Isaac E. Crary (1804-54)

Birthplace

 Preston, New London County, Conn.
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Occupation

 Lawyer
Congressional Service House 1837-41 (D-Mich.)

Newspaper
Marshall Democratic Expounder

Federal appointments
none

Other offices
Michigan State House of Representatives, 1842-46; speaker, 1846
Member of the State board of education 1850-1852

Notes
Trinity College graduate, class of 1827
Chaired the Education Committee of Michigan's first constitutional convention, helping found the state's public school system (apparently the first one mandated by a state constitution).
Links Michigan Historical Markers: Isaac Crary and John Pierce, founders of the state school system; Isaac E. Crary House

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"The Tyranny of Printers": Newspaper Politics in the Early American Republic  
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