Kim Sigler

Kimber Cornellus Sigler ( born May 2, 1894 in Schuyler, Nebraska, † November 30, 1953 in Augusta, Michigan ) was an American politician and from 1947 to 1949 the 40th Governor of Michigan.

Early years

Sigler visited the University of Michigan and later studied law at the Detroit Law School. There he made his degree in 1918. Then he made in different cities in Michigan a career as a lawyer. In an investigation of corruption against the Legislature of Michigan, consisting of the state parliament and the country's Senate, Sigler was the lead prosecutor.

Political rise

Originally Sigler was a member of the Democratic Party. In 1928 he applied unsuccessfully for the post of Minister of Justice of Michigan. He then moved over to the Republican Party. On 5 November 1946, he was elected as a candidate of the Republican Party against the former governor Murray Van Wagoner the new governor of his country.

Governor of Michigan

Sigler took up his new post on 1 January 1947. In his two-year term, some government departments have been reorganized and its own administration department ( Department of Administration ) was created. In 1948, Sigler was a delegate to the national convention of the Republican Party in the Thomas Dewey was nominated for their presidential candidate. Dewey defeated then but in the elections against Harry S. Truman. In the gubernatorial election of 1948, Sigler was defeated by his Democratic challenger G. Mennon Williams. Therefore, he had to resign from his post on 1 January 1949.

Further CV

After the end of his governorship Sigler made ​​only once hit the headlines when a flown by him as pilot aircraft on 30 November 1953, a television mast in Augusta, Michigan collided and crashed. Here, the former governor was killed. He was married to Mae L. Pierson. The couple had a child together.