Frank Ellsworth Doremus

Frank Ellsworth Doremus

Frank Ellsworth Doremus (born August 31, 1865 in Venango County , Pennsylvania , †  September 4, 1947 in Howell , Michigan ) was an American politician . Between 1911 and 1921 he represented the state of Michigan in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Frank Doremus attended Portland public schools . After studying law at the Detroit College of Law and being admitted to the bar, he began working in Detroit in his new profession in 1899 . In the meantime he worked in the newspaper business. In 1885 he founded the newspaper "Portland Review", which he published until 1899. Between 1895 and 1899 he was a post holder in Portland.

Politically, Doremus was a member of the Democratic Party . From 1890 to 1892 he was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives . Between 1903 and 1910 he held a number of local offices in the Detroit city council. In the 1910 congressional elections he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of Michigan , where he succeeded Republican Edward Denby on March 4, 1911 . After four re-elections, he was able to complete five legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1921 . During this time the First World War fell . In addition, the 16th , 17th , 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution and the 19th Amendment were passed in Congress at that time.

After he left the US House of Representatives, Frank Doremus was Mayor of Detroit in 1923 and 1924, succeeding John C. Lodge . He then worked as a lawyer in Fowlerville . He died in Howell on September 4, 1947 and was buried in Detroit. Since 1890 he was married to Libby Hatley, with whom he had a son.

Web links

• Frank Ellsworth Doremus in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Frank Ellsworth Doremus in the database of Find a Grave (English)