Samuel Bacon Spencer
Mayor of Atlanta
In office
January 1874 – January 1875
Preceded byCicero C. Hammock
Succeeded byCicero C. Hammock
Personal details
Born
Samuel Bacon Spencer

(1827-12-26)December 26, 1827
Liberty County, Georgia, US
DiedOctober 16, 1901(1901-10-16) (aged 73)
Resting placeOakland Cemetery
Atlanta, Georgia
Political partyDemocratic Party
Alma materOglethorpe University
Gravesite at Oakland Cemetery

Samuel Bacon Spencer (December 26, 1827 – October 16, 1901) was the last mayor of Atlanta, Georgia to serve a one-year term.

Spencer was born on December 26, 1827. In 1848, he graduated from Oglethorpe University in Milledgeville, Georgia.[1] On December 12, 1849, Spencer married the former Mary E. Baker.[2] Between 1848 and 1854, he was a teacher in Greene County and Lumpkin Counties then turned to practicing law in Thomasville. A major in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, Spencer moved to Atlanta in 1870 and continued practicing law. On December 3, 1873, as the unopposed Democratic candidate, he was elected mayor of Atlanta with 798 votes.[3] After his one-term as mayor, Spencer moved to Savannah and taught school again at the Chatham Academy. In 1896, he returned to Atlanta. Spencer died on October 16, 1901, and is interred at Oakland Cemetery.[4]

References

  1. ^ Tankersley, Alan (1959). College Life at Old Oglethorpe. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press. p. 157.
  2. ^ County Marriage Records, 1828-1978. Morrow, GA: Georgia Archives.
  3. ^ Garrett, Franklin M. (1969). Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of Its People and Events, 1820s-1870s. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press. p. 902.
  4. ^ "Col. Sam Spencer Dead" (PDF). Daily Times-Enterprise. October 18, 1901. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
Preceded byCicero C. Hammock Mayor of Atlanta January 1874 – January 1875 Succeeded byCicero C. Hammock
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