Bartel John Jonkman

Born: 28 April 1884
Died: 13 June 1955
Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan

U. S. Congressman
He studied law at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and was a Kent County prosecutor for over 20 years.  Jonkman was elected as a Republican to the U. S. House of Representatives in 1940, filling the vacancy left by the death of Carl E. Mapes, and went on to serve four full terms in Congress.  He was defeated in the 1948 Republican primary by Gerald Ford, and returned to law practice.