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  Comstock, William A.
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NameWilliam A. Comstock
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Detroit, Michigan , United States
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Born July 02, 1877
DiedJune 16, 1949 (71 years)
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InfoComstock, an Alpena, Michigan, businessman, served as University of Michigan regent and Democratic governor of Michigan, 1933-1934. Collection includes correspondence, diaries, business papers, and other items, concerning Democratic party affairs, state and national elections, real estate and financial transactions, University of Michigan and Zeta Psi Fraternity; also diaries, 1902-1912; account books of the Democratic Party, 1924-1928; two scrapbooks; an audit report of the Liquor Control Commission, 1933-1934; and a report on the marketing and supply of natural gas in Michigan in 1934; and photographs. (More widely known for shutting down all banks and savings & loans in Michigan for eight days in 1933).


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  11/04/1947 Detroit City Council Won 11.11% (+0.00%)
  11/06/1945 Detroit City Council Won 11.11% (+0.00%)
  11/02/1943 Detroit City Council Won 11.11% (+0.00%)
  11/04/1941 Detroit City Council Won 11.11% (+0.00%)
  09/11/1934 MI Governor - D Primary Lost 42.04% (-3.79%)
  11/08/1932 MI Governor Won 54.92% (+11.80%)
  09/13/1932 MI Governor - D Primary Won 75.52% (+58.64%)
  11/04/1930 MI Governor Lost 42.03% (-14.85%)
  11/06/1928 MI Governor Lost 29.44% (-40.50%)
  11/02/1926 MI Governor Lost 36.01% (-27.33%)
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MI US President - Nov 05, 1940 R Wendell L. Willkie