- Michigan Secretary of State
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Secretary of State office, Ypsilanti
Secretary of State of State of Michigan 
Appointer Popular Election Term length 4 Years, Renewable Once Inaugural holder Kintzing Pritchette Formation 1937 Website www.michigan.gov/sos/ The Secretary of State is the third-ranking official in the U.S. state of Michigan and one of four great offices of state. [1] As the name implies, the officeholder was originally responsible for much of state government, but now the duties are similar to those of the other 47 secretaries of states across the United States.
Ruth Johnson is the current the secretary of state since January 1, 2011.
In Michigan, the secretary of state is not only responsible for elections, but also oversees vehicle registration and the licensing of automobile drivers, similar to a motor vehicles regulator in other states. The officeholder also oversees and regulates notaries public.
Under state law, the secretary of state must have at least one office in each of Michigan's 83 counties.
Courtesy title
The secretary of state receives the courtesy title of The Honorable (abbreviated to Hon. or Hon'ble) for life.
Michigan Secretaries of State Term of Service Kintzing Pritchette 1835–1838 Randolph Manning 1838–1840 Thomas Rowland 1840–1842 Robert P. Eldredge 1842–1846 Gideon O. Whittemore 1846–1848 George W. Peck 1848–1850 George R. Redfield 1850 Charles H. Taylor 1850–1852 William Graves 1853–1854 John McKinney 1855–1858 Nelson G. Isbell 1859–1860 James B. Porter 1861–1866 Oliver L. Spaulding 1867–1870 Daniel Striker 1871–1874 Ebenezer G. D. Holden 1875–1878 William Jenney 1879–1882 Harry A. Conant 1883–1886 Gilbert R. Osmun 1887–1890 Daniel E. Soper 1891 Robert R. Blacker 1891–1892 John W. Jochim 1893–1894 Washington Gardner 1894–1898 Justus S. Stearns 1899–1900 Fred M. Warner 1901–1904 George A. Prescott 1905–1908 Frederick C. Martindale 1909–1914 Coleman C. Vaughan 1915–1920 Charles J. DeLand 1921–1926 John S. Haggerty 1927–1930 Frank D. Fitzgerald 1931–1934 Clarke W. Brown 1934 Orville E. Atwood 1935–1936 Leon D. Case 1937, 1938 Harry F. Kelly 1939–1942 Herman H. Dignan 1943–1946 Fred M. Alger, Jr. 1947–1952 Owen J. Cleary 1953–1954 James M. Hare 1955–1971 Richard H. Austin 1971-1994 Candice S. Miller 1995-2003 Terri Lynn Land 2003-2011 Ruth Johnson 2011-Present Source: Michigan Manual 2003-2004, Chapter IV, Former Officials of Michigan
References
- Michigan.gov, Michigan Secretaries of State
Categories:- Government of Michigan
- Secretaries of State of Michigan
- Motor vehicle registration agencies
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