A. C. Crowder
A. C. Crowder | |
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c. 1906 | |
Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi | |
In office 1909–1913 | |
Preceded by | Ramsey Wharton |
Succeeded by | S. J. Taylor |
Personal details | |
Born | Arthur Campbell Crowder (1868-07-16)July 16, 1868 Fluvanna County, Virginia |
Died | September 15, 1936(1936-09-15) (aged 68) Birmingham, Alabama |
Political party | Democrat |
Spouse | Mattie Saunders (m. 1899) |
Children | 1 |
Arthur Campbell Crowder, Sr. (July 16, 1868 - September 15, 1936) was the mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, from 1909 to 1913.
Early life
Arthur Campbell Crowder was born on July 16, 1868, in Fluvanna County, Virginia, to John Meredith and Mary Boardman (Jones) Crowder.[1][2][3] He was one of two sons.[3] While an infant, his family moved to Huntsville, Alabama, where his father worked in the real estate and insurance business and operated a sawmill.[3] His family moved to Birmingham, Alabama, in 1886.[3] Crowder went to private schools. In 1889, he graduated from the Agricultural and Mechanical College at Alabama (now known as Auburn University), where he was affiliated with the Kappa Alpha fraternity.[4][3] After graduating, he entered the insurance business.[3]
Political career
In 1898, Crowder moved to Jackson, Mississippi.[3] He also served in many official positions there, including one term as alderman and two terms as president of the Cotton States Baseball League.[3] He also served two terms as mayor of the city, from 1909 to 1913.[3][4][5] He was the final mayor of Jackson in the aldermanic form of government.[6] He was a Democrat.[3][1] He returned to Birmingham in 1916.[3]
Later life
He became the Mississippi manager for the Prudential Life Insurance Company in 1902.[1] After being promoted to manager of the Alabama and Mississippi section of the Prudential Life Insurance Company, he returned to Birmingham in 1916.[3] He was the president of the Alabama Society of the Sons of the American Revolution from 1923 to 1924.[7] He died in Birmingham, Alabama, on September 15, 1936.[4][6]
Personal life
In Jackson, Mississippi, he married Mattie Saunders, the daughter of Robert L. and Annie (Robinson) Saunders, on August 14, 1899.[3][8] They had one son, Arthur Campbell Crowder, Junior.[8][2][3] He was a member of the Masonic Order.[1][3]
References
- ^ a b c d Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 167.
- ^ a b Sons of the American Revolution (1924). The SAR Magazine. National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. p. 107.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Cruikshank, George M. (1920). A History of Birmingham and Its Environs: A Narrative Account of Their Historical Progress, Their People, and Their Principal Interests. Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 173–175.
- ^ a b c Order, Kappa Alpha (1936). The Kappa Alpha Journal. Kappa Alpha Order. p. 62.
- ^ Brinson, Carroll. Jackson/A Special Kind of Place. Jackson, MS: City of Jackson, 1977. LCCN 77-081145.
- ^ a b "Clarion-Ledger from Jackson, Mississippi on September 16, 1936 · Page 1". Newspapers.com. 16 September 1936. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
- ^ Sons of the American Revolution Alabama Society (1956). Membership Roster, September, 1956: The Alabama Society of the Sons of the American Revolution : Roster and Roll of Honor, 1903-1956. The Society.
- ^ a b Woman's Who's who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada, 1914-1915. American Commonwealth Company. 1914. p. 219.
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- Thomas H. Dickson 1834
- S.P. Baley 1835
- Thomas H. Dickson 1836
- S.P. Baley 1836
- John P. Oldham 1837–1838
- John P. Oldham 1839
- H.R. McDonald 1840
- John P. Oldham 1840–1841
- James H. Boyd 1842–1843
- John P. Oldham 1844–1849
- James H. Boyd 1850
- J. P. Jones 1851
- William H. Taylor 1852–1853
- Richard Fletcher 1854
- William H. Taylor 1855–1857
- James H. Boyd 1858
- W. A. Purdom 1859
- Richard C. Kerr 1860–1861
- Charles Henry Manship 1862–1863
- D. N. Barrows 1864–1867
- Thomas H. Norton 1868
- Lt. Col. James Biddle 1868
- James P. Sesseons 1868–1869
- Rhesa Hatcher 1869
- Lt. Col. Joseph G. Crane 1869
- Captain F.A. Field 1869
- A. Way Kelly 1869
- E. W. Cabiniss 1869–1870
- Oliver Clifton 1870–1871
- Rhesa Hatcher 1871–1872
- Marion Smith 1872–1874
- John McGill 1874–1888
- William Henry 1888–1893
- L. F. Chiles 1893–1895
- Oliver Clifton 1895–1897
- Ramsey Wharton 1897–1899
- H. M. Taylor 1899
- W. W. Morrison 1899 (Mayor Pro Tem.)
- John W. Todd 1899–1901
- William Hemingway 1901–1905
- Oliver Clifton 1905 (died before taking office)
- Ramsey Wharton 1905–1908 (died in office)
- A. C. Crowder 1909–1913
- S. J. Taylor 1913–1917
- Walter A. Scott 1917–1945
- Leland S. Speed 1945–1949
- Allen C. Thompson 1949–1969
- Russell C. Davis 1969–1977
- Dale Danks 1977–1989
- J. Kane Ditto 1989–1997
- Harvey Johnson Jr. 1997–2005
- Frank Melton 2005–2009 (died in office)
- Leslie B. McLemore 2009 (interim mayor)
- Harvey Johnson Jr. 2009–2013
- Chokwe Lumumba 2013–2014 (died in office)
- Charles Tillman 2014
- Tony Yarber 2014–2017
- Chokwe Antar Lumumba 2017–present