James Kingsley

Deceased Person

1797 – 1878

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Who was James Kingsley?

James Kingsley 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.

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Born
Jan 6, 1797
Died
1878

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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