William L. Greenly

Infobox Governor
name=William L. Greenly


caption=
order= 6th
office= Governor of Michigan
term_start= March 4, 1847
term_end= January 3, 1848
lieutenant= Charles P. Bush
predecessor= Alpheus Felch
successor= Epaphroditus Ransom
birth_date= birth date|1813|9|18|mf=y
birth_place= Hamilton, New York
death_date= death date and age|1883|11|29|1813|9|18|mf=y
death_place= Adrian, Michigan
spouse=
party=Democratic
religion=

William L. Greenly (September 18, 1813ndash November 29, 1883) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan serving as Governor.

Early life in New York

Greenly was born in Hamilton, New York. He graduated from Union College of Schenectady, New York in 1831, then studied law with Stower & Gridley, in Hamilton and was admitted to the bar at Albany, New York in 1834.

Politics in Michigan

He moved to Adrian, Michigan in October 1836. He was a member of the Michigan State Senate from the 2nd district, 1839 to 1840 and later from the 3rd district, 1842 to 1843.

Greenly served as Lieutenant Governor from 1846 to 1847 and became Governor on March 4, 1847 after the resignation of Alpheus Felch to take a seat in the U.S. Senate. He completed Felch's term through January 3, 1848. Greenly served through much of the Mexican-American War, where troops from Michigan were sent such as Company K, 3d Dragoons, as well as A, E, and G of the U. S. Infantry.

Family

Governor Greenly was married three times:
*Sarah A. Dascomb, in Hamilton, December 1834
*Elizabeth W. Hubbard in Northampton, Massachusetts, June 11, 1840, they had one son, Marshal
*Maria Hart in Adrian, October 25, 1859

Retirement and death

After his brief time a Governor, he served as Justice of the Peace for twelve years, and was elected mayor of Adrian, Michigan in 1858 serving only one year. He died at the age of seventy and is interred at Oakwood Cemetery in Adrian.

References

*cite book |title=Portrait and Biographical Album of Ingham & Livingston Counties, Michigan |publisher=Chapman Bros. (reproduced at [http://www.memoriallibrary.com/ Memorial Library of Online Books & Maps] |date=1891 |location=Chicago |pages=121 |url=http://www.memoriallibrary.com/MI/LivIngPB/gov~105-142.htm#Greenly
*cite book |title=History and Biographical Record of Lenawee County, Michigan, Volume I |publisher=N/A (reproduced by the Lenawee Historical Society Museum at Rootsweb.com) |date=1879 |pages=101 |url=http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~keller/museum/work/biogreenly.html
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/greenip-greff.html#RHI17MKP0 The Political Graveyard]

External links

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