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George Van Ness Lothrop (August 8, 1817 – July 12, 1897) was a politician in the U.S. state of Michigan, serving as the seventh Michigan Attorney General from 1848 until 1851.〔 ==Biography== Lothrup was born in Easton, Massachusetts, the son of Howard Lothrop and Sally (Williams) Lothrop.〔 George grew up on the family farm in Easton. He studied for one year at Amherst College, and graduated from Brown University in 1838. He started law school at Harvard College, but didn't finish due to ill health. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi and Phi Beta Kappa. He moved to live on his brother Edwin's farm in Prairie Ronde, Michigan, to recover. In 1843, Lothrup moved to Detroit to finish his law studies, and found success as a lawyer.〔 Lothrop was married in 1847 to Almira Strong of Rochester, New York.〔 Lothrop was a candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan's 1st congressional district, losing to Republican William Alanson Howard in 1856 and to Bradley F. Granger in 1860. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Michigan in 1860 and a delegate to the Michigan State Constitutional convention in 1867 (which did not produce a constitution approved by the voters). Lothrup served as U.S. Minister to Russia from 1885 to 1888. He died on July 12, 1897 in Detroit, Michigan of hyperthermia. He is interred Elmwood Cemetery in Detroit, Michigan. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George V. N. Lothrop」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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