LOCAL · MI · 2002-2008
Kwame Kilpatrick
Mayor of Detroit · Democrat · Michigan
On the record
Convicted 2013 on corruption (28-year sentence); commuted by Trump 2021
SEVERITY · FELONY
Background
Kwame Kilpatrick served as Mayor of Detroit of Detroit of Michigan from 2002–2008 (6 years). Took office after Dennis Archer; succeeded by Ken Cockrel Jr.. Press-relevant: Convicted 2013 on corruption (28-year sentence); commuted by Trump 2021. Same-year political environment (2002): Governor John Engler; Attorney General Jennifer Granholm; Secretary of State Candice Miller.
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Others who held this office in Michigan
- Mike Duggan (2014-present)
- Dave Bing (2009-2014)
- Ken Cockrel Jr. (2008-2009)
- Dennis Archer (1994-2002)
- Coleman Young (1974-1994)
- Roman Gribbs (1970-1974)
- Jerome Cavanagh (1962-1970)
- Louis Miriani (1957-1962)
- Albert E. Cobo (1950-1957)
- Eugene I. Van Antwerp (1948-1950)