Hiram Higley

Hiram Higley
Member of the Michigan House of Representatives from the Oakland County district
In office November 2, 1835 – January 1, 1837
Personal details
Born	(1804 -03-05)March 5, 1804 East Windsor, Connecticut
Died	January 8, 1860(1860-01-08) (aged 55) Leipsic, Ohio
Political party	Democratic

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,[1] the son of Adori Higley and Clarissa Loomis.[2] 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.[3]

In 1853, he moved to Leipsic, Ohio, and died there on January 8, 1860.[3][4]

Notes

1. Bingham 1888, p. 342, gives March 5 as Higley's birth date. Johnson 1896, p. 687, gives September 30. 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.
2. Stiles 1891, p. 391.
3. Bingham 1888, p. 342.
4. Hartford Courant 1860, p. 3.

References

• Bingham, Stephen D. (1888), Early History of Michigan: With Biographies of State Officers, Members of Congress, Judges and Legislators, Lansing: Thorp & Godfrey, retrieved 2018-12-16
• "Deaths", Hartford Courant, Hartford, Connecticut, p. 3, January 19, 1860, retrieved 2018-12-16
• Johnson, Mary C. (1896), The Higleys and Their Ancestry: An Old Colonial Family, New York: D. Appleton and Co., retrieved 2018-12-16
• Michigan Manual (1877–78 ed.), Lansing: State of Michigan, 1877, retrieved 2018-12-16
• Stiles, Henry R. (1891), The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut, Hartford: Case, Lockwood & Brainard, retrieved 2018-12-16