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Pages in category "Mayors of Galveston, Texas" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The mayor of Galveston is the official head of the city of Galveston in the U.S. state of Texas. The incumbent mayor is Craig Brown, who was elected in 2020, re-elected in 2022, [1] [2] and was re-elected to another three-year term on May 4, 2024. [3] He took office in July 2020, succeeding the previous mayor, Jim Yarbrough. [4]
Pages in category "Lists of mayors of places in Texas" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. ... Mayor of Galveston; List of mayors of Garland ...
Map of Galveston in 1871 Galveston City Railway Company c 1894. At the end of the 19th century, Galveston was a booming metropolis with a population of 37,000. Its position on the natural harbor of Galveston Bay along the Gulf of Mexico made it the center of trade in Texas and one of the largest cotton ports in the nation, in competition with New Orleans. [22]
Galveston (/ ˈ ɡ æ l v ɪ s t ən / GAL-vis-tən) is a coastal resort city and port off the Southeast Texas coast on Galveston Island and Pelican Island in the U.S. state of Texas.The community of 211.31 square miles (547.3 km 2), with a population of 53,695 at the 2020 census, [6] is the county seat of surrounding Galveston County and second-largest municipality in the county.
Mayors of Galveston, Texas (7 P) H. Hispanic and Latino American mayors in Texas (19 P) Mayors of Houston (1 C, 47 P) L. Mayors of Laredo, Texas (6 P) Mayors of ...
She lived in New York City during the early years of her marriage from 1956 to 1972. She attended the University of Texas at Austin and pledged Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, concluding her formal education at Columbia University. [3] Elected to the Galveston City Council in 1998, she served her three-term limit. In 2004 she was elected Mayor of ...
John Henry Brown (October 29, 1820 – May 31, 1895) was an American journalist, military leader, author, politician, and historian, who served as a state legislator and as mayor of both Galveston (1856) and Dallas, Texas (1885–1887). Brown was among the first to publish scholarly histories of the state of Texas and the city of Dallas.