The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-09-07
Our Next State Senator.

Our readers will be interested in the
following sketch of the life of Hon. A.
j. Tuttle, who is the republican NOM
inee for State Senator in this district:
Arthur J. Tuttle was born November
8, 1868, in Leslie Township, Ingham
County He is the son of Mr.. and Mrs
o. V. futile, who still live upon the
old homestead He was the only grand
son of John j. futile who located the
futile farm in 1887 and lived upon it
until his death three years ago. when
past ninety years of age. The grand
father was under the oaks at Jackson
when the Republican party was organ
lied and the family have always been
active members of the Republican
party. Arthur j. Tuttles mother had
been a school teacher in New York
state previous to her marriage and she
taught him at home until he had finish
ed Sanders second reader and then he
attended district school No. 2 of Leslie
until the spring of 1885 when he enter
ed the Le;lie High School. He still
continued to live on the farm at the
home of his parents, driving to the vii
lage of Leslie, distance of four and
one half miles, for school each morning
In June 1888, he was graduated from
the Leslie High School and in the fol-
lowing October entered the Literary
Department of the U. of Nj. He be-
came a member of the Michigan Iota
Beta Chapter of the Sigma Alpha Epsi-
lon Fraternity, was elected president of
Province Delta and founded the Lamda
Pi Chapter at the University of Nebras-
ka. He was historian of the senior
literary class of 1892 and secretary of
the 1892 Palladium Board. He was
graduated from the Literary Depart
ment of the University of Michigan in
June, 1898, receiving the degree of
Bachelor of Philosophy. In the fall of
that year he entesed the law depart
ment of the U. of M. The following
year he studied law with Messrs. Cahill
e. Ostrander, of Lansing Returning to
the U. of NJ. for his senior year, he
graduated with the law class of 1895,
receiving the degree of Bachelor of
Laws.
Immediately after leaving the Uni
versity, he returned to Leslie and open
ed an Office for the practice of law. In
the fall of 1898, he was elected Prescott
ing Attorney of Ingham county and in
January, 1899 open law Office in the
city of Lansing. He was re elected in
the fall of 1900 and many important
criminal cases were tried by him dur
ing the four years he held that Office.
His nomination as Prosecuting At
torney came to him both times without
any effort on his part and in each cleo
ton he received the highest number of
votes of any candidate upon the ticket.
He was elected president of the Zach
Chandler Republican Club of Ingham
county in the spring of 1902 and held
that Office during the years of 1902 and
1903. Upon his retiring from the Of
fee of Prosecuting Attorney he was
elected Chairman of the Republican
county Committee of Ingham county.
which Office he held for four years and
until the present time.
He was the unanimous choice of all
parties for President of the village
of Leslie in the spring of 1905 and was
elected without opposition. He was
re elected without opposition of any
kind in the spring of 1906 and now
holds that Office He has been presi-
lent of the Peoples Bank, of Leslie,
since 1900. He owns two farms near
he village of Leslie and is interested in
,arious other business enterprises, but
ievotes nearly all of his time to the
egal profession, maintaining offices at
both Leslie and Lansing.
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