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Miriani, graduated from the University of Detroit Law School.
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Louis C. Miriani
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He was the last Republican mayor of Detroit. He was chief counsel and later director of the Detroit Legal Aid Bureau. He was elected to the Detroit City Council in 1947, and was council president from 1949–1957.
Miriani was best known for completing many of the large-scale urban renewal projects initiated by the Cobo administration, and largely financed by federal money.
Miriani also took strong measures to overcome the growing crime rate in Detroit. The United Automobile Workers (United Auto Workers), then at the height of its size and power, officially endorsed Miriani for reelection, stressing his conservative "law and order" position.
However, Blacks disagreed with the United Auto Workers about Miriani and generally opposed him. He served until 1961, when he was defeated for reelection by Jerome Cavanagh in an upset fueled largely by African-American support for Cavanagh.
Under his administration, Detroit"s Cobo Hall and other parts of the Civic Center were completed, and the city"s infrastructure was expanded.
Miriani was again elected to the City Council in 1965. In 1969, Miriani was convicted of federal tax evasion of $261,000 and served 294 days in prison. He retired from politics after his conviction.
He died after a long illness on October 18, 1987 in Pontiac, Michigan.
Politics
Historian Thomas Sugrue identifies him as a leading representative of "crabgrass-roots politics," referring to the white ethnic reaction against liberalism in the urban North.
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