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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Delta Kappa Epsilon Politicians in Michigan</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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Ashley — of Waterville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/LU-lived.html">Lucas County</a>, Ohio; Leland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/LL-lived.html">Leelanau County</a>, Mich. Born in Toledo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/LU-born.html">Lucas County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/01-11.html">January 11, 1923</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> 9th District, 1955-81; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/OH.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/OH.html">1964</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; Delta Kappa Epsilon; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>. Died in Leland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/LL-died.html">Leelanau County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2010/06-15.html">June 15, 2010</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 155 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/LU-buried.html#cms00445">Woodlawn Cemetery</a>, Toledo, Ohio. <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">Relatives: Son of William Meredith Ashley and Mary Alida (Ludlow) Ashley; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ashley.html#411.57.73">James Mitchell Ashley</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10053.html">Cooper-Ashley family</a> of New York City, New York.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#866.86.48">John Brademas</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000222">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400959">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/224/000235516">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/53717350">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Theron Wilson Atwood (1893-1980) — of Caro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/TU-lived.html">Tuscola County</a>, Mich. Born in Caro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/TU-born.html">Tuscola County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/04-06.html">April 6, 1893</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/TU-officials.html">Tuscola County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1923-27. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1980/index.html">1980</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">about 87 years</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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/atwood.html#498.56.63">Theron Wilson Atwood (1854-1917)</a> and Clara Ellen (Gibbs) Atwood.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/15425.html">Atwood family</a> of Caro, Michigan.</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> Henry Munroe Campbell (1854-1926) — also known as Henry M. Campbell — of Detroit, <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/1854/04-18.html">April 18, 1854</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn6.html">Delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a> 1st District, 1907-08. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died in Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-died.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/03-16.html">March 16, 1926</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 332 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-buried.html#cms00088">Elmwood Cemetery</a>, Detroit, Mich. <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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/campbell5.html#005.91.23">James Valentine Campbell</a> and Cornelia (Hotchkiss) Campbell; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/">1881</a> to Caroline B. Burtenshaw; father of Henry Munroe Campbell, Jr. (grandson-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lordell-lotus.html#985.85.51">George Van Ness Lothrop</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11917.html">Lothrop-Campbell family</a> of Detroit, Michigan.</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> Alfred Barnes Connable Jr. (1904-1999) — also known as Alfred B. Connable — of Kalamazoo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KZ-lived.html">Kalamazoo County</a>, Mich. Born in Kalamazoo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KZ-born.html">Kalamazoo County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/02-20.html">February 20, 1904</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/uofm.html">University of Michigan board of regents</a>, 1942-57; defeated, 1957. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pi-delta-epsilon.html">Pi Delta Epsilon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-kappa-psi.html">Alpha Kappa Psi</a>; Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died in Kalamazoo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KZ-died.html">Kalamazoo County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1999/11-16.html">November 16, 1999</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/95.html">95 years, 269 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KZ-buried.html#cms00577">Mountain Home Cemetery</a>, Kalamazoo, Mich. <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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conlan-connellan.html#214.51.99">Alfred B. Connable, Sr.</a> and Frances (Peck) Connable; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/04-15.html">April 15, 1927</a>, to Dorothy Jean Malcomson; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burrows.html#713.11.65">Julius Caesar Burrows</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12404.html">Connable-Burrows family</a> of Kalamazoo, Michigan.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/30753915">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/386/46.60.jpg" width=70 height=113 border=0 alt="Royal S. Copeland"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Royal Samuel Copeland (1868-1938) — also known as Royal S. Copeland — of Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-lived.html">Bay County</a>, Mich.; Ann Arbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich.; Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y.; Suffern, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RO-lived.html">Rockland County</a>, N.Y. Born in Dexter, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-born.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/11-07.html">November 7, 1868</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Homeopathic physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">university professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/annarbor.html">mayor of Ann Arbor, Mich.