Members of Michigan State Board of Agriculture, 1861-1968(May be incomplete!) DavidCarpenter 1861-71JustusGage 1861-69PhiloParsons 1861-63CharlesRich 1861-67SilasYerkes 1861AdonijahS. Welch 1863-66J.Webster Childs 1869-82HezekiahG. Wells 1871-83CyrusG. Luce 1885-86GeorgeB. Horton 1887-91OscarPalmer 1889-91L.Whitney Watkins 1899-1905EdwardP. Allen 1899-1903RobertD. Graham 1905-19HenryF. Buskirk 1905-09WilliamJ. Oberdorffer 1905-11AlfredJ. Doherty 1907-19I.Roy Waterbury 1907-21WilliamL. Carpenter 1909-11JasonWoodman 1911-23JohnW. Beaumont 1912-21L.Whitney Watkins 1920-27DoraH. Stockman 1920-31ClarkL. Brody 1921-59JohnA. Doelle 1922MelvilleB. McPherson 1922-33JayR. McColl 1922-27HerbertW. Gowdy 1924-29WilliamH. Berkey 1930-47CharlesE. Downing 1934-39BenjaminH. Halstead 1934-39JamesJ. Jakway 1938-43LavinaM. Masselink 1938-43ForestH. Akers 1940-57MelvilleB. McPherson 1940-45WinfredG. Armstrong 1944-54SarahVan Hoosen Jones 1944-55FrederickH. Mueller 1945-57EllsworthB. More 1948-50ConnorD. Smith 1950-53ArthurK. Rouse 1954-59ConnorD. Smith 1954-68G.Donald Stevens 1958-59JanB. Vanderploeg 1958-63 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1861:SilasYerkes, resigned. 1882 Nov 8:J.Webster Childs, died in office. 1886:CyrusG. Luce, resigned. 1891 Jan 23:OscarPalmer, resigned. 1899 Jan 25:EdwardP. Allen, appointed. 1905 Jan 30:HenryF. Buskirk, appointed. 1905 Jun 30:WilliamJ. Oberdorffer, appointed. 1909 Apr 5:WilliamL. Carpenter (Rep), elected;WilliamJ. Oberdorffer (Rep), elected;JohnSmith (Dem), defeated;RialV. McArthur (Dem), defeated;JohnW. King (Prohibition), defeated;CharlesS. Bartlett (Prohibition), defeated;FredMarshall (Socialist), defeated;JohnD. Hunt (Socialist), defeated;JohnH. Latta (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1909 Apr 5:RobertD. Graham (Rep), elected;AlfredJ. Doherty (Rep), elected;BenjaminT. Halstead (Dem), defeated;GeorgeH. Bartlett (Prohibition), defeated;GeorgeH. Candee (Prohibition), defeated;ArchieSmith (Socialist), defeated;ClydeE. Kern (Socialist), defeated;JohnA. Ingram (Socialist Labor), defeated;AlbertB. Latta (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1909 Apr 5:WilliamH. Wallace (Rep), elected;I.Roy Waterbury (Rep), elected;WilliamCarpenter (Dem), defeated;JamesA. Taylor (Dem), defeated;PerryE. Palmer (Prohibition), defeated;LucienH. Stoddard (Prohibition), defeated;EdwinR. Cornish (Socialist), defeated;HermanMack (Socialist), defeated;ShepardB. Cowles (Socialist Labor), defeated;ThomasJ. Grabuski (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1911 Apr 3:JohnW. Beaumont (Rep), elected;JasonWoodman (Rep), elected;AlbertE. Stevenson (Dem), defeated;JohnA. Weston (Dem), defeated;JohnD. Hunt (Socialist), defeated;WilliamW. Mutton (Socialist), defeated;GeorgeH. Candee (Prohibition), defeated;JoshuaC. Curtis, defeated;ArchieMcInnes (Socialist Labor), defeated;AlbertB. Latta (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1913:OscarW. Braman (Progressive), defeated;AlfredE. Souter, defeated;AlbertB. Cook, defeated. 1915 Apr 5:WilliamH. Wallace (Rep), elected;I.Roy Waterbury (Rep), elected;AngusM. Smith (Dem), defeated;JohnJ. Bale (Dem), defeated;HenryWilson (Progressive), defeated;O.C. Hollister (Progressive), defeated;JohnJ. Palmer (Socialist), defeated;GeorgeW. Eldridge (Socialist), defeated;JeffersonD. Leland (Prohibition), defeated;WilliamS. Lathers (Prohibition), defeated. 1917:JamesJ. Jakway (Dem), defeated. 1919:L.Whitney Watkins (Rep), elected. 1919 Apr 7:DoraH. Stockman (Rep), elected. 1921:JohnW. Beaumont, resigned;MelvilleB. McPherson (Rep), elected;C.Kent Jakeway (Dem), defeated. 1921 Oct 7:ClarkL. Brody, appointed. 1922:JohnA. Doelle, resigned. 1922 Apr 4:JayR. McColl, appointed. 1923 Apr 2:ClarkL. Brody (Rep), elected;HerbertW. Gowdy (Rep), elected;WilliamH. Welch (Dem), defeated;E.Sumner Rust (Dem), defeated;AndrewWood (Prohibition), defeated;JohnH. Perry (Prohibition), defeated. 1925:BenjaminH. Halstead (Dem), defeated;MinnieF. Kaltenbrun (Dem), defeated;DoraH. Stockman (Rep), elected;L.Whitney Watkins (Rep), elected. 1927 Apr 4:MelvilleB. McPherson (Rep), elected;JayR. McColl (Rep), elected;HarrisE. Thomas (Dem), defeated;MinnieF. Kaltenbrun (Dem), defeated;WilliamMollenhauer (Workers), defeated;AaronM. Katz (Workers), defeated;WilliamW. Haviland (Prohibition), defeated;FredL. Perrine (Prohibition), defeated. 