Former State nickname: Wolverine State or Great Lakes State Other U.S. States Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Governor Jennifer Granholm Official languages English Area 250,941 km² (11th)  - Land 147,255 km²  - Water 103,687 km² (41.3%) Population ( 2000)  - Population 9... Michigan Governor Charles M. Croswell was born at This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. If an article link referred you here, you might want to go back and fix it to point directly to the intended page. See also Newberg, Newborough, Newburg and Earl... Newburgh, Orange County is the name of several counties in the United States of America: Orange County, California: probably named for the city of Orange, California, which in turn may have been named after the orange groves that used to exist there. This is also the most populous and best known... Orange County, State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13.3%) Population ( 2000)  - Population 18,976,457 (3rd... New York, October 31st, Events January 4 - King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies dies and is succeeded by his son Francis I of the Two Sicilies. February 9 - After no presidential candidate received a majority of electoral votes, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams President of the United States... 1825. His father was a paper maker of Ulster-Scots is a term mainly used in Ireland and Britain (Scotch-Irish or Scots-Irishis commonly used in North America) primarily to refer to Presbyterian Scots, or their descendents, who migrated from the Scottish Lowlands to Ulster (the northern province of Ireland), largely across the 17th century. The... Scots-Irish extraction, who carried on business in This is an article about New York City; see also NYC, New York, and New York, New York. Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005. New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States and is at... New York City. The maiden name of his mother was Sallie Hicks. She was the daughter of Daniel and Rosanna Hicks, and a descendant of the "Rush" family, who lived near Peekskill is a city located in Westchester County, New York. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 22,441. It is known as the site of the Peekskill Riots, although they technically occurrred in the neighboring town of Cortlandt. Peekskill is the birthplace of current... Peekskill, on the Image of the Hudson River taken by NASA. View of the Hudson River in 1880s showing Jersey City View of the Hudson River from Battery Park, New York The Goldman Sachs Tower looms above the skyline of downtown Jersey City, New Jersey, overlooking the Hudson River. A view of Weehawken... Hudson river, in the State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13.3%) Population (2000)  - Population 18,976,457 (3rd)  - Density 155... State of New York.

When Croswell was seven years old, both of his parents and an only sister died, leaving him the sole surviving member of the family. He received a common school education in the City of New York, and at the age of eleven years he removed, with an uncle, from there to Adrian, Michigan, arriving at the latter place in July, 1837. Here he learned the A carpenter is a skilled craftsman who performs carpentry -- a wide range of woodworking that includes constructing buildings, furniture, and other large objects out of wood. Since most of carpentrys required knowledge is gained through experience, the profession is relatively easy to enter, but the job usually does not... carpenters’ trade, and worked at it until he had nearly attained his majority.

In 1846 he was appointed Deputy Clerk of Lenawee County and commenced the study of law. In 1848 he was the candidate of the This article is about the British Whig party. For other uses of the word Whig, see the disambiguation page. For a long time in British politics, the two main parties were the Tories (the Conservative Party) and the Whigs. The term Whig originates from the Exclusion Bill crisis of 1678... Whig party for County Clerk, but was defeated, the county giving a There are many political parties of diverse political orientation called the Democratic Party or similar. Albania — Democratic Alliance Party, Democratic Party, and Democratic Party of Albania, which are different Andorra — Democratic Party Australia — Australian Democrats Benin — Democratic Party (Parti Démocratique) Bosnia and Herzegovina — Croatian... Democratic majority of about 400. In 1850 he was nominated, by the same party, and elected Register of Deeds, and re-elected in 1852. In 1854 he was a member and Secretary of the State Convention at Jackson which organized the Republican Party is a name used by many political parties. Afghanistan — Republican Party of Afghanistan (Hezb-e Jomhorikhahan) Albania — Republican Party of Albania Angola — Republican Party of Angola Armenia — Republican Party of Armenia Comoros — Republican Party of Comoros Estonia — Republican Party (Estonia) Germany —... Republican party.

