Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist. | | Prentiss Marsh Brown (1889-1973) — also known asPrentiss M. Brown;"Father of theMackinac Bridge" —of St. Ignace,MackinacCounty, Mich.; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in St. Ignace,MackinacCounty, Mich.,June 18,1889.Democrat.Lawyer;MackinacCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1915-26; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Michigan,1924,1940,1948,1952;candidate forjustice ofMichigan state supreme court, 1928;U.S.Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1933-36; defeated,1924; resigned 1936;U.S.Senator from Michigan, 1936-43; defeated, 1942; administrator,U.S. Office of Price Administration, 1942-43;; chairman, MackinacBridge Authority, 1951-73; chairman, Detroit Edisonelectricutility.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;DeltaTau Delta.Died in St. Ignace,MackinacCounty, Mich.,December19, 1973 (age84 years, 184days).Interment atLakesideCemetery, St. Ignace, Mich. | | Prentiss M. Brown Jr. (b. 1925) — of St. Ignace,MackinacCounty, Mich.Born in1925.Democrat. Candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1952, 1956, 1958,1960; candidate forMichiganstate senate 37th District, 1974.Member,Freemasons.Still living as of 2011. | | Paul Walker Brown (b. 1935) — also known asPaul W. Brown — of Petoskey,EmmetCounty, Mich.; Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in1935.Democrat. Member ofUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1971-94; defeated, 1994; candidateforLieutenantGovernor of Michigan, 1974.Still living as of 2011.
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