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The Men Who Ruled Michigan
From the time Michigan declared herself a
state in 1835, it has been led by a variety of confounding and
complex governors. The infamous boy governor, the governor
who made his living "on the sins of the people", the governor
who married his daughter, the governor who was thrown off the
state supreme court and sent to jail. The governor
campaigned on his farming strengths, the governor who built a
bridge, the governor who waged war. Who were these men,
and what are their stories? Come and learn about some of
Michigan's more interesting - and infamous - governors.
Valerie Marvin works
for Visitor Tour Services at the Michigan State Capitol. She is
an architectural historian, who earned her Master’s in Historic
Preservation from Eastern Michigan University in 2009. She is
known for her research on Elijah Myers, architect of the
Michigan State Capitol, and one of the leading architect’s of
government building in the latter half of the 19th
century. Currently she serves as an officer with the Historical
Society of Greater Lansing.