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== Early life == |
== Early life == |
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Mack was born in [[New London, Connecticut]], and was a sailor as a young man, having sailed around the world three times.<ref name="farmer1890">{{cite book | title=History of Detroit and Wayne County and early Michigan | volume=2 | first=Silas | last=Farmer | publisher=Munsell & Co. | location=New York | year=1890 | page=1031 | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=0zbiAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1031&lpg=PA1031&dq=andrew+mack+mayor+detroit&source=bl&ots=UEbhCUAOXT&sig=2yl4OnWSe7vbl6vomZIeBR8VVpg&hl=en&ei=eo1sTOP2NoG4sQOn_Oy7Bw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDQQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=andrew%20mack%20mayor%20detroit&f=false}}</ref> In 1804,{{#tag:ref|Possibly 1808.<ref name=" |
Mack was born in [[New London, Connecticut]], and was a sailor as a young man, having sailed around the world three times.<ref name="farmer1890">{{cite book | title=History of Detroit and Wayne County and early Michigan | volume=2 | first=Silas | last=Farmer | publisher=Munsell & Co. | location=New York | year=1890 | page=1031 | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=0zbiAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1031&lpg=PA1031&dq=andrew+mack+mayor+detroit&source=bl&ots=UEbhCUAOXT&sig=2yl4OnWSe7vbl6vomZIeBR8VVpg&hl=en&ei=eo1sTOP2NoG4sQOn_Oy7Bw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDQQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=andrew%20mack%20mayor%20detroit&f=false}}</ref> In 1804,{{#tag:ref|Possibly 1808.<ref name="farmer1890"/>|group=N}} he drove a herd of [[merino]] sheep that he had purchased in Spain eastward to [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]], where he established a [[wool]] factory<ref>{{cite book | title=Early history of Michigan | first=Stephen D. | last=Bingham | publisher=Thorp & Godfrey | year=1888 | page=427 | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=GRMVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA427&dq=andrew+mack+detroit&hl=en&ei=orFsTPWDF5P0tgO7kpiOCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwADgU#v=onepage&q=andrew%20mack%20detroit&f=false}}</ref> and a hotel. In the [[War of 1812]], he was the captain of a military company<ref name="farmer1890"/> and subsequently served as member of the Cincinnati City Council<ref name="greve"/>{{rp|534}} and as a state senator in the [[Ohio General Assembly]].<ref>{{cite book | title=The corporate city: the American city as a political entity, 1800-1850 | first=Leonard P. | last=Curry | publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group | year=1997 | isbn=0313302774 | page=110 | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=avI47xG7jbYC&pg=PA110&dq=andrew+mack+mayor&hl=en&ei=FORsTPKsEIWisQOQoPG1Cw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAjgU#v=onepage&q=andrew%20mack%20mayor&f=false}}</ref> He ran for [[List of mayors of Cincinnati|Mayor of Cincinnati]] in the spring of 1829, but lost to the incumbent [[Isaac G. Burnet]].<ref name="greve">{{cite book | title=Centennial history of Cincinnati and representative citizens | volume=1 | first=Charles Theodore | last=Greve | publisher=Biographical Pub. Co. | year=1904 | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=eJxABLtxX60C&pg=PA584&dq=andrew+mack+mayor&hl=en&ei=1d9sTIOwK4zGsAPl1Oj6Cg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=andrew%20mack%20mayor&f=false}}</ref>{{rp|584}} |
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== Arrival in Michigan == |
== Arrival in Michigan == |
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Revision as of 17:32, 19 August 2010
Andrew Mack (1780–1854[1][N 1]) was an American businessman and politician who, among other things, co-founded the Detroit Free Press, served as mayor of Detroit, Michigan, and whose land holdings became the basis of the town of Marysville.
Early life
Mack was born in New London, Connecticut, and was a sailor as a young man, having sailed around the world three times.[3] In 1804,[N 2] he drove a herd of merino sheep that he had purchased in Spain eastward to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he established a wool factory[4] and a hotel. In the War of 1812, he was the captain of a military company[3] and subsequently served as member of the Cincinnati City Council[5]: 534 and as a state senator in the Ohio General Assembly.[6] He ran for Mayor of Cincinnati in the spring of 1829, but lost to the incumbent Isaac G. Burnet.[5]: 584
Arrival in Michigan
President Andrew Jackson appointed him to become customs collector for Detroit in 1829,[7] a post he held for ten years. Upon his arrival in the Michigan Territory, he became involved with the local militia and gained the appellation "Colonel".[3]
Detroit Free Press
In 1831, Sheldon McKnight established the Democratic Free Press and Michigan Intelligencer and less than a year later, the newspaper was purchased by a consortium of citizens, one of whom was Mack.[8]
Mayor
Mayor Charles Christopher Trowbridge was elected in early 1834 during a cholera epidemic, but abruptly resigned. Mack won the ensuing special election on September 24 with 91 votes. In the general election the following year, Mack ran for re-election, but lost. He tried again in 1837, but also was unsuccessful.[9]
Notes
References
- ^ Romig, Walter (1986). Michigan Place Names. Wayne State University Press. p. 431. ISBN 081431838X.
- ^ The government of the city of Detroit and Wayne County, Michigan: 1701 to 1907. 1907. p. 29.
- ^ a b c d Farmer, Silas (1890). History of Detroit and Wayne County and early Michigan. Vol. 2. New York: Munsell & Co. p. 1031.
- ^ Bingham, Stephen D. (1888). Early history of Michigan. Thorp & Godfrey. p. 427.
- ^ a b Greve, Charles Theodore (1904). Centennial history of Cincinnati and representative citizens. Vol. 1. Biographical Pub. Co.
- ^ Curry, Leonard P. (1997). The corporate city: the American city as a political entity, 1800-1850. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 110. ISBN 0313302774.
- ^ Bruchey, Stuart (ed.) (1979). The Management of Public Lands in the U. S. Series. Ayer Publishing. p. 63. ISBN 0405113153.
{{cite book}}:|first=has generic name (help) - ^ Farmer, Silas (1884). The history of Detroit and Michigan. p. 685.
- ^ Ross, Robert B. (1898). Landmarks of Detroit: A History of the City. p. dcccxxv.
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