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LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. JOHN Q. ROSS,
Of Muskegon, Michigan, was born on a farm near Jamestown, Ohio, June 28, 1873, and received a common school education. He studied law with Jones and Clark at Muskegon, was admitted to the bar July 9, 1894, and has since been engaged in the active practice of law. He is a member of the firm of Cross, Vanderwerp, I Jote and Ross. Mr. Ross has for several years been actively interested in the growth and development of the
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city of Muskegon and western Michigan. For a number of years he has been a director of the Muskegon Chamber of Commerce and was its president in 1909. He was the first president of the Western Michigan Development Company. Mr. Ross was married June 12, 1900, to Katherine B. Schwedler and they have two children, Raymond F. and Florence A. He was the nominee of the Republican party for lieutenant governor at the primary election September 6, 1910, and was elected November 8, 1910. He was renominated at the primary election August 27, 1912, and elected November 5, 1912, by a plurality of 9,184.
SECRETARY OF STATE. FREDERICK C. MARTINDALE,
of Detroit, was born in the Province of Ontario, December 18, 1865. He came to Michigan with his parents in 1867, settled on a farm in Greenfield township, and has since been a resident of Wayne county. He obtained his education in the Detroit grammar school, and Detroit high school, after which he taught for six years, and for three years had charge of the Delray public schools. Owing to loss of health he spent three years in the southern states, then took up the study of law at the Detroit College of Law and was admitted to practice in 1897. Mr. Martindale immediately formed a partnership with Edwin Henderson under the firm name of Henderson and Martindale and the firm has since continued. He was married to Miss Mary Tireman, February 23, 1899, whose grandfather settled on a farm near Detroit in the early part of the last century. He is a Republican, was a representative from the second district of Wayne county in the legislature of 1901-2 and was elected to the senate from the first district of Wayne county for the terms of 1905-6 and 1907-8. The secretary of state is by statute a member of the Public Domain Commission and at the annual meeting in May, 1911, Mr. Martindale was chosen president of the Commission. Mr. Martindale was the unanimous choice of the state convention, held at Detroit, September 29, 1908, for secretary of state, and was elected November 3, 1908. He was renominated without opposition at the state convention held at Detroit, October 6, 1910, and elected November 8, 1910. At the Republican state convention held at Detroit on September 24, 1912, he was again nominated for the office of secretary of state and elected November 5, 1912, by a vote of 186,070 to 154,579 for James B. Balch, 8,687 for Alfred Lowther, 22,640 for Henry Kummerfeld, Jr., 1,162 for Thomas H. Grabouski, 171,924 for Howard H. Batdorff and 424 for Howard Batdorff.
STATE TREASURER. JOHN W. HAARER,
Of Ann Arbor, Michigan, was born at Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 21, 1876, and acquired his education in the public schools of that place. He was engaged in the insurance business for a number of years and later was appointed deputy state treasurer. From 1901 to 1903 he was president of the council of Ann Arbor. As a member of the Mich- igan National Guard he has served as battalion adjutant, captain, major and assistant inspector general and is now retired as major. He is a Mason, -member of Ann Arbor Commandery and Moslem Shrine, also an Elk, and a member of the British Numismatic Society and Royal Societies Club of London, England. Mr. Haarer was married January 6, 1903, to Klara A. Bissinger and they have a son, seven years of age. At the Repub- lican state convention held at Detroit September 24, 1912, he was nominated for the office of state treasurer and was elected November 5, 1912, by a vote of 181,888 to 155,142 for John H. Robson, 8,761 for John Borland, Sr., 22,818 for John H. Beyer, 1,121 for Arthur L. Kline, 175,505 for Frank C. Holmes and 1 for Arthur L. Cline.
