Cyrus G. Luce

Cyrus Gray Luce ( born July 2, 1824 in Windsor, Ashtabula County, Ohio, † March 18, 1905 in Coldwater, Michigan ) was an American politician and from 1887 to 1891 the 21 governor of Michigan.

Early years

Cyrus Luce initially attended local schools in his home in Ohio. At the age of 12 he moved with his family to the Steuben County in Indiana, where he continued his education. Between 1841 and 1848 he worked in a weaving mill. In the year 1848 he undertook an unsuccessful attempt to be elected as a candidate of the Whigs in the House of Representatives of Indiana. After this defeat, he moved to the neighboring Michigan, where he earned in Branch County uncultivated land he was clearing and redesigned to good farmland.

Political rise

In 1852, Luce was elected to the County Council of Branch County. Cyrus Luce was also a co-founder of the Republican Party in 1854. For this party, he was 1855-1856 deputy in the House of Representatives from Michigan. From 1858 to 1860 he was treasurer in Branch County. Next, he was elected to the State Senate, where he remained from 1865 to 1868. In 1867 he was a member of a meeting to revise the state constitution. From 1879 to 1881 the office of Cyrus Luce oil officer of the state government of Michigan has held.

Governor of Michigan

In 1886, Luce was elected as a Republican candidate for governor of his country. He took up his new post on January 1, 1887 and after a very re-election in 1888 until January 1, 1891 shall remain in office. During his tenure, the position of a country gamekeeper (State game warden ) was created. The Prohibition Act was amended so that it was the lower levels of the administration reserves the right to adopt their own laws in this area.

Further CV

After the end of his governorship to Luce retired from politics and devoted himself to his private affairs. He died in March 1905 and was buried in Coldwater, Michigan. Cyrus Luce was married twice and had five children.