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EDWARD B. MANWARING,
Of Ann Arbor, representative from the first district of Washtenaw county, was born at Windsor, New York, March 26, 1851, of English parents. He received his education
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at Windsor Academy and the University of Wisconsin, graduating from the law depart- ment of the latter institution in 1875. He practiced law at Menominee and Superior, Wisconsin, until 1903, when he retired and moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan. He is married and has a family of nine children. Mr. Manwaring is a Republican and has served on the board of education, as alderman of his city for ten years, and is at present supervisor. He was elected to the legislature November 2, 1920, by a vote of 7,708 to 2,654 for Daniel B. Sutton.
JAMES E. MCKEON,
· Of Pinconning, representative from the second district of Bay county, was born in Essex county, Ontario, in 1881, of Irish and French parents. He came to Michigan with his parents in 1893 and located on a farm near Pinconning, where he now resides. His education was obtained in the public schools of Bay county. Mr. Mckeon is married. He has held township offices several years and is at present clerk of Fraser township. He is a member of the Pomona Grange. He is a Republican and was elected to the legislature November 5, 1918, and re-elected November 2, 1920, without opposition.
THOMAS D. MEGGISON,
Of Central Lake, representative from Antrim county, was born in Ontario, February 24, 1875, of English-Irish parentage. He was educated in the district schools, Ferris Insti- tute at Big Rapids and University of Michigan. He taught school for a number of years, acquiring a life certificate and was principal of schools at Onekama and Central Lake. While teaching he studied law, attending summer school at the University of Michigan, and being admitted to the practice of law, located at Central Lake, Michigan. Mr. Meggison is married and has four children. In 1910 he was elected prosecuting attorney of Antrim county and has continued in that position. He is a Republican and was elected to the legislature November 2, 1920, without opposition.
MARTIN MENEREY,
Of Mt. Pleasant, representative from Isabella county, was born in Brockway township, St. Clair county, March 26, 1869, of Irish-Scotch parentage. He received his education in the common schools. He has held the elective offices of justice of the peace, township clerk, supervisor and register of deeds. He is engaged in farming and the insurance business. Mr. Menerey is married. He is a Republican and was elected to the legisla- ture November 2, 1920, by a vote of 5,020 to 1,854 for Charles M. Smith.
AARON W. MILES,
Of Big Rapids, representative from Mecosta county, was born at Watsontown, Penn- sylvania, December 6, 1874, of German-Irish parents. He came to Michigan with his parents in 1879 and located at Big Rapids where he received his education in the public schools. He is engaged in the cigar maufacturing business. Mr. Miles is married and has one son. He is a Republican and has served as chairman of the board of supervisors and also as city commissioner. He was elected to the legislature November 5, 1918, and re-elected November 2, 1920, by a vote of 3,749 to 1,406 for James D. Mitchell.
GEORGE H. MILLER,
Of Grand Rapids, representative from the second district of Kent county, was born January 27, 1866, at Grand Rapids, and has always lived in that city. He received his education in the public schools and at a local business college. After leaving school he obtained employment in a boat livery at Reeds Lake, near Grand Rapids. He has been engaged in that line of work ever since, and is now proprietor of the business in which
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he first found employment. Mr. Miller is married. He is a Republican and was elected to the legislature in 1918, and re-elected November 2, 1920, by a vote of 6,255 to 2,312 for John Luneke, and 102 for Alfred C. Archibald.
WILLIAM F. MILLER,
Of Houghton, representative from the third district, Houghton county, was born at Hancock, Michigan, January 1, 1865, of German descent. He was educated in the Calumet public school and Valparaiso University. He was secretary of the Republican county committee for fifteen years and was chairman for one year. He has served as village president, county treasurer and secretary of the school board twenty-one years. Mr. Miller is secretary-treasurer of the Arcadian Consolidated Mining Co. He is a member of Knights of Pythias and I. O. O. F. He is married and has two sons. He was elected to the legislature November 2, 1920, without opposition.
FRANKLIN MOORE,
Of St. Clair, representative from the second district of St. Clair county, was born in St. Clair township, September 6, 1877. He is a son of Franklin Moore, member of the Michigan legislature in 1901 and 1903. His education was secured in the public schools and the St. Clair high school. He is connected with the Diamond Crystal Salt Company, of St. Clair, acting as traffic manager for ten years, and at present as secretary and treasurer of the company. He has served as supervisor, alderman and mayor. Mr. Moore is married. He is a Republican and was elected to the legislature November 5, 1918, and re-elected November 2, 1920, by a vote of 5,135 to 2,537 for Benton Osborne.
