Brucker, Wilbur Marion
Born: Jun 23, 1894 AD
Died: 1968 AD, at 74 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Politician
Died: 1968 AD, at 74 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Politician
1894 - Brucker was born in Saginaw, Michigan on the 23rd of June.
1916 - He graduated from the University of Michigan and enlisted in the Michigan National Guard,
- He served with its 33rd Infantry Regiment on the Mexican border.
1917-1918 - He then served in France during World War I with the 166th Infantry, 42d Division, in the Château Thierry, St. Mihiel, and Meuse-Argonne operations.
1919-1923 - Brucker was assistant prosecuting attorney of Saginaw County.
1927 - He served as assistant attorney general of Michigan.
1928 - He served as Michigan Attorney General.
1930 - He was elected as Michigan's 32nd Governor
1936 - Brucker defeated incumbent U.S. Senator James Couzens in the Republican primary elections, but lost to Democrat Prentiss M. Brown in the general election.
- He was a captain in the U.S. Army Officer Reserve Corps.
1937 -He was a member of the law firm of Clark, Klein, Brucker, and Waples.
1954-1955 - He served as general counsel of the Department of Defense, during the Army-McCarthy Hearings. 1955, Brucker was appointed by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower as Secretary of the Arm.
1961 - He returned to legal practice in Detroit with the firm of Brucker and Brucker.
- He was a member of the Board of Directors of Freedoms Foundation.
1968 - He died on the 28th of October having suffered an apparent heart attack in the emergency room at the Harper Hospital in Detroit, Michigan and is buried at the Arlington National Cemetery.
1916 - He graduated from the University of Michigan and enlisted in the Michigan National Guard,
- He served with its 33rd Infantry Regiment on the Mexican border.
1917-1918 - He then served in France during World War I with the 166th Infantry, 42d Division, in the Château Thierry, St. Mihiel, and Meuse-Argonne operations.
1919-1923 - Brucker was assistant prosecuting attorney of Saginaw County.
1927 - He served as assistant attorney general of Michigan.
1928 - He served as Michigan Attorney General.
1930 - He was elected as Michigan's 32nd Governor
1936 - Brucker defeated incumbent U.S. Senator James Couzens in the Republican primary elections, but lost to Democrat Prentiss M. Brown in the general election.
- He was a captain in the U.S. Army Officer Reserve Corps.
1937 -He was a member of the law firm of Clark, Klein, Brucker, and Waples.
1954-1955 - He served as general counsel of the Department of Defense, during the Army-McCarthy Hearings. 1955, Brucker was appointed by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower as Secretary of the Arm.
1961 - He returned to legal practice in Detroit with the firm of Brucker and Brucker.
- He was a member of the Board of Directors of Freedoms Foundation.
1968 - He died on the 28th of October having suffered an apparent heart attack in the emergency room at the Harper Hospital in Detroit, Michigan and is buried at the Arlington National Cemetery.
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