in chronological order | |  William Hull (1753-1825) — Born in Derby,New HavenCounty, Conn.,June 24,1753.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofMassachusettsstate senate, 1798-1805;Governorof Michigan Territory, 1805-12; general in the U.S. Army duringthe War of 1812.Following his surrender of Detroit to the British in 1812, wasfoundguilty by acourt-martialofcowardice,neglectof duty, andunofficerlikeconduct, andsentencedto death; President Madison accepted this decision but remitted thesentence.Died in Newton,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,November29, 1825 (age72 years, 158days).Interment atNewtonCemetery, Newton, Mass. | | Thomas J. Navin — of Adrian,LenaweeCounty, Mich.Mayorof Adrian, Mich., 1881-82.Abscondedafterforgingcity bonds;arrestedin El Paso, Texas.Burial location unknown. | | Joseph F. Hambitzer — of Michigan.Michiganstate treasurer, 1893-94.Removedfrom office as state treasurer, March 20, 1894.Burial location unknown. | | John W. Jochim — of Michigan.Secretaryof state of Michigan, 1893-94.Removedfrom office, March 20, 1894.Burial location unknown. | | John Gayfer Berry (1838-1923) — also known asJohn G. Berry — of Berryville,OtsegoCounty, Mich.Born in1838.Republican. Member ofMichiganstate senate 27th District, 1889-90;Michiganland commissioner, 1893-94; defeated, 1890; removed 1894.Removedfrom office as land commissioner, March 20, 1894.Died in1923(ageabout85 years).Interment atEvergreenHills Cemetery, Vanderbilt, Mich. | | Fred A. Maynard (b. 1852) — of Grand Rapids,KentCounty, Mich.Born in1852.Michiganstate attorney general, 1895-98.Indictedin 1901 on 48chargesofembezzlement;a jury was selected fortrial,but the indictment was quashed before it could get underway.Burial location unknown. | | D. Judson Hammond (b. 1841) — of Pontiac,OaklandCounty, Mich.Born in1841.Republican.Banker;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Oakland County 1st District,1897-1900.Convictedin 1903 ofsolicitinga bribe of $500 to defeat a bill opposed by wholesale grocers;sentencedto two years inprisonor a $2,000fine.Burial location unknown. | | Frank Porter Glazier (1862-1922) — also known asFrank P. Glazier — of Chelsea,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Jackson,JacksonCounty, Mich.,March 8,1862.Republican.Pharmacist;President of Glazier Stove Company (manufacturerof stoves for cooking and heating); president of Chelsea SavingsBank;member ofMichiganstate senate 10th District, 1903-04;Michiganstate treasurer, 1905-08; resigned 1908.Forced toresign as state treasurer in 1908;convictedofembezzlement;served two years inprison;pardonedin 1920.Died near Chelsea,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,January1, 1922 (age59 years, 299days).Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, Chelsea, Mich. | | William H. Bradley (1859-1925) — of Greenville,MontcalmCounty, Mich.Born in Spencer Township,KentCounty, Mich.,February26, 1859.Republican.Wholesalegrocer; mayor of Greenville, Mich., 1908-09; member ofMichiganstate senate 18th District, 1909-12.In 1911, he was accused ofbriberyby Sherman M. Townsend, a former Sergeant-at-Arms of the statesenate; aninvestigationwas conducted; aresolutionto expel him from the Senate failed on a vote of 14 to 15.Died in1925(ageabout66 years).Interment atForestHome Cemetery, Greenville, Mich. | | Maurice Sugar (1891-1974) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Brimley,ChippewaCounty, Mich.,August8, 1891.Lawyer;Socialist candidate forcircuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1917, 1919; Socialist candidateforjustice ofMichigan state supreme court, 1917; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1918 (Socialist),1936 (Farmer-Labor);convictedin 1918 forresistingthe draft, sentenced to a year inprison,anddisbarred;readmitted to the Bar in 1923;pardonedin 1933; general counsel to the United Automobile Workers, 1937-46;Progressive candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan,1948.JewishandLithuanianancestry. Member,NationalLawyers Guild.Died inCheboyganCounty, Mich.,February15, 1974 (age82 years, 191days).Burial location unknown.  | Truman Handy Newberry (1864-1945) — also known asTruman H. Newberry — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Grosse Pointe Farms,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,November5, 1864.Republican. Paymaster and agent, Detroit, Bay City and AlpenaRailway,1885-87; president and treasurer, DetroitSteel andSpring Co., 1887-1901; director, Cleveland-CliffsIron Co.;director, GraceHospital;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1892;served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War;U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1908-09;U.S.Senator from Michigan, 1919-22.Presbyterian.Triedandconvictedin 1921 ofoverspendingon his campaign (federal laws at that time set an unrealisticallylow limit); his conviction was reversed by Supreme Court; followingan investigation, the Senate declared him entitled to his seat butexpresseddisapproval of the sumspenton his election;resignedunder pressure.Died in Grosse Pointe,WayneCounty, Mich.,October3, 1945 (age80 years, 332days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | Robert V. Mundy (b. 1854) — of Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.Born in New Jersey,1854.Hardwarebusiness;mayorof Bay City, Mich., 1917-21.In March, 1921, a grand jurychargedhim withmisfeasancein office andneglect ofduty, in histolerance ofvice such as illegal liquor sales, prostitution, and gambling inBay City, and called for the common council to remove him fromoffice. Mundy disputed the grand jury's authority to make this kindof report, and on his motion, it was stricken from the court record. Nonetheless, his organization was defeated in the election shortlyafterward.Burial location unknown. | | Edwin Denby (1870-1929) — also known asNed Denby — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Evansville,VanderburghCounty, Ind.,February18, 1870.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1903-04;U.S.Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1905-11; defeated,1910; member ofMichiganRepublican State Central Committee, 1917;U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1921-24; persuaded by Secretary of StateAlbertB. Fall to transfer control of the Navy's oil leases to theInterior Department; Fall then accepted largebribesto sell the leases to his friends, in what became known as the TeapotDomescandal;in 1924, Denby wasforced toresign as Secretary of the Navy.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;PhiDelta Phi.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,February8, 1929 (age58 years, 356days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | Peter C. Jezewski (1883-1960) — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.; Hamtramck,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in New York,November22, 1883.Republican.Pharmacist;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Erie County 6th District, 1915-16; defeated,1916;mayorof Hamtramck, Mich., 1922-26, 1932-34; defeated, 1926, 1934.Convictedofbootleggingand othervicecrimes about 1926, and spent a year in Leavenworth federalprison.Died in Hamtramck,WayneCounty, Mich.,December1, 1960 (age77 years, 9days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | Henry Ford (1863-1947) — of Dearborn,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Springwells Township (now part of Dearborn),WayneCounty, Mich.,July 30,1863.Engineer;inventor;founder,Ford MotorCompany, 1903; candidate for Republican nomination for President,1916;Democratic candidate forU.S.Senator from Michigan, 1918; candidate for Democratic nominationfor President,1924.Episcopalian.Scotch-IrishandBelgianancestry. Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;SigmaAlpha Epsilon.Publisher, in 1919-27, of theDearborn Independent newspaper,which promotedanti-Semiticideas through articles such as "The International Jew: The World'sProblem," which were reprinted as pamphlets and books. In 1927, alibellawsuit against Ford over these writings led him toshutdown the paper and publiclyrecantits contents.Died, from astroke,in Dearborn,WayneCounty, Mich.,April 7,1947 (age83 years, 251days).Interment atFordCemetery, Detroit, Mich.| |  Relatives: Sonof William Ford and Mary (Litogot) Ford; married,April11, 1888, to Clara Jane Bryant; uncle ofClarenceWilliam Ford; second cousin once removed ofClydeMcKinlock Ford. | | | | Political family:Fordfamily of Detroit and Dearborn, Michigan. | | | | Cross-reference:JamesCouzens —HermanBernstein —AlfredJ. Murphy —MartinC. Ansorge —WilliamA. Lucking | | | | Personal motto:"Efficiency." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Henry Ford: DouglasBrinkley,Wheelsfor the World : Henry Ford, His Company, and a Century of Progress,1903-2003 — William A. Levinson,HenryFord's Lean Vision — Pat McCarthy,HenryFord : Building Cars for Everyone (for youngreaders) — David Weitzman,ModelT : How Henry Ford Built a Legend (for youngreaders) | | | | Critical books about Henry Ford: MaxWallace,TheAmerican Axis : Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh, and the Rise of theThird Reich — Neil Baldwin,HenryFord and the Jews : The Mass Production of Hate |
