Sam Jones (mayor)

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Sam Jones
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107th Mayor of Mobile
In office
September 2005 –August 2013
Preceded by Mike Dow
Succeeded by Sandy Stimpson
Mobile County Commissioner, District 1
In office
1987–2005
Preceded by Douglas M. Wicks Sr.
Succeeded by Juan Chastang
Personal details
Born Mobile, Alabama, U.S.
Political party Democratic [n 1]
Alma mater Jacksonville State University
Military service
AllegianceFlag of the United States.svg  United States of America
Service/branchFlag of the United States Navy (official).svg  United States Navy
Unit USS Forrestal (CV-59)

Samuel Leon Jones is an American politician who was mayor of Mobile, Alabama from September 2005 until August 2013. He is Mobile's first African-American mayor. He ran on a platform of safety, efficient government, historic preservation and bringing new employers to the city. [1]

Mobile, Alabama City in Alabama, United States

Mobile is the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States. The population within the city limits was 195,111 as of the 2010 United States Census, making it the third most populous city in Alabama, the most populous in Mobile County, and the largest municipality on the Gulf Coast between New Orleans, Louisiana, and St. Petersburg, Florida.

Alabama State of the United States of America

Alabama is a state in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama is the 30th largest by area and the 24th-most populous of the U.S. states. With a total of 1,500 miles (2,400 km) of inland waterways, Alabama has among the most of any state.

Historic preservation preservation of items of historical significance

Historic preservation (US), heritage preservation or heritage conservation (UK), is an endeavour that seeks to preserve, conserve and protect buildings, objects, landscapes or other artifacts of historical significance. This term refers specifically to the preservation of the built environment, and not to preservation of, for example, primeval forests or wilderness.

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Early life and education

Jones is a graduate of Central High School and attended Florida Junior College and Jacksonville University in Jacksonville, Florida.

Jacksonville University university

Jacksonville University (JU) is a private university in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. The school was founded in 1934 as a two-year college and was known as Jacksonville Junior College until September 5, 1956, when it shifted focus to building four-year university degree programs and later graduated its first four-year degree candidates as Jacksonville University in June 1959. It is a member of the Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) and the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). JU's student body currently represents more than 40 U.S. states and approximately 45 countries around the world. As a Division I university, it is home to 19 sports teams, known as the JU Dolphins, as well as intramural sports and clubs. Among the top majors declared by JU students are aviation management, biology, nursing, business and marine science.

Jacksonville, Florida Largest city in Florida

Jacksonville is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Florida, the most populous city in the southeastern United States and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. It is the seat of Duval County, with which the city government consolidated in 1968. Consolidation gave Jacksonville its great size and placed most of its metropolitan population within the city limits. As of 2017 Jacksonville's population was estimated to be 892,062. The Jacksonville metropolitan area has a population of 1,631,488 and is the fourth largest in Florida.

Career

Jones served for nine years in the United States Navy, where he served aboard the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal. While he was in the military, his commanding officer was John McCain, future senator from Arizona and presidential candidate.

United States Navy Naval warfare branch of the United States Armed Forces

The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most capable navy in the world, with the highest combined battle fleet tonnage and the world's largest aircraft carrier fleet, with eleven in service, and two new carriers under construction. With 319,421 personnel on active duty and 99,616 in the Ready Reserve, the Navy is the third largest of the service branches. It has 282 deployable combat vessels and more than 3,700 operational aircraft as of March 2018, making it the second largest and second most powerful air force in the world.

Aircraft carrier Warship that serves as a seagoing airbase

An aircraft carrier is a warship that serves as a seagoing airbase, equipped with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft. Typically, it is the capital ship of a fleet, as it allows a naval force to project air power worldwide without depending on local bases for staging aircraft operations. Carriers have evolved since their inception in the early twentieth century from wooden vessels used to deploy balloons to nuclear-powered warships that carry numerous fighters, strike aircraft, helicopters, and other types of aircraft. While heavier aircraft such as fixed-wing gunships and bombers have been launched from aircraft carriers, it is currently not possible to land them. By its diplomatic and tactical power, its mobility, its autonomy and the variety of its means, the aircraft carrier is often the centerpiece of modern combat fleets. Tactically or even strategically, it replaced the battleship in the role of flagship of a fleet. One of its great advantages is that, by sailing in international waters, it does not interfere with any territorial sovereignty and thus obviates the need for overflight authorizations from third party countries, reduce the times and transit distances of aircraft and therefore significantly increase the time of availability on the combat zone.

USS <i>Forrestal</i> (CV-59) Forrestal-class aircraft carrier

USS Forrestal (CV-59), was a supercarrier named after the first Secretary of Defense James Forrestal. Commissioned in 1955, she was the first completed supercarrier, and was the lead ship of her class. Unlike the successor Nimitz class, Forrestal and her class were conventionally powered. The other carriers of her class were USS Saratoga, USS Ranger and USS Independence. She surpassed the World War II Japanese carrier Shinano as the largest carrier yet built, and was the first designed to support jet aircraft.

After leaving the Navy, Jones worked as the executive director of Mobile Community Action, Inc. from 1980 until 1987. [1] He got involved in politics through the Democratic Party and was elected to four terms as a Mobile County Commissioner.

Mobile County, Alabama county in Alabama, United States

Mobile County is the second most-populous county in the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2010 census, its population was 412,992. Its county seat is Mobile, which was founded on the Mobile River. The city, river, and county were named in honor of the indigenous Maubila tribe.

In September 2005 he ran for Mayor of Mobile and was elected. [2] [3] He served two four-year terms, winning re-election in 2009.

On August 27, 2013, Jones conceded to Sandy Stimpson in the 2013 mayoral election. [4]

William S. "Sandy" Stimpson is an American politician who serves as the current mayor of Mobile, Alabama. He was elected August 27, 2013, with 54% of the vote, defeating incumbent Mayor Sam Jones. He ran on a platform of making Mobile the safest, most business and family-friendly city in America by 2020. In 2017, he was reelected with 59% of the vote over Sam Jones.

On October 29, 2013, the Mobile City Council unanimously voted to pass a resolution to rename Mobile Government Plaza as the Samuel L. Jones Government Plaza for his service to the city. Official renaming of the building is pending approval by the Mobile County Commission. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Mayor Samuel L. Jones". "City of Mobile". Retrieved October 10, 2008.
  2. ↑ "Dean Congratulates Sam Jones, First Black Mayor of Mobile, Alabama on Victory". "Democrats.org. September 16, 2005. Archived from the original on December 18, 2006. Retrieved May 9, 2007.
  3. ↑ "New Leadership for Mobile" (PDF). The Business View. Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce. XXXVI (10): 4–5. November 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 14, 2011.
  4. ↑ , WKRG
  5. ↑ "AL.com". "Mobile City Council votes to rename Government Plaza after Sam Jones". Retrieved October 29, 2013.

Notes

  1. ↑ Municipal offices in Alabama are elected on a non-partisan ballot and so while Mayor Jones is technically a member of the Democratic Party, he was not formally elected to the mayor's office as an official "on the ballot" Democratic candidate.

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