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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Federalist Society, politicians</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Born in East Lansing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-born.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/06-12.html">June 12, 1952</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MI.html">Michigan Republican state chair</a>, 1983-90; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1984/MI.html">1984</a> (delegation chair), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1992/MI.html">1992</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2000/MI.html">2000</a>; deputy chief of staff to Vice President <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/quackenbush-quigg.html#901.25.81">Dan Quayle</a>, 1990-91; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Michigan</a>, 1995-2001; defeated, 2000; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of Energy</a>, 2001-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eastern-orthodox.html">Eastern Orthodox</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/arabic.html">Lebanese</a> ancestry. Member, <b>Federalist Society</b>. Still living as of 2018. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/abbra-abzug.html#293.99.16">Juliette Elizabeth Abraham</a> and Eddie Joseph Abraham.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000355">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400555">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer Abraham">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/337/000029250">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2049692">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=204">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> Occidental Petroleum Corporation</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Samuel Anthony Alito Jr. (b. 1950)</b> — also known as <b>Samuel A. Alito, Jr.</b>; <b>"Scalito"</b> — of New Jersey. Born in Trenton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ME-born.html">Mercer County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/04-01.html">April 1, 1950</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; law clerk to U.S. Judge <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garrettson-gartin.html#263.02.44">Leonard I. Garth</a>, 1976-77; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for New Jersey</a>, 1987-90; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit</a>, 1990-2006; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-supreme-ct.html">Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court</a>, 2006-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/italian.html">Italian</a> ancestry. Member, <b>Federalist Society</b>. Still living as of 2017. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Samuel A. Alito and Rose (Fradusco) Alito.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Cross-reference:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee6.html#433.73.86">Mike Lee</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=26&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel Alito">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Samuel Alito">Ballotpedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/639/000107318">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2352866">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/alito-samuel-jr">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John David Ashcroft (b. 1942)</b> — also known as <b>John Ashcroft</b> — of Jefferson City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CO-lived.html">Cole County</a>, Mo. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/05-09.html">May 9, 1942</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">university professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/aud.html">Missouri state auditor</a>, 1973-75; defeated, 1974; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/attygn.html">Missouri state attorney general</a>, 1977-85; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Missouri</a>, 1985-93; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Missouri</a>, 1995-2001; defeated, 2000; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Attorney General</a>, 2001-05. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pentecostal.html">Assembly of God</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scandinavian.html">Norwegian</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <b>Federalist Society</b>. Still living as of 2020. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of James Robert Ashcroft and Grace Pauline (Larson) Ashcroft; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1967/">1967</a> to Janet Elise Roede.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000356">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400556">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/john-ashcroft/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Ashcroft">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/352/000022286">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0038781">Internet Movie Database profile</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Books by John Ashcroft:</i> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0785266437/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0785266437&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">On My Honor : The Beliefs That Shaped My Life</a> (2001) — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1599956802/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1599956802&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Never Again : Securing America and Restoring Justice</a> (2006)</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Critical books about John Ashcroft:</i> Clint Willis, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1560256206/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1560256206&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The I Hate Dick Cheney, John Ashcroft, Donald Rumsfeld, Condi Rice. . . Reader: Behind the Bush Cabal's War on America</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Robert Heron Bork (1927-2012)</b> — also known as <b>Robert H. Bork</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born in Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-born.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/03-01.html">March 1, 1927</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">law professor</a>; U.S. Solicitor General, 1973-77; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Attorney General</a>, 1973-74; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit</a>, 1982-88; resigned 1988. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <b>Federalist Society</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-gamma-delta.html">Phi Gamma Delta</a>. Nominated for Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1987; rejected by the Senate. Died in Arlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-died.html">Arlington County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2012/12-19.html">December 19, 2012</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 293 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ff-buried.html#cms05833">Fairfax Memorial Park</a>, Fairfax, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Harry Philip Bork and Elizabeth (Kunkle) Bork; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/">1952</a> to Claire Davidson; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1982/">1982</a> to Mary Ellen Pohl.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Cross-reference:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tansil-tatar.html#744.03.09">Richard G. Taranto</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=216&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert Bork">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/201/000023132">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0096903">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/102351274">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Books by Robert H. Bork:</i> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0844741620/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0844741620&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Coercing Virtue: The Worldwide Rule of Judges</a> (2003) — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1856190323/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1856190323&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Tempting of America</a> (1991) — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060391634/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060391634&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Slouching Towards Gomorrah : Modern Liberalism and American Decline</a> (1996)</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Michael Patrick Carroll (b. 1958)</b> — also known as <b>Michael Carroll</b> — of New Jersey. Born in Fayetteville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/CU-born.html">Cumberland County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/04-08.html">April 8, 1958</a>. Republican. Intern for U.S. Rep. