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Mayor of the City of Detroit
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Incumbent
Mike Duggan
since January 1, 2014
ResidenceManoogian Mansion
Term lengthFour years
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Formation1824
First holderJohn R. Williams
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This is alist ofmayorsofDetroit, Michigan.SeeHistory of Detroit,for more information about the history of the incorporation of the city.

The current mayor isMike Duggan,[1]who was sworn into office on January 1, 2014.

History of Detroit's executive authority[edit]

During the earliest part of its history, Detroit was a military outpost, and executive authority was wielded by first French, then British military commandants. Soon after the Detroit area was taken over by American forces, civil authority became more prominent, and executive authority was placed in the hands of a series of appointed officials, elected boards, and elected officials. This included a brief stint in 1806–1809 with a largely ceremonial mayor.

Detroit's currentstrong mayorsystem dates from the city's 1824 charter. From 1824 to 1857, mayors were elected to terms of one year; from 1858 to 1953 the term was increased to two years, and after 1953 mayoral terms were four years.[2]

Early French and British leadership[edit]

During the early part of Detroit's existence, local authority was vested in French and British military commandants. French commandants included:[3]

Seventeen British commandants led Detroit between 1760 and 1796.[4]

Early American leadership[edit]

When Detroit was turned over to the Americans in 1796, ColonelJean François Hamtramckwas named commander of Detroit, a position he held until his death in 1803.[5]

The first local rule of Detroit was established in 1802, when Detroit was incorporated as a town.[6]The original incorporation provided for a board of trustees to govern the town, the chairman of which was the highest governmental position.[7]The first chairman of the Board, appointed on February 9, 1802, was James Henry. Henry was elected to the position later in the year. Subsequent elections were held in May of each year, with the chairmen of the Board of Trustees being:[6]

  • James Henry (1802–1803)
  • James May (1803–1804)
  • Solomon Sibley(1804–1805)
  • Joseph Wilkinson (elected 1805)

1806 charter[edit]

In 1805, a massive fire destroyed the town and effectively eliminated the government. GovernorWilliam Hulland JudgeAugustus Woodwarddissolved the original incorporation, replacing it in 1806 with a government headed by an appointed mayor.[6]However, the position was largely honorary, and the two men who held it (Solomon SibleyandElijah Brush) each quickly resigned upon realizing the lack of power in the office.[7]The legislation creating this mayoral position was repealed in 1809,[7]after whichde factopolitical power still resided with Hull and Woodward, and Detroit was without either a mayor or board of trustees until after theWar of 1812.[6]

Second Board of Trustees[edit]

After the war, a legislative act in 1815 ended the interregnum and returned political control to the citizens of Detroit through a Board of Trustees, elected yearly. In October of that year,Solomon Sibleywas elected as the first chair.[7]The chairs elected yearly to this Board included:[6]

  • Solomon Sibley(1815–1816)
  • George McDougall (1816–1817)
  • Abraham Edwards(1817–1818)
  • John R. Williams(1818–1819)
  • James McCloskey (1819–1820)
  • James Abbott (1820–1821)
  • Andrew G. Whitney (1821–1822)
  • James Abbott (second term, 1823–1824)
  • Andrew G. Whitney (second term, 1822–1823)

1824 charter[edit]

In 1824,John R. Williamsdrew up a new city charter that provided for the first time for a directly elected mayor, with significantly increased executive powers.[7]Following approval by the state legislature, Williams became the City of Detroit's first elected mayor.

1918 charter and nonpartisan elections[edit]

In June 1918 Detroit's first home-rule city charter came into effect, following passage by city voters in areferendum.The new charter mandated that all Detroit public offices benon-partisan,and that elections to those positions would be held on a non-partisan basis, with no party designations on the ballot. These provisions have been continued through all subsequent city charter revisions.

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.

Official residence[edit]

Since 1966, the official residence of the Mayor of Detroit has been theManoogian Mansion,located on Dwight Street in the Berry Subdivision Historic District, facing theDetroit Riveron the city's east side. The mansion was donated to the city by industrialistAlex Manoogian,founder of theMasco Corporation.

First incorporation[edit]

Two mayors served under the 1806 charter.[7]

# Name Term Party Notes
1 Solomon Sibley 1806 Democratic[8] Solomon Sibley was the author of Detroit's first city charter in 1806, and became the city's first mayor under the charter.[7]However, when he found the office powerless in the face of the entrenched governor and judges, he resigned.[7]Sibley went on to serve as chair of Detroit's board of trustees during the time between mayoral control,[7]and later as a delegate to theUnited States House of Representativesand as a justice of theMichigan Supreme Court.
2 Elijah Brush 1806 Elijah Brush was appointed to the mayor's chair after Sibley's resignation, but like Sibley found the position powerless and soon resigned himself.[7]He owned theribbon farmimmediately adjacent to Detroit, along which Brush Street now runs. Brush served as a lieutenant colonel in the Territorial Militia, and was taken prisoner during theWar of 1812;he died soon after returning to Detroit in 1814.[7]

Reincorporation[edit]

