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Ransom,
who came to Michigan from Vermont in 1834, settled in Kalamazoo County.
He served as chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1843 to
1847.
A
Democrat, Ransom believed that state government, long controlled by his
political party, placed too much emphasis on the eastern portion of the
state. The Michigan Agricultural Society was organized while Ransom was
governor and he served as it first president. After one term as
governor, Ransom returned to Kalamazoo.
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