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11. * Caleb Powers, R. Barbourville
LOUISIANA.
1. * Albert Estopinal, D .... St. Bernard
3. * Whitmel P. Martin, Prog. Thinodaux
4. * John T. Watkins, D ....:. Minden
5. * Riley J. Wilson, D .. .Harrisonburg
2. * H. Garland Dupre, D .. New Orleans 6. J. Y. Sanders, D. . Bogalusa
7. * L. Lazaro, D. . Washington
8. James B. Aswell, D ... Natchitoches
MAINE.
1. Louis B. Goodall, R .... ... Sanford 3. * John A. Peters, R. Ellsworth
2. Wallace H. White, Jr., R. . Lewiston
8. Albert H. Vestal, R. Anderson
9. Fred S. Bunnell, R. Attica
10. * Will R. Wood, R .. Lafayette
11. Milton Kraus, R. . . Penn
12. Louis W. Fairfield, . R. . Angola
13. * Henry A. Barnhart, D .... . Rochester
20. * Henry T. Rainey, D ..... Carrollton
21. * Loren E. Wheeler, R ... Springfield
22. * Wm. A. Rodenberg, R .. E. St. Louis
23. * Martin D. Foster, D. . Olney
24. * Thomas S. Williams, R .... Louisville
25. * Edward E. Denison, R ...... Marion
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4. Ira G. Hersey, R. . Houlton
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES .- Continued.
MARYLAND.
1. * Jesse D. Price, D. Salisbury 4. * J. Charles Linthicum, D. Baltimore
2. * J. Fred C. Talbott, D .... Lutherville 5. * Sydney E. Mudd, R ..... La Plata
3. * Charles P. Coady, D .... Baltimore 6. Fred'k N. Zihlman, R. . Cumberland
MASSACHUSETTS.
ยท 1. * Allen T. Treadway, R ... Stockbridge 9. Alvan T. Fuller, Ind. Malden
2. * Frederick H. Gillett, R. . Springfield
3. * Calvin D. Paige, R ..... Southbridge 4. * Samuel E. Winslow, R ... Worcester
5. * John Jacob Rogers, R ..... Lowell 13. * William H. Carter, R .... .. Needham 6. * Augustus P. Gardner, R. . Hamilton 14. * Richard Olney, II, D .. Dedham 15. * William S. Greene, R .... Fall River
7. * Michael F. Phelan, D ... . Lynn
8. Fred'k W. Dallinger, R. . Cambridge
16. * Joseph Walsh, R. . New Bedford
MICHIGAN.
1. * Frank E. Doremus, D. . Detroit
2. Mark R. Bacon, R ... Wyandotte
3. * John M. C. Smith, R ... .. Charlotte
4. * Edward L. Hamilton, R. . Niles
5. * Carl E. Mapes, R .... Grand Rapids
6. * Patrick H. Kelley, R. Lansing
7. * Louis C. Cramton, R ... . Lapeer
8. * Joseph W. Fordney, R .... Saginaw 9. * James C. McLaughlin, R .. Muskegon 10. Gilbert A. Currie, R ..... Midland
11. * Frank D. Scott, R .. Alpena
12. * W. Frank James, R. Hancock
13. * Charles A. Nichols, R.
Detroit
MINNESOTA.
1. * Sydney Anderson, R ..... Lanesboro 6. Harold Knutson, R ...... St. Cloud 2. * Franklin F. Ellsworth, R. . Mankato 7. * Andrew J. Volstead, R .. Granite Falls 3. * Charles R. Davis, R .... ... St. Peter 8. * Clarence B. Miller, R ...... Duluth 9. * Halvor Steenerson, R .... Crookston
10. * Thomas D. Schall, Prog. Minneapolis
MISSISSIPPI.
1. * Ezekiel S. Candler, Jr., D .. Corinth
2. * H. D. Stephens, D ..... New Albany
3. * Benj. G. Humphreys, D .. Greenville
4. * T. U. Sisson, D .. Winona
5. W. W. Venable, D Meridian
6. * B. P. Harrison, D . Gulfport 7. * Percy E. Quinn, D. McComb 8. * J. W. Collier, D .. Vicksburg
MISSOURI.
