David R. Cuthbertson
{{Short description|American politician}}
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| name = David R. Cuthbertson
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| order = 59th
| office = Mayor of the City of Flint, Michigan
| term_start = 1923
| term_end = 1924
| predecessor = William H. McKeighan
| successor = Judson L. Transue{{cite web |url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/flint.html |title=List of Flint City Mayors |access-date=2009-02-09 |work=Political Graveyards.com |publisher=Lawrence (Larry) Kestenbaum }}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1868|5|5}}
| birth_place = Taymouth, Michigan, US
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1941|1|5|1868|5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=K8IKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=704DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2984,198511&dq=mayor+david+cuthbertson+flint&hl=en|title=Ludington Daily News - Google News Archive Search}}
| death_place = Flint, Michigan
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| party = Democratic
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| children = Willis Earle Cuthbertson
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David Ross Cuthbertson (May 5, 1868 – January 5, 1941) was a Michigan politician.
Political life
He was elected as the Mayor of City of Flint in 1923 for a single one-year term,{{cite web |url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cushingberry-cuthbertson.html#0LH0PS1GB |title=Index to Politicians: Zimmerman -- Cuthbertson, David R. Entry |access-date=2009-03-03 |work=Political Graveyards.com |publisher=Lawrence (Larry) Kestenbaum }} defeating the incumbent mayor, William H. McKeighan.
=Recall Election 1924 Results=
A recall effort was mounted by people, including the Ku Klux Klan, who opposed Cuthbertson's appointment of a Catholic Police Chief, James P. Cole. The 1924 election was successful in removing Cuthbertson.{{cite news |first=James M. |last=Miller |title=Crackdowns on 'reds,' booze didn't silence decade's roar |url=http://www.flintjournal.com/20thcentury/1920/1920main.html |work=Flint Journal: Journal of the 20th Century |publisher=Booth Newspapers |access-date=6 March 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527003224/http://www.flintjournal.com/20thcentury/1920/1920main.html |archive-date=27 May 2011 }}
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| Yes
! 8,304 ! 58% |
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| No
| 5,977 | 42% |
| Total
| 14,281 | 100% |
Cuthbertson indicated that he would run in the replacement election.{{cite news |title=Michigan Happenings |url=http://newspapers.rawson.lib.mi.us/chronicle/ccc1924%20(E)/issues/06-20-1924_2.pdf |work=Cass City Chronicle |publisher=Booth Newspapers |date=1924-06-20 |access-date=6 March 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720031122/http://newspapers.rawson.lib.mi.us/chronicle/ccc1924%20%28E%29/issues/06-20-1924_2.pdf |archive-date=20 July 2011 }}
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{{succession box | title=Mayor of Flint | before=William H. McKeighan | after=Judson L. Transue | years=1923–1924 }}
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References
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Category:Mayors of Flint, Michigan
Category:Recalled American mayors
Category:20th-century mayors of places in Michigan
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