| | Philip Aaron Raymond (1899-1983) — also known asPhilip Raymond — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February4, 1899.Communist.Labororganizer; in January, 1930, he wasarrestedin Pontiac, Mich., andchargedwithleading ademonstration; againarrestedin April, 1934, in Dearborn, Mich., when he was seen talking withstrikers picketing an auto plant; candidate formayorof Detroit, Mich., 1930; Workers candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1930; candidate forU.S.Senator from Michigan, 1934; candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1936, 1940; Communist candidate for PresidentialElector for Michigan,1940;candidate forMichiganstate attorney general, 1946.Died inLos AngelesCounty, Calif.,March21, 1983 (age84 years, 45days).Burial location unknown. | | Charles E. Bowles (1884-1957) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Yale,St. ClairCounty, Mich.,March24, 1884.Republican.Lawyer;recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1926-29; resigned 1929;mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1930; defeated, 1924, 1924, 1925, 1930, 1943;candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 15th District, 1932, 1934; candidate forcircuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1941; candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1950, 1952.Member,OptimistClub.Recalledfrom office as Mayor in 1930 over charges that he had sold out togangstersand theKu KluxKlan.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,July 30,1957 (age73 years, 128days).Entombed in mausoleum atEvergreenCemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | Daniel Frederick Pagelsen (1873-1939) — also known asDaniel F. Pagelsen — of Grand Haven,OttawaCounty, Mich.Born in Grand Haven,OttawaCounty, Mich.,September26, 1873.Republican.Lawyer;Vice-Consulfor Sweden & Norway inGrandHaven, Mich., 1904; justice of the peace;Vice-Consulfor Sweden inGrandHaven, Mich., 1914;OttawaCounty Circuit Court Commissioner, 1919-34;arrestedin March 1930,chargedwithdrivingwhiledrunk,andfined$50;arrestedagain in August, andpleadedguilty todrivingwhileintoxicated,second offense; the Ottawa County Bar Association urged leniency, buthe wassentencedto six months inprison.DanishandGermanancestry.Died in Grand Haven,OttawaCounty, Mich.,January31, 1939 (age65 years, 127days).Interment atLakeForest Cemetery, Grand Haven, Mich.  | Frank D. McKay (1883-1965) — of Grand Rapids,KentCounty, Mich.Born in Grand Rapids,KentCounty, Mich.,November4, 1883.Republican.Financier;political boss who dominated Republican politics in Michigan foryears; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1920,1928,1932(alternate),1936,1940,1944;Michiganstate treasurer, 1925-30;investigatedby a grand jury in 1931 over hishandlingof state funds while Treasurer; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Michigan, 1940-44; subject of threefederal grand juryinvestigationsin 1940 over allegedfraud,extortionandkickbacks;indictedin 1944 forbriberyof state legislators; hired aPurpleGang figure tomurderthe star witness, State Sen.WarrenG. Hooper, and the case collapsed;chargedin 1945, along withWilliamMcKeighan, with conspiracy toviolatestate liquor laws;tried in1946; the judge directed a verdict of not guilty.Died in Miami Beach, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.,January12, 1965 (age81 years, 69days).Entombed atGreenwoodCemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich. | | Willis M. Brewer (1892-1972) — of Pontiac,OaklandCounty, Mich.Born in1892.Democrat. Candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1924; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Michigan,1928(alternate),1952;candidate forsecretaryof state of Michigan, 1928; chairman, Oakland County Board ofAuditors; in 1931, he waschargedwithembezzling$2,500 from the county;convicted,andsentencedto five to fifteen years inprison;his sentence was commuted by Gov.WilliamA. Comstock in 1933; member ofMichiganDemocratic State Central Committee, 1947.Member,AmericanLegion.Died in1972(ageabout80 years).Burial location unknown. | | Rudolph Gabriel Tenerowicz (1890-1963) — also known asRudolph G. Tenerowicz — of Hamtramck,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Budapest,Hungary,of Polish parents,June 14,1890.Physician;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;mayorof Hamtramck, Mich., 1928-32, 1936-39; defeated, 1932; resigned1932; defeated, 1934;U.S.Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1939-43; defeated,1942 (Democratic primary), 1946 (Republican primary), 1948(Republican), 1950 (Republican), 1952 (Republican), 1954 (Republican).Polishancestry.Triedandconvictedonviceconspiracychargesin 1932; freed from prison whenpardonedby Gov.WilliamA. Comstock.Died in Hamtramck,WayneCounty, Mich.,August31, 1963 (age73 years, 78days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Stanley J. Pacholek (1890-1932) — of Hamtramck,WayneCounty, Mich.Born inPoland,December8, 1890.Undertaker;candidate formayorof Hamtramck, Mich., 1932 (primary), 1932.Polishancestry.Arrestedin April, 1932, fordrunkdriving;died bysuicidein hisjailcell, byhanginghimself with his scarf, in Birmingham,OaklandCounty, Mich.,April19, 1932 (age41 years, 133days).Burial location unknown.  | John Bradford Pengelly (1880-1973) — also known asJ. Bradford Pengelly — of Flint,GeneseeCounty, Mich.; Leamington,Ontario.Born in Brantford,Ontario,May12, 1880.Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen;Episcopalpriest; candidate forMichiganstate senate 13th District, 1922; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1926; Flint citycommissioner; in June, 1932, he waschargedwithacceptingbribes from real estate developers; he denied the allegations andpleaded not guilty; venue was changed from Flint to Grand Rapids;tried inOctober 1932, but the jury was unable to reach a verdict;retriedin January 1934 and found not guilty; meanwhile, in November 1932, hewasrecalledfrom office as City Commissioner.Episcopalian.Died in Coquitlam,BritishColumbia,October16, 1973 (age93 years, 157days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Elizabeth Ann (Bradford) Pengelly and John Henry Pengelly;married,September17, 1913, to Edith Maude Campbell; married to Agnes (Richardson)Mathews. | | | | Image source: Port Huron (Mich.) TimesHerald, Octover 25, 1932 |
| | Ernest A. Moross (c.1874-1949) — of Mosherville,HillsdaleCounty, Mich.Born about 1874. Manager for Indianapolis Speedway, and for many early 20th centuryrace cardrivers; retired from automobile racing in 1916; candidate inRepublican primary forMichiganstate house of representatives from Hillsdale County, 1930;Communist candidate forMichiganstate senate 10th District, 1932; in 1933, he refused to renewhis car'slicenseplates as aprotestagainst the cost; when his car was seized, he and his wifelocked thedoors andremainedinside it for a month; finally police broke into the car andarrestedthem;convictedofresistingarrest, andsentencedto 30 days injail.Died in Long Beach,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,April 4,1949 (ageabout 75years).Burial location unknown. | | Tracy W. Southworth — ofMonroeCounty, Mich.Democrat. