Senatorial

The senatorial district in which Mason, Manistee and Oceana Counties are, is called the Twenty-seventh District, and includes likewise Mecosta, Osceola, Newaygo and Lake Counties. Population 76,966. Representative, Hon. William E. Ambler, of Pentwater, who is president pro tempore of the Senate. He ws born at Medina, Ohio, December 18, 1845, and resided there until his parents removed to Hillsdale, Mich., in 1859. He entered Hillsdale College, but in 1865 left that institution, going to Albion College, where he graduated in the scientific course. In 1866 he entered the law school at Albany, graduated and was admitted to practice. In 1867 he finished the classical course at Adrian College, graduating with a degree of A. B. The same Fall he established himself as a lawyer at Minneapolis, Minn., but in 1868 returned to Michigan and began the practice of law at Pentwater, where he continues to reside. He has been president of the village, and is a member of the firm of Nielsen & Co., bankers. In 1870 Adrian College conferred on him the degree of A. M., and in 1875 Hillsdale College did likewise. Mr. Ambler was chosen a trustee of the latter institution in 1880, and is not only the youngest member of the present board, but the youngest trustee ever elected. He was elected a senator in the State Legislature in 1878, and was re-elected in 1880 by 9,437 votes to 4,996 for Smith W. Fowler and 562 for L. Gideon Ritherford. He was elected president pro tem, of the Senate January 14, 1881, and chairman of the following committees: Appropriations and Finance, Engrossment and Enrollment of Bills, and Reform School for Girls.