Alexander Lipsey

{{Short description|American politician and Circuit Court Judge}} {{BLP sources|date=December 2010}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = The Honorable | name = Alexander C. Lipsey | honorific_suffix = | image = | alt = | caption = | office = Judge of the 9th Judicial Circuit Court of Michigan | term_start = July 19, 2007 | term_end =  | appointer = Jennifer Granholm | predecessor = Philip Schaefer | successor =  | state_house2 = Michigan | district2 = 60th | term_start2 = January 1, 2001 | term_end2 = December 31, 2006 | predecessor2 = Edward LaForge | successor2 = Robert Jones | pronunciation = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|11|07}} | birth_place = | death_date =  | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = | party = Democratic | height =  | spouse = | partner =  | relations = | children = | parents =  | mother =  | father =  | relatives = | education = | alma_mater = University of Michigan Law School<br />Kalamazoo College | occupation = | profession = | known_for = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | awards =  | blank1 = | data1 = | blank2 = | data2 = | blank3 = | data3 = | blank4 = | data4 = | blank5 = | data5 = | signature = | signature_alt = | website =  | nickname = | allegiance = | branch = | service_years = | rank = | unit = | commands = | battles = | mawards =  | military_blank1 = | military_data1 = | military_blank2 = | military_data2 = | military_blank3 = | military_data3 = | military_blank4 = | military_data4 = | military_blank5 = | military_data5 =  | module = | module2 = | module3 = | module4 = | module5 = | footnotes = }}

'''Alexander "Sandy" Lipsey''' is a Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. As a member of the Michigan State House of Representatives,<ref>{{cite journal|title=Alexander "Sandy" Lipsey|journal=State Government News|year=2004|volume=46|issue=3|pages=96|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZoAwAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Alexander+%22Sandy%22+Lipsey%22|accessdate=3 December 2010|publisher=Council of State Governments}}</ref> he represented the 60th District from 2000<ref>{{cite news|title=West Michigan Democrats Plan to Challenge State Attorney General Mike Cox|url=http://www.wzzm13.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=43654|accessdate=3 December 2010|newspaper=WZZM|date=1 September 2005|first= Chris|last= Fleszar}}</ref> to 2006. On July 20, 2007, Lipsey was appointed by Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm to replace Judge Philip Schaefer on the Kalamazoo County Circuit Court.<ref>{{cite news|title=Teenager Attacked By Ex-Boyfriend After Judge Denies Protection Order|url=https://taphaps.com/sophia-putney-wilcox-judge/|date=April 4, 2023}}</ref>

==Education== Lipsey earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan Law School and his bachelor's degree from Kalamazoo College.

==Political career== Constrained by state term limits, Lipsey placed an unsuccessful bid for the Michigan State Senate in 2006, facing defeat to incumbent state senator Tom George of Portage, Michigan.

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