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History of Lansing, (Ingham County) MichiganFeatured Picture:  Looking South Down Washington in Lansing MI 15% - 35% off all Products ยป The Ready Store Biographies:Biography of Isaac Peckham Christiancy Isaac Peckham Christiancy, senator, was born in Johnstown, N.Y., March 12, 1812. Having at an early age to support his family, his education was somewhat limited, and for some time he taught school in order to obtain the means to pursue the more advanced branches of learning. He studied law under the tutelage of John Maynard, in 1836, and removed to Monroe, Mich. Here he was admitted to the bar, and from 1838 to 1857 practised his profession. From 1841 to 1846 he was prosecuting attorney for Monroe county. In 1848 he was a delegate to the Buffalo free soil convention, having differed from the Democratic party on the subject of slavery. From 1850 to 1852 he was a member of the state senate, and in the latter year was the unsuccessful candidate on the free soil ticket for governor. He was a prime mover in the political combination of 1854, of which the result was the organization of the Republican party. This party not only had its birth in Michigan, but received its name at a convention held in the city of Jackson. He was a delegate to the national convention held in Philadelphia in 1856. The following year he purchased and became the editor of the Monroe Commercial, which had up to that time been a Democratic paper. Later in 1857 he was an unsuccessful candidate for U. S. senator. In 1857 was elected judge of the supreme court, and was re-elected in 1865 and again in 1873. He became chief justice in 1872. He was elected U. S. senator in 1875, resigning his seat in 1877 and in 1879 was appointed by President Hayes United States minister to Peru, which office he held for two years, returning to the United States in 1881, when he resumed the practice of law. During the civil war he served on the staff of General Humphreys and on that of General Custer. He died at Lansing, Mich., Sept. 8, 1890. |
Michigan Facts: Ingham County Facts: Seat: MasonEstablished: 29 Oct 1829 Formed from: Washtenaw, Jackson and Eaton
Additional Local History Notes: The 1854 Gazetteer of the United States by Thomas Baldwin shows: LANSING, a post-township forming the N. W. extremity of Ingham co., Michigan. Population, 1229. The 1854 Gazetteer of the United States by Thomas Baldwin shows: LANSING, a thriving town of Ingham county, and capital of the State of Michigan, is situated on the Grand river, 110 miles N. W. from Detroit. Lat. 42? 42' 30" N., lon. 84? 28' W. This place was selected for the seat of government in 1847, being at that time surrounded by an almost unbroken wilderness. It is now the centre of an active and increasing trade, and is connected by plank-roads with Detroit, Jackson, and Marshall. The river affords an excellent waterpower, which is employed in flouring mills and factories. Lansing contains 4 churches, 2 newspaper offices, several hotels, and about 300 houses. The state house is a large and handsome building, situated on an eminence 50 feet above the level of Grand river. Population in 1853, about 2000. Lansing is situated 260 meters above sea level. |