The following mayors served under the stronger executive mayoral system begun in the 1824 charter:[9]

# Mayor Term Party Notes
1 Mayor Williams John R. Williams 1824–1825 Democratic[10] John R. Williams wrote the City Charter and served from 1824 to 1825 as the first mayor under the re-incorporation.[7]He also served a second time in 1830, and a third in 1844–1846. He was a successful merchant, and served in a number of other capacities, including as one of the first trustees of theUniversity of Michigan,was president of the Detroit Board of Education, and was a delegate to the first Michigan Constitutional Convention.[11]
2 Henry Jackson Hunt 1826 Democratic[10] Henry Jackson Hunt was a successful merchant, and served in various political offices, including county judge, city assessor, and trustee of theUniversity of Michigan.[7]He was the uncle and namesake ofCivil WarGeneralHenry Jackson Hunt.Hunt died while in office on September 15, 1826.[9]
3 Jonathan Kearsley 1826 Democratic[12] Jonathan Kearsley served in theWar of 1812,and was wounded badly enough to have his leg amputated.[13]He moved to Detroit in 1819 to become of Receiver of Public Monies, a post he held for 30 years. Kearsley was mayor twice, being appointed once in 1826 to fillHenry Jackson Hunt's term after his death, and being elected himself in 1829.[7][9]
4 Mayor Biddle John Biddle 1827–1828 Whig[14] Major John Biddle was born inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvaniain 1792, the son ofCharles Biddle,former Vice President of Pennsylvania,[15]He was in the US Army during theWar of 1812,and was active in Detroit politics and civic life. He went on to serve asMichigan Territorydelegate to theUnited States House of Representatives.His summer estate, "Wyandotte," was expanded into the current city ofWyandotte, Michigan.[15]
5 Jonathan Kearsley 1829 Democratic[10] (see above)
6 Mayor Williams John R. Williams 1830 Democratic[10] (see above)
7 Marshall Chapin 1831 Whig[10] Marshall Chapin trained as a medical doctor, and established the first drugstore in Detroit in 1819,[13]which endured well after Chapin's death and on into the 1880s.[7]He served twice as mayor (in 1831 and 1833) and was appointed City Physician during thecholeraepidemics of 1832 and 1834.[13]
8 Levi Cook 1832 Whig[16] Levi Cook served in multiple positions in the government of Detroit and Michigan, including as Representative to the State House, Treasurer of theMichigan Territory,and mayor of Detroit in 1832, 1835, and 1836.[13]
9 Marshall Chapin 1833[13] Whig[10] (see above)
10 Mayor Trowbridge Charles Christopher Trowbridge 1834 Whig[17] Trowbridge moved to Detroit in 1819, at 19 years of age. In 1820, he served on theLewis Cass expedition,led byLewis Cass,so impressing Cass that the latter made Trowbridge his private secretary.[18]In 1821, Trowbridge helped negotiate a treaty between theUS governmentand theWinnebagoandMenomineeIndians, and was later appointed assistant secretary in the local Indian department.[18]In 1833, Trowbridge became analdermanof the city of Detroit,[18]and briefly served asMayorduring thecholeraepidemic of 1834, resigning his position soon after.[19]In 1837, he ran as theWhigcandidate for governor of Michigan, and was defeated byStevens T. Mason.
11 Andrew Mack 1834 Democratic[20] Acholeraepidemic broke out in 1834 during MayorCharles Christopher Trowbridge's term; when the epidemic had subsided, Trowbridge resigned.[13]Andrew Mack won the ensuing special election on September 24 with 91 votes.[21]He later represented Wayne County in the Michigan Legislature.[13]
12 Levi Cook 1835–1836 Whig[10] (see above)
13 Henry Howard 1837 Democratic[22] Henry Howard moved to Detroit in 1827 to manage Howard and Wadhams, a commercial lumber venture. In his brief tenure in Detroit, he served as an alderman and mayor for one term, as well as the treasurer and auditor general of the state of Michigan. In 1840, Howard moved toBuffalo, New Yorkto become treasurer of the Buffalo Savings Bank.[22]
14 Mayor Porter Augustus Seymour Porter 1838 – March 14, 1839 Whig[23] Augustus Porter was the nephew ofPeter Buell Porter;he practiced law for 20 years in Detroit, acting as city Recorder in 1830 and elected mayor in 1838.[24]He resigned on March 14, 1839 to serve asUnited States SenatorforMichigan.[9]In 1846 he moved toNiagara Falls, New York.[24]
15 Asher B. Bates March 15, 1839 – April 18, 1839[25][26] Whig Asher Bates came to Detroit in 1831, and served as Justice of the Peace and City Attorney.[13]After Porter resigned, Bates was acting mayor for the remainder of Porter's term.[9]He later served asAttorney Generalfor theKingdom of Hawaii[13]and died in 1873 inSan Franciscoofleprosycontracted in Hawaii.[27]
16 De Garmo Jones 1839 Whig[28] De Garmo Jones came to Detroit fromAlbany, New York,and was involved in many business ventures, including theMichigan Central Railroad.[13]In addition to serving as mayor, he was a city alderman multiple times, as well as state senator.[13]
17 Mayor Pitcher Zina Pitcher 1840–1841 Whig[29] Zina Pitcher was a medical doctor, and began his career as a surgeon in theUnited States Army,eventually becoming president of the Army Medical Board in 1835.[13]After leaving the Army, he came to Detroit in 1836 and served in various positions, including both city and county physician, Regent of theUniversity of Michigan,and three terms as mayor( 1840, 1841, and 1843).[13]While Regent, Pitcher took an active role in establishing the medical school at the University.[13]