AUDITOR GENERAL. ORAMEL B. FULLER,
Of Ford River, Delta county, was born at Jersey City, New Jersey, January 22, 1858, coming to Michigan in 1869. He received his education in the public schools of Lansing
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and Muskegon, to which latter city he removed in 1874. He engaged in the lumber business which he has followed until the present time as lumber inspector and con- mission dealer. He removed to Ford River, Delta county, his present home, in 1884. Mr. Fuller was married to Miss Jennie L. Van Zalingen, of Muskegon, in 1887. He is a Mason, member of Escanaba Commandery, Ahmed Temple of the Shrine at Marquette, De Witt Clinton Consistory, Grand Rapids, and is also a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Elks. He represented the Delta district, composed of the counties of Alger, Delta and Schoolcraft, in the house in 1893, 1895 and 1897; was speaker pro tem. of the house in 1897. He represented the thirtieth senatorial district, composed of the counties of Chippewa, Delta, Luce, Mackinac, Menominee and Schoolcraft, in the senate in 1901, 1903 and 1907 and was president pro tem. of the senate in 1903. He was supervisor of Ford River township for ten years, but resigned when he was elected auditor general in 1908 and is at present prominently connected with many business enterprises of Escanaba. He has always been a Republican. At the Repub- lican state convention held in Detroit on September 29, 1908, he was placed in nomina- tion for auditor general and was elected for the term of 1909-10. At the Republican convention held at Detroit, October 6, 1910, he was renominated without opposition and was elected November 8, 1910. At the Republican convention held at Detroit September 24, 1912, he was again nominated and was elected November 5, 1912, by a vote of 181,996 to 151,632 for Peter Primeau, 8,806 for William J. Reynolds, 22,344 for Ralph Kirsch, 1,141 for Fred Hueffner, 174,854 for Herbert F. Baker, 2,026 for Louis E. Howlett, 1,546 for Julius B. Kirby and 12 for Fred H. Hueffner.
COMMISSIONER OF THE STATE LAND OFFICE. AUGUSTUS C. CARTON,
Of East Tawas, Iosco county, was born on a farm in Clayton township, Genesee county, in 1869, of Irish parentage. He received his education in the district school of Clayton township, high school at Flint and the Michigan Agricultural College. He was married in 1904 to Miss Josephine Grace Hazelton, of Lansing, and they have two children. After leaving the Agricultural College he taught school, manufactured lumber and shingles in Ogemaw county; was employed in the state land office for five years and represented that department in the survey of the St. Clair Flats; was agriculturist for the Tawas Sugar Company and in 1907 represented the twenty-eighth senatorial district in the state senate. At the expiration of his term as senator he was appointed deputy commissioner of the state land office and later was made secretary of the Public Domain Commission and Commissioner of Immigration. He is a Republican and was elected commissioner of the state land office November 5, 1912, by a vote of 181,158 to 154,171 for Orlando F. Barnes, 8,780 for Willis M. Farr, 22,615 for Chris. Niva, 1,055 for Isaack J. Le Brun and 176,704 for Oscar V. Linden.
ATTORNEY GENERAL. GRANT FELLOWS,
Of Hudson, Lenawee county, was born in Hudson township, Lenawee county, Michi- gan, April 13, 1865, of English parentage. He was educated in the district schools and the Hudson high school. Mr. Fellows has been engaged in the practice of law since December 11, 1886, and since 1890 has been a member of the law firm of Fellows and Chandler. From 1911 until his election to the office of attorney general he was a member of the board of law examiners. He has always been actively identified with the Republican party and his services as an orator have always been in great demand. He was nominated for attorney general at the Republican state convention held at Detroit, September 24, 1912, and elected November 5, 1912, by a vote of 182,523 to 152,215 for Louis E. Howlett, 8,695 for Seth B. Terry, 22,484 for Homer C. Van Aiken, 1,102 for George Hasseler, 174,303 for Julius B. Kirby, 2,007 for Peter Primeau, 1,536 for Herbert F. Baker and 175 for Homer Vanaiken.
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SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
LUTHER L. WRIGHT,
Of Ironwood, Michigan, was born at Canton, New York, January 18, 1856. He is of Scotch-Irish descent. He was educated in the common schools of Wisconsin, and Ripon College, from which he was graduated with the degree of A. B. He was chosen county commissioner of schools of Gogebic county five successive terms without opposition; was superintendent of the public schools of Ironwood twenty years. Mr. Wright was united in marriage to Miss Nellie Corning of Portage, Wisconsin, in 1880, and has two children. He was appointed a member of the state board of education in 1901 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Lincoln Avery. At the Republican state convention, held at Detroit, June, 1902, he was unanimously chosen as nominee to succeed himself and was elected that year. Mr. Wright was again nominated to that office by the Republican state convention at Detroit, June, 1904, and elected for the term ending December 31, 1910. At the next Republican state convention held at Detroit in July, 1906, he was unanimously chosen candidate for superintendent of public instruction and was elected November 6, 1906, for the term of two years. June 18, 1908, Mr. Wright received the degree of Master of Arts from the University of Mich- igan. At the convention held at Detroit, September 29, 1908, Mr. Wright was nominated by acclamation to succeed himself and elected November 3, 1908. The new constitu- tion provided for another election in 1909, and at the election held on April 5, 1909, he was elected for the term ending June 30, 1911. At the election held on April 3, 1911, he was reelected. At the Republican state convention held at Lansing, February 11, 1913, Mr. Wright was renominated and was elected April 7, 1913, by a vote of 181,155 to 92,874 for Gerrit Masselink, 133,848 for John M. Munson, 20,369 for Ralph Kirsch, 7,814 for Frank E. Titus, 2,295 for John W. Gray and 3 scattering.
