William J. Cleary (May 14, 1870 – 1952) was a politician from the
U.S. state
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of
Michigan
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. From 1943 to 1950 he was member of the
Michigan State House of Representatives
The Michigan House of Representatives is the lower house of the Michigan Legislature. There are 110 members, each of whom is elected from constituencies having approximately 77,000 to 91,000 residents, based on population figures from the 2010 U ...
for the second house district from
Berrien County. Cleary was born of
Irish
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* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
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ancestry, near
Greenfield, Indiana
Greenfield is a city in and the county seat of Hancock County, Indiana, United States, and a part of the Indianapolis metropolitan area. The population was 20,602 at the 2010 census, and an estimated 23,006 in 2019. It lies in Center Township.
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, in
Hancock County. His profession was
civil engineer and he lived in
Benton Harbor.
External links
The Political Graveyard
1870 births
1952 deaths
Members of the Michigan House of Representatives
People from Hancock County, Indiana
People from Benton Harbor, Michigan
American people of Irish descent
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