18 Mayor Houghton Douglass Houghton 1842 Democratic[10] Douglass Houghton was educated as a medical doctor, but after coming to Michigan served as the state geologist from 1833 until his death in 1845, and as a geology professor at theUniversity of Michigan.[13]He was also a member of the National Institute in Washington DC and the Boston Society of Natural History, an honorary member of the Royal Antiquarian Society of Copenhagen, and a member of many other scientific and literary associations.[13]Houghton died in 1845 in a storm onLake SuperiornearEagle River, Michigan.[13]Houghton County, Michiganis named in his honor.[13]
19 Mayor Pitcher Zina Pitcher 1843 Whig[29] (see above)
20 Mayor Williams John R. Williams 1844–1846 Democratic[10] (see above)
21 James A. Van Dyke 1847 Whig[30] James A. Van Dyke was a lawyer by profession, served as City Attorney for Detroit,Wayne Countyprosecuting attorney, city alderman, and mayor.[13]In addition, he was heavily influential in early organization of theDetroit Fire Department,serving as president of the department from 1847 to 1851.[30]
22 Mayor Buhl Frederick Buhl 1848 Whig[10] Frederick Buhl moved to Detroit in 1833 and, with his brotherChristian H. Buhl,began a business in hats and furs.[13]The business was large and successful, and Frederick Buhl remained at the helm until 1887, when he sold the business to his son. In addition to his furrier business, Frederick Buhl was the director of two banks, the president ofHarper Hospital,and one of the original directors of the Merchant's Exchange and Board of Trade.[13]He also served on the city council as well as being mayor, and later in life joined the Republican Party.[31]
23 Charles Howard 1849 Whig[10] Charles Howard moved to Detroit in 1840 as an agent for the shipping and forwarding firm of Bronson, Crocker, and Company, and branched out into railroad construction and other endeavors.[13]He was simultaneously president of the Farmer's and Mechanics Bank and the Peninsular Bank,[32]and in 1848 he was elected mayor of Detroit.[13]Howard moved toNew York Cityafter thePanic of 1857caused the Peninsular Bank to fail.[33]
24 John Ladue 1850 Democratic[34] In 1847, Ladue moved to Detroit, and began in the business of manufacturing leather and purchasing wool.[13]He was popular among the business community, and in 1850 was elected mayor.[13]He died only a few years after in 1854.
25 Mayor Chandler Zachariah Chandler 1851 Whig[35] Zachariah Chandler arrived in Detroit in 1833 and opened a dry goods store.[13]After serving as mayor of Detroit, Chandler spent 18 years in theUnited States Senate,and was also theUnited States Secretary of the InteriorunderUlysses S. Grant.
26 John H. Harmon 1852–1853 Democratic[13] John Harmon came to Detroit in 1838, as a member of theHunter Patriots,a group dedicated to ridding North America of theBritish Empire.[36]In December 1838, Harmon took part in theBattle of Windsor,personally burning the British barracks and the steamerThames.[36]After the battle, Harmon stayed in Detroit, taking a job at theDetroit Free Press,and eventually purchasing the paper.[13]Harmon served as an alderman of the city of Detroit in 1847 and two years as mayor,[13]as well as representingMichiganon the1848 Democratic National Committee,[37]and serving as Collector for the Port of Detroit. After he left the office of Collector, Harmon spent much of his time inWashington, DC,during congressional sessions.[38]
27 Oliver Moulton Hyde 1854 Whig[13] Oliver Moulton Hyde moved to Detroit in 1838 and opened a hardware store on Woodward Avenue.[13]Hyde branched out in business, opening a foundry and machine shop, and began manufacturing marine engines and other steamboat hardware, and later began a dry dock business.[13]Hyde was elected to the city council numerous times, and served as mayor of Detroit in 1854, 1856, and 1857. He was also appointed Collector for the Port of Detroit under presidentsZachary TaylorandMillard Fillmore.[13]
28 Mayor Ledyard Henry Ledyard 1855 Democratic[39] Henry Ledyard was the son of prominent New York lawyer Benjamin Ledyard and Susan French Livingston (the daughter of Revolutionary War Colonel andUS Supreme CourtjusticeBrockholst Livingstonand granddaughter ofNew JerseygovernorWilliam Livingston).[13]WhenLewis Casswas appointed Minister to France, Ledyard accompanied him toParis,eventually becomingchargé d’affairesof the embassy and marrying Cass's daughter Mildred.[13]Ledyard returned to the United States in 1844 and moved to Detroit, serving as a member of the Board of Education, an alderman of the city, one of the original commissioners on the Board of Water Commissioners, mayor in 1855, and state senator in 1857.[13]When Lewis Cass was appointedSecretary of StateunderJames Buchanan,Ledyard accompanied him toWashington, DC,and remained there until 1861,[13]briefly serving as assistant secretary of state.[39]Afterwards, he moved toNewport, Rhode Island,where he lived for the rest of his life and was the first president of theNewport Hospitaland the president of theRedwood Library.[13]
29 Oliver Moulton Hyde 1856–1857 Whig (see above)
