Albert May Todd (June 3, 1850–October 6, 1931) was a businessman and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He became known as the "Peppermint King" for founding a flourishing business in peppermint. June 3 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (155th in leap years), with 211 days remaining. ... Year 1850 (MDCCCL) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in leap years). ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties Libertarian Party State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Counties, Cities, and Towns Other countries Politics Portal      A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of... Official language(s) None (English, de-facto) Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Area  Ranked 11th  - Total 97,990 sq mi (253,793 km²)  - Width 239 miles (385 km)  - Length 491 miles (790 km)  - % water 41. ...

Todd was born near Nottawa, Michigan in St. Joseph County, the tenth and last child of Alfred and Mary Ann Hovey Todd, who had come to Michigan from upstate New York. He graduated from Sturgis High School and then studied chemistry at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Nottawa Township is a township located in St. ... St. ... NY redirects here. ... Sturgis is a city located in St. ... Northwestern University is a private, coeducational, non-sectarian research university, located in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois. ... Incorporated City in 1872. ...

After graduating, he traveled in Europe, where he studied mint production and brought back several varieties from European gardens. Mint was already widely cultivated in southwestern Michigan, and in 1869, after returning from Europe, he founded the A.M. Todd Company to extract flavorings and essential oils from mint and other botanicals. MiNT (MiNT is Now TOS) is an alternative operating system (OS) kernel for the Atari ST computer and its successors which is free software. ... MiNT (MiNT is Now TOS) is an alternative operating system (OS) kernel for the Atari ST computer and its successors which is free software. ... 1869 (MDCCCLXIX) is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Flavouring (or flavoring) is a product which is added to food in order to change or augment its taste. ... An essential oil is a concentrated, hydrophobic liquid containing volatile aromatic compounds from plants. ...

He developed scientific methods for testing various qualities of mint distillates which allowed a means of grading the oils. In 1875 he marketed the "Crystal White" brand of peppermint oil, with his own name featured prominently on the label as an assurance of quality. In 1891, he moved the company to Kalamazoo, where it still has offices over a century later. It is estimated that by the early 20th century, 90 percent of the world's supply of peppermint was grown within 75 miles of Kalamazoo and most of it was refined by the A.M. Todd Company. Distillation is a means of separating liquids through differences in their boiling points. ... 1875 (MDCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Binomial name Mentha × piperita L. Peppermint (Mentha × piperita) is a (usually) sterile hybrid mint, a cross between watermint (Mentha aquatica) and spearmint (Mentha spicata). ... Nickname: The Mall City Location of Kalamazoo within Kalamazoo County, Michigan Coordinates: Counties Kalamazoo County  - Mayor Hannah McKinney Area    - City 65. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... Binomial name Mentha × piperita L. Peppermint (Mentha × piperita) is a (usually) sterile hybrid mint, a cross between watermint (Mentha aquatica) and spearmint (Mentha spicata). ...

Todd's travels in Europe also spurred a lifelong interest in collecting rare books and artwork. At the time of his death, he owned over 11,000 volumes, including illuminated manuscripts and clay tablets dating to the 23rd century B.C. His art collection included 228 paintings, sculptures, pottery and porcelain works from all over the world. His donations helped to establish the Kalamazoo Public Museum (now the Kalamazoo Valley Museum) in 1927. He also established the A.M. Todd Rare Book Room at the Kalamazoo College Upjohn Library. Later bequests to the library by Todd's daughter, Ethel Todd Woodhams, and from Elizabeth Dewing Todd, the widow of Todd's son, Paul, brought together much of Todd's original collection. Other artwork and manuscripts were placed in collections at Western Michigan University and the University of Michigan. This article is 150 kilobytes or more in size. ... In the strictest definition of illuminated manuscript, only manuscripts decorated with gold or silver, like this miniature of Christ in Majesty from the Aberdeen Bestiary (folio 4v), would be considered illuminated. ... Small tablets made out of clay were used from late 4th millennium BC onwards as a writing medium in Sumerian, Mesopotamian, Hittite, and Minoan/Mycenaean civilizations. ... (24th century BC - 23rd century BC - 22nd century BC - other centuries) (4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC) 2334 BC - 2279 BC (short chronology) Sargon of Akkads conquest of Mesopotamia. ... For building painting, see painter and decorator. ... A sculpture is a three-dimensional object, which for the purposes of this article is man-made and selected for special recognition as art. ... Unfired green ware pottery on a traditional drying rack at Conner Prairie living history museum. ... “Fine China” redirects here. ... The Kalamazoo Valley Museum is a hands-on museum located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA. The museum is largely aimed at families, and focuses on science, technology, and history. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar). ... Kalamazoo College is a small, private liberal arts college located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. ... Western Michigan University (abbr. ... The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (UM, U of M or U-M) is a coeducational public research university in the U.S. state of Michigan. ...

Todd was an unsuccessful Prohibition candidate for Governor in 1894. He was elected as a Democrat from Michigan's 3rd congressional district to the United States House of Representatives for the Fifty-fifth Congress, serving from March 4, 1897 to March 3, 1899. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1898. The term Prohibition, also known as Dry Law, refers to a law in a certain country by which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages is restricted or illegal. ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States; the other being the Republican Party. ... United States House of Representatives, Michigan District 2 is a United States Congressional district in Western Michigan. ... Seal of the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress, the other being the Senate. ... // Dates of Sessions March 4, 1897, to March 3, 1899 Major Political Events Officers Senate House of Representatives Speaker of the House Thomas Brackett Reed Members of the Fifty-fifth United States Congress Senate Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (R-RI) William Vincent Allen (Pop-NE) William Boyd Allison (R-IA) Augustus... March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (64th in leap years). ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (63rd in leap years). ... Year 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... Year 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

Albert Todd died at his home in Kalamazoo, leaving his wife, Augusta Allman Todd, and five children. His descendants continue to run the A.M. Todd Company. He is interred at Mountain Home Cemetery in Kalamazoo.

Two of his sons, Albert J. Todd and Paul H. Todd, served as mayors and city commissioners of Kalamazoo, and his grandson Paul H. Todd, Jr. later filled his seat in Congress, 1965-1967. Paul Harold Todd, Jr. ...

Sources

• A.M. Todd Collection at the Kalamazoo Valley Museum
• A.M. Todd Rare Book Room at Kalamazoo College Upjohn Library
• A. M. Todd Company
• Mint in Michigan
• This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.