Memphis is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the county seat of Shelby County,in the southwesternmost part of the state,and is situated along the Mississippi River. With a population of 633,104 at the 2020 U.S. census,Memphis is the second-most populous city in Tennessee after Nashville.
Shelby County is the westernmost county in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census,the population was 929,744. It is the largest of the state's 95 counties,both in terms of population and geographic area. Its county seat is Memphis,a port on the Mississippi River and the second most populous city in the state. The county was named for Governor Isaac Shelby (1750–1826) of Kentucky. It is one of only two remaining counties in Tennessee with a majority African American population,along with Haywood County. Shelby County is part of the Memphis,TN–MS–AR Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is bordered on the west by the Mississippi River. Located within the Mississippi Delta,the county was developed as a center of cotton plantations in the antebellum era,and cotton continued as an important commodity crop well into the 20th century. The economy has become more diversified.
Theodore Strickland is an American politician who served as the 68th governor of Ohio from 2007 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously served in the United States House of Representatives,representing Ohio's 6th congressional district.
William Prentice Cooper Jr. was an American politician and diplomat who served as the 39th governor of Tennessee from 1939 to 1945. He led the state's mobilization efforts for World War II,when over 300,000 Tennesseans joined the armed forces,and numerous defense-related facilities were established across the state. He later served as United States Ambassador to Peru (1946–1948) and chaired Tennessee's 1953 constitutional convention.
Willie Wilbert Herenton is an American politician from Memphis,Tennessee. He was elected as the first elected African-American Mayor of Memphis,Tennessee. He was elected to five consecutive terms and abruptly resigned the position mid-way through his fifth term in 2009.
William Edward Haslam is an American billionaire businessman and politician who served as the 49th governor of Tennessee from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,Haslam previously served as the 67th mayor of Knoxville,Tennessee.
Christian Brothers High School (CBHS) is located in Memphis,Tennessee,at 5900 Walnut Grove Road. It is a Catholic,all-boys college preparatory school which has a Lasallian tradition.
The Memphis Police Department is a law enforcement agency in Tennessee in the United States.
Memphis,Tennessee is governed by a mayor and thirteen city council members. Since 1995,as a result of a legal challenge,all council members are elected from nine geographic districts. Seven are single-member districts and two have three representatives each.
A C Wharton Jr. is an American educator,politician,and attorney who served as the 63rd mayor of Memphis,Tennessee and previously mayor of Shelby County. He was the first African American to serve as mayor of Shelby County.
The 2015 United States elections were held on Tuesday,November 3. The off-year election included a special election for Speaker of the House. There were also gubernatorial and state legislative elections in a few states;as well as numerous citizen initiatives,mayoral races,and a variety of other local offices on the ballot.
Lee Ardrey Harris is an American politician who currently serves as the Mayor of Shelby County,previously serving as a member of the Tennessee Senate,representing the 29th district. Harris is also a law professor. Prior to his election to the state senate,Harris represented District 7 on the Memphis City Council. He was born and raised in Memphis,and studied at Morehouse College,followed by Yale Law School.
The 2015 Memphis mayoral election took place on October 8,2015,to elect the next mayor of Memphis,Tennessee. Incumbent Democratic Mayor A C Wharton ran for re-election to a second full term in office. He was defeated by Memphis City Councilman Jim Strickland,a fellow Democrat,who earned a plurality of the vote and became the first White mayor of Memphis in more than two decades.
Steven J. Mulroy is the District Attorney of Shelby County,Tennessee. Previously,he was a University of Memphis law professor who served on the County Commission for Shelby County,Tennessee from District 5 from 2006 to 2014. Born and raised in Brooklyn,New York,he spent his high school years living in Gulf Breeze,Florida and studied at Cornell University,followed by William &Mary Law School. A member of the Democratic Party,his 2006 election to the Memphis-area County Commission seat shifted the balance of power from Republican to Democratic for the first time in the county's history.
David Frank Kustoff is an American politician and attorney serving as the United States representative from Tennessee's 8th congressional district. The district includes the bulk of West Tennessee,but most of its population is in the eastern part of the Memphis area,including the eastern fourth of Memphis itself. From 2006 to 2008,Kustoff served as a United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee. He is one of two Jewish Republicans in Congress,alongside Max Miller.
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee was held on November 6,2018,to elect the nine U.S. representatives from the state of Tennessee,one from each of the state's nine congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including the gubernatorial election.
The 2019 Memphis mayoral election took place on October 3,2019,to elect the mayor of Memphis,Tennessee. Jim Strickland,the incumbent mayor,was re-elected to second term in office. The mayoral election coincided with elections to all thirteen seats on the Memphis City Council.
John Cooper is an American businessman who was the mayor of Nashville,Tennessee from 2019 to 2023. He served as a councilman at-large on the Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County from 2015 until 2019. A member of the Democratic Party,he is the brother of former U.S. representative Jim Cooper,who represented Tennessee's 5th congressional district,which was also based in Nashville. He is also the son of former governor and U.S. Ambassador to Peru Prentice Cooper.
The 2023 Memphis mayoral election took place on October 5,2023,to elect the next mayor of Memphis,Tennessee. Incumbent Jim Strickland was term-limited and could not seek re-election to a third term in office. The election used the plurality vote system,with no possibility of a runoff. The election was officially non-partisan,but several candidates were affiliated with political parties.
On January 7,2023,Tyre Nichols,a 29-year-old black man,was fatally injured by five black police officers in Memphis,Tennessee,and died three days later. The officers,all members of the Memphis Police Department (MPD) SCORPION unit,pulled Nichols from his car before pepper spraying and tasering him. Nichols broke free and ran toward his mother's house,which was less than a mile (1.6 km) away. The officers caught up with Nichols near the house,where they punched,kicked and pepper sprayed him,and struck him with a baton. Medics on the scene failed to administer care for 16 minutes after arriving. Nichols was admitted to the hospital in critical condition.