1929 Apr 1:ClarkL. Brody (Rep), elected;WilliamH. Berkey (Rep), elected;FrankJ. Sawyer (Dem), defeated;MinnieF. Kaltenbrun (Dem), defeated;HoraceT. Auckerman (Socialist), defeated;MintNauta (Socialist), defeated;WirtMcClain (Prohibition), defeated;CharlesH. Pollycutt (Prohibition), defeated. 1931 Apr 6:MatildaR. Wilson (Rep), elected;GilbertL. Daane (Rep), elected;WilliamTyson (Dem), defeated;TheodoreRzeppa (Dem), defeated;WilliamF. Russell (Socialist), defeated;B.F. Underhill (Socialist), defeated;WilliamJ. Johnston (Prohibition), defeated;FrancisJesse (Prohibition), defeated. 1933 Apr 3:CharlesE. Downing (Dem), elected;BenjaminH. Halstead (Dem), elected;A.J. Rogers (Rep), defeated;MelvilleB. McPherson (Rep), defeated;FrankE. Bennett (Socialist), defeated;CharlesW. Crum (Socialist), defeated;WilliamJ. Johnston (Prohibition), defeated;JudsonBlack (Prohibition), defeated. 1935 Apr 1:ClarkL. Brody (Rep), elected;WilliamH. Berkey (Rep), elected;ClarenceB. Smith (Dem), defeated;GeorgeW. Bolling (Dem), defeated;AngusKennedy (Socialist), defeated;NahumBurnett (Socialist), defeated;RoyMcComb (Farmer-Labor), defeated;HarryBaumunk (Farmer-Labor), defeated;HerbertE. Persons (Commonwealth), defeated;CarrieM. Londsberry (Commonwealth), defeated;JohnS. Sweet (American), defeated;HenryS. Deering (American), defeated. 1939 Apr 3:MelvilleB. McPherson (Rep), elected;ForestH. Akers (Rep), elected;BenjaminH. Halstead (Dem), defeated;AlbertL. LaLonde (Dem), defeated;NahumBurnett (Socialist), defeated;WillCheeseman (Socialist), defeated;WalterS. Haynes (Commonwealth), defeated;CharlesR. Lanphear (Commonwealth), defeated. 1941 Apr 7:ClarkL. Brody (Rep), elected;WilliamH. Berkey (Rep), elected;BenjaminH. Halstead (Dem), defeated;CharlesF. Klump (Dem), defeated;EleySherwin (Prohibition), defeated;FredSowles (Prohibition), defeated. 1943 Apr 5:WinfredG. Armstrong (Rep), elected;SarahVan Hoosen Jones (Rep), elected;JosephP. Carey (Dem), defeated;ArthurW. Jewett (Dem), defeated;FloydM. Barden (Prohibition), defeated;AllenBarr (Prohibition), defeated. 1945 Jun 25:MelvilleB. McPherson, died in office. 1945 Jul 25:FrederickH. Mueller, appointed. 1947 Apr 7:ClarkL. Brody (Rep), elected;EllsworthB. More (Rep), elected;GeorgeD. Stevens (Dem), defeated;WilliamS. Lamoreaux (Dem), defeated;PerryHayden (Prohibition), defeated;LesterW. Kline (Prohibition), defeated. 1949 Apr 4:WinfredG. Armstrong (Rep), elected;SarahVan Hoosen Jones (Rep), elected;ConnorD. Smith (Dem), defeated;HarveyC. Whetzel (Dem), defeated;ClydeSmith (Progressive), defeated;AnnabelleMcLay (Progressive), defeated;WilliamJ. Persons (Prohibition), defeated;DeLandCrary (Prohibition), defeated. 1950 Apr 28:EllsworthB. More, died in office. 1950 May 15:ConnorD. Smith, appointed. 1951 Apr 2:ForestH. Akers (Rep), elected;FrederickH. Mueller (Rep), elected;Mrs.Raymond W. Starr (Dem), defeated;HiramA. Sackett (Dem), defeated;WilliamJ. Persons (Prohibition), defeated;GlennA. Root (Prohibition), defeated;RobertTravis (Progressive), defeated;JesusGonzales, Jr. (Progressive), defeated;CharlesSchwartz (Socialist Labor), defeated;AlbertMills (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1953 Apr 6:ClarkL. Brody (Rep), elected;ArthurK. Rouse (Rep), elected;ConnorD. Smith (Dem), defeated;FloydHimes (Dem), defeated;HectorHawkins (Prohibition), defeated;D.Earl Harrow (Prohibition), defeated;CharlesSchwartz (Socialist Labor), defeated;MarionL. Walbridge (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1954:WinfredG. Armstrong, died in office. 1954 Dec 7:ConnorD. Smith, appointed. 1955:SarahVan Hoosen Jones (Rep), defeated;DaleB. Stafford (Rep), defeated. 1955 Apr 4:WilliamE. Baker (Dem), elected;ConnorD. Smith (Dem), elected. 1957 Apr 1:G.Donald Stevens (Dem), elected;JanB. Vanderploeg (Dem), elected;FrankMerriman (Rep), defeated;FrederickH. Mueller (Rep), defeated;WilliamJ. Persons (Prohibition), defeated;PaulH. Kyburz (Prohibition), defeated. 1959 Apr 6:FrankMerriman (Rep), elected;WarrenM. Huff (Dem), elected;E.H. Bjornseth (Dem), defeated;ArthurK. Rouse (Rep), defeated;JohnZywicki (Socialist Labor), defeated;WilliamJ. Persons (Prohibition), defeated;DanielT. Perrine (Prohibition), defeated;FrankTroha (Socialist Labor), defeated. | |