 to 1,045 for Fred Rocke, 459 for George M. Sprout, 515 for S. Mattleser and 1 for Daniel B. Oviatt.
NEWTON O. WARD,
Senator from the twenty-fifth district, comprising the counties of Gratiot, Iasbella 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
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