The Genesee Democrat was a major paper in Flint, Michigan printed from 1845 to 1906 under different names.
It was an early paper in the county being challenged by the Wolverine Citizen, and the Flint Globe.
[1] Original the Democrat was named The Flint Republican and started publication in 1845 by Daniel S. Merritt.
[1] While Flint Mayor in 1878, Jerome Eddy purchased the Genesee Democrat from Mather.
W. V. Smith, of Olean, New York purchased the papers in 1905 and operating them until sold to H. H. Fitzgerald in 1906.