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Pingree Career as Detroit Reformer and Michigan Governor
Hazen S Pingree, four times Detroit mayor and governor elect of Michigan, battled corporate domination in city politics. He exposed street railway abuses, cut fares, expanded public services, and backed city farming while facing fierce corporate and banking opposition. He urged direct primaries, fair franchise reform, and state actions to curb overcapitalization and trusts.
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Hazen S. Pingree
Detroit
Michigan
The
Tribune
Gates
Iowa College
Pingtee
Pingree & Smith
West
Pingree
Lansing
Iicht
Helle Isle Park
State Agricultural Society
Pingrees
Council of
City Farm Commission
Buffalo
New York
Edgar B. Jewett
City of
Common Council
Duluth
Minn
Providence
R. 1
United States
Federal Circuit Court
United States Court of Appeals
Republic
Citizens' Company
Philadelphia
Cownell
Traction Company
Insslance
Chiich
Chicago
Congress
Tam
Detroit Chamber of Commerce
Pingreé
Penisula