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Since 1918, all mayoral elections in Detroit have been held on a non-partisan basis, and mayors have officially served unaffiliated with any political party. Thus, the party affiliations given in the chart below for mayors elected after 1918 are not official and are based on the inferences of editors based on available historic information.
Coleman Alexander Young (May 24, 1918 – November 29, 1997) was an American politician who served as mayor of Detroit, Michigan from 1974 to 1994. Young was the first African-American mayor of Detroit and has been described as the "single most influential person in Detroit's modern history."
Detroit's first Black mayor took office 50 years ago in January. One off-the-cuff line in his inaugural speech has been debated ever since. Flashback: What Coleman Young really meant when he said ...
Richard William Reading was born in Detroit on February 7, 1882, the son of Richard W. and Louise M. Reading. [1] He was educated in the Detroit Public Schools and attended the University of Detroit. [1] Reading married Blanche White in 1901. [1] The couple had four children. [2] Reading was for a time a semi-pro wrestler. [2]
Cobo was mayor at the apex of the city's population of about 1.8 million in 1950. [18] He died of a heart attack on September 12, 1957, just months before his last term in office would have ended. [19] Cobo Center (formerly Cobo Hall) was built and named in his honor. However, on August 27, 2019, the facility was renamed the TCF Center. [20]
Kenneth Vern Cockrel Jr. [2] (born October 29, 1965) is an American journalist, nonprofit executive, businessman, and former politician who served as the 73rd mayor of Detroit, Michigan from September 2008 to May 2009.
The Mayor of Detroit was Dave Bing, who was first elected in May 2009 in a special election [4] following the resignation of Kwame Kilpatrick, then re-elected to full term in November 2009. [5] Bing announced on May 14, 2013, that he would not seek a second full term as Mayor, but would instead form an exploratory committee to run for position ...
Louis C. Miriani (January 1, 1897 – October 18, 1987) was an American politician who served as the mayor of Detroit, Michigan, from 1957 to 1962. To date, he remains the most recent Republican to serve as Detroit's mayor.