Mark Spencer Brewer was a politician

Politician

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 from the U.S. state

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 of Michigan

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Brewer was born in Addison Township, Michigan

Addison Township, Michigan

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 and attended the rural schools and Romeo and Oxford Academies. He studied law, was admitted to the bar

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 in 1864 and commenced practice in Pontiac

Pontiac, Michigan

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. He was city attorney of Pontiac in 1866 and 1867 and circuit court commissioner for Oakland County

Oakland County, Michigan

-Demographics:As of the 2010 Census, there were 1,202,362 people, 471,115 households, and 315,175 families residing in the county. The population density as of the 2000 census was 1,369 people per square mile . There were 492,006 housing units at an average density of 564 per square mile...

 1866-1869. He was a member of the Michigan State Senate from the 20th District 1872-1874.

Brewer was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives

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 from Michigan's 6th District for the 45th

45th United States Congress

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 and 46th

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 Congresses, serving from March 4, 1877 to March 3, 1881.

He was appointed consul general to Berlin

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 on June 30, 1881, by U.S. President James A. Garfield and served from August 29, 1881, until June 7, 1885. He was again elected to the U.S. House for the 50th

50th United States Congress

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 and 51st

51st United States Congress

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 Congresses, serving from March 4, 1887 to March 3, 1891. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1890 and resumed the practice of law in Pontiac.

He was a delegate to the 1896 Republican National Convention

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 and was appointed a member of the United States Civil Service Commission

United States Civil Service Commission

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 by President William McKinley

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 January 18, 1898, and served until his death in Washington, D.C.

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He is interred in Oak Hill Cemetery, in Pontiac, Michigan.