Selected officials of Huron County

(not intended to be complete)

Xenophon A. Boomhower (Prosecuting Attorney, 1909-21) Gus A. Braun (County Treasurer, 1911-14) Alfred H. Sauer (Prosecuting Attorney, 1921-28) Thomas R. McAllister (Circuit Court Commissioner, 1930-32) Thomas R. McAllister (Prosecuting Attorney, 1933-40) Thomas R. McAllister (Prosecuting Attorney, 1943-46) George Dunn (County Treasurer, 1945-52) Thomas R. McAllister (Circuit Court Commissioner, 1954-62)

Politicians who were born in Huron County

• No city given: Charles D. Thompson 1873 Thomas R. McAllister 1905
• Bad Axe: George B. Walker 1865 Chester B. Fitzgerald 1895
• Near Bad Axe: Samuel H. Pangborn 1874 Howard Nugent 1879
• Bay Port: Robert N. Wallace 1887 Sanford A. Brown 1909
• Caseville: Fred L. Woodworth 1877 Norman O. Stockmeyer 1907
• Chandler Township: G. Bertram Smith 1892
• Parisville Township: Thomas M. Burns 1914
• Pigeon: Alvin J. DeGrow 1926
• Port Hope: William H. Wallace 1862
• Sand Beach (now Harbor Beach): Frank Murphy 1890
• Sebewaing: Godfried Gettel 1871 Loren S. Armbruster 1917
• White Rock: Lucille H. McCollough 1905
• See also Mich. birthplaces not assigned to counties.

Politicians who lived in Huron County

• No city given: Charlotte Allison - John Jacob Bolger - Gus A. Braun - Peter Burns Capling - Christine M. Conkey - James Eakins - Edmund Good - Keith K. Holdship - Joseph H. Jaroch - Edward J. Jerome - M. Richard Knoblock - Benjamin Kuhn - Robert E. Lane - Peter Lomason - Angus H. MacEachin - John Maywood - Elmer B. McDonald - Bernie C. McLeish - Roland C. Nelson - Olin Pengra - William J. Riley - Harvey Thiel - Frank Wilson - Thomas B. Woodworth
• Bad Axe: Arthur M. Bach - Xenophon A. Boomhower - George M. Clark - George M. Deady - Joseph Fremont - G. Kirk Haley - Robert Hogan - Ed Markham - Thomas R. McAllister - Ira D. McCoy - Margaret McKinnon - Howard Nugent - Annabelle Palms - Samuel H. Pangborn - Alfred H. Sauer - Edward A. Swackhamer - Charles D. Thompson - Margaret Woodworth - Paul O. Woodworth
• Bay Port: Robert N. Wallace - William H. Wallace
• Caseville: Luke S. Johnson - Dorothea C. Schroeder - Fred L. Woodworth
• Elkton: Wager F. Clunis - Shirley Willits
• Harbor Beach: Nelson Arsenault - Gordon Gempel - Edwin W. Klump - George Murphy - Dennis Stacer
• Pigeon: John J. Campbell - Bertha Clabuesch - Alvin J. DeGrow - George Dunn - Peter Koziruk - Samuel Leinbach - Virginia Leipprandt - Harry Leslie - Frank W. Merrick
• Port Austin: William Mayes - Ira D. McCoy - Kenneth J. Pechette - Horace G. Snover - John E. Wallace
• Sand Beach (now Harbor Beach): George W. Jenks - Matthew D. Wagner
• Sebewaing: Godfried Gettel
• Ubly: Geraldine Holdship
• See also Mich. areas not assigned to counties.

Politicians who died in Huron County

• Bad Axe: Dorothea C. Schroeder 1975
• Bay Port: Sanford A. Brown 1986
• Caseville: Gus Scholle 1972
• Pigeon: Harry E. Rohlfs 1974 Donald E. Smith 1986
• See also Mich. deathplaces not assigned to counties.

