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Person
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Doty, James D.
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Description area
Dates of existence
1799-1865
History
James D. Doty, politician and speculator was born in Salem, Washington County, New York in 1799 and died in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1865. He began practicing law at Detroit, Michigan Territory in 1819 and in 1823 became a judge of the judicial district of Northern Michigan. He became Wisonsin's delegate to Congress in 1839 and served until 1941. After Wisconsin acheived statehood, Doty served as a representative in Congress from 1849 to 1853. He had much interest in the Indigenous peoples of the Michigan and Wisconsin areas.