Lewis Cass was an American military officer,politician,and statesman. He represented Michigan in the United States Senate and served in the Cabinets of two U.S. Presidents,Andrew Jackson and James Buchanan. He was also the 1848 Democratic presidential nominee. A slave owner himself,he was a leading spokesman for the doctrine of popular sovereignty,which held that the people in each territory should decide whether to permit slavery.
John Patton was the mayor of Detroit,Michigan,in 1858–1859.
Solomon Sibley was an American politician and jurist in the Michigan Territory who became the first mayor of Detroit.
John R. Williams was an American soldier,merchant,and politician who is best known for serving as the first mayor of Detroit,Michigan,after the city's reincorporation. In total,he served as Detroit's mayor for five other terms. He also was a brigadier general in the United States Army during the Black Hawk War.
Michigan Territory's at-large congressional district is an obsolete congressional district that encompassed the area of the Michigan Territory prior to admitting Michigan to the Union. The territory was established on June 30,1805,from Indiana Territory. In 1819,the territory was given the authority to elect a congressional delegate until statehood in 1837.
George Pierre Codd was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Jonathan Kearsley (1786–1859) was an American military officer and politician. He fought in the War of 1812 and was a two-time mayor of Detroit.
Thomas R. Williams was an antebellum United States Army officer and a brigadier general in the Union Army during the Civil War. He was killed as he commanded the Union troops at the Battle of Baton Rouge.
Andrew Mack was an American businessman and politician who,among other things,co-founded the Detroit Free Press,served as mayor of Detroit,Michigan,and whose land holdings became a portion of the town of Marysville.
Elijah Brush was a lawyer and politician from Detroit,Michigan.
Levi Cook was an American business and politician who served two terms as the mayor of Detroit,Michigan,and one in the Michigan House of Representatives.
Philip Breitmeyer was a florist,one of the founders of Florists' Telegraph Delivery,and the mayor of Detroit,Michigan.
Peter John Desnoyers was a silversmith and businessman,and a leading citizen of early Detroit,Michigan.
Peter Desnoyers was a businessman and politician from Detroit,Michigan,and served as an early State Treasurer of Michigan.
Thomas Hunt (1754—1808) was an American military officer who served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and later served in the United States Army where he rose to the rank of colonel and served until his death.
The Campau family of Detroit,Michigan,was established when noble French brothers Michel and Jacques Campau settled in Detroit,Michigan in 1707 and 1708,respectively. Jacques,Joseph Campau,and BarnabéCampau are among the Barons of Detroit,according to Richard R. Elliott,because they had "ancestral virtues most worthily perpetuated."
Conrad"Old Coon" Ten Eyck,also known as Conrad TenEyck or Teneyck,was an American politician in the U.S. state of Michigan in the mid-19th century. He served as a member of the Michigan Senate starting in its inaugural session in 1835,and as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives in 1846.
Charles Moran was an American businessman,jurist,and politician who served three terms in the Michigan House of Representatives. His family was prominent in early Detroit,and he is also related to the Campau and Dequindre families who were influential in the growth of the city.
Abraham Edwards was an American physician and politician in the U.S. state of Michigan. He served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812 and was president of the Michigan Territorial Council for a majority of its existence.
