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Frederick Moulton Alger, Jr. (1907-1967) —
also known as Frederick M. Alger, Jr.; Fred M.
Alger —
of Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August 3,
1907.
Son of Mary
Eldridge Alger and Frederick
Moulton Alger.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 14th District, 1936; served in the
U.S. Navy during World War II; secretary of
state of Michigan, 1947-52; Republican candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1950 (primary), 1952; U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, 1953-57.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Elks;
Sons of the American Revolution; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Military
Order of the World Wars; Freemasons.
Died in Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich., January
5, 1967 (age 59 years, 155
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Russell Alexander Alger (1836-1907) —
also known as Russell A. Alger —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in a log
cabin, Lafayette Township, Medina
County, Ohio, February
27, 1836.
Son of Russell Alger (died 1848) and Caroline (Moulton) Alger (died
1848).
Republican. Lawyer;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; lumber
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1884;
Governor
of Michigan, 1885-86; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1888;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1888;
U.S.
Secretary of War, 1897-99; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1902-07; appointed 1902; died in office
1907.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic; Sons of the American Revolution; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
24, 1907 (age 70 years, 331
days).
Entombed at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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George Washington Armstrong (1859-1948) —
also known as George W. Armstrong —
of Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.
Born in Marshall, Calhoun
County, Mich., April 18,
1859.
Son of Henry H. Armstrong and Mary (Robinson) Armstrong.
Republican. Mechanical
dentist; traveling
salesman; mayor of
Adrian, Mich., 1936-37.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Sons of the American Revolution.
Died in 1948
(age about
89 years).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Adrian, Mich.
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William S. Ballenger III (b. 1941) —
of Ovid, Clinton
County, Mich.
Born in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., March 28,
1941.
Son of William Sylvester Ballenger and Marie Elizabeth (Daley)
Ballenger.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; chair of
Shiawassee County Republican Party, 1966-68; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 87th District, 1969-70; member of
Michigan
state senate 30th District, 1971-74; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1974; candidate in
primary for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1982.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Farm
Bureau; Jaycees.
Still living as of 2007.
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Junius Emery Beal (1860-1942) —
also known as Junius E. Beal; Junius Emery
Field —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich., February
23, 1860.
Son of James E. Field and Loretta B. Field.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; real estate
broker; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1888;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 1st
District, 1905-06; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1908-39; vice-president, Farmers
and Merchants Bank;
president, Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Street
Railway Co.; officer of gas and
electric utilities.
Methodist.
English
ancestry. Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Rotary; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Sons of the American Revolution.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., June 24,
1942 (age 82 years, 121
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Relatives:
Nephew and adoptive son of Rice
Aner Beal; son of James E. Field and Loretta B. Field; adoptive
son of Phoebe (Beers) Beal; married 1889 to Ella
Travis. |
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Jerome Holland Bishop (1846-1928) —
also known as Jerome H. Bishop —
of Wyandotte, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Oxbow, Jefferson
County, N.Y., September
3, 1846.
Son of William Bishop and Zebina (Sterne) Bishop.
Republican. Superintendent
of schools; founder, J.H. Bishop fur company
of Wyandotte, Mich.; rug and
coat
manufacturer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1898; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1900;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1908;
mayor
of Wyandotte, Mich..
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons.
Died May 22,
1928 (age 81 years, 262
days).
Interment at Woodmere
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of William Bishop and Zebina (Sterne) Bishop; married 1867 to Jennie
Gray (died 1873); married 1876 to Ella M.
Clark (1856-1926). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Gilbert E. Bursley (1913-1998) —
also known as "Mr. Education" —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., February
28, 1913.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in
the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 1st
District, 1961-64; member of Michigan
state senate 18th District, 1965-78; candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1978; president,
Cleary College, Ypsilanti, Mich., 1978-84.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Sons of the American Revolution; Elks.
Died in 1998
(age about
85 years).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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George Edward Bushnell (1887-1965) —
also known as George E. Bushnell —
of Highland Park, Wayne
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., November
4, 1887.
Son of Rev. John Eichelberger Bushnell and Annie Carter (Terrill)
Bushnell.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1934-55; defeated, 1928; resigned
1955; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1940, 1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
30, 1965 (age 77 years, 330
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. John Eichelberger Bushnell and Annie Carter (Terrill)
Bushnell; married, November
5, 1923, to Ida Mary Bland; brother of Miller
Bushnell. |
| | | Image source: Michigan Manual,
1939 |
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Charles Ernest Chamberlain (1917-2002) —
also known as Charles E. Chamberlain; "The Automobile
Horn of Congress" —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Locke Township, Ingham
County, Mich., July 22,
1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1957-75.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons of the American Revolution; Kiwanis;
Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died, of renal
failure and congestive
heart failure, in Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va., November
25, 2002 (age 85 years, 126
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Royal Samuel Copeland (1868-1938) —
also known as Royal S. Copeland —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Suffern, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Dexter, Washtenaw
County, Mich., November
7, 1868.
