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{{Short description|American mayor in Atlanta, Georgia}} |
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|birth_name = Samuel Bacon Spencer |
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1827|12|26}} |
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| birth_place = Liberty County, Georgia |
| birth_place = Liberty County, Georgia, US |
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|alma_mater = [[Oglethorpe University]] |
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| resting_place = [[Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta)|Oakland Cemetery]] <br/> [[Atlanta, Georgia]] |
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'''Samuel Bacon Spencer''' (December 26, 1827 – October 16, 1901) was the last [[mayor]] of [[Atlanta, Georgia]] to serve a one-year term. |
'''Samuel Bacon Spencer''' (December 26, 1827 – October 16, 1901) was the last [[mayor]] of [[Atlanta, Georgia]] to serve a one-year term. |
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Spencer was born on December 26, 1827 |
Spencer was born on December 26, 1827. In 1848, he graduated from [[Oglethorpe University]] in [[Milledgeville, Georgia]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Tankersley |first1=Alan |title=College Life at Old Oglethorpe |date=1959 |publisher=University of Georgia Press |location=Athens, GA |pages=157}}</ref> On December 12, 1849, Spencer married the former Mary E. Baker.<ref>{{cite book |title=County Marriage Records, 1828-1978 |publisher=Georgia Archives |location=Morrow, GA}}</ref> Between 1848 and 1854, he was a teacher in Greene County and Lumpkin Counties then turned to practicing law in Thomasville. A major in the Confederate Army during the [[American Civil War]], Spencer moved to Atlanta in 1870 and continued practicing law. On December 3, 1873, as the unopposed Democratic candidate, he was elected mayor of Atlanta with 798 votes.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Garrett |first1=Franklin M. |title=Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of Its People and Events, 1820s-1870s |date=1969 |publisher=University of Georgia Press |location=Athens, GA |page=902}}</ref> After his one-term as mayor, Spencer moved to Savannah and taught school again at the Chatham Academy. In 1896, he returned to Atlanta. Spencer died on October 16, 1901, and is interred at [[Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta)|Oakland Cemetery]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Col. Sam Spencer Dead |url=https://gahistoricnewspapers-files.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn88054087/1901-10-18/ed-1/seq-1.pdf |access-date=8 August 2022 |publisher=Daily Times-Enterprise |date=October 18, 1901}}</ref> |
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[[Category:Signers of the Georgia Ordinance of Secession]] |
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[[Category:Burials at Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta)]] |
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Samuel Bacon Spencer | |
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| Mayor of Atlanta | |
| In office January 1874 – January 1875 | |
| Preceded by | Cicero C. Hammock |
| Succeeded by | Cicero C. Hammock |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Samuel Bacon Spencer December 26, 1827 Liberty County, Georgia, US |
| Died | October 16, 1901 (aged 73) |
| Resting place | Oakland Cemetery Atlanta, Georgia |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | Oglethorpe University |
Samuel Bacon Spencer (December 26, 1827 – October 16, 1901) was the last mayor of Atlanta, Georgia to serve a one-year term.
Spencer was born on December 26, 1827. In 1848, he graduated from Oglethorpe University in Milledgeville, Georgia.[1] On December 12, 1849, Spencer married the former Mary E. Baker.[2] Between 1848 and 1854, he was a teacher in Greene County and Lumpkin Counties then turned to practicing law in Thomasville. A major in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, Spencer moved to Atlanta in 1870 and continued practicing law. On December 3, 1873, as the unopposed Democratic candidate, he was elected mayor of Atlanta with 798 votes.[3] After his one-term as mayor, Spencer moved to Savannah and taught school again at the Chatham Academy. In 1896, he returned to Atlanta. Spencer died on October 16, 1901, and is interred at Oakland Cemetery.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Tankersley, Alan (1959). College Life at Old Oglethorpe. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press. p. 157.
- ^ County Marriage Records, 1828-1978. Morrow, GA: Georgia Archives.
- ^ Garrett, Franklin M. (1969). Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of Its People and Events, 1820s-1870s. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press. p. 902.
- ^ "Col. Sam Spencer Dead" (PDF). Daily Times-Enterprise. October 18, 1901. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
