Albert Sleeper

Albert Sleeper

Infobox Governor
name= Albert Sleeper


caption=
order= 29th
office= Governor of Michigan
term_start= January 1, 1917
term_end= January 1, 1921
lieutenant= Luren D. Dickinson
predecessor= Woodbridge Nathan Ferris
successor= Alex Groesbeck
birth_date= December 31, 1862
birth_place= Bradford, Vermont
death_date= May 13, 1934
death_place= Lexington, Michigan
spouse= Mary C. Moore
party=Republican
religion= Episcopalian

Albert Edson Sleeper (December 31, 1862 - May 13, 1934) was an American politician and served as a Republican Governor of Michigan from 1917 to 1921.

Early life in Vermont and Michigan

Sleeper was born in Bradford, Vermont and was educated at the Bradford Academy.

In 1884, he moved to Lexington, Michigan where he was a successful businessman owning several banks and extensive real estate and also worked in mercantile industries. In 1901, he married Mary C. Moore.

Politics

Sleeper served in the Michigan State Senate, 1901-1904. The following year, he became a member of the Republican State Committee until 1907. Then he served as State Treasurer of Michigan from 1909 to 1913 under Governors, Fred M. Warner and Chase Osborn.

Sleeper was elected Governor of Michigan by a popular vote on November 7, 1916, defeating Democrat Edwin F. Sweet. He was re-elected to a second term in 1918. He served during most of World War I had started and measures were taken to supply men, provisions, and arms for the war effort. Also during his four years in office, a department of animal husbandry, a department of labor, and a public utilities commission were established. A county road system was advanced, a permanent state police department was founded, and the first driver's license was issued. Sleeper signed the State Parks Act creating the State Park system and an epidemic of the Spanish influenza was dealt with.

Retirement, death and legacy

In 1928, Sleeper served as presidential elector for Michigan to elect Herbert Hoover as U.S. President. Six years later, he died in Lexington at the age of seventy-one and is interred at Lexington Municipal Cemetery.

In 1944, Huron State Park, in Caseville, Michigan was renamed Albert E. Sleeper State Park.

References

* [http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=8b9ae8569a313010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD National Governors Association]
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=121&GSmpid=6422241&GRid=6862045& Find a Grave]
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/slavens-slingluff.html#RH801GE1B Political Graveyard]
* [http://www.michigandnr.com/parksandtrails/ParksandTrailsInfo.aspx?id=494 Albert E. Sleeper State Park]
* [http://www.wmich.edu/glcms/watertrails/huronpop/huron-370.htm River Counrty Heritage Water Trails]
* [http://www.drkelley.info/print.php?id=413 Sleeper quote during epidemic]


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