James Kingsley

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James Kingsley (6 January 1797 – 10 August 1878) was an attorney and mayor of Ann Arbor from 1855-1856.

Attorney James "Honest Jim" Kingsley, who came to Ann Arbor in 1826, was the first member of the Washtenaw County Bar, a probate judge, and a member of both the territorial and later the state legislature, as well as Ann Arbor's second mayor and a regent of the University of Michigan.

Kingsley Street in Ann Arbor is named after him.

Sources

James Kingsley: Ann Arbor District Library
History of the University of Michigan, By Burke Aaron Hinsdale Published by the University of Michigan, 1906; p. 182
Kingsley Family Papers, 1830-1901, Bentley Historical Library.

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Name	Kingsley, James
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Short description	American politician
Date of birth	1797
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Date of death	1878
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