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Monroe County; elected 1930,1932;arrestedin June 1934, along with alobbyist,Al Tobin, based on an allegation ofbriberyin connection with helping a trucking company obtain a license; fourmarked bills were found in his possession when he was arrested; heclaimed the lobbyist had merely made him a loan of $100.Burial location unknown. | | Anthony J. Wilkowski (b. 1898) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,April16, 1898.Democrat.Hardwarestore owner; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMichigan,1932(alternate),1936,1940;member ofMichiganstate senate 2nd District, 1933-38, 1945-46, 1949-50; defeated inprimary, 1942 (3rd District), 1946 (2nd District), 1951 (2ndDistrict), 1952 (2nd District), 1955 (2nd District);chair ofWayne County Democratic Party, 1934;triedandconvicted,along with Democratic state chairmanElmerB. O'Hara, onvotefraudchargesin 1936, andsentencedto four to five years inprison;member ofMichiganDemocratic State Central Committee, 1939; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Michigan, 1940;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 9thDistrict, 1961-62.Catholic.Polishancestry. Member,Knightsof Columbus;PolishNational Alliance.Burial location unknown. | | Elmer B. O'Hara — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,1932;WayneCounty Clerk, 1933-36;MichiganDemocratic state chair, 1935-36;triedandconvicted,along with State Sen.A.J. Wilkowski and others, onvotefraudchargesin 1936;sentencedto four to five years inprison;alsoconvictedonchargesofbribingthe Macomb County Drain Commissioner.Burial location unknown. | | James E. Kewin — of Melvindale,WayneCounty, Mich.Mayorof Melvindale, Mich., 1933-40; defeated, 1940; in June, 1936,after an exchange of insults with Sever Green, who Kewin had tried tooust from a Melvindale city position, he climbed into Green's car andscratchedhis face; later convicted ofassaultand battery over this incident and wasfined$25.Burial location unknown. | | Walter L. Kanar (1901-1958) — of Hamtramck,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Warsaw,Poland,1901.Republican. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 3rd District,1931-32; defeated, 1932;mayorof Hamtramck, Mich., 1939-42.Indicted,but not convicted, onviceconspiracychargeswhile he was mayor.DiedFebruary4, 1958 (ageabout 56years).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | Stanley J. Dombrowski (1901-1977) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,May 7,1901.Democrat. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1935-44; defeated in primary, 1950; in 1943, he repudiated grand jurytestimony about beingbribed,pleadedguilty toperjury,and wassentencedtoprison;chargedon January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former statelegislators) withacceptingbribes;tried,convicted,andsentencedto 3-5 years inprison.Died in1977(ageabout76 years).Burial location unknown. | | Charles Coles Diggs Sr. (1894-1967) — also known asCharles C. Diggs, Sr. — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Tallula,IssaquenaCounty, Miss.,January2, 1894.Mortician;member ofMichiganstate senate 3rd District, 1937-44; defeated in Democraticprimary, 1944; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMichigan,1940;chargedon January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former statelegislators) withacceptingbribes;tried,convicted,andsentencedto 3-5 years inprison;chargedin a differentbriberycase in 1945;triedandconvicted;chargedagain on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) withacceptingbribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire casecollapsed when the star prosecution witness,CharlesF. Hemans, refused to testify; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1948 (Republicanprimary), 1952 (Democratic primary).Africanancestry. Member,Elks.Died in1967(ageabout73 years).Interment atDetroitMemorial Park East, Warren, Mich. | | Eugene C. Keyes (1900-1963) — of Dearborn,WayneCounty, Mich.BornAugust23, 1900.Republican.Lawyer;dentist;LieutenantGovernor of Michigan, 1943-44, 1947-48; defeated, 1940, 1944,1948; candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1950, 1954; candidate forU.S.Senator from Michigan, 1952.Convicted,in Dearborn municipal court in August 1944, ofassaultinga woman who came to his office to protest his slapping of her sonduring an argument over campaign work; thesentencewas a $25fine or15 days injail.Died in1963(ageabout62 years).Burial location unknown. | | Martin Anthony Kronk (1900-1976) — also known asMartin A. Kronk — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,July 1,1900.Democrat. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1937-44; removed 1944; defeated, 1950 (Wayne County 1st District),1958 (Wayne County 12th District);chargedon January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former statelegislators) withacceptingbribes;tried,convicted,andsentencedto 3-5 years inprison;candidate forMichiganstate senate 5th District, 1954.Died in1976(ageabout75 years).Burial location unknown. | | Henry F. Shea (1885-1967) — of Laurium,HoughtonCounty, Mich.Born in Osceola Mine,HoughtonCounty, Mich.,April15, 1885.Democrat.Miner;railroadtrainman;plumber;steamfitter;candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Houghton County 1st District,1918; member ofMichiganstate senate 32nd District, 1937-40; defeated, 1940;chargedon January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former statelegislators) with acceptingbribes;tried,convicted,andsentencedto 3-5 years inprison;grantedimmunityfrom prosecution in return for his testimony in another briberycase, 1945.Member,Knightsof Columbus;Eagles.Died in1967(ageabout82 years).Burial location unknown. | | Joseph C. Roosevelt (1900-1987) — also known asJoe Roosevelt — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,October8, 1900.Democrat.Realestate andinsurancebusiness; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1933-36; member ofMichiganstate senate 21st District, 1937-38; defeated in primary, 1938,1940, 1942;implicatedin the Michigan legislativebriberyscandalin 1944 as a go-betweenprovidingbribes to legislators; grantedimmunityfrom prosecution, and testified against others.Died in1987(ageabout86 years).Burial location unknown. | | Chester Milton Howell (1883-1965) — also known asChester M. Howell;"ChiselingChet" —of Saginaw,SaginawCounty, Mich.Born in Muskegon,MuskegonCounty, Mich.,September10, 1883.Republican.Newspaperreporter;newspapereditor; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Saginaw County 1st District,1923-26; member ofMichiganstate senate 22nd District, 1927-32, 1939-45; defeated, 1932,1936; resigned 1945;chargedon December 6, 1944 with accepting bribes from naturopathicphysicians, andpleadedguilty; testified against other legislators inbriberycases.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;Rotary;Kiwanis;Elks;Moose.Died in Owosso,ShiawasseeCounty, Mich.,May 8,1965 (age81 years, 240days).Interment atForestLawn Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich. | | Adam William Sumeracki (b. 1911) — also known asAdam Sumeracki — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Braddock,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,February6, 1911.Democrat.Realestate andinsurancebusiness; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1939-44, 1955-64 (Wayne County1st District 1939-44, Wayne County 9th District 1955-64); removed1944; defeated, 1964 (7th District), 1974 (71st District); candidateforU.S.Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1942; candidate in primary formayorof Detroit, Mich., 1943;Chargedon January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former statelegislators) withacceptingbribes;tried,convicted,andsentencedto 3-5 years inprison;alsochargedon July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) withacceptingbribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire casecollapsed when the star prosecution witness,CharlesF. Hemans, refused to testify.Catholic.Burial location unknown. | | Michael J. Clancy (b. 1913) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in County Clare,Ireland,September9, 1913.Democrat. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1937-40; defeated in primary, 1942;chargedon January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former statelegislators) withacceptingbribes, but not tried and convicted with the others.Catholic.Irishancestry.Burial location unknown. | | Earl C. Gallagher (b. 1899) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born inOntonagonCounty, Mich.,October15, 1899.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; worked forcarmakersFord Motor Company and Chrysler Corporation; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1937-44; removed 1944; defeated, 1954 (Wayne County 10th District);chargedon January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former statelegislators) withacceptingbribes;tried,convicted,andsentencedto 3-5 years inprison;chargedon July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) withacceptingbribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire casecollapsed when the star prosecution witness,CharlesF. Hemans, refused to testify.Member,Elks;AmericanLegion.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married1936 to MaryThibault. |
