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=Floyd J. McCree=

Floyd J. McCree (1923–1988), was a Michigan politician. He was the first African American Flint City Mayor

Early life
Mcree was born in Webster Grove, Missouri, in 1923. He went to high school in St. Louis and attended Lincoln University, Jefferson City.

McCree served in the South Pacific in World War II in the Army, rising to the rank of staff sergeant. After leaving the service, he was hired in at the Buick foundry in Flint becoming a foreman. McCree was latter promoted to supervisor of maintenance.

Political life
McCree was elected the Flint City Commission in 1958. The Flint City Commission selected him as Mayor for the years 1966-68. During his time as Mayor, he pushed for open housing and employment equal opportunity.

In 1967, he was involved in trying to end the violence in Detroit during the racial disturbances. That same year after the City Commission refused to adopt an open housing ordinance, he threatened to resign as Mayor. Other prominent black joined in threatening to resign from public boards. The open housing law was later adopted in a charged contested referendum. McCree continued serving on the City Commission until 1970. In 1970, he was a Michigan state representatives candidate for the 82nd District.

n 1971, McCree took office as Genesee County Register of deeds. He ran for Mayor under a new charter that directly elected a strong mayor in 1975 and 1979 losing both times to James W. Rutherford.

McCree continued to be elected County Register, but he died before the 1988 primary election.

Political life
Floyd J. McCree, the Genesee County Registar of Deeds, died before the 1988 election for which Brohn had filed to run against in the primary. Thus leaving Brohn as the only remaining candidate for the office He embezzled $561 for which he was ousted from office and convicted of failing to safeguard public funds. Punishment was $11,545 to cover county audit costs and a five-year sentence. In 1993, Brohn ran for Flushing Board of Education, but was unsuccessful.

Post-political life
In 1997, he was convicted in New Jersey for possessing child pornography. While serving probation, he was arrested for violated probation for ceasing to pay restitution and issuing a bad check to the Fenton Village Players. In 2008, Brohn failed to register as a sex offender after he returned to Michigan and was sentenced to two years probation for failing to register due to the 1997 New Jersey conviction.

In 2008, a multi-jurisdictional investigation under the U.S. Department of Justice Project Safe Childhood program caught Brohn and 15 other that were arrested and indicted for sex offenses. A Federal Court accepted Brohn's guilty plea in a 2009 case were he soliciting a 15-year-old boy he met online and travel across state boundaries from Arizona to California in January 2006 with intent to have sex with the boy. He was sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison and supervised release for 10 years, must register as a sex offender and will have restricted access to minors, computers and the Internet.

In April 2008, Brohn was arraigned on charges that he failed to register as a sex offender when he move back to Michigan in 2007. A grandfather tipped off law enforcement about Brohn when he saw him talking to some kids out a Flushing ice cream shop. Brohn stated that the charges were made up to prevent him from running for register of deeds again, which the Genesee County Sheriff and Prosecutor refuted.

Early life
McCree was born on March 22, 1953 to Leeberta and Floyd J. McCree Melvin attended and graduated from Flint Northern High School. He then attended and graduated Mott Community College.

Political life
In 1981, McCree ran for Flint City Council and won. He served as city council president.

McCree was appointment to the position of Register of Deeds in 1990 upon Jeffrey Brohn's removal from office. He won multiple reelections to the Register's office serving four full terms. In April 2008, his brother, Byron, filed with the Probate Court to be named Melvin's guardian and conservator due to his decline health and mental state and was temporarily appointed. The next day, Melvin announced his retirement effective May 2. Melvin went to court to have his brother removed as guardian. While Melvin's health improved, Probate Judge Jennie E. Barkey still felt that he need a guardian and conservator and appointed Flint attorneys David Salim and George Rizik until an April hearing. Conservator George Rizik indicated that Melvin's retirement was withdrawn.

He did not run for reelection with the November 3, 2008 election passing the register of deeds position to Rose Bogardus. Melvin McCree died November 11, 2008.

