Fred W. Green

Fred W. Green (1900)

Fred Warren Green (born October 19, 1871 in Manistee , Michigan , † November 30, 1936 in Munising , Michigan) was an American politician and the 31st governor of Michigan from 1927 to 1931.

Early years

Green attended Michigan State Normal School until 1893. He then studied law at the University of Michigan until 1898 . In the Spanish-American War of 1898 he took part as a first lieutenant. After the end of the short war he became a lawyer for the city of Ypsilanti . At the same time he legally represented the company Ypsilanti Reed Furniture Company. He later bought this company and became the owner of the company himself. In 1904 he moved his residence and company headquarters to the city of Ionia.

Political rise

In 1912 he was the first delegate to a federal party conference of his Republican Party. There William Howard Taft was nominated again for the presidential candidate. Between 1913 and 1916 Green was Mayor of Ionia. He was also Treasurer of the Michigan State Party from 1915 to 1919. In 1920 he was again at his party's federal convention where Warren G. Harding was nominated for the presidency. In 1928, 1932 and 1936 he was also a delegate at the federal party conventions of his party.

Michigan governor

On November 2, 1926, Green was elected as his party's candidate for the new governor of his country. In the primaries he was able to prevail against the incumbent Alex Groesbeck . Green took up his new office on January 1, 1927. After being re-elected in 1928, he could remain in office until January 1, 1931. During this time, the country's penal laws were revised and funding for a program to expand hospitals in the country was secured. In addition, seven new state parks were built and the Occupational Safety and Health Act was improved. A new comprehensive budget system was introduced in the field of budgeting. The final year of his second term was overshadowed by the aftermath of the New York stock market crash of October 1929. The resulting great global economic crisis also reached Michigan. When Governor Green left office on January 1, 1931, the crisis had not yet reached its climax. This followed in 1932 and 1933.

Another résumé

Even after the end of his governorship, Green remained politically active. As mentioned, he was a delegate at the Federal Republican Party Conventions in 1932 and 1936. Otherwise he devoted himself to his private interests. Fred Green died in November 1936 of complications from a heart attack. He was married to Helen Adeline Kelley, with whom he had one child.

literature

• Robert Sobel and John Raimo (Eds.): Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789–1978 (4 volumes). Volume 2. Meckler Books, Westport 1978

Web links

• Fred Green in the National Governor Association (English)
• Fred W. Green in the database of Find a Grave (English)