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2014 In Michigan
Events from the year 2014 in Michigan. Office holders State office holders * Governor of Michigan: Rick Snyder (Republican) * Lieutenant Governor of Michigan: Brian Calley (Republican) * Michigan Attorney General: Bill Schuette (Republican) * Michigan Secretary of State: Ruth Johnson (Republican) * Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives: Jase Bolger (Republican) * Majority Leader of the Michigan Senate: Randy Richardville (Republican) * Chief Justice, Michigan Supreme Court: Robert P. Young Jr. Mayors of major cities * Mayor of Detroit: Mike Duggan (Democrat) * Mayor of Grand Rapids: George Heartwell * Mayor of Warren, Michigan: James R. Fouts * Mayor of Ann Arbor: John Hieftje/ Christopher Taylor (Democrat) * Mayor of Lansing: Virgil Bernero * Mayor of Flint: Dayne Walling Federal office holders * U.S. Senator from Michigan: Debbie Stabenow (Democrat) * U.S. Senator from Michigan: Carl Levin (Democrat) * House District 1: Dan Benishek (Repub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Snyder In 2013
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List Of Mayors Of Detroit
This is a list of mayors of Detroit, Michigan. See History of Detroit, Michigan, for more information about the history of the incorporation of the city. The current mayor is Mike Duggan, who was sworn into office on January 1, 2014. History of Detroit's executive authority 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 current strong mayor system 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. Early French and Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Levin Official Portrait
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Dayne Walling
Dayne Walling (born ) is an American politician who was the mayor of Flint, Michigan from 2009 to 2015. Although the Flint mayor's office is a nonpartisan position, Walling is a member of the Democratic Party. Life Early life and education Walling was born on to two Flint schools educators. In 1992, he graduated from Flint Central High School. Walling then earned a bachelor's degree in social relations from Michigan State University. He attended the University of Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship getting a bachelor's in modern history. He followed that with a master's degree in urban affairs from Goldsmiths, University of London. Public life Walling began his public service career in the mayor's office in Washington, DC. For over two years, he worked as manager of research and communication. During that time, Walling was a founder and president of the Flint Club, a 501(c)(3) non-profit community organization. Walling had also served as U.S. Rep. Dale E. Kildee's Field co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Mayors Of Flint, Michigan
The mayor position of Flint, Michigan is a strong mayor-type. In Flint's previous 1929 charter, the mayor was one of the City Commissioners, as the council in a council-manager type government. 1855–1888 The mayor was one of many citywide elected officers including the Recorder, Supervisor, Treasurer, Marshal, Directors of the Poor, School Inspector and Justices of the Peace. Additionally, other administrative officers were selected by wards. 1888 Charter 1929 Charter Under the 1929 charter, Flint move to a council–manager form of government with the council called the “City Commission.” 1974 Charter Under the 1974 Charter, the office of mayor is a non-partisan elected position. References {{Flint, Michigan Flint, Michigan Flint is the largest city and seat of Genesee County, Michigan, United States. Located along the Flint River, northwest of Detroit, it is a principal city within the region known as Mid Michigan. At the 2020 census, Flint had a popu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virgil Bernero
Virgil Paul "Virg" Bernero (born March 31, 1964) is an American politician and former mayor of Lansing, Michigan, elected on November 8, 2005, and re-elected on November 3, 2009. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Prior to serving as mayor, Bernero served as a legislative aide, an Ingham County Commissioner and as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives and the Michigan Senate. He was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Michigan in 2010, losing in the November 2 general election to Republican Rick Snyder. Early life, education Virgil Paul Bernero was born March 31, 1964, in Pontiac, Michigan in the Metro Detroit area. He was the youngest of five children (three sons and two daughters) born to Giulio, an Italian immigrant who arrived in the US in 1948, and Virginia, a first generation Italian-American. Bernero has said that the diagnosis of schizophrenia in one of his brothers and the death of another brother from AIDS in 1990 (on the same day he was elected t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Mayors Of Lansing, Michigan
