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Edwin Marshall Irish (b. 1848) —
also known as Edwin M. Irish —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Gorham, Cumberland
County, Maine, June 11,
1848.
Son of Marshall Irish and Martha (Fogg) Irish.
Republican. Lawyer; Kalamazoo
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1874-80; Adjutant
General of Michigan, 1897-98; resigned 1898; colonel in the U.S.
Army during the Spanish-American War.
Member, Elks; United
Spanish War Veterans.
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur T. Iverson (1903-1985) —
of Lake City, Missaukee
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Lake City, Missaukee
County, Mich., October
14, 1903.
Son of Anton Iverson and Emily (Holmberg) Iverson; married to Helen
F. Bulock.
Republican. Lawyer; Missaukee
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1929-34; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1936
(alternate), 1948;
chair
of Wayne County Republican Party, 1946-47; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1959-60; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County
10th District, 1961-62.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in 1985
(age about
81 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward A. Jacob —
of Romeo, Macomb
County, Mich.
Republican. Lawyer; Macomb
County Prosecuting Attorney; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1948.
Still living as of 1948.
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Theodore T. Jacobs (b. 1874) —
also known as Theo T. Jacobs —
of Sturgis, St. Joseph
County, Mich.
Born in Sturgis, St. Joseph
County, Mich., December
8, 1874.
Son of Thomas H. Jacobs and Mary Ann (Hall) Jacobs; married, February
1, 1913, to Louise Christine Rommel.
Republican. Lawyer; circuit
judge in Michigan 15th Circuit, 1931-53; appointed 1931.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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Delbert C. James (1872-1949) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Michigan, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer; insurance
agent; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1919-20; defeated in primary, 1922.
Died in 1949
(age about
77 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Cass J. Jankowski (1889-1931) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Gnesen, Prussia (now Gniezno, Poland),
December
7, 1889.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state senate 2nd District, 1927-31; died in office 1931.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in 1931
(age about
41 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward John Jeffries, Jr. (1900-1950) —
also known as Edward J. Jeffries, Jr. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April 3,
1900.
Son of Edward J. Jeffries and Minnie (Stotts) Jeffries; married, January
24, 1930, to Florence Bell.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate in primary for Governor of
Michigan, 1930, 1946; mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1940-48.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Maccabees;
Odd
Fellows; Eagles; Moose.
Died in 1950
(age about
50 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Lewis Jenkins (b. 1936) —
also known as William L. Jenkins; Bill
Jenkins —
of Rogersville, Hawkins
County, Tenn.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
29, 1936.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1963-71; Speaker of
the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1969-71; candidate
in primary for Governor of
Tennessee, 1970; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Tennessee, 1988;
circuit judge in Tennessee, 1990-96; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1997-.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Clayton F. Jennings (b. 1899) —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Carson City, Montcalm
County, Mich., October
15, 1899.
Son of Fred Jennings and Nellie (Nunn) Jennings; married, June 1,
1925, to June Perry.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; candidate in primary for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Ingham County
2nd District, 1961.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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James D. Jerome (b. 1875) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
29, 1875.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1905-08, 1911-22; defeated in primary, 1932.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Spencer Jerome (b. 1864) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., January
24, 1864.
Lawyer; U.S. Consular Agent in Sorrento, 1900-01; Capri, 1901-11.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ivan A. Johnston (1909-1974) —
of Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Fayette, Fulton
County, Ohio, May 13,
1909.
Son of Lynn
M. Johnston.
Republican. Lawyer; Macomb
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1939-42; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1940;
member of Michigan
state senate 11th District, 1943-46; defeated in primary, 1946;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1944.
Died in 1974
(age about
65 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Carroll B. Jones (1903-1983) —
of Marcellus, Cass
County, Mich.
Born in Michigan, 1903.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer; banker;
member of Michigan
state senate 7th District, 1937-38; defeated, 1938; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1952.
Died in 1983
(age about
80 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Wesley Jones (1904-c.1957) —
also known as Charles W. Jones —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Barbourville, Knox
County, Ky., February
14, 1904.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate in primary for Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1932; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1944,
1948
(alternate), 1952;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1952.
Methodist.
African
ancestry.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., about 1957 (age about 53
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Wallace Jones (1804-1896) —
also known as George W. Jones —
of Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa.
Born in Vincennes, Knox
County, Ind., April 12,
1804.
Son of John
Rice Jones (1760?-1824); brother of Myers
F. Jones and John
Rice Jones (1792-1845); brother-in-law of John
Scott and Andrew
Scott; uncle of John
Rice Homer Scott.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Black
Hawk War; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1835-36; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Wisconsin Territory, 1836-39; U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1848-59; U.S. Minister to New Grenada, 1859-61.
In 1861, was arrested
in New York City by order of Secretary of State William
H. Seward on a charge of
disloyalty,
based on correspondence with his friend Jefferson
Davis; imprisoned
for 64 days; released by order of President Abraham
Lincoln.
Died in Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa, July 22,
1896 (age 92 years, 101
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa.
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Bartel John Jonkman (1884-1955) —
also known as Bartel J. Jonkman —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., April 28,
1884.
Son of John B. Jonkman and Sarah (Holwerda) Jonkman; married, September
28, 1904, to Anna Vanden Bosch.
Republican. Lawyer; Kent
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1929-36; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1940-49; defeated in
primary, 1948.
Christian
Reformed. Member, Delta
Sigma Rho; Lions.
Died in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., June 13,
1955 (age 71 years, 46
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Sally Shaheen Joseph —
also known as Sally S. Joseph —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Michigan, 1996,
2000,
2008.
Female.
Arabic
ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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Lee E. Joslyn (b. 1864) —
of Bay
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Darien, Genesee
County, N.Y., July 23,
1864.
Son of William Benham Joslyn and Amy R. (Foster) Joslyn; married, June 29,
1893, to Alice L. Wilson.
Democrat. Lawyer; Bay
County Circuit Court Commissioner, 1888-92; Bay
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1893-94; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1923.
Presbyterian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Frederick Joy (1810-1896) —
also known as James F. Joy —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Durham, Strafford
County, N.H., December
2, 1810.
Son of James Joy (1778-1857) and Sarah (Pickering) Joy (1781-1858);
married 1841
to Martha Alger Reed (daughter of John
Reed); married 1860 to Mary
Bourne.
Republican. Lawyer; led, built, reorganized, or merged many railroad
companies, including the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy and the
Michigan Central; an incorporator of the St. Mary's Falls Ship Canal
Company, which built the first canal at Sault Ste. Marie in 1853-55;
president of the Detroit Post-Tribune newspaper;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1861-62; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1880;
member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1881-85.
English
ancestry.
Died September
24, 1896 (age 85 years, 297
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Bernard S. Kahn (1921-2007) —
of Oakland
County, Mich.
Born June 18,
1921.
Lawyer; candidate in primary for circuit
judge in Michigan 6th Circuit, 1966.
Died December
1, 2007 (age 86 years, 166
days).
Interment at Rio
Grande Valley State Veterans Cemetery, Mission, Tex.
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John Kaminski (b. 1870) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Prussia,
August
14, 1870.
Son of Constantine Kaminski and Pauline (Lewandowski) Kaminski;
married, January
30, 1894, to Josephine Ciganek.
Republican. Mail
carrier; lawyer; Wayne
County Circuit Court Commissioner, 1929; candidate in primary for
circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1935.
Catholic.
Polish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Woodmen of
the World; Polish
National Alliance.
Burial
location unknown.
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E. N. Karay (1905-1992) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Samos, Greece,
November
2, 1905.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1942-46; common pleas court
judge in Michigan, 1946; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Michigan, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1968
(alternate), 1972
(alternate); candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1964.
Eastern
Orthodox. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Eagles; Order of
Ahepa.
Died in 1992
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Leo G. Karwick (b. 1897) —
of Hamtramck, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Cheboygan, Cheboygan
County, Mich., June 26,
1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1933-34; defeated, 1930, 1934, 1936.
Burial
location unknown.
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Nathan J. Kaufman (b. 1908) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Austria,
November
20, 1908.
Lawyer; common pleas court judge in Michigan, 1953-54; probate
judge in Michigan, 1954-60; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1960-74; resigned 1960; Judge,
Michigan Court of Appeals 1st District, 1975-82.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
B'nai
B'rith; NAACP; United
Auto Workers.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Eric E. Kauma (1930-2004) —
of Eagle, Clinton
County, Mich.
Born June 29,
1930.
Lawyer; candidate in primary for circuit
judge in Michigan 29th Circuit, 1978.
Died November
22, 2004 (age 74 years, 146
days).
Interment at Wacousta
Cemetery, Wacousta, Mich.
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Dudley J. Kavanagh (b. 1879) —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Stony Creek (now part of Rochester Hills), Oakland
County, Mich., August
30, 1879.
Son of John Kavanagh and Catherine (Dunn) Kavanagh; married, September
10, 1913, to Jett Agnes Carroll.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1932;
probate judge in Michigan, 1933-36.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Matthew Kavanagh (1909-1975) —
also known as Thomas M. Kavanagh —
of Carson City, Montcalm
County, Mich.
Born in Carson City, Montcalm
County, Mich., August 4,
1909.
Son of Thomas Kavanagh and Margaret (Barrett) Kavanagh; married, October
27, 1930, to Agnes C. Miller.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Montcalm County, 1938; Michigan
state attorney general, 1955-57; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1956;
justice
of Michigan state supreme court, 1958-75; died in office 1975; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1964-66, 1971-75.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Lions; American Bar
Association.
Died April 19,
1975 (age 65 years, 258
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Matthew J. Kehoe (born c.1924) —
also known as Matt Kehoe —
of Lambertville, Monroe
County, Mich.
Born about 1924.
Democrat. Police
officer; lawyer; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1972; candidate in
primary for circuit
judge in Michigan 38th Circuit, 1978.
Still living as of 1978.
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Damon Jerome Keith (b. 1922) —
also known as Damon Keith —
of Michigan.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., 1922.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1967-77; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1977-95; took senior
status 1995.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 2001.
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Frank J. Kelley (b. 1924) —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.; Delta Township, Eaton
County, Mich.; Okemos, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
31, 1924.
Democrat. Lawyer; Michigan
state attorney general, 1961-98; appointed 1961; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1964
(alternate), 1980,
1996;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1972.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Columbus; Alpha
Kappa Psi; American
Judicature Society.
Still living as of 1999.
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Patrick Henry Kelley (1867-1925) —
also known as Patrick H. Kelley —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born near Dowagiac, Cass
County, Mich., October
7, 1867.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; law partner of Seymour
H. Person; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1901-05; appointed 1901; resigned 1905;
Michigan
superintendent of public instruction, 1905-06; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1907-10; candidate in primary for Governor of
Michigan, 1910; U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1913-23 (at-large 1913-15, 6th
District 1915-23); candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1922.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
11, 1925 (age 57 years, 339
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Charles Kellogg (1773-1842) —
of Kelloggsville, Cayuga
County, N.Y.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Sheffield, Berkshire
County, Mass., October
3, 1773.
Merchant;
miller;
lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County, 1808-10, 1820-22; postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1825-27.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., May 11,
1842 (age 68 years, 220
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Harry Francis Kelly (1895-1971) —
also known as Harry F. Kelly; Henry Francis
Kelly —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Gaylord, Otsego
County, Mich.
Born in Ottawa, La Salle
County, Ill., April 19,
1895.
Son of Henry Michael Kelly (1865-1946) and Mollie (Morrissey) Kelly
(1869-1950); married, May 4,
1929, to Anne Veronica O'Brien.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lost part
of his left leg in France; lawyer; La
Salle County State's Attorney, 1919-23; secretary of
state of Michigan, 1939-42; Governor of
Michigan, 1943-46; defeated, 1950; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1944;
justice
of Michigan state supreme court, 1954-70.
Died February
8, 1971 (age 75 years, 295
days).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, Mich.
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John Francis Kelly (b. 1949) —
also known as John F. Kelly —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Grosse Pointe Woods, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., September
6, 1949.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate in primary for Michigan
state house of representatives 11th District, 1976; member of Michigan
state senate 1st District, 1979-94; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 14th District, 1980, 1992; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1984;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1994; candidate for Wayne State
University board of governors, 1998; Presidential Elector for
Michigan, 2000.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; Common
Cause; Jaycees.
Still living as of 2000.
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Michael J. Kelly (b. 1929) —
of Bloomfield Hills, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 16,
1929.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer; Judge,
Michigan Court of Appeals 2nd District, 1975-.
Member, Federal
Bar Association.
Still living as of 1987.
