Seymour H. Person
Seymour H. Person | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 6th district | |
In office March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933 | |
Preceded by | Grant M. Hudson |
Succeeded by | Claude E. Cady |
Personal details | |
Born | Howell, Michigan | February 2, 1879
Died | April 7, 1957 Lansing, Michigan | (aged 78)
Political party | Republican |
Seymour Howe Person (February 2, 1879 – April 7, 1957) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Person was born on a farm near Howell, Michigan and attended the district schools and the Howell public schools. He graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1901. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Lansing and was a law partner with Patrick H. Kelley.
Person served as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives (Ingham County 1st district) from 1915 to 1921 and also served in the Michigan Senate (14th district) from 1927 to 1931.[1] He was a delegate to all State conventions for thirty years. He was the brother-in-law of Supreme Court Justice Wiley Rutledge.
In 1930
Seymour H. Person resumed the practice of his profession after leaving Congress. He died in Lansing and is interred in Deepdale Cemetery.
References
- ^ "Legislator Details - Seymour Howe Person". Library of Michigan. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
- United States Congress. "Seymour H. Person (id: P000247)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- The Political Graveyard