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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."
The Free Press steered away from the 8-Mile angle but made it clear Young had ordered criminals to leave Detroit. Mayor Coleman Young enters his office for the first time on Jan. 3, 1974 at the ...
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]
James Joseph Couzens [2] (August 26, 1872 – October 22, 1936) was an American businessman, politician and philanthropist. He served as mayor of Detroit (1919–1922) and U.S. Senator from Michigan (1922–1936).
The Associated Press, [1] United Press [2] and Detroit Free Press [3] each ranked the top Michigan news stories of 1957 as follows: The November 1 opening of the Mackinac Bridge between the state's Upper and Lower Peninsulas (AP-1, UP-1, DFP-5) The September 12 death of Detroit Mayor Albert Cobo and Louis Miriani taking over as the new mayor ...
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 ...
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.