1. John Norvell was a newspaper editor and one of the first US Senators from Michigan.
23 Facts About John Norvell
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John Norvell is known as one of two co-founders of The Philadelphia Inquirer, the third-longest continually operating daily newspaper in the United States of America.
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John Norvell's parents were Lieutenant Lipscomb Norvell, an officer of the Virginia Line in the American Revolutionary War, and Mary Hendrick.
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Lipscomb John Norvell was taken prisoner by the Revolutionary War when they captured Charleston, South Carolina, in 1781, and later was an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati.
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John Norvell received a reply in which Jefferson first recommended authors to read on government and history, then issued a scathing critique of newspapers:.
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John Norvell who reads nothing will still learn the great facts, and the details are all false.
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John Norvell did not publish this letter until after Jefferson's death in 1826, the original letter is lost, but was in his son's possession as late as 1880.
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John Norvell studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1814, and began a private practice in Baltimore.
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John Norvell enlisted as a private in the War of 1812, serving in the Battle of Bladensburg.
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Catherine Cone John Norvell was eight months pregnant and could only travel by wagon.
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John Norvell found a pony in a neighboring field and caught him.
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John Norvell stayed with The Patriot almost two years before abruptly moving back to Kentucky, possibly with the encouragement of Henry Clay, where he took over the state's oldest newspaper, the Lexington Kentucky Gazette in 1817.
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In 1831, John Norvell moved to Michigan Territory after being appointed postmaster of Detroit by Andrew Jackson.
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John Norvell was awarded the post because of his support of US President Andrew Jackson, as were many other printers who had supported the Republican party.
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John Norvell was an influential and active participant in the first constitutional convention in 1835.
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John Norvell was a member of the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan from 1837 to 1839.
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John Norvell served one term in the 24th, 25th, and 26th congresses from January 26,1837, to March 3,1841.
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John Norvell did not seek reelection and resumed the practice of law in Detroit.
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John Norvell was a member of the Michigan State Senate in 1841 and of the Michigan State House of Representatives in 1842.
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John Norvell served as United States district attorney in Michigan from 1846 to 1849.
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Dallas John Norvell served on the staff of General George Custer.
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Angus Keith, a Great Lakes boat captain, and the younger daughter Emily Virginia John Norvell married Henry Nelson Walker, a newspaper owner, lawyer, and attorney general of Michigan.
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John Norvell died in Detroit on April 24,1850, the day that news came from Washington that he had been appointed US Consul to Turkey.