Son of Roscoe
Pulaski Copeland and Frances Jane (Holmes) Copeland (born 1843).
Physician;
university
professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1901-03; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1923-38; died in office 1938; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924,
1936;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1937.
Methodist.
English
ancestry. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Maccabees;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; American
Public Health Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 17,
1938 (age 69 years, 222
days).
Interment at Mahwah
Cemetery, Mahwah, N.J.
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Kenneth W. Cunningham (1896-1981) —
of Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.; Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Texas, September
23, 1896.
Sales manager, Sun Oil Company;
mayor
of Grosse Pointe Park, Mich., 1957-64; resigned 1964.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution.
Died, in Harper Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., July 27,
1981 (age 84 years, 307
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Byron M. Cutcheon (1836-1908) —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Manistee, Manistee
County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Pembroke, Merrimack
County, N.H., May 11,
1836.
Son of James M. Cutcheon and Hannah (Tripp) Cutcheon.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1868;
Manistee
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1873-74; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1875-81; postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1883-91; defeated,
1890.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Sons of the American Revolution; Loyal
Legion.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1891 for action at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, Ky.,
May 10, 1863.
Died in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich., April 12,
1908 (age 71 years, 337
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.
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Henry Stewart Dean (1830-1915) —
also known as Henry S. Dean —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Lima, Livingston
County, N.Y., June 14,
1830.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; grocer; miller;
member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1894-1907; appointed 1894;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1912;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1912.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion; Sons of the American Revolution; American
Historical Association.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., October
18, 1915 (age 85 years, 126
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Harold H. Emmons (b. 1875) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 30,
1875.
Son of Marcus A. Emmons and Alma M. (Slaven) Emmons.
Republican. Lawyer;
secretary-treasurer, Regal Motor Car
Company, 1913-17; in charge of aviation
engine construction for Army and Navy during World War I;
officer, Stout Metal Airplane
Co.; organizer and director, National Air
Transport Co.; organizer and president, Aircraft
Development Corp., Northwest Airways,
Inc.; organizer and general counsel, Stinson Aircraft
Corp.; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1928.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Chi; American
Legion; Sons of the American Revolution; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Burial
location unknown.
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Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. (1913-2006) —
also known as Gerald R. Ford; Jerry Ford; Leslie
Lynch King, Jr.; "Passkey" —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.; Rancho Mirage, Riverside
County, Calif.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., July 14,
1913.
Son of Leslie Lynch King, Sr. (1884-1941) and Dorothy Ayer (Gardner)
King Ford (1892-1967).
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1948,
1960,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1949-73; resigned
1973; member, President's
Commission on the Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64; Vice
President of the United States, 1973-74; President
of the United States, 1974-77; defeated, 1976.
Episcopalian.
English
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Sons of the American Revolution; Forty and
Eight; Jaycees;
Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Humane
Society; Elks; American Bar
Association.
Shot
at in two separate incidents in San Francisco in September 1975.
On September 5, Lynette 'Squeaky' Fromme, follower of murderous cult
leader Charles Manson, got close to the President with a loaded
pistol, and squeezed the trigger at close range; the gun misfired.
On September 22, Sara Jane Moore fired a
shot at him, but a bystander deflected her aim. Both women were
convicted and sentenced to life in prison. Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1999.
Died in Rancho Mirage, Riverside
County, Calif., December
26, 2006 (age 93 years, 165
days).
Interment at Gerald
R. Ford Museum, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Leslie Lynch King, Sr. (1884-1941) and Dorothy Ayer (Gardner) King
Ford (1892-1967); step-son of Gerald Rudolph Ford, Sr. (1890-1962);
married, October
15, 1948, to Elizabeth Ann 'Betty' (Bloomer) Warren (1918-2011);
half-brother of Thomas
G. Ford, Sr.. |
| | | Cross-reference: Richard
M. Nixon — L.
William Seidman |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books by Gerald R. Ford: A
Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford
(1983) |
| | | Books about Gerald R. Ford: John Robert
Greene, The
Presidency of Gerald R. Ford — Edward L. Schapsmeier,
Gerald
R. Ford's Date With Destiny: A Political Biography —
James Cannon, Time
and Chance : Gerald Ford's Appointment With History —
Douglas Brinkley, Gerald
R. Ford |
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Joe C. Foster (1904-1974) —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Alden, Antrim
County, Mich., April 12,
1904.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state senate 14th District, 1931-34.
Member, Elks;
Sons of the American Revolution; Phi
Delta Theta; Sigma Nu
Phi.
Died in 1974
(age about
70 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles F. Haight (1865-1954) —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in North Newburg (now Newburg), Shiawassee
County, Mich., March 21,
1865.
