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MEMBERS OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
FRANK CODY,
[Term expires June 30, 1919 ]
Of Detroit, 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, holding that position until Delray was annexed to Detroit in 1907, when he was appointed to the principalship of the Detroit McMillan high school. In 1914 he was made assistant superintendent 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 three 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.
FREDERICK ALBERT JEFFERS,
[Term expires June 30, 1921.]
Of Painesdale, was born in Farmington, Ohio, July 24, 1869. He was taken, when an infant, to Connecticut, where he was left an orphan at five years of age. He came to Jackson county, Michigan, in 1875, where, in the township of Napoleon, he received his elementary education. Taught district school on the edge of Jackson and Washtenaw counties; attended Michigan State Normal College at Ypsilanti, from which he graduated in 1891 and from which he later received the degree of master of pedagogics. After graduation he went to Atlantic Mine as superintendent of the Adams township schools, which position he has held for twenty-six years, living for the past eight years at Paines- dale where the new township high school is located. He has been a school examiner of Houghton county for over twenty years; instructor in the summer schools of the Northern State Normal School for more than ten years, teaching history, civics, public school administration and other subjects. He has also done institute work, besides filling most of the offices of the upper peninsula educational association, including that of president. Mr. Jeffers is married. At the Republican state convention held at Grand Rapids, February 12, 1915, he was nominated for member of the state board
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of education and elected April 5, 1915, by a vote of 262,092 to 116,370 for Paul Van Deinse, 26,360 for William S. Leavenworth, 14,443 for Joseph M. Carrier, 10,932 for Charles A. Salyer and 441 scattering.
THOMAS WILLIAM NADAL,
[Term expires June 30, 1923.]
Of Olivet, was born on a farm near Milroy, Indiana, of English and French parentage. He spent his boyhood on the farm, attended the district school, and later the township high school in the village of Milroy. At the age of sixteen he entered De Pauw Uni- versity and worked his 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 professor of English and Oratory in Olivet College and has been dean of the college since 1905. Mr. Nadal was married June 2, 1909, to Kathryne Wyckoff, of Laingsburg, Michigan. 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, and reelected April 2, 1917, by a vote of 239,788 to 116,603 for Philip M. Keen, 8,551 for Ernest J. Moore, 7,563 for E. K. Mohr, 63 for George Irvin, 1,101 for William G. McEdwards, 95 for Elmer E. Scott, 399 for Edward K. Mohr, and 30 scattering.
MEMBERS OF THE STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.
ROBERT D. GRAHAM,
[Term expires December 31, 1919.]
Of Grand Rapids, was born at Union, Ontario, November 11, 1855, of Scotch parentage. He received his early education in the district schools of Kent county. Mr. Graham has served as supervisor, representative and senator in the state legislature and has been a member of the state board of agriculture since 1903. He is married and has resided in Michigan fifty years. April 7, 1913, he was elected a member of the state board of agriculture by a plurality of 46,741.
ALFRED J. DOHERTY,
[Term expires December 31, 1919.]
Of Clare, was born in New York, May 1, 1856. He was educated in the Genesee Valley Seminary, of Belfast, New York, from which he graduated in 1876. He came to Mich- igan in 1878 and engaged in the mercantile and manufacturing business which he con- ducted successfully for a number of years. Mr. Doherty is married and has four children. He was a member of the state senate during the sessions of 1901-2, 1903-4 and 1905-6. At the election held on April 7, 1913, he was elected a member of tlie state board of agriculture by a plurality of 44,783.
I. ROY WATERBURY,
[Term expires December 31, 1921.]
Of Highland, was born at Highland, Michigan, October 2, 1869, of American parents. He was educated in the public schools of Highland. Mr. Waterbury has always resided
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in Michigan and for the past twelve years has been editor of the Michigan Farmer. He has served as representative and senator in the state legislature and has also held the offices of treasurer and supervisor. He is a Republican and was elected a member of the state board of agriculture April 5, 1909, and reelected April 5, 1915, by a plurality of 141,583.
WILLIAM H. WALLACE,
[Term expires December 31, 1921.]
