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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Edwin B. Winans |
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Hamburg, Michigan , United States |
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May 16, 1826
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| Died | July 04, 1894
(68 years)
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| Info | Edwin B. Winans (1826-1894), was the first Democrat to be elected governor of Michigan after the Civil War. Serving a two-year term starting in 1890, he instituted the secret ballot system. A native of New York, Winans moved to Livingston County, Michigan, at the age of eight. He attended Albion College and the University of Michigan Law School before leaving the state to seek his fortune in the California gold rush. In 1858 he returned to Michigan and purchased a 400-acre farm in Hamburg. He enjoyed and active political career, serving as state representative (1861-64), constitutional convention delegate, (1867), township supervisor (1872-73), Livingston County probate judge (1883-86). He died at his Winans Lake estate in Hamburg Township in 1894.
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