30 John Patton 1858–1859 Democratic[40] John Patton was acarriagemakerborn inCounty Down,Ireland.He emigrated to the United States as a boy, and later came to Detroit and established a factory.[40]He held many positions in the city, including chief engineer of the Fire Department, the Department president, city alderman, mayor, county auditor,Wayne County, Michigansheriff,Justice of the Peace,and United StatesconsulatAmherstburg, Ontario.[40]
31 Mayor Buhl Christian H. Buhl 1860–1861 Republican[41] Christian H. Buhl moved to Detroit in 1833 and, with his brotherFrederick Buhl,began a business in hats and furs.[13]The business was large and successful, and in 1855, Christian retired from the fur trade and started a wholesale hardware firm. Buhl was also part owner of theSharon Iron Works,the Detroit Locomotive Works (later the Buhl Iron Works),[13]and organized Detroit Copper and Brass Company and thePeninsular Car Company.[41]He was an alderman as well as mayor of Detroit.
32 William C. Duncan 1862–1863 Democratic[42] William C. Duncan moved to Detroit in 1849 and set up shop as a brewer.[13]He quickly became popular, and in 1852 was elected city alderman. He also served as the first council president,[42]mayor, and state senator.[13]Ill-health in the mid-1860s forced his retirement from business and politics, and Duncan died, childless, in 1877.[13]
33 Kirkland C. Barker 1864–1865 Democratic[10] Barker was born inSchuyler, New York,and worked in the shipping business before coming to Detroit and establishing the successful tobacco business of KC Barker & Company.[13]An avid outdoorsman, Barker was also the presiding officer of the Horse Association of America, and was elected Commodore of the Great Lakes Yacht Club.[43]He died in a boating accident near his home onGrosse Ile, Michigan.[13]
34 Mayor Mills Merrill I. Mills 1866–1867 Democratic[13] Mills, born inCanton, Connecticut,originally planned to start a general store inFort Wayne, Indianain 1845. However, early closing of navigation that year left Mills with his stock in Detroit, and, sensing an opportunity, he set up shop there instead.[13]Barker soon began trading in furs, then went into tobacco manufacturing as well as other pursuits.[13]In addition to being mayor, he served two years as head of the Democratic State Committee, and was a delegate to the 1876 Democratic National Convention.[13]
35 William W. Wheaton 1868–1871 Democratic[13] Wheaton was born inNew Haven, Connecticutin 1833.[13]He came to Detroit in 1853 and built a successful wholesale grocery business.[13]He was elected mayor in 1868, and later served as the chair of the Democratic State Convention.[13]
36 Hugh Moffat 1872–1875 Republican[13] Moffat was born in 1810 inColdstream,Scotland,and made his way to Detroit in 1837.[13]He began work as a carpenter, built up a successful and profitable business and expanded into the lumber trade by purchasing a sawmill and forested land.[13]Moffat was elected mayor for two terms; his administration was marked by a fractious relationship with theDetroit City Council,but his integrity earned him the moniker "Honest Hugh Moffat."[13]
37 Alexander Lewis 1876–1877 Democratic[13] Alexander Lewis was born inWindsor, Ontarioand came to Detroit when he was 14 to work as a clerk.[13]He eventually started his own forwarding & commission business, then moved onto wholesale trade and other businesses. In addition to being mayor, he served as Police Commissioner and a board member of theDetroit Public Library.[13]
38 George C. Langdon 1878–1879 Democratic[44] George C. Langdon began work as a clerk, and eventually went into the business of brewing and malting, amassing a considerable fortune.[45]After his stint in the mayor's office, he suffered some reversals of fortune, and was forced to return to clerking at the City Hall.[45]
39 William G. Thompson 1880–1883 Republican[46] Thompson was a Republican while serving as mayor, and a delegate to both the 1876 and 1880Republican National Convention.[46]However, in 1884 he switched parties to become a Democrat. He ran once more for mayor in 1891, being defeated by the then-incumbentHazen S. Pingree.[47]He also served as a state senator, being elected in 1894.[48][49]In 1888, Thompson was party to a sensational and public fight, where Thompson was considerably pummeled, with his broth-in-law Daniel Campau, where the latter warned Thompson that "he must not talk about his wife hereafter in barrooms and other public places, as he had been doing."[50]William G. Thompson died in 1904 of injuries received after being knocked down by a bicycle.[48]
40 Stephen Benedict Grummond 1884–1885 Republican[13] Stephen Benedict Grummond was born inMarine City, Michigan,and made his fortune in the shipping and marine industry.[13]Grummond was originally a Democrat, but joined the Republican Party when it was established, and served on the Board of Estimates, theDetroit City Council,and one term as mayor.[13]
41 Marvin H. Chamberlain 1886–1887 Democratic[13] Marvin H. Chamberlain was a wholesale liquor distributor.[51]He served as president of theDetroit City Councilbefore being elected mayor.[13]In 1898, Chamberlain patented a "liquid separating process" for reduction of garbage, and received the contract to collect garbage in Detroit under the company name of Detroit Liquid Separating Co.[52]He later built similar plants in other cities.[51]
