Henry E. Blackman served in the offices of Allegan County Superintendent of the Poor, Allegan County Drain Commissioner, Trowbridge Township Supervisor, and Justice of the Peace under the banner of the National Party

National Party (United States)

The National Party was an early-20th-century national political organization in the United States founded by pro-war defectors from the Socialist Party of America in 1917. Rather than filing into the Democratic Party, these adherents of the SPA Right first formed a non-partisan national society to...

. The highest office he held was that of State Representative in the Michigan Legislature, to which position he elected in 1879. After serving only one term in that office, however, he was defeated in the 1881 race by Republican Francis Adam Goodman

Francis Adam Goodman

Francis Adam Goodman served the public most of his life as a politician and as a Union Army soldier. He was born March 3, 1827 in Rimbach, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, the son of Wilhelm and Mary Gutmann...

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Blackman was born in Aurora, Ohio (Portage County

Portage County, Ohio

Portage County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 152,061 at the 2000 Census and 161,419 at the 2010 Census. Its county seat is Ravenna. Portage County is named for the portage between the Cuyahoga and Tuscarawas Rivers...

) 6 January 1820. In 1839, he relocated to Michigan, finally settling in Trowbridge Township, Allegan County

Trowbridge Township, Michigan

Trowbridge Township is a civil township of Allegan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,519 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...

in 1841. Outside of the political arena, Blackman made his living as a farmer.

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