1. Milton Andrew Romjue, D ... Macon 2. * William W. Rucker, D .. Keytesville 3. * Joshua W. Alexander, D .. Gallatin 4. * Charles F. Booher, D .... Savannah 5. * William P. Borland, D. . Kansas City
6. * Clement C. Dickinson, D .. Clinton 7. * Courtney W. Hamlin, D. Springfield 8. * D. W. Shackleford, D.Jefferson City
9. * Champ Clark, D .... Bowling Green 10. * Jacob E. Meeker, R .... St. Louis 11. * William L. Igoe, D ... .St. Louis
12. * L. C. Dyer, R ... . St. Louis 13. * Walter L. Hensley, D .. Farmington 14. * Joseph J. Russell, D .... Charleston 15 .* * Perl D. Decker, D. .Joplin
16. * Thomas L. Rubey, D. . Lebanon
MONTANA.
At Large.
*John M. Evans, D. Missoula
Jeanette Rankin, R. Missoula
NEBRASKA.
1. * C. F. Reavis, R .. Falls City 4. * Chas. H. Sloan, R. Geneva
2. * C. O. Lobeck, D. Omaha 5. * Ashton C. Shallenberger, D .. Alma
3. * Dan V. Stephens, D. Fremont 6. * Moses P. Kinkaid, R .. . O'Neill
NEVADA.
At Large.
*Edward E. Roberts, R. Carson City
4. * Carl C. Van Dyke, D. . . . St. Paul
5. Ernest Lundeen, R .... Minneapolis
10. * Peter F. Tague, D. . Boston
11. * George Holden Tinkham, R .. Boston
12. * James A. Gallivan, D .. Boston
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES .- Continued.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
1. * Cyrus A. Sulloway, R. Manchester
2. * Edward H. Wason, R.
. Nahma
NEW JERSEY.
1. * William J. Browning, R .... Camden 7. * Dow H. Drukker, R ... . Passaic
2. * Isaac Bacharach, R. ... Atlantic City
8. * Edward W. Gray, R ... ... . Newark
3. * Thomas J. Scully, D. . South Amboy 9. * Richard W. Parker, R ..... Newark
4. * Elijah C. Hutchinson, R .... Trenton 10. * Frederick R. Lehlbach, R ... Newark
5. * John H. Capstick, R .... Montville 11. * John J. Eagan, D ...... Weehawken
6. John R. Ramsey, R .... Hackensack
12. * James A. Hamill, D .... Jersey City
NEW MEXICO.
At Large.
William B. Walton, D Silver City
NEW YORK.
1. * Fred'ck C. Hicks, R.Pt. Washington 23. Daniel C. Oliver, D ..... New York
2. * Charles Pope Caldwell, D.Forest Hill 24. 3. * Joseph V. Flynn, D ..... Brooklyn Benjamin L. Fairchild, R .. Pelham 25. * James W. Husted, R ...... Peekskill 4. * Harry Howard Dale, D ... Brooklyn 26. * Edmund Platt, R .... Poughkeepsie
5. * James P. Maher, D .. Brooklyn
6. * Frederick W. Rowe, R. Brooklyn
7. * John J. Fitzgerald, D. Brooklyn
8. * Daniel J. Griffin, D. .
.Brooklyn
30. George R. Lunn, D ..... Schenectady
9. * Oscar W. Swift, R .. .
10. * Reuben L. Haskell, R.
11. * Daniel J. Riordan, D ...
12. * Meyer London, Soc ... . New York
13. Chris. D. Sullivan, D .... New York
14. Fiorello H. LaGuardia, R.New York
15. * Michael F. Conry, D .... New York 16. * Peter J. Dooling, D ..... New York 17. * John F. Carew, D. . New York
18. George B. Francis, R .... New York
19. * Walter M. Chandler, R .. New York
20. * Isaac Siegel, R .. . New York
21. * Geo. Murray Hulbert, D. New York
22. * Henry Bruckner, D ..... New York
6. * Hannibal L. Godwin, D .. .... Dunn
7. L. D. Robinson, D. . Wadesboro 8. * Robt. L. Doughton, D. Laurel Sp'gs 9. * Edwin Y. Webb, D. . Shelby
10. Zeb Weaver, D .. Hendersonville
NORTH DAKOTA.
