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5. N. E. Matthews, R. Ottawa 16. Roscoe C. McCulloch, R ... Canton 17. * William A. Ashbrook, D.Johnstown 18. D. A. Hollingsworth, R ...... Cadix
6. Chas. C. Kearns, R. . Batavia 7. * Simeon D. Fess, R. . Yellow Springs 8. * John A. Key, D. Findlay 19. J. G. Cooper, R. Youngstown
9. * Isaac R. Sherwood, D. Toledo
10. * Robert M. Switzer, R .. . Gallipolis
11. Edwin D. Ricketts, R ... . Logan
12. * Clement L. Brumbaugh,D.Columbus Arthur W. Overmeyer, D. . Fremont 14. S. H. Williams, R. ... ... Lorain
15. William C. Mooney, R. . Woodsfield
20. * William Gordon, D. Cleveland
21. * Robert Crosser, D Cleveland
22. Henry I. Emerson, R. : . Cleveland
41. * Charles B. Smith, D. . Buffalo 42. * Daniel A. Driscoll, D Buffalo
43. * Charles M. Hamilton, R. . Ripley
NORTH CAROLINA.
1. * John H. Small, D. . Washington
4. * Edward W. Pou, D. . Smithfield
5. * Charles M. Stedman, D. . Greensboro
23. * Joseph A. Goulden, D .. .... . Bronx 24. * Woodson R. Oglesby, D ... Yonkers 25. James W. Husted, R ..... Peekskill 26. * Edmund Platt, R .... . Poughkeepsie
28. Rollin B. Sanford, R. Albany
29. * James S. Parker, R. . Salem 30. William B. Charles, R ... Amsterdam 31. Vacancy.
32. * Luther W. Mott, R .. . Oswego
37. Harry H. Pratt, R. .Corning 38. * Thomas B. Dunn, R .. Rochester 39. * Henry G. Danforth, R. .. . Rochester
40. Stephen W. Dempsey, R. . Lockport
10. Frederick R. Lehlbach, R. . Newark
11. * John J. Egan, D ...... Weehawken 12. * James A. Hamill, D. . Jersey City
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES .- Continued.
OKLAHOMA.
1. * James S. Davenport, D. . Vinita 5. * Joe B. Thompson, D. . Pauls Valley
2. W. W. Hastings, D. Tahlequah
3. * Charles D. Carter, D. . Ardmore
7. Jim V. McClintic, D. . Snyder
4. * Wm. H. Murray, D .... Tishomingo 8. * Dick T. Morgan, R .... Woodward
OREGON.
1. * Willis C. Hawley, R . Salem
2. * N. J. Sinnott, R. The Dalles
3. C. N. McArthur, R. Portland
PENNSYLVANIA. At Large.
Thomas S. Crago, R. .. .Waynesburg Mahlon H. Garland, R. Pittsburgh
Daniel F. Lafean, R. John R. K. Scott, R.
Philadelphia
1. * William S. Vare, R .... Philadelphia 17. Benjamin K. Focht, R .. Lewisburg
2. * George S. Graham, R. . Philadelphia 18. *Aaron S. Kreider, R ..... Annville
3. * J. Hampton Moore, R. Philadelphia 19. *Warren W. Bailey, D .... Johnstown
4. * George W. Edmonds, R.Philadelphia 20. C. William Beales, R .... Gettysburg
5. Peter E. Costello, R. . . Philadelphia
6. George P. Darrow, R. . Philadelphia
7. * Thomas S. Butler, R. . West Chester
8. Henry W. Watson, R ... Langhorne
9. * William W. Griest, R. . . Lancaster
10. * John R. Farr, R .. . Scranton
11. *John J. Casey, D ... ... Wilkesbarre
12. Robert D. Heaton, R. .... Ashland
13. Arthur G. Dewalt, D. . .. . Allentown
14. Louis T. McFadden, R ... . Canton
15. * Edgar R. Kiess, R .... Williamsport 31. John M. Morin, R .. .. Pittsburgh
16. * John V. Lesher, D ... . Sunbury
RHODE ISLAND.