| | Joseph J. Kowalski (b. 1914) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,March19, 1914.Democrat. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1939-44; nominated, but withdrew 1944; removed 1944;chargedon January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former statelegislators) withacceptingbribes;tried,convicted,andsentencedto 3-5 years inprison;alsochargedon July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) withacceptingbribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire casecollapsed when the star prosecution witness,CharlesF. Hemans, refused to testify.Polishancestry. Member,PolishNational Alliance;Maccabees.Burial location unknown. | | Ernest George Nagel (1893-1955) — also known asErnest G. Nagel;"ErnieHooker" —of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Zurich,Switzerland,March3, 1893.Democrat.Boxer;served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War I;automotiveengineer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1933-40; defeated in primary, 1952; member ofMichiganstate senate 1st District, 1941-42; defeated in primary, 1942,1944;chargedon January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former statelegislators) withacceptingbribes;tried,convicted,andsentencedto 3-5 years inprison;alsochargedon July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) withacceptingbribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire casecollapsed when the star prosecution witness,CharlesF. Hemans, refused to testify.Member,Freemasons;AmericanLegion.DiedJuly 26,1955 (age62 years, 145days).Interment atClintonGrove Cemetery, Clinton Township, Macomb County, Mich. | | Edward John Walsh (1904-1975) — also known asEdward J. Walsh — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,October22, 1904.Democrat.Automobileworker; constable; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1933-44; removed 1944;chargedon January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former statelegislators) withacceptingbribes;tried,convicted,andsentencedto 3-5 years inprison;chargedon December 6, 1944 (along with four other legislators) withacceptingbribes from naturopathic physicians;tried in1945, but the jury was unable to reach a verdict;retriedandconvicted;chargedon July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) withacceptingbribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire casecollapsed when the star prosecution witness,CharlesF. Hemans, refused to testify.Died in1975(ageabout70 years).Burial location unknown. | | Charles Fitch Hemans (1896-1971) — also known asCharles F. Hemans;"Baron of theBathroom";"Knight of theDoublecross" —of Eaton Rapids,EatonCounty, Mich.; Howell,LivingstonCounty, Mich.; Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.,April12, 1896.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,1924;candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1926, 1928; member ofUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1934-41; defeated, 1931, 1941;candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 15th District, 1934; candidate forcircuitjudge in Michigan 30th Circuit, 1935; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Michigan, 1936.Implicatedin the Michigan legislativebriberyscandalin 1944; grantedimmunityfrom prosecution and testified that he hadbribedmany legislators in his hotel bathroom; later, another bribery caseagainst legislators fell apart when he refused to testify andfled toWashington;arrestedby FBI agents andarraignedon a federalfugitivewitness charge;triedandconvicted,andsentencedto four years inprison;pleadedguilty tobriberyin 1950 andsentencedto five yearsprobationand a $1,000fine.DiedJanuary29, 1971 (age74 years, 292days).Interment atMapleGrove Cemetery, Mason, Mich. | | William Gibbs Buckley (b. 1907) — also known asWilliam G. Buckley — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,August19, 1907.Democrat. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1933-34, 1937-44; defeated in primary, 1944; removed 1944;Chargedon January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former statelegislators) withacceptingbribes;tried,convicted,andsentencedto 3-5 years inprison;chargedon December 6, 1944 (along with four other legislators) withacceptingbribes from naturopathic physicians;tried in1945, but the jury was unable to reach a verdict;retriedandconvicted;chargedon July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) withacceptingbribes to vote against a banking bill, but the last set ofcharges were dismissed when he agreed to testify.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married1933 toKathryn O'Dowd. |
| | Francis J. Nowak (1915-1976) — also known asFrank Nowak — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,November14, 1915.Democrat. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1939-44; nominated, but withdrew 1944; removed 1944;chargedon January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former statelegislators) withacceptingbribes;tried,convicted,andsentencedto 3-5 years inprison;chargedon December 6, 1944 (along with four other legislators) withacceptingbribes from naturopathic physicians;tried in1945, but the jury was unable to reach a verdict;retriedandconvicted;chargedon July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) withacceptingbribes to vote against a banking bill, but the last set ofcharges were dismissed when he agreed to testify.Died in1976(ageabout60 years).Burial location unknown. | | William M. Bradley (b. 1892) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,May 22,1892.Democrat. Member ofMichiganstate senate 5th District, 1937-40; defeated in primary, 1934,1940, 1942, 1952;chargedon January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former statelegislators) withacceptingbribes;tried,convicted,andsentencedto 3-5 years inprison.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof William A. Bradley and Mary (Riley) Bradley; married1912 toEdwardine Lenahan. |
| | Frank Murphy (1897-1944) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Rensselaer,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.,May 15,1897.Democrat.Accountant;LieutenantGovernor of Michigan, 1941-42; defeated, 1942; candidate in primary formayorof Detroit, Mich., 1943;chargedwithbriberyin 1944;pleadedguilty.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus;GammaEta Gamma.Died, from aheartailment,December25, 1944 (age47 years, 224days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married to Constance Kirchner. |
| | Walter N. Stockfish (1908-1973) — of Hamtramck,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Toledo,LucasCounty, Ohio,July 16,1908.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 3rd District,1935-44; removed 1944;chargedon January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former statelegislators) withacceptingbribes;tried,convicted,andsentencedto 3-5 years inprison;chargedon July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) withacceptingbribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire casecollapsed when the star prosecution witness,CharlesF. Hemans, refused to testify.Died in1973(ageabout64 years).Burial location unknown. | | Joseph Lawrence Kaminski (1902-1951) — also known asJoseph L. Kaminski — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,November2, 1902.Democrat. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1935-40; defeated in primary, 1940;chargedon January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former statelegislators) withacceptingbribes;tried,convicted,andsentencedto 3-5 years inprison.Died, from aheartattack, in the Cadillac Towerofficebuilding, Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich., November,1951(ageabout48 years).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | D. Stephen Benzie (b. 1893) — of Norway,DickinsonCounty, Mich.Born in Norway,DickinsonCounty, Mich.,March10, 1893.Democrat.Roadcontractor;lumberbusiness; member ofMichiganstate senate 31st District, 1939-42; defeated, 1942; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Michigan,1940;chargedon January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former statelegislators) withacceptingbribes;tried,convicted,andsentencedto 3-5 years inprison.Member,Elks.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married1913 toLillian Wilson. |
