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| | |  21st Congress: Encyclopedia II - Michigan Territory - History and government
Michigan Territory - Pre-history.
After the arrival of Europeans, the area that became the Michigan Territory was first under French and then British control. Following the American Revolutionary War, several states had competing claims on land in the region. In 1779, Virginia established Illinois County with boundaries that encompassed all of the land east of the Mississippi River, north of the Ohio River and west of the Appalachian Mountains. However, the county government for all practical purposes never exerc ...
See also:Michigan Territory, Michigan Territory - History and government, Michigan Territory - Pre-history, Michigan Territory - Organization, Michigan Territory - Territorial acquisition, Michigan Territory - Territorial subdivisions, Michigan Territory - Territorial population, Michigan Territory - Territorial governors, Michigan Territory - Congressional delegates Read more here: » Michigan Territory: Encyclopedia II - Michigan Territory - History and government |
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| | | | 21st Congress: Encyclopedia II - Richard Mentor Johnson - Elected Office
Richard Mentor Johnson - Kentucky House of Representatives.
Johnson was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1804-1806 and again in 1819.
Johnson was again elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1850, but he died in Frankfort, Kentucky soon after taking his seat.
Richard Mentor Johnson - United States House of Representatives.
Johnson was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Tenth and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1807-March 3, 1819). He was chairman of the Committee on Cl ...
See also:Richard Mentor Johnson, Richard Mentor Johnson - Childhood and Family, Richard Mentor Johnson - Education, Richard Mentor Johnson - Military, Richard Mentor Johnson - Career, Richard Mentor Johnson - Elected Office, Richard Mentor Johnson - Kentucky House of Representatives, Richard Mentor Johnson - United States House of Representatives, Richard Mentor Johnson - United States Senate, Richard Mentor Johnson - Vice-President, Richard Mentor Johnson - Grave and legacy, Richard Mentor Johnson - External link Read more here: » Richard Mentor Johnson: Encyclopedia II - Richard Mentor Johnson - Elected Office |
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| | | | 21st Congress: Encyclopedia II - Richard Mentor Johnson - Grave and legacy Johnson is interred in the Frankfort Cemetery, in Frankfort, Kentucky.
Named for Johnson are counties in Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri and Nebraska.
Johnson County, Illinois was named for Johnson in 1812, even before he claimed to have killed Tecumseh.
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| | | | 21st Congress: Encyclopedia II - Michigan Territory - Territorial population It's unclear if these census numbers include Native Americans. In 1800, the whole of the Northwest Territory had 43,365 residents. Under the Northwest Ordinance, a territory could apply for statehood once it had surpassed 60,000 inhabitants.
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| | | | 21st Congress: Encyclopedia II - Michigan Territory - Territorial subdivisions Wayne County, Michigan, originally part of the vast Northwest Territory, was eventually whittled down into its current size by the separation of several tracts: Monroe in 1817, Michilimackinac County, Michigan (later called Mackinac and subdivided seven times further) and Macomb Counties in 1818, St. Clair and St. Joseph Counties in 1820 and Washtenaw County in 1822. (Chippewa County was created from Mackinac in 1826, four other Michigan counties were eventually created from that land, and other parts went to Minnesota.) The fir ...
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| | | | 21st Congress: Encyclopedia II - Richard Mentor Johnson - Childhood and Family Johnson was born at "Beargrass", Jefferson County, Kentucky, near the present site of Louisville. As a young child, he moved with his family to Scott County, Kentucky. He never married, but, had a long-term relationship with Julia Chinn, a family slave. Together, they had two daughters, Adaline Chinn Johnson and Imogene Chinn Johnson.
His brothers James and John Telemachus and his nephew Robert Ward Johnson were all members of the House o ...
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