for the Insane was founded; the state's railroad system was advanced; and the Michigan School for the Blind was established in Lansing. He was defeated for re-election in 1882, by Democrat Josiah Begole, ending a record 28-year span of Republican Governors in Michigan. Retirement and death Six years after leaving office, he was appointed and served on the Cherokee Commission, which attained land from the Indians to form the Oklahoma Territory. An Episcopalian, he died in Saginaw, Michigan and is interred at Oakwood Cemetery there. References Political Graveyard Memorial Library National Governors Association 1829 births Republican Party governors of Michigan Republican Party Michigan state senators People of Michigan in the American Civil War 19th-century American Episcopalians 1896 deaths Burials in Michigan 19th-century American politicians