1860 - 1860
Presidential Change and New Synods Form
Johannes Muehlhaeuser steps down as Wisconsin Synod president at the annual synod convention. Johannes Bading is elected to replace him. Bading is 36 years old when he is elected synod president. The Minnesota Synod is founded with J.C. H. Heyer as its first president. The Michigan Synod is also founded in this year. Friedrich Schmid, who founded Salem in Ann Arbor, Michigan, is its first president.
