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词条 George Coe (Michigan politician)
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  1. Early life

  2. Political career

  3. References

  4. Further reading

  5. External links

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|successor1 = Edmund Burke Fairfield
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George Alonzo Coe (August 16, 1811 – October 21, 1869) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served as the 11th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan.

Early life

Coe was born in Rush, New York and moved to Illinois at a young age. He was raised on his father’s farm until the age of fourteen and then attended school and taught school.[1] He studied law with Judge Pratt in Rochester, New York and began the practice of law in Coldwater, Michigan in 1839. In 1856, Coe became a law partner with future Congressman Charles Upson.[2]

Political career

Coe held various political positions in Michigan, and was elected as a Whig candidate to the Michigan House of Representatives in 1840.[3] In 1846 he was elected to the Michigan Senate to represent the 4th District, and in 1847 he was elected to the State Senate to represent the 3rd District. Coe was elected as the first Republican to serve as the 11th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan.{{Citation needed|date = June 2014}} He served as Lieutenant Governor from 1855-1859 under Michigan Governor Kinsley Bingham.[4]

Coe was also a delegate to the 1856 Republican National Convention from Michigan, which nominated John C. Fremont for U. S. President, however Fremont lost to James Buchanan in the general election.[5] Coe left office in 1859 at the age of fifty-eight, and resumed his legal practice.

He died in Coldwater, Michigan on October 21, 1869, ten years after leaving office.[6] He is interred in Oak Grove Cemetery in Coldwater.

References

1. ^{{cite book|last1=the University of Michigan|title=EARLY HISTORY WITH BIOGRAPHIES OF STATE OFFICERS|date=1888|publisher=the University of Michigan|page=181|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oSf2X1Es73cC&pg=PA181 |accessdate=13 June 2014}}
2. ^{{cite book|last1=Hubbell|first1=John T. and Geary, James W.|title=Biographical Dictionary of the Union: Northern Leaders of the Civil War|date=1995|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|page=548|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5icXs8tT3XsC&pg=PA548 |accessdate=13 June 2014}}
3. ^{{cite book|last1=the University of Michigan|title=EARLY HISTORY WITH BIOGRAPHIES OF STATE OFFICERS|date=1888|publisher=the University of Michigan|page=181|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oSf2X1Es73cC&pg=PA181 |accessdate=13 June 2014}}
4. ^{{cite book|last1=Collin,|first1=Rev. Henry P.|title=A TWENTIETH CENTURY History and Biographical Record OF BRANCH COUNTY, MICHIGAN|date=1906|publisher=REV. HENRY P. COLLIN, M. A.|page=216|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j0l6jQhV4FgC&pg=PA216 |accessdate=13 June 2014}}
5. ^{{cite book|last1=Republican Party (Mich.)|title=Proceedings at celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the birth of the Republican party: at Jackson, Michigan, July 6, 1904|date=1904|publisher=Republican Party (Mich.)|page=74|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rj3iAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA74 |accessdate=13 June 2014}}
6. ^{{cite book|last1=The Society|title=Historical Collections, Volume 14|date=1908|publisher=The Society|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qREUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA66 |accessdate=13 June 2014}}

Further reading

  • {{cite book | last = Bingham | first = Stephen D. | title = Early history of Michigan, with biographies of state officers, members of Congress, judges and legislators. Pub. pursuant to act 59, 1887 | origyear = 1888 | url = http://name.umdl.umich.edu/bad6021.0001.001 | accessdate = 2007-07-26 | year = 2005 | publisher = University of Michigan Library | location = Ann Arbor, Mich. | pages = 181 | chapter = s.v. George Coe | chapterurl = http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=micounty&cc=micounty&idno=bad6021.0001.001&frm=frameset&view=image&seq=187}}

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20130403034344/http://www.michigan.gov/formergovernors/0,4584,7-212--95494--,00.html Michigan's Former Lt. Governors]


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10 : 1811 births|1869 deaths|Lieutenant Governors of Michigan|Michigan state senators|Members of the Michigan House of Representatives|People from Rush, New York|Michigan Whigs|19th-century American politicians|Michigan Republicans|People from Coldwater, Michigan

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