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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MichiganLewis CASS
(1782-1866)
Senate Years of Service:
1845-1848; 1849-1857Party: Democrat; DemocratCASS, Lewis,
(great-great-grandfather of Cass Ballenger), a Senator from
Michigan; born in Exeter, N.H., October 9, 1782; attended Exeter
Academy; moved with his parents to Wilmington, Del., in 1799 and
taught school there; moved to the Northwest Territory in 1801 and
settled on a farm near Zanesville, Ohio; studied law and was
admitted to the bar in 1802; member, State house of representatives
1806; United States marshal for the district of Ohio 1807-1812,
when he resigned to enlist in the Army; served in the United States
Army 1813-1814, attaining the rank of brigadier general; military
and civil Governor of Michigan Territory 1813-1831; settled in
Detroit; appointed Secretary of War by President Andrew Jackson and
served from 1831 to 1836, when he resigned, having been appointed
to a diplomatic post; Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary to France 1836-1842; elected as a Democrat to the
United States Senate and served from March 4, 1845, until May 29,
1848, when he resigned, having been nominated for President of the
United States; chairman, Committee on Military Affairs (Thirtieth
Congress); unsuccessful candidate for President on the Democratic
ticket in 1848; again elected to the United States Senate on
January 20, 1849, to fill the vacancy caused by his own
resignation; was reelected, and served from March 4, 1849, to March
3, 1857; served as President pro tempore of the Senate during the
Thirty-third Congress; appointed Secretary of State by President
James Buchanan and served from 1857 until his resignation in 1860;
returned to Detroit, Mich., and engaged in literary pursuits; died
in Detroit, Mich., June 17, 1866; interment in Elmwood
Cemetery.
Bibliography
Dictionary of American Biography; Klunder, Willard C.
Lewis Cass and the Politics of Moderation. Kent, OH: Kent
State University Press, 1996; Wooford, Frank B. Lewis Cass: The
Last Jeffersonian. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press,
1950.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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