- Sam Jones (mayor)
Samuel L. Jones is serving his first term as mayor of his hometown, Mobile,
Alabama . He is Mobile's firstAfrican American mayor. He ran on a platform of safety, efficient government, historic preservation and bringing employers to the city.cite web|title="Mayor Samuel L. Jones"|work="City of Mobile" |url=http://www.cityofmobile.org/cityofficials/mayor.php|accessdate=2008-10-10]Jones is a graduate of Central High School and attended Florida Junior College and
Jacksonville University in Jacksonville,Florida . He spent nine years in theUnited States Navy , where he served aboard theaircraft carrier USS Forrestal . He next served as the executive director of Mobile Community Action, Inc. from from 1980 until 1987. He was elected to four terms as a Mobile County Commissioner before being elected Mayor of Mobile in September 2005.cite web|title=" dean="" congratulates="" sam="" jones,="" first="" black="" mayor="" of="" mobile,="" alabama="" on="" victory"|work="Democrats.org|url=http://www.democrats.org/a/2005/09/dean_congratula.php|date=2005-09-16|accessdate=2007-05-09]References
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