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On August 10, 1781, Congress selected Robert R. Livingston, a delegate from New York, as the first Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Livingston was unable to take office until October 20, 1781. Livingston was unable to take office until October 20, 1781.
He is best known as the last Secretary of the Michigan Territory (1835–1838), Secretary of the Oregon Territory (1849–1850), and serving a two-month term as Governor of the Oregon Territory after the resignation of General Joseph Lane. He was appointed to the last two positions by President James K. Polk.
Michigan Secretary of State elections (12 P) Pages in category "Secretaries of state of Michigan" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total.
The Secretary of State is the third-highest elected official in Michigan, and serves as acting governor in the absence of the governor and lieutenant governor. [ 1 ] Under state law, the secretary of state must have at least one office in each of Michigan's 83 counties .
He ultimately served a record 24 years as the first African American Secretary of State, not just in Michigan, but the nation. He became known as “Mr. Traffic Safety” for spearheading the ...
Berrien was born on August 23, 1781, at Rockingham, his parents' home in Rocky Hill, New Jersey. His father was Major John Berrien, son of Judge John Berrien, and his mother was Margaret Macpherson. [1] The next year his parents moved with him to Savannah, Georgia, in 1782. His mother died three years later. [2]
The first state created from the Northwest Territory was Ohio in 1803, and the remaining territory was renamed Indiana Territory. The other four states were Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin. A portion (about a third) of what later became Minnesota was also part of the territory.
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D) and tech billionaire Elon Musk got into a days-long back-and-forth on the social platform X about voter registration in the Wolverine State. On ...