DAVID F. MORRISON,
Of Germfask, representative from the Schoolcraft district, comprising the counties of Alger, Luce, Mackinac and Schoolcraft, was born on a farm in Elba township, Gratiot county, Michigan, November 23, 1873, of Scotch parentage. He received his education in the district schools of Clinton county. He engaged in teaching, removing in 1894 to Schoolcraft county to teach. He was married in 1895 and had one son, G. Dale Morrison, a member of Co. M., 125th Infantry, who was killed in action in France, July 31, 1918. Mr. Morrison has for twenty years been engaged in the general mer- chandise business. In 1901 he was appointed postmaster at Germfask and served as such for fifteen years. He is a member of I. O. O. F. and Grange. He is a Republican and has held the offices of supervisor, township clerk and secretary of the board of educa- tion. He was elected to the legislature November 2, 1920, without opposition.
FRANK R. MOSIER,
Of Bravo, representative from the first district of Allegan, was born June 26, 1874, at Scott, Indiana, of Irish-Dutch parentage. He came to Michigan in 1880 and was educated in the public schools, the Grand Rapids high school, Valparaiso University and the Michigan State Normal College at Ypsilanti. He taught school for a time but is now engaged in farmimg. Mr. Mosier is married. He is a Republican and was elected to the legislature November 5, 1918, and re-elected November 2, 1920, by a vote of 4,162 to 1,364 for Martin J. Reed.
ALFRED M. NEVINS,
Of Doster, representative from Barry county, was born at Richland, Kalamazoo county, Michigan, April 5, 1862, of Scotch-Irish parentage. He was educated in district schools and high school of Otsego, Michigan. He served as supervisor of Orangeville township for ten years and was for four years county treasurer. Mr. Nevins is engaged in farming.
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He is married and has one son and one daughter. He is a Republican and was elected to the legislature November 2, 1920, by a vote of 5,074 to 2,059 for Albert T. Shepard.
PATRICK O'BRIEN,
Of Iron River, representative from the Iron district, comprising the counties of Baraga, Iron, Keweenaw and Ontonagon, was born in western Pennsylvania, March 9, 1858. In 1871 he came to Michigan with his parents, locating at Brighton, Livingston county, where he attended high school and worked on a farm during the summer. In the fall of 1876 he entered the office of the Brighton Citizen to learn the printing trade, and has continued in that business ever since, working on different papers in Michigan and Wisconsin. In 1887 he purchased the Iron River-Stambaugh Reporter, and is still editor and publisher of the same. He was postmaster under President Harrison for four years, has been president and trustee of the village of Iron River, a member of the board of edu- cation, member of board of directors of Chamber of Commerce; is president of executive committee of the Iron County Agricultural Society, secretary of the Republican com- mittee, and a member of the board of directors of the U. P. Development Bureau. Mr. O'Brien is married and has two daughters. He was elected to the legislatures of 1915-16, 1917-18 and 1919-20, and was re-elected November 2, 1920, without opposition.
CLIFFORD G. OLMSTED,
Of Midland, representative from Midland county, was born in Midland, May 20, 1879, his father being one of the pioneers of that county. He attended the Midland high school and graduated with the class of 1896. He attended Alma College one year and the Michigan Agricultural College one year, leaving the latter to engage in the general mercantile business in which he is still interested. He was married in 1903 to Ethel M. Stumm, of Elkhart, Indiana. Mr. Olmsted served the city of Midland as alderman for eight years; was superintendent of the poor for four years and under-sheriff two years. He was active in war work in 1917-18, being a member of the county war board and secretary of the Midland county chapter of the Red Cross. He is a Republican and was elected to the legislatures of 1915-16, 1917-18 and 1919-20, and re-elected November 2, 1920, by a vote of 3,298 to 1,908 for Frank I. Wixom.
HENRY ALFRED OSBORN,
Of Sault Ste. Marie, representative from Chippewa county, was born February 6, 1858, in Simcoe county, Ontario, of English parentage. He was educated in the Ontario public schools. He came to Chippewa county in 1879, engaging in farming, and has always been active in developing the county as a farming community. He has been associated with the Chippewa County Agricultural Society since its organization, having been its president a number of years and vice president or a director nearly continuously. He was county road commissioner of Chippewa county and originated the building of stone-macadam roads in that county. Mr. Osborn is married. He and his family are affiliated with the Congregational church. He is a Shriner, Knights Templar, member of I. O. O. F., K. of P., B. P. O. E., and other societies, being past chancellor of the Knights of Pythias. He is also past master of Pine Grove Grange and past master of Pomona Grange of Chippewa county. He is a Republican and was elected to the legislature November 2, 1920, by a vote of 4,914 to 1,206 for Richard J. Ferrett.
