The Michigan Legislature is the legislature of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is organized as a bicameral body composed of an upper chamber,the Senate,and a lower chamber,the House of Representatives. Article IV of the Michigan Constitution,adopted in 1963,defines the role of the Legislature and how it is to be constituted. The chief purposes of the Legislature are to enact new laws and amend or repeal existing laws. The Legislature meets in the Capitol building in Lansing.
John Motley Morehead was an American lawyer and politician who became the 29th governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina. He became known as "the Father of Modern North Carolina."
Oliver Ames was an American businessman,investor,philanthropist,and Republican politician who served as the 35th Governor of Massachusetts from 1887 to 1890.
Kinsley Scott Bingham was a U.S. Representative,a U.S. Senator,and the 11th governor of Michigan.
Austin Blair,also known as the Civil War Governor,was a politician who served as the 13th governor of Michigan and in Michigan's House of Representatives and Senate as well as the U.S. Senate. He was known as a strong opponent of slavery and secession. He also led efforts to provide women and black citizens the right to vote. He simultaneously sought to ban capital punishment.
The Michigan Senate is the upper house of the Michigan Legislature. Along with the Michigan House of Representatives,it composes the state legislature,which has powers,roles and duties defined by Article IV of the Michigan Constitution,adopted in 1963. The primary purpose of the Legislature is to enact new laws and amend or repeal existing laws.
Frank Wayland Higgins was an American politician who served as the 35th Governor of New York.
Josiah Williams Begole was an American politician serving as a U.S. Representative from 1873 to 1875 and the 19th governor of Michigan from 1883 to 1885.
Saginaw Valley State University (SVSU) is a public university in University Center,Michigan in Saginaw County. It was founded in 1963 as Saginaw Valley College. It is located on 748 acres (303 ha) in Saginaw County's Kochville Township,approximately 5.5 miles (8.9 km) north of downtown Saginaw.
Augustus Brevoort Woodward was the first Chief Justice of the Michigan Territory. In that position,he played a prominent role in the reconstruction of Detroit following a devastating fire in 1805. He promoted an urban design based on radial avenues,as in Washington,DC and Paris. He is also known as one of the founders of the University of Michigan,established by the legislature in 1817.
Charles Miller Croswell was the 17th governor of Michigan from 1877 to 1881.
Frederick Dent Grant was a soldier and United States minister to Austria-Hungary. Grant was the first son of General and President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant and Julia Grant. He was named after his uncle,Frederick Dent.
Fred Maltby Warner was an American politician. He served as the 26th governor of Michigan from 1905 to 1911.
David Howell Jerome was an American politician. He served as the 18th governor of Michigan (1881–1883);he was the first governor to be born in Michigan.
Robert Lucas was the 12th governor of Ohio,serving from 1832 to 1836. He also served as the first governor of the Iowa Territory from 1838 to 1841.
The 1888 Republican National Convention was a presidential nominating convention held at the Auditorium Building in Chicago,Illinois,on June 19–25,1888. It resulted in the nomination of former Senator Benjamin Harrison of Indiana for president and Levi P. Morton of New York,a former Representative and Minister to France,for vice president. During the convention,Frederick Douglass was invited to speak and became the first African-American to have his name put forward for a presidential nomination in a major party's roll call vote;he received one vote from Kentucky on the fourth ballot.
The Woodworth political family is a collection of American and Canadian politicians who descend directly from colonial settler Walter Woodworth. They rose to prominence in the 19th century,serving in several states,in the United States House of Representatives,the House of Commons of Canada,and included America's first Surgeon General. In the modern era,two United States Presidents claim lineage to Walter.
James Hampden Robb was an American merchant and politician from New York.
Jedediah Philo Clark Emmons,more commonly referred to as Jed P. C. Emmons or J. P. C. Emmons,was an American attorney and politician who served as the 12th Florida Attorney General.
Patrick Outman is an American politician from Michigan. A member of the Republican,he is a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from the 91st district. First elected in 2020,he the state House on January 1,2021.
