Anthony Carroll Knowles is an American politician and businessman who served as the seventh governor of Alaska from 1994 to 2002. Barred from seeking a third consecutive term as governor in 2002,he ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in 2004 and again for governor in 2006. In September 2008,Knowles became president of the National Energy Policy Institute,a non-profit energy policy organization funded by billionaire George Kaiser's family foundation,and located at the University of Tulsa.
The mayor of Philadelphia is the chief executive of the government of Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,as stipulated by the Charter of the City of Philadelphia. The current mayor of Philadelphia is Cherelle Parker,who is the first woman to hold the position.
The Mayor of the City of Dallas is a member of the Dallas City Council and its presiding officer. The current mayor is Eric Johnson,who has served one term since 2019 and is the 60th mayor to serve in the position. Dallas operates under a city charter that designates the mayor as the official head of city government and a council-manager system where a city council-appointed city manager serves as the chief operating officer of the city.
The mayor of Boston is the head of the municipal government in Boston,Massachusetts,United States. Boston has a mayor–council government. Boston's mayoral elections are nonpartisan,and elect a mayor to a four-year term;there are no term limits. The mayor's office is in Boston City Hall,in Government Center.
The mayor of St. Louis is the chief executive officer of St. Louis's city government. The mayor has a duty to enforce city ordinances and the power to either approve or veto city ordinances passed by the Board of Aldermen. The current mayor is Tishaura Jones,who took office on April 20,2021.
Oscar Fitzallen Holcombe was an American businessman who served as the mayor of Houston,Texas,for 22 years,in 11 non-consecutive terms.
William LaFortune is an American politician who served as the 37th Mayor of Tulsa,Oklahoma from 2002 to 2006 and is currently a district judge in Tulsa County. He was elected without opposition to a four-year term in 2014. He replaced former Judge Tom Gillert,who did not run for re-election,but retired from politics.
Kathryn Louise Taylor was elected the 38th mayor of Tulsa,Oklahoma on April 4,2006,in the city's largest voter turnout for a mayoral election. She defeated Republican incumbent Mayor Bill Lafortune to become Tulsa's second female mayor,after Susan Savage first filled the post in 1992. Taylor is married to Bill Lobeck,CEO of Vanguard Automotive Group. Taylor served as Oklahoma Secretary of Commerce and Tourism in Governor Brad Henry's administration from 2003 to 2006. She resigned from that post in order to run for Mayor.
The Mayor of Tainan is the head of the Tainan City Government,Taiwan and is elected to a four-year term. The current mayor is Huang Wei-cher of the Democratic Progressive Party since 25 December 2018.
Robert J. LaFortune is an American philanthropist and politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. LaFortune was mayor of Tulsa,Oklahoma from 1970 to 1978.
The Mayor of Kansas City,Missouri is the highest official in the Kansas City,Missouri Municipal Government.
Dewey Follett Bartlett Jr. is an American politician and businessman who served as the 39th Mayor of Tulsa,Oklahoma. An oil industry executive and political figure in Tulsa,Bartlett was the Republican nominee for mayor of Tulsa in the 2009 election,and was elected as Tulsa's 39th mayor on November 10,2009. He was re-elected in 2013,but was defeated in his second reelection bid in 2016.
Franklin B. Carpenter was an American lumber merchant and politician who served in the New York State Assembly in 1845 representing Otsego County as well as served for two non-consecutive terms as the second and fourth Mayor of Hoboken,New Jersey,from 1857 to 1858 and 1859 to 1860,and for one term in the New Jersey General Assembly in 1861.
George Theron Bynum IV is an American politician and lobbyist who has served as the 40th mayor of Tulsa,Oklahoma since 2016. Bynum was first elected to the Tulsa City Council representing the ninth district in 2008 as a Republican and served four terms before running for mayor in 2016.
Monroe Nichols IV is an American politician and former college football player who has served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 72nd district since 2016. He is the first African-American to represent the district. In July 2023,he announced he would not seek re-election to the Oklahoma House in order to run in the 2024 Tulsa mayoral election.
The Anaheim City Council is the legislative branch of government for the city of Anaheim,California.
Herman Frederick Newblock was an American politician and police officer who served as the 16th and 19th Mayor of Tulsa from 1922 to 1928 and 1932 to 1934.
