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The new state of Michigan elected its new senators in 1835, both Jacksonians: Lucius Lyon (Class 1) and John Norvell (Class 2). They were not seated until January 26, 1837, due to a territorial dispute with Ohio. In the term beginning March 4, 1837, they would sit as Democrats.
The 1st Michigan Legislature, consisting of the Michigan Senate and the Michigan House of Representatives, met in Detroit in three sessions between November 2, 1835, and July 26, 1836, during the first year of Stevens T. Mason's governorship of the (prospective) state.
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. [ 1 ]
As these U.S. Senate elections were prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, senators were chosen by state legislatures. Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1834 and 1835, and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to legislative deadlock. [1]
William Jackson Moody was born in Unity, New Hampshire, in 1796, to Israel Moody and Rebecca Jackson. [1] He lost his left arm fighting in the War of 1812. [2]He graduated Phi Beta Kappa [3] from Dartmouth College in 1821 [4] and studied law alongside William H. Seward under Elijah Miller, who became Seward's father-in-law.
(The Center Square) – Michigan’s race for U.S. Senate remains too close to call on election night. Republican Mike Johnson led Democrat Rep. Elissa Slotkin 50.2% to 47% at around 11:45 p.m ...
His father became a judge in Philadelphia, and Summers settled in Shelby, Michigan, in 1831, where he was a farmer. [1] Summers was elected as a Democrat to the Michigan House of Representatives in 1835 after the adoption of the state's first constitution. He later served six terms in the Michigan Senate.
In 1834, Barry moved to Constantine, Michigan, and opened a general store in that village's first frame-built building. He became justice of the peace in 1831 while in White Pigeon and continued until 1835. Barry was a prominent participant from the 13th district in the 1835 convention that drafted Michigan's first constitution.