Editing Toledo War (section)

=== Frostbitten Convention and the end of the Toledo War ===
Horner proved extremely unpopular as governor and his tenure was very short. Residents disliked him so much they burned him in [[effigy]] and pelted him with vegetables upon his entry into the territorial capital. In the October 1835 elections, voters approved the draft constitution and re-elected Mason governor. The same election saw [[Isaac E. Crary]] chosen as Michigan's first [[United States Representative|U.S. Representative]] to Congress. Because of the dispute, Congress refused to accept his credentials and seated him as a non-voting delegate. The two [[United States Senate|U.S. Senators]] chosen by the state legislature in November, [[Lucius Lyon]] and [[John Norvell]], were treated with even less respect, being allowed to sit only as spectators in the Senate gallery.<ref name="DMVA"/>

[[File:Bilde-frost.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Journal of the 1836 Michigan Territorial Convention, often called the Frostbitten Convention]]
On June 15, 1836, Jackson signed a bill that allowed Michigan to become a state, but only after it ceded the Toledo Strip. In exchange for this concession, Michigan would be granted the western three-quarters of what is now known as the Upper Peninsula (the easternmost portion had already been included in the state boundaries).<ref>{{harvp|Galloway|1895|p=228}}.</ref> Because of the perceived worthlessness of the Upper Peninsula's remote wilderness, which was ill-suited for agriculture, a September 1836 special convention in [[Ann Arbor, Michigan|Ann Arbor]] rejected the offer.<ref name="Wittkeopcit">{{harvp|Wittke|1895|p=318}}.</ref>

As the year wore on, Michigan found itself deep in financial crisis, nearly bankrupt because of the high militia expenses. The government was spurred to action by the realization that a $400,000 surplus (${{formatprice|{{Inflation|US-GDP|400000|1836|r=-6}}}} in {{inflation-year|US-GDP}}{{inflation-fn|US-GDP}}) in the [[United States Treasury]] was about to be distributed to the [[List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union#Admissions of new states beyond the thirteen original colonies|25 states]] but not to territorial governments; Michigan would have been ineligible to receive a share.<ref name="MASON">{{cite web|last=Baker |first=Patricia J. |date=January 1, 2001 |url=http://www.michigan.gov/formergovernors/0,1607,7-212--52864--,00.html |title=Stevens Thompson Mason |publisher=State of Michigan |access-date=May 13, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060509115902/http://www.michigan.gov/formergovernors/0%2C1607%2C7-212--52864--%2C00.html |archive-date=May 9, 2006 }}</ref>

[[File:Upper peninsula Toledo War.png|thumb|right|The [[Upper Peninsula of Michigan]]. Congress offered the region in red to the state of [[Michigan]] in exchange for the Toledo Strip, as a compromise.]]The war unofficially ended on December 14, 1836, at a second convention in Ann Arbor. Delegates passed a resolution to accept Congress's terms. The calling of the convention was itself controversial. It came about only because of an upswelling of private summonses, petitions, and public meetings. Since the legislature did not approve a call to convention, some said the convention was illegal. [[Whig Party (United States)|Whigs]] boycotted the convention. As a consequence, the resolution was ridiculed by many Michigan residents.<ref name="Wittkeopcit" /> Congress questioned the convention's legality, but accepted its results. Because of these factors, as well as a notable cold spell, the event became known as the Frostbitten Convention.<ref name="Wittkeopcit"/>

On January 26, 1837, Michigan was admitted to the Union as the 26th state,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/50sq_program/states/index.cfm?flash=yes&state=MI |title= Michigan Quarter |publisher= U.S. Mint |access-date= May 13, 2006 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060614181851/http://usmint.gov/mint_programs/50sq_program/states/index.cfm?flash=yes&state=MI |archive-date= June 14, 2006 }}</ref> without the Toledo Strip but with the entire Upper Peninsula.<ref name="Wittkeopcit" />