14 Facts About Alfred Lucking

Alfred Lucking was an American lawyer and politician from the US state of Michigan.

Alfred Lucking served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, and was general counsel for the Ford Motor Company and the Henry Ford interests.

Alfred Lucking graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in Ann Arbor in 1878, and was admitted to the bar the same year.

Alfred Lucking began the practice of law in Jackson, Michigan.

Alfred Lucking moved to Detroit, Michigan, in 1880 and continued the practice of law.

Alfred Lucking was temporary chairman of the Democratic State Convention in 1900 and was both temporary and permanent chairman of the State conventions in 1902,1908, and 1924.

In 1902, Alfred Lucking defeated incumbent Republican John Blaisdell Corliss to be elected as a Democratic candidate from Michigan's 1st congressional district to the Fifty-eighth Congress, serving from March 4,1903, until March 3,1905.

Alfred Lucking was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1904 to the Fifty-ninth Congress and resumed the practice of law in Detroit.

Alfred Lucking was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1912.

Alfred Lucking later became general counsel for the Ford Motor Company and the Henry Ford interests from 1914 to 1923, and was industrialist Henry Ford's personal attorney.

Alfred Lucking served as president of the Detroit-Vancouver Timber Company.

Alfred Lucking was a delegate to the 1924 Democratic National Convention.

Alfred Lucking died in Detroit on December 1,1929, just before his seventy-third birthday.

Alfred Lucking married Sarah Laviah Rose on February 23,1881.