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- First non-partisan mayor under new commission-manager system, chosen yearly by fellow commissioners. Member of wealthy "blueblood" family, Yale '81, brother-in-law of Edwin Sweet. Owner of Fuller & Rice Lumber Company, operated timber lands and local real estate, president of Luce Furniture Company in 1915. Had many philanthropic interests. Home is now Heritage Hill landmark.
- Date Created:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Mayors of Grand Rapids digital collection
- Notes:
- Democrat. Son of an early Grandville settler, arriving there at age 12. By trade a machinist who started a foundry and machine shop that later became Butterworth & Lowe. He sold out as owner, then spent thirty years working as a foreman.
- Date Created:
- 1858-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Mayors of Grand Rapids digital collection
- Notes:
- Democrat. Lawyer who helped write 1857 city charter, served as city attorney, and was considered expert in municipal government. In 1883 was elected Michigan Supreme Court Justice and served 8 years then became a lecturer in the U. of M. law department.
- Date Created:
- 1867-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Mayors of Grand Rapids digital collection
- Notes:
- Man with glasses handing George Welsh a cake that says "Mayor Welsh"
- Date Created:
- 1948-05-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Democrat. Grand Rapids' first Jewish mayor. Immigrant from Germany, came to Grand Rapids in 1852, established clothing store. City water system began during his term. Later elected to Congress, then went into lumber trade and invested in other businesses.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Mayors of Grand Rapids digital collection
- Notes:
- Democrat. Yale graduate, wealthy lawyer, former partner of W. J. Stuart. Active in various business interests for himself and his wife's family, at one time operated the Livingston Hotel. As mayor, devised and advocated plan for non-partisan city government. Served in U.S. Congress 1911-13, then appointed Assistant Secretary of Commerce under President Wilson.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Mayors of Grand Rapids digital collection
- Notes:
- Democrat. Brilliant lawyer who came from Ypsilanti in 1876. Became president of Grand Rapids National Bank in 1881 while continuing practice. As mayor he achieved improved public lighting, more street paving, and an enlarged John Ball Park. In 1893 he was appointed Assistant Secretary of State by President Cleveland, then became U.S. Ambassador to Germany until 1897.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Mayors of Grand Rapids digital collection
- Notes:
- Unidentified Boy Scouts with Grand Rapids City Manager Locke and Mayor Swarthout. Photo shows an office interior, possibly the mayor's office in City Hall, with the four men sitting around a table. There is a wood and leather side chair in the background, along with various decorations including a thermometer advertising American-LaFrance Fire Engine Company, a bust, and a poster promoting the Charles E. Belknap memorial fund.
- Date Created:
- 1928-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Description:
- Zimbabwe Prime Minister Robert Mugabe, left, talks with Detroit mayor Coleman Young while both are seated at a table in front of microphones.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1983-09-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Description:
- Detroit mayor Coleman Young stands with others wearing hardhats, break ground with shovels for the new WDIV-Channel 4 building.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1980-10-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City