Background
Howard, Jacob Merritt was born on July 10, 1805 in Shaftsbury, Vermont, United States. Son of Otis and Polly (Millington) Howard.
Howard, Jacob Merritt was born on July 10, 1805 in Shaftsbury, Vermont, United States. Son of Otis and Polly (Millington) Howard.
Graduate Williams College, 1830.
Admitted to Michigan bar, 1833. City attorney Detroit, 1834. Member Michigan House of Representatives, 1838.
Member United States House of Representatives from Michigan, 27th Congress, 1841-1843, drafted 1st clause of 13th amendment.
Formed 1st Republican Party convention platform, 1854. Attorney general Michigan, 1854.
Member United States Senate from Michigan, January 17, 1862-1871. Member reconstruction commission to investigate conditions in Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina., 1865-1866.
Translator: Historical and Secret Memoirs of the Empress Josephine (from French work by A. Le Normand), 1848.
Member Michigan House of Representatives, 1838. Member United States House of Representatives from Michigan, 27th Congress, 1841-1843, drafted 1st clause of 13th amendment. Member United States Senate from Michigan, January 17, 1862-1871.
Member reconstruction commission to investigate conditions in Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina., 1865-1866.
Married Catherine Shaw, October 8, 1835, at least 2 daus., 3 sons.