Fred R. Ming Explained

Frederick R. Ming
District2:Cheboygan
Term Start2:January 1, 1925
Term End2:December 31, 1932
Predecessor2:District created
Successor2:Ernest E. Faircloth
State House3:Michigan
District3:Cheboygan County
Term Start3:January 1, 1923
Term End3:December 31, 1924
Predecessor3:Frank B. Aldrich
Successor3:County constituency abolished
Term Start4:January 1, 1905
Term End4:December 31, 1906
Predecessor4:George D. Richards
Successor4:Herbert F. Baker
Office:49th Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives
Term Start:January 2, 1929
Term End:December 31, 1932
Predecessor:Lynn C. Gardner
Successor:Martin R. Bradley
State Senate5:Michigan
District5:29th
Term Start5:January 1, 1907
Term End5:December 31, 1910
Predecessor5:William L. Curtis
Successor5:Frank D. Scott
Office6:Cheboygan County Sheriff
Term Start6:1901
Term End6:1902
Birth Date:13 October 1865
Birth Place:Rochester, New York
Restingplace:Pine Hill Cemetery, Cheboygan, Michigan
Party:Republican
Spouse:Adeline (1888-1902)
Sadie
Residence:Cheboygan, Michigan

Frederick R. Ming (1865-1943) was a Republican politician from Michigan who served in both houses of the Michigan Legislature, including as Speaker of the House during the 55th and 56th Legislatures. Ming was also a candidate in the primary for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan in 1934, losing to Thomas Read who was eventually elected with Governor Frank Fitzgerald.[1]

Ming's parents, Henry and Mary, were born in Germany and came to the United States in 1859, settling in Oswego, New York. Ming became an orphan at the age of 13, after his father's death in 1877, and worked as a farm hand an in a cheese factory in New York. He moved to Cheboygan in July 1880 where he worked in a sawmill and later became a teacher. Ming also attended the Ontario Veterinary College and followed his late father into that profession.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mineta-mino.html#691.11.73 The Political Graveyard: Ming, Frederick R.
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=L3t5AAAAMAAJ&dq=frederick+r+ming+michigan&pg=PA1287 Powers, Perry, and Cutler, Harry Gardner. "A History of Northern Michigan and Its People."