Couzens, James J.

8/26/1872

Chatham, Ontario

1916 appointed Detroit Police Commissioner;
Mayor of Detroit (1919-22);
1922 - resigned as Mayor to become U.S. Senator; held until death
1929 created Children's Fund; other charitable contributions
Former Vice President of the Ford Motor Company; was president of the Old Detroit National Bank
pesident of Highland Park State Bank treasurer of the Highland Park Land Company
director of the Detroit Trust Company
president of the Detroit Board of Commerce from 1913-1914
member of the executive board of the US Chamber of Commerce (Detroit Historical Society Bulletin, vol. 21, Feb. 1965, no.5)
former Republican US Senater (James Couzens Memorial Addresses Delivered in Congress)

Public and high schools of Chatham (James Couzens Memorial Addresses Delivered in Congress)

--------Book, Memorial address in Congress

1898- Hired to check cars by coal dealer A.Y. Malcomson, who supplied capital and financial credit for company to manufacture Ford car; bought 25 shares; built company with Ford; became VP & Treas.; withdrew in 1916; 1919 sold stock in Ford Motor Co.

"Why I Believe in High Wages" published in World Work (May 1916); "Providing for the Depreciation of Human Earning Power" published in Michigan Manufacturers and Financial Record (Oct. 26, 1918); "Senate La Follette-Greatest American of our Age" published in Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen's Magazine (Detroit Historical Society Bulletin, vol. 21, Feb. 1965, no.5)
Ref: MICHIGAN BIOGRAPHIES, p. 204
pamphlet, "Detroit's 250th Anniversary, Hudson's 70th Year"

James Joseph Couzens

Eunice Clift

Margaret A. Manning, m. 8/31/1898

Frank
Madeline

Canadian