Samuel Denton (July 2, 1803 – August 17, 1860) was an

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physician and politician.

Career

Denton was born in

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on July 2, 1803, graduated from Castleton Medical College in Vermont in 1825, and moved to

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shortly afterwards. He served a three-year term on the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan beginning in 1837, and represented

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in the Michigan State Senate from 1845 to 1848, serving as President ''pro tempore'' during the final session. He was a professor of medicine and pathology at the University of Michigan Medical School from 1850 until his death in Ann Arbor on August 17, 1860.

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