Kim Sigler

Kimber Cornellus Sigler (born May 2, 1894 in Schuyler , Nebraska , † November 30, 1953 in Augusta , Michigan ) was an American politician and the 40th governor of Michigan from 1947 to 1949.

Early years

Sigler attended the University of Michigan and later studied law at the Detroit Law School. There he took his exam in 1918. He then made a career as a lawyer in various cities in Michigan. Sigler was the chief prosecutor on a corruption investigation against the Michigan legislature, which consists of the state parliament and state senate.

Political rise

Sigler was originally a member of the Democratic Party. In 1928 he ran unsuccessfully for the office of Attorney General of Michigan. Then he switched to the Republican Party. On November 5, 1946, he was elected as the new governor of his country as a candidate of the Republican Party against the former governor Murray van Wagoner .

Michigan governor

Sigler took up his new office on January 1, 1947. During his two-year term, some government departments were reorganized and a separate Department of Administration was created. In 1948 Sigler was a delegate at the federal party convention of the Republican Party at which Thomas Dewey was nominated as its presidential candidate. Dewey then lost to Harry S. Truman in the elections . In the gubernatorial elections of 1948 Sigler lost to his Democratic challenger G. Mennon Williams . Therefore, he had to leave office on January 1, 1949.

Another résumé

After the end of his governorship, Sigler made only one more headline when an airplane he had flown as a pilot collided with a television mast in Augusta, Michigan and crashed on November 30, 1953. The former governor was killed. He was married to Mae L. Pierson. The couple had one child together.

literature

Robert Sobel and John Raimo (Eds.): Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789–1978. Volume 2, Meckler Books, Westport, 1978. 4 volumes.

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personal data
SURNAME	Sigler, Kim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Sigler, Kimber Cornellus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Michigan governor
DATE OF BIRTH	May 2, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH	Schuyler , Nebraska
DATE OF DEATH	November 30, 1953
Place of death	Augusta , Michigan