Frank E. Doremus
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Frank Ellsworth Doremus (August 31, 1865-September 4, 1947) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Doremus was born in Venango County, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools of Portland, Michigan and graduated from Detroit College of Law.
He established the Portland Review in 1885, editing it until 1899. He was member of the Michigan House of Representatives from from Ionia County 1st District serving from 1890 to 1892 and postmaster of Portland from 1895 to 1899. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Detroit in 1899. He was assistant corporation counsel of Detroit from 1903 to 1907. He was city comptroller 1907-1910.
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. 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. He resumed the practice of law in Fowlerville, Michigan.
Frank Ellsworth Doremus died in Howell, Michigan and was interred in Roseland Park, Detroit, Michigan.
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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 |
