Editing Michigan Territory (section)

==Territorial officers==

===Governors===
{| class="wikitable"
|- align=center
! Governor
! Dates Served
! Notes
|-
| [[William Hull]]
| March 1, 1805 to August 16, 1812
| Surrendered Detroit to British forces, August 16, 1812
|-
| [[Henry Procter (British Army officer)|Henry Proctor]]
| August 24, 1812 to September 28, 1813
| Civil governor under British rule to February 4; martial law thereafter until evacuation of Detroit in September
|-
| [[Lewis Cass]]
| October 13, 1813 to August 6, 1831
| Appointed military governor by General [[William Henry Harrison|Harrison]]; civil governor from October 29
|-
| [[George Bryan Porter]]
| August 6, 1831 to July 6, 1834
| Died in office.
|-
| [[Stevens T. Mason]]
| July 6, 1834 to September 15, 1835
| ''ex officio'', Acting Governor due to position as Secretary
|-
| [[John S. Horner]]
| September 15, 1835 to July 3, 1836
| ''ex officio'', Acting Governor due to position as Secretary
|}

===Secretaries===
{| class="wikitable"
|- align=center
! Secretary
! Dates Served
|-
| [[Stanley Griswold]]
| March 1, 1805 to March 18, 1808
|-
| [[Reuben Atwater]]
| March 18, 1808 to October 15, 1814
|-
| [[William Woodbridge]]
| October 15, 1814 to January 15, 1828
|-
| [[James Witherell]]
| January 15, 1828 to May 20, 1830
|-
| [[John Thomson Mason (1787–1850)|John T. Mason]]
| May 20, 1830 to July 12, 1831
|-
| [[Stevens T. Mason]]
| July 12, 1831 to September 15, 1835
|-
| [[John S. Horner]]
| September 15, 1835 to July 3, 1836
|}

===Supreme Court===
From 1805 through 1823, Territorial Supreme Court Justices were appointed by the U.S. president, with consent of the U.S. Senate. Their terms had no fixed limits. In 1823, the U.S. Congress passed an act reorganizing territorial government and setting a four-year term of office for justices.

{| class="wikitable"
|- align=center
! Supreme Court Justices
! Dates Served
! Notes
|-
| [[Augustus B. Woodward]]
| March 2, 1805 to February 1, 1824
| Appointed by Thomas Jefferson; resigned following reorganization of court
|-
| [[Frederick Bates (politician)|Frederick Bates]]
| March 3, 1805 to November 1808
| Appointed by Thomas Jefferson; resigned after being appointed Secretary of [[Louisiana Territory]]
|-
| [[John Griffin (Michigan jurist)|John Griffin]]
| December 23, 1805 to February 1, 1824
| Appointed by Thomas Jefferson; resigned following reorganization of court
|-
| [[James Witherell]]
| April 23, 1808 to January 15, 1828
| First appointed by Thomas Jefferson; reappointed by James Monroe; resigned after being appointed Secretary of Michigan Territory
|-
| [[Solomon Sibley]]
| February 2, 1824 to July 17, 1836
| First appointed by James Monroe, reappointed by John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson; not reappointed after Michigan statehood
|-
| [[John Hunt (Michigan jurist)|John Hunt]]
| February 20, 1824 to June 15, 1827
| Twice appointed by James Monroe; died in office
|-
| [[Henry C. Chipman]]
| July 18, 1817 to April 25, 1832
| Twice appointed by John Quincy Adams; was not reappointed by Andrew Jackson
|-
| [[William Woodbridge]]
| January 15, 1828 to April 25, 1832
| Appointed by John Quincy Adams; was not reappointed by Andrew Jackson
|-
| [[Ross Wilkins]]
| April 26, 1832 to July 17, 1836
| Appointed by Andrew Jackson; appointed U.S. District Court judge for Michigan after statehood
|-
| [[George Morell (Michigan jurist)|George Morell]]
| April 26, 1832 to July 17, 1843
| First appointed by Andrew Jackson; appointed to the Michigan Supreme Court by Governor Mason
|}