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Home > Special Collections > Municipal Reference Library > Links > Historical > Detroit City Council Detroit City Council 1919 to present (in order of votes received) CITY COUNCIL – 1919   (First 9 person at large council -- elected for 3 years) CITY COUNCIL – 1922 (Elected every 2 years until 1954) John C. Lodge   James Vernor   John C. Nagel Sherman Littlefield    Wm. P. Bradley Charles F. Bielman  (Died 4/16/1920)   Fred W. Castator   David W. Simons   John Kronk   Richard M. Watson (Elect. 11.21/1920) John C. Lodge   John C. Nagel   Wm. P. Bradley   John Kronk   Richard M. Watson   Sherman Littlefield   Robert G. Ewald   Fred Castator   James Vernor   CITY COUNCIL – 1924 CITY COUNCIL - 1926 John C. Lodge   John C. Nagel   Wm. P. Bradley   Robert G. Ewald   John Stevenson   Arthur E. Dingeman   Fred W. Castator   Sherman Littlefield   Phillip A. Callahan  John C. Lodge John C. Nagel William P. Bradley Robert G. Ewald John Stevenson Arthur E. Dingeman Fred W. Castator Sherman Littlefield Phillip A. Callahan CITY COUNCIL – 1928   CITY COUNCIL – 1930   John C. Lodge   Wm. P. Bradley   Robert G. Ewald   Arthur E. Dingeman   Phillip A. Callahan   Fred W. Castator   Sherman Littlefield   George A. Walters   John Kronk   John C. Nagel   Wm. P. Bradley   Arthur E. Dingeman   John Kronk   John S. Hall   George A. Walters   Robert G. Ewald   Phillip A. Callahan   Fred W. Castator CITY COUNCIL – 1932   CITY COUNCIL – 1934   Frank Couzens   John W. Smith Richard Lindsay   John S. Hall   Fred W. Castator   John C. Lodge   Eugene I. VanAntwerp   Edward J. Jeffries, Jr. Wm. P. Bradley   John W. Smith    Fred W. Castator    John C. Lodge    George Engle    Wm. P. Bradley    Edward J. Jeffries, Jr.    Eugene I. VanAntwerp    Richard Lindsay  John S. Hall (Died 1/19/1934)  Arthur E. Dingeman (11/13/34 to Oct. 1935)  CITY COUNCIL – 1936  CITY COUNCIL – 1938   John W. Smith Fred W. Castator   Wm. P. Bradley   Edward J. Jeffries, Jr.   Eugene I. VanAntwerp   George Engle (Until 6/23/37)   John C. Lodge   Richard Lindsay (Died 1/7/37) Robert G. Ewald   John Kronk (Elect. 4/5/37) Edward J. Jeffries, Jr.    Eugene I. VanAntwerp    Wm. P. Bradley (Died June 1938)    Robert G. Ewald    John C. Lodge    John Kronk    Philip Breitmeyer    Harry I. Dingeman    Henry S. Sweeny    John W. Smith (Elected 11/8/38)   CITY COUNCIL – 1940   CITY COUNCIL – 1942   John W. Smith   Charles E. Dorais Harry I. Dingeman (Out 4/10/41) Eugene I. VanAntwerp   John Hamilton (Out 4/2/41)    Robert G. Ewald (Out 5/26/1942)   Henry S. Sweeny   John C. Lodge   James H. Garlick John W. Smith (Died June 1942)   John C. Lodge   Wm. G. Rogell   Charles E. Dorais   Eugene I. VanAntwerp   James H. Garlick   George Edwards   Wm. A. Comstock Henry S. Sweeny   Frank Cody (Elected 11/3/42) CITY COUNCIL – 1944 CITY COUNCIL – 1946 John C. Lodge Frank Cody Wm. G. Rogell Eugene I. VanAntwerp George Edwards Charles E. Dorais Fred C. Castator Wm. A. Comstock Henry S. Sweeny   George Edwards John C. Lodge Frank Cody (Died April 1946) Wm. G. Rogell Eugene I. VanAntwerp Charles G. Oakman Wm. A. Comstock Charles E. Dorais (Rsgd. 5/27/47) Fred C. Castator Patrick J. McNamara (Elected 11/5/46) CITY COUNCIL – 1948 CITY COUNCIL – 1950 George Edwards Louis C. Miriani Charles F. Edgecomb Charles G. Oakman Wm. A. Comstock (Died 6/16/49)  Leo J. Nowicki (Rgd 