| | Isadore A. Weza (b. 1906) — of Ontonagon,OntonagonCounty, Mich.Born near Ontonagon,OntonagonCounty, Mich.,March22, 1906.Democrat.Schoolteacher;superintendentof schools; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Ontonagon District, 1937-40;chargedon January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former statelegislators) withacceptingbribes, but not tried and convicted with the others.Burial location unknown. | | Leo Joseph Wilkowski (1902-1955) — also known asLeo J. Wilkowski — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,April 5,1902.Democrat.Hardwarebusiness; member ofMichiganstate senate 2nd District, 1939-44; nominated, but withdrew 1944;Chargedon January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former statelegislators) withacceptingbribes;tried,convicted,andsentencedto 3-5 years inprison;chargedon December 16, 1944 (along with other legislators) withacceptingbribes from naturopathic physicians;triedandconvicted;chargedon July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) withacceptingbribes to vote against a banking bill, but the last set ofcharges were dismissed when he agreed to testify.Polishancestry. Member,PolishNational Alliance.Died ofhearttrouble,March23, 1955 (age52 years, 352days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | William C. Birk (1885-1950) — of Baraga,BaragaCounty, Mich.Born in Calumet,HoughtonCounty, Mich.,November6, 1885.Republican. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Ontonagon District, 1927-34;defeated, 1934, 1936; member ofMichiganstate senate 32nd District, 1941-42; defeated, 1938, 1942, 1944;chargedon December 16, 1944, along with other legislators, withacceptingbribes;tried in1945 andconvicted;sentencedto three to five years inprison.Germanancestry.Died in1950(ageabout64 years).Burial location unknown. | | Carl F. DeLano (1890-1952) — of Cooper Township,KalamazooCounty, Mich.Born in Cooper Township,KalamazooCounty, Mich.,September25, 1890.Republican. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Kalamazoo County 2ndDistrict, 1931-38; defeated in primary, 1928; member ofMichiganstate senate 6th District, 1939-45; resigned 1945;chargedon December 6, 1944, along with four other legislators, withacceptingbribes from naturopathic phyisicians;tried in1945 andconvicted;sentencedto three to five years inprison;chargedon July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) withacceptingbribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire casecollapsed when the star prosecution witness,CharlesF. Hemans, refused to testify.Died in1952(ageabout61 years).Interment atCooperTownship Cemetery, Cooper Township, Kalamazoo County, Mich.| | Relatives:Married1923 to IreneLane. |
| | Miles M. Callaghan (1868-1944) — of Reed City,OsceolaCounty, Mich.Born in Portland,IoniaCounty, Mich.,October7, 1868.Republican.Hardwaredealer;fruitfarmer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Osceola District, 1929-36,1943-44; resigned 1944; member ofMichiganstate senate 28th District, 1937-40; defeated in primary, 1940;chargedon January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former statelegislators) withacceptingbribes;pleadedguilty and testified against others.Suffered astroke,and died, in Reed City,OsceolaCounty, Mich.,August22, 1944 (age75 years, 320days).Burial location unknown. | | William Green (1880-1956) — of Hillman,MontmorencyCounty, Mich.Born inMontmorencyCounty, Mich.,March26, 1880.Republican.Lumberman;farmer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Presque Isle District,1929-36, 1939-44; defeated, 1936; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Michigan,1940;indictedforbriberyon December 2, 1944 (along withFrankD. McKay); the case collapsed when the star witness, Sen.WarrenG. Hooper was murdered;indictedagain on differentbriberychargeson December 16, 1944;tried in1945 andconvicted;sentencedto three to five years inprison.Died in1956(ageabout76 years).Burial location unknown. | | Jerry Thomson Logie (1887-1966) — also known asJerry T. Logie — of Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.Born in Grand Rapids,KentCounty, Mich.,1887.Republican.Pharmacist;member ofMichiganstate senate 24th District, 1939-44;chargedon January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former statelegislators) withacceptingbribes;tried,convicted,andsentencedto 3-5 years inprison;chargedin a differentbriberycase in 1945;triedandconvicted.Died in1966(ageabout79 years).Burial location unknown. | | Ray E. Whitney (1878-1970) — of Onondaga Township,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Onondaga Township,InghamCounty, Mich.,April23, 1878.Republican.Farmer;real estatedealer; candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,1942, 1944; in July 1944, he wasaccusedof sending out postcardsfalselyclaiming the endorsement of several prominent Republicans;arraignedin August 1944 for felonyelectionfraud, overforgingmost of the signatures on hisnominatingpetitions;pleadedguilty in September 1944 to misdemeanor charges.Congregationalist.Died, in StuartNursingHome, Leslie,InghamCounty, Mich.,September3, 1970 (age92 years, 133days).Interment atDraperCemetery, Rives Township, Jackson County, Mich. | | Warren Green Hooper (1904-1945) — also known asWarren G. Hooper — of Albion,CalhounCounty, Mich.Born in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,May 2,1904.Republican.Newspaperreporter; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Calhoun County 1st District,1939-44; member ofMichiganstate senate 9th District, 1945; died in office 1945.Episcopalian.Member,ThetaKappa Nu;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar.During a grand juryinvestigation,admittedtotakingbribes and was givenimmunityfrom prosecution in return for his testimony against others;however, four days before the hearing, he wasshot andkilledin hiscar, alongside highway M-99, near Springport,JacksonCounty, Mich.,January11, 1945 (age40 years, 254days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Albion, Mich. | | William H. McKeighan — of Flint,GeneseeCounty, Mich.Republican. Political boss;mayor ofFlint, Mich., 1915-16, 1922-23, 1927-28, 1931-33; defeated, 1923;candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1932; delegate to Republican National Convention fromMichigan,1940;political ally ofFrankD. McKay;chargedin 1945, along with McKay, with conspiracy toviolatestate liquor laws;tried;the judge directed a verdict of not guilty.Burial location unknown.  | Charles S. Blondy (1905-1982) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January29, 1905.Democrat. Constable;real estatebusiness; member ofMichiganstate senate, 1941-64 (5th District 1941-54, 4th District1955-64); defeated in primary, 1934, 1938;chargedon July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) withacceptingbribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire casecollapsed when the star prosecution witness,CharlesF. Hemans, refused to testify; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1964.Jewish. Member,B'naiB'rith.Died in Southfield,OaklandCounty, Mich.,January28, 1982 (age76 years, 364days).Interment atHebrew Memorial Park, Clinton Township, Macomb County, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof Goldie (Grodsky) Blondy and Hyman Blondy; married to FrancesGoldberg. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Michigan Manual1957-58 |
| | James Benjamin Stanley (1903-1977) — also known asJames B. Stanley — of Kalamazoo,KalamazooCounty, Mich.Born in Kalamazoo,KalamazooCounty, Mich.,December29, 1903.Republican.Lawyer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Kalamazoo County 1stDistrict, 1937-46; defeated in primary, 1934;chargedon July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) withacceptingbribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire casecollapsed when the star prosecution witness,CharlesF. Hemans, refused to testify.Congregationalist.Member,Elks;Moose;Eagles.Died in1977(ageabout73 years).Burial location unknown. | | Byron L. Ballard (b. 1890) — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Fort Worth,TarrantCounty, Tex.,February21, 1890.Democrat.Lawyer; lawpartner ofCharlesH. Hayden, 1917-30, and ofEdmundC. Shields, 1931;chair ofIngham County Democratic Party, 1920-24; candidate forMichiganstate senate 14th District, 1926;treasurer ofMichigan Democratic Party, 1937;chargedon July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) withacceptingbribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire casecollapsed when the star prosecution witness,CharlesF. Hemans, refused to testify.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;Rotary;Knightsof Pythias;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Elks;SigmaPhi Epsilon.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Walter Elgin Ballard and Jennie (Peden) Ballard; married,February16, 1916, to M. Lucille Juzek. |