MILTON R. PALMER,
Of Detroit, representative from the first district of Wayne county, was born at Grand Rapids, Michigan, January 25, 1878 of Scotch and American parents. He received his education in the public schools and West Side Business College of Chicago and studied accountancy in the Institute of Technology but never practiced as a certified public accountant. He left school at the age of sixteen and worked on a stock farm in
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Indiana; learned bookkeeping and also the soapmaking trade. He followed different occupations until 1899 when he came to Detroit as a soapmaker. In 1900 he entered the newspaper business with the Detroit Journal. He has also been with the Cleveland News, Detroit Times, Detroit Saturday Night and editor of the Detroiter. For a time he was office manager of Wolverine Motor Supply Co., and also publicity secretary of Detroit Board of Commerce. He served two terms as member of board of estimates of the city of Detroit. He is now connected with Wm. N. Alber Co., advertising counsel, and is editor of the Oakland Sales News. Mr. Palmer is married. He is member of Corinthian Lodge, F. & A. M., an officer of King Cyrus Chapter, R. A. M., past master of Monroe Council, R. & S. M., Fellowcraft Athletic Club, Meadowbrook Country Club, Adcraft Club and Detroit Board of Commerce. He has been active for a number of years in advocating good roads and also in furthering the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence waterway project. He is a Republican and was elected to the legislature November 2, 1920, by a plurality of 119,296.
CLARENCE G. PITKIN,
Of Whitehall, representative from Muskegon county, was born at Ypsilanti, Michigan, November 2, 1868, of Scotch and French descent. He received his education in Brighton public school and Ypsilanti Seminary. He entered the drug store of his brother, Geo. L. Pitkin, of Brighton, Michigan, as a student in pharmacy in 1883, and passed the Michigan Board of Pharmacy examination in 1887, and soon after located at Whitehall, Michigan, and established the firm of C. G. Pitkin & Co. continuing in the business until January 1, 1920, when he retired from the firm. Mr. Pitkin was married in 1891 to Anna M. Knudsen of Montague, Michigan. Mr. Pitkin is now secretary and general manager of White River Power & Light Co. He has served as trustee of the village of Whitehall, township treasurer, secretary of Whitehall Lodge, No. 310, F. & A. M. He is a Republican and has always taken an active part in state and county politics. He was elected to the legislature November 2, 1920, by a vote of 11,531 to 3,907 for James L. Smith.
EDWIN B. RAMSEY,
Of Lansing, representative from the first district of Ingham county, was born December 2, 1876, in Putnam county, Ohio, of Scotch parentage. His education was acquired in the high school at Leipsic, Ohio. He engaged in general contracting, and is at present in the business of farming. Mr. Ramsey is married. He is a Republican and served the city of Lansing as alderman for ten years. He was elected to the legislature Novem- ber 2, 1920, by a vote of 13,351 to 5,926 for Joseph H. Dunnebacke.
DANIEL D. RANKIN,
Of Shelby, representative from Oceana county, was born at Appin, Ontario, February 6, 1862, of Scotch parents. He was educated in the public schools of Marquette. He came to Oceana county in 1879 engaging in the charcoal manufacturing business, being at present engaged in general farming. Mr. Rankin is married and has a family of five children. He is a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellow orders. He has served four terms as township treasurer and twelve years as good roads commissioner. He was elected to the legislature November 2, 1920, without opposition.
WILLIAM E. RASMUSSEN,
Of Stanton, representative from Montcalm county, was born August 5, 1881, at Gowen, Michigan, of Danish and Norwegian parentage. He received his education in the district schools and the Ferris Institute at Big Rapids. He is engaged in farming and also operates a grain elevator. He has served his county two terms as sheriff and as member of the board of education, and during the world war was Federal Appeal Agent. Mr. Rasmussen is married and has two daughters and one son. He is a Republican
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and was elec o the legislature November 2, 1920, by a vote of 6,758 to 1,703 for Glenn E. Wo ,
JOHN C. RAUCHHOLZ,
Of Hemlock, representative from the second district of Saginaw county, was born in Germany June 10, 1865, of German parentage. He was educated in the public school of Saginaw, Michigan. He is engaged in farming. He has been supervisor of the town- ship of Richland, Saginaw county, for the past twenty-six years, and served as chairman of the board of supervisors for six years; he has also served as highway commissioner. Mr. Rauchholz is married and has three children. He is a member of the Masonic order, I. O. O. F., B. P. O. E., and Gleaners. He is a Republican and was elected to the legislature November 2, 1920, by a vote of 7,276 to 2,951 for Martin B. Price.
