Frank Ellsworth Doremus

Frank Ellsworth Doremus (August 31, 1865 – September 4, 1947) was an American politician who was the 49th mayor of Detroit and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan.

Early life Doremus was born in Venango County, Pennsylvania, on August 31, 1865, the son of Sylvester and Sarah Peake Doremus. The Doremus family moved to Ovid, Michigan, in 1866, and then to Portland, Michigan, in 1872.

Politics Doremus was postmaster of Portland from 1895 to 1899. He was a delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan in 1916 and 1920. He served as mayor of Detroit in 1923, defeating former Detroit Police Commissioner Dr. James W. Inches in the general election, until he resigned the following year due to ill-health.

He resumed the practice of law in Fowlerville, Michigan. Frank Ellsworth Doremus died in Howell, Michigan, and was interred in Roseland Park, Berkley, Michigan.