Fred Green
Fred Warren Green ( * October 19, 1871 in Manistee, Michigan, † November 30, 1936 in Munising, Michigan ) was an American politician and from 1927 to 1931 31 governor of Michigan.
Early years
Fred Green attended until 1893, the Michigan State Normal School. Then he studied until 1898 at the University of Michigan law. In the Spanish-American War of 1898, he participated as a lieutenant. After the brief war, he became a lawyer of the city Ypsilanti. At the same time, he represented the law firm " Ypsilanti Reed Furniture Company ". Later he bought on this company and became owner of the company. In 1904 he moved then his residence and headquarters in the city of Ionia.
Political rise
In 1912, he was the first time delegate to a national convention of his Republican Party. There, William Howard Taft was nominated again for presidential candidates. Between 1913 and 1916, Green Mayor of Ionia. He was also a 1915-1919 Treasurer of the Republican State Party of Michigan. In 1920 he was nominated again at the federal party of his party on the Warren G. Harding for the presidency. In the years 1928, 1932 and 1936, he was also a delegate to the national conventions of his party.
Governor of Michigan
On November 2, 1926 Fred Green was elected as a candidate of his party for the new governor of his country. In the primaries, he had been able to prevail against the incumbent Alex Groesbeck. Green took up his new post on 1 January 1927. After a re-election in 1928, he could remain in office until January 1, 1931. During this time the criminal laws of the country have been revised and ensured funding for a program to strengthen the hospitals in the country. In addition, seven new public recreation facilities created ( state parks ) and the Occupational Safety and Health Act has been improved. In the area of public financial management, a new billing system ( comprehensive budget system) has been introduced. The last year of his second term was overshadowed by the consequences of the New York stock market crash of October 1929. The resulting Great Depression also reached Michigan. Resigned as Governor Green on January 1, 1931 from the Office of the crisis reached its peak but has not yet achieved. This was followed in 1932 and 1933.
Further CV
Even after the end of his governorship Green remained politically active. As mentioned, he was in 1932 and in 1936 a delegate to the national conventions of the Republicans. Otherwise, he devoted himself to his private interests. Fred Green died in November 1936 of a heart attack. He was married to Helen Adeline Kelley, with whom he had a child.