4/14/48) Del A. Smith John A. Kronk James H. Carlick Edward Connor (Elected 11/2/48) Louis C. Miriani Edw. J. Jeffries (Died 4/2/50) Charles G. Oakman Del A. Smith John A. Kronk Mary V. Beck (First Councilwoman) James H. Garlick Edward Connor Wm. G. Rogell Eugene I. Vanantwerp (Elected 11/7/50) CITY COUNCIL – 1952 CITY COUNCIL – 1954 (1st Four-Year Term) Louis C. Miriani Mary V. Beck Eugene I. Vanantwerp Charles G. Oakman Wm. G. Rogell Del A. Smith  John A. Kronk James H. Garlick Edward Conner Louis C. Miriani Mary V. Beck Eugene I. VanAntwerp Edward Connor John A. Kronk (Died 2/13/54) Wm. G. Rogell Del A. Smith Charles Youngblood Blanche Parent Wise James H. Lincoln (Elected 11/2/44) CITY COUNCIL – 1958 CITY COUNCIL –1962 Mary V. Beck Eugene I. VanAntwerp Edward Connor  James H. Lincoln (Resn 5/5/60)  Ed Carey  Wm. G. Rogell Blanche Parent Wise Wm. T. Patrick  (First Black Councilman) Del. A. Smith Charles N. Youngblood (Elected 11/8/60) Ed Carey Ed Connor Wm. T. Patrick (Resd. 12/31/63) Eugene I. Vanantwerp (Died 8/5/62) James H. Brickley Mary V. Beck Anthony Wierzbicki Wm. G. Rogell Mel Ravitz Phillip J. VanAntwerp (Elected 4/1/63)   Thomas L. Poindexter (Elected 11/3/64) CITY COUNCIL – 1966 CITY COUNCIL – 1970  Ed Carey  James H. Brickley (Resd 1/15/67)  Louis C. Miriani  Edward Connor (Resd 12/31/66)  Mel Ravitz  Mary V. Beck  Philip J. Vanantwerp  Nicholas Hood  Wm. G. Rogell  Robert Tindal (Elected 11/5/68)  Anthony J. Wierzbicki (Elected 11/5/68) Mel Ravitz Nicholas Hood Carl W. Levin David Eberhard Robert Tindal (Died 7/30/71) William G. Rogell Philip J. Vanantwerp Anthony J. Wierzbicki Ernest C. Browne, Jr. Erma Henderson (Elected 11/7/72 - First Black Councilwoman) CITY COUNCIL – 1974 CITY COUNCIL – 1978 Carl W. Levin Nicholas Hood Erma Henderson Ernest Browne, Jr. Clyde Cleveland Maryann Mahaffey William G. Rogell David Eberhard Jack Kelley Erma Henderson Maryann Mahaffey Nicholas Hood Clyde Cleveland   Jack Kelley David Eberhard Kenneth Cockrel  William G. Rogell Herbert McFaddend Jr. (Died 9/21/81) CITY COUNCIL – 1982 CITY COUNCIL – 1986 Erma Henderson Nicholas Hood   Maryann Mahaffey Clyde Cleveland Jack Kelley   Mel Ravitz Barbara Rose-Collins  David Eberhard John W. Peoples Erma Henderson Nicholas Hood   Maryann Mahaffey Clyde Cleveland Jack Kelley   Mel Ravitz Barbara Rose-Collins  David Eberhard John W. Peoples  CITY COUNCIL – 1990  CITY COUNCIL – 1994 Maryann Mahaffey Gill Hill   Rev. Nicholas Hood   Clyde Cleveland  Mel Ravitz Jack Kelley   Barbara Rose-Collins (Resd 11/90)   Rev. Keith Butler David Eberhard Kay Everett   Maryann Mahaffey Gill Hill Clyde Cleveland Kay Everett Alberta Tinsley-Williams Nicholas Hood III Sheila M. Cockrel Mel Ravitz Brenda M. Scott CITY COUNCIL – 1998 CITY COUNCIL- 2002 Gill Hill Maryann Mahaffey Nicholas Hood III  Alberta Tinsley-Williams (Tinsley-Talabi 1999)   Clyde Cleveland   Sheila M. Cockrel   Kay Everett   Brenda M. Scott  Kenneth Cockrel, Jr. Maryann Mahaffey Kenneth Cockrel, Jr.   Brenda M. Scott (Died 9/02/02)   Sharon McPhail   Sheila M. Cockrel Alberta Tinsley-Talabi Kay Everett   Barbara Rose-Collins Alonzo W. Bates   JoAnn Watson (Special election April 29, 2003) CITY COUNCIL – 2006   Kenneth Cockrel, Jr. Monica Conyers Jo Ann Watson Sheila Cockrel Barbara Rose Collins Kwame Kenyata Alberta Tinsley Talabi Martha Reeves Brenda Jones   Return to  Historical Lists of Detroit Officials