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kemp.html#488.12.32">Jack Kemp</a>; aide to N.J. State Sen. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#097.73.29">John H. Dorsey</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> 25th District, 1996-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <b>Federalist Society</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/friendly-sons-st-patrick.html">Friendly Sons of St. Patrick</a>. Still living as of 2016. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Maurice C. Carroll and Margaret W. Carroll; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1983/">1983</a> to Sharon Anderson.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael Patrick Carroll">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Linda Chavez</b> — of Maryland. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Maryland</a>, 1986. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, <b>Federalist Society</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/cfr.html">Council on Foreign Relations</a>. Still living as of 1986. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Books by Linda Chavez:</i> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400052599/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1400052599&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Betrayal : How Union Bosses Shake Down Their Members and Corrupt American Politics</a>, with Daniel Gray (2004)</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Maura Denise Corrigan (b. 1948)</b> — also known as <b>Maura D. Corrigan</b> — of Grosse Pointe Park, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Cleveland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-born.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/06-14.html">June 14, 1948</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/coajd.html">Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals</a>, 1992-98; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/spju.html">justice of Michigan state supreme court</a>, 1999-2010; director, Michigan Department of Human Services, 2011. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/fed-bar-assoc.html">Federal Bar Association</a>; <b>Federalist Society</b>. Still living as of 2014. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Joseph D. Grano.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maura D. Corrigan">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/946/000167445">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href=" http://micourthistory.org/justices/maura-corrigan">Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Mathias Engler (b. 1948)</b> — also known as <b>John M. Engler</b> — of Mt. Pleasant, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IS-lived.html">Isabella County</a>, Mich. Born in Mt. Pleasant, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IS-born.html">Isabella County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/10-12.html">October 12, 1948</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a>, 1971-78 (100th District 1971-72, 89th District 1973-78); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a>, 1979-90 (36th District 1979-82, 35th District 1983-90); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Michigan</a>, 1991-2002; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1992/MI.html">1992</a> (delegation chair), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2000/MI.html">2000</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jaycees.html">Jaycees</a>; <b>Federalist Society</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>. Still living as of 2014. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/englebright-engley.html#132.21.71">Mathias John Engler</a> and Agnes Marie (Neyer) Engler; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1990/12-08.html">December 8, 1990</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/englebright-engley.html#476.51.83">Michelle DeMunbrun</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1975/">1975</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/englebright-engley.html#044.02.41">Colleen House</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/john-engler/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Engler">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/847/000055682">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3419466">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=488">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Paul Victor Gadola Jr. (1929-2014)</b> — also known as <b>Paul V. Gadola, Jr.</b> — of Flint, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GE-lived.html">Genesee County</a>, Mich. Born in Flint, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GE-born.html">Genesee County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/07-21.html">July 21, 1929</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MI.html">Michigan Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1959; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 13th District, 1960; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/msu.html">Michigan State University board of trustees</a>, 1976, 1978; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1984/MI.html">1984</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan</a>, 1998-2001; took senior status 2001. Member, <b>Federalist Society</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-assoc-justice.html">Association of Trial Lawyers of America</a>. Died, in Burcham Hills <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/nursing-homes.html">Retirement Community</a>, East Lansing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-died.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2014/12-26.html">December 26, 2014</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 158 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gabaldon-gafney.html#920.80.70">Paul Victor Gadola</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gabaldon-gafney.html#781.60.11">Thomas Laurence Gadola</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/14401.html">Gadola family</a> of Flint, Michigan.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul V. Gadola">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Hilda R. Gage (b. 1939)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-lived.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/index.html">1939</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">Circuit judge in Michigan</a> 6th Circuit, 1979-96; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/spju.html">justice of Michigan state supreme court</a>, 1996; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/coajd.html">Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals</a> 2nd District, 1999-2006. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, <b>Federalist Society</b>. Still living as of 2006. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Orrin Grant Hatch (1934-2022)</b> — also known as <b>Orrin G. Hatch</b> — of Midvale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-lived.html">Salt Lake County</a>, Utah. Born in Homestead, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-born.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/03-22.html">March 22, 1934</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Utah</a>, 1977-2019; candidate for Republican nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2000/index.html">2000</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2004/UT.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/UT.html">2008</a>; received the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/medal-of-freedom.html">Medal of Freedom</a> in 2018. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/mormon.html">Mormon</a>. Member, <b>Federalist Society</b>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/music.html">Songwriter</a>, author of dozens of religious and patriotic songs. Died in Salt Lake City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-died.html">Salt Lake County</a>, Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2022/04-23.html">April 23, 2022</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 32 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Jesse Hatch and Helen Frances (Kamm) Hatch; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1957/08-28.html">August 28, 1957</a>, to Elaine Sharon Hansen; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatch.html#403.72.42">Edwin Dilworth Hatch</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatch.html#504.34.51">Edward Wingate Hatch</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatch.html#508.76.36">Aura Charles Hatch</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatch.html#354.56.31">Adrian William Hatch</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000338">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=300052">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orrin Hatch">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/793/000023724">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0368744">Internet Movie Database profile</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Books by Orrin Hatch:</i> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0465028683/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0465028683&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Square Peg : Confessions of a Citizen Senator</a> (2003)</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Donald Paul Hodel (b. 1935)</b> — also known as <b>Donald Hodel</b>; <b>Don Hodel</b> — of Lake Oswego, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/CL-lived.html">Clackamas County</a>, Ore. Born in Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-born.html">Multnomah County</a>, Ore., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/05-23.html">May 23, 1935</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of Energy</a>, 1982-85; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of the Interior</a>, 1985-89; president, Christian Coalition, 1997-99; chairman, Focus on the Family, 2003-05. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <b>Federalist Society</b>. Still living as of 2014. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald P. Hodel">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/709/000061526">NNDB dossier</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Stephen J. Markman</b> — of Michigan. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan</a>, 1989-93; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/coajd.html">Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals</a> 4th District; elected 1998; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/spju.html">justice of Michigan state supreme court</a>, 1999-; appointed 1999. Member, <b>Federalist Society</b>. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>David Martin McIntosh (b. 1958)</b> — also known as <b>David M. McIntosh</b> — of Muncie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Ind. Born in Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-born.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/06-08.html">June 8, 1958</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 2nd District, 1995-2001; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Indiana</a>, 2000. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <b>Federalist Society</b>. Still living as of 2014. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000481">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400597">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/874/000094592">NNDB dossier</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>David William McKeague (b. 1946)</b> — also known as <b>David W. McKeague</b> — of Michigan. Born in Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-born.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/11-05.html">November 5, 1946</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1988/MI.html">1988</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Michigan</a>, 1992-2005; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit</a>, 2005-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <b>Federalist Society</b>. Still living as of 2017. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=1562&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/949/000208325">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/mckeague-david-william">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Edwin Meese III (b. 1931)</b> — also known as <b>Ed Meese</b>; <b>"Reagan's Geographer"</b> — Born in Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-born.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/12-02.html">December 2, 1931</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; legal affairs secretary to Gov. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reade-rector.html#386.15.19">Ronald Reagan</a>, 1967-68; executive assistant and chief of staff, 1969-74; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">law professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Attorney General</a>, 1985-88. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, <b>Federalist Society</b>. The independent counsel who <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">investigated</a> the Wedtech <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">scandal</a> reported that Meese, who had worked as a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/lobbyists.html">lobbyist</a> for Wedtech, was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">complicit</a> in the company's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/bribery.html">bribery</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/fraud.html">fraud</a>; following this disclosure, he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">resigned</a> from the Cabinet. Still living as of 2020. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Edwin Meese, Jr. and Leona Meese; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/">1959</a> to Ursula Herrick.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin Meese">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/462/000023393">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0576242">Internet Movie Database profile</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Andrew C. Richner (b. 1961)</b> — of Grosse Pointe Park, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-born.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/07-04.html">July 4, 1961</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> 1st District, 1997-; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/uofm.html">University of Michigan board of regents</a>; elected 2002; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2004/MI.html">2004</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <b>Federalist Society</b>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Glover Roberts Jr. (b. 1955)</b> — also known as <b>John Roberts</b> — Born in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/01-27.html">January 27, 1955</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit</a>, 2003-05; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-supreme-ct.html">Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court</a>, 2005-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <b>Federalist Society</b>. Still living as of 2020. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of John Glover Roberts, Sr. and Rosemary (Podrasky) Roberts; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1996/">1996</a> to Jane Sullivan.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John G. Roberts">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/John Roberts (Supreme Court)">Ballotpedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/746/000099449">NNDB dossier</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Gerald Ellis Rosen (b. 1951)</b> — also known as <b>Gerald Rosen</b> — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Chandler, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-born.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/10-26.html">October 26, 1951</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 17th District, 1982; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1984/MI.html">1984</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan</a>, 1990-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <b>Federalist Society</b>. Still living as of 1999. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>James L. Ryan (b. 1932)</b> — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich.; Redford Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/index.html">1932</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">Circuit judge in Michigan</a> 3rd Circuit, 1967-69; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/spju.html">justice of Michigan state supreme court</a>, 1975-86; appointed 1975; resigned 1986; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit</a>, 1986-. Member, <b>Federalist Society</b>. Still living as of 2001. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Henry William Saad</b> — also known as <b>Henry W. Saad</b> — of Bloomfield Hills, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-lived.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich.; Birmingham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-lived.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/coajd.html">Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals</a> 2nd District, 1994-; appointed 1994. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/arabic.html">Lebanese</a> ancestry. Member, <b>Federalist Society</b>. Still living as of 2013. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Kenneth Winston Starr (b. 1946)</b> — also known as <b>Kenneth W. Starr</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born in Vernon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/WG-born.html">Wilbarger County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/07-21.html">July 21, 1946</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit</a>, 1983-89; resigned 1989; U.S. Solicitor General, 1989-93. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ord-coif.html">Order of the Coif</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-phi-epsilon.html">Delta Phi Epsilon</a>; <b>Federalist Society</b>. Independent counsel appointed to investigate President <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clinton.html#673.06.95">Bill Clinton</a>'s involvement in the Whitewater land deal and the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Still living as of 2014. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Cross-reference:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tucker.html#609.43.73">Jim Guy Tucker, Jr.</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=2276&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth Starr">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/750/000024678">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/starr-kenneth-winston">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Books by Kenneth Starr:</i> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0446527564/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0446527564&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">First Among Equals: The Supreme Court in American Life</a> (2002)</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Critical books about Kenneth Starr:</i> James Carville, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0684857340/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0684857340&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">And The Horse He Rode In On: The People v. Kenneth Starr</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Michael J. Talbot</b> — of Grosse Pointe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/spju.html">justice of Michigan state supreme court</a>, 1992; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">circuit judge in Michigan</a> 3rd Circuit, 1997-98; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/coajd.html">Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals</a> 1st District, 1998-2013. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <b>Federalist Society</b>. Still living as of 2013. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Clifford W. Taylor (b. 1942)</b> — also known as <b>Cliff Taylor</b> — of East Lansing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/index.html">1942</a>. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 6th District, 1974, 1976; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MI.html">Michigan Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1979; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1984/MI.html">1984</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/uofm.html">University of Michigan board of regents</a>, 1988; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/attygn.html">Michigan state attorney general</a>, 1990; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/coajd.html">Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals</a>, 1990; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/spju.html">justice of Michigan state supreme court</a>, 1997-; appointed 1997. Member, <b>Federalist Society</b>. Still living as of 2006. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Elizabeth A. Weaver</b> — of Glen Arbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/LL-lived.html">Leelanau County</a>, Mich. Born in New Orleans, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-born.html">Orleans Parish</a>, La. Republican. Probate judge in Michigan, 1970; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/coajd.html">Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals</a> 3rd District, 1987-94; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/spju.html">justice of Michigan state supreme court</a>, 1995-; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Michigan state supreme court</a>, 1999-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, <b>Federalist Society</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ord-coif.html">Order of the Coif</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Still living as of 2009. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Kurtis T. Wilder</b> — of Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/coajd.html">Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals</a> 1st District, 1998-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <b>Federalist Society</b>. Still living as of 2013. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Robert Preston Young Jr. (b. 1951)</b> — also known as <b>Robert P. Young, Jr.</b> — of Grosse Pointe Park, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Des Moines, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PO-born.html">Polk County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/06-13.html">June 13, 1951</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/coajd.html">Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals</a> 1st District, 1995-98; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/spju.html">justice of Michigan state supreme court</a>, 1998-; appointed 1998; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Michigan state supreme court</a>, 2011-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <b>Federalist Society</b>. Still living as of 2014. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Linda Hotchkiss.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert P. Young, Jr.">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/123/000167619">NNDB dossier</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Brian Zahra</b> — of Northville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">Circuit judge in Michigan</a> 3rd Circuit, 1997; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/coajd.html">Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals</a> 1st District, 1999-2009; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/spju.html">justice of Michigan state supreme court</a>; elected 2012. Member, <b>Federalist Society</b>. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Lawrence P. Zatkoff (b. 1939)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MA-lived.html">Macomb County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/index.html">1939</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 12th District, 1976; probate judge in Michigan, 1978-82; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">circuit judge in Michigan</a> 16th Circuit, 1982-86; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan</a>, 1986-. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/fed-bar-assoc.html">Federal Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; <b>Federalist Society</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-arbitration-assoc.html">American Arbitration Association</a>. 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