1. * Geo. F. O'Shaunessy, D Providence
2. Walter R. Stiness, R. . Warwick
3. * Ambrose Kennedy, R. Woonsocket
SOUTH CAROLINA.
1. Richard S. Whaley, D ... Charleston
2. * James Francis Byrnes, D .... Aiken
3. * Wyatt Aiken, D .. ... Abbeville
4. * Joseph T. Johnson, D. . Spartanburg
5 .. * David Edward Finley, D. . Yorkville
6. * J. Willard Ragsdale, D. .. . . Florence
7. * Asbury F. Lever, D. .. .... Lexington
SOUTH DAKOTA.
1. * C. H. Dillon, R .. Yankton
2. Royal C. Johnson, R. Aberdeen
3. Harry L. Gandy, D Wasta
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
4. * Cordell Hull, D. Carthage
5. * William C. Houston, D .. Woodbury
7. * Lemuel P. Padgett, D. Columbia
8. * Thetus W. Sims, D . Linden
9. * Finis J. Garrett, D. Dresden
10. * K. D. Mckellar, D Memphis
TEXAS.
At Large.
J. H. Davis, D.
. Sulphur Springs
Jeff Mclemore, D Houston
1. Eugene Black, D Clarksville
2. * Martin Dies, D. Beaumont
3. * James Young, D. Kaufman
4. * Sam Rayburn, D Bonham
5. Hatton W. Sumners, D .Dallas
6. * Rufus Hardy, D. Corsicana
7. * Alexander W. Gregg, D Palestine
8. * Joe H. Eagle, D Houston
9. * George F. Burgess, D. . Gonzales 10. * James P. Buchanan, D ... Brenham
11. * Robert L. Henry, D. . Waco
12. * Oscar Callaway, D. Comanche
13. * John H. Stephens, D. Vernon
14. * James L. Slayden, D. . San Antonio
15. * John N .! Garner, D. Uvalde
16. * Wm. R. Smith, D .. . Colorado City
. York
21. Charles H. Rowland, R. Philipsburg
22. *Abraham L. Keister, R .... Scottdale
23. Robert F. Hopwood, R. Uniontown
24. William M. Brown, R. . New Castle
25. M. Liebel, Jr., D. Erie
26. Henry J. Steele, D. . Easton
27. S. Taylor North, R .. Punxutawney
28. S. H. Miller, R .. Mercer
29. *Stephen G. Porter, R .. . Pittsburgh
30. William H. Coleman, R. . Pittsburgh
32. *Andrew J. Barchfeld, R . Pittsburgh
6. * Scott Ferris, D. . Lawton
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES .- Concluded.
UTAH.
1. * Joseph Howell, R. . Logan
2. James H. Mays, D Salt Lake City
VERMONT.
1. * Frank L. Greene, R .St. Albans
2. Porter H. Dale, R. . Island Pond
VIRGINIA.
1. * William A. Jones, D Warsaw 6. * Carter Glass, D Lynchburg
2. * E. E. Holland, D. . Suffolk
7. * James Hay, D Madison
3. * A. J. Montague, D Richmond 8. *Charles C. Carlin, D .... Alexandria
4. * W. A. Watson, D.Jennings Ordinary 9. * C. Bascom Slemp, R. . Big Stone Gap
5. * E. W. Saunders, D. . Rocky Mount 10. * Henry D. Flood, D .... Appomattox
WASHINGTON.
1. * William E. Humphrey, R. . Seattle 4. * William L. La Follette, R .. Pullman 5. C. C. Dill, D. Spokane
2. Lindley H. Hadley, R. . Bellingham
3. * Albert Johnson, R. . . .Hoquiam
WEST VIRGINIA.
At Large.
