Josiah Begole

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Josiah Begole
19th Governor of Michigan
In office January 1, 1883 – January 1, 1885
Lieutenant	Moreau S. Crosby
Preceded by	David Jerome
Succeeded by	Russell A. Alger
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 6th district
In office March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875
Preceded by	Jabez G. Sutherland
Succeeded by	George H. Durand
Member of the Michigan Senate from the 23rd district
In office 1870–1871
Preceded by	Thaddeus G. Smith
Succeeded by	Ira H. Butterfield
Personal details
Born	January 20, 1815 Groveland, New York
Died	June 5, 1896 (aged 81) Flint, Michigan
Political party	Republican; Democrat
Spouse	Harriet A. Miles

Josiah Williams Begole (January 20, 1815 – June 5, 1896) was an American politician serving as a

Begole was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 6th congressional district to the United States House of Representatives for the 43rd Congress, serving from March 4, 1873, to March 3, 1875. During that time, he was a member of the Committee on Agricultural and Public Expenditures. He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1874 and resumed the lumber business, Begole Fox & Co. He later engaged in the manufacture of wagons founding Flint Wagon Works and also engaged in banking.

Governor

In 1882, Begole was gubernatorial candidate of the

He was an early activist for women's suffrage, and in 1884 Begole became vice president of the first statewide suffrage organization, the Michigan Equal Suffrage Association.

Retirement and death

Begole died at the age of eighty-one in Flint and is interred in Glenwood Cemetery there.

References

• United States Congress. "Josiah Begole (id: B000316)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• The Political Graveyard
• Begole's biography Archived July 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine from the public domain Portrait & Biographical Album of Ingham and Livingston Counties, Michigan, published Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1891
• National Governors Association