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The mayor of Yazoo City, Mississippi is elected every four years by the population at large. Being the chief executive officer of the city, the mayor is responsible for administering and leading the day-to-day operations of city government. The current mayor of the city is David "Mel" Starling, who was elected in 2022. [1]
University of Mississippi. Occupation. Banker [1] J. F. Barbour III (born September 7, 1940) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Mississippi. In 1968, he was elected as an independent (although closely affiliated with the Republican party) as mayor of Yazoo City, Mississippi. It was the first time that a non-Democrat held the post ...
2405798 [ 6] Website. City of Yazoo City. Yazoo City is the county seat of Yazoo County, Mississippi, United States. It was named after the Yazoo River, which, in turn was named by the French explorer Robert La Salle in 1682 as "Rivière des Yazous" in reference to the Yazoo tribe living near the river's mouth.
Yazoo County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 26,743. [1] The county seat is Yazoo City. [2] It is named for the Yazoo River, which forms its western border. Its name is said to come from a Choctaw language word meaning "River of Death". [3] [4]
Haley Barbour. Haley Reeves Barbour[ 1] (born October 22, 1947) is an American attorney, politician, and lobbyist who served as the 63rd governor of Mississippi from 2004 to 2012. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1993 to 1997. Born in Yazoo City, Mississippi, Barbour ...
T. J. Huddleston Sr. Thomas Jefferson Huddleston Sr. (June 1, 1876 – October 1959) was a prominent African American entrepreneur and community leader in Mississippi. He owned dozens of funeral homes in Mississippi. [1] He was the grandfather of former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Mike Espy, former Mayor Henry Espy of Clarksdale, Mississippi ...
J. F. Barbour III (1958), [5] former mayor of Yazoo City; pioneer in re-establishing Republican Party in Mississippi Haley Barbour (1965), [ 6 ] former governor of Mississippi Mike Espy (1971), [ 7 ] former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture; Congressman
List of mayors of Yazoo City, Mississippi This page was last edited on 3 May 2020, at 15:42 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike ...