Background
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 a law degree.
governor of Michigan politician
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 a law degree.
University of Michigan. University of Detroit Mercy.
He served as the 40th Governor of Michigan from 1947 to 1949. Sigler established a successful legal career in various firms in Detroit, Hastings and Battle Creek, Michigan. He was also the special prosecutor in the grand jury investigation of corruption in the state legislature.
In 1928, Sigler was the Democratic candidate for Michigan Attorney General, yet was unsuccessful losing to Republican Wilber Marion Brucker, who was elected Governor of Michigan two years later.
Sigler would later switch to the Republican Party. In 1942, he was a candidate in the Republican primary from the 8th District for a seat in the state senate.
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 Pilot License.
In 1948, he served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention, which re-nominated Thomas Dewey as their candidate for United States. President to defeat President Harry South Truman, yet Dewey was again unsuccessful as he was against Franklin Roosevelt four years earlier. Dewey carried Michigan, but Sigler was unsuccessful that year, as he was defeated for re-election for governor by Democrat Soapy Williams. After running unsuccessfully for re-election, Sigler left office on January 1, 1949, and retired from political life.
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-television) near Augusta, Michigan.
He was interred at Riverside Cemetery of Hastings, Michigan.
Republican Party, Democratic Party.
He was also a member of Rotary International.