It seems kind of silly to proclaim that there were ever any kings or Queens in the United States, but as it turns out, there have actually been two kings in the state of Michigan since at least the 1850s.
Going back to the first king of Michigan, you have to look at James Strang, who was a religious leader and a politician who served as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 1853 until he was assassinated three years later in 1856.
But before this, he had set his sights on Beaver Island, which is located off Lake Michigan. It was on July 8 that James Strang and his group of followers settled on Beaver Island, where he declared himself the king of Beaver Island and renamed the capital after himself, Saint James…