Frank Ellsworth Doremus | |
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Mayor of Detroit | |
In office 1923–1924 |
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Preceded by | John C. Lodge |
Succeeded by | Joseph A. Martin |
United States Representative for the 1st Congressional District of Michigan | |
In office 1911–1921 |
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Preceded by | Edwin Denby |
Succeeded by | George P. Codd |
Personal details | |
Born | August 31, 1865 Venango County, Pennsylvania |
Died | September 4, 1947 Howell, Michigan |
Frank Ellsworth Doremus (August 31, 1865 - September 4, 1947) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
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Doremus was born in Venango County, Pennsylvania on August 31, 1865, the son of Sylvester and Sarah Peake Doremus.[1][2] The Doremus family moved to Ovid, Michigan in 1866, and then to Portland, Michigan in 1872. [2] Frank Doremus attended the public schools of Portland, Michigan and graduated from Detroit College of Law.[1]
In 1882, Doremus began work at the Portland Observer, then moved on to take charge of the Pewamo Plain Dealer[2] and established the Portland Review in 1885, editing it until 1899.[1]
Doremus married Libby Hatley in 1890.[2] The couple had one child, Robert.[3]
Doremus was postmaster of Portland from 1895 to 1899.[1] He was elected township clerk in 1888 and re-elected in 1889.[2] In 1890, Doremus was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives from Ionia County 1st District serving from 1890 to 1892.[1]
He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Detroit in 1899.[1] He was assistant corporation counsel of Detroit from 1903 to 1907 and city comptroller 1907-1910.[1]
In 1910, Doremus defeated incumbent Republican Edwin C. Denby to be elected as a Democrat from Michigan's 1st congressional district to the Sixty-second and to the four succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1911 to March 3, 1921,[1] and was elected chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in 1913.[4] He was a delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan in 1916 and 1920. He served as mayor of Detroit in 1923 until he resigned the following year due to ill-health.[1][5]
He resumed the practice of law in Fowlerville, Michigan.[1] Frank Ellsworth Doremus died in Howell, Michigan and was interred in Roseland Park, Detroit, Michigan.[1]
United States House of Representatives | ||
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Preceded by Edwin Denby |
United States Representative for the 1st Congressional District of Michigan 1911– 1921 |
Succeeded by George P. Codd |
Political offices | ||
Preceded by John C. Lodge |
Mayor of Detroit 1923–1924 |
Succeeded by Joseph A. Martin |