Kim Sigler
N 42° 39.403 W 085° 18.132
16T E 639154 N 4724092
Kim Segler 40th Michigan Governor
Waymark Code: WMQFWV
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 02/23/2016
Views: 9
Sigler was born in Schuyler, Nebraska and was educated at the University of Michigan, and later at the Detroit Law School where, In 1918 he received his law degree. Sigler established a successful legal career in various firms in Detroit, Hastings and Battle Creek, Michigan. He also was the special prosecutor in the grand jury investigation in the state legislature. He was married to Mae L. Pierson and they had one child together.
In 1928, Siglar was the Democratic candidate for Michigan Attorney General, yet was unsuccessful losing to Republican Wilber Marion Brucker, who was elected to governor two years later. Sigler was would later switch to the Republican Party.
On November 5, 1946, Sigler, nicknamed Hollywood Kim, was elected Governor of Michigan, defeating former governor Murray Van Wagoner in the general election. During his two years in office , state agencies were reorganized and the Department of Administration was created. In 1947, he received his private pilots license.
Nearly five years after leaving office at the age of fifty-nine , Sigler and three passengers were killed when the plane he was piloting on a foggy night, collided with a television broadcast tower(WBCK-TV) near Augusta Michigan. He was interned in Riverside Cemetery of Hastings Michigan.
Description:
Kim Segar (1894-1953)
40th Michigan Governor
Lawyer and Aviator
Date of birth: 05/02/1894
Date of death: 11/30/1953
Area of notoriety: Politics
Marker Type: Headstone
Setting: Outdoor
Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Dawn to Dusk
Fee required?: No
Web site: Not listed
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