Of Saginaw, was born at Port Hope, Huron county, Michigan, September 12, 1862, of Scotch-Irish parentage. He was educated in the Huron county common schools and the Detroit Business College. He is now president of the following firms: The Wallace Stone Company, Wallace & Morley Company, Bay Port Fish Company, and Bay Port Bank, all of Bay Port, Michigan. He is also president of the Saginaw Bay Fish Company, of Case ville, Michigan; of the Bad Axe Grain Company, of Bad Axe, Mich- igan; of the Brimley State Bank, of Brimley, Michigan; of the Brimley Produce Com- pany, of Brimley, Michigan. He is a director of The Second National Bank of Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, and general manager and director of the Michigan Sugar Company, of Saginaw, Michigan. Mr. Wallace is married. At the election held on April 5, 1915, he was reelected a member of the state board of agriculture by a vote of 260,579 to 116,942 for Angus M. Smith, 26,121-for O. C. Hollister, 14,330 for George W. Eldridge and 10,810 for Wm. S. Lathers.
JOHN W. BEAUMONT,
[Term expires December 31, 1923.]
Of Detroit, was born at Elizabeth, New Jersey, July 20, 1858, of English parentage. He attended the Michigan Agricultural College, from which institution he graduated in 1882. Since August, 1886, he has been engaged in the practice of law at Detroit. Mr. Beaumont is married, and has resided in Michigan since 1875. He served in the Spanish-American war on board the U. S. S. Yosemite. Mr. Beaumont was elected a member of the state board of agriculture April 3, 1911, and reelected April 2, 1917, by a plurality of 116,685.
JASON WOODMAN,
[Term expires December 31, 1923.]
Of Paw Paw, was born in Paw Paw, Van Buren county, Michigan, in 1860, of New England parentage. He was educated in the public schools and the Michigan Agri- cultural College, from which institution he graduated in 1881. He was lecturer of the Michigan State Grange for eight years, and served as chairman of the Van Buren Republican county committee for several years. He was also a member of the state senate during the sessions of 1903 and 1905. Mr. Woodman is married. At the election held on April 3, 1911, he was elected a member of the state board of agriculture and reelected. April 2, 1917, by a plurality of 116,104.
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STATE LEGISLATURE.
SENATORS.
GEORGE LEWIS BOLEN,
Of Battle Creek, senator from the ninth district, comprising the counties of Branch and Calhoun, was born near Staunton, Virginia, October 31, 1861. His father's people came to Virginia in colonial times from England. His mother's people were colonial Penn- sylvania Germans. His first twelve years were spent in the country. From twelve to fifteen he learned to be a printer. From fifteen to eighteen he was on a farm in summer, and at school in winter. From eighteen to twenty his school work in winter was changed to teaching. He then spent a year and a half as a printer in Providence and Boston, a year at Valparaiso (Indiana) business college, a year and a half (1884-86) at the University of Michigan, and nearly five years as a newspaper writer and manager at Houghton, Michigan. In 1890 he returned to Virginia and organized a company and established the Staunton News, the town's first daily paper. In 1893 he returned to Michigan and started a small job printing shop in Jackson. He remained there twelve years and on January 1, 1906, he went to Battle Creek and bought the Phoenix Printing Company business which he has since conducted. Mr. Bolen has two daughters. His spare time has been devoted to the study of economics, being the author of two books on this subject. He is a Democrat and was elected to the senate November 7, 1916, by a vote of 10,505 to 10,108 for James Henry and 752 for J. R. D. Snyder.
ERNEST J. BRYANT,
Of Sand Creek, senator from the nineteenth district, comprising the counties of Lenawee and Monroe, was born in Michigan, May 2, 1873, of English parents. He was educated in the Fayette Normal College and the Fayette Business University of Fayette, Ohio. Mr. Bryant has always been a farmer. He is married, and resides on his farm in Lenawee county. He is a Republican and was a representative in the state legislatures of 1907-08 and 1909-10. He was elected to the senate November 7, 1916, by a vote of 10,084 to 9,690 for John B. Haynes, 222 for D. H. Warren and 115 for Guy L. North.
