Papers, 1961-1964.

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Papers, 1961-1964.

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Papers, 1961-1964. Included here are correspondence (copies) to Michigan Senator Porter from former Michigan governors Wilber M. Brucker and G. Mennen Williams, Michigan Supreme Court Justice Harry F. Kelly, and others, concerning building a new governor's mansion in Lansing, March 27-May 5, 1964. Also included are meeting minutes of the Special Joint Interim Committee to make a preliminary study to determine the plans and procedures for constructing and furnishing an executive residence at the seat of government, July 28, 1964. There is a report of the study on the advisability and feasibility of constructing a new mansion for Georgia's governors, 1961 (copy). A brief biographical sketch of Porter is also included (2 p., copy), 1964.

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Porter, Elmer R.

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Porter was born Aug. 16, 1888. He married Jennie L. King, and together they had five children. A farmer by occupation, Porter was elected to the Michigan State Senate in 1936, serving from 1936 through 1964. (Information from the Michigan manual, 1964.) King was a Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court. Brucker (1894-1968) served as Michigan Assist. Prosecuting Attorney, 1922-1929; Attorney General, 1929-1930; and Governor, 1931-1932. He was educated in Saginaw and earned a L.L.B. from the Univer...

Kelly, Harry Francis

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Brucker, Wilber Marion, 1894-1968

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Prosecuting attorney of Saginaw County, Michigan, attorney general of Michigan, 1929-1931, governor, 1931-1932, general counsel to the Department of Defense during the Army-McCarthy Hearing, 1954-1955, and Secretary of the Army, 1955-1961. From the description of Wilber M. Brucker papers, 1877-1968. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34421623 Wilber Marion Brucker, government official and governor, was born in Saginaw, Michigan, June 23, 1894, the son...

Williams, G. Mennen, 1911-1988

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Governor of Michigan (1949-1960), and Justice of the Supreme Court of Michigan (1970- ). From the description of Gerhard M. Williams papers, 1949-1960 (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 495705218 Michigan Democratic Governor, 1949-1960; Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, 1961-1966; U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines, 1967-1969; Michigan Supreme Court justice, 1970-1987. From the description of G. Mennen Williams papers, 1883-1988. (Unive...