Early life
Bogardus was born in 1943. She was educated in a one room country school. Rose worked in a restaurant and a factory during high school. Attending Central Michigan University, she received a Bachelor of Music Education in 1966. During college, she taught music. In 1955 she was married to Tom. Tom and Rose have two offsprings Holly and Jay. While her children young, Rose operated a home day care. Holly married Scott Selesky, while Jay married Nicole Cooper. Holly gave her two grandsons Ben and Sam Selesky. Rose and Tom adopted Rose’s grand nephews Edward Weeks. Rose became guardians of Ed’s two uncles and were foster parents for some of his siblings.

Political life
Bogardus in 1984 was appointed by the County Board of Commissioners to a new jail citizens committee to make recommendations. This led her to run for County Commission in 1986. Rose was reelected ever 2 years and serving until 1994. In 1994, she lost an election for the Michigan House of Representatives. After that loss, she sold real estate. In 1996, she won an election as a State Representative serving until term limits forced her out in 2002. She returned to the County Board after that serving 3 terms in District 9. Bogardus filed to run for County Register of Deeds after Melvin McCree announced that he would not run in 2008. In a 12 candidate race in the Democratic primary, she won 26% of the vote while the runner up, County Commissioner Raynetta P. Speed, got 17% of the vote. Bogardus ran on platform of getting the office ready for a merger with the County Clerk's office while Speed wanted to keep the office separate. As a County Commissioner, she votes to replace the Register of Deed's office furniture for $6,500. Facing Fredrick Wilson in the November 2008 general election, Bogardus win the election.

Bogardus sues the County Board of Commissioner after they cut the Register's Office budget for 2009-2010 claiming this causes low staffing that makes it hard to "meet my statutory obligations" and using money from a Register of Deed technology fund to fund operations. Overtime and staff on loan from other departments was approved to help out but this agreement fell apart after Bogardus was unable to document how the staff and overtime was used. Commissioners chide her for suing as budgets are being cut across all departments and hiring outside legal representative at $400/hour, while Bogardus gets the County Counsel dismissed from representing the County.

In July 2010, the County Board voted for the clerk and register of deeds offices to merger on January 1, 2013. Bogardus now objects to the merger of the two office believing that there will not be any savings as previously thought. While previously indicating she would retire after a term as the Register, she was interest in the combined Clerk/Register position.

In October 2010, the County lawsuits were settled by the County Board agreeing to add two General Fund employees to her office and agree to pay some of the legal fees.

Bogardus filed for the combine Clerk/Register of Deeds position in 2012 to oppose John J. Gleason. She withdrew from the race assuming that County Clerk Michael J. Carr would continue his campaign, but he withdrew also.

Political
Gleason was elected to the Genesee County Board of Commissioners in 1994. He moved on to be elected to the state House of Representatives 48 District in 2002 continuing as Representative until he was elected to Michigan Senate in 2006. He was reelected State Senator in 2010 to his final available term under state term limits. Considering a run for the soon to be vacated U.S. Representative office by Dale Kildee, Gleason instead filed to run for the newly combined office of Genesee County Clerk/Register of Deeds. Both current officeholders, Clerk Michael J. Carr and(Register of Deeds Rose Bogardus, of the soon to be merged positions filed to run for new office. Bogardus withdrew assuming Carr would continue his campaign while Carr also withdrew to retire leaving Gleason the sole Democratic candidate for Clerk/Register. Gleason defeat Republican Michael Stikovich in the Clerk/Register general election 119,838 to 52,996.

1855–1888
The mayor was one of many city wide elected officers including the Recorder, Supervisor, Treasurer, Marshal, Directors of the Poor, School Inspector and Justices of the Peace. Additionally, other administrative officers were selected by wards.

Grant Decker
Grant Decker (February 4, 1814 – July 30, 1890) was the first mayor of the City of Flint, Michigan serving from 1855-1856. He was a merchant, miller and in the lumber businesses at some time in his life.

Decker was born in Deckertown, Sussex County, New Jersey on February 4, 1814. He came to Flint, Michigan in 1839 to work in the lumbering industry. With the Honorable Artemas Thayer, he built a flour mill. Later in association with Captain Ira H. Wilder, he owned interests in a flour and feed mill. Over his time in Flint, eight fires hit his various businesses.

In 1855 Decker was elected Mayor of Flint serving until 1856. On July 30, 1890 Decker died in Flint with interment in Glenwood Cemetery, Flint.

