Fred Allen Green (September 14, 1933 – December 22, 1996) was an American professional baseball player. He was a left-handed pitcher who played in 88 games in Major League Baseball. Most of these games were as a relief pitcher.
William Francis Murphy (April 13, 1890 – July 19, 1949) was an American politician, lawyer, and judge from Michigan. He was a member of the Democratic Party and was named to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1940. Before this, he had a career that included serving as United States Attorney General, 35th governor of Michigan, and Mayor of Detroit.
Murray Delos Van Wagoner was born on March 18, 1898, and died on June 12, 1986. He was an American politician who supported laws that helped improve society and the economy. Van Wagoner was the 38th governor of Michigan, serving from 1941 to 1943.
Kimber Cornellus Sigler, also known as Kim Sigler (born Zeigler; May 2, 1894 – November 30, 1953), was an American lawyer and government leader who was the 40th governor of Michigan from 1947 to 1949. To date, Sigler is the last Republican governor of Michigan to lose a reelection election, which happened in 1948 when he was defeated by Governor G. Mennen Williams, who had held the position for many years.
William Grawn Milliken was born on March 26, 1922, and passed away on October 18, 2019. He was an American businessman and politician who served as the 44th governor of Michigan from 1969 to 1983. A member of the Republican Party, he became governor after George Romney resigned.
James Johnston Blanchard (born August 8, 1942) is an American lawyer, diplomat, and politician who was the 45th governor of Michigan from 1983 to 1991. A member of the Democratic Party, Blanchard worked in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1983. Later, he served as the U.S.
John Mathias Engler (born October 12, 1948) is an American politician, lawyer, businessman, and lobbyist who served as the 46th governor of Michigan from 1991 to 2003. He is known as one of the country’s top lobbyists and is a member of the Republican Party. Engler was working in the Michigan Senate when he attended Thomas M.
Richard Dale Snyder was born on August 19, 1958, in Battle Creek, Michigan. He is an American business leader, investor, lawyer, accountant, and politician who served as the 48th governor of Michigan from 2011 to 2019. Snyder began his career in business in 1982.
Jennifer Mulhern Granholm (born February 5, 1959) is a Canadian-born American politician who served as the 16th United States secretary of energy from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously worked as the 47th governor of Michigan from 2003 to 2011 and as the 51st attorney general of Michigan from 1999 to 2003. She was the first woman to hold either of these positions.
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006) was the 38th president of the United States. He became president after Richard Nixon resigned in 1974 and served until 1977.