Hiram Higley

{{Infobox officeholder

| birth_date = {{birth date |1804 |3 |5}}

| birth_place = East Windsor, Connecticut

| death_date = {{death date and age |1860 |1 |8 |1804 |3 |5}}

| death_place = Leipsic, Ohio

| party = Democratic

| state_house1 = Michigan

| district1 = Oakland County

| term_start1 = November 2, 1835

| term_end1 = January 1, 1837

}}

Hiram Higley (March 5, 1804 – January 8, 1860) was an American politician who served one term in the Michigan House of Representatives in its first session after being established.

Biography

Hiram Higley was born in East Windsor, Connecticut, on March 5, 1804,{{harvnb|Bingham|1888|p=342}}, gives March 5 as Higley's birth date. {{harvnb|Johnson|1896|p=687}}, gives September 30. {{harvnb|Stiles|1891|p=391}}, specifies that September 30 is the date of his baptism, rather than birth; his brother Job was baptized six months after birth.

the son of Adori Higley and Clarissa Loomis.{{sfn|Stiles|1891|p=391}}

He was a tanner by occupation. He settled in Rochester, Michigan Territory in 1827, and was elected as a Democrat to the Michigan House of Representatives in 1835 following adoption of the state's first constitution.{{sfn|Bingham|1888|p=342}}

In 1853, he moved to Leipsic, Ohio, and died there on January 8, 1860.{{sfn|Bingham|1888|p=342}}{{sfn|Hartford Courant|1860|p=3}}

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 = 2018-12-16

}}

{{Citation

| title = Deaths

| work = Hartford Courant

| place = Hartford, Connecticut

| date = January 19, 1860

| url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/367286233/?terms=hiram%2Bhigley

| page = 3

| ref = {{harvid|Hartford Courant|1860}}

| accessdate = 2018-12-16

}}

{{Citation

| last = Johnson

| first = Mary C.

| title = The Higleys and Their Ancestry: An Old Colonial Family

| publisher = D. Appleton and Co.

| location = New York

| accessdate = 2018-12-16

| date = 1896

| url = https://archive.org/details/higleystheirance00johniala

}}

{{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 = 2018-12-16

}}

{{Citation

| last = Stiles

| first = Henry R.

| title = The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut

| publisher = Case, Lockwood & Brainard

| location = Hartford

| date = 1891

| url = https://archive.org/details/historygenealogi02stil

| accessdate = 2018-12-16

}}

Category:1804 births

Category:1860 deaths

Category:Democratic Party members of the Michigan House of Representatives

Category:People from Michigan Territory

Category:People from East Windsor, Connecticut

Category:People from Rochester, Michigan

Category:People from Leipsic, Ohio

Category:19th-century members of the Michigan Legislature