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The post of Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, was begun in 1834 and was originally referred to as "President of Selectmen" before being changed to "Mayor". Harvey Johnson Jr. elected in 1997 became the city's first black mayor. All of the mayors since have also been African American. The following individuals have held the office:
He is the son of former mayor and Black nationalist activist Chokwe Lumumba, who served briefly as mayor of Jackson before his death in 2014. [4] He was first elected in 2017. In the primary election, Lumumba soundly [5] won the Democratic nomination, defeating both incumbent mayor Tony Yarber and State Senator John Horhn. [6]
Tony Yarber (born April 16, 1978) is an American pastor, educator and politician in Jackson, Mississippi.He was elected as Mayor of Jackson in April 2014 from special election following the death in office of Chokwe Lumumba. [1]
This category is for people who held the office of mayor of Jackson, Mississippi. Pages in category "Mayors of Jackson, Mississippi" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
In 1977, he ran for the mayor office of Jackson, Mississippi as a Democrat, beating Republican candidate Doug Shanks. [7] [8] He won re-election in 1981. [2] Starting in 1985, he became the first mayor of the city under mayor-council form. [9] Danks stopped being the mayor of Jackson in 1989, when he lost in a runoff election to J. Kane Ditto ...
All are allegedly conspirators in the widening Jackson bribery scandal, which centers around a hotel development in downtown Jackson. The mayor, councilman and DA all appeared at a court hearing ...
In 1948, Thompson, a Democrat, was elected mayor of the city of Jackson. During Thompson's tenure as mayor, the city's population grew from 98,000 to 154,000 and its facilities expanded to serve the larger population. He was also elected twice as President of the American Municipal Association.
Former Ward 2 Councilwoman Angelique Lee pled guilty Wednesday in federal court on a charge of conspiracy to commit bribery. The indictment said Lee accepted cash and luxury items in exchange for ...