Talk:Stevens T. Mason

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Seal-of-Michigan.png

message: Mason is being moved again as of summer 2010.  When the move is complete, this should be updated.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.69.100.176 (talk) 20:33, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Can you give us a source? If so, it can be mentioned now. --Steven J. Anderson (talk) 08:41, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Grave being moved again

message: I check pages listed in :Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of :Stevens T. Mason's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.
Reference named "TSHA":
From George Thomson Mason: 
From John Thomson Mason (1787–1850): 
I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT⚡ 03:21, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Orphaned references in [[:Stevens T. Mason]] 

message: The information about John Mason's appointment in 1831 is contained in the prior paragraph and doesn't need to be repeated here.Goldnpuppy (talk) 21:18, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The detail that Jackson appointed Stevens to fill the father's post is also repeated. Seems both sections may need to be edited a bit. older ≠ wiser 22:07, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Life and Politics in Michigan Territory 

message: Why does the article indicate that Mason was Governor from Oct. 6, 1835? He was elected on that day, but not sworn in as Governor until Nov. 3, 1835. MrArticleOne (talk) 01:06, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: , what you say makes sense. Is there are source for the Nov. 3, 1835, inauguration? The October 6 date was added by  with this edit back in March 2007, citing several sources, but without any specific reference for the date. older ≠ wiser 01:54, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Does this link work? http://books.google.com/books?id=rBIUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA120&lpg=PA120&dq=stevens+t+mason+november+3+1835&source=bl&ots=aIILRLLIyV&sig=E_tmheTS9PM0cB0oUM5B20Rb_zo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=d8_lUr-YMYmPqwGTqIHABw&ved=0CD4Q6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=stevens%20t%20mason%20november%203%201835&f=false The Pioneer Collections of the Michigan State Historical Society are generally considered a reliable source, and are frequently relied upon by researchers. This biography of Mason says the same: http://books.google.com/books?id=iyQ5EQamcu8C&pg=PA75&lpg=PA75&dq=stevens+t+mason+november+3+1835&source=bl&ots=YY660C-n_5&sig=inFhL4LwKCxHfLKrYrTCXKPUnig&hl=en&sa=X&ei=d8_lUr-YMYmPqwGTqIHABw&ved=0CEAQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=stevens%20t%20mason%20november%203%201835&f=false Many sources unfortunately say he was "elected" that day, but it would seem that was the day that the Legislature took some action to confirm recognition of his election and the day he took the oath of office. The election had been held on Oct. 5-6, 1835, when the question of whether to ratify the Michigan Constitution of 1835 was posed to the electors and provisional elections for state officers was held in the event that the voters approved the Constitution. MrArticleOne (talk) 03:19, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

text: I can only speculate where the confusion came from. My guess is that it has to do with Mason's history as a territorial officer. He was appointed Territorial Secretary on July 12, 1831, but as the Secretary he was the Acting Governor in the absence of the Territorial Governor at the time (Lewis Cass and then George Bryan Porter) -- and the Territorial Governors were routinely absent, making Mason the de facto Governor through most of his time as Secretary. By the time of the election, Mason had been the effective Governor of Michigan for over 4 years, and so the election that was held on Oct. 5-6 really only confirmed the reality of his control of the office. Nevertheless, he is recognized as the 1st Governor of Michigan because the Territorial Governors don't "count," since they weren't elected under a Michigan Constitution. Since Mason's term under the Michigan Constitution of 1835 didn't begin until Nov. 3, it seems like that's what the article should reflect. MrArticleOne (talk) 03:27, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of Taking Office 

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message: Some text and references copied from Battle of Windsor to Stevens T. Mason.  See former article's history for a list of contributors.  7&6=thirteen (☎) 20:21, 12 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Attribution