The Boy Governor: Stevens T. Mason and the Birth of Michigan Politics

by Don Faber

In 1831, Stevens T. Mason was named Secretary of the Michigan Territory at the tender age of 19, two years before he could even vote. The youngest presidential appointee in American history, Mason quickly stamped his persona on Michigan life in large letters. After championing the territory's successful push for statehood without congressional authorization, he would defend his new state's border in open defiance of the country's political elite...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 047205158X
• ISBN13: 9780472051588
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: University of Michigan Regional
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"