Alfred Lucking was a politician from the U.S. state

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 of Michigan

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Lucking was born in Ingersoll, Ontario

Ingersoll, Ontario

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, Canada

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 and moved with his parents to Ypsilanti, Michigan

Ypsilanti, Michigan

Ypsilanti is a city in Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 22,362. The city is bounded to the north by the Charter Township of Superior and on the west, south, and east by the Charter Township of Ypsilanti...

 in 1858 where he attended public schools, the Ypsilanti High School

Ypsilanti High School

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, and the Michigan State Normal College (now Eastern Michigan University

Eastern Michigan University

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). He graduated from the University of Michigan Law School

University of Michigan Law School

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 in Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, Michigan

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 in 1878. He was admitted to the bar

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 the same year and practiced in Jackson, Michigan

Jackson, Michigan

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. He moved to Detroit, Michigan

Detroit, Michigan

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 in 1880 and continued the practice of law.

Lucking was temporary chairman of the Democratic State Convention in 1900 and was both temporary and permanent chairman of the State conventions in 1902, 1908, and 1924. He was permanent chairman in 1928.

In 1902, Lucking defeated incumbent Republican John Blaisdell Corliss

John Blaisdell Corliss

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 to be elected as a Democrat

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 from Michigan's 1st congressional district

Michigan's 1st congressional district

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 to the Fifty-eighth Congress

58th United States Congress

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, serving from March 4, 1903 to March 3, 1905.

Lucking was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1904 to the Fifty-ninth Congress

59th United States Congress

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 and resumed the practice of law in Detroit. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate

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 in 1912. He later became general counsel for the Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company

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 and the Henry Ford

Henry Ford

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 interests from 1914 to 1923. He also served as president of the Detroit-Vancouver Timber Co. He was a delegate to the 1924 Democratic National Convention

1924 Democratic National Convention

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Alfred Lucking died in Detroit and was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery.

External links

• The Political Graveyard