GEORGE M. CONDON,
Of Detroit, senator from the fourth district of Wayne county, was born at Fort Covington, Franklin county, New York, December 27, 1860, of American parentage, being the eldest of seven children. Raised on a large farm, working thereon, excepting when in school, until he was about eighteen. Taught school for five years; entered the dry goods business with Hon. T. A. Sears, of Bombay, New York, and after two years went into the clothing business with L. G. Whitney, of Atlanta, Georgia. Later, he kept books for Moran Fitzsimmons & Company, at Detroit, Michigan, and South Bend, Indiana. He is senior member of the law firm of Condon, Nellis & Condon, with offices at 600-601 Free Press building, Detroit. He has one son, Dallas M., junior, member of the above named firm. Mr. Condon is a Presbyterian, being an elder in the Immanuel Presbyterian church of Detroit. He is and has been organizer and director of the famous Condon literary club, incorporated, in which over four hundred boys and young men have received and are receiving training as debaters and public speakers. He is a Republican and was elected to the senate November 7, 1916, by a vote of 13,732 to 9,591 for Hal Wilson, 215 for David M. Pickett and 6 for Webb Doane,
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FRANK L. COVERT,
Of Pontiac, senator from the twelfth district, comprising the counties of Oakland and Washtenaw, was born in Waterford township, Oakland county, Michigan, November 23, 1867, of American parents, being a son of Hudson P. and Nancy J. Covert, who were early pioneers of Oakland county. He was educated in the district schools and the Pontiac high school. In 1890 he was admitted to the bar and has since been engaged in the practice of law. He was married 'October 2, 1895, to Catherine Cruice and has one son, Hudson C. Covert. Mr. Covert served three terms as circuit court commis- sioner of Oakland county, three terms as prosecuting attorney and superintendent of the poor for about three years. He is a Republican and was elected to the senate of 1915-16 and reelected November 7, 1916, by a vote of 15,222 to 503 for George M. Campbell and 190 for M. E. Pontiac.
JOHN ADAMS DAMON,
Of Mt. Pleasant, senator from the 25th district, comprising the counties of Gratiot, Isabella and Mecosta, was born at Madison, Ohio, June 4, 1850, of Scotch and English parentage. His education was acquired principally at the Wisconsin University. When he was five years of age his parents moved to Deane county, Wisconsin. In 1872 he went to Beloit, Wisconsin, where he was married to Ella G. Jewett, who died in August, 1913. He was married in September, 1915, to Mrs. E. M. Cooper, of Mt. Pleasant. He has a daughter, Mrs. Floyd Mitchell, of Weidman, Michigan, a son, H. P. Damon, having died in September, 1916. He came to Michigan in 1876 and located at Millington, Tuscola county; moved to Mt. Pleasant in December, 1906. Mr. Damon has served on school boards for years, was township clerk, representative in the state legislature in 1887 and 1889, county treasurer of Isabella county in 1906 and 1908, and alderman of Mt. Pleasant in 1913 and 1914. He is a Republican and was elected to the senate of 1915-16 and reelected November 7, 1916, by a vote of 8,982 to 6,224 for Fred Bradford, 376 for Harry Drebin and 276 for Moses Johnson.
CHARLES J. DELAND,
Of Jackson, senator from the tenth district, comprising the counties of Hillsdale and Jackson, was born at Saginaw, Michigan, December 18, 1879, of American parentage. He was educated in the Jackson public schools and the Michigan Agricultural College. He lived on the home farm until 1900, when he removed to Jackson and in 1903 was appointed deputy county treasurer. He began the study of law in 1900 and was ad- mitted to the bar in 1905. From 1906 to 1910 he was chairman of the Jackson Re- publican county committee and was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1907. Mr. DeLand was married in 1905 and has two children. He was elected to the senate of 1915-16 and reelected November 7, 1916, by a vote of 11,429 to 10,553 for William W. Mercer, 242 for Newton Thorpe and 355 for Leroy L. Dewey.
GEORGE B. FORRESTER,
Of Deckerville, senator from the twentieth district, comprising the counties of Huron and Sanilac, was born at Montreal, Canada, September 13, 1862, and received his education in the Richmond public schools. He was married in 1887 and has two children. Mr. Forrester has been a resident of Michigan forty-nine years and has been engaged in the mercantile business for thirty years. He is a Republican and was elected to the senate November 7, 1916, by a vote of 10,009 to 3,141 for Edwin C. Leipprandt.
CHARLES WOODWORTH FOSTER,
Of Lansing, senator from the fourteenth district, comprising the counties of Ingham and Shiawassee, was born in Lansing, March 28, 1873. He graduated from the Lansing
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high school in 1891; from the literary department, University of Michigan, in 1895 and from the law department in 1896. He has since resided in Lansing, where he has been actively engaged in the practice of law, and prominently identified with the Re- publican party. He held the office of circuit court commissioner for Ingham county from 1898 to 1902, and was elected to the senate of 1915-16 and reelected November 7, 1916, by a vote of 12,718 to 801 for Sherman E. Ward, 238 for Lute H. Ives, 64 for A. McInnis and 3 scattering.