List Lansing, Michigan, was incorporated as a city on February 15, 1859. * Hiram H. Smith, 1859 * John A. Kerr, 1860 * William H. Chapman, 1861–62 * Dr. Ira H. Bartholomew, 1863–65 * Dr. William H. Haze, 1866 * George W. Peck, 1867 * Cyrus Hewitt, 1868–69 * Dr. Solomon W. Wright, 1870 * John Robson, 1871 and 1881 * John S. Tooker, 1872–73 and 1876 * Daniel W. Buck, 1874–75 and 1886 * Orlando Mack Barnes, 1877 * Joseph E. Warner, 1878 * William Van Buren, 1879–80 * Orlando F. Barnes, 1882–83 * William Donovan, 1884–85 * Jacob F. Schultz, 1887 * John Crotty, 1888 * James M. Turner, 1889 and 1895 * Frank B. Johnson, 1890–91 * Arthur O. Bement, 1892–93 * Alroy A. Wilbur, 1894 * Russell C. Ostrander, 1896 * Charles J. Davis, 1897–99 * James F. Hammell, 1900–03 * Hugh Lyons, 1904–07 * John S. Bennett, 1908–11 * J. Gottlieb Reutter, 1912–17 * Jacob W. Ferle, 1918–19 and 1922 * Benjamin A. Kyes, 1920–21 * Silas F. Main, 192 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Taylor (politician)
Christopher Taylor (born 1967) is an American attorney and politician who has served as the mayor of Ann Arbor, Michigan since 2014. He has earned four degrees from the University of Michigan, and served on the boards of directors of various Ann Arbor non-profit organizations before being elected to public office. In 2008, Taylor was elected to Ann Arbor City Council as a Democrat, on which he served a total of three terms before announcing his mayoral campaign in 2013. After winning a highly contested Democratic primary in August 2014, he was elected Mayor of Ann Arbor on November 4, 2014, winning 84.21% of the vote as he easily defeated independent candidate Bryan Kelly. Taylor's philosophy generally resembles that of his predecessor, John Hieftje, including his emphases on development, infrastructure, and the relationship between the city and the University of Michigan. Early life Taylor was born in 1967 in New York City, and moved to Illinois with his family in 1976. During h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hieftje
John Hieftje ( , ) is an American politician who served as the 60th mayor of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Hieftje began his political career in 1999, when he was elected to the city council for Ann Arbor's 1st Ward as a Democratic Party (United States), Democrat. He was first as Mayor in 2000, and was re-elected in 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2012. Early life Hieftje was born in Battle Creek, Michigan and grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Ann Arbor. Hieftje worked for the United States Forest Service and as a real estate agent. He graduated from Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan in 1997. Environmentalist stance Hieftje has campaigned as an environmentalist, advocating for various alternative energy, anti-Urban sprawl, sprawl, and parks measures. The largest of these was a 2003 ballot initiative in which Ann Arbor residents were asked to approve property tax increases to fund the Ann Arbor Parks and Greenbelt Program. This anti-sprawl program called for the purchase ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Mayors Of Ann Arbor, Michigan
This is a list of mayors of Ann Arbor, Michigan, beginning with Ann Arbor's incorporation as a city on April 4, 1851. References Ann Arbor mayors, Political Graveyard website* Samuel W. Beakes, Past and Present of Washtenaw County' (Washtenaw County, Mich.: S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1906), for political affiliations prior to 1906. * Stephen D. Bingham, Early History of Michigan, with Biographies of State Officers, Members of Congress, Judges and Legislators' (Lansing: Thorp and Godfrey, 1888). * Jonathan Marwil, ''A History of Ann Arbor'' (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1990). * {{Ann Arbor Mayors Ann Arbor 1851 establishments in Michigan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James R
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Warren, Michigan
Warren is a city in Macomb County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The 2020 Census places the city's population at 139,387, making Warren the largest city in Macomb County, the third largest city in Michigan, and Metro Detroit's largest suburb. The city is home to a wide variety of businesses, including General Motors Technical Center, the United States Army Detroit Arsenal, home of the United States Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command and the Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC), the headquarters of Big Boy Restaurants International, and Asset Acceptance. The current mayor is James R. Fouts, who was elected to his first mayoral term in November 2007. History Beebe's Corners, the original settlement in what would become the city of Warren, was founded in 1830 at the corner of Mound Road and Chicago Road; its first resident was Charles Groesbeck. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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