Crusades for Freedom: Memphis and the Political Transformation of the American South

Appendix A. Memphis City Government, 1948–1968

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¬ Commission Form of Government 1948–1951 James J. Pleasants, Jr.—Mayor and Commissioner of Administration and Health (resigned January 1949) Watkins Overton—Mayor and Commissioner of Administration and Health (appointed January 1949) Joseph P. Boyle—Commissioner of Public Safety and Vice Mayor (transferred to Department of Finances and Institutions September 1950) Claude A. Armour—Commissioner of Public Safety and Vice Mayor (appointed September 1950) Louis E. Grashot—Commissioner of Finances and Institutions (resigned September 1950) Joseph P. Boyle—Commissioner of Finances and Institutions (transferred September 1950) Robert S. Fredericks—Commissioner of Public Services Oscar P. Williams—Commissioner of Public Works Commission Form of Government 1952–1955 Watkins Overton—Mayor and Commissioner of Administration and Health (resigned February 1953) Frank T. Tobey—Mayor and Commissioner of Administration and Health (appointed March 1953, elected August 1954, died September 1955) Walter C. Chandler—Mayor and Commissioner of Administration and Health (appointed September 1955) Claude A. Armour—Commissioner of Fire and Police and Vice Mayor Frank T. Tobey—Commissioner of Finances and Institutions (appointed mayor March 1953) Joseph P. Boyle—Commissioner of Finances and Institutions (appointed March 1953, elected August 1954) John T. Dwyer—Commissioner of Public Services Oscar P. Williams—Commissioner of Public Works Commission Form of Government 1956–1959 Edmund Orgill—Mayor and Commissioner of Administration and Health Claude A. Armour—Commissioner of Fire and Police and Vice Mayor L. Stanley Dillard—Commissioner of Finances and Institutions John T. Dwyer—Commissioner of Public Services Henry Loeb—Commissioner of Public Works  =LLAJ@ET
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– Commission Form of Government 1960–1963 Henry Loeb—Mayor and Commissioner of Administration and Health Claude A. Armour—Commissioner of Fire and Police and Vice Mayor James W. Moore—Commissioner of Finances and Institutions John T. Dwyer—Commissioner of Public Services William W. Farris—Commissioner of Public Works Commission Form of Government 1964–1967 William B. Ingram—Mayor and Commissioner of Administration and Health Claude A. Armour—Commissioner of Fire and Police and Vice Mayor James W. Moore—Commissioner of Finances and Institutions (resigned August 1966) L. D. “Dutch” Erwin—Commissioner of Finances and Institutions (appointed August 1966) Hunter Lane, Jr.—Commissioner of Public Services Pete Sisson—Commissioner of Public Works Mayor-Council Form of Government 1968 Henry Loeb—Mayor Gwen Awsumb—City Council Member Jerred Blanchard—City Council Member Wyeth Chandler—City Council Member Fred L. Davis—City Council Member Lewis R. Donelson—City Council Member Billy Hyman—City Council Member Robert B. James—City Council Member W. T. McAdams—City Council Member James L. Netters—City Council Member J. O. Patterson, Jr.—City Council Member Phillip A. Perel, Sr.—City Council Member Downing Pryor—City Council Member Thomas H. Todd—City Council Member source: Joe Walk, A History of African-Americans in Memphis Government (Memphis , 1996) ...