The Cabinet counties are ten

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in the southern part of the

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named after

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and people who served in his Cabinet. The Michigan Territorial legislature created twelve counties on October 29, 1829, naming eight of them after members of the recently elected Jackson's cabinet. Cass County was also created in 1829 and named for

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, the Territorial Governor at the time. Cass later served in Jackson's Cabinet, making a case for it to be included as a cabinet county. Livingston County was created in 1833 and named for

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, Jackson's Secretary of State at the time. The generally accepted reason for the naming of these counties after Jackson Administration members is that the Michigan Territory was trying to gain support of these officials in its

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with Ohio over the Toledo Strip. In one of his last acts in office, Jackson signed the 1837 bill making Michigan the 26th state. *

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, named for U.S. Postmaster General William T. Barry * Berrien County, Michigan, named for

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John M. Berrien *

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, named for U.S. Secretary of the Navy

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, named for

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Cass County, Michigan Cass County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 51,589. Its county seat is Cassopolis. Cass County is included in the South Bend– Mishawaka, IN-MI, Metropolitan Statistical Area which has a ...

, named for Jackson's second Secretary of War,

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, named for Secretary of War

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Ingham County, Michigan Ingham County ( ) is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 284,900. The county seat is Mason. Lansing, the state capital of Michigan, is largely located within the county. Lansing is the o ...

, named for

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Samuel D. Ingham *

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, named for Andrew Jackson himself *

Livingston County, Michigan Livingston County ( ) is a Counties of the United States, county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 193,866. It is part of the Detroit-Warren, Michigan, Warren-Dearborn, Michigan, ...

, named for Jackson's second Secretary of State,

Van Buren County, Michigan Van Buren County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 Census, the population was 75,587. The county seat is Paw Paw, Michigan, Paw Paw. The county was founded in 18 ...

, named for U.S. Secretary of State (later

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and then President)

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* Toledo War at Holy Toledo

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