Lee Mingledorff Jr.
Walter Lee Mingledorff Jr. (November 7, 1914 – February 18, 1985) was a politician from Georgia, United States, and was a former Mayor of Savannah. He was a Democrat and belonged to the local Citizen's Committee faction of the party.
Background[]
He was born in the Savannah area and made a career in the shipyard industry.[1] He was married to Huldah Cail.
Political career[]
City politics[]
Mingledorff ran for Mayor of Savannah and defeated Conservative Democratic candidate Charles Musante in 1954.[2] He took office in early 1955 and became the first Savannah mayor to serve under the council-manager form of municipal government. The number of aldermen was reduced from twelve to six under the new city charter.
He was re-elected for a two-year term in 1956 and for a four-year term in 1958.[3]
The Mingledorff administration is credited with a number of accomplishments, including:
- Eliminating the city's deficit
- Establishing a municipal civil service
- Implementing an urban renewal program
- Improving the road system, with the construction of expressways
County politics[]
Mingledorff resigned in 1960 to become a candidate on the Chatham County Commission.[4] Even though his slate of candidates won the election, he failed to win a seat. He was succeeded as Mayor by Malcolm Maclean.
References[]
- ^ Arnsdorff Genealogy Website Archived 2005-02-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Savannah Morning News, December 14, 1954,
- ^ Savannah Morning News, May 27, 1958
- ^ Savannah Morning News, July 31, 1960,
External links[]
- 1914 births
- 1985 deaths
- Mayors of Savannah, Georgia
- 20th-century American politicians