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John A C Menton

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Name
  
John C.


Role
  
American Politician

Born
  
September 4, 1866Saginaw, Michigan (
1866-09-04
)

Political party
  
Died
  
December 24, 1947, Genesee County, Michigan, United States


Succeeded by
  

John A. C. Menton (September 4, 1866 – December 24, 1947) was an American politician, the only Socialist mayor of Flint, Michigan (1911–1912). Menton was not only a member of the Socialist Party of America, he was also secretary-treasurer of the Central Labor Council and president of the local cigarmakers union, one of the largest in the city. In 1906 and 1910 he ran unsuccessfully as a Socialist candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan, 6th District.

Due to a coalition of the Democratic Party, Republican Party, General Motors Corporation and Charles S. Mott in the so-called Independent Citizen's Party, Menton was decisively defeated in the 1912 election, never to serve again.

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