EDWARD G. READ,
Of Richland, representative from the second district of Kalamazoo county, has always lived in Kalamazoo county, having been born in Richland township, Septem- ber 3, 1864, of American parents. He was educated in the rural schools, Kalama- zoo College, and Parsons' Business College of Kalamazoo. At the age of fourteen years, his father having died five years previous, he assumed the responsibility of the farm upon which he now resides. He is one of the largest feeders of sheep and lambs in the state, and has won many prizes at the Chicago International Expositions. He is also interested in many of the financial and manufacturing institutions of the county, being director of the Kalamazoo City Savings Bank, the Monarch Paper Company, and the General Casualty and Surety Company of Detroit. His uncle, the Hon. Gilbert E. Read, was representative from Kalamazoo county during the Civil war, from 1861 to 1865, serving as speaker of the house during the latter session. He was also state senator in 1877. Mr. Read is married and has three children, two boys and one girl. He is a Republican and was elected to the legislature November 5, 1918, and re-elected November 2, 1920, by a vote of 3,981 to 1,952 for Edward W. Upham.
ALBERT H. REUTTER,
Of Detroit, representative from the first district of Wayne county, was born at Detroit, October 27, 1877, of German-English parentage, and has always resided in that city. He was educated in the public schools of Detroit and after leaving school secured employ- ment as clerk with the Newcomb-Endicott Company of that city. Later he acted as traveling salesman for the same concern. He severed his relations with this firm to engage in the real estate business, in which he is now engaged. He served the city two years as estimator on the board of estimates. Mr. Reutter is not married. He is a Republican and was elected to the legislature November 5, 1918, and re-elected Novem- ber 2, 1920, by a plurality of 140,000.
ALFRED T. ROBINSON,
Of Saginaw, representative from the first district of Saginaw county, was born in Vassar, Michigan, September 22, 1864, of English parentage. He was educated in the public schools of Vassar and at the University of Chicago. He worked in various railroad offices fifteen years, and for the past ten years has been engaged in the real estate and insurance business in Saginaw. Mr. Robinson is married and has one son and two daughters. He is a Republican and was elected to the legislature November 5, 1918, by a plurality of 654, and re-elected November 2, 1920, by a plurality of 6,044.
FLOYD W. ROWE,
Of Camden, representative from Hillsdale county, was born in Steuben county, Indiana, June 8, 1861, of English parents. He came to Michigan at the age of eight years, his
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education being acquired in the district schools. He has engaged in farming and general merchandising. In 1904 he established a private bank at Camden, Michigan, later organizing the Montgomery State Bank. He was for ten years president of the Tri- State Live Stock Shippers Association and is a member of the executive committee of the National Live Stock Shippers League. Mr. Rowe is a widower. He is a Republican and was elected to the legislature November 2, 1920, by a vote of 6,458 to 2,808 for Frank Nevin. .
WILLIAM C. SANSON,
Of Caro, representative from Tuscola county, was born in 1865, in LaCross county, Wisconsin, of Scotch parents, and came with his parents to Tuscola county, Michigan, the same year. He acquired his education in the district schools and at the Michigan Agricultural College, graduating therefrom with the class of 1887. He engaged in teaching school for six years, and was connected one year with the staff of the Industrial School for Boys of Illinois. He engaged in the farming and timber business in Virginia for five years, after which time he and his family returned to his parents' farm in Tuscola county where he still resides. He has always been closely affiliated with the Republican party, and has held a number of township offices, and in 1917 was elected to the office of county treasurer. He was elected to the legislature November 2, 1920, without oppo- sition.
EDWARD L. SARGENT,
Of Levering, representative from Emmet county, was born in Orange county, Vermont, April 3, 1873, of English and Scotch parents. He received his education in the public school at Saranac, graduating in 1889 and also attended the Ferris Institute at Big Rapids. He was employed for fourteen years as a drug clerk, now being engaged in the retail drug business located at Levering, Michigan. Mr. Sargent is married. He is a Republican and was elected to the legislature November 2, 1920, by a vote of 2,894 to 1,345 for George W. McCabe.
