Couzens, James, 1872-1936

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U.S. senator from Michigan, mayor of Detroit, Michigan, and industrialist.

From the description of James Couzens papers, 1903-1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982271

Detroit Mayor and civic leader, U.S. Senator, Ford Motor Co. executive

James Couzens was born in Chatham, Ont., Aug. 26, 1872, son of James J. and Emma (Clift) Couzens; married Margaret A. Manning, Aug. 31, 1898. Began the manufacture of automobiles in 1903 ; vice-president, general manager, and treasurer of Ford Motor Company of Detroit ; vice-president, Ford Motor Company of Canada ; director, Ford Motor Company of England, Ltd. ; director, Detroit Trust Company; president of Detroit Board of Commerce; director, U.S. Chamber of Commerce ; chairman for Wayne County of U.S. Fuel Administration, World War I ; commissioner, Detroit Police Dept. ; commissioner of Street Railways ; mayor Detroit, 1919-1922 ; member, U.S. Senate, 1922-31 ; chairman, Detroit Community Fund ; president, Children's Hospital of Michigan. He died in 1936.

From the description of James Couzens correspondence, 1919-1921 (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 317700933

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1872, Aug. 26 Born, Chatham, Ontario, Canada 1890 Moved to Detroit, Mich. 1890 1897 Car-checker, Michigan Central Railroad, Detroit, Mich. 1897 1903 Clerk, Malcomson Fuel Co., Detroit, Mich. 1898 Married Margaret Manning 1903 1915 General manager and treasurer, Ford Motor Co., Detroit, Mich. 1913 1915 President, Bank of Detroit Director, Detroit Trust Co. Commissioner of street railways, Detroit, Mich. 1916 1918 Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Department, Detroit, Mich. 1919 Sold interest in Ford Motor Co. to Ford family 1919 1922 Mayor, Detroit, Mich. 1922 1936 United States senator from Michigan; appointed in 1922, elected in 1924 and 1930 1936, Oct. 22 Died, Detroit, Mich. From the guide to the James Couzens Papers, 1903-1940, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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