MEMBERS OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
WILLIAM J. McKONE, [Term expires June 30, 1915.]
Of Albion, was born at Montezuma, New York, August 23, 1866. He obtained a com- mon school education in his native village and afterwards attended the Port Byron Free School and Academy. Mr. McKone came to Michigan in 1884 and spent the three following years in the State Normal School at Ypsilanti, from which he was graduated in 1887. He at once began teaching school, having been superintendent of the Morrice schools three years, Almont two years, Mason six years, and is completing his fifteenth year in the Albion schools. He has been prominently identified with national, state and local educational interests. He has conducted teachers' institutes in nearly one- half the counties of Michigan. He takes an active interest in church and social affairs, and has held many offices of trust and honor in different societies and fraternities. Mr. McKone is married and has three children. He is in demand as a lecturer, a frequent contributor to educational journals, and is the author of a popular text book, "Michigan, State and Local Government." Mr. McKone was the unanimous choice of the Grand Rapids Republican convention, February 14, to succeed Patrick H. Kelley, resigned, and was elected April 3, 1905, and reelected November 3, 1908. The constitution of 1909 provided for the election of one member at the April election in 1909 and on April 5, 1909, Mr. McKone was elected by a vote of 258,823 to 123,811 for Henry Kremers, 23,321 for Leroy H. White and 8,167 for Alexander M. Stirton.
THOMAS WILLIAM NADAL, [Term expires June 30, 1917.]
Of Olivet, Michigan, was born on a farm near Milroy, Indiana. He spent his boyhood on the farm, attending the district school, and later the township high school in the village of Milroy. At the age of sixteen he entered De Pauw university and worked his
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way entirely through college, graduating in 1898. At the age of seventeen he taught school near Milroy. In college he was a member of the University Debating Team and represented Indiana in the Inter State Oratorical Contest of 1898. On graduating he was elected to membership in the Phi Beta Kappa society. He spent three years in Harvard from which institution he received the degrees of A. M. and Ph. D. He has spent considerable time in travel and study abroad. Since 1898 he has been pro- fessor of English and Oratory in Olivet College and has been dean of the college since 1905. Mr. Nadal is married. He was appointed by Governor Osborn, February 2, 1911, a member of the state board of education to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of William A. Cotton. He was nominated at the Republican convention held at Saginaw on March 3, 1911, and was elected April 3, 1911, by a vote of 255,723 to 123,816 for James A. King, 13,881 for Wesley C. Richards, 17,125 for Nelly Knott and 201 scattering.
FRANK CODY,
[Term expires June 30, 1919.]
Of Detroit, Michigan, was born in Belleville, Wayne county, Michigan, December 31, 1870. He received his elementary education in the public schools of the county. After graduating from high school he taught in the schools of his native village for three years. He then entered the State Normal College at Ypsilanti and in 1891 was appointed superintendent of the Delray schools, and held that position until Delray was annexed to Detroit in 1907 when he was appointed to the principalship of the Detroit McMillan high school, and in 1913 was made general supervisor of the Detroit public schools. He served for a number of years as treasurer of the Detroit teachers' association and president of the Detroit schoolmen's club. In 1893, he organized the night school for Detroit newsboys and was its principal for five years. Later he was elected president of the Detroit newsboys' association. In 1895 he was elected a member of the Wayne county board of school examiners, holding the office until 1907. He is a Knight Templar and thirty-second degree Mason and also a member of the I. O. O. F. and K. of P. Mr. Cody is married and has two children. At the Republican state convention held at Lansing, February 11, 1913, he was nominated for member of the state board of educa- tion and was elected April 7, 1913, by a vote of 180,936 to 92,631 for Samuel J. Gier, 133,230 for Emanuel Wilhelm, 20,533 for Milan F. Martin, 9,792 for Richard Quayle and 158 scattering.
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STATE LEGISLATURE.
SENATORS.