| | George Oscar Harma (1905-1977) — also known asGeorge O. Harma — of Atlantic Mine,HoughtonCounty, Mich.Born in Baltic Mine,HoughtonCounty, Mich.,November5, 1905.Democrat.Schoolteacher; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Houghton County 2nd District,1935-44; candidate forMichiganstate senate 32nd District, 1944;implicatedasco-conspiratorin a legislative branch bankingbriberycase in 1946; givenimmunityfrom prosecution in return for his testimony.Finnishancestry. Member,PiDelta Epsilon.Died in1977(ageabout71 years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Carl Oscar Harma and Mary Susanna (Fjader) Harma. |
| | Raymond J. Snow (1913-1999) — of Flint,GeneseeCounty, Mich.Born in Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.,September29, 1913.Democrat.Beerdistributor;potato chipmanufacturer; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Genesee County 1st District,1941-46; defeated, 1938;Chargedon July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other current and former statelegislators) withbriberyconspiracy;pleadedguilty and testified for prosecution, but the charges against theothers were eventually dismissed.Catholic.Member,HolyName Society;Moose;Eagles.Died, in McLaren RegionalMedicalCenter, Flint,GeneseeCounty, Mich.,August25, 1999 (age85 years, 330days).Interment atNewCalvary Catholic Cemetery, Flint, Mich. | | Earl W. McEwen Sr. — of Flint,GeneseeCounty, Mich.Democrat. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Genesee County 2nd District;elected 1940; candidate forMichiganstate senate 13th District, 1944;chargedon July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) withacceptingbribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire casecollapsed when the star prosecution witness,CharlesF. Hemans, refused to testify.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Gilbert H. Isbister (1900-1958) — of Port Huron,St. ClairCounty, Mich.Born in Port Huron,St. ClairCounty, Mich.,July 9,1900.Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;St.Clair County Register of Deeds, 1925-34; candidate forMichiganstate treasurer, 1934; member ofMichiganstate senate 11th District, 1939-42; defeated in primary, 1942;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1940;chargedon July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) withacceptingbribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire casecollapsed when the star prosecution witness,CharlesF. Hemans, refused to testify.Died in1958(ageabout57 years).Burial location unknown. | | Robert B. McLaughlin (1903-1965) — of Flint,GeneseeCounty, Mich.Born in1903.Democrat. Member ofMichiganstate senate 13th District, 1941-44; defeated in primary, 1938;candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1944;chargedon July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) withacceptingbribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire casecollapsed when the star prosecution witness,CharlesF. Hemans, refused to testify.Died in1965(ageabout62 years).Burial location unknown. | | James A. Burns (1899-1963) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,January8, 1899.Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;hotelier;purchasingagent; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1923-24; defeated in Republican primary, 1926, 1928, 1930; member ofMichiganstate senate 4th District, 1937-38, 1941-42; defeated, 1924(Republican primary, 2nd District), 1938 (Democratic primary, 4thDistrict), 1942 (Democratic, 4th District), 1944 (Democratic primary,4th District);chargedon July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) withacceptingbribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire casecollapsed when the star prosecution witness,CharlesF. Hemans, refused to testify; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Michigan,1948.Died in1963(ageabout64 years).Burial location unknown. | | William C. Stenson (b. 1900) — of Greenland,OntonagonCounty, Mich.Born in Wakefield,GogebicCounty, Mich.,July 1,1900.Republican.Automobiledealer;constructionsuperintendent;salvagematerials dealer; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Ontonagon District; defeated,1938; elected 1940, 1942;chargedon July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) withacceptingbribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire casecollapsed when the star prosecution witness,CharlesF. Hemans, refused to testify.Burial location unknown. | | Carl Winter (1906-1991) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.; Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.; Michigan.Born in1906.Communist. Candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 13th District, 1932; candidate forU.S.Senator from Minnesota, 1940;convictedin 1949 under theSmithAct, for conspiring to advocate theoverthrowof the government; served five years inprison.Died in1991(ageabout85 years).Interment atForestHome Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill. | | George William Crockett Jr. (1909-1997) — also known asGeorge W. Crockett, Jr. — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.,August10, 1909.Democrat. Recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1966-78;U.S.Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1980-91; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Michigan,1984,1988;arrestedduring ananti-apartheidprotest outside the South AfricanEmbassyin Washington, 1984.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,KappaAlpha Psi;NationalLawyers Guild.Served four months in federalprisonforcontemptof court in 1950, following his defense of a Communist leader ontrial in New York for advocating the overthrow of the government.Among the founders of the nation'sfirstinterracial law firm.Ill withbonecancer in 1997, he suffered astrokeand died five days later, in Washington Home andHospice,Washington,D.C.,September7, 1997 (age88 years, 28days).Cremated. | | William W. Voisine (1897-1959) — also known asWilfred William Voisine — of Ecorse,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Michigan,November20, 1897.Steelexecutive;villagepresident of Ecorse, Michigan, 1936-37; members of a steelworkerterrorist group, the Black Legion, repeatedlyattemptedto kill him in 1936; Jesse Pettijohn and Lawrence Madden werelater convicted of conspiracy to commit murder;mayor ofEcorse, Mich., 1948-49, 1954-57.FrenchCanadian ancestry.Convictedin April, 1950, offalselytestifying to a Congressional committee in 1948 that he hadreceived only the regular price for steel;sentencedto two years in federalprison.In October, 1956, awarrantwas issued for hisarrest,along with several members of the city council, for knowinglypermittingillegal gambling in Ecorse, in return forbribes andgratuities; Gov.G.Mennen Williams initiatedremovalproceedings against the officials.Died in1959(ageabout61 years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Abel Voisine and Eugenia Jennie (Blais) Voisine; married,August1, 1918, to Helen Pearl O'Brien. |
| | William Albertson (1910-1972) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Odessa, Russia (nowUkraine),May7, 1910.Communist. Candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 16th District, 1932; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 17th District, 1934;secretary-treasurer,Local 16, Hotel and Restaurant Workers Union.Indicted,along with other Communist leaders, by a federal grand jury inAugust, 1951;tried,in Pittsburgh, starting in November 1952, andconvictedin August, 1953, under theSmithAct, of conspiring to advocate theviolentoverthrow of the U.S. government;sentencedto five years inprison;the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the convictions in 1956. Expelledfrom the Communist Party in 1964 over claims that he served as anundercover police agent; in 1976, it was revealed that the charge wasfounded on a phony letter planted by the F.B.I.Died, in anautomobileaccident,February19, 1972 (age61 years, 288days).Burial location unknown. | | Daniel W. West (b. 1909) — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Algood,PutnamCounty, Tenn.,September5, 1909.