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January 26, 1837 - Michigan is the 26th state admitted to the Union.
Area - 96,705 sq. miles Capital - Lansing © Copyright 2005 Roger W Hancock
Motto - Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice (Latin - If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you.) Nickname - Wolverine State, Great Lakes State

- In 1805 the Michigan Territory is created.
- Detroit is designated as the seat of government for the Territory in 1805.
- William Hull is appointed Territorial Governor in 1805.
- Stevens T. Mason in 1834 becomes acting Territorial Governor at age 22.
- The First Constitutional Convention is held in 1835.
- The "boy Governor", Stevens T. Mason is elected Governor in 1835.
- Michigan is admitted to the Union in 1837 as the 26th state.
- The Michigan Republican Party is organized in 1854 in Jackson.
- The male voters of Michigan in 1874 vote against the woman's right to vote.
- Michigan women in 1875 are given the right to vote in school elections.
- Michigan holds its first primary election in 1910. © Copyright 2005 Roger W Hancock
- Michigan women in 1918 are granted the right to vote.
- Grand Rapids' Gerald R. Ford in 1974 becomes the 38th President of the United States when Richard Nixon resigns.
- The 1980 Republican National Convention is held in Detroit.
- The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library is dedicated in Ann Arbor in 1981.
- In 1981 the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum is dedicated in Grand Rapids.
- Michigan adopts term limits in 1992. The constitutional amendment limits the number of terms an official can serve as governor or as a federal or state Senator or Representative.

One Vote Counts in Michigan.
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