Robert J. S. Page
Robert J. S. Page was the second mayor of the City of Flint, Michigan serving from 1856-1857.

Page was an attorney who came to Flint in 1838. On October 22, 1844, he was appointed receiver in the Genesee District office of the U.S. Land Office.

In 1850, he was selected to serve in the office of justice of the peace serving until 1851. He was elected as the second mayor of Flint in 1856 serving a one-year term. Later, he serve on the bench as a probate judge.

Henry M. Henderson
Henry M. Henderson was the third mayor of the City of Flint, Michigan serving from 1857 to 1858.

In 1836, Henry M. Henderson left Livingston county, New York and came to Flint opening a dry goods business together with his brother, James. In 1842, the brother constructed the Henderson block. When the First National Bank was formed in 1865, Henderson became president and a director of the bank.

He was elected as the third mayor of the City of Flint in 1857 serving a one-year term.

William Matthew Fenton (December 19, 1808 – November 12, 1871) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He is the namesake of the city of Fenton, Michigan.

Early life
Fenton was born in Norwich, New York in 1808 and graduated at the top of his class in 1826 at Hamilton College.

Politics
Fenton was elected to the Michigan Senate from the 6th District, representing Genesee, Oakland, Macomb and Livingston counties, 1846-47. He moved to Flint in 1847. In 1847, he was elected Flint Township Supervisor. He served as the seventh Lieutenant Governor of Michigan from 1848 to 1852 under Governors Epaphroditus Ransom (1848–50) and John S. Barry (1850–52). At the first village elections in 1855, Fenton was elected as a Third Ward Alderman with Alvin T. Crossman. He held the position of register of the U.S. land office at Flint from 1852 until it was moved to East Saginaw, and was mayor of Flint from 1858 to 1859.

Fenton was the Democratic candidate for governor in 1864, losing to Henry Crapo. He erected the large block and public hall in Flint that bear his name.

As chief of the fire department of Flint, while on duty, he received an injury which resulted in his death on November 12, 1871. He was interred at Glenwood Cemetery of Flint.

Ephraim Smith Williams (February 7, 1802 – July 20, 1890) was the seventh mayor of the Village (now City) of Flint, Michigan serving from 1861 to 1862.

In 1861 he was elected Mayor of the city of Flint. He also operated as a land merchant. He was elected as the seventh mayor of the City of Flint in 1861 serving a one-year term.



William Paterson was a Michigan politician and the seventh mayor of the City of Flint, Michigan serving from 1862 to 1863.

in 1845, he was elected Supervisor of Flint Township and served until 1847. He served in that same office from 1851 to 1852 and again from 1854 to 1855. He was elected as the seventh mayor of the City of Flint in 1863, serving a one-year term. In 1968, he was Flint's 3rd Ward Supervisor for the County Board of Supervisors.

With George Hazelton, the brother of the former mayor Porter Hazelton, Paterson opened the first bank in Flint with capital from one of the other Hazelton brothers. Paterson and the capital disappeared never to be seen again.

William Hamilton was a Michigan Politician that was the ninth and 18th mayor of the City of Flint, Michigan serving from 1863–65 and 1876-77.

Political life
At the first Flint City elections in 1855, Hamilton was selected as Second Ward Assessor. From 1861-1863 for 2 terms, he was City Council Alderman from the 2nd ward. He was elected as the eighth mayor of the City of Flint in 1863 and again in 1864 serving two one-year term. He was later elected to the office again in 1876.

Post-political life
His daughter, Lizzie, died from consumption on 9 January 1878.

1929 Charter
Under the 1929 charter, Flint move to a council–manager form of government with the council call the City Commission.

George R. Poulos
George R. Poulos was a Michigan politician.

Poulos was born in 1932 and lived in Flint until the day he died. He work at the Bell/Ameritech Yellow Pages. He at atleast one daughter.

The Flint City Commission selected Poulos as mayor for the years 1962-1964. he also served on the Genesee County Board of Supervisors.

Since 1989, he volunteered at Bay Cliff Health Camp, a year-round, nonprofit therapy and wellness center for persons with physical disabilities. He died September 28, 2019.

1974 Charter
Under the 1974 Charter, the office of mayor is a non-partisan elected position.