*Howard Sutherland, R Elkins
1. M. M. Neely, D. Fairmont 4. * Hunter H. Moss, Jr., R. Parkersburg 2. * Wm. G. Brown, D Kingwood Edward Cooper, R. . Bramwell
3. Adam B. Littlepage, D ... Charleston
WISCONSIN.
1. * Henry A. Cooper, R ... . Racine 7. * John Jacob Esch, R ... La Crosse
2. * Michael E. Burke, D .. Beaver Dam 8. * Edward E. Browne, R ... Waupaca
3. * John M. Nelson, R. Madison
4. * William J. Carey, R .... Milwaukee 10. * James A. Frear, R. . Hudson
5. * William H. Stafford, R. . Milwaukee
6. * Michael K. Reilly, D. Fond du Lac
WYOMING.
1. * Frank W. Mondell, R. Newcastle
DELEGATES FROM TERRITORIES.
ALASKA.
*James Wickersham. Fairbanks
HAWAII.
1. * J. Kuhio Kalanianaole, R. Honolulu
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
Resident Commissioners.
1. * Manuel L. Quezon Tayabas
2. * Manuel Earnshaw Manila
PORTO RICO.
Resident Commissioner.
1. * Luis Munoz Rivera, U San Juan
9. * Thomas F. Konop, D. . . . Kewaunee
11. * Irvine L. Lenroot, R. Superior
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MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, STATE OFFICERS, SUPREME COURT AND LEGISLATURE.
UNITED STATES SENATORS.
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 seven 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 succeed Julius Caesar Burrows whose term expired March 4, 1911, and was elected by the legis- lature January 17, 1911, for the term ending March 4, 1917.
WILLIAM ALDEN SMITH,
[Term expires March 4, 1919.]
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. He was nominated at the primary election August 27, 1912, and elected by the legislature January 15, 1913, for the term beginning March 4, 1913.
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MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
FIRST DISTRICT. Wards 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 and 17, Detroit, Wayne County. Population 1910, 245,419.
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 fourteen 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-six years. He was elected to the 62nd and 63rd Congresses and reelected November 3, 1914, by a vote of 19,197 to 9,483 for Charles E. McCarty, 1,030 for Gustavus D. Pope, 844 for Charles Erb, 104 for William A. Brubaker and 44 for Mike Andzelewski.
SECOND DISTRICT.
COUNTIES,-Jackson, Lenawee, Monroe, Washtenaw; townships of Brownstown, Canton, Ecorce, Huron, Monguagon, Plymouth, Romulus, Sumpter, Taylor, Van Buren and the City of Wyandotte, Wayne county.
Population, 1910, 212,816.
SAMUEL WILLARD BEAKES,
Democrat, of Ann Arbor, was born at Burlingham, Sullivan county, New York, January 11, 1861. He was educated in Wallkill Academy, Middletown, New York, and in the literary and law departments of the University of Michigan, graduating in 1883; was private secretary to Judge Thomas M. Cooley; practiced law for a short time in Wester- ville, Ohio, where he was editor and publisher of the Westerville Review. For two years he was editor and publisher of the Adrian (Mich.) Daily Record, and for more than twenty years of the Ann Arbor Argus. He was postmaster of Ann Arbor under Cleve- land, and served two terms as mayor of Ann Arbor, four terms as city treasurer, and four terms as city assessor. Mr. Beakes was married July 7, 1886, to Annie S. Beakes, of Ann Arbor. He was elected to the 63rd Congress and reelected November 3, 1914, by a vote of 18,085 to 17,876 for Mark R. Bacon, 3,345 for Hubert F. Probert, 357 for J. E. Frost, 307 for Charles W. Obee and 35 for Mike Andzelewski.