1. * H. T. Helgesen, R. . Milton
2. * Geo. M. Young, R.
. Valley City
3. * P. D. Norton, R. . Hettinger
OHIO.
1. * Nicholas Longworth, R .. Cincinnati
2. Victor Heintz, R. Cincinnati
3. * Warren Gard, D . Hamilton
4. B. F. Welty, D . Lima
5. John S. Snook, D. Paulding
6. * Chas. C. Kearns, R .. . Batavia
7. * Simeon D. Fess, R ... Yellow Springs
8. * John A. Key, D ... Marion
9. * Isaac R. Sherwood, D. . Toledo
10. * Robert M. Switzer, R ... Gallipolis
11. H. C. Claypool, D ..... Chillicothe
12. * Clement L. Brumbaugh, D.Columbus 13. * Arthur W. Overmyer, D. . Fremont 14. E. R. Bathrick, D. Akron
' 15. George White, D Marietta 16. * Roscoe C. McCulloch, R ... Canton 17. * William A. Ashbrook, D. . Johnstown 18. * D. A. Hollingsworth, R ..... Cadiz 19. * John G. Cooper, R ..... Youngstown 20. * William Gordon, D .. . Cleveland 21. * Robert Crosser, D. . Cleveland
22. * Henry I. Emerson, R. . Cleveland
NORTH CAROLINA.
1. * John H. Small, D . . . . Washington
2. * Claude Kitchin, D ... Scotland Neck
3. * Geo. E. Hood, D . Goldsboro
4. * Edward W. Pou, D .. . . . . Smithfield
5. * Charles N. Stedman, D. . Greensboro
31. * Bertrand H. Snell, R .... Potsdam 32. * Luther W. Mott, R ... Oswego
33. * Homer P. Snyder, R ... Little Falls
34. *George W. Fairchild, R .... Oneonta
35. * Walter W. Magee, R .... Syracuse 36. * Norman J. Gould, R ... Seneca Falls 37. * Harry H. Pratt, R .. . Corning
38. * Thomas B. Dunn, R .. . . . Rochester
39. Archie D. Sanders, R .. Stafford
40. * Stephen W. Dempsey, R .. Lockport
41. * Charles B. Smith, D .. . Buffalo
42. William F. Waldow, R ... . Buffalo
43. * Charles M. Hamilton, R .... Ripley
27. *Charles B. Ward, R ..... DeBruce 28. * Rollin B. Sanford, R ... Slingerlands 29. * James S. Parker, R. . Salem
Brooklyn
Brooklyn
. New York
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OKLAHOMA.
1. T. A. Chandler, R. Vinita 5. * Joseph B. Thompson, D.Pauls Valley
2. * William W. Hastings, D. . Tahlequah
6. * Scott Ferris, D Lawton
3. * Charles D. Carter, D ..... Ardmore
7. * James V. McClintic, D .... Snyder
4. T. D. Mckeown, D. Ada 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 M. Garland, R. .Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
*John R. K. Scott, R .. Joseph Mclaughlin, R. Philadelphia
1. * William S. Vare, R .... Philadelphia
2. * George S. Graham, R. . Philadelphia 3. * J. Hampton Moore, R. Philadelphia 4. * George W. Edmonds, R.Philadelphia
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. T. W. Templeton, R. .... Plymouth
12. * Robert D. Heaton, R .... Ashland 28. O. D. Bleakley, R. . Franklin
13. * Arthur G. DeWalt, D .... Allentown 14. * Louis T. McFadden, R. Canton
15. * Edgar R. Kiess, R ..... Williamsport
16. * John V. Lesher, D. . Sunbury
17. * Benjamin K. Focht, R ... Lewisburg 18. * Aaron S. Kreider, R ...... Annville 19. John M. Rose, R ... . Johnstown
20. Andrew R. Brodbeck, D ... Hanover 21. * Charles H. Rowland, R. . Philipsburg
22. Edward E. Robins, R ... Greensburg
23. Bruce F. Sterling, D. :.. Uniontown 24. * Henry W. Temple, R ... Washington
25. Henry A. Clark, R. Erie
26. * Henry J. Steele, D. . Easton
27. Nathan L. Strong, R .. .. Brookville
29. * Stephen G. Porter, R ... Pittsburgh 30. M. Clyde Kelly, D .. Braddock 31. * John M. Morin, R ..... Pittsburgh
32. Guy E. Campbell, D. Crafton
RHODE ISLAND.