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,1960,1964(alternate); member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1963-65 (Wayne County 6thDistrict 1963-64, 24th District 1965); defeated in primary, 1954(Wayne County 6th District), 1956 (Wayne County 6th District), 1958(Wayne County 6th District), 1960 (Wayne County 6th District), 1965(24th District).Convictedof various crimes, includingburglary,larceny,andforgery,in Minnesota, Iowa, and Washington, D.C., and was sentenced toprisonin those places; came to Michigan and assumed the identity of adeceased New York attorney of the same name;indictedin late 1964 on statechargesofvoterregistration fraud and federalchargesofincometax fraud andforgery;in January 1965, his seat in the Michigan House wasdeclaredvacant.Burial location unknown. | | Louis Charles Miriani (1897-1987) — also known asLouis C. Miriani — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,January1, 1897.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;lawyer;mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1957-62; defeated, 1961;indictedin 1966 forevadingfederal taxes on income he failed to report in 1959-62; tried andconvictedin 1968; following unsuccessful appeals, he served almost a year infederalprison; released in 1971.Italianancestry.Died in Pontiac,OaklandCounty, Mich.,October18, 1987 (age90 years, 290days).Entombed in mausoleum atHolySepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, Mich. | | Mortimer Thomas Furay (1910-1972) — also known asMort Furay — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,July 23,1910.Democrat.President,Local 705, Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union;vice-president,AFL-CIO Union Label Trade Department; candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1944; candidate in primary formayorof Detroit, Mich., 1949; in 1967, at an intersection in HighlandPark, Mich., he witnessed a woman being beaten by her husband, andsummoned police; when the police officers decided not to arrest theman, heprotested,and wasarrestedforinterferingwith police; he pleaded not guilty, and a trial date was set, butapparently the case was dropped.Died, probably from aheartattack, in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,March12, 1972 (age61 years, 233days);body wasdonated to Wayne State University Medical School.| | Relatives: Sonof Mortimer John Furay and Florence Bell (Kratz) Furay; married1932 toCorinne Kelly. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Donald J. Lobsinger (1934-2018) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; St. Clair Shores,MacombCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,1934.Republican. Founder and leader of an anti-Communist group called"Breakthrough", an offshoot of the John Birch Society; candidate in primary formayorof Detroit, Mich., 1969, 1973;convictedofdisorderlyconduct, 1971; in January 1973, whileprotestingagainst a peace rally outside a Detroit church, he and others shoved,knocked down, kicked and pummeled a Catholic priest; he waschargedwithassault,convictedafter a tumultuoustrial,andsentencedto 45 days injail;later, on appeal, a new trial was ordered, and he wasconvictedagain; Republican candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 10th District, 1994, 1996 (primary),1998 (primary).Catholic.Died in Romeo,MacombCounty, Mich.,November18, 2018 (ageabout 84years).Burial location unknown.  | John Burley Swainson (1925-1994) — also known asJohn B. Swainson — of Plymouth,WayneCounty, Mich.; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Manchester,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Windsor,Ontario,July31, 1925.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;member ofMichiganstate senate 18th District, 1955-58;LieutenantGovernor of Michigan, 1959-60;Governor ofMichigan, 1961-62; defeated, 1962; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Michigan, 1963;circuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1965-70;justice ofMichigan state supreme court, 1971-75; resigned 1975.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;DisabledAmerican Veterans;DeltaTheta Phi;Amvets;PurpleHeart;Lions;Elks.Lostboth legs in a land mine explosion on November 15, 1944, nearMetz, Alsace-Lorraine, during World War II.Chargedin 1975 withacceptinga bribe; found not guilty, butconvictedofperjuryover his testimony to the grand jury.Died, of aheartattack, in Manchester,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,May 13,1994 (age68 years, 286days).Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, Manchester, Mich. | | | Raymond W. Wagner — also known asPete W. Wagner — of Cadillac,WexfordCounty, Mich.Mayorof Cadillac, Mich., 1972-76; resigned 1976;indictedin February 1976 onchargesthat heembezzlingmore than $12,000 from the Wexford County abstractor's office;pleaded nocontest, paidrestitution,and wassentencedto 30 days injail,five yearsprobation,andfined$500.Still living as of 1976. | | Philip C. Bellfy (b. 1946) — also known asPhil Bellfy — of Sault Ste. Marie,ChippewaCounty, Mich.Born, in ahospitalat Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,April 7,1946.Collegeteacher; Human Rights candidate forMichiganState University board of trustees, 1976; Human Rights candidatefor Presidential Elector for Michigan,1976;afterrefusing toremove his hat, wasarrestedfor trespassing in Michigan state capitol building, 1977; Independentcandidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1986; Workers Leaguecandidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan,1988.ChippewaIndian ancestry.Still living as of 2004.  | Charles Coles Diggs Jr. (1922-1998) — also known asCharles C. Diggs, Jr. — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,December2, 1922.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;mortician;member ofMichiganstate senate 3rd District, 1951-54;U.S.Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1955-80; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Michigan,1956,1960,1964,1968,1976(alternate); Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector forMichigan,1956.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,Elks;Freemasons;AmericanLegion.Firstchairman of the Congressional Black Caucus;chargedin March 1978 with takingkickbacksfrom staff whose salaries he raised;convicted,October 7, 1978, on eleven counts of mail fraud and filing falsepayroll forms; insisted he had done nothing wrong, and was re-electedwhile awaiting sentencing;censuredby the House on July 31, 1979;sentencedto three years inprisonand served 14 months.Died, of astroke,at Greater Southwest CommunityHospital,Washington,D.C.,August24, 1998 (age75 years, 265days).Interment atDetroitMemorial Park East, Warren, Mich. | | Joel Patterson — of Benton Harbor,BerrienCounty, Mich.Mayorof Benton Harbor, Mich., 1981; defeated, 1981.Indictedin 1981, along with the City Attorney, on federalembezzlementandbriberychargesin connection with a housing program.Still living as of 1981. | | Daisy L. Elliott (1917-2015) — also known asDaisy Elizabeth Lenoir — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Filbert,McDowellCounty, W.Va.,November26, 1917.Democrat.Realtor;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 4thDistrict, 1961-62; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1963-78, 1981-82 (Wayne County4th District 1963-64, 22nd District 1965-72, 8th District 1973-78,1981-82); defeated in primary, 1950 (Wayne County 1st District), 1954(Wayne County 11th District), 1956 (Wayne County 4th District), 1958(Wayne County 4th District), 1960 (Wayne County 4th District), 1982(8th District); delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMichigan,1968(alternate),1976;co-author of the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act; candidate forMichiganstate senate 5th District, 1978;arrestedin April 1982 for driving astolen1977 Cadillac deVilleautomobile;arraignedon a charge of receiving and concealingstolenproperty; she claimed she had bought the car from a dealer, butthe firm had no record of this, and the document she presented hadbeen faked;lostrenomination as State Representatve in August 1982, while underindictment;convictedin November 1982 andsentencedto 60 days in jail.Female.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP;League of WomenVoters;JuniorLeague.Died, in DMC Sinai-GraceHospital,Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,December22, 2015 (age98 years, 26days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | John James Conyers Jr. (1929-2019) — also known asJohn Conyers, Jr. — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Highland Park,WayneCounty, Mich.,May 16,1929.