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Edward H. Kennedy, Jr. (b. 1899) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
22, 1899.
Son of Edward H. Kennedy and Helen M. (White) Kennedy; married, January
5, 1927, to Josephine Agnes Roney (died 1932).
Republican. Lawyer; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 14th District, 1934; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1936; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1936.
Catholic.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; American
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Roland O. Kern (1898-1981) —
of Caro, Tuscola
County, Mich.
Born in Reese, Tuscola
County, Mich., August 6,
1898.
Married 1923
to Louise Asall.
Republican. Lawyer; Tuscola
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1927-30; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1932;
candidate in primary for circuit
judge in Michigan 40th Circuit, 1953.
Member, Exchange
Club.
Died August
12, 1981 (age 83 years, 6
days).
Interment at Caro
Cemetery, Caro, Mich.
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John Duncan Kerr (b. 1880) —
of Calumet, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Kincardine, Ontario,
February
2, 1880.
Lawyer; Houghton
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1921-30.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lawrence Kestenbaum (b. 1955) —
also known as Larry Kestenbaum —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
13, 1955.
Grandnephew of Meyer
Kestnbaum; son of Justin Louis Kestenbaum (1925-1995) and
Maryhelen (Dietrich) Kestenbaum (1928-1985); married, November
17, 1990, to Janice Gutfreund.
Democrat. Lawyer; Ingham
County Commissioner 8th District, 1983-88; candidate in primary
for Michigan
state house of representatives 52nd District, 1998; Washtenaw
County Commissioner 4th District, 2000-02; Washtenaw
County Clerk and Register of Deeds, 2005-.
Jewish.
Hungarian,
German,
Polish,
and Norwegian
ancestry. Member, National
Trust for Historic Preservation; American Civil
Liberties Union; Grange; Sierra
Club; NAACP.
Creator of The Political Graveyard web site.
Still living as of 2010.
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Eugene C. Keyes (1900-1963) —
of Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born August
23, 1900.
Republican. Lawyer; dentist; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1943-44, 1947-48; defeated, 1940, 1944,
1948; candidate in primary for Governor of
Michigan, 1950, 1954; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1952.
Convicted,
in Dearborn municipal court in August 1944, of assaulting
a woman who came to his office to protest his slapping of her son
during an argument over campaign work; the sentence
was a $25 fine or
15 days in jail.
Died in 1963
(age about
62 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Lount Kilbourne (1838-1925) —
also known as Samuel L. Kilbourne —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Ontario,
April
15, 1838.
Third cousin twice removed of James
Kilbourne; fourth cousin once removed of Byron
H. Kilbourn; son of Joseph Henry Kilbourn (born 1809) and Susan
(Hughes) Kilbourne; married, March 8,
1862, to Frances Louisa Burchard (died 1874); married, November
5, 1874, to Cornelia W. Truax (1852-1898); third cousin once
removed of Charles
Dudley Kilbourn.
Lawyer; member of Michigan National Democratic Party State
Executive Committee, 1899; member of Michigan National Democratic
State Central Committee, 1899.
Died June 11,
1925 (age 87 years, 57
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Kwame Malik Kilpatrick (b. 1970) —
also known as Kwame M. Kilpatrick —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 8,
1970.
Son of Bernard Kilpatrick and Carolyn
Cheeks Kilpatrick.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 9th District, 1997-2001; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 2000,
2004,
2008;
mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 2002-08; resigned 2008; member of Democratic
National Committee from Michigan, 2004-08; charged
in 2008 with obstruction
of justice, perjury,
and misconduct
in office, in connection with his denial under oath of an affair
with his chief of staff, Christine Beatty, and misleading the city
council over a payment of $8.4 million to settle a whistleblower
lawsuit filed by two police officers, which included a secret deal to
prevent evidence of the affair from being disclosed; later charged
with assaulting
two police officers who were serving a subpoena; pleaded
guilty to two felony counts of obstruction
of justice and no
contest to one assault
charge;
he also agreed to four months in jail,
payment of $1 million in restitution,
to resign as
mayor, and to give up his law license and pension.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Still living as of 2009.
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Jean Ledwith King (b. 1924) —
also known as Jean Ledwith —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 16,
1924.