42 John Pridgeon, Jr. 1888–1889 Democratic[10] John Pridgeon, Jr. was born in Detroit on August 1, 1852, the son of Captain John Pridgeon.[13]In 1871, he joined as a clerk his father's business of buying, selling, and operating sailing ships and tugs.[13]Pridgeon was a member of the first Park Commission, serving from 1879 to 1883.[53]He was elected to the city council in 1885, and in 1887 was elected mayor of Detroit, serving one term in 1888–1889.[13]He later served as a member of the Police Commission from 1891 to 1892.[53]After his stint as mayor, Pridgeon diversified his business interests, and in the years 1890–1900 served variously as president of the State Transportation Company, president of the Pridgeon Transportation Company, vice-president of the White Star Line, vice-president of the Red Star Line, and vice-president of the River Savings Bank.[53]
43 Mayor Pingree Hazen S. Pingree 1890–1897 Republican[10] Hazen Pingree was born inDenmark, Maine,and worked for several years in a shoe factory before enlisting in theUnion Armyto serve in theCivil War.[54]Following the war, Pingree moved to Detroit and there established the Pingree and Smith Shoe Co., which eventually had sales of over $1,000,000 per year.[55]Pingree was electedmayor of Detroitin 1889 on a platform of exposing and ending corruption in city paving contracts, sewer contracts, and the school board.[55]During thedepression of 1893,Pingree expanded the public welfare programs, initiated public works for the unemployed, built new schools, parks, and public baths.[55]He gained national recognition through his "potato patch plan," a systematic use of vacant city land for gardens which would produce food for the city's poor.[55]Pingree was elected mayor four times, and in 1896 was electedGovernor of Michigan.[54]However, his right to hold the two offices simultaneously was contested, and after theMichigan Supreme Courtruled against him, Pingree resigned as mayor on March 22, 1897.[9][55]During his four years in office, the direct election of U.S. senators was promoted; aneight-hour workdaywas endorsed; a regulated income tax was supported; and railroad taxation was advocated.[56]
44 William Richert March 22, 1897 – April 5, 1897 Republican[57] William Richert served on theDetroit City Councilfor eight years, and as president of the body in 1895 and 1897.[58]Richert served as acting mayor from March 22 to April 5, 1897, after Pingree was declared ineligible to serve as both mayor and governor.[9]
45 Mayor Maybury William C. Maybury 1897–1904 Democratic[10] Maybury served as the city attorney for Detroit during the 1870s, and was twice elected to theUnited States House of Representatives,in 1882 and 1884.[59]He was elected mayor of Detroit in 1897 to completeHazen S. Pingree's term, and was elected twice thereafter. In 1900, Maybury ran unsuccessfully forGovernor of Michigan.[59]
46 George P. Codd 1905–1906 Republican[10] George P. Codd studied as a lawyer and was admitted to the bar in 1892.[60]He was assistantcity attorneyfrom 1894 to 1897, a member of the board ofaldermenfrom 1902 to 1904, mayor of Detroit from 1905 to 1906, a regent of theUniversity of Michiganin 1910 and 1911,circuit judgeofWayne Countyfrom 1911 to 1921 and 1924 to 1927, and a member of theUnited States House of Representativesfrom 1921 to 1923.[60]
47 William Barlum Thompson 1907–1908 Democratic[10] William Barlum Thompson served as an alderman for two terms, from 1891 to 1894, and was elected for a third term in 1896.[61]He resigned his seat as an alderman in 1897 after being elected city treasurer, and served as mayor for two terms, in 1907–1908 and 1911–1912.[61]
48 Philip Breitmeyer 1909–1910 Republican[10] After finishing school, Breitmeyer joined the family florist business, John Breitmeyer & Sons, and after his father's death bought out his brothers to become sole owner of the firm.[62]The business grew rapidly, and Breitmeyer was one of the organizers, and served as president, of Florists' Telegraph Delivery (nowFlorists' Transworld Delivery,or FTD).[62]Breitmeyer was appointed byGeorge P. Coddas Commissioner of Parks and Boulevards for the city of Detroit.[63]So well did he perform that he was nominated as the candidate for mayor, and was elected for a term in 1909–1910.[63]Breitmeyer ran again for mayor in 1933, but was soundly defeated byJames Couzens's sonFrank.[64]
49 William Barlum Thompson 1911–1912 Democratic[10] (see above)
50 Oscar Marx 1913–1918 Republican[10] Oscar Marx was born on July 14, 1866, inWayne County, Michigan,the son of German immigrants.[65]As Detroit andHamtramck, Michigangrew, the encroaching cities swallowed the Marx farm; when Oscar Marx's father sold the farm, he gave Oscar several thousand dollars, which he used to buy into a bankrupt optical firm, the Michigan Optical Company.[65]Marx steered the company to become one of the largest in the region.[65]In 1895 he was elected as an alderman, a position he held for eight years.[66]In 1910, he was appointed City Assessor, and two years later saw his first of three terms as Detroit's mayor.[65]Marx was friends with Robert Oakman andJohn Dodge,and the three men controlled theRepublican Partyin Southeast Michigan for much of the 1910s.[67]Marx appointedJames J. Couzens,the man who would become the next mayor, to take over the Detroit police force,[67]

