William Paterson was a Michigan

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 politician and the seventh mayor

Mayor

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 of the City of Flint, Michigan

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...

 serving from 1862 to 1863.

Political life

in 1845, he was elect Supervisor

Supervisor

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 of Flint Township and served until 1847. He served in that same office in 1851 to 1852 and again in 1854 to 1855. He was elected as the seventh mayor of the City of Flint in 1863 serving a one year term.

With George Hazelton, the brother of the former mayor Porter Hazelton

Porter Hazelton

-Early life:With his two brothers, George and Edgar, and Ezekial Ewing constructed a bridge across the Flint River for the State of Michigan. With no money to pay them, they received most of the now Hazelton Township in Shiwassee County to the partners which they proceeded to sell to settlers and...

, Paterson opened the first bank in Flint with capital from one of the other Hazelton brothers. Paterson and the capital disappeared never to seen again.