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==Commissions==
==Commissions==
* [[1911]]–[[1913]]: [[Culpepper Exum]], president, [[A. O. Lane]], [[James Weatherly]]
 
* [[1913]]–[[1915]]: [[George Ward]], president, [[A. O. Lane]], [[James Weatherly]]
===1911-13===
* [[1915]]–[[1917]]: [[George Ward]], president, [[Arlie Barber]], [[John Hornady]], [[J. D. Truss]], [[James Weatherly]]
* [[Culpepper Exum]], president
* [[November 6]], [[1917]]–[[November 7]], [[1921]]: [[Nathaniel A. Barrett]], president, [[J. Ellis Brown]], [[Henry Burrus]], [[John Hornady]], [[John H. Taylor]]
* [[A. O. Lane]],
* November 7, 1921–[[1925]]: [[David McLendon]], president, [[William Cloe]], [[William Dickson]], [[Mary Echols]], [[William Harrison]]
* [[James Weatherly]]
* 1925–[[1929]]: [[Jimmie Jones]], president, [[William Dickson]], [[John H. Taylor]]
 
* 1929–[[1933]]: [[Jimmie Jones]], president, [[William Dickson]], [[John H. Taylor]]
===1913-15===
* 1933–[[1937]]: [[Jimmie Jones]], president, [[W. O. Downs]], [[Lewey Robinson]]
* [[George Ward]], president
* 1937–[[1941]]: [[Jimmie Jones]], president (unexpired term filled by [[Cooper Green]] at his death in [[1940]]), [[Bull Connor]], [[James W. Morgan]]
* [[A. O. Lane]]
* 1941–[[1945]]: [[Cooper Green]], president, [[Bull Connor]], [[Jimmy Morgan]]
* [[James Weatherly]]
* 1945–[[1953]]: [[Cooper Green]], president, [[Bull Connor]], [[Jimmy Morgan]]
 
* 1953–[[1957]]: [[Jimmy Morgan]], president, [[Robert Lindbergh]], [[Wade Bradley]] (resigned, term completed by [[Jabo Waggoner]])
===1915-17===
* 1957–[[1961]]: [[Jimmy Morgan]], president, [[Bull Connor]], [[Jabo Waggoner]]
* [[George Ward]], president,
* 1961–[[1963]]: [[Art Hanes]], president, [[Bull Connor]], [[Jabo Waggoner]]
* [[Arlie Barber]]
* [[John Hornady]]
* [[J. D. Truss]]
* [[James Weatherly]]
 
===1917-21===
Served [[November 6]], [[1917]]–[[November 7]], [[1921]]
* [[Nathaniel A. Barrett]], Commission President
* [[J. Ellis Brown]], Commissioner of Public Utilities
* [[Henry Burrus]], Commissioner of Public Improvements
* [[John Hornady]], Commissioner of Health and Education
* [[John H. Taylor]], Commissioner of Public Safety
 
===1921-25===
Served November 7, 1921–[[1925]]
* [[David McLendon]], Commission President
* [[William Cloe]], Commissioner of Public Safety
* [[William Dickson]], Commissioner of Public Improvements
* [[Mary Echols]], Commissioner of Health and Education
* [[William Harrison]], Commissioner of Public Utilities
 
===1925-29===
* [[Jimmie Jones]], Commission President
* [[William Dickson]]
* [[John H. Taylor]]
 
===1929-33===
* [[Jimmie Jones]], Commission President
* [[William Dickson]]
* [[John H. Taylor]]
 
===1933-37===
* [[Jimmie Jones]], Commission President
* [[W. O. Downs]]
* [[Lewey Robinson]]
 
===1937-41===
* [[Jimmie Jones]], Commission President (unexpired term filled by [[Cooper Green]] at his death in [[1940]])
* [[Bull Connor]], Commissioner of Public Safety
* [[Jimmy Morgan]]
 
===1941-45===
* [[Cooper Green]], Commission President
* [[Bull Connor]], Commissioner of Public Safety
* [[Jimmy Morgan]]
 
===1945-49===
* [[Cooper Green]], Commission President
* [[Bull Connor]], Commissioner of Public Safety
* [[Jimmy Morgan]]
 
===1949-53===
* [[Cooper Green]], Commission President
* [[Bull Connor]], Commissioner of Public Safety
* [[Jimmy Morgan]]
 
===1953-57===
* [[Jimmy Morgan]], Commission President
* [[Robert Lindbergh]]
* [[Wade Bradley]] (resigned, term completed by [[Jabo Waggoner]])
 
===1957-61===
* [[Jimmy Morgan]], Commission President
* [[Bull Connor]], Commissioner of Public Safety
* [[Jabo Waggoner]]
 
===1961-63===
* [[Art Hanes]], Commission President
* [[Bull Connor]], Commissioner of Public Safety
* [[Jabo Waggoner]]


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 13:50, 7 August 2010

The Birmingham City Commission (or Birmingham Board of Commissioners) was the form of Birmingham's government from 1911 to 1963. The city moved from a Mayor-Aldermen system to a three-member commission at the time that Greater Birmingham was annexed into the City. The idea was that the municipal government should be run less like a small town and more like a business enterprise. The proposal was overwhelmingly favored by voters in a 1910 referendum, and was initiated by a new City Commission election in 1911

Presidents of the Commission, beginning with Culpepper Exum, who inherited the role as the sitting Mayor, are listed at Mayor of Birmingham. LIke previous administrations, the commissions were initially elected to a two-year term. Beginning in 1917 the term was extended to four years to provide for more continuity. Between 1915 and 1923 the board was expanded to five commissioners.

This listing includes the full commission for the years 1911 to 1963, when the present Mayor-Council Act was passed, providing for a nine-member City Council.

Commissions

1911-13

1913-15

1915-17

1917-21

Served November 6, 1917–November 7, 1921

1921-25

Served November 7, 1921–1925

1925-29

1929-33

1933-37

1937-41

1941-45

1945-49

1949-53

1953-57

1957-61

1961-63

References

  • Vick, Mary-Helen (1965) A Survey of the Governing Body of Birmingham, Alabama, 1910-1964. Master's thesis. Alabama College.
  • Norton, Bertha Bendall (1970) Birmingham's First Magic Century: Were You There?. Birmingham: self-published/Lakeshore Press


Preceded by:
Birmingham Board of Aldermen 		Legislative Body for the City of Birmingham
1911 - 1963 		Succeeded by:
Birmingham City Council
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