Francis Charter

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| state_house1 = Michigan

| district1 = Monroe County

| term_start1 = November 2, 1835

| term_end1 = January 1, 1837

| term_start2 = January 1, 1838

| term_end2 = January 5, 1839

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Francis Charter was an American politician who served two terms in the Michigan House of Representatives.

Biography

Francis Charter was elected supervisor of LaSalle Township, Michigan, in 1830 and each succeeding year through 1835.{{sfn|Wing|1890|p=592}}

He was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives as a representative from Monroe County and served in the 1st Michigan Legislature from 1835 through 1836, and was re-elected to a term in 1838.{{sfn|State of Michigan|1877|pp=549, 554}}

Notes

References

{{Citation

| last = Bingham

| first = Stephen D.

| title = Early History of Michigan: With Biographies of State Officers, Members of Congress, Judges and Legislators

| publisher = Thorp & Godfrey

| place = Lansing

| date = 1888

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=GRMVAAAAYAAJ

| accessdate = 2018-12-14

}}

{{Citation

| title = Michigan Manual

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=CEqIAAAAMAAJ

| edition = 1877–78

| date = 1877

| publisher = State of Michigan

| place = Lansing

| ref = {{harvid|State of Michigan|1877}}

| accessdate = 2018-11-13

}}

{{Citation

| editor-last = Wing

| editor-first = Talcott E.

| title = History of Monroe County, Michigan

| publisher = Munsell & Co.

| place = New York

| date = 1890

| url = https://archive.org/details/historyofmonroec00wing/

| accessdate = 2018-12-14

}}

Category:Members of the Michigan House of Representatives

Category:19th-century members of the Michigan Legislature

Category:Year of death missing