biography
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| lived:
| (1872–1936)
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| biography:
| Industrialist, US senator, and philanthropist, born in Chatham, Ontario, Canada. Moving to Detroit in 1890, he became one of the original investors in the Ford motor company. He went on to become general manager of the company and was instrumental in its early success. In 1915 he retired a wealthy man and became Mayor of Detroit (1918–22), and as a Progressive Republican in the US Senate (1922–36) he advocated graduated income taxes and public ownership of utilities. The Republicans denied him renomination in 1936. His philanthropies included hospitals and other medical organizations. |
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