This article contains a list of mayors of Gulfport, Mississippi, United States.
List
[edit]No. | Mayor | In office | Political party | Ref |
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1 | Finley B. Hewes | 28 July 1898 – 1899 | – | [1][2] |
2 | Spencer S. Bullis | 1899 – 1902 | – | [3] |
3 | Joseph Ballenger | 1902 - 1904 | – | [4] |
4 | Henry D. Moore | 1905 - 1906 | – | [5] |
5 | Joseph W. Thomas | 1907 - 1908 | – | [6] |
6 | George M. Foote | c. 1907 – c. 1916 | – | [7][8] |
7 | Joseph W. Thomas | 1911 - 1912 | – | [9] |
8 | William H. Bouslog | 1913 - 1914 | – | [10] |
9 | George W. Foote | 1915 - 1918 | – | [11] |
Charles H. Haydon | c. 1919 | – | [12] | |
10 | Joseph W. Milner | c. 1925 - c. 1948 | Democrat | [13] |
Milton T. "Mitt" Evans | 3 Jan 1949 – c. 1950 | – | [14][15][16][17] | |
11 | R.B. Meadows | 1953 - 1969 | – | [18] |
12 | Philip W. Shaw | March 1971 – May 1973 | – | [19][20] |
13 | C.L. Bullock | 1973 - 11 January 1975 | – | [21][22] |
Charles L. Walker (acting) | January 1975 - 7 March 1975 | – | [22][23] | |
14 | A.W. "Buzzy" Lang | 7 March 1975 - 1977 | – | [22][23][24] |
15 | John H. "Jack" Barnett | 1977 - 1985 | Republican | [25][26] |
16 | Leroy Urie | 1985 - 1989 | Democrat | [26][27] |
17 | Kincheon Varner "Ken" Combs | June 1989 – 1997 | Republican | [28][29] |
18 | Robert Short | 1997 – June 2001 | Republican | [17] |
19 | Ken Combs | June 2001 – 7 June 2005 | Republican | [28] |
20 | Brent Warr | 7 June 2005 – 2009 | Republican | [30][31][32] |
21 | George Schloegel | 7 June 2009 – 2013 | Republican | [33] |
22 | Billy Hewes | 2013 – | Republican | [34] |
References
[edit]- ^ Kerr, Kempe, Helen (1977-01-01). The Pelican Guide to Old Homes of Mississippi: Natchez and the South. Pelican Publishing. ISBN 9781455610273.
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- ^ Association, Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Waterway (1907-01-01). Report of the Second Annual Convention of the Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Waterway Association. The Association.
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- ^ "New Officers at Gulfport". The Daily Herald. Biloxi, Mississippi. 3 Jan 1949. Retrieved 11 Aug 2023 – via newspapers.com.
Gulfport's first new mayor in 24 years was sworn in today before an assembly of approximately 100 citizens at the Gulfport city hall.
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- ^ a b c "Lang wins runoff for Gulfport mayor". Hattiesburg American. Hattiesburg, Mississippi. 5 Mar 1975. Retrieved 11 Aug 2023 – via newspapers.com.
Lang, a funeral home owner, polled 5,196 votes to 4,339 for Walker, the city finance commissioner who has been acting mayor since the January 11 death of Mayor C.L. Walker.
- ^ a b Bell, Jimmie (7 Mar 1975). "Lang takes oath of office". Hattiesburg American. Biloxi, Mississippi. Retrieved 11 Aug 2023 – via newspapers.com.
Gulfport's 14th mayor A.W. "Buzzy" Lang officially received the oath of office Friday morning before a crowd of nearly 300 in front of the flag-bedecked city hall.
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- ^ a b "Leroy Urie hopes to make the grade". The Sun. Biloxi, Mississippi. 30 Jun 1985. Retrieved 11 Aug 2023 – via newspapers.com.
Urie, 54, a three-term Democratic county supervisor, defeated incumbent Republican mayor Jack Barnett in the June 4 general election.
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- ^ "Kincheon Varner "Ken" Combs's Obituary on The Sun Herald". The Sun Herald. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
- ^ "A look back at Brent Warr's history in Gulfport". Retrieved 2016-07-23.
- ^ "Mississippi mayor, wife arrested on Katrina fraud charges - CNN.com". www.cnn.com. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
- ^ "Gulfport Mayor Brent Warr on Republican Short List of Possible Lott Replacements". www.gulfcoastnews.com. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
- ^ "Schloegel: Won't seek reelection".
- ^ "Billy Hewes running unopposed for mayor of Gulfport". gulflive.com. Associated Press. March 18, 2013. Retrieved May 16, 2019.