Wilber Marion Brucker

Wilber Marion Brucker ( born June 23, 1894 in Saginaw, Michigan, † October 28, 1968 in Detroit, Michigan ) was an American politician of the Republican Party. From 1931 to 1933 he was governor of Michigan and Army Secretary of the United States between 1955 and 1961.

First stage of life

Wilber Marion Brucker was the son of U.S. Representative Ferdinand Brucker. He received his PhD in 1916 at the University of Michigan and joined the National Guard of Michigan (Michigan National Guard ). Brucker served in the 33rd Infantry Regiment on the Mexican border between 1916 and 1917. He attended the First Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, where he was promoted to lieutenant of Infantry ( Second Lieutenant).

Between 1917 and 1918 he served in the First World War in France in the 166th Infantry, 42nd Division, in the battles of Chateau Thierry, St. Mihiel and Meuse -Argonne.

Policy

After the war, Brucker was deputy prosecutor of Saginaw County. This activity, he held 1919-1923. He was then promoted to the prosecutor and held this office 1923-1927. He married Clara dumbbell 1923. Afterwards he became Deputy Attorney General of Michigan 1927-1928 and Attorney General 1928-1930.

In 1930 he was elected the 32nd Governor of Michigan. He was only a single term of office work, up to the Democrat William Comstock defeated him in 1932. During his two-year tenure of the police force grew in Michigan. Furthermore, it was granted a new branch of the Federal Police in Lansing. Also, a law was passed that the jury ( grand jury ) allowed to investigate the urban fraud. 1936 Brucker defeated the incumbent U.S. Senator James J. Couzens in the Republican primaries. However, he lost to Democrat Prentiss M. Brown in the general election. Between 1922-1937 he was a captain in the U.S. Army Reserve Officer Corps.

He was also a member of the law firm Clar, Klein, Brucker and Waples 1937-1954. Moreover, he worked as a legal adviser ( General Counsel ) of the Ministry of Defence 1954-1955 during the Army - McCarthy hearings. 1955 Brucker was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Secretary ( Secretary of the Army ). His tenure came on 21 July 1955 to 19 January 1961. Brucker led the army during a period of major technological advances, particularly in the satellite-based missile range and at a time when the army put on the national defenses, which is modified by a philosophy " massive retaliation " was overshadowed. Under his military leadership, he built a five element ( pentagon ) organizational concept for the division, in particular a Strategic Army Corps for emergency strikes and the first current from the pile satellite Explorer I.

Last years

After his service as Secretary of State Army, he returned to his job as a lawyer at the law firm of Brucker and Brucker to. He worked there 1961-1968, and a member of the Supervisory Board of Freedoms Foundation.

Wilber Marion Brucker died on 28 October 1968 after suffering a heart attack in the emergency room of the Harper Hospital in Detroit. He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.