Henry T. Backus (April 4, 1809 – July 13, 1877) was a politician from the U. S. state of Michigan and judge from the Arizona Territory. Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. Year 1809 ( MDCCCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1174 - William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173-1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government Michigan ( is a Midwestern state of the United States of America. The Territory of Arizona was an Organized territory of the United States that existed between 1863 and 1912
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Early life
Backus was born in Norwich, Connecticut to James and Dorothy Backus. Norwich known as "The Rose of New England" is a city in and formerly county seat (when there were county seats in the state of New London County, Connecticut He attended schools in Norwich and the academy in Plainfield. Plainfield is a town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. In Norwich, he worked in a crockery store and studied law with Judge Calvin Goddard. He later attended Yale Law School and was admitted to the bar in February 1833. Yale Law School, or YLS, is the Law school of Yale University in New Haven Connecticut. A bar association is a Professional body of Lawyers Some bar associations are responsible for the regulation of the legal profession in their Jurisdiction The following year he moved to Detroit and practiced law with future Governor of Michigan William Woodbridge and later became senior partner in the law firm, Backus and Harbough. The Governor of Michigan is the chief executive of the US state of Michigan. William Woodbridge ( August 20, 1780 – October 20, 1861) was a U On December 7, 1835, he married Woodbridge’s daughter, Juliana Trumball Woodbridge. Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common
Politics
Backus served as a Whig in the Michigan House of Representatives in 1840 and was a member of the state constitutional convention of 1850. The Whig Party was a Political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. The Michigan House of Representatives is the lower body of the Michigan Legislature. He was Grand Master of Masons in Michigan from 1851-1853 and served as alderman from the 9th ward of Detroit from 1860-61. An alderman is a member of a municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions
In 1860, Backus was elected as a Republican to the Michigan Senate and chosen as president pro tempore of the state senate after Joseph R. Williams took on the duties of acting Lieutenant Governor of Michigan. The Michigan Senate is the upper body of the Michigan Legislature. Joseph Rickelson Williams ( November 14 1808 – June 15 1861) was an American politician and the first President of the The Lieutenant Governor of Michigan is the second-ranking executive officer in the U After the death of Williams a couple months later on June 15, 1861, Backus took on the duties of lieutenant governor under Austin Blair until January 1863. Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Austin Blair ( February 8, 1818 August 6, 1894) also known as the Civil War Governor, was a Politician from the
Judicial career
On March 10, 1865, Backus was nominated by U. S. President Abraham Lincoln to the Territorial Supreme Court of Arizona to replace William T. Events 241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by Abraham Lincoln (February 12 1809 &ndash April 15 1865 the sixteenth President of the United States, successfully led his country through its greatest internal Howell. The U. S. Senate confirmed the nomination on the following day and Backus took the oath of office on April 20. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII. He left for Arizona that fall on held a term of Court at Tucson in January of 1866. Tucson (ˈtuːsɒn is the seat of Pima County Arizona, United States, located 118 miles (188 km) southeast
Backus rendered a decision that the Governor of Arizona had no authority under the Arizona Organic Act to apportion the members of the territorial legislature. The Governor of Arizona is the head of the Executive branch of Arizona 's government and the Commander-in-chief of the state's military forces The Arizona Organic Act was a United States federal law introduced as H As a result, all the laws enacted by the 3rd, 4th and 5th legislatures were void. The U.S. Congress passed an act to legalize those laws which had been voided from 1866 to 1868. The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses The act was approved on March 25, 1870. Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
Retirement and death
Backus resigned in 1869 and returned to Detroit to practice law. In 1877, he returned to the Arizona Territory to look after some land he had acquired there. On July 12 he became ill while traveling to Greenwood with Judge C. Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre. T. Hayden of Tempe. Tempe (tɛmpiː Oidbaḍ in Pima) is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, with a 2007 population of 174091 The following day he died at the age of sixty-eight on the Big Sandy River in Mohave County. The Big Sandy River is in northwestern Arizona in Mohave County It begins where Cottonwood Wash and Trout Creek converge in the Hualapai Indian Reservation Mohave County is located in the northwestern corner of the US He was originally interred at Greenwood, which is now a ghost town[1], and was later re-interred on August 7, 1885, in the Yantic Cemetery near Norwich, Connecticut. Events 322 BC - Battle of Crannon between Athens and Macedon following the death of Alexander the Great. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
References and notes
- Political Graveyard
- Arizona State University Archives
- Bingham, Stephen D. [1888] (2005). "s.v. Henry T. Backus", Early history of Michigan, with biographies of state officers, members of Congress, judges and legislators. Pub. purusuant to act 59, 1887. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan Library, p. 54. Retrieved on 2007-08-19. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 43 BC - Octavian, later known as Augustus compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul.
| Preceded by Joseph R. Williams |
Lieutenant Governor of Michigan 1861–1863 |
Succeeded by Charles S. May |
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