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. He received his education in the Potterville and Charlotte high schools and the University of Michigan. He came to Michigan at the age of thirteen and was on a farm until eighteen years of age, after which he worked as mason for ten years. Later he engaged
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in the manufacturing and banking business and the practice of law. Mr. Smith was a member of the constitutional convention of 1909. He was married in 1887 to Miss Lena Parkhurst and has a daughter and a son. He was elected to the 62nd and 63rd Congresses and reelected November 3, 1914, by a vote of 15,644 to 13,245 for Orville J. Cornell, 3,846 for Edward N. Dingley, 1,007 for George Hess and 547 for Leroy H. White.
FOURTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES .- Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Cass, St. Joseph and Van Buren.
Population 1910, 195,382.
EDWARD L. HAMILTON,
Republican, of Niles, 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, 61st, 62nd and 63rd Congresses and reelected November 3, 1914, by a vote of 18,577 to 13,452 for Albert E. Beebe, 1,826 for J. Mark Harvey, 720 for Ralph S. Ireland, 140 for Henry A. Feathers and 212 for Henry A. Feather.
FIFTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES .- Kent and Ottawa. Population 1910, 204,446.
CARL E. MAPES,
Republican, of Grand Rapids, was born on a farm in Eaton county, Michigan, December 26, 1874; graduated from Olivet College in 1896 and from the law department of the University of Michigan in 1899; has practiced law at Grand Rapids since graduation; served one term in the Michigan house of Representatives and two terms in the Senate; married August 14, 1907, to Julia Pike, of Grand Rapids, and has three children. Mr. Mapes was elected to the 63rd Congress and re-elected November 3, 1914, by a vote of 17,223 to 9,031 for Thaddeus B. Taylor, 1,823 for Alvin E. Ewing, 915 for Benjamin H. Harris and 351 for David Q. Barry.
SIXTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES .- Genesee, Ingham, Livingston and Oakland; townships of Dearborn, Green- field, Gratiot, Grosse Point, Livonia, Nankin, Northville, Hamtramck, Redford and Springwells, Wayne county.
Population 1910, 217,150.
PATRICK HENRY KELLEY,
Republican, of Lansing, was born in Cass county, Michigan, October 7, 1867, of Irish parentage, and removed to Watervliet, Berrien county, when eight years of age. He obtained his education in the district and public schools, supplemented by a course in the Valparaiso, Indiana, normal school, being graduated therefrom in 1887, and after completing a two years' course at the Michigan State Normal, was issued a life certifi- cate by the state board of education. Mr. Kelley has held the positions of principal of schools at Galien and Hartford, and served five years as superintendent of the Mt. Pleasant schools, 1894 to 1899, when he entered the law department of the University of Michigan and was graduated in June, 1900. Since September, 1900, he has been engaged in the active practice of his profession at Detroit and Lansing. Mr. Kelley
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is married and has three children, Lena V., Philip Henry and Katherine Frances. He was appointed a member of the state board of education to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of E. Finlay Johnson in April, 1901, and was elected to the same position November, 1902. Mr. Kelley has always voted the Republican ticket and takes active part in the campaigns. He was the unanimous choice of the Republican state con- vention, held at Detroit, June 30, 1904, for the nomination, and was elected superin- tendent of public instruction, November 8. In 1906 he was nominated lieutenant governor under the direct voting system and elected November 6, 1906. Mr. Kelley was renominated at the September primary and elected November 3, 1908. At the election November 5, 1912, he was elected congressman-at-large and at the election held on November 3, 1914, he was elected to Congress from the sixth district by a vote of 19,154 to 15,013 for Frank L. Dodge, 3,696 for William S. Kellogg, 942 for Seymour A. Ayres, 24 for Mike Andzelewski and 1 for Charles R. Evans.
ยท SEVENTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES .- Huron, Lapeer, Macomb, Sanilac, St. Clair and Tuscola.
Population 1910, 214,581.
