Isaac E. Crary

Isaac E. Crary
11th Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives
In office
1846–1846
Preceded by Alfred H. Hanscom
Succeeded by George Washington Peck
Member of the Michigan House of Representatives
from the Calhoun district
In office
January 3, 1842 – May 18, 1846
Preceded by Charles Olin
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Michigan's at-large district
In office
January 26, 1837 – March 3, 1841
Preceded by Statehood
Succeeded by Jacob M. Howard
Personal details
Born Isaac Edwin Crary
(1804-10-02)October 2, 1804
Preston, Connecticut
Died May 8, 1854(1854-05-08) (aged 49)
Marshall, Michigan
Resting place Oakridge Cemetery, Marshall, Michigan
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Jacksonian Democrats
Alma mater Trinity College

Isaac Edwin Crary (October 2, 1804 – May 8, 1854) was an American politician. He was the first elected U.S. Representative from the state of Michigan.[1]

Early life

Crary was born in Preston, Connecticut, where he attended the public schools and graduated from Trinity College, Hartford, in its first class in 1827.[2] He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in Hartford. During this time he was also assistant editor of the New England Weekly Review. He moved to Marshall, Michigan, in 1833.

Career

Crary was a delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1835 and upon the admission of Michigan as a state into the Union, he was elected on October 5 and 6, 1835, as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress.[3] Due to Michigan’s dispute with Ohio over the Toledo Strip (see the Toledo War), Congress refused to accept his credentials and he was seated as a delegate until Congress admitted Michigan as a state of the Union on January 26, 1837. He was re-elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses, and served until March 3, 1841.

He served as regent of the University of Michigan from 1837 to 1844, and with John D. Pierce wrote the education article of the 1835 constitution.[4] Crary was appointed a member of the State board of education from 1820 to 1852. Crary and Pierce planned Michigan's public school system and established a separate department of education run by a superintendent, introducing uniform schooling in Michigan.[5]

He was editor of the Marshall Expounder for several years and a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 1842 to 1846, serving as speaker of the house in 1846.[6]

Death

Crary died in Marshall, Michigan and is interred at Oakridge Cemetery in Marshall.

Legacy

Isaac E. Crary Elementary School in Detroit, Michigan[7] and Isaac E. Crary Middle School in Waterford, Michigan[8] were named in his honor.

References

  1. ↑ "Isaac Crary and John Pierce / State School System". michmarkers.com. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
  2. ↑ "CRARY, Isaac Edwin, (1804 - 1854)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
  3. ↑ "The Biography of Isaac Edwin Crary". History50states.com. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
  4. ↑ Willis F. Dunbar and George S. May, Michigan: A History of the Wolverine State (Grand Rapids: Eerdman's 1995), p. 282.
  5. ↑ "Isaac Crary and John Pierce / State School System". michmarkers.com. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Isaac Edwin Crary". Find A Grave. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
  7. ↑ http://publicschoolsk12.com/elementary-schools/mi/wayne-county/261200004689.html
  8. ↑ http://www.city-data.com/school/isaac-e-crary-middle-school-mi.html

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