Christiancy, Isaac Peckham, 1812-1890

LC control no.	n 88159836
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Christiancy, Isaac Peckham, 1812-1890 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Christiancy, I. P. (Isaac Peckham), 1812-1890
Birth date	1812-03-12
Death date	1890-09-08
Place of birth	Johnstown (N.Y.)
Place of death	Lansing (Mich.)
Affiliation	United States. Congress. Senate Michigan. Legislature. Senate Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Profession or occupation	Legislators Lawyers Judges
Found in	NUCMC data from Monroe County Hist. Mus. Archives, Monroe, Mich., for Noble, C. Papers, 1821-1869 (Isaac P. Christiancy; Mich. state sen. and state Supreme Ct. judge) WWWAmer. hist. vol. (Christiancy, Isaac Peckham, 1812-1890) His Address of the Hon. I.P. Christiancy ... 1860. Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed February 1, 2024: (Christiancy, Isaac Peckham, a Senator from Michigan; born near Johnstown, Fulton County, N.Y., March 12, 1812; attended the common schools and Johnstown and Ovid Academies; taught school; studied law; moved to Monroe, Mich., in 1836; admitted to the bar and practiced in Monroe 1838-1858; prosecuting attorney for Monroe County 1841-1846; unsuccessful Free Soil candidate for Governor in 1852; member, State senate 1850-1852; aided in the organizing of the Republican Party in 1854; editor and proprietor of the Monroe Commercial 1857; associate judge of the Michigan supreme court 1857-1875; served as chief justice 1872-1874; was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1875, to February 10, 1879, when he resigned owing to ill health; chairman, Committee on Revision of the Laws (Forty-fifth Congress); United States Minister to Peru 1879-1881; returned to Lansing and resumed the practice of law; died in Lansing, Mich., September 8, 1890; interment in Woodlawn Cemetery, Monroe, Monroe County, Mich.)
Associated language	eng