1. * George F. O'Shaunessy, D Providence
2. * Walter R. Stiness, R. Cowesett
3. * Ambrose Kennedy, R. Woonsocket
SOUTH CAROLINA.
1. * Richard S. Whaley, D ... Charleston 5. * David Edward Finley, D. .... York 2. * James Francis Byrnes, D .... Aiken 6. * J. Willard Ragsdale, D .... Florence 3. F. H. Dominick, D. .... Newberry 7. * Asbury F. Lever, D ..... Lexington
4. Sam J. Nicholls, D .... Spartanburg
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. * T. W. Sims, D .. Linden
9. * Finis J. Garrett, D . Dresden
10. Hubert Fisher, D. Memphis
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES .- Concluded.
TEXAS. At Large.
*Jeff McLemore, D. Houston
Daniel E. Garrett, D. Houston
1. * Eugene Black, D Clarksville 9. J. J. Manfield, D .. Columbus
2. * Martin Dies, D . Beaumont
3. * James Young, D Kaufman
4. * Sam Rayburn, D. . Bonham 12. James C. Wilson, D. . Fort Worth
5. * Hatton W. Summers, D . Dallas 13. Marvin Jones, D. .Amarilla
6. * Rufus Hardy, D. Corsicana 14. James L. Slayden, D .... San Antonio
7. * Alexander W. Gregg, D ... Palestine 15. *John N. Garner, D. Uvalde
8. * Joe H. Eagle, D. Houston
16. Thomas L. Blanton, D .. . Abilene
UTAH.
1. Milton H. Welling, D . Fielding
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
2. * Edward E. Holland, D ..... Suffolk
3. * Andrew J. Montague, D. . Richmond
4. * W. A. Watson, D.Jennings Ordinary
5. * E. W. Saunders, D .. Rockymount
6. * Carter Glass, D Lynchburg
7. T. W. Harrison, D .. . Winchester 8. * Charles C. Carlin, D .... Alexandria 9. * C. Bascom Slemp, R. . Big Stone Gap 10. * Henry D. Flood, D .... Appomattox
WASHINGTON.
1. John F. Miller, R ... Seattle
2. * Lindley H. Hadley, R .. Bellingham
3. * Albert Johnson, R ... . Hoquiam
4. * William L. LaFollette, R ... Pullman
5. * C. C. Dill, D Spokane
WEST VIRGINIA.
1. * M. M. Neely, D. Fairmont 4. Harry C. Woodyard, R .... Spencer
2. Geo. M. Bowers, R .. . Martinsburg 5. * Edward Cooper, R ...... Bramwell
3. Stuart F. Reed, R .. . Clarksburg 6. * Adam B. Littlepage, D .. Charleston
WISCONSIN.
1. * Henry Allen Cooper, R. . . . Racine
2. Edward Voigt, R. . Sheboygan
3. * John M. Nelson, R .. .Madison 9. David G. Classon, R. . Oconto
4. * William J. Cary, R. . . Milwaukee 10. * James A. Frear, R ... . Hudson
5. * William H. Stafford, R ... Milwaukee 11. * Irvine L. Lenroot, R. Superior
6. James H. Davidson, R. . Fond du Lac
WYOMING.
1. * Frank W. Mondell, R .: Newcastle
DELEGATES FROM TERRITORIES.
ALASKA.
Charles A. Sulzer, D Fairbanks
HAWAII.
Honolulu
*Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole, R.
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
*Manuel Earnshaw, D.
Vacancy.
PORTO RICO.
Resident Commissioner.
Vacancy.
7. * John Jacob Esch, R .. La Crosse
8. * Edward E. Browne, R. .. . Waupaca
Resident Commissioners. Manila
10. * James P. Buchanan, D. . Brenham
11. Tom Connally, D. . Marlin
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MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, STATE OFFICERS, SUPREME COURT AND LEGISLATURE.
