MI SR0183

Stevens T. Mason was appointed Territorial Secretary of Michigan by President Andrew Jackson in 1831 at age 19 and frequently served as acting Governor until 1834.

Mason was elected Governor of Michigan in 1835 at age 24, making him the youngest state Governor in American history, and championed education by establishing a superintendent of public instruction and promoting Ann Arbor as the University of Michigan's permanent site.

Mason led Michigan's path to statehood by initiating a territorial census and guiding the territory through the border dispute with Ohio known as the Toledo War.

Mason's body was laid to rest in Capitol Park, Detroit on October 27, 2010, and lay in state in the Capitol Rotunda on October 26, 2010, an honor bestowed upon only three other Michigan Governors.

A copy of this resolution is to be transmitted to the Michigan Historical Society in commemoration of Mason's legacy.