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;lawyer;U.S.Representative from Michigan, 1965-2017 (1st District 1965-93,14th District 1993-2013, 13th District 2013-17); delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Michigan,1968,1972,1976,1984,1988,1996,2000,2004,2008;arrestedduring ananti-apartheidprotest outside the South African Embassy in Washington, 1984;candidate in primary formayorof Detroit, Mich., 1989, 1993; in 2017, it was reported that aformer member of Conyers' staff hadallegedthat he hadsexuallyharassed her, and had been paid a settlement of $27,000;subsequently, the House Ethics Committee started aninvestigationinto multiple such allegations; he subsequentlyresignedfrom Congress.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP.Recipient of theSpingarnMedal, 2007.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,October27, 2019 (age90 years, 164days).Entombed atDetroitMemorial Park East, Warren, Mich.  | Basil W. Brown (1927-1997) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Highland Park,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Vandalia,CassCounty, Mich.,March20, 1927.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;member ofMichiganstate senate, 1957-88 (3rd District 1957-64, 6th District1965-74, 3rd District 1975-82, 2nd District 1983-88); resigned 1988;in 1985, a prostitute working for the police went to visit himseveral times, andexchangedsex formarijuanaandcocaine;arrestedNovember 8, 1985;pleadedguilty in 1987 andresignedfrom the Senate;sentencedto six months in jail, fines, and probation; his law license was alsosuspended; the state supreme court threw out the conviction in 1991.Episcopalian.Africanancestry. Member,KappaAlpha Psi;Elks;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Amvets;NAACP.Injured in afire at hishome, while also sufferingcancer,and died two weeks later, in HarperHospital,Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,October28, 1997 (age70 years, 222days).Burial location unknown. | | | Samuel Jerome Bronson (1930-1986) — also known asS. Jerome Bronson — of Franklin,OaklandCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,March21, 1930.Democrat.Lawyer;candidate forMichiganstate senate 12th District, 1960;OaklandCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1965-68; candidate forcircuitjudge in Michigan 6th Circuit, 1966;Judge,Michigan Court of Appeals 2nd District, 1969-86; died in office1986.Jewish. Member,American BarAssociation.Arrestedandchargedwithsolicitingandacceptinga bribe of $20,000 for his vote on a pending case; hekilledhimself bygunshotthe same day, in Franklin,OaklandCounty, Mich.,November14, 1986 (age56 years, 238days).Interment atBeth El Memorial Park, Livonia, Mich. | | James N. Canham — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Lawyer;circuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1961-77; appointed 1961.Acted as a go-between between Michigan Court of Appeals JudgeS.Jerome Bronson and an attorney from whom abribe wassolicited.Arrestedin November 1986; in return for immunity from prosecution, he helpedto implicate Judge Bronson, who killed himself the same day he wasarrested. Because heaided andabetted bribery, Canham's license to practice law wassubsequentlyrevoked.Still living as of 1986. | | Harold Joseph Scott (b. 1938) — also known asHarold J. Scott — of Flint,GeneseeCounty, Mich.Born in Flint,GeneseeCounty, Mich.,October5, 1938.Democrat.Schoolteacher; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives 80th District, 1973-77; resigned1977; member ofMichiganstate senate 29th District, 1977-82.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus;Eagles.Convicted onrapechargesandsentencedtoprisonin 1988.Still living as of 1988. | | Jack Kevorkian (1928-2011) — also known as"Dr. Death" — Born in Pontiac,OaklandCounty, Mich.,May 26,1928.Physician;euthanasia advocate whose campaign ofassistedsuicides of terminally ill patients in 1989-99 brought himnational publicity; his medical license wasrevokedin 1990; he faced numerousmurderchargesstarting in 1993; acquitted by juries several times;convictedin 1999 andsentencedto 10 to 25 years inprison;released in 2007; Independent candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 9th District, 2008.Atheist.Armenianancestry.Died, fromkidneyandheartproblems, in BeaumontHospital,Royal Oak,OaklandCounty, Mich.,June 3,2011 (age83 years, 8days).Interment atWhiteChapel Memorial Park Cemetery, Troy, Mich. | | David Jaye (b. 1958) — also known asDave Jaye — of Washington,MacombCounty, Mich.Born in1958.Republican. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1989-93 (26th District 1989-92,32nd District 1993); defeated, 1986; member ofMichiganstate senate 12th District; elected 1998; defeated in primary,2001.Convictedofdrunkdrivingin 1993, andsentencedto 10 days injail;pleadedguilty todrunkdrivingin June 2000, andsentencedto 45 days injail.Expelledfrom the Michigan state senate.Still living as of 2001. | | Tom Joe Barrow (b. 1949) — also known asTom Barrow — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born, in KirwoodHospital,Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,January12, 1949.Democrat.Accountant;candidate formayorof Detroit, Mich., 1985, 1989, 2009, 2013 (primary), 2021(primary); candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan, 1990 (13th District), 1992 (15thDistrict);convictedof on federalchargesoftaxevasion in 1993; served 18 months inprison;his contention that he was wrongfully convicted was later supportedby a ruling of the U.S. Tax Court in 2008.Africanancestry.Still living as of 2021. | | Gerald Steven Ackerman (b. 1956) — also known asGerald Ackerman;AjaxAckerman —of Port Huron,St. ClairCounty, Mich.BornAugust5, 1956.Mayorof Port Huron, Mich., 1997-99; resigned 1999.Arraignedin April 1999 on 14 counts ofcriminalsexual conduct involving children;tried inOctober 1999 andconvictedonly of theindecentexposure charges, with the jury unable to agree on the others;sentencedto one yearimprisonment;retriedin May 2000 andconvictedon 10 felony counts ofcriminalsexual conduct;sentencedto 18 to 38 yearsimprisonment.Still living as of 2007. | | William Hackel (born c.1942) — Born about 1942.MacombCounty Sheriff, 1977-2000;chargedin November 1999 ofrapinga 26-year-old woman at a sheriffs' convention;triedandconvictedin April 2000, andsentencedto three to fifteen years inprison.Still living as of 2000. | | Joseph F. Young Jr. (b. 1950) — also known asJoe Young, Jr. — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,November4, 1950.Democrat. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1979-94 (15th District 1979-92,4th District 1993-94); member ofMichiganstate senate 1st District, 1995-; defeated in primary, 1988.Catholic.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP;Knightsof Columbus.Arrestedon July 21, 2000 on Interstate 96 near Howell, Michigan, andchargedwithdrunkdriving;pleadedguilty in September 2000 toimpaireddriving;sentencedto six monthsprobation,andfined.Still living as of 2000. | | Lewis Brooks Patterson (1939-2019) — also known asL. Brooks Patterson — ofOaklandCounty, Mich.Born in Loogootee,MartinCounty, Ind.,January4, 1939.Republican.Lawyer;OaklandCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1972-88; candidate forU.S.Senator from Michigan, 1978; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Michigan,1984(alternate),1988;OaklandCounty Executive, 1993-2019;chargedwithrecklessdriving following a traffic stop in 2003.Died, frompancreaticcancer, in Independence Township,OaklandCounty, Mich.,August3, 2019 (age80 years, 211days).Burial location unknown. | | Kwame Malik Kilpatrick (b. 1970) — also known asKwame M. Kilpatrick — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,June 8,1970.Democrat.Schoolteacher;lawyer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives 9th District, 1997-2001; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Michigan,2000,2004,2008;mayorof Detroit, Mich., 2002-08; resigned 2008; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Michigan, 2004-08;chargedin 2008 withobstructionof justice,perjury,andmisconductin office, in connection with his denial under oath of anaffairwith his chief of staff, Christine Beatty, and misleading the citycouncil over a payment of $8.4 million to settle a whistleblowerlawsuit filed by two police officers, which included a secret deal toprevent evidence of the affair from being disclosed; laterchargedwithassaultingtwo police officers who were serving a subpoena;pleadedguilty to two felony counts ofobstructionof justice andnocontest to oneassaultcharge;he also agreed to four months injail,payment of $1 million inrestitution,toresignas mayor, and to give up his law license and pension.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP.Still living as of 2020.
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