George Ainslie

George Ainslie

George Ainslie (10 October 186818 July 1931) was the mayor of Richmond, Virginia, from 1912 until 1924.

Education

Ainslie received a B.S. at Virginia Military Institute in 1890 and an L.L.B. at the University of Virginia in 1893.

Mayor of Richmond

During Ainslie's administration, annexation nearly doubled Richmond's size. As a result of this expansion, Ainslie pursued an ambitious program of public improvements, including completion of a new waterworks and creation of a fully motorized fire department. He also advocated amendments to the Richmond city charter that in 1919 strengthened the power of the mayor's office. The Richmond newspapers often featured photographs of Ainslie greeting visiting dignitaries, including Marshal Ferdinand Foch (1921) and former British prime minister David Lloyd George (1923).

Ainslie lost the April 1924 primary to his ultimate successor, John Fulmer Bright, after Bright accused Ainslie of being a big spender who had placed the city in debt by borrowing money for public improvements.

After leaving office, Ainslie worked as an insurance agent. He was buried in Hollywood Cemetery.

References

* "Richmond Times-Dispatch", 18, 19 July 1931.
* John T. Kneebone et al., eds., "Dictionary of Virginia Biography" (1998- ), 1:46-48. ISBN 0-88490-189-0
* Christopher Silver, "Twentieth-Century Richmond: Planning, Politics, and Race" (1984).


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