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Lewis Cass
Lewis Cass
(October 9, 1782June 17, 1866) was an
American
military officer,
politician
, and statesman: he was longtime governor of the
Michigan Territory
(1813-1831),
Secretary of War
under President
Andrew Jackson
, and
Secretary of State
under President
James Buchanan
. During his long political career, Cass served as an American ambassador to France, and as a
U.S. Senator
representing
Michigan
. A Mason from his years as a young man in Ohio, Cass was co-founder of the
Grand Lodge of Michigan
and its first Masonic
Grand Master
.
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