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Huron County

• Bad Axe Colfax Cemetery
• Bay Port New Bay Port Cemetery
• Brookfield Township Grant Cemetery
• Caseville Caseville Cemetery
• Harbor Beach Our Lady of Lake Huron Cemetery
• Harbor Beach Rock Falls Cemetery
• Harbor Beach Sand Lake Cemetery
• Sebewaing Northlawn Cemetery
• White Rock White Rock Cemetery

Politicians buried here:

• Wager F. Clunis (1902-1978) — of Elkton, Huron County, Mich. Born August 27, 1902. Democrat. Candidate for Michigan state house of representatives from Huron County, 1962; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1966. Died in 1978. Interment at Colfax Cemetery.
  • See also: Find-A-Grave page.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Sanford A. Brown (1909-1986) — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Bay Port, Huron County, Mich., May 18, 1909. Democrat. Michigan state treasurer, 1955-65; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1956, 1964; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1964; candidate for Michigan state house of representatives 57th District, 1968. Died in Bay Port, Huron County, Mich., June 26, 1986. Interment at New Bay Port Cemetery.
  
  

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• Edmund Good (1906-1986) — of Huron County, Mich. Born in 1906. Republican. Member of Michigan state house of representatives from Huron County, 1961-64; defeated in primary, 1964; candidate in primary for Michigan state senate 28th District, 1966. Died in 1986. Interment at Grant Cemetery.
  
  

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• Luke S. Johnson (1847-1910) — of Caseville, Huron County, Mich. Born in Avon, Lorain County, Ohio, December 30, 1847. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Huron County, 1891-92; defeated, 1898, 1906. Died December 17, 1910. Interment at Caseville Cemetery.
  
  

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• Frank Murphy (1890-1949) — also known as William Francis Murphy; Francis William Murphy — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Sand Beach (now Harbor Beach), Huron County, Mich., April 13, 1890. Son of John F. Murphy and Mary (Brennan) Murphy. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1920; recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1924-30; resigned 1930; mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1930-33; Governor of the Philippine Islands, 1933-35; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1936; Governor of Michigan, 1937-38; defeated, 1938; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Philippine Islands, 1936; U.S. Attorney General, 1939-40; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1940-49; died in office 1949. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Died, from a heart attack, at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., July 19, 1949. Interment at Our Lady of Lake Huron Cemetery.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Edwin William Klump (b. 1886) — also known as Edwin W. Klump — of Harbor Beach, Huron County, Mich. Born in Riga, Lenawee County, Mich., January 2, 1886. Married 1908 to Ada Collison. Republican. Druggist; postmaster; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1940; member of Michigan state senate 20th District, 1947-50; defeated in primary, 1950; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1948; candidate in primary for Michigan state house of representatives from Huron County, 1952. Interment at Rock Falls Cemetery.
  
  
• Jeremiah Jenks — of Michigan. Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1876. Interment at Rock Falls Cemetery.
  
  

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• Gordon Gempel (d. 2006) — of Harbor Beach, Huron County, Mich. Republican. Member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1979. Died April 21, 2006. Interment at Sand Lake Cemetery.
  
  

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• Loren Simon Armbruster (1917-1995) — also known as Loren S. Armbruster — of Caro, Tuscola County, Mich. Born in Sebewaing, Huron County, Mich., December 5, 1917. Married, September 10, 1943, to Edna Golden. Republican. School teacher; agricultural extension agent; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict; member of Michigan state house of representatives 84th District, 1973-82. Lutheran. Died in Saginaw, Saginaw County, Mich., August 21, 1995. Interment at Northlawn Cemetery.
  
  

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• Lucille H. McCollough (1905-1996) — of Dearborn, Wayne County, Mich. Born in White Rock, Huron County, Mich., December 30, 1905. Mother of Patrick H. McCollough. Democrat. Member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1955-82 (Wayne County 16th District 1955-64, 31st District 1965-82); defeated, 1982. Female. Presbyterian. Member, League of Women Voters. Died March 14, 1996. Interment at White Rock Cemetery.
  
  

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