</a>, 1901-03; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New York</a>, 1923-38; died in office 1938; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/NY.html">1924</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/NY.html">1936</a>; candidate in Democratic primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/newyorkcity.html">mayor of New York City, N.Y.</a>, 1937. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/friendly-sons-st-patrick.html">Friendly Sons of St. Patrick</a>; Delta Kappa Epsilon; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/maccabees.html">Maccabees</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-public-health-assoc.html">American Public Health Association</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/06-17.html">June 17, 1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 222 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BE-buried.html#cms02530">Mahwah Cemetery</a>, Mahwah, N.J. <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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coots-corbly.html#368.41.62">Roscoe Pulaski Copeland</a> and Frances Jane (Holmes) Copeland; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/12-31.html">December 31, 1891</a>, to Mary DePriest Ryan; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/07-15.html">July 15, 1908</a>, to Frances Spalding; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coots-corbly.html#520.50.86">Joseph Tarr Copeland</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/17368.html">Copeland family</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000769">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402888">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: New York Red Book 1936</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/3354748294/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/135/32.32.jpg" width=70 height=98 border=0 alt="Dexter M. Ferry, Jr."></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Dexter Mason Ferry Jr. (1873-1959) — also known as Dexter M. Ferry, Jr. — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich.; Grosse Pointe, <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/1873/11-22.html">November 22, 1873</a>. Republican. President, Ferry-Morse <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmsupply.html">Seed</a> Co.; president, Standard Accident <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Insurance</a> Co.; director, Michigan Fire & Marine <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Insurance</a> Co.; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Wayne County 1st District, 1901-04; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sbe.html">Michigan state board of education</a>, 1906-13; appointed 1906; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/grossepointe.html">mayor of Grosse Pointe, Mich.</a>, 1938-39. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/index.html">1959</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">about 85 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-buried.html#cms00675">Woodmere Cemetery</a>, Detroit, Mich. <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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ferriss-fieger.html#579.71.62">Dexter Mason Ferry</a> and Adeline Elizabeth 'Addie' (Miller) Ferry; brother of Blanche Ferry (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hooker.html#040.61.92">Elon Huntington Hooker</a>); married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/">1907</a> to Jeannette Hawkins; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robison-rockne.html#146.48.91">John Davison Rockefeller IV</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0066.html">Rockefeller family</a> of New York City, New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11813585">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Michigan Manual 1911</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/906/13.45.jpg" width=70 height=114 border=0 alt="Gerald R. Ford"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (1913-2006) — also known as Gerald R. Ford; Jerry Ford; Leslie Lynch King Jr.; "Passkey" — of Grand Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Mich.; Rancho Mirage, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/RI-lived.html">Riverside County</a>, Calif. Born in Omaha, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/DO-born.html">Douglas County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/07-14.html">July 14, 1913</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/MI.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/MI.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/MI.html">1964</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 5th District, 1949-73; resigned 1973; member, President's Commission on the Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">Vice President of the United States</a>, 1973-74; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1974-77; defeated, 1976. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/amvets.html">Amvets</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/40-8.html">Forty and Eight</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jaycees.html">Jaycees</a>; Delta Kappa Epsilon; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/humane-soc.html">Humane Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/attempts.html">Shot at</a> in two separate incidents in San Francisco in September 1975. On September 5, Lynette 'Squeaky' Fromme, follower of murderous cult leader Charles Manson, got close to the President with a loaded pistol, and squeezed the trigger at close range; the gun misfired. On September 22, Sara Jane Moore <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/attempts.html">fired a shot</a> at him, but a bystander deflected her aim. Both women were convicted and sentenced to life in prison. Received the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/medal-of-freedom.html">Medal of Freedom</a> in 1999. Died in Rancho Mirage, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/RI-died.html">Riverside County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2006/12-26.html">December 26, 2006</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/93.html">93 years, 165 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-buried.html#cms07660">Gerald R. Ford Museum</a>, Grand Rapids, Mich. <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">Relatives: Step-son of Gerald Rudolph Ford, Sr.; son of Leslie Lynch King, Sr. and Dorothy Ayer (Gardner) King Ford; half-brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ford.html#723.62.95">Thomas G. Ford Sr.</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/10-15.html">October 15, 1948</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ford.html#311.96.48">Betty Warren</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13842.html">Ford family</a> of Grand Rapids, Michigan.