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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.
Solomon Sibley becomes mayor. 1809 - February 24: Territorial governing council repeals the 1806 incorporation of the city. 1810 Methodist Episcopal Society formed. [4] Population: 770. [6] 1812 - August 16: Detroit surrenders without firing a shot to a small British-Indian army under General Isaac Brock in the War of 1812. [3]
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."
Pages in category "Mayors of Detroit" The following 67 pages are in this category, out of 67 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Defeated Fordson's mayor, Floyd Yinger, in the 1928 consolidation election. He refused re-election to a fourth term in 1935 to run for a seat on the city council. John Carey [4] 1935 1941 Mayor during the Battle of the Overpass, notably refused to have the Dearborn police intervene in the fight between Ford Security officers and Strikers.
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 ...
Marx was born on July 14, 1866, in Wayne County, Michigan, the son of German immigrants Stephen and Eleanor Busch Marx. [1] [2] Marx attended the Detroit public schools and the German-American Seminary, [2] and spent much of his early life farming, but as Detroit and Hamtramck, Michigan grew, the encroaching cities swallowed the Marx farm. [1]
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]