district predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place party profession office state_house birth_date order term_start spouse article_title term_end name
cass county george w. welsh lynn c. gardner otis huff 25 november 1932 wayne township , michigan lagrange township , michigan republican farmer speaker of the michigan house of representatives michigan michigan 16 february 1861 47th 1925 1915 ina fred b. wells
 1926 1926 fred b. wells
fred b. wells

fred b. wells was a republican politician from michigan who served in the michigan house of representatives from 1915 through 1926 .
he served as speaker of the house during the 53rd legislature .
wells was born in wayne township in 1861 , and moved to lagrange township at age 5 .
his parents trace puritan ancestry to rhode island .
after attending the local public schools , wells learned to farm using scientific methods .
he was a member of the masons , the grange , and the local farm bureau .
first elected in 1914 , wells served six terms in the michigan house of representatives for cass county .
he worked to reform the state tax system .
an unsuccessful candidate for lieutenant governor in 1926 , wells retired to his farm and died on november 25 , 1932 .