Son of R. Bruce Haight and Phoebe Eliza (Deveraux) Haight.
Republican. Lawyer;
municipal judge in Michigan, 1911-18; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District,
1923-32, 1935-36; defeated, 1936.
Baptist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Elks; Eagles; Knights
of Pythias; Modern
Woodmen of America; Sons of the American Revolution.
Died February
13, 1954 (age 88 years, 329
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Ira Waite Jayne (b. 1882) —
also known as Ira W. Jayne —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Fenton, Genesee
County, Mich., June 16,
1882.
Son of Daniel G. Jayne and Alice (Waite) Jayne.
Republican. Law
professor; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1919-56; defeated, 1917; resigned
1956; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1920;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1928;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1928.
Member, NAACP; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Sons of the American Revolution; Odd
Fellows; Foresters;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1911
to Jean Bilton. |
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Chase Salmon Osborn (1860-1949) —
also known as Chase S. Osborn —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.; Possum Poke, Poulan, Worth
County, Ga.
Born in a log
house in Huntington
County, Ind., January
22, 1860.
Son of George A. Osborn and Margaret (Fannon) Osborn.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; postmaster;
member of Michigan
Republican State Executive Committee, 1899; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1899; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1908-11; appointed 1908; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908;
Governor
of Michigan, 1911-12; defeated, 1914; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1918, 1930; candidate for Republican
nomination for Vice President, 1928;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1936.
Presbyterian.
English,
French,
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Kiwanis;
Lions;
Knights
of Pythias; Audubon
Society; National Rifle
Association; Sigma
Chi; Sigma
Delta Chi; Pi Gamma
Mu; Sons of the American Revolution; Elks; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Died April 11,
1949 (age 89 years, 79
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Chippewa County, Mich.
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Philip Clarkson Pack (1896-1970) —
also known as Philip C. Pack —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., May 26,
1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; advertising
business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County, 1931-34.
Member, Freemasons;
Grotto;
American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Sons of the American Revolution.
Died in 1970
(age about
74 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Witherell Palmer (1830-1913) —
also known as Thomas W. Palmer —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., January
25, 1830.
Son of Thomas Palmer and Mary A. (Witherell) Palmer.
Republican. Merchant;
real
estate business; lumber
business; member of Michigan
state senate 2nd District, 1879-80; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1883-89; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1889-90.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Sons of the American Revolution.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 1,
1913 (age 83 years, 127
days).
Entombed at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Charles Upton Shreve (b. 1898) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March 24,
1898.
Son of Leven L. Shreve and Elizabeth (Mitchell) Shreve.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1935 (Democratic primary), 1941
(primary).
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; American Bar
Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur J. Tuttle (1868-1944) —
of Leslie, Ingham
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Leslie Township, Ingham
County, Mich., November
8, 1868.
Son of Ogden Valorous Tuttle and Julia Elizabeth (McArthur) Tuttle.
Republican. Lawyer; Ingham
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1899-1902; member of Michigan
state senate 14th District, 1907-10; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1911-12; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1912-44;
died in office 1944; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1924; president, Peoples Bank of
Leslie; director, Leslie Home Telephone
Co.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Knights
of Khorassan; Elks; Eagles; Moose; Maccabees;
Woodmen;
Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Sons of the American Revolution.
Died December
2, 1944 (age 76 years, 24
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Leslie, Mich.
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Eugene Ignatius Van Antwerp (1889-1962) —
also known as Eugene I. Van Antwerp —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., July 26,
1889.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate in
primary for Governor of
Michigan, 1940; mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1948-49; defeated, 1949; candidate for Michigan
state highway commissioner, 1953.
Catholic.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons of the American Revolution; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August 5,
1962 (age 73 years, 10
days).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, Mich.
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Dale Warner (b. 1941) —
of Eaton Rapids, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Williamston, Ingham
County, Mich., February
3, 1941.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,
1964;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives 56th District, 1967-74.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Kappa Phi; Delta
Chi; Sons of the American Revolution; Phi Eta
Sigma; Lions.
Still living as of 1999.
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Gerhard Mennen Williams (1911-1988) —
also known as G. Mennen Williams;
"Soapy" —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
23, 1911.
Son of Henry Phillips Williams and Elma Christina (Mennen) Williams.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Governor of
Michigan, 1949-60; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Michigan, 1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1966; U.S. Ambassador to Philippines, 1968-69; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1971-86; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1983-86.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of the
Coif; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Eagles;
Elks; Moose; Amvets; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons of the American Revolution; Order of
Ahepa; Grange; Americans
for Democratic Action; United
World Federalists.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
2, 1988 (age 76 years, 344
days).
Interment at Protestant
Cemetery, Mackinac Island, Mich.
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