- Thomas Gamble
Thomas Gamble, Jr. was a historian and a politician from Georgia,
USA . He was Mayor of Savannah and was a Democrat.Background
He moved to Savannah in 1888 and became of a reporter for the "Savannah Evening Times". He published a number of
history books, including "A History of the City Government of Savannah from 1790 to 1901" and "Savannah Duels and Duelists, 1733-1877". [ [http://e-archives.liveoakpl.org/Gamble%5CFiftyYearsMemoriesOfLifeInSavannahGeorgia.htm Live Oak Public Librarie E-Archives:Gamble Collection] ]Political career
Gamble served as Mayor of Tybee Beach and Secretary to the Mayor of Savannah, until he became Savannah's chief executive. He ran for Mayor of Savannah in 1932 and won the election. He took office in early 1933 and was re-elected in 1934, serving until 1937. [Savannah Morning News, December 14, 1932] He did not run for re-election in 1936, but was returned to office in 1938 and was re-elected in 1940, 1942 and 1944.
Death
Gamble died in office on
July 13 ,1945 . [Savannah Morning News, July 26, 1945] He was succeeded byPeter Roe Nugent .Footnotes
External links
* [http://www.ci.savannah.ga.us/cityweb/webdatabase.nsf/E12F5A82DA01561685256AB6006C3E62/3F6DC97D79C23C2D85256AB7004832F7 Mayor's official site]
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