The Political Graveyard: Mayors of Americus, Georgia

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Mayors of Americus, Georgia

Index of Politicians by Office Held or Sought

Mayors of Americus, 1856-1993 (may be incomplete!)
Perry H. Oliver 1856-57 Thomas Clubb Sullivan 1858 Robert Cope Black 1859-64 Nathan Allen Smith 1865 William Sirrine 1866 Timothy Mathews Furlow 1866-68 Robert Cope Black 1869-70 Timothy Mathews Furlow 1871 Hiram L. French 1872-73 Allen S. Cutts 1874-75 John B. Felder 1876 Allen S. Cutts 1877-78 John B. Felder 1879-92 Allen S. Cutts 1893-96 James Augustus Hixon 1896-1900 John B. Felder 1901-02 Eugene Alston Hawkins 1903-07 John B. Felder 1908-10 James Edward Mathis 1910-12 Matthew McCullar Lowrey 1912-14 Lee George Council 1914-18 John Elza Sheppard 1918-22 James Elmore Poole 1922-27 Joseph Thomas Warren 1927-28 James Allen Fort 1929-36 Thomas Leonard Bell 1937-41 Henry Osborne Jones 1941-46 Fred Pasco Bowen 1947-54 John Ernest Logan 1955-56 Fred Pasco Bowen 1957-60 J. Frank Myers, Jr. 1961-62 Thomas Griffin Walker 1962-70 J. Frank Myers, Jr. 1971-74 John West Sheffield, Jr. 1974-79 Russell Thomas, Jr. 1980-88 William Harry McGowan, Jr. 1989-90 Thomas Chandler Gailey 1991-93 Russell Thomas, Jr. 1993-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

Mayors of Americus: Events and Candidates of the 1890's (may be incomplete!)

1896: Allen S. Cutts, died in office.

Mayors of Americus: Events and Candidates of the 1920's (may be incomplete!)

1922: John Elza Sheppard, died in office.
1927: James Elmore Poole, died in office.

Mayors of Americus: Events and Candidates of the 1940's (may be incomplete!)

1941: Thomas Leonard Bell, died in office.

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