President Johnson names former federal judge William Marvin as provisional governor of Florida

New York-born William Marvin had first arrived in Florida as a United States Attorney in 1835 and held several other federal judicial appointments there in the following decades before returning to New York City during the Civil War years.  President Andrew Johnson appointed him by proclamation as provisional governor of Florida, its seventh governor and he guided Florida's transition back to full statehood and an elected government, serving until December 20, 1865.  (By John Osborne) 
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William Marvin, detail

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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, October 11, 2015 
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Portrait of Florida's 7th Governor William Marvin
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State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, https://floridamemory.com/items/show/128282 -
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William Marvin

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Florida State Archives
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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, October 11, 2015 
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photograph
Use in Day View?
No
Courtesy of
Florida Memory, State Archives of Florida
Permission to use?
Not sure
Original caption
Portrait of Florida's 7th Governor William Marvin
Source citation
State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, https://floridamemory.com/items/show/128282
Source note
See more Florida historical photographs at: https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/128282#sthash.udtSsu5t.dpuf

In Lansing, the newly elected Michigan legislature gathers to inaugurate the new Republican governor

The previous November, Michigan voters has elected a predominately Republican state legislature and a new Republican governor, the former state senator Henry Howland Crapo. The legislators convened on this day and elected Gilbert Reed as their Speaker in the house of Representatives.  They also heard from the retiring governor Austin Blair and saw the inauguration of Governor Crapo (pronounced Cray-poh), who would go on to serve two terms.  (By John Osborne) 
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Henry Howland Crapo, detail

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Henry H. Crapo
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Portrait and biographical album of Ingham and Livingston counties, Michigan : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the counties, together with biographies of all the governors of the state... (Chicago, IL: Chapman Brothers, 1891), 149.

Henry Howland Crapo

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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, October 10, 2015. 
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Henry H. Crapo
Source citation
Portrait and biographical album of Ingham and Livingston counties, Michigan : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the counties, together with biographies of all the governors of the state... (Chicago, IL: Chapman Brothers, 1891), 149.
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