Peter Morey (17981881) was the 2nd
Michigan Attorney General
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.
Early life
Morey was born in
Cazenovia, New York
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in 1798.
Career
Morey was a
Democrat
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. Morey was admitted to the bar in 1831. He practiced law in
New York
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for four years until in 1835 he moved to
Tecumseh, Michigan
Tecumseh ( ) is a city in Lenawee County, Michigan, Lenawee County in the U.S. state of Michigan, near the River Raisin. Tecumseh is about southwest of Detroit, south of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Ann Arbor, and north of Toledo, Ohio. The main stree ...
. In 1837, Morey moved to
Detroit
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. He served as
Michigan Attorney General
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from 1837 to 1841.
Morey then moved to back to Tecumseh for some years until finally moving to
Marion, Ohio
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.
Death
Morey died in Marion, Ohio in 1881.
References
1798 births
1881 deaths
Michigan Democrats
New York (state) lawyers
Michigan attorneys general
People from Cazenovia, New York
People from Tecumseh, Michigan
Lawyers from Detroit
19th-century American lawyers
19th-century Michigan politicians
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