Background
Joseph A. Martin was born in 1888.
Joseph A. Martin was born in 1888.
He was Commissioner of Public Works for Detroit from 1920 to 1923. He served as acting mayor in 1924 after Frank Ellsworth Doremus resigned for health reasons. Martin resigned to concentrate on running for mayor, but lost a three-way race to John West. Smith (with Charles Bowles as the write-in candidate).
Martin died on October 17, 1928.