Dale Danks
Dale Danks | |
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Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi | |
In office 1977–1989 | |
Preceded by | Russell C. Davis |
Succeeded by | J. Kane Ditto |
Personal details | |
Born | Alney Dale Danks, Jr. August 27, 1939 Miami, FL |
Political party | Democrat |
Parent(s) | Alney Dale Danks, Sr. Elizabeth Ross Banks |
Alney Dale Danks, Jr.[1] (born August 27, 1939 in Miami, Florida)[2] is a lawyer and former mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, from 1977 to 1989.[3][4]
Biography
Alney Dale Danks, Junior was born on August 27, 1939 in Miami, Florida to Alney Dale Danks, Senior and Elizabeth Ross.[2] When Danks was 3, his family moved to Alabama.[2] In 1954, his family moved to Jackson, Mississippi. He graduated from Murrah High School and enrolled in Millsaps College in 1957.[5] In June 1959, he dropped out of Millsaps College and married Carolyn Carl.[5] In 1963, he graduated law school at the Jackson School of Law and was admitted to the bar. In 1965, he first ran for city commissioner as a Republican and lost. He ran for becoming the Hinds County prosecutor in 1968 and lost, but he won the election and became the Hinds County prosecutor in 1972.[2] In 1977, he ran for the mayor office of Jackson, Mississippi as a Democrat, beating Republican candidate Doug Shanks.[6][7] He won re-election in 1981.[2] Starting in 1985, he became the first mayor of the city under mayor-council form.[8] In 2005, he served on the transition team of mayor Frank Melton.[3]
References
- ^ "Alney Dale Danks Sr. Obituary". Clarion-Ledger. 1991-12-29. p. 14. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
- ^ a b c d e "Lengthy profile of Jackson Mayor Dale Danks". Clarion-Ledger. 1984-10-14. p. 82. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
- ^ a b Ladd, Donna. "Dale Danks Working For, and Against, the City". www.jacksonfreepress.com. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ^ "DALE DANKS JR. | Danks Miller & Cory". Retrieved 2020-10-13.
- ^ a b "Lengthy profile of Jackson Mayor Dale Danks". Clarion-Ledger. 1984-10-14. p. 81. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
- ^ MS Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 596 https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series-files/sos/sosenrolled/sos-enrolled-2015/sos