FRANK A. SMITH,
Of Luther, representative from the Wexford district, comprising the counties of Lake and Wexford, was born at Lynchburg, Ohio, January 8, 1874. In 1884 he removed · with his parents to Blackford county, Indiana, and attended the public schools at Hart- ford City. He removed to Michigan in 1902, and has been engaged in farming and shipping of farm produce since that time. He is a member of the Grange, I. O. O. F., F. & A. M., and Maccabees. Mr. Smith is married and has two daughters. He is a Republican and was elected to the legislatures of 1915-'17-'19, and re-elected November 2, 1920, by a vote of 4,494 to 78 for C. Griner.
JOHN STEVENSON,
Of Detroit, representative from the first district of Wayne county, was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, April 22, 1854. He was educated in the public schools and business university. He came to Detroit in 1870 and was in the steamboat business for fifty years, at the foot of Randolph street, Detroit. Mr. Stevenson is married. He is a Republican and served in the legislatures of 1909-10, 1915-16 and 1917-18, and was re-elected November 2, 1920, by a plurality of 118, 735.
WILLIAM P. STRAUCH,
Of Durand, representative from Shiawassee county, was born in Shiawassee township, Shiawassee county, Michigan, July 6, 1870, of German descent. He was educated in the district schools of Shiawassee county. Mr. Strauch is a farmer and has also con- tracted and built state roads. He is a 32nd degree Mason, and member of the B. P. O. E.
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He is married and has one son and one daughter. He has been affiliated with the Repub- lican party for twenty years and was elected to the legislature November 2, 1920, by a vote of 6,524 to 3,503 for Fred M. Crowe.
EDWARD B. STROM,
Of Grand Rapids, representative from the first district of Kent county, was born in the county of Kent, January 14, 1887, of Swedish and Irish descent. He was educated in the public school of Central Lake, and also studied law, being admitted to practice in 1912. He is engaged in the electrical jobbing business and the Taylor-Strom Letter Co. Mr. Strom enlisted in the M. N. G. in 1911 and during the European war was Major, 126th Infantry, 32nd Division, A. E. F., engaging in the battles of Alsace Trenches, Aisne-Marne, Oise-Aisne and Meuse-Argonne. He was first Commander of Carl A. Johnson Post No. 2, American Legion. He is married and has two children, a boy and a girl. He was elected to the legislature November 2, 1920, by a plurality of 17,152.
ALBION B. TITUS,
Of Kalamazoo, Michigan, representative from the first district of Kalamazoo county, was born at Hartford, Michigan, September 16, 1886. At the age of five years he removed with his parents to Paw Paw, Michigan. He graduated from the Paw Paw high school in 1904 and spent the next three years studying law under the tutelage of his father, Lincoln H. Titus. He graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan in 1909 and practiced law in Kalamazoo from that time until 1916. Mr. Titus was elected circuit court commissioner in 1915 and judge of the municipal court for the city of Kalamazoo in 1916. On leaving the bench he again engaged in the practice of law with his father, and is at the present time a member of the firm of Titus & Titus, with offices at 303 Henselman building, Kalamazoo, Michigan. He is a member of Kalamazoo Lodge No. 87, F. & A. M., R. A. M., No.13; B. P.O. E., No. 50; and L. O. O. M., No. 88. Mr. Titus is married. He is a Republican and was elected to the legislature November 3, 1920, without opposition at the primary or election.
CALVIN JAY TOWN,
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Of Parma, representative from the second district of Jackson county, was born in Liberty township, Jackson county, Michigan, June 29, 1875. At the age of eight years he removed with his parents to Tompkins township, Jackson county, where he received his education in the public schools. After teaching school two years, he purchased the farm in Tompkins township on which he now resides. Mr. Town is married and has six chil- dren, three boys and three girls. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., the Grange, the Gleaners, and the Modern Woodmen. He is a Republican and has served his township as treasurer, clerk and supervisor, and was chairman of the county board of supervisors during 1918. He was elected to the legislature November 5, 1918, and re-elected Novem- ber 2, 1920, by a vote of 5,177 to 2,435 for Wm. Peckham.
GEORGE H. TOWNSEND,
Of Jackson, representative from the first district of Jackson county, was born in the village of Akron, Erie county, New York, August 16, 1865, of American parentage. He came to Michigan in 1869. He received his education in the public schools, and entered Olivet College from which he graduated in 1888. He then taught in high school at Alpena for three years when he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Chicago and received the degree of M. D. from Louisville Medical College in 1894. He practiced in Jackson county until 1908, when he was elected county clerk and served four years and has served as deputy county clerk for six years, retiring January 1, 1921. Mr. Townsend is married and has three sons. He has been a lifelong Republican and was chairman of the Republican county committee of Jackson county from 1914 to 1920. He was elected to the legislature November 2, 1920, by a vote of 10,582 to 6,235 for Louis A. Worch.
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