Stevens T. Mason

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Stevens T. Mason was the first governor of the U.S. state of Michigan, known as the "Boy Governor" for taking office at an unusually young age and leading Michigan to statehood.

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Stevens T. Mason canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
politician ⓘ
ageAtInaugurationAsGovernorOfMichigan 24 ⓘ
appointedBy Andrew Jackson ⓘ
birthDate 1811-10-27 ⓘ
birthPlace Leesburg, Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Leesburg
canonizedIn history of Michigan statehood ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1843-01-04 ⓘ
deathPlace New York City ⓘ
describedBySource Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States ⓘ
Michigan state historical records ⓘ
educatedAt Transylvania University ⓘ
endTime 1840-01-07 ⓘ
endTimeAsGovernorOfMichigan 1840-01-07 ⓘ
ethnicGroup European American ⓘ
familyName Mason ⓘ
father John Thomson Mason Jr. ⓘ
givenName Stevens ⓘ
grandfather John Thomson Mason ⓘ
hasMonument Stevens T. Mason statue in Detroit ⓘ
knownFor advocating Michigan’s claim in the Toledo Strip dispute ⓘ
supporting internal improvements in Michigan ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party ⓘ
notableFor being the first governor of the U.S. state of Michigan ⓘ
leading Michigan to statehood ⓘ
notableNickname Boy Governor ⓘ
occupation lawyer ⓘ
public administrator ⓘ
officeContested Governor of Michigan ⓘ
participatedIn Toledo War ⓘ
placeOfBurial Capitol Park, Detroit, Michigan ⓘ
positionHeld Acting Governor of Michigan Territory ⓘ
Governor of Michigan ⓘ
precededBy position created (Governor of Michigan) ⓘ
relative George Mason ⓘ
religion Episcopalian ⓘ
residence Detroit, Michigan ⓘ
linked to: Detroit
sexOrGender male ⓘ
signatureImage Stevens T. Mason signature.svg ⓘ
significantEvent led Michigan during transition from territory to state ⓘ
oversaw drafting of Michigan’s first state constitution ⓘ
startTime 1834-08-31 ⓘ
startTimeAsGovernorOfMichigan 1835-11-03 ⓘ
succeededBy William Woodbridge ⓘ
workLocation Detroit, Michigan ⓘ
linked to: Detroit

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Michigan Territory → hasGovernor → Stevens T. Mason ⓘ
Governor of Michigan → firstOfficeHolder → Stevens T. Mason ⓘ
Mason County, Michigan → namedAfter → Stevens T. Mason ⓘ
Mason, Michigan → namedAfter → Stevens T. Mason ⓘ