Journal of the Proceedings of the Convention of Delegates chosen by the electors of the State of Michigan, in pursuance of an act of Congress of June 15, 1836, and an act of the Legislature of said State, of July 25, 1836, for the purpose of taking into consideration the proposition of Congress, relative to the admission of the State of Michigan into the Union; begun and held ... in the village of Ann Arbor ... the 26th day of September ... 1836, etc
Journal of the Proceedings of the Convention of Delegates chosen by the electors of the State of Michigan, in pursuance of an act of Congress of June 15, 1836, and an act of the Legislature of said State, of July 25, 1836, for the purpose of taking into consideration the proposition of Congress, relative to the admission of the State of Michigan into the Union; begun and held ... in the village of Ann Arbor ... the 26th day of September ... 1836, etc

Author: Michigan. Constitutional Convention, 1835-36

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Published: 1836

Total Pages: 36

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The Boy Governor
The Boy Governor

Author: Don Faber

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Published: 2012-09-14

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 0472028782

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In 1831, Stevens T. Mason was named Secretary of the Michigan Territory at the tender age of 19, two years before he could even vote. The youngest presidential appointee in American history, Mason quickly stamped his persona on Michigan life in large letters. After championing the territory's successful push for statehood without congressional authorization, he would defend his new state's border in open defiance of the country's political elite and then orchestrate its expansion through the annexation of the Upper Peninsula---all before his official election as Michigan's first governor at age 24, the youngest chief executive in any state's history. The Boy Governor tells the complete story of this dominant political figure in Michigan's early development. Capturing Mason's youthful idealism and visionary accomplishments, including his advocacy for a strong state university and legislating for the creation of the Soo Locks, this biography renders a vivid portrait of Michigan's first governor---his conflicts, his desires, and his sense of patriotism. This book will appeal to anyone with a love of American history and interest in the many, larger-than-life personalities that battled on the political stage during the Jacksonian era.