ANDREW MACK was the son of Stephen Mack and was born in New London, Connecticut. In his early manhood he became a sailor and eventually captain of a vessel, and sailed three times around the world. In 1808 he took a drove of sheep from the cast to Cincinnati and settled there, and in the war of 1912 was captain of a company and subsequently a member of the Assembly of the State of Ohio. He came to Detroit about 1830 and in that year kept the Mansion Mouse Hotel. He was connected with the Territorial militia and was generally known as Colonel Mack. In 1830 he was one of the proprietors of the Detroit Free Press, and in 1834 was elected Mayor of the city to fill out the unexpired term of Mr. Trowbridge, who resigned. From 1829 m 1839 he served as Collector of Customs, and in the latter year represented Wayne County in the Stale Legislature. He eventually moved to a farm on the St. Clair River, in the town of St. Clair, and died there in 1857, when seventy-five years of age. The business enterprises in which he was engaged and the positions he held indicate that he was capable, energetic, and well-informed. Source: History of Detroit and Wayne County and Early Michigan By Silas Farmer 1890 2nd Biography: Representative from Detroit in 1839, was born in New London, Conn. He became a captain in the ocean merchant service and made three voyages around the world. In 1801 he drove some merino sheep, purchased in Spain, over the Cumberland mountains to'Cincinnati, and built a woolen factory there, and was a member of the Ohio legislature. Was a colonel in the war of 1812. Came to Detroit as collector of the port in 1829, which he held until 1839. He opened and kept the Mansion hotel in 1830, and was mayor of Detroit in 1834, during the cholera visitation, and did much to relieve, the sick, and as a health officer. He died in 1875, and wa« buried on his farm near St. Clair. Was in politics a Democrat. Early History of Michigan by Stephen D. Bingham