Non-partisan elections[edit]

A new city charter went into effect in 1918, which required that all city offices be non-partisan. The following mayors were elected in non-partisan elections with no party designations on the ballot, and served on a non-partisan basis with no official party affiliation:[68]This provision has been repeated in the subsequent city charters of 1974, 1997, and 2012:[69]So, the party affiliations shown below are based on information from each mayor's personal and/or political history and do not represent any official status.

# Mayor Term Party Notes
51 Mayor Couzens James J. Couzens 1919–1922 Republican[10] Couzens began his career working for theNew York Central Railroad,then became a clerk for coal dealerAlexander Y. Malcomson.[70]In 1903, Malcomson helped bankrollHenry Fordin his new venture, theFord Motor Company.Couzens borrowed heavily and invested $2500 in the new firm, and took over the business side of the operation.[70]Ford Motor Company became immensely profitable, paying Couzens large dividends; when he finally sold his stock to Ford in 1919, Couzens received $30,000,000.[70]In the 1910s, Couzens was appointed street railway commissioner and police commissioner for Detroit.[71]In 1919, he took the step to elected office, being twice elected mayor of Detroit.[71]Couzens resigned on December 5, 1922, after being appointed as theUnited States Senatorfor Michigan, replacing the disgracedTruman H. Newberry.[9][71]Couzens was re-elected twice more, and served in the Senate until his death in 1936.[71]His son Frank served as Detroit mayor in the 1930s.[72]
52 John C. Lodge December 5, 1922 – April 9, 1923 Republican[10] John C. Lodge served for over 30 years on theDetroit City Council,many of them as its president.[73][74]In that, capacity, Lodge served as acting mayor twice: once afterJames J. Couzens's resignation in 1922 and once afterJoseph A. Martin's resignation in 1924.[9]Lodge was later elected in his own right as mayor for one term in 1928–1930,[9]after which he was re-elected to a seat on the City Council.[9]After Lodge's death in 1950,the John C. Lodge Freeway(M-10) in Detroit was named after him.[75]
53 Frank Ellsworth Doremus April 9, 1923 – June 10, 1924 Democratic[10] Doremus was a newspaperman and lawyer.[76]He served in theUnited States House of Representativesfrom 1911 to 1921,[76]including a stint as chair of theDemocratic Congressional Campaign Committee.[77]Doremus was elected mayor in 1923, but resigned on June 10, 1924, due to ill-health.[9][78]
54 Joseph A. Martin June 10, 1924 – August 2, 1924 Republican Joseph A. Martin was Commissioner of Public Works for Detroit from 1920 to 1923.[79]He served as acting mayor in 1924 afterFrank Ellsworth Doremusresigned for health reasons.[78]Martin resigned to concentrate on running for mayor, but lost a three-way race toJohn W. Smith(withCharles Bowlesas the write-in candidate).[80]Joseph A. Martin died in 1928.[81]
55 John C. Lodge August 2, 1924 – November 21, 1924 Republican[10] (see above)
56 John W. Smith November 21, 1924 – January 9, 1928 Republican[10] In 1911, Smith was appointed Deputy State Labor Commissioner by GovernorChase S. Osborn.[82]He was elected to the Michigan State Senate in 1920, and was appointed postmaster of Detroit byWarren G. Hardingin 1922.[82]In 1924, Smith won election as Detroit mayor afterFrank Ellsworth Doremus's resignation,[82]continuing in the office until 1928.[9]Smith later served on theDetroit City Councilfor most of the time from 1932 until his death in 1942.[74]He served one more time as mayor in 1933, acting to fill out the end ofFrank Murphy's term,[9]after the latter had resigned and his successor,Frank Couzens,also resigned to concentrate on running for election as mayor.[83]
57 John C. Lodge January 10, 1928 – January 14, 1930 Republican[10] (see above)
58 Charles Bowles January 14, 1930 – September 22, 1930 Republican[10] In 1925, Charles Boles rose from obscurity to run for the mayoral seat vacated byFrank Ellsworth Doremus,with heavy support from theKu Klux Klan.[84]He ran third in the primary election behindJohn W. SmithandJoseph A. Martin,[85]but continued his campaign as a write-in candidate, and narrowly lost only after 15,000 write-in ballots were disqualified.[84]Bowles ran again in 1929, this time defeating both Smith andJohn C. Lodgeto win the election.[86]Bowles had campaigned as an anti-crime reformer, but when he fired Police Commissioner Harold Emmons after the latter had ordered a series of raids, he was accused of "tolerating lawlessness" and a recall election was instituted barely six months after he had entered office.[86][87]The recall was successful,[87]and Bowles lost the special election called to replace him toFrank Murphyon September 22, 1930.[9][88]