UNITED STATES SENATORS.
CHARLES ELROY TOWNSEND,
[Term expires March 4, 1923.]
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 became 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 legislature January 17, 1911, for the term ending March 4, 1917. At the primary election held on August 29, 1916, he was renominated and at the election held on November 7, 1916, he was reelected for the term ending March 4, 1923.
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, 17, 19 and 21, 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 sixteen 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-nine years. He was elected to the 62nd, 63rd and 64th Congresses and reelected November 7, 1916, by a vote of 29,571 to 26,679 for Hugh Shepherd, 1,506 for Daniel G. Powell, 2 for Herman Rubler and 3 for John Y. Johnson.
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. MARK R. BACON,
Republican, of Wyandotte, is a native of the. state of Illinois; is of English-German descent, his grandfather being an officer in the American Revolution. His education was obtained in the public schools of Illinois, and his boyhood days were spent on a farm. He spent twenty years in the practice of law and real estate, and twenty-one - years in the manufacturing business. Mr. Bacon is married, and has two sons and one daughter. At the primary election August 29, 1916, he was nominated for the office of Congressman, and was elected November 7, 1916, by a vote of 27,182 to 27,133 for Samuel W. Beakes, 520 for Frank E. Titus, 72 for Frank C. Titus, 1 for Thornton Dixon and 539 for Edward J. Koch.
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
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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 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, 63rd and 64th Congresses and reelected November 7, 1916, by a vote of 24,897 to 23,117 for James W. Marsh, 1,654 for William J. Rogers and 757 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, and each succeeding Congress, and was reelected November 7, 1916, by a vote of 26,764 to 20,445 for Roy J. Wade, 1,047 for Roy Potter, 4 for John S. McColl and 1 for William Harvey.
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 and 64th Congresses and reelected November 7, 1916, by a vote of 24,258 to 21,639 for Peter J. Danhof, 1,058 for Olof J Hansen and 521 for Amherst B. Cheney.
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-
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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 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 and re- elected November 7, 1916, by a vote of 38,110 to 30,664 for William S. Kellogg, 1,638 for James E. Walker, 156 for F. H. Grabowski and 1 for Fred W. Corbett.
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 and 64th Congresses and reelected November 7, 1916, by a vote of 30,101 to 14,020 for Varnum J. Bowers, 309 for Melvin Lamb, 587 for C. Elmer Crissman and one for Hugh Sheperd.
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, 63rd and 64th Congresses and reelected November 7, 1916, by a vote of 28,288 to 23,692 for William A. Seegmiller, 770 for A. Parsons, 1 for Henry - W. Powell and 1 for A. L. Chandler.
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MICHIGAN MANUAL.
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 of Michigan. He is a practicing attorney, is president of the Muskegon Abstract Company, and has resided in Michigan since 1864. Mr. McLaughlin has been prose- cuting 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, 63rd and 64th Congresses and reelected November 7, 1916, by a vote of 24,624 to 15,726 for Curtis D. Alway, 1,717 for William H. Henderson, 150 for Charles Crabtree and 1 for I. S. Daines.
TENTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES .- Alcona, Arenac, Bay, Clare, Crawford, Gladwin, Iosco, Isabella, Mecosta, Midland, Ogemaw, Osceola, Oscoda and Roscommon.
Population 1910, 202,518.
GILBERT A. CURRIE, .
Republican, of Midland, was born in Midland township, Midland county, Michigan, September 19, 1882, of Scotch parents. His father came to Midland county in 1859 and was one of its earliest settlers. Mr. Currie received his education in the common schools and the Midland high school and graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan in 1905, since which time he has been engaged in the practice of his profession at Midland. Mr. Currie is married. When twenty-three years of age, he was elected supervisor of his township and served three successive terms, and was elected April, 1908, chairman of the board of supervisors. He was elected to the legis- latures of 1909-10, 1911-12, and 1913-14, and was speaker of the house of 1913-14. At the primary election, August 29, 1916, he was nominated for Congressman and was elected November 5, 1916, by a vote of 24,240 to 16,056 for Henry C. Haller, 952 for George Aplin and 443 for F. E. Tetrey.
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