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After serving as the Harris County Sheriff and Harris County Commissioner, Houston elected Lord as the 26th mayor of the city. [1] Lord led a ticket of Redeemers , as he and the candidates for Alderman and other local elected officers on his slate swept the 1876 election.
In 1837, he moved to the new temporary capitol of the Republic of Texas, Houston. He followed his father, Robert Wilson, a co-founder of Houston and a merchant there. [1] In 1874 Texas Governor Richard Coke appointed Wilson to replace Reconstruction mayor Thomas Howe Scanlan. An election later that year retained Wilson as mayor through 1875. [1]
The following is a list of people who have served as mayor of the city of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas. Until 2015, the term of the mayor was two years. Beginning with the tenure of Bob Lanier, the city charter imposed term limits on officeholders of no more than three terms (six years total). On November 3, 2015, voters approved ...
He served as the founding president of the Houston Board of Health. He served two one-year terms as mayor of Houston in 1841 and 1842, establishing the first city hall in is second year. [1] As Mayor of Houston, Andrews worked with the City Council to establish a wharf tax to create revenue for improvements to the port.
Alexander McGowan was born in Duplin County, North Carolina on July 5, 1817. He was raised by foster parents and spent most of his youth in Montgomery, Alabama.He came to Houston in September 1839, opening a tin shop shortly after arriving.
Benjamin Pendleton Buckner served as Mayor of the city of Houston, Texas in 1847 and 1848. [1] Prior to serving as mayor of Houston, Buckner was the chief justice of Harris County, beginning in 1839. He served as chief justice until 1847, the first year he was elected as mayor. He served a second one-year term in 1848. [2]
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John Harris Whitmire (born August 13, 1949) [2] is an American attorney and politician who has served as the 63rd mayor of Houston, the most populous city in Texas, since 2024.