59 Mayor Murphy Frank Murphy September 23, 1930 – May 10, 1933 Democratic[10] Frank Murphy was a recorder's court judge in the 1920s;[89]his one-man grand jury investigation into city corruption raised his profile in the public's eye.[90]He ran againstCharles Bowlesafter the latter was recalled in 1930 and was elected, and was re-elected for a full term the following year. Frank Murphy resigned the mayorship in 1933 whenFranklin D. Rooseveltnamed himGovernor-General of the Philippines.[89]He later went on to becomeGovernor of Michigan,Attorney General of the United States,and finished his career as anAssociate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.[89]
60 Frank Couzens May 10, 1933 – September 8, 1933 Republican[10] Frank Couzens was the son ofJames J. Couzens.[72]After a stint on the Detroit Street Railways Commission,[91]Couzens ran for a seat on theDetroit City Council,and garnered enough votes to become council president.[91]WhenFrank Murphyresigned in 1933 to become governor of thePhilippines,Couzens became acting mayor.[91]He resigned the mayor's office on September 8, 1933, to concentrate on receiving theRepublicannomination for the office.[92]He was then elected mayor twice, filling out four years in office.[91]
61 John W. Smith September 8, 1933 – January 2, 1934 Republican[10] (see above)
62 Frank Couzens January 2, 1934 – January 3, 1938 Republican[10] (see above)
63 Richard Reading January 4, 1938 – January 1, 1940 Republican[10] Reading was appointed City Assessor in 1921, moved to City Controller in 1924, and was elected City Clerk in 1926.[93]He stayed in the office of clerk until 1939, when he ran for mayor, ultimately defeating Patrick H. O'Brien by nearly two-to-one.[94]However, once in the office, Reading engaged in graft, selling protection to numbers racketeers and promotions to police officers.[95]This corruption was exposed as the campaign for the next mayoral election was gearing up,[95]and Reading was crushed byEdward Jeffries.[96][95]Shortly after leaving office, Reading was indicted on charges of accepting bribes and conspiring to protect Detroit's gambling rackets, and was sentenced to four to five years in prison.[97]
64 Edward Jeffries January 2, 1940 – January 5, 1948 Republican[10] Edward Jeffries was the son of Recorder's Court Judge and civic servant Edward Jeffries Sr.[98]The younger Jeffries ran forDetroit City Councilin 1932, and served on that body for four terms, from 1932 to 1940, serving the last two as City Council president.[74]In 1940, Jeffries moved to the mayors office, winning four consecutive terms before losing toEugene Van Antwerpin 1947. Jeffries was elected once more to serve on the City Council, beginning in 1950, but died in office shortly thereafter.[74]
65 Eugene Van Antwerp January 6, 1948 – January 2, 1950 Democratic[10] Eugene Van Antwerp was a civil engineer and a captain in theUnited States Army Corps of EngineersduringWorld War I.[99]He served in the Detroit City Council from 1932 to 1948, when he moved to the mayor's office.[74]During that time, he also served a stint as the commander of theVeterans of Foreign Warsin 1938–39.[100]Van Antwerp served a single term as mayor, moving back to the council in a special election in 1950 and remaining on the council until his death in 1962.[74]
66 Albert Cobo January 3, 1950 – September 12, 1957 Republican[10] Albert Cobo worked forBurroughs Corporationwhen, in 1933, the company "loaned" him to the city of Detroit to help with their financial crisis.[101]Cobo never returned to Burroughs, instead running for the position of city treasurer in 1935, and serving seven consecutive terms.[101]In 1949, he ran for mayor, winning that election and the next two (the last for a four-year term).[101]Cobo ran for governor in 1956, but was handily beaten byG. Mennen Williams,his first loss after ten successful citywide campaigns.[102]He declined to run for a fourth term as mayor, but died in office near the end of his term.[9]
67 Louis Miriani September 12, 1957 – January 2, 1962 Republican[103] Louis Miriani was elected to theDetroit City Councilin 1947, and was council president from 1949 to 1957.[74]After Albert Cobo died in office, Miriani served as acting mayor for the remainder of Cobo's term and was elected himself beginning in 1958.[9]He served until 1961, when he was defeated for reelection byJerome Cavanaghin an upset fueled largely byAfrican-Americansupport for Cavanagh.[104]Miriani was again elected to the City Council in 1965.[103]In 1969, he was convicted of federaltax evasionand served approximately 10 months in prison.[103]He retired from politics after his conviction.[103]Most recent Republican to serve as mayor of Detroit.
