James Wheeler (March 21, 1793 – February 20, 1854) was an

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politician who served in the

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immediately following adoption of the state's first constitution.

Biography

James Wheeler was born in

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, on March 21, 1793. He later lived in

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, a town which was named after his family. In 1834, Wheeler settled and farmed in

Tecumseh, Michigan Tecumseh is a city in Lenawee County in the U.S. state of Michigan, near the River Raisin. Tecumseh is about southwest of Detroit, south of Ann Arbor, and north of Toledo, Ohio. The main street of downtown is Chicago Boulevard, also designat ...

. He was elected as a

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to the

in 1835, and served as a justice from 1837 to 1841. He died in Tecumseh on February 20, 1854.

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* * 1793 births 1854 deaths Democratic Party members of the Michigan House of Representatives People from Saratoga County, New York People from Wheeler, New York People from Tecumseh, Michigan 19th-century American legislators {{Michigan-politician-stub