Joseph A. Martin
Joseph A. Martin (1888 – October 17, 1928) was the mayor of Detroit, Michigan in 1924.
Joseph A. Martin | |
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50th Mayor of Detroit, Michigan | |
In office June 10, 1924 – August 2, 1924 | |
Preceded by | Frank Ellsworth Doremus |
Succeeded by | John C. Lodge |
Personal details | |
Born | 1888 |
Died | October 17, 1928 Detroit, Michigan |
Biography
Joseph A. Martin was born on June 26, 1888.[1] He was Commissioner of Public Works for Detroit from 1920 to 1923.[2] He served as acting mayor in 1924 after Frank Ellsworth Doremus resigned for health reasons.[3] Martin resigned to concentrate on running for mayor, but lost a three-way race to John W. Smith (with Charles Bowles as the write-in candidate).[4]
Joseph A. Martin died on October 17, 1928.[5]
References
- "Mayors of U.S. Cities A - L". WorldStatesmen.org. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
- Sidney Fine (1975), Frank Murphy, Volume 2, University of Michigan Press, p. 172, ISBN 0-472-32949-9
- Municipal manual of the city of Detroit, 1984
- Robert Mark Warner; C. Warren Vander Hill (1974), A Michigan reader: 1865 to the present, Eerdmans, p. 175, ISBN 0-8028-7030-9
- "Former Detroit Official Killed". The New York Times. October 18, 1928.
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