68 Jerome Cavanagh January 2, 1962 – January 5, 1970 Democratic[10] The 1961 mayoral race was the first campaign undertaken by the young Jerome Cavanagh.[104]He was perceived as an easy opponent for incumbent Louis Miriani, but with the backing of the city'sAfrican-Americancommunity, Cavanagh pulled off a stunning upset.[104]Cavanagh was initially a popular mayor, appointing a reformer to be chief ofpoliceand marching arm-in-arm withMartin Luther King Jr.down Woodward Avenue. Cavanagh was reelected overwhelmingly in 1965, and in 1966 was elected president of both theUnited States Conference of Mayorsand theNational League of Cities.[104]However, his reputation was dimmed by the1967 riots,and he declined to run for a third term. In 1974, Cavanagh ran forGovernor of Michigan,but lost in the primary. In 1979, he died from a heart attack, at age 51.[104]
69 Roman Gribbs January 6, 1970 – January 1, 1974 Democratic[10] Gribbs served as an assistant prosecutor from 1956 to 1964 and assheriffofWayne Countyin 1968 and 1969 before deciding to run for mayor.[105]Gribbs served a single term as mayor, declining to seek re-election.[106]After leaving office, he served as a circuit court judge from 1975 to 1982 and on theMichigan Court of Appealsfrom 1982 until his retirement in 2000.[105][106]
70 Mayor Young Coleman Young January 1, 1974 – January 3, 1994 Democratic[10] Coleman Young was born inTuscaloosa, Alabama,but moved to Detroit when he was five.[107]DuringWorld War II,Young served as one of theTuskegee Airmen,and returned to Detroit at the end of the war.[107]He ran for state representative in 1959 but lost; in 1963 he ran for state senate and won.[107]He served in the senate until 1974 when he moved into the mayor's office, becoming the city's firstAfrican-Americanmayor.[107]Young remained as mayor for a record five terms, becoming the longest-serving mayor in city history.[107]During his tenure, Young was the vice chairman of theDemocratic National Committeefrom 1977 to 1981 and chair of theDemocratic National ConventionPlatform Committee in 1980. He also led theUnited States Conference of Mayorsand theNational Conference of Democratic Mayorsat various times.[107]With his health deteriorating, Young declined to seek a sixth term.[107]
71 Mayor Archer Dennis Archer January 3, 1994 – December 31, 2001 Democratic[108] Dennis Archer practiced law privately and as a law professor before being named to theMichigan Supreme Courtin 1985 by Michigan governorJames Blanchard.[109]The following year, Archer was elected to a full eight-year term.[109]He served two terms as mayor of Detroit, during which he was president of theNational Conference of Democratic Mayorsand president of theNational League of Cities.[108]Archer declined to seek a third term.[108]After stepping down from the mayor's office, he was elected chair ofDickinson Wrightand served a year as president of theAmerican Bar Association.[109]
72 Mayor Kilpatrick Kwame Kilpatrick January 1, 2002 – September 18, 2008 Democratic[110] Kwame Kilpatrick is the son of former county commissioner Bernard Kilpatrick and former Michigan legislator and United States congresswomanCarolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick.[110]The younger Kilpatrick began his political career by running for the Michigan House seat his mother vacated in 1996,[111]and was minority leader in the state house by 2001.[110]Kilpatrick was twice elected mayor, but resigned office in 2008 after a corruption scandal; he was later sentenced to 28 years in prison.[112]
73 Mayor Cockrel Kenneth Cockrel, Jr. September 18, 2008 – May 11, 2009 Democratic.[113] Ken Cockrel is the son of the late Kenneth Cockrel Sr., a civil rights activist andDetroit City Councilmember.[114]The younger Cockrel also ran for city council, and was first elected in 1997.[114]Cockrel was elected council president in 2005,[114]and assumed the mayorship afterKwame Kilpatrick's resignation in 2008.[115][116]However, Cockrel lost the ensuing special election toDave Bing,and returned to his seat on the city council.[113]Cockrel was re-elected to the city council later in the year.[117]
74 Mayor Bing Dave Bing May 11, 2009 – December 31, 2013 Democratic[113] Dave Bing played 12 seasons in theNational Basketball Association(9 with theDetroit Pistons) and was elected to theBasketball Hall of Fame.[113]After retiring from basketball, Bing started an auto parts manufacturing business, the Bing Group.[113][118]He moved to Detroit specifically to run for mayor,[118]and won the special election in May 2009 to fill the remainder ofKwame Kilpatrick's term,[113]and was elected to a full term later in the year.[119]
75 Mayor-elect Duggan Mike Duggan January 1, 2014 – present Democratic Mike Duggan served as the deputyCounty ExecutiveandprosecutorforWayne County,and was president and CEO of theDetroit Medical Centerfrom 2004 to 2012. He resigned to run for Detroit mayor;[120]after failing to qualify for the primary ballot, he waged a successful write-in campaign to qualify for the run-off election,[121]where he beatBenny Napoleon.Duggan is the firstwhitemayor sinceRoman Gribbs,who served when the city was still predominantly white.

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