Michigan official directory and legislative manual for the years .. . ly engaged in the bakery busi-ness, and was elected alderman of the 4th ward. Mr. Branch is a democrat, andwas elected to the legislature of 1901-1902 by a vote of 3,458 to 3,370 for Samuel , republican candidate, and 137 for Dallas M. Cookingham, prohibitioncandidate. DAVID E. BURNS, Representative from the first district of Kent county, was born in Coldwater,Michigan, in 1860. He was educated at Albion College, and later graduated fromthe law department of the University of Michigan in 1892, when he located inGran


Michigan official directory and legislative manual for the years .. . ly engaged in the bakery busi-ness, and was elected alderman of the 4th ward. Mr. Branch is a democrat, andwas elected to the legislature of 1901-1902 by a vote of 3,458 to 3,370 for Samuel , republican candidate, and 137 for Dallas M. Cookingham, prohibitioncandidate. DAVID E. BURNS, Representative from the first district of Kent county, was born in Coldwater,Michigan, in 1860. He was educated at Albion College, and later graduated fromthe law department of the University of Michigan in 1892, when he located inGrand Rapids. He was appointed assistant prosecuting attorney of Kent countyin January, 1893, which position he held two years; was a member of the advisoryboard in matter of pardons from June, 1899, to August, 1900, when he Burns is single, and has always been a strong republican. He was elected tothe legislature of 1901-1902, on the general legislative ticket of Kent county, by avote of 11,390 to 10,027 for Paul Marrin, Jr., highest democratic PATRICK H. KELLEY,Member State Board of Education. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 625 WILLIAM B. BUSHNELL, Representative from Branch county, was born in Noble township, Branch county,Michigan, February 21,1849. He was raised on a farm and acquired his educationin the district school, supplemented by a short course at the Orland went west at the age of twenty years, and followed the painters trade sevenyears. He returned to Michigan in 187G and has since followed the occupation offarming. Mr. Bushnell was married September 17,1879. He has always been astaunch republican, and has been supervisor many years. He was elected to thelegislature of 1901-1902 by a vote of 4,261 to 3,462 for C. G. Babcock, democraticcandidate, and 103 for Duly McCone, prohibition candidate. CHARLES J. BYRNS, Representative from the second district of Marquette county, Michigan, wasborn January 6,1861, in Altona, New York. When eight years


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