AUGUSTUS H. GANSSER,
Of Bay City, senator from the twenty-fourth district, comprising the counties of Bay and Midland, was born at Wurtemberg, Germany, July 5, 1872. He attended the primary schools in Germany and the public schools of Bay City where he has resided since June, 1881. He is married and has three sons. From 1884 to 1886 he was em- ployed in a mill; 1886 to 1896 collector and clerk; manager of a carpet store, and news- paper correspondent from 1896 to 1898, and insurance agent from 1898 to 1910. He has served in the M. N. G. since 1892, and participated in the battle and siege of Santiago in 1898. He has been active in many fraternities and is a member of Bay City lodges F. & A. M., R. A. M., O. E. S., Elks, Odd Fellows, K. of P., and National League of Veterans and Sons. He served in the state house of representatives in 1911-12 and was elected to the senate of 1915-16, and reelected November 7, 1916, by a vote of 9,459 to 6,857 for Arthur H. Ingraham and 368 for Ed. O. Fost.
JAMES W. HANLEY,
Of Detroit, 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 con- tracting business during the past ten years. Mr. Hanley is a Republican and was elected to the senate of 1913-14 and 1915-16, and reelected November 7, 1916, by a vote of 18,704 to 12,209 for Francis H. Warren, one for H. J. Conard and two for Doane West. :
ANSON R. HARRINGTON,
Of Comstock Park, R. F. D. 1, senator from the seventeenth district, comprising the county of Kent, was born in Walker township, Kent county, Michigan, April 6, 1870, son of Vernon and Martha Ellis Harrington. He was educated in the district schools. He was married December 27, 1899, to Ella M. Bailey, daughter of Joseph S. and Ann Mary Cross Bailey. Mr. Harrington is a Democrat and was elected to the senate November 7, 1916, by a vote of 8,789 to 8,695 for Thomas H. McNaughton and 345 for George A. Dockeray.
LYMAN A. HOLMES, ·
Of Port Huron, senator from the eleventh district, comprising the counties of Macomb and St. Clair, was born at Buffalo, New York, November 7, 1858, of English and Irish parents. He was educated in the public and high schools of Buffalo, New York, and Cleveland, Ohio. At the age of sixteen, he accepted a position under Sir John McDonald - as assistant time keeper and paymaster during construction of the I. M. O. & O. R. Railway from Montreal to Ottawa. On the completion of the road he entered the foundry business, as apprentice, at Springfield, Ohio. Was promoted to the position of superintendent, filling similar positions in several large foundries in the eastern states. In 1906, he removed with his family to Romeo, Michigan, where he organized and operated the first of his three foundry plants. In 1915 he was elected director and vice-president of the Romeo Savings Bank. Mr. Holmes has three sons and one daughter. He is a Republican and was elected to the senate November 7, 1916, by a
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vote of 11,448 to 7,416 for John E. Mealley, 200 for Nelson H. Miller and 149 for George C. Barron.
HERMAN L. KOEHLER,
Of Detroit, senator from the first district of Wayne county, was born in the princi- pality of Waldeek, Germany, March 20, 1849, and received his education in private and high schools. In 1864 he came from Germany and located at Detroit, Michigan. He started his business career as a clerk in a hardware store and read proof on the old Detroit Daily Tribune in 1869, when the paper was directed by James E. Scripps, when, for several years, he and Dennis Ryan, later of the Ryan Knitting Works, com- piled the annual Detroit city directory. In 1870 he went with the late August Marx- hausen, Sr., to be city editor of the Abend-Post. In the early nineties, he removed to Cheboygan county and became a factor in Republican politics there, being supervisor, postmaster and justice of the peace. Koehler township, Cheboygan county, was named for him. On his return to Detroit, he became financially interested in the Broadway market and Miles Theatre. He is one of the oldest members of the Arbeiter society and the Harmonie, originated the first German day celebration in Detroit twenty-two years ago and about the same time brought about the organization of the Germall- American bund, being a federation of Detroit German societies. Mr. Koehler was married July 23, 1879, to Emma D. Hoenighausen. He was a delegate from Michigan to the Republican national convention at Chicago in 1916. He is a Republican and served in the legislature during the sessions of 1913-14 and 1915-16. He was elected to the senate November 7, 1916, by a vote of 26,565 to 19,695 for Walter Phillips, 1 for W. Schwartz, 11 for Olive Chevolett, 30 for Daniel Powell and 1 for Allen M. Lamphere.
