Cabinet counties
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The Cabinet counties are ten
Cabinet.[1] The Michigan Territorial legislature created twelve counties in 1829, naming eight of them after members of the recently elected Jackson's cabinet. Cass County was also created in 1829 and named for Lewis Cass, the Territorial Governor at the time. Cass later served in Jackson's Cabinet, making a case for it to be included as a cabinet county. Livingston County was created in 1833 and named for Edward Livingston
, Jackson's Secretary of State at the time.
The generally accepted reason for the naming of these counties after Jackson Administration members is that the Michigan Territory was trying to gain support of these officials in its
Toledo Strip
.
In one of his last acts in office, Jackson signed the 1837 bill making Michigan the 26th state.
- U.S. Postmaster General William T. Barry
- U.S. Attorney General John M. Berrien
- U.S. Secretary of the Navy John Branch
- U.S. Vice President John C. Calhoun
- Cass County, Michigan, named for Jackson's second Secretary of War, Lewis Cass
- Eaton County, Michigan, named for Secretary of War John Eaton
- U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Samuel D. Ingham
- Jackson County, Michigan, named for Andrew Jackson himself
- Livingston County, Michigan, named for Jackson's second Secretary of State, Edward Livingston
- U.S. Secretary of State (later Vice President and then President) Martin Van Buren
See also
- List of Michigan counties
References
- ISBN 0-8143-1838-X.
External links
- Toledo War at Holy Toledo! [1]