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Howard, Jacob Merritt

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, United States senator, author, was born July 10, 1805, in Shaftsbury, Vt. In 1838 he was a member of the Michigan legislature; and from 1841 to 1843 was a representative in congress from Michigan. In 1854 he was elected attorney-general of the state; twice re-elected, serving in all six years.

In 1862 he was elected a senator in congress to fill a vacancy; and was re-elected senator for the term commencing in 1865 and ending in 1871. As an author he published, in 1847, a translation from the French of the Secret Memoirs of the Empress Josephine. He died April 2, 1871, in Detroit, Mich.