List of mayors of Tuskegee

Mayors of Tuskegee, Alabama include:

  • J. R. Wood[1]
  • Joseph Oswalt Thompson[2]
  • William Varner 1916 to 1919[3]
  • Robert Fulwood Ligon[4]
  • Philip M. Lightfoot[5] defendant in a gerrymandering case after the state legislature redrew city boundaries to exclude African Americans. Case was brought by Charles Goode Gomillion as plaintiff and was decided by the U.S. Supreme Court against the gerrymandering.[6] The case established a basis for the Voting Rights Act.[7]
  • Johnny Ford, first African American mayor
  • Lucenia Williams Dunn, an African American, was elected in 2000 and was the first woman to serve as mayor of Tuskegee[8]
  • Lawrence F. Haygood Jr (2016–present)

References
  1. Alabama (July 6, 1901). "Alabama Laws (and Joint Resolutions) of the Legislature of Alabama" – via Google Books.
  2. Owen, Thomas McAdory (July 6, 1921). "History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography". S. J. Clarke publishing Company – via Google Books.
  3. "The American Bar". J.C. Fifield Company. July 6, 1921 – via Google Books.
  4. "Who's who in Finance, Banking, and Insurance". Who's Who in Finance, Incorporated (N.Y.). July 6, 1911 – via Google Books.
  5. "Alabama Local Government Journal". July 6, 1954 – via Google Books.
  6. Taper, Bernard (April 7, 2017). Gomillion Versus Lightfoot: The Tuskegee Gerrymander Case. Pickle Partners Publishing. ISBN 9781787204119 – via Google Books.
  7. "Gomillion v. Lightfoot". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
  8. Maslanik, Mike (October 28, 2003). "Alumna, mayor speaks".
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