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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | Hazen S. Pingree |
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Detroit, Michigan , United States |
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August 30, 1840
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| Died | June 18, 1901
(60 years)
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| Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur
Aug 30, 2024 12:28am |
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| Info | Pingree served as mayor of Detroit from 1890 to March 22, 1897. He was named one of the 10 best mayors in U.S. history by a poll of scholars in a 1999 book, "The American Mayor."
"His role as an advanced social reformer was unmatched by any big-city mayor in the last half of the 19th Century," said Melvin Holli, who wrote the book and a biography on Pingree.
Pingree was a successful shoe manufacturer before being elected.
His brand of social reform was the forerunner for the Progressive Era. He battled the phone, gas and light utilities, stood up to the privately owned street-car companies and cut taxes.
Under Pingree, Detroit formed the Public Lighting Commission to put streetlights under public control. Pingree also reached out to the poor during the 1893 depression by initiating work-relief programs and patches where residents could grow vegetables.
He was elected governor while serving as mayor and tried to keep both posts. When courts ruled he couldn't, he went to Lansing.
The statue of Pingree in Grand Circus Park in downtown Detroit describes him as "the idol of the people."
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