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Joseph A. Martin was born on June 26, 1888.<ref name = "mayor">{{cite web | title = Mayors of U.S. Cities A - L | publisher = WorldStatesmen.org | url = http://www.worldstatesmen.org/US_Mayors.html | accessdate = November 7, 2010}}</ref> He was Commissioner of Public Works for Detroit from 1920 to 1923.<ref name = "murph">{{citation | title = Frank Murphy, Volume 2 |author = Sidney Fine | publisher = University of Michigan Press | year = 1975 | |
Joseph A. Martin was born on June 26, 1888.<ref name = "mayor">{{cite web | title = Mayors of U.S. Cities A - L | publisher = WorldStatesmen.org | url = http://www.worldstatesmen.org/US_Mayors.html | accessdate = November 7, 2010}}</ref> He was Commissioner of Public Works for Detroit from 1920 to 1923.<ref name = "murph">{{citation | title = Frank Murphy, Volume 2 |author = Sidney Fine | publisher = University of Michigan Press | year = 1975 |isbn = 0-472-32949-9 | page = 172 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ecbzqNewkcIC&pg=PA172}}</ref> He served as acting mayor in 1924 after [[Frank Ellsworth Doremus]] resigned for health reasons.<ref name = "man">{{citation | title = Municipal manual of the city of Detroit | year = 1984}}</ref> Martin resigned to concentrate on running for mayor but lost a three-way race to [[John W. Smith (Detroit mayor)|John W. Smith]] (with [[Charles Bowles (mayor)|Charles Bowles]] as the write-in candidate).<ref name = "reader">{{citation | title = A Michigan reader: 1865 to the present |author1 = Robert Mark Warner | author2 = C. Warren Vander Hill | publisher = Eerdmans | year = 1974 | isbn = 0-8028-7030-9 | page = 175 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ronhAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Joseph+a+Martin%22+%22john+w+smith%22}}</ref> |
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Joseph A. Martin died on October 17, 1928.<ref name = "nyt">{{cite news | title = Former Detroit Official Killed | newspaper = The New York Times | date = October 18, 1928}}</ref> |
Joseph A. Martin died on October 17, 1928 when he was 40.<ref name = "nyt">{{cite news | title = Former Detroit Official Killed | newspaper = The New York Times | date = October 18, 1928}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-06-27 |title=Joseph A. Martin, 54th Mayor of Detroit |url=https://www.geni.com/people/Joseph-A-Martin-54th-Mayor-of-Detroit/6000000103885558865 |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=geni_family_tree |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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Latest revision as of 12:15, 3 November 2024
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 |
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| Born | 1888 |
| Died | October 17, 1928 Detroit, Michigan |
Joseph A. Martin (1888 – October 17, 1928) was the mayor of Detroit, Michigan in 1924.
Biography
[edit]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 when he was 40.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "Joseph A. Martin, 54th Mayor of Detroit". geni_family_tree. 2020-06-27. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
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