# Louis Miriani
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{{Short description|American politician}}
{{More citations needed| date = January 2017}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Louis Miriani
| image = Louis Miriani Mayor of Detroit.jpg
| order=63rd
| office = Mayor of Detroit
| term_start = September 12, 1957
| term_end = January 2, 1962
| predecessor = [Albert E. Cobo](/source/Albert_E._Cobo)
| successor = [Jerome Cavanagh](/source/Jerome_Cavanagh)
| birth_date = January 1, 1897
| birth_place = [Detroit, Michigan](/source/Detroit%2C_Michigan), U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1987|10|18|1897|1|1}}
| death_place = [Pontiac, Michigan](/source/Pontiac%2C_Michigan), U.S.
| constituency =
| party = [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))
| alma_mater = University of Detroit
| spouse = Vera M. Miriani
| children = 2
| profession = Lawyer, Politician
| signature =
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'''Louis C. Miriani''' (January 1, 1897 – October 18, 1987) was an American politician who served as the mayor of [Detroit](/source/Detroit), [Michigan](/source/Michigan), from 1957 to 1962. To date, he remains the most recent [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) to serve as Detroit's mayor.
==Biography==
Miriani graduated from the [University of Detroit Law School](/source/University_of_Detroit_Law_School).[{{cite web|title=Detroit City Council, 1919 to present |publisher=Detroit Public Library |url=http://www.detroit.lib.mi.us/mrl/Council.htm |accessdate=November 6, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928123713/http://www.detroit.lib.mi.us/mrl/Council.htm |archivedate=September 28, 2011 }}
] He became Mayor in 1957 after the death of [Albert Cobo](/source/Albert_Cobo),[{{cite news | title = Detroit's Mayor Cobo, 63, Dies of Heart Attack | newspaper = Ludington Daily News | date = Sep 13, 1957| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OqwwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UzwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6633,481344&dq=louis-miriani&hl=en}}] and was elected in his own right shortly afterward by a 6:1 margin over his opponent.[{{cite news | title = Detroit Elects First Negro | newspaper = Ludington Daily News | date = Nov 5, 1957| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YqwwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UzwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4331,2974417&dq=miriani&hl=en}}] 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.[Alan DiGaetano, "Urban political regime formation: A study in contrast." ''Journal of Urban Affairs'' 11.3 (1989) pp: 261-281.] The [United Automobile Workers](/source/United_Automobile_Workers) (UAW), then at the height of its size and power, officially endorsed Miriani for reelection, stressing his conservative "law and order" position. However, many African-Americans disagreed with the UAW about Miriani and generally opposed him.[David M. Lewis-Colman, ''Race against liberalism: Black workers and the UAW in Detroit'' (University of Illinois Press, 2008).][Cornelius C. Thomas, "The Trade Union Leadership Council: Black Workers Respond to the United Automobile Workers, 1957-1967." ''New Politics'' 10.2 (2005): 124.]
He served until he was defeated for reelection in 1961 by [Jerome Cavanagh](/source/Jerome_Cavanagh), in an upset fueled largely by [African-American](/source/African-American) support for Cavanagh.[{{cite news | author = Joseph Turrini | title = Phooie on Louie: African American Detroit and the Election of Jerry Cavanagh | newspaper = Michigan History | date = Nov–Dec 1999 | url = http://www.michigan.gov/documents/dnr/mhc_mag_phooie-on-louie_308397_7.pdf}}] Under Miriani's administration, Detroit's [Cobo Hall](/source/Cobo_Hall) and other parts of the Civic Center were completed, and the city's infrastructure was expanded.[{{cite news | title = Louis C. Miriani, 90, Former Detroit Mayor | newspaper = New York Times | date = October 21, 1987 | url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DEED6173BF932A15753C1A961948260}}] He retired from politics after his conviction.