 william l. greenly (september 18, 1813november 29, 1883) was a politician from the u.s. state of michigan, serving as the sixth governor of michigan. ==early life in new york== greenly was born in hamilton, new york. he graduated from union college of schenectady, new york in 1831, then studied law with stower & gridley in hamilton and was admitted to the bar at albany, new york in 1834. ==politics in michigan== he moved to adrian, michigan in october 1836. he served as a member of the michigan state senate from the 2nd district from 1839 to 1840, and from the 3rd district from 1842 to 1843. greenly served as the fifth lieutenant governor from 1846 to 1847 and became governor on march 4, 1847 after the resignation of alpheus felch to take a seat in the u.s. senate. he completed felch's term through january 3, 1848.{{cite book|last1=herringshaw|first1=thomas william|title=herringshaw's national library of american biography: contains thirty-five thousand biographies of the acknowledged leaders of life and thought of the united states; illustrated with three thousand vigne
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