The
Cabinet counties are ten
counties in the southern part of the
U.S. state of
Michigan named after
President Andrew Jackson and people who served in his
Cabinet. The Michigan Territorial legislature created twelve counties in 1829, naming eight of them after members of the recently elected Jackson's cabinet. Cass County was also created in 1829 and named for
Lewis Cass, the Territorial Governor at the time. Cass later served in Jackson's Cabinet, making a case for it to be included as a cabinet county. Livingston County was created in 1833 and named for
Edward Livingston, Jackson's Secretary of State at the time.