John Tyler Rich
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John Tyler Rich (April 23, 1841 – March 28, 1926) was a U.S. Representative from and Governor of the U.S. state of Michigan.
Rich was born in Conneautville, Pennsylvania and moved with his parents to Addison County, Vermont, in 1846 and then to Elba Township, Michigan, in 1848. He attended the public schools and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was a member and chairman of the board of supervisors of Lapeer County, 1869-1872. He was a member of the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1873-1881, and served as speaker of the house during the last two terms.
Rich was a delegate to the Republican State conventions in 1873, 1875, and 1878 and served in the Michigan Senate from January 1, 1881, until March 21, 1881, when he resigned, having been elected to the United States House of Representatives for the 47th Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Omar D. Conger, serving from April 5, 1881, to March 3, 1883. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to the 48th Congress. He was State railroad commissioner, 1887-1891, and a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1884 and 1892.
Rich served as Governor of Michigan from 1892 to 1896. He was United States collector of customs at Detroit from February 16, 1898, to January 30, 1906. He was elected State treasurer of Michigan to fill a vacancy and served from January 23, 1908, to January 1, 1909. He was then collector of customs at Port Huron from December 11, 1908, to May 30, 1913.
Rich died in St. Petersburg, Florida, and is interred in Mount Hope Cemetery, in Lapeer, Michigan.
[edit] References
- [1892] (2005) "s.v. Hon. John T. Rich", Portrait and biographical record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola counties, Michigan. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Library, pp. 215-216. Retrieved on 2007-03-11.
- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- The Political Graveyard
| Preceded by Omar D. Conger |
United States Representative for the 7th Congressional District of Michigan 1881 – 1883 |
Succeeded by Ezra C. Carleton |
| Preceded by Edwin B. Winans |
Governor of Michigan 1893–1897 |
Succeeded by Hazen S. Pingree |
| Governors of Michigan |  |
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| Territorial: Hull • Cass • Porter • Mason • Horner
Mason • Woodbridge • Gordon • Barry • Felch • Greenly • Ransom • Barry • McClelland • Parsons • Bingham • Wisner • Blair • Crapo • Baldwin • Bagley • Croswell • Jerome • Begole • Alger • Luce • Winans • Rich • Pingree • Bliss • Warner • Osborn • Ferris • Sleeper • Groesbeck • Green • Brucker • Comstock • Fitzgerald • Murphy • Fitzgerald • Dickinson • Van Wagoner • Kelly • Sigler • Williams • Swainson • Romney • Milliken • Blanchard • Engler • Granholm |
