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Draft:Mayor of Talladega, Alabama

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Mayors of Talladega, Alabama inckude:

  • Marcus Henderson Cruikshank
  • R. A. Mosely (1866-?)
  • Thomas Plowman (1872-1873)
  • George K. Miller (1874–1884)
  • William Skaggs (1885–1891), became mayor at age 23[2]
  • E. H. Dryer[2]
  • William J. Rhodes (?-1898), died while mayor during his second term[3]
  • S. C. Oliver (1909-?)
  • Hugh McElderry[2]
  • Manly Joiner (1922-1926 and 1929 - 1935) son of James Harvey Joiner who published and edited the Watchtower newspapaer in Talladega[4]
  • J. Wallis Elliott (1952–1953)[2]
  • Dr. James L. Hardwick (1954–1966), inolved in siting of race track[2]


  • Norman Wood (1975-?)
  • Larry Barton (1979–1987)


  • Larry Barton (1991–1994)
  • Brian York, 1999–2010
  • Larry Barton (2011–2015), Barton was later involved in a violent dispute with a man whose wife he was caught on videotape having an affair[5]
  • Jerry Cooper Sr. (2015–2018)
  • Timothy Ragland (2019-), a lawyer and Democrat became the city's first Black mayor and the city's second youngest mayor[6]

References

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  1. ^ Brown, Jessica S. (November 28, 1986). The American South: A Historical Bibliography. ABC-Clio. ISBN 978-0-87436-451-4 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b c d e White, Walter Belt (November 28, 2002). Talladega: Pathways to the Past. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-1455-0 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Chapter (Mich.), Royal Arch Masons Grand (November 28, 1899). "Transactions of the ... Annual Convocation ..." – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "The Joiner Family Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org.
  5. ^ Brown, Melissa (August 16, 2015). "Talladega Mayor Larry Barton assailant's divorce case involves 3 sex tapes". al.
  6. ^ Hayes, Dixon (October 9, 2019). "Talladega elects its first black mayor in close runoff". www.wbrc.com.