US Cass, Lewis Sr.

Lewis Cass Sr.​

Born: October 9, 1782

Birthplace: Exeter, New Hampshire

Father: Major Jonathan Cass 1753 – 1830

(Buried: Dresden Cemetery, Dresden, Ohio)​

Mother: Molly Gillman

Wife: Eliza Spencer 1786 – 1853

(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan)​

Children:

Isabella Lewis Cass Van Limburg 1805 – 1879​

(Buried: Cimitero Evangelico degli Allori, Florence, Italy)​

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Elizabeth Selden Cass 1812 – 1832​

(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan)​

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Mary Sophia Cass Canfield 1812 – 1882​

(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan)​

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Lewis Cass Jr. 1814 – 1878​

(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan)​

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Matilda Frances Cass Ledyard 1818 – 1883​

(Buried: Island Cemetery, Newport, Rhode Island)

Political Party: Democratic Party

Occupation before War:

Attorney in Zanesville, Ohio​

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1806: Ohio State Representative​

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1807 – 1812: United States Marshal District of Ohio​

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1813 – 1814: Served in United States Army rising to Brig. General​

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1813 – 1831: Military and Civil Governor of Michigan Territory​

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1831 – 1836: United States Secretary of War​

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1836 – 1842: United States Minister to France​

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1844: Unsuccessful candidate for Democratic Party Nomination​

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1845 – 1848: United States Senator from Michigan​

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1847 – 1848: Chairman of Senate Military Affairs Committee​

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1848: Unsuccessful Democratic Party Presidential Candidate​

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1849 – 1857: United States Senator from Michigan​

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1852: Unsuccessful candidate for Democratic Party Nomination​

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1854: President Pro Tempore of United States Senate​

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1857 – 1860: United States Secretary of State​

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1860: Resigned as United States Secretary of State on December 14th​​

Died: June 17, 1866

Place of Death: Detroit, Michigan

Age at time of Death: 83 years old

Burial Place: Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan

 

[Sheltowee]

Appears to be a cheery sort of fella'

 

[ErnieMac]

A statue of Cass is one of two representing Michigan in the National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol. The other is former president Gerald R. Ford.

 

[Reconstructed Rebel]

That has to be a toupee he is wearing -

 

[major bill]

Lewis Cass Sr. was a major figure both in Michigan and on the National stage. Cass resigned on December 14, 1860, because of what he considered Buchanan's failure to protect federal interests in the South and failure to mobilize the federal military, actions that might have averted the threatened secession of Southern states. I have wondered if he could have made a difference if he had stayed on as Secretary of State.