George R. Redfield
{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = George R. Redfield
|image = File:George Redfield (1796-1887), Michigan farmer and politician (cropped).jpg
|office = Michigan Secretary of State
|term_start1 = 1850
|term_end1 = April 11, 1850
|governor1 = John S. Barry
|predecessor1 = George Washington Peck
|successor1 = Charles H. Taylor
|office2 = Treasurer of Michigan
|term_start2 = 1845
|term_end2 = 1846
|predecessor2 = John J. Adam
|successor2 = George B. Cooper
|state_senate3 = Michigan
|district3 = 5th
|term3 = 1842
1843
1844
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|state_house4 = Michigan
|district4 = Cass and Van Buren County
|term_start4 = January 4, 1841
|term_end4 = April 13, 1841
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|successor4 =
|birth_date = {{birth date|1796|10|6}}
|birth_place = Suffield, Connecticut, U.S.
|residence =
|death_date = {{death date and age|1887|10|29|1796|10|6}}
|death_place = Ontwa Township, Michigan, U.S.
|spouse = {{unbulleted list
|{{marriage|Julia Augusta Mason|1835|1848|end={{abbr|d.|died}}}}
|{{marriage|Jane E. Hammond|1854}}
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|children = 5
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|party = Democratic
|alma_mater =
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George R. Redfield (October 6, 1796{{snds}}October 29, 1887) was a Michigan politician.
Early life
George R. Redfield was born in Suffield, Connecticut, on October 6, 1796, to parents Peleg and Mary Polly Redfield. Around 1821, George owned a farm in Clifton Springs, New York. George had this farm leased while he tutored in Georgia from 1822 to 1826.{{cite web|url=https://mdoe.state.mi.us/legislators/Legislator/LegislatorDetail/3536 |title=Legislator Details: George Redfield |publisher=Library of Michigan |access-date=May 18, 2020}}
Career
In 1834, Redfield purchased around 800 acres of land in what is now known as Adamsville, Michigan. Redfield moved to Michigan in 1835.{{cite book |last=Bingham |first=Stephen D. |date=1888 |title=Early History of Michigan: With Biographies of State Officers, Members of Congress, Judges and Legislators |via=Internet Archive |url=https://archive.org/details/earlyhistorymic01binggoog |language=en |publisher=Thorp & Godfrey, state printers }} On November 2, 1840, Redfield was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives where he represented the Cass and Van Buren County district from January 4, 1841, to April 13, 1841. On November 1, 1841, Redfield was elected to the Michigan Senate where he represented the 5th district after being sworn in on January 3, 1842. Redfield continued to represent this district until May 12, 1844. In 1844, Redfield served as a presidential elector. Redfield served as Michigan State Treasurer from 1845 to 1846. Redfield served as Michigan Secretary of State in 1850. Redfield resigned from this position on April 11, 1850.{{cite web|url=http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(4arpx155oyrw0zygyp5ziw3e))/documents/publications/manual/2003-2004/2003-mm-0510-0519-Former.pdf|title=Former Officials of Michigan|publisher=Michigan Legislature |access-date=June 14, 2020}} Again in 1850, Redfield served as a delegate to the Michigan constitutional convention.
Personal life
On June 9, 1835, Redfield married Julia Augusta Mason. He was widowed upon her death on August 29, 1848. Redfield remarried on September 14, 1854, to Jane E. Hammond. Redfield had three children by his first wife, and two by his second.{{cite book |last=Redfield |first=John Howard |date=1860 |title=Genealogical history of the Redfield family in the United States : being a revision and extension of the genealogical tables compiled in 1839 by William C. Redfield |via=Internet Archive |url=https://archive.org/details/genealogicalhist00inredf/page/102/ |language=en |publisher=Munsell & Rowland}}
Death
Redfield died on October 29, 1887, in Ontwa Township, Michigan.
References
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{{s-ttl|title=Treasurer of Michigan|years=1845–1846}}
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{{s-ttl|title=Michigan Secretary of State|years=1850–1850}}
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Category:Delegates to the 1850 Michigan Constitutional Convention
Category:Farmers from Michigan
Category:Farmers from New York (state)
Category:1844 United States presidential electors
Category:People from Suffield, Connecticut
Category:People from Cass County, Michigan
Category:Democratic Party members of the Michigan House of Representatives
Category:Democratic Party Michigan state senators
Category:Secretaries of state of Michigan
Category:State treasurers of Michigan