James M. Hare | |
Order: | 38th |
Office: | Michigan Secretary of StateSecretary of State of Michigan |
Term Start: | January 1, 1955 |
Term End: | December 31, 1970 |
Birth Name: | James McNeil Hare |
Birth Date: | 31 July 1910 |
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James M. Hare (July 31, 1910 – March 10, 1980) was an American politician who served as the 38th Michigan Secretary of State.[1]
Hare was born James McNeil Hare in Racine, Wisconsin.[2] He died in 1980. Hare was a Unitarian.
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.