The Boy Governor : Stevens T. Mason and the Birth of Michigan Politics /

Overview: In 1831, Stevens T. Mason was named Secretary of the Michigan Territory at the tender age of 19, two years before he could even vote. The youngest presidential appointee in American history, Mason quickly stamped his persona on Michigan life in large letters. After championing the territor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Faber, Don, 1939-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Mason, Stevens Thomson, > 1811-1843.
Politics and government.
Governors.
Gouverneurs > Michigan > Biographies.
Governors > Michigan > Biography.
Michigan.
United States > Michigan Territory.
Michigan > Politique et gouvernement > 1837-1950.
Michigan (Territoire) > Politique et gouvernement.
Michigan (Territoire) > Histoire.
Michigan > Politics and government > 1837-1950.
Michigan Territory > Politics and government.
Michigan Territory > History.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The early years
  • The Michigan frontier
  • Mason, boy in charge
  • Statehood and the Toledo War
  • Building a state
  • The financial panic of 1837
  • The Patriot War
  • The five-million-dollar loan
  • Wildcat banks, failed railroads, and filled-in canals
  • Final disheartenment
  • Death and remembrance.

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