[5] Complaints were made about Hascall's conduct as justice of the peace in 1828, but Territorial Governor Lewis Cass did not find sufficient cause to remove him from office.
[1] He represented Oakland County on the Territorial Council from 1832 to 1835,[6] and was elected as a Democrat to the Michigan Senate for its first term from 1835 to 1837.
[9] That same year, he was appointed receiver of public monies for Michigan,[10] and resigned his senate seat on the final day of its session, on July 26, 1836, in order to begin serving in the post.
[13] During the Black Hawk War he was commander of the Oakland Cavalry and assembled a company of mounted men to serve under Winfield Scott.
They had one child who died while young, and five who lived to adulthood: Charles C., Angeline (also spelled Angelina and Angeolina), Esther, Richard M., and Henry C.[1] Angeline married future Michigan governor Moses Wisner, and the two of them entertained the Prince of Wales—later Edward VII—during his tour of North America.