LOUIS C. CRAMTON,
Republican, of Lapeer, was born in Hadley township, Lapeer county, December 2, 1875, of American parentage. He was educated in the Lapeer high school, took a partial course in the literary department of the U. of M., and is a graduate of the U. of M. law school of 1899. Mr. Cramton is married. He was law clerk of the state senate three times; was a member of the Michigan house of representatives in 1909-10; deputy commissioner of railroads from February 1, 1907, to the establishment of the com- mission, and secretary of the Michigan railroad commission from September 30, 1907, to December 31, 1908. He was elected to the 63rd Congress and reelected Novem- ber 3, 1914, by a vote of 20,294 to 9,488 for John F. Murphy, 3,342 for Jefferson G. Brown, 297 for Alfred Pagett, 409 for Nelson H. Miller and 2 for Winent H. D. Fox.
EIGHTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES .- Clinton, Gratiot, Ionia, Montcalm, Saginaw and Shiawassee.
Population 1910, 240,104.
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. He was elected alderman in 1895, and reelected in 1897; was elected to the 56th, 57th, 58th, 59th, 60th, 61st, 62nd and 63rd Congresses and reelected November 3, 1914, by a vote of 20,249 to 15,729 for Laurence W. Smith, 1,260 for George Dailey, 779 for George Seiferlein and 423 for Jefferson D. Leland.
NINTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES .- Benzie, Grand Traverse, Lake, Leelanau, Manistee, Mason, Missaukee, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana and Wexford.
Population 1910, 208,040.
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
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of Michigan. He is a practicing attorney, is president of the Muskegon Abstract Com- 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, 1905, when the board was reorganized by the legislature of 1905. He was elected to the 60th, 61st, 62nd and 63rd Congresses and reelected November 3, 1914, by a vote of 16,148 to 6,602 for Amos O. White, 4,913 for William H. Sears, 1,109 for Charles Crabtree, 418 for Frederick B. Waters and 1 for C. Bunting.
TENTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES .- Alcona, Arenac, Bay, Clare, Crawford, Gladwin, Iosco, Isabella, Mecosta, Midland, Ogemaw, Osceola, Oscoda and Roscommon.
Population 1910, 202,518.
GEORGE ALVIN LOUD,
Republican, of Bay City, 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 Mas- sachusetts and in his fifteenth year they again changed residence to Au Sable, Michi- gan. He was educated in the English high school (military) Boston, Professor Pat- terson'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 continuing 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 representative to the 62nd Congress for the fifth consecutive term and elected to the 64th Congress November 3, 1914, by a vote of 13,854 to 8,167 for Roy O. Woodruff, 7,564 for Charles W. Hitchcock, 633 for Henry A. Amrhein and 266 for Joseph Leighton.
ELEVENTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES .- Alger, Alpena, Antrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Chippewa, Delta, Emmet, Kalkaska, Luce, Mackinac, Menominee, Montmorency, Otsego, Presque Isle and Schoolcraft.
Population 1910, 230,737.
FRANK DOUGLASS SCOTT,
Republican, of Alpena, 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 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 married 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 was a member of the state senate during the sessions of 1911-12 and 1913-14. He was elected congressman from the eleventh district Novem- ber 3, 1914, by a vote of 18,290 to 9,977 for Francis T. McDonald, 3,246 for Herbert F. Baker, 1,138 for Rudolph R. Miller and 286 for Frank H. Taylor.
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TWELFTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES .- Baraga, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Marquette and Ontonagon.
Population 1910, 215,791.
W. FRANK JAMES,
Republican, of Hancock, 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 was a member of the state senate during the sessions of 1911-12 and 1913-14. He was elected to congress from the twelfth district November 3, 1914, by a vote of 14,562 to 9,205 for William J. MacDonald, 4,962 for Frederic J. Bawden and 829 for Andrew Anderson.
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT.
WARDS 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18, Detroit, Wayne county. Population 1910, 220,347.
