Silas Finch was an American businessman and politician. He served in the Michigan Senate during its first session following Michigan's statehood.
Silas Finch | |
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| Member of the Michigan Senate from the 4th district | |
| In office November 2, 1835 – January 1, 1837 | |
Biography
editThere are few details available on Finch's life. He came to the newly-founded village of Saline, Michigan, from New York, prior to 1832. He began a mercantile business, selling items out of Saline founder Orange Risdon's parlor.[1] In 1832, he built the first retail store in Saline, on the corner of Chicago and Adrian Streets.[2] Finch was president of the Bank of Saline, organized on September 2, 1837;[3] by the following September, the bank had failed.[4]
He was elected to the Michigan Senate for its first term, serving from 1835 to 1837.[5]
Finch died sometime before October 1842.[4]
Notes
edit- ^ Churchill 2015.
- ^ C. C. Chapman 1881, p. 1379.
- ^ Bowen 1956, p. 149.
- ^ a b West Publishing Company 1897, p. 1016.
- ^ Michigan Manual 1877, p. 548.
References
edit- Bowen, Harold L. (1956), State Bank Notes of Michigan, Havelt Advertising Services
- Churchill, Martha (July 6, 2015), "Oldest Wood Building in Saline's Downtown was Ladies' Hat Shop", The Saline post, archived from the original on 2018-11-13, retrieved 2018-11-13
- The Federal Cases: Comprising Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit and District Courts of the United States. West Publishing Company. 1897. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
- History of Washtenaw County, Michigan and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chicago: C. C. Chapman. 1881. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
- Michigan Manual (1877–78 ed.), Lansing: W. S. George & Co., 1877, retrieved 2018-11-04
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