The Political Graveyard: Birmingham, Alabama

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Birmingham, Alabama
including Elyton, Ensley
Mayors, Commission Presidents, Postmasters

Mayors of Birmingham, 1871-2018 (may be incomplete!)
Robert Henley 1871-73 James Robert Powell 1873-75 William Harrington Morris 1875-78 Henry M. Caldwell 1878 Thomas Jeffers 1878-82 A. O. Lane 1882-88 B. A. Thompson 1888-90 A. O. Lane 1890-92 David J. Fox 1892-94 James A. Van Hoose 1894-96 Frank V. Evans 1896-99 Mel Drennen 1899-1905 George B. Ward 1905-08 Frank P. O'Brien 1908-10 Culpepper Exum 1910-13 Albert Boutwell 1963-67 George G. Seibels, Jr. 1967-75 David Vann 1975-79 Richard Arrington, Jr. 1979-99 William A. Bell 1999 Bernard Kincaid 1999-2007 Larry Langford 2007-09 Carole Smitherman 2009 Roderick Royal 2009-10 William A. Bell 2010-17 Randall Woodfin 2017-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1871 Dec 19: Robert Henley, appointed.

1873 Apr 22: Robert Henley, died in office.

1903: George B. Ward, defeated.

1905: George B. Ward, elected.

1907: George B. Ward, elected.

1963 Apr 2: Bull Connor, defeated.

1967 Oct 31: George G. Seibels, Jr., elected; George Young, defeated.

1971: George G. Seibels, Jr., elected; George Young, defeated.

1975: George G. Seibels, Jr., defeated; David Vann, elected.

1979: Richard Arrington, Jr., elected.

Commission Presidents of Birmingham, 1913-63 (may be incomplete!)
Culpepper Exum 1913 George B. Ward 1913-17 Nathaniel A. Barrett 1917-21 David E. McClendon 1921-25 James M. Jones, Jr. 1925-40 W. Cooper Green 1940-53 James W. Morgan 1953-61 Art Hanes, Sr. 1961-63

Postmasters at Birmingham, 1871-1970 (may be incomplete!)
William Ketcham 1871-72 Monroe Sanders 1872 Thomas E. Warren 1872-74 Thomas U. Green 1874-83 Alice Green 1883-84 Thomas U. Green 1884-85 Samuel S. Thompson 1885-86 Henry J. Winn 1886-87 Maurice B. Throckmorton 1887-88 Robert L. Houston 1889-93 William B. Copeland 1893-97 James W. Hughes 1897-1905 J. Rivers Carter 1905-10 Joseph H. Montgomery 1910-11 George C. Oliver 1911 Truman H. Aldrich 1911-15 Rufus B. Smyer 1915-24 John G. Bass 1924 John G. Bass 1924-33 W. Cooper Green 1933-34 W. Cooper Green 1934-40 Arthur H. Allbright 1940-42 Arthur H. Allbright 1942-54 James Roy Moncus 1954-55 James Roy Moncus 1955-62 Ersie F. Palmer 1962-63 Ersie F. Palmer 1963-70

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1888 Dec 8: Maurice B. Throckmorton, died in office.

Elyton
(annexed to Birmingham in 1910)

Mayors of Elyton, 1907-09 (may be incomplete!)
Frank W. Smith 1907-09

Postmasters at Elyton, 1879-1901 (may be incomplete!)
Samuel Thompson as of 1879 Carrie C. Wood as of 1901

Ensley
(annexed to Birmingham in 1910)

Postmasters at Ensley, 1901-11 (may be incomplete!)
Thomas B. Lawler as of 1901 John X. Thomas as of 1911

"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."
Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872

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