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The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.92. In the city, the population was spread out, with 24.6% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 27.5% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 18.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years.
George Robert Beckmeyer (May 7, 1920–June 7, 1977) was an American politician and businessman. Beckmeyer was born in Posey, Illinois. He went to the Nashville, Illinois public schools and Culver Military Academy. Beckmeyer served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. Beckmeyer went to University of Illinois and Wabash College.
First African American to initiate the concept of free agency. He refused to accept a trade following the 1969 season, ultimately appealing his case to the U.S. Supreme Court. The trend of free agency expanded across the entire landscape of professional sports for all races and all cultures: Curt Flood (St. Louis Cardinals) [Note 19]
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. Education. Brown University (BA, BS) Thomas Frederick O'Connell (born 1976/1977) [1][2][3] is an American politician and currently serves as the 10th Mayor of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. [4] From 2015 to 2023, he served as a member of the Nashville Metro Council representing the 19th ...
William E. Mason (East St. Louis mayor) Sidney Mathias. Frederick William Matthiessen. Dannel McCollum. Daniel McLaughlin (unionist) Jim McMillen. Tom McNamara (politician) Catherine J. Melchert. Otis L. Miller Jr.
The first African-American mayors were elected during Reconstruction in the Southern United States beginning about 1867. African Americans in the South were also elected to many local offices, such as sheriff and Justice of the Peace, and state offices such as legislatures as well as a smaller number of federal offices.
Megan Christine Barry [1] (née Mueller; born September 22, 1963) is an American businesswoman and politician [2] who served as the seventh mayor of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County [3] from 2015 until March 6, 2018, when she resigned after pleading guilty to felony theft related to an extramarital affair with a city employee who had served as the head of her ...
Cumberland Law School, Vanderbilt University. Raphael Benjamin West (March 31, 1911 – November 20, 1974) was an American attorney and politician who served as mayor of Nashville from 1951 to 1963, and as a Tennessee state senator from 1949 to 1951. While a state senator, he supported a change from at-large to single-member district voting to ...