John R. Morris

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John R. Morris was Charlottesville Mayor in August 1923. He asked for Charlottesville businesses to close for one hour on August 10, 1923, during the funeral of the late President Warren Harding. [1]

In the 1922 election, E. A. Joachim, John R. Morris and J. Y. Brown were chosen members of the first board of commissioners under the commission form of government in Charlottesville (1922-1928). They were each re-elected in the 1924 election and 1926 election; each serving six years as members of the 3-member city council. Morris was president of that body during the 1922-1923 term.

In the 1928 election, he won one of the five new seats on the 1928-1929 City Council; out of a field of eight candidates that year, Morris was the second top vote-getters, (one vote behind F. W. Twyman), for the two 2-year term seats.


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References

  1. Web. Proclamation by the Mayor, Staff Reports, Daily Progress Digitized Microfilm, Lindsay family, August 8, 1923, retrieved August 7, 2016 from University of Virginia Library. Print. August 8, 1923 page 1.

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