Daughter of William Medkirk Ledwith and Nettie May (Herrington)
Ledwith; married 1943 to John
Culver King.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1967-69, 1977-79; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1984
(member, Credentials
Committee), 2004
(alternate).
Female.
Protestant.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Civil
Liberties Union; Phi
Kappa Phi; National
Organization for Women.
Still living as of 2008.
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John L. King (born c.1924) —
of Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born about 1924.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; mayor
of Grosse Pointe, Mich., 1970-78; appointed 1970.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association.
Still living as of 1978.
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Paul H. King (b. 1879) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Arapahoe, Furnas
County, Neb., August
22, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer; secretary of
Michigan Republican Party, 1910-12; one of three receivers of the
Pere Marquette Railroad,
1914-17; campaign manager for U.S. Sens. Charles
E. Townsend and Truman
H. Newberry.
Congregationalist.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Raymond L. King (b. 1929) —
of Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Braintree, Norfolk
County, Mass., September
1, 1929.
Son of Samuel King and Doris (Lamprey) King; married to Jean Ellen
Peters.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Oakland County
2nd District, 1961-62; resigned 1962.
Unitarian.
Member, Theta
Chi; Elks; Kiwanis;
American
Legion; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1962.
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Richard W. Kinkade (b. 1950) —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in 1950.
Lawyer; Anderson Coalition candidate for Presidential Elector
for Michigan, 1980.
Still living as of 2009.
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James H. Kinnane (born c.1860) —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.; Dowagiac, Cass
County, Mich.
Born in Kalamazoo
County, Mich., about 1860.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state senate 7th District, 1907-08; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1912;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1924;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1924.
Irish
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward DeWitt Kinne (1842-1921) —
also known as Edward D. Kinne —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in DeWitt Center, Onondaga
County, N.Y., February
9, 1842.
Son of Julius
C. Kinne and Rachel (Wetherby) Kinne; married 1867 to Mary C.
Hawkins (died 1882; daughter of Olney
Hawkins); married 1884 to
Florence (Kelly) Kelly; married, August
21, 1905, to Winifred L. Morse.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1875-77; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 2nd
District, 1881-82; circuit
judge in Michigan 22nd Circuit, 1888-1917; president, First
National Bank, Ann
Arbor, Mich.; president, Washtenaw Gas Co.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry. Member, Sigma
Phi; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died July 25,
1921 (age 79 years, 166
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Otto Kirchner (1846-1920) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Germany,
July
13, 1846.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Michigan, 1876;
Michigan
state attorney general, 1877-80.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., July 21,
1920 (age 74 years, 8
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Patrick Kirk (1866-1952) —
also known as John P. Kirk —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich., September
20, 1866.
Son of Bernard Kirk (1841-1899) and Ann (Murphy) Kirk (1841-1897);
married, June 20,
1898, to Mary Schaff (1870-1951).
Democrat. Lawyer; Washtenaw
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1897-1900; major in the U.S. Army
during the Spanish-American War; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 2nd
District, 1903-04; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1904; mayor
of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1908-10; nominated in primary for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan 1916; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 22nd Circuit, 1917; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1936;
president, Ypsilanti Savings Bank.
Catholic.
Member, Rotary; Elks.
Died in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich., August
22, 1952 (age 85 years, 337
days).
Interment at St.
John Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.
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Elmer Kirkby —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Michigan, 1896,
1928
(alternate), 1932;
candidate for Michigan
state attorney general, 1930; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1932.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Otto Knappmann (b. 1964) —
also known as John O. Knappmann;
"Jocko" —
of Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in 1964.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Michigan, 1992
(alternate), 1996;
member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1996-; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives 15th District, 1998.
German
and Polish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2003.
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Nathan Knight (1817-1886) —
of Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Otisfield, Cumberland
County, Maine, July 14,
1817.
Married to Harriet Stephens; father of Birdsey
Knight.
Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Bay County 2nd District,
1877-80.
Died in Bay
County, Mich., December
28, 1886 (age 69 years, 167
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Cholwell Knox (1839-1910) —
of Niles, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Red Hook, Dutchess
County, N.Y., 1839.
Son of Abraham Phillip Knox (1812-1878) and Elizabeth (Cholwell) Knox
(1817-1905); married, September
7, 1864, to Caroline Angier Rowlatt (1842-1886).
Lawyer; mayor of
Niles, Mich., 1883.
