Art & History

National Statuary Hall Collection

Michigan

Image of Michigan statue

Lewis Cass, 1782–1866

Statesman

Cass served as territorial governor, U.S. Senator, and Secretary of War. Known as “the Father of Popular Sovereignty,” he argued that local inhabitants should decide whether slavery would exist in their territories.

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