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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | James G. Couzens |
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Detroit, Michigan , United States |
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August 26, 1872
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| Died | October 22, 1936
(64 years)
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| Contributor | U Ole Polecat |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | COUZENS, James, a Senator from Michigan; born in Chatham, Province of Ontario, Canada, August 26, 1872. Parents: James J. Couzens and Emma (Clift) Couzens; married Margaret A. Manning on 8/31/1898; father of Frank Couzens.
Attended the public schools of Chatham; moved to Detroit, Mich., in 1890; railroad car checker 1890-1897; clerk in the coal business 1897-1903; was associated with the Ford Motor Co. in the manufacture of automobiles 1903-1919; president of the Bank of Detroit and director of the Detroit Trust Co.; commissioner of street railways 1913-1915; commissioner of the metropolitan police department 1916-1918; mayor of Detroit 1919-1922
U.S. Senate (R-MI) 1922-1936. Appointed 11/29/1922 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Truman H. Newberry. Unsuccessful candidate for re-nomination in 1936. Chairman, Committee on Civil Service (Sixty-ninth Congress), Committee on Education and Labor (Sixty-ninth and Seventieth Congresses), Committee on Interstate Commerce (Seventy-first and Seventy-second Congresses)
Philanthropist; died in Detroit, Mich. Entombed in mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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