In 1855 he formed a law partnership with Judge T. M. Cooley, now of the The supreme court in some countries, provinces, and states, is the highest court in that jurisdiction and functions as a court of last resort whose rulings cannot be appealed. In the United States, for example, there is a federal Supreme Court as well as supreme courts within most of the... Supreme Court, which continued until 1859. In 1862 he was appointed City Attorney of Adrian, and in the same year was elected mayor. At the general election in the fall of 1862, he was chosen A State Senator is a member of a state Senate, the upper legislative chamber in the government of a U.S. state. There are typically fewer state senators than there are members of a state House of Representatives. In the past, this meant that senators represented various regions within a... State Senator, and re-elected to the same position in 1864 and in 1866, serving three terms in that body. During this whole period he was President pro tempore and Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. If an article link referred you here, you might want to go back and fix it... Judiciary Committee.

In 1867 he was elected a member of the Alternative meaning: Constitutional convention A Constitutional Convention is a gathering of persons for the purpose of drawing up a constitution, or planning to modify one. In British constitutional law the Convention Parliament of the late Stuart era may perhaps be considered one of these. Canada also had a constitutional convention... Constitutional Convention, and selected to preside over it. In 1868 he was chosen an elector on the Republican Presidential ticket, casting, with his associates, the vote of the State of Michigan for Ulysses Simpson Grant ( April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was an American Civil War general and the 18th ( 1869– 1877) president of the United States. Grant won many important battles, rose to become general-in-chief of all Union armies, and is credited with winning the war. But... Grant and Schuyler Colfax (March 23, 1823–January 13, 1885) was a Representative from Indiana and the 17th Vice President of the United States. Colfax was born in New York City. In 1836 he moved with his parents to New Carlisle, Indiana. He was appointed deputy auditor of St. Joseph County... Colfax. In 1872 he was elected a representative in the State Legislature, and made Speaker of the House. He also, for several years, served as Secretary of the State Board of Corrections and Charities, repeatedly visiting nearly all the poor-houses and jails of the State.

In 1876 he was nominated by the Republican Party is a name used by many political parties. Afghanistan — Republican Party of Afghanistan (Hezb-e Jomhorikhahan) Albania — Republican Party of Albania Angola — Republican Party of Angola Armenia — Republican Party of Armenia Comoros — Republican Party of Comoros Estonia — Republican Party (Estonia) Germany —... Republican party, for Michigan Governors Territorial Governors State Governors From statehood until the election of 1966, governors were elected to two-year terms. Elections are held in November and the governor assumes office the following January, except in the case of death or resignation. From statehood until 1851, elections were held in odd... Governor of Michigan, and was elected by a majority of 23,434 over his Democratic competitor. He was re-nominated in 1878, and succeeded by a majority of 47,777 over his highest opponent.

Croswell was married on the 4th of February, 1852, to Miss Lucy M. Eddy, daughter of Morton and Wealthy Eddy, pioneers of Adrian. Mrs. Croswell died March 9th, 1868, leaving one son and two daughters, as follows: Charles Morton, Hattie and Lucy Elizabeth. Governor Croswell was for four years an Alderman, and ten years a member and secretary of the school board of Adrian. He was the second captain of the old Adrian guards, having been elected after the departure of Captain Hicks, for The United Mexican States or Mexico ( Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos or México; regarding the use of the variant spelling Méjico, see section The name below) is a country located in North America, bordered to the north by the United States of America, to the southeast by... Mexico, in 1847.

Pieces of this article have been extracted from History and Biographical Record of Lenawee County, State nickname: Wolverine State or Great Lakes State Other U.S. States Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Governor Jennifer Granholm Official languages English Area 250,941 km² (11th)  - Land 147,255 km²  - Water 103,687 km² (41.3%) Population ( 2000)  - Population 9... Michigan: Volume I, 1879, Page 310