Carl Milton Levin was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Michigan from 1979 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party,he was the chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee from 2001 to 2003 and again from 2007 to 2015.
Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg Sr. was an American politician who served as a United States senator from Michigan from 1928 to 1951. A member of the Republican Party,he participated in the creation of the United Nations. He is best known for leading the Republican Party from a foreign policy of isolationism to one of internationalism,and supporting the Cold War,the Truman Doctrine,the Marshall Plan,and NATO. He served as president pro tempore of the United States Senate from 1947 to 1949.
Jamie Lloyd Whitten was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who represented his native state of Mississippi in the United States House of Representatives from 1941 to 1995. He was at the time of his departure the longest-serving U.S. Representative ever. From 1979 to 1995,he was Dean of the U.S. House of Representatives. He is the longest-serving member of Congress ever from Mississippi. He was a New Deal liberal on economic matters,and took a leading role in Congress in forming national policy and spending regarding agriculture. Whitten was the last remaining member of Congress to have served during the FDR administration.
The Michigan House of Representatives is the lower house of the Michigan Legislature. There are 110 members,each of whom is elected from constituencies having approximately 77,000 to 91,000 residents,based on population figures from the 2020 U.S. census. Its composition,powers and duties are established in Article IV of the Michigan Constitution.
Homer Samuel Ferguson was an American attorney,professor,judge,United States senator from Michigan,Ambassador to the Philippines,and later a judge on the United States Court of Military Appeals.
Russell Alexander Alger was an American politician and businessman. He served as the 20th governor of Michigan,U.S. Senator,and U.S. Secretary of War. Alger's life was a "rags-to-riches" success tale. He became an army officer,financier,lumber baron,railroad owner,and government official in several high offices. He was supposedly a distant relation of author Horatio Alger.
Milton Robert Carr was an American lawyer,academic,and politician from Michigan.
Joseph M. Kyrillos Jr. is an American Republican Party politician and businessman from New Jersey. Kyrillos served in the New Jersey State Senate from 1992 to 2018,where he represented the 13th Legislative District,and in the General Assembly from 1988 to 1992.
Frank Eugene Hook was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Jay Abel Hubbell was a politician and judge from the U.S. state of Michigan,who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Michael Prusi is a former Democratic member of the Michigan Senate,representing the 38th district from 2003 to 2010. His district included Gogebic,Iron,Ontonagon,Delta,Dickinson,Keweenaw,Houghton,Baraga,Marquette,Alger,Luce,Schoolcraft,and Menominee counties in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Previously he was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 1995 through 2000. During his final term,he served as the Senate Minority Leader,following the election of the previous leader,Mark Schauer,to the U.S. House.
Tom Casperson was an American businessman and politician from the State of Michigan. He formerly served as a Republican member of the Michigan State Senate,representing the 38th district,which includes much of the Upper Peninsula. He previously served in the Michigan State House of Representatives,representing the 108th district.
Robert William Davis was an American politician from the state of Michigan. He represented the state's 11th congressional district,which at that time included the Upper Peninsula and a large portion of Northern Michigan,in the United States House of Representatives from 1979 until 1993.
Orrin Williams Robinson was a politician and businessman from the U.S. state of Michigan. He ran a successful logging operation in the Upper Peninsula and was elected to serve in both houses of the Michigan Legislature and for two terms as the 31st lieutenant governor of Michigan,from 1899 to 1903 under Governors Hazen S. Pingree and Aaron T. Bliss.
Donald W. Koivisto is a Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
The Michigan Geological Survey is a scientific agency of the U.S. state of Michigan. The survey is headed by the State Geologist of Michigan.
Kevin Daley is an American politician in the state of Michigan. A member of the Republican Party,he has been a member of the Michigan Senate since 2019,elected from the 26th district and 31st district. He was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from January 2009 to 2015. A dairy farmer,he was the chairman of the House Agriculture Committee.
Stephen Paul Dresch was a scholar and professor and a one-term Republican member of the Michigan House of Representatives,serving the western end of the Upper Peninsula in the early 1990s.
Russell "Rusty" Hellman was a Democratic member of the Michigan House of Representatives,representing the western end of the Upper Peninsula for two decades.
William B. Fitzgerald was an American attorney and Democratic politician who served in both houses of the Michigan Legislature and was Majority Leader of the Michigan Senate. He was later the Democratic nominee for governor in 1978 but lost to incumbent governor William Milliken.
