| LC control no. | nr 92017995 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Doty, James Duane, 1799-1865 |
| Variant(s) | Doty, J. D. (James Duane), 1799-1865 |
| See also | Chief executive of: Wisconsin Territory. Governor (1841-1844 : Doty) Chief executive of: Utah. Governor (1863-1865 : Doty) |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1799-11-05 |
| Death date | 1865-06-13 |
| Place of birth | Salem (N.Y.) |
| Place of death | Salt Lake City (Utah) |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. House |
| Profession or occupation | Governors Legislators |
| Special note | Data provided by PAFC/PACSCL |
| Found in | His ALS, 1857 Mar. 8, to Geo. D. Emerson (J.D. Doty) WWasWAm (James Duane Doty, 11/5/1799-6/13/1865; lawyer and judge in Michigan, 1819-1833; member of Congress from Wisconsin, 1838-1841, 1849-1853; gov. Wisconsin Terr., 1841-1844; gov. Utah Terr., 1863-1865) James Duane Doty, frontier promoter, 1954 Utah Division of State History, via WWW, Feb. 13, 2002 (James Duane Doty, 1799-1865; Governor of Utah 1863-1865; b. Salem N.Y., 1799; Wisconsin delegate to Congress, territorial governor and state legislator) English Wikipedia website, viewed Sept. 14, 2017 (James Duane Doty (Nov. 5, 1799--June 13, 1865) was a land speculator and politician in the United States who played an important role in the development of Wisconsin and Utah Territory) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress, viewed online, Sept. 14, 2017 (DOTY, James Duane, (cousin of Morgan Lewis Martin), a Delegate and a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Salem, Washington County, N.Y., Nov. 5, 1799; attended the common schools; studied law; moved to Detroit, Mich., in 1818; was admitted to the bar in 1819 and commenced practice in Detroit; secretary of the legislative council and clerk of court of Michigan Territory; United States judge for northern Michigan 1823-1832; member of the legislative council in 1834 and 1835; assisted in bringing about the division of Michigan Territory into the three Territories of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Iowa; preempted several tracts of Government land in the Territory of Wisconsin; laid out the capital of Wisconsin and named it Madison; successfully contested as a Democrat the election of George W. Jones as a Delegate to the Twenty-fifth Congress; reelected to the Twenty-sixth Congress and served from Jan. 14, 1839, to Mar. 3, 1841; Governor of the Territory of Wisconsin 1841-1844; delegate to the first constitutional convention of 1846; elected as a Democrat a Representative to the Thirty-first Congress and as an Independent Democrat to the Thirty-second Congress (Mar. 4, 1849-Mar. 3, 1853); appointed superintendent of Indian affairs for Utah Territory in 1861; treasurer and Governor of Utah Territory in 1863 and served until his death in Salt Lake City, Utah, June 13, 1865) |
| Associated language | eng |
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