Politicians

Marshall Politicians

Mary Stallings Coleman (1914-2001) became the first female justice of the Michigan Supreme Court in 1973 and the first female Chief justice in 1979.

Charles Dickey (1813-1879) was appointed as a U.S. Marshall in 1861 and served as a bodyguard for Lincoln’s inauguration and at the Gettysburg Address.

Mary Emma (Mazie) Wheeler Miller (1871-1941) was the first president of the Michigan League of Women’s Voters.

Abner Pratt (1801-1863) was a U.S. Consul to the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) in 1857 and built the Honolulu House.

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