Owen Cleary

Owen Jenks Cleary (February 4, 1900 – September 10, 1961) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.

Biography

Cleary family grave plot. Cleary's grave (right of center) is next to his father's (left of center), the founder of Cleary College

Cleary was born in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan to Patrick Roger Cleary and Helen (Jenks) Cleary, and was married to Marie DeWaele. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I. He became a lawyer and a candidate in the primary for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan in 1946. Cleary served as chair of the Michigan Republican Party from 1949-1953. He was a delegate to 1952 Republican National Convention and an alternate to the 1956 convention. He was also member of Republican National Committee from 1952 to 1953. Cleary was Michigan Secretary of State from 1953–1954 and defeated in 1954. He was candidate in the primary for Governor of Michigan in 1954 and was the last Republican to serve as Secretary of State until Candice Miller took office in 1995. Cleary was a Congregationalist and a member of the American Bar Association, American Legion, Moose, Rotary, Delta Theta Phi, Phi Delta Phi and Phi Kappa Sigma. Cleary is interred at Highland Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Michigan.

References

• The Political Graveyard

External links

• "Owen Cleary". Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=15504142. Retrieved March 27, 2010. 

Party political offices
Preceded by John A. Wagner	Chairman of the Michigan Republican Party 1949– 1953	Succeeded by John Feikens
Political offices
Preceded by Fred M. Alger, Jr.	Michigan Secretary of State 1953– 1954	Succeeded by James M. Hare

Persondata
Name	Cleary, Owen Jenks
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	February 4, 1900
Place of birth
Date of death	1960
Place of death