English
ancestry.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., February
23, 1910 (age about 70
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ezra L. Koon —
of Hillsdale, Hillsdale
County, Mich.
Son of Alanson Koon (1799-1867) and Marilla (Wells) Koon (1806-1872).
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1884.
Burial
location unknown.
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Gerrit W. Kooyers (b. 1876) —
of Holland, Ottawa
County, Mich.
Born in Fillmore Township, Allegan
County, Mich., April 17,
1876.
Married, August
20, 1903, to Lena De Haan.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ottawa County 1st District,
1915-26.
Dutch
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Donald Edgar Koster (1937-1987) —
also known as Donald E. Koster —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born November
11, 1937.
Son of Willis Koster and Frances (Eck) Koster; married to Marilyn
Axelrod.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives 53rd District, 1970.
Died of a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound, in the garage of his home, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., April 26,
1987 (age 49 years, 166
days).
Cremated.
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Joseph J. Kowalski (1911-1967) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in East Chicago, Lake
County, Ind., February
19, 1911.
Married to Lorraine Kapp.
Democrat. Lawyer; international
representative, AFL-CIO; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1949-67 (Wayne County 1st
District 1949-54, Wayne County 10th District 1955-64, 19th District
1965-67); defeated, 1946; died in office 1967; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1965-66; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1960,
1964.
Member, United
Auto Workers.
Died in 1967
(age about
56 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Gary Kozma —
of Gaylord, Otsego
County, Mich.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Otsego County Democratic Party, 2007.
Still living as of 2007.
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Albert A. Kramer (1923-1988) —
of Oak Park, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich., October
15, 1923.
Married 1952
to Sedell Ilene Gould.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives 67th District, 1965-70; defeated,
1960 (Oakland County 4th District), 1962 (Oakland County 4th
District), 1984 (67th District); candidate in primary for Michigan
state senate 15th District, 1970; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 6th Circuit, 1978.
Jewish.
Died in 1988
(age about
64 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Raymond W. Krolikowski (b. 1928) —
also known as Ray Krolikowski —
of Hamtramck, Wayne
County, Mich.; Birmingham, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Hamtramck, Wayne
County, Mich., July 25,
1928.
Son of Walter Krolikowski and Regina (Wypijewski) Krolikowski.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County
14th District, 1961-62; member of Michigan
State University board of trustees, 1975-82.
Catholic.
Polish
ancestry. Member, Polish
Legion of American Veterans; Polish
National Alliance; Lions; American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; Rotary.
Still living as of 1982.
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Franz C. Kuhn (b. 1872) —
of Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
8, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer; Macomb
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1901-04; probate judge in Michigan,
1904-10; Michigan
state attorney general, 1910-12; appointed 1910; resigned 1912;
justice
of Michigan state supreme court, 1912-19; appointed 1912;
resigned 1919; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1917.
German
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard David Kuhn (b. 1929) —
also known as Richard D. Kuhn —
of Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
8, 1929.
Son of Charles Kuhn and Ella (Meinke) Kuhn; married to Sally Ann
Scupholm.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate in primary for Michigan
state senate 12th District, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Oakland County
1st District, 1961-62; Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 19th District, 1964, 1966 (primary).
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Sigma
Nu; Sigma Nu
Phi.
Still living as of 1966.
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Francis A. Kulp (1873-1966) —
also known as Frank A. Kulp —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
10, 1873.
Lawyer; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 37th Circuit, 1902; Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1906; member, Battle
Creek city council, 1908; Socialist candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1909; member of Michigan
state senate 9th District, 1933-34; defeated (Democratic), 1934.
Died in 1966
(age about
92 years).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Battle Creek, Mich.
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Arthur J. Kurtz (b. 1898) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
11, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; Republican candidate for Michigan
state senate, 1932 (primary, 21st District), 1938 (primary, 21st
District), 1944 (primary, 21st District), 1966 (5th District); member
of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1947-48; defeated, 1940 (Wayne County 1st District), 1948 (Wayne
County 1st District), 1950 (Wayne County 1st District), 1952 (Wayne
County 1st District), 1954 (Wayne County 8th District); Republican
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1956, 1958 (primary);
candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 8th
District, 1961.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Elks; Moose; Eagles; Woodmen;
American
Judicature Society.
Burial
location unknown.
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