Michigan: Governors: 1803-1868

Governor in and over the State of Michigan
3 Nov 1835 - 7 Jan 1840	Stevens Thomson Mason
7 Jan 1840 - 24 Feb 1841	William Woodbridge
Acting Governor in and over the State of Michigan
24 Feb 1841 - 3 Jan 1842	James Wright Gordon [1]
Governor in and over the State of Michigan
3 Jan 1842 - 5 Jan 1846	John Stewart Barry
5 Jan 1846 - 3 Mar 1847	Alpheus Felch
3 Mar 1847 - 3 Jan 1848	William Lawrence Greenly
3 Jan 1848 - 7 Jan 1850	Epaphroditus Ransom
7 Jan 1850 - 31 Dec 1851	John Stewart Barry
1 Jan 1852 - Mar 1853	Robert McClelland
Mar 1853 - 31 Dec 1854	Andrew Parsons
1 Jan 1855 - 31 Dec 1858	Kinsley Scott Bingham
1 Jan 1859 - 31 Dec 1860	Moses Wisner
1 Jan 1861 - 31 Dec 1864	Austin Blair
1 Jan 1865 - 31 Dec 1868	Henry Howland Crapo [2]

Following the acceptance of resignation of Governor Woodbridge by the Senate of Michigan on 24 Feb 1841, the functions of Governor devolved on Lieutenant Governor Gordon who assumed executive authority on the same day.
The term of Crapo commenced on the first day of January next after his election (1 Jan 1865), in accordance with Section 24 of the Schedule to the Constitution of 1850. He took the oath of office on 3 Jan 1865.