VINCENT A. MARTIN,
Of Fruitport, senator from the twenty-third district, comprising the counties of Muskegon and Ottawa, was born in Dane county, Wisconsin, February 17, 1870, of American parentage. He was educated in the common schools of Muskegon and Van Buren counties. When he was two and one-half years old his parents removed to Van Buren county, later settling in Muskegon county, and he has resided in that vicinity for thirty- six years. Mr. Martin was married in 1895 to Sarah E. Smith, and has two adopted daughters. Since 1904 he has been engaged in electric railway work in various capacities. He is a Republican and was elected to the senate November 7, 1916, by a vote of 11,852 to 7,786 for James L. Smith, 220 for Edward O. Foss and 216 for Truman Hubbel.
DUNCAN McRAE,
Of Greenbush, senator from the twenty-eighth district, comprising the counties of Alcona, Arenac, Clare, Crawford, Gladwin, Iosco, Osceola, Oscoda and Roscommon, was born at Au Sable, Michigan, February 16, 1869, of Scotcli-Irish parentage. He received his education in the public schools of Au Sable and Greenbuslı. Mr. McRae served in the Spanish-American war with company E, 35th Michigan Volunteer infantry. For six years he engaged in the mercantile business, and for fifteen years has been in the lumbering business. During this time he has served as school director, township treasurer and supervisor, and for ten years was postmaster of Greenbush. Fraternally lie is a member of Alcona Lodge No. 292 F. & A. M., Thunder Bay Chapter No. 74, R. A. M., Bay City Consistory, A. A. S. R., Elf Khurafeh Temple, A. A. O. N. M., Lake Huron Chapter No. 184, O. E. S., Harrisville Lodge No. 218, I. O. O. F., Fisher Grange No. 790, Ideal Arbor, A. O. O. G. Mr. McRae is married. He is a Republican, and was elected to tlie senate November 7, 1916, by a vote of 8,898 to 6,360 for William H. Caple.
GEORGE W. MILLER,
Of Greenville, senator from the eigliteentli district, comprising tlie counties of Ionia and Montcalm, was born in Fair Plain township, Montcalm county, Michigan, February
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10, 1852. He was educated in the common schools and later taught school two winters. He was married December 21, 1875, to Jennie Barnes, of Fair Plain township and in 1882 they went to South Dakota where they fulfilled contracts with the government for 480 acres of land preemption, free claims and homestead. While in South Dakota Mr. Miller held several township offices and was state senator one term. They returned to Fair Plain township in October, 1905, and in 1907 he was elected supervisor and each year since unanimously, serving as chairman twice. In 1911 and 1914 he was chosen to represent the county before the state board of equalization. Mr. and Mrs. Miller have always been farmers and are the owners of several farms in Michigan and South Dakota. He is a Republican and was a member of the legislature of 1915-16. He was elected to the senate November 7, 1916, by a vote of 8,209 to 6,437 for Clifton H. Clement.
J. LEE MORFORD,
Of Gaylord, senator from the twenty-ninth district, comprising the counties of Alpena, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Emmet, Montmorency, Otsego and Presque Isle, was born at Unionville, Tuscola county, Michigan, June 14, 1873, of Scotch parentage. His early life was spent on a farm, and at the age of fifteen he assumed the sole management of the farm work. His education was acquired in the district schools and the Caro high school, the family having moved to Caro in his eighteenth year. In 1900 he went to Gaylord, purchasing an interest in a furniture and undertaking business with R. H. Russell, and ten months later bought Mr. Russell's interest in the business which had been well established. On June 27, 1904, he was placed in charge of the Otsego County Bank, a position which came unsolicited. He was elected village president in 1906 and held this office four terms. Upon the reorganization of the Gaylord Motor Car Company Mr. Morford was elected a director and he is now its treasurer. Mr. Morford is married. He is a Republican and was a representative in the state legis- latures of 1911-12 and 1913-14. He was elected to the senate of 1915-16 and reelected November 7, 1916, by a vote of 10,276 to 6,244 for Frank L. Friend and 834 for Fred H. Thomas.
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