The Political Graveyard: Wayne County, Mich.

Wayne County
Michigan

Wayne County information:

Population: 2,061,162 (2000); 2,111,687 (1990)
Land area 614 square miles.
County seat: Detroit
Wayne County official web site.
Capital Impact: Wayne County -- officials, addresses, and political, economic, education data
USA MapStats: Wayne County -- census data on population, race, economics
Wayne County MIGenWeb page -- genealogical, historical information and queries
(if this link doesn't work, find the new one through the USGenWeb national site).
Wayne County page at Interment.Net (Cemetery Records Online).

Neighboring areas:

North: Oakland County
Northeast: Ontario, Canada; Macomb County
Southwest: Monroe County
West: Washtenaw County

The Political Graveyard:

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Selected officials of Wayne County

(not intended to be complete)

Alexander W. Buel (Prosecuting Attorney, 1843-46) Charles Flowers (Circuit Court Commissioner, 1881-84) Joseph M. Weiss (Circuit Court Commissioner) John S. Haggerty (Road Commissioner) Philip T. Van Zile (Prosecuting Attorney, 1911) Paul W. Voorhies (Prosecuting Attorney, 1921-24) Harry S. Toy (Prosecuting Attorney, 1931-34) Leo J. Nowicki (Drain Commissioner, 1933-36) Elmer B. O'Hara (County Clerk, 1933-36) Thomas C. Wilcox (Sheriff, 1933-40) Harold E. Stoll (Register of Deeds, 1933-42) Fred C. Fischer (Superintendent of Schools, 1935-54) Andrew C. Baird (Sheriff, 1940-46) Edward Behrendt (Sheriff, 1947-48) Harold E. Stoll (County Clerk, 1947-63) Andrew C. Baird (Sheriff, 1949-63) Peter L. Buback (Sheriff, 1963-68) William L. Cahalan (Prosecuting Attorney, 1967-83) Roman S. Gribbs (Sheriff, 1968-69) Joseph B. Sullivan (County Clerk, 1970) Charmie Currie (County Commissioner) William Lucas (Sheriff, 1970-82) Charles N. Youngblood (Drain Commissioner, 1973-88) Robert A. Ficano (Sheriff, 1983-2002) William Lucas (County Executive, 1983-86) Edward H. McNamara (County Executive, 1987-2002) Teola Hunter (County Clerk, 1993-96) Robert A. Ficano (County Executive, 2003-) Warren C. Evans (Sheriff, 2003-)

Politicians who died in Wayne County

No city given: Moses W. Field 1889
Allen Park: Joyce Symons 1994
Canton: Perry Bullard 1998
Dearborn: Charles W. Jones 1897 Henry Ford 1947 John Lesinski 1950 Charles G. Oakman 1973 Alex Pilch 1980
Detroit:
Garden City: Gerald R. Dunn 2005
Greenfield Township (now part of Detroit): Asa H. Otis 1856 John Strong, Sr. 1881
Grosse Pointe: Charles B. Warren 1936 Truman H. Newberry 1945 Frederick M. Alger, Jr. 1967 Edward S. Piggins 1972 Paul D. Bagwell 1973 George F. Addes 1990 Henry R. Kozak 2001
Grosse Pointe Farms: John A. Doelle 1962
Grosse Pointe Park: Samuel Bastien 1935 Carl M. Weideman 1972
Grosse Pointe Shores: George N. Bashara, Jr. 2002
Hamtramck: Louis C. Rabaut 1961 Rudolph G. Tenerowicz 1963 Iwan Tryhook 1978
Livonia: Paul M. Chandler 1964 Earl T. Zink 1984 Richard M. Maher 2001
Plymouth: Ebenezer J. Penniman 1890
Romulus: Terry L. Troutt 1994
Springwells Township (now part of Detroit): John Greusel 1886
Trenton: Dorothy Haener 2001
Wyandotte: William R. Copeland 1992 Jack E. Legel 2001
See also Mich. deathplaces not assigned to counties.

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