Portrait and biographical album of Washtenaw County, Michigan, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States . HE HON. EPAPHRODI-TUS RANSOM, the SeventhGovernor of Michigan, was anative of Massachusetts. Inthat State he received a col-legiate education, studied hiw,and was admitted to tlie to Michigan aboutthe time of its admission to theUnion, he took up his residenceat Kalamazoo. Mr. Ransom served with markedaijility for a number of years in theSta
Portrait and biographical album of Washtenaw County, Michigan, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States . HE HON. EPAPHRODI-TUS RANSOM, the SeventhGovernor of Michigan, was anative of Massachusetts. Inthat State he received a col-legiate education, studied hiw,and was admitted to tlie to Michigan aboutthe time of its admission to theUnion, he took up his residenceat Kalamazoo. Mr. Ransom served with markedaijility for a number of years in theState Legislature, and in 1837 he was appointed As-sociate Justice of the Supreme Court. In 1843 hewas promoted to Chief Justice, which office he re-tained until 1845, when he resigned. Shortly afterwards he became deeply interested inthe building of plank roads in the western portion ofthe State, and in this business lost the greater portionof the property which he had accumulated by yearsof toil and industry. Mr. Ransom became Governor of the State ofMichigan in the fall of 1847, and served during oneterm, performing the duties of the office in a trulystatesmanlike manner. He subsequently becamePresident of the Michigan Agricultural Soc
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