Wayne County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Groesbeck, Alex J. (30th Governor) 
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Cemetery:           Woodlawn Cemetery
Name:               Alex J. (30th Governor) Groesbeck

Date Of Photograph: September 9, 2012
Photo can be seen at:
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     Monument reads:

      ALEX J.
     GROESBECK
    1873 ~ 1953

   GOVERNOR OF THE
  STATE OF MICHIGAN
  FROM 1921 TO 1927

Additional Comments:
Alex J. Groesbeck was born in Warren Michigan, the son of Louis Groesbeck and 
Julia (Coquillard) Groesbeck. He earned a law degree from the University of 
Michigan in Ann Arbor in 1893. In 1916 he was elected Attorney General. Alex 
Groesbeck was the 30th Governor of Michigan, Jan.1921-Jan.1927.

Groesbeck is recognized as an important "road builder" being the first 
Governor to champion the use of concrete.  Groesbeck Highway (M-97) was named 
after this Governor both because of the local prominence of the Groesbeck 
family in Macomb and Oakland County Michigan and because of his strong support 
in building roads and highways in Michigan.

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