Jerome Cavanagh

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American mayor (1928-1979)

United States PoliticiansLived 1928 to 1979 · aged 51

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Jerome Patrick Cavanagh was an American politician who served as the 64th mayor of Detroit, Michigan from 1962 to 1970. S. city that decade. He was the first mayor to reside at the Manoogian Mansion, donated to the city by the industrial baron Alex Manoogian.

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Jerome Patrick Cavanagh was an American politician who served as the 64th mayor of Detroit, Michigan from 1962 to 1970. Initially a popular figure, his reputation was seriously damaged by the city's 1967 riots, the most destructive of any U.S. city that decade. He was the first mayor to reside at the Manoogian Mansion, donated to the city by the industrial baron Alex Manoogian.

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