John S. Barry

John Stewart Barry ( born January 29, 1802 in Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire; † January 14, 1870 in Constantine, Michigan ) was an American politician and from 1842 to 1846 and the fourth from 1850 to 1852 of 8 Governor of the State of Michigan.

Early years and rise in Michigan

Very early John Barry moved with his parents from New Hampshire to Rockingham in Vermont. There, the young John worked on his father's farm and attended the local schools. Later he studied law. He earned as a teacher The money required for this study.

After he had spent some time working as a lawyer, Barry moved in 1831 to White Pigeon in what was then Michigan Territory. There he began a successful career as a merchant, and was until 1835 a magistrate. Politically, Barry to the Democratic Party. Since 1835, he was politically active in his new home. In 1835 he was a member of the Constituent Assembly of Michigan. Between 1835 and 1838 he was in the state Senate. In this chamber of parliament, he was elected again in 1840. In this year he also took a trip to Europe to study the cultivation of sugar beet, for which he had begun to care. In 1841 Barry was elected governor of his state.

Governor of Michigan

John Barry took up his new post on January 3, 1842. After a re-election in 1843 he was able to exercise it until 5 January 1846. In this time of railway construction in Michigan made ​​good progress. The University of Michigan moved from Detroit after moving their new location in Ann Arbor. The population of Michigan rose in 1845 for the first time to more than 300,000. John Barry also managed to overcome the consequences of the Great Depression of 1837 and avert the threat of national bankruptcy. Due to a constitutional provision he was not allowed to run immediately for a re-election for his second term. Therefore, he left in January 1846 out of office.

Due to its popularity but it was not difficult for him to win the elections of 1849. He graduated from the first and only governor of Michigan of the 19th century a total of three terms; the last began on January 7, 1850 and ended on January 5, 1852. During this time, a new constitution was drawn up. In the meantime, had been declared the new capital in 1847 under Governor William Greenly Lansing. In Barry's last term of office of the present-day Eastern Michigan University was founded in Ypsilanti. In 1853, Barry applied again to his re-election. This time he missed the intended target and, therefore, had to leave office in January 1852.

Further CV

After the end of his governorship Barry worked as a dealer again. In 1859 he ran again unsuccessfully for the governorship. Already in 1856 he had also tried unsuccessfully for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. In the years 1856 and 1864 he was a delegate to each of the Democratic National Convention. Prior to the Civil War, he was against the expansion of slavery. After the war he retired from politics. He died in January 1870, shortly before his 68th birthday. John Barry was married to the late Mary Kidder 1869. The couple had no children.

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