WILLIAM H. ALLSWEDE,
Senator from the twenty-fourth senatorial district, comprising the counties of Bay and Midland, was born at Red Keg, Midland county, Michigan, January 22, 1874, of German parentage. He was educated in the common schools. He was married June 30, 1897, to Lola M., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sanford, and they have one son. Mr. Allswede worked the old homestead three years, later associating with his brother under the firm name of Allswede Brothers. Afterwards consolidated with E A. Lane under the name of Sanford Mercantile Company. On the retirement of E. A. Lane he took over the grain department of the firm and has since been engaged in the grain and produce business at Sanford. He is a National Progressive and was elected to the senate November 5, 1912, by a vote of 5,035 to 4,290 for Augustus H. Gansser, 4,097 for Hugh Kelly and 537 for George Aplin.
VERNE C. AMBERSON,
Senator from the nineteenth district, comprising the counties of Lenawee and Monroe, was born in Ogden township, Lenawee county, in 1883, of Scotch and English parents. He graduated from the Blissfield high school in 1899, from the Adrian High school in 1900, and taught school two years, after which he entered the literary department of the University of Michigan. He remained there two years and in 1907 graduated from the law department. Since 1908 Mr. Amberson has been engaged in the practice of law. He is a Democrat and was elected to the senate November 5, 1912, by a vote of 7,233 to 6,156 for C. Wesley Kemmerling, 211 for E. Leroy Steffey, 183 for Leon B. Hawes, 4,512 for Clement H. Bramble and 30 scattering.
LEON D. CASE,
Senator from the seventh senatorial district, comprising the counties of Berrien and Cass, was born at Ellsworth, Pierce county, Wisconsin, January 15, 1877, of English and French parentage. He was educated in the Ellsworth, Wisconsin, and Watervliet, Michigan, public schools. In 1891, he removed, with his parents, to Michigan, where he worked on several country newspapers and five years in the Watervliet paper mills. In 1900 he went into business with his father, as publisher of the Watervliet Record, under the firm name of E. F. Case and Son. He is also interested in farming at Water- vliet. Mr. Case is married and has one daughter. He is a Democrat and was elected to the senate November 5, 1912, by a vote of 6,519 to 5,112 for Edgar A. Planck, 774 for Fred Dunnington and 4,715 for Robert A. Smythe.
TERRY CORLISS,
Senator from the twenty-first district, comprising the counties of Lapeer and Tuscola, was born at Almont, Lapeer county, Michigan, February 10, 1867, and is of Yankee descent. He was educated in the public schools of Almont. He is married and has always resided in Michigan and for over twenty-five years has conducted the Mayville Monitor. Mr. Corliss has held the offices of village clerk and township clerk, director and treasurer of school district and was postmaster at Mayville. He has also served as proofreader and assistant secretary of the senate. He is a Republican and was elected to the senate November 5, 1912, by a vote of 4,918 to 3,619 for John Conley and 246 for Daniel Churchill.
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EDWIN J. CURTS,
Senator from the thirteenth district, comprising the counties of Genesee and Livingston, was born at Saginaw, Michigan, October 23, 1870, of German parents. His education was received in the Flushing public schools. He was for some time engaged in the clothing business, and held the office of county treasurer from 1902 to 1906. Mr. Curts is a National Progressive and was elected to the senate November 5, 1912, by a vote of 6,123 to 5,998 for B. Clifford Case, 5,035 for Perry H. Peters, and 638 for Wessen C. Sprague.
DAVID A. FITZGIBBON,
Senator from the eleventh district, comprising the counties of Macomb and St. Clair, was born at Point Edward, Ontario, January 1, 1873, of Irish parentage, and was educated in the high schools of Sarnia and Toronto, Ontario. He has resided in Mich- igan twenty years, and has practiced law seventeen years. He served in the Spanish- American war with the thirty-third Michigan regiment. Mr. Fitzgibbon is a Repub- lican and was elected to the legislature of 1911-12 at a special election held on Wednes- day, March 1, 1911, to fill vacancy caused by the death of Charles M. Green. He was elected to the senate November 5, 1912, by a vote of 6,585 to 5,689 for Frederick C. Miller, 5,408 for Jefferson G. Brown and 1 for Philip Pellerin.
CLARENCE E. GITTINS,
Senator from the first district of Wayne county, was born in Plymouth township, Wayne county, September 21, 1884, son of George I. and Josephine A. Gittins. His early life was spent on his father's farm in Plymouth and Canton townships, Wayne county. He was educated in the district schools, supplemented by a short term at Ypsilanti Normal College. In 1902 he began teaching district school, which he continued for four years. He was principal of the Lyon graded school, Hamtramck, for three years. Mr. Gittins graduated from the Detroit College of Law, and was admitted to the bar in 1909. He is married and resides at Highland Park. He is a National Progressive and was elected to the senate November 5, 1912, by a vote of 8,594 to 8,201 for Leroy A. Nelson, 7,041 for William J. Lee, 153 for Gerritt L. Smith and 1,559 for Otto Hinz.
