Frank C. Bowyer

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Frank Clayton Bowyer (November 6, 1869 - October 18, 1925) was an American businessman who served as mayor of Tampa, Florida from June 1898 to June 1900. [1] He was a Democrat. [2]

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He was born in Teays Valley, West Virginia. [3] [4] He was mayor during Tampa's time as an embarkation site for the Spanish American War. He oversaw a street paving program as mayor. [3]

He appointed S. T. Woodward as police chief. [5]

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  2. Rerick, Rowland H. (1902). Memoirs of Florida: Embracing a General History of the Province, Territory and State; and Special Chapters Devoted to Finances and Banking, the Bench and Bar, Medical Profession, Railways and Navigation, and Industrial Interests. Southern Historical Association. pp. 440–441.
  3. 1 2 "Frank Clayton Bowyer - 32nd Mayor Of Tampa". City of Tampa.
  4. Boyer, Charles C.; Boyer, Melville James (June 28, 1940). "American Boyers". Association of American Boyers via Google Books.
  5. "Municipal Journal and Engineer". Municipal Journal and Engineer, Incorporated. June 28, 1908 via Google Books.