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Alfred Lucking

Alfred Lucking

American politician

Alfred Lucking (December 18, 1856 – December 1, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, and was general counsel for the Ford Motor Company and the Henry Ford interests.

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Early life

Lucking was born in Ingersoll in the Province of Canada and moved with his parents to Ypsilanti, Michigan, in 1858 where he attended public schools, Ypsilanti High School, and the Michigan State Normal College (now Eastern Michigan University).[1] He graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in Ann Arbor in 1878, and was admitted to the bar the same year.[2] He began the practice of law in Jackson, Michigan.

Career

He moved to Detroit, Michigan, in 1880 and continued the practice of law. He was temporary chairman of the Democratic State Convention in 1900 and was both temporary and permanent chairman of the State conventions in 1902, 1908, and 1924. He was permanent chairman in 1928.[1]

In 1902, Lucking defeated incumbent Republican John Blaisdell Corliss to be elected as a Democratic candidate from Michigan's 1st congressional district to the Fifty-eighth Congress, serving from March 4, 1903, until March 3, 1905.[3][4][5]

Lucking was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1904 to the Fifty-ninth Congress and resumed the practice of law in Detroit. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1912. He later became general counsel for the Ford Motor Company and the Henry Ford interests from 1914 to 1923, and was industrialist Henry Ford's personal attorney.[4] He also served as president of the Detroit-Vancouver Timber Company. He was a delegate to the 1924 Democratic National Convention.[6]

Death

Lucking died in Detroit on December 1, 1929, just before his seventy-third birthday.[7] He is interred at Woodlawn Cemetery in Detroit.[8]

Family life

Lucking was the son of Joseph Alfred Lucking and Margaret Ellen Ford.[7] He married Sarah Laviah Rose on February 23, 1881.[9] They had two sons, William A. Lucking and Dean L. Lucking.[10]

References

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    Hannan, Caryn (1998). Michigan Biographical Dictionary: A-I. North American Book Dist LLC. p. 91. ISBN 9780403098019.
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    UM Libraries (1903). The Michigan Alumnus, Volume 9. UM Libraries. p. 234.
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    Northup, A. Dale (2003). Detroit's Woodlawn Cemetery. Arcadia Publishing 2003. p. 81. ISBN 9780738531564.
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    Northup, A. Dale (2003). Detroit's Woodlawn Cemetery. Arcadia Publishing. p. 81. ISBN 9780738531564.
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    "S. Doc. 58-1 - Fifty-eighth Congress. (Extraordinary session -- beginning November 9, 1903.) Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress. Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by A.J. Halford. Special edition. Corrections made to November 5, 1903". GovInfo.gov. U.S. Government Printing Office. November 9, 1903. p. 52. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
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    Hannan, Caryn and Herman, Jennifer L. (2008). Michigan Biographical Dictionary. North American Book Dist LLC. p. 91. ISBN 9781878592958.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. [7]
    "Alfred Edward Lucking". Ancestry.com. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
  8. [8]
    Spencer, Thomas (1998). Where They're Buried: A Directory Containing More Than Twenty Thousand Names of Notable Persons Buried in American Cemeteries, with Listings of Many Prominent People who Were Cremated. Genealogical Publishing Com. p. 68. ISBN 9780806348230.
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    Michigan State Bar Journal. Michigan State. 1959. p. 19.
  10. [10]
    Bench & Bar of Michigan: Nineteen Hundred Eighteen. Bench and Bar Publishing Company 1918. 1918. p. 115.

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