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]