James M. Hare


James M. Hare was the Michigan Secretary of State.

Biography

Hare was born James McNeil Hare in Racine, Wisconsin. He died in 1980. Hare was a Unitarian.

Career

Hare was Secretary of State from 1955 to 1970. In 1960, he was a candidate in the Democratic primary for Governor of Michigan, losing to John Swainson. As Secretary of State, Hare called the Michigan Constitutional Convention of 1961 to order.