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nixon.html#870.67.93">Richard M. Nixon</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seeligson-selby.html#878.54.18">L. William Seidman</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The Gerald R. Ford <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-road.html">Freeway</a> (I-196), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-names.html">Kent</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OT-names.html">Ottawa</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AL-names.html">Allegan</a> counties, Michigan, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The Gerald R. Ford <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-airports.html">International Airport</a> (opened 1963, given present name 1999), near <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-names.html">Grand Rapids, Michigan</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The Gerald R. Ford <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">Federal Building</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">U.S. Courthouse</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-names.html">Grand Rapids, Michigan</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000260">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404212">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald R. Ford">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/400/000022334">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004934">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/4243">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=4031">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books by Gerald R. Ford: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060112972/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060112972&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford</a> (1983)</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about Gerald R. Ford: John Robert Greene, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0700606394/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0700606394&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Presidency of Gerald R. Ford</a> — Edward L. Schapsmeier, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0820409618/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0820409618&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Gerald R. Ford's Date With Destiny: A Political Biography</a> — James Cannon, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060165391/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060165391&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Time and Chance : Gerald Ford's Appointment With History</a> — Douglas Brinkley, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0805069097/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0805069097&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Gerald R. Ford</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Michigan Manual 1957-58</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> Thomas G. Ford Sr. (1918-1995) — of East Grand Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Mich.; Grand Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Mich. Born in Grand Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-born.html">Kent County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/07-15.html">July 15, 1918</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> 91st District, 1965-72; defeated in primary, 1972. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1995/index.html">1995</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">about 76 years</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">Relatives: Half-brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ford.html#906.13.45">Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr.</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13842.html">Ford family</a> of Grand Rapids, Michigan.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/3407295943/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/337/60.97.jpg" width=70 height=112 border=0 alt="Thomas F. McAllister"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Francis McAllister (1896-1976) — also known as Thomas F. McAllister — of Grand Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Mich. Born in Grand Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-born.html">Kent County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/03-04.html">March 4, 1896</a>. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 5th District, 1934, 1936; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/spju.html">justice of Michigan state supreme court</a>, 1938-41; resigned 1941; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit</a>, 1941-63; took senior status 1963. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/nat-lawyers-guild.html">National Lawyers Guild</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; Delta Kappa Epsilon; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pi-delta-epsilon.html">Pi Delta Epsilon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1976/11-10.html">November 10, 1976</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 251 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-buried.html#cms00731">Woodlawn Cemetery</a>, Grand Rapids, Mich. <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">Relatives: Married to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcallister.html#996.77.56">Dorothy S. McAllister</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=1514&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/123378514">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/mcallister-thomas-francis">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Michigan Manual 1939</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> William V. Moore (b. 1856) — of Detroit, <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/1856/12-03.html">December 3, 1856</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1896/MI.html">1896</a>; member of Michigan Gold Democratic Party State Executive Committee, 1899. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon. 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">Relatives: Son of William A. Moore and Laura J. (Van Husan) Moore; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/01-28.html">January 28, 1883</a>, to Jane Andrews.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/3353928341/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/141/30.51.jpg" width=70 height=106 border=0 alt="Thomas W. Nadal"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas William Nadal (b. 1875) — also known as Thomas W. Nadal — of Olivet, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/EA-lived.html">Eaton County</a>, Mich.; Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Mo. Born near Milroy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/RU-born.html">Rush County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/06-17.html">June 17, 1875</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">College professor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sbe.html">Michigan state board of education</a>, 1911-17; appointed 1911; acting <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">president</a>, Olivet College, Olivet, Mich., 1915-16; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">president</a>, Drury College, Springfield, Mo., 1917. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/french.html">French</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; Delta Kappa Epsilon; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/modern-lang-assoc.html">Modern Language Association</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">Relatives: Son of Benjamin Franklin Nadal and Jerusha (Richey) Nadal; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/06-02.html">June 2, 1909</a>, to Kathryne Dillingham Wyckoff.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Michigan Manual 1911</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> Robert Dunkerson Orr (1917-2004) — also known as Robert D. Orr — of Evansville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VA-lived.html">Vanderburgh County</a>, Ind. Born in Ann Arbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-born.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/11-17.html">November 17, 1917</a>. Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/IN.html">1956</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VA-parties.html">chair of Vanderburgh County Republican Party</a>, 1965-67; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/stsen.html">Indiana state senate</a>; elected 1968; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Indiana</a>; elected 1972; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Indiana</a>, 1981-89; board member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Amtrak</a> (representing all state governors); U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SG-diplomats.html ">Singapore</a>, 1989-92. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jaycees.html">Jaycees</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a>, in Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-died.html">Marion County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2004/03-10.html">March 10, 2004</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 114 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-buried.html#cms00556">Crown Hill Cemetery</a>, Indianapolis, Ind. <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">Relatives: Son of Samuel Lowry Orr and Louise (Dunkerson) Orr; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/12-16.html">December 16, 1944</a>, to Joanne Wallace.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/robert-d-orr/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/orr-robert-dunkerson ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/706/000121343">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0995285">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8523758">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/143/54.60.jpg" width=70 height=102 border=0 alt="Charles T. Prescott"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Test Prescott (1884-1961) — also known as Charles T. Prescott — of Prescott, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OG-lived.html">Ogemaw County</a>, Mich. Born in Tawas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IC-born.html">Iosco County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/10-01.html">October 1, 1884</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">lumber business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate broker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">rancher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">cattle breeder</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 28th District, 1947-61; died in office 1961; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/MI.html">1952</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/lung.html">pulmonary embolism</a>, in University of Michigan <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Ann Arbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-died.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/10-24.html">October 24, 1961</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 23 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IC-buried.html# ">Memory Gardens Cemetery</a>, Tawas City, Mich. <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">Relatives: Son of Effie (Test) Prescott and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/prescott.html#111.03.09">George Allen Prescott (1862-1927)</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/prescott.html#024.04.52">George Allen Prescott Jr.</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/10-03.html">October 3, 1906</a>, to Mary Dulany Fitzhugh; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/prescott.html#163.39.35">George Allen Prescott (1913-1988)</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1351.html">Prescott family</a> of Tawas City, Michigan (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Michigan Manual 1957-58</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> Edwin Forrest Sweet (1847-1935) — also known as Edwin F. Sweet — of Grand Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Mich.; Ojai, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/VE-lived.html">Ventura County</a>, Calif. Born in Dansville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/LI-born.html">Livingston County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/11-21.html">November 21, 1847</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/grandrapids.html">mayor of Grand Rapids, Mich.</a>, 1904-06; defeated, 1906; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 5th District, 1911-13; defeated, 1908, 1912; Assistant U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1913-21; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Michigan</a>, 1916. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died in Ojai, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/VE-died.html">Ventura County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/04-02.html">April 2, 1935</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 132 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-buried.html#cms00680">Oak Hill Cemetery</a>, Grand Rapids, Mich. <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">Relatives: Son of Sidney Sweet and Hannah (Redmond) Sweet; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/04-26.html">April 26, 1876</a>, to Sophia Fuller.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clamen-clanton.html#084.16.28">Robert H. Clancy</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001107">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410559">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin F. 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