Austin Eli Wing (February 3, 1792 – August 27, 1849) was a politician in Michigan, serving as delegate to the
U.S. Congress from
Michigan Territory
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before it became the state of
Michigan. Later he was elected to Congress, serving from 1825 to 1829, and from 1831 to 1833. After serving in the state house, he also served in various appointed positions.
Life
Wing was born in
Conway, Massachusetts, and in early youth moved with his parents to
Marietta, Ohio. He attended common schools and the academy at
Chillicothe and
Ohio University. He graduated from
Williams College,
Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1814.
He moved to
Detroit, Michigan, where he was elected as a
National Republican to the
Nineteenth and
Twentieth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1825, to March 3, 1829. He moved to
Monroe, where he was elected to the
Twenty-second Congress
The 22nd United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1831 ...
, serving from March 4, 1831, to March 3, 1833.
Wing joined the
Whig Party after its formation and became a member of the
Michigan House of Representatives
The Michigan House of Representatives is the lower house of the Michigan Legislature. There are 110 members, each of whom is elected from constituencies having approximately 77,000 to 91,000 residents, based on population figures from the 2010 ...
in 1842. He served as a member of the board of regents of the
University of Michigan from 1845 until 1849. He was appointed as United States Marshal for the district of Michigan on February 24, 1846, and served until 1849.
[''History of the University of Michigan,'' Burke A. Hinsdale, University of Michigan, Ann, Arbor, Michigan: 1906, "Biographical Sketch of Austin Eli Wing", pg. 180]
Austin Eli Wing died in
Cleveland, Ohio
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. He was interred in
Woodland Cemetery in
Monroe, Michigan.
References
External links
The Political Graveyard
1792 births
1849 deaths
Burials at Woodland Cemetery (Monroe, Michigan)
Delegates to the United States House of Representatives from Michigan Territory
Members of the Michigan House of Representatives
Regents of the University of Michigan
Michigan Whigs
19th-century American legislators
Politicians from Marietta, Ohio
People from Conway, Massachusetts
People from Monroe, Michigan
Ohio University alumni
Williams College alumni
United States Marshals
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