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This article contains a list of mayors of Gulfport, Mississippi, United States.

List

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No. Mayor In office Political party Ref
1 Finley B. Hewes 28 July 1898 – 1899 – [1][2]
2 Spencer S. Bullis 1899 – 1902 – [3]
3 Joseph Ballenger 1902 - 1904 – [4]
4 Henry D. Moore 1905 - 1906 – [3]
5 Joseph W. Thomas 1907 - 1908 – [3]
6 George M. Foote c. 1907 – c. 1916 – [5][6]
7 Joseph W. Thomas 1911 - 1912 – [3]
8 William H. Bouslog 1913 - 1914 – [3]
9 George W. Foote 1915 - 1918 – [3]
Charles H. Haydon c. 1919 – [7]
10 Joseph W. Milner c. 1925 - c. 1948 Democrat [8]
Milton T. "Mitt" Evans 3 Jan 1949 – c. 1950 – [9][10][11][12]
11 R.B. Meadows 1953 - 1969 – [3]
12 Philip W. Shaw March 1971 – May 1973 – [13][14]
13 C.L. Bullock 1973 - 11 January 1975 – [3][15]
Charles L. Walker (acting) January 1975 - 7 March 1975 – [15][16]
14 A.W. "Buzzy" Lang 7 March 1975 - 1977 – [15][16][3]
15 John H. "Jack" Barnett 1977 - 1985 Republican [3][17]
16 Leroy Urie 1985 - 1989 Democrat [17][3]
17 Kincheon Varner "Ken" Combs June 1989 – 1997 Republican [18][19]
18 Robert Short 1997 – June 2001 Republican [12]
19 Ken Combs June 2001 – 7 June 2005 Republican [18]
20 Brent Warr 7 June 2005 – 2009 Republican [20][21][22]
21 George Schloegel 7 June 2009 – 2013 Republican [23]
22 Billy Hewes 2013 – Republican [24]

References

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  1. ^ Kerr, Kempe, Helen (January 1, 1977). The Pelican Guide to Old Homes of Mississippi: Natchez and the South. Pelican Publishing. ISBN 9781455610273.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "Property". www.apps.mdah.ms.gov. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Gulfport's Mayors". www.gulfport-ms.gov.
  4. ^ "Biographies - Harrison County Mississippi Genealogy Trails". genealogytrails.com.
  5. ^ Association, Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Waterway (January 1, 1907). Report of the Second Annual Convention of the Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Waterway Association. The Association.
  6. ^ Sugar. R. Palmer. January 1, 1915.
  7. ^ Labor, United States Congress Senate Committee on Education and (January 1, 1919). National Employment System: Hearings Before the Joint Committees on Labor ... on S.688 ... S.1442 ... H.R.4305 ... U.S. Government Printing Office.
  8. ^ "Full text of "Mississippi Law Journal 1928 Books 1-4". archive.org. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
  9. ^ "New Officers at Gulfport". The Daily Herald. Biloxi, Mississippi. January 3, 1949. Retrieved August 11, 2023 – via newspapers.com. Gulfport's first new mayor in 24 years was sworn in today before an assembly of approximately 100 citizens at the Gulfport city hall.
  10. ^ Mississippi Highways. Mississippi Highway Department. January 1, 1949.
  11. ^ Kestenbaum, Lawrence. "The Political Graveyard: Mayors of Gulfport, Mississippi". politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
  12. ^ a b Trethewey, Natasha (August 1, 2015). Beyond Katrina: A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 9780820349022.
  13. ^ "FindACase™ | RAY E. SMITH v. CITY OF GULFPORT". ms.findacase.com. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
  14. ^ "Times Daily - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
  15. ^ a b c "Lang wins runoff for Gulfport mayor". Hattiesburg American. Hattiesburg, Mississippi. March 5, 1975. Retrieved August 11, 2023 – via newspapers.com. Lang, a funeral home owner, polled 5,196 votes to 4,339 for Walker, the city finance commissioner who has been acting mayor since the January 11 death of Mayor C.L. Walker.
  16. ^ a b Bell, Jimmie (March 7, 1975). "Lang takes oath of office". Hattiesburg American. Biloxi, Mississippi. Retrieved August 11, 2023 – via newspapers.com. Gulfport's 14th mayor A.W. "Buzzy" Lang officially received the oath of office Friday morning before a crowd of nearly 300 in front of the flag-bedecked city hall.
  17. ^ a b "Leroy Urie hopes to make the grade". The Sun. Biloxi, Mississippi. June 30, 1985. Retrieved August 11, 2023 – via newspapers.com. Urie, 54, a three-term Democratic county supervisor, defeated incumbent Republican mayor Jack Barnett in the June 4 general election.
  18. ^ a b "Former Gulfport Mayor Ken Combs Dies". Retrieved July 23, 2016.
  19. ^ "Kincheon Varner "Ken" Combs's Obituary on The Sun Herald". The Sun Herald. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
  20. ^ "A look back at Brent Warr's history in Gulfport". Retrieved July 23, 2016.
  21. ^ "Mississippi mayor, wife arrested on Katrina fraud charges - CNN.com". www.cnn.com. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
  22. ^ "Gulfport Mayor Brent Warr on Republican Short List of Possible Lott Replacements". www.gulfcoastnews.com. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
  23. ^ "Schloegel: Won't seek reelection".
  24. ^ "Billy Hewes running unopposed for mayor of Gulfport". gulflive.com. Associated Press. March 18, 2013. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
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