CHARLES A. NICHOLS,
Republican, of Detroit, was born in Charlevoix county, Michigan, August 25, 1875, son of Thomas Whitney Nichols and grandson of Jonathan Nichols, who settled in Hickory Corners, Barry county, soon after Michigan was admitted to state-hood. He began working in a newspaper office when a boy and grew up and was educated in the business. He was a reporter on Detroit newspapers for many years until he was appointed secretary of the Detroit police department, in which position he served three years. In 1908 he was elected city clerk of Detroit and reelected in 1910. Mr. Nichols was elected congressman from the thirteenth district November 3, 1914, by a vote of 17,091 to 7,417 for Antonio Entenza, 2,001 for Ralph Hall Ferris, 607 for William G. Witt, 161 for Frank E. Titus and 46 for Mike Andzelewski.
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JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT.
CHIEF JUSTICE BROOKE.
[Term expires December 31, 1915.]
Flavius Lionel Brooke was born in Norfolk county, Ontario, Canada, October 7, 1858. He was educated in the Canadian common schools; Albert University, Belle- ville, Ontario; and Osgoode Hall, Toronto, Ontario. At the age of nineteen he en- tered the university, taking a two years' course in art; at the age of twenty began the reading of law and spent one year in Belleville and four years in Toronto, the four years in Toronto being in the law offices of Mowat, MacLennan & Downey. Mr. Mowat was then Attorney General for Ontario and leader of the Liberal party. Mr. Brooke was admitted to practice at Toronto in 1884, removed to Detroit in 1885, and entered the office of Col. John Atkinson and Judge Isaac Marston. In 1887 the firm of Atkinson, Carpenter & Brooke was formed and conducted for several years until Judge Carpenter went on the bench. The law firm of Brooke & Spalding was then formed and contin- ued from 1892 to 1896, after which Mr. Brooke continued the practice of law alone until 1900. He was married November 24, 1884, and has four children. He was appointed by President Mckinley supervisor of the census for the first district of Mich- igan. Mr. Brooke was elected judge of the third judicial circuit, to fill vacancy, in November, 1900, and reelected April 3, 1905. He was appointed a justice of the supreme court November 7, 1908, and was elected to fill the vacancy, caused by the resignation of Justice Carpenter, November 3, 1908. He was reelected April 5, 1915, for the term ending December 31, 1923, by a vote of 261,111 to 116,937 for Charles M. Wilson, 26,049 for William T. Bope, 14,339 for John M. Alexander and 10,912 for Thomas A. Meade. Mr. Brooke is at present chief justice.
JUSTICE McALVAY.
[Term expires December 31, 1915.]
Aaron Vance McAlvay was born at Ann Arbor, Washtenaw county, Michigan, July 19, 1847. His early years, when not in school, were spent on his father's farm. Mr. McAlvay received his early education in the public schools of Ann Arbor, being gradu- ated in 1864. He was graduated from the literary department of the University of Michigan in 1868, with the degree of A. B., and in 1869 from the law department with the degree of LL. B. He taught school for one year before graduation, located at Manistee in 1871, and began the practice of law, continuing his practice until 1878, when he was appointed judge of the nineteenth judicial circuit to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of Hon. H. H. Wheeler. At the expiration of the term he returned to practice and continued the same until June, 1901, when he was appointed judge of the same circuit, and was elected November, 1902, without opposition. He was ap- pointed a non-resident lecturer in the law department of the University of Michigan in 1897 and filled that position until his resignation in October, 1903. In 1910 the University of Michigan conferred upon him the degree of LL. D. Mr. McAlvay was united in marriage with Miss Barbara Bassler of Ann Arbor in 1872, and six children have graced this union, five of whom are now living. He was elected justice of the supreme court for the three year term, November 8, 1904, and reelected for the full term April 1, 1907. He was reelected April 5, 1915, for the term ending December 31, 1923, by a vote of 260,154 to 119,050 for Thomas J. Cavanaugh, 28,058 for Alvin E. Ewing, 14,835 for James H. McFarlan and 11,159 for Harvey B. Hatch. Justice McAlvay was chief justice during the years 1907 and 1914.
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