LOCAL · TN · 1949-1953
Watkins Overton
Mayor of Memphis · Democrat · Tennessee
Background
Between 1949 and 1953, Watkins Overton held the Mayor of Memphis of Memphis seat in Tennessee, a 4-year tenure. Earliest occupant of this seat in Officium's records; succeeded by Frank Tobey. Same-year political environment (1949): Governor Gordon Browning.
Auto-synthesized summary from Officium's indexed fields (tenure, predecessor / successor chain, career arc, FEC matches). Treat as derived metadata, not primary source.
Others who held this office in Tennessee
- Paul Young (2024-present)
- Jim Strickland (2016-2024)
- AC Wharton (2009-2016)
- Willie Herenton (1992-2009)
- Willie Herenton (1992-2009)
- Dick Hackett (1982-1992)
- Wyeth Chandler (1972-1982)
- Henry Loeb (1968-1972)
- William B. Ingram Jr. (1964-1968)
- Henry Loeb (1960-1963)
- Edmund Orgill (1956-1959)
- Frank Tobey (1953-1955)