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<div>{{USState<br />
|name=Michigan<br />
|flag=Michigan_State_Flag.gif<br />
|motto=''Si Quaeris Peninsulam Amoenam Circumspice'' (If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look around you)<br />
|nick=The Great Lakes State<br />
|capital=Lansing<br />
|language=None<br />
|governor=Jennifer Granholm<br />
|gparty=Democrat<br />
|senator1=Carl Levin<br />
|s1party=Democrat<br />
|s1phone=(202) 224-6221<br />
|s1email=http://levin.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm Contact<br />
|senator2=Debbie Stabenow<br />
|s2party=Democrat<br />
|s2phone=(202) 224-4822 <br />
|s2email=http://stabenow.senate.gov/email.cfm Contact<br />
|population=<br />
|date=January 26, 1837 (26th)<br />
}}<br />
[[Image:Michigan ref 2001.jpg|300 px|thumb|right|Michigan]]<br />
'''Michigan''' was the twenty-sixth state to enter into the union, on Jan. 26, 1837. It is known for its interesting geographical location, bordering four of the five [[Great Lakes]] (it does not border Lake Ontario). It also comprises two parts, the Upper Peninsula (known as the U.P.) and the Lower Peninsula (which is by far the larger of the two). The two are separated by water. Its capital is [[Lansing]], and its largest city is [[Detroit]].<br />
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==Notable people from Michigan==<br />
*Inventor [[Thomas Edison]] lived in Port Huron.<br />
*President [[Gerald Ford]] grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan and represented the state in the [[House of Representatives]] before replacing [[Spiro Agnew]] as Vice President.<br />
*Automaker [[Henry Ford]] was born in what is now Dearborn.<br />
*Aviator [[Charles Lindbergh]] was born in Detroit.<br />
*Pro-life activist and Domino's Pizza Founder [[Tom Monaghan]] was born in Ann Arbor.<br />
*Liberal filmmaker [[Michael Moore]] was born in Flint.<br />
*Civil rights pioneer [[Rosa Parks]] lived in Detroit for some of her life.<br />
*Bob Seger<br />
*Bruce Catton<br />
*Ted Nugent<br />
*Tom Selleck<br />
*Danny Thomas<br />
*General George Custer<br />
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==Sports==<br />
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Michigan is home to the [[NBA]]'s Detroit Pistons, the [[NFL]]'s Detroit Lions, the [[NHL]]'s [[Detroit Red Wings]], and [[Major League Baseball]]'s [[Detroit Tigers]].<br />
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New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter grew up and attended high school in Kalamazoo, Michigan.<br />
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[[File:Livingston County Courthouse.jpg|thumb|320px|left|Livingston County Courthouse, Howell, Michigan.]]<br />
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