Henry Howard (Detroit politician)

Henry Howard
Treasurer of Michigan
In office
1836–1839
Preceded byRobert Abbott
(Territorial Treasurer)
Succeeded byPeter Desnoyers
Mayor of Detroit
In office
1837–1837
Preceded byLevi Cook
Succeeded byAugustus Seymour Porter
Personal details
BornSeptember 15, 1801
Hinsdale, Massachusetts
DiedJuly 15, 1878 (aged 76)
Buffalo, New York

Henry Howard (September 15, 1801 – July 15, 1878)[1] was a banker and businessman, and served as mayor of Detroit in 1837,[2] and as the first treasurer of the state of Michigan.[1]

  1. ^ a b Stephen D. Bingham (1888), Early history of Michigan: with biographies of state officers, members of Congress, judges and legislators, Thorp & Godfrey, state printers, pp. 356–357
  2. ^ Silas Farmer (1889), THE HISTORY OF DETROIT AND MICHIGAN, p. 1035