Who is the mayor of Detroit?

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Duggan, born in Detroit, has spent his entire career working in the city to solve some of the most complex issues facing Detroiters, including crime, blight and access to jobs. In his first term, Mayor Duggan got to work restoring basic city services for all Detroiters.

Who was the first chair of the Detroit City Board of Trustees?

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 Sibley was elected as the first chair. The chairs elected yearly to this Board included:

What happened to Detroit’s former mayor Jack Bing?

But he was usurped in early 2013, when Republican Gov. Rick Snyder appointed emergency manager Kevyn Orr to restructure the city, making clear the hard truth: Detroit was a mess, financially. A bankruptcy filing soon followed, and Bing’s power now is severely limited.

What did former Detroit mayor Dennis Cockrel do?

While Cockrel was mayor, Barack Obama became president and ushered in a mega-billion-dollar stimulus package to jump-start the reeling U.S. economy. Some of those dollars came to Detroit and led to public works projects. He was elected mayor as the ship was taking on more water than it could bail.

Which Detroit mayors went to jail for corruption?

Count Miriani among the Detroit mayors who went to jail — but at least this one didn’t get tossed in the slammer for corruption. First, the good.

How did Miriani become Detroit’s first four-year Mayor?

Because council presidents fill uncompleted mayoral terms, Miriani got bumped up to the mayor’s office after Mayor Albert Cobo died in office in September 1957. That fall, voters elected him to his own mayoral term by a 6-1 margin and made him the first Detroit mayor elected to a four-year term. Earlier mayors had served two-year terms.

What happened to former Detroit mayor Charles reading?

Reading retired to White Lake Township and lived a quiet, crime-free existence until his death on Dec. 9, 1952, in Brighton at age 70. 3. Charles Bowles Not only was Bowles the only Detroit mayor to be recalled from office, he was the first big-city mayor in the nation’s history to get the hook.