Samuel C. Randall was a Michigan politician. He was a thirty-third-degree Mason and a grand commander of Michigan Knights Templar.

Early life

Randall was born in Vestal, New York

Vestal, New York

Vestal is a town within Broome County in the Southern Tier of New York, and lies between the Susquehanna River and the Pennsylvania border. As of the 2000 census, the population was 26,535, estimated to have grown to 27,369 in 2009....

. In the early 1850s, he came to Flint. He served in the Union Army during the Civil War finishing up at the rank of captain. He was in the lumbering industry. Additional, he was a director and vice-president of National Bank of Flint.

Political life

He was elected as the Mayor

Mayor

In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....

 of City of Flint

Flint, Michigan

Flint is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is located along the Flint River, northwest of Detroit. The U.S. Census Bureau reports the 2010 population to be placed at 102,434, making Flint the seventh largest city in Michigan. It is the county seat of Genesee County which lies in the...

 in 1897 for a single 1 year term.

Post-political life

Randall died in 1909.