WILLIAM CHARLES GRACE,
Senator from the sixth senatorial district, comprising the counties of Kalamazoo and St. Joseph, was born in Jackson county, Michigan, June 15, 1881, and is of Irish and German descent. He removed with his parents to Lucas county, Ohio, when he was five years of age, the family afterwards returning to Michigan and locating at Clinton, Lenawee county. In 1904 he entered the law department of the University of Mich- igan from which he graduated in 1907, and began the practice of law at Kalamazoo. Mr. Grace is a Democrat, but has never actively engaged in politics. He was elected to the senate November 5, 1912, by a vote of 6,092 to 5,146 for Will A. Cavin, 488 for Don C. Cook, 1,855 for Guy H. Lockwood and 5,182 for Willis J. Burdick.
JOSEPH B. HADDEN,
Senator from the twenty-third district, comprising the counties of Muskegon and Ottawa, was born at Otsego, Michigan, July 30, 1865, of American parentage. His education was acquired in the Otsego high school. He was married February 19, 1890, to Miss Frances E. Scott, of Plainwell, and they have two daughters, Mae and Evelyn. Mr. Hadden has been connected with the West Michigan Furniture Company, of Holland, Michigan, for twenty-two years, has served as alderman, was appointed by the common council as a member of the committee on public buildings and he has also served as superintendent of the poor. He is a National Progressive and was elected to the senate November 5, 1912, by a vote of 5,998 to 5,825 for Edward Hofma, 3,840 for James L. Smith and 935 for Olef J. Hansen.
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JAMES W. HANLEY,
Senator from the third district of Wayne county, was born at Detroit, Michigan, February 27, 1886, of Irish parentage. He was educated in the public schools of Detroit. Mr. Hanley is single and has always resided in Michigan. He has served as estimator of the first ward of Detroit and was also a member of the Republican city committee from the same ward for six years. He has been engaged in the contracting business during the past ten years. Mr. Hanley is a Republican and was elected to the senate November 5, 1912, by a vote of 8,838 to 5,576 for Edward F. Kelley, 6,837 for Ulysses Simpson Kendall, 112 for Edwin F. Eby and 630 for Michael Riethmiller.
J. WESTON HUTCHINS,
Senator from the tenth district, comprising the counties of Hillsdale and Jackson, was born in Pulaski township, Jackson county, June 14, 1854. His father was a native of Pennsylvania, of German-English descent; his mother was a native of Western New York, her father having come from Massachusetts. Mr. Hutchins attended the public schools in Pulaski and Hanover townships and was for a short time a student at Hillsdale College; taught school winters and worked on the farm in the summer seasons until his marriage, November 24, 1880, to Sarah E. Lambert, of Pulaski, and he has since been engaged in farming. He has three children,-two daughters and one son. From 1898 to 1906 he was a Farmers' institute lecturer during the winter months, mostly in Michigan but with one season in Wisconsin and a part of three different years in Rhode Island as college extension worker for the agricultural college of that state. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and of the Grange. In 1906 he was elected secretary of the Michigan State Grange which position he still holds. He is a National Progressive and was elected to the senate November 5, 1912, by a vote of 7,722 to 4,965 for Frank R. Smith, 6,572 for William B. Howlett and 416 for Millard N. Drake.
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, and reelected November 5, 1912, by a vote of 7,707 to 3,007 for Edward F. Le Gendre, 465 for Francis Williams, 629 for John Valimaki and 1 for J. C. Pryor.
LOUIS L. KELLEY,
Senator from the twenty-eighth district, comprising the counties of Alcona, Arenac, Clare, Crawford, Gladwin, Iosco, Ogemaw, Osceola, Oscoda and Roscommon, was born near Rutland, Vermont, December 29, 1848, of American parents. He came to Mich- igan in 1861, attended the Ann Arbor high school, clerking and teaching until the fall of 1872 when he entered the medical department of the University of Michigan. He graduated in March, 1875, and located at Farwell, Michigan, May 1, 1875, having been actively engaged in the practice of his profession to the present time. Mr. Kelley was married in 1871. He has held the offices of village trustee, village president, supervisor for twenty years, and was for several terms chairman of the board. He served in the legislatures of 1905-6 and 1907-8. He is a Republican and was elected to the senate November 5, 1912, by a vote of 5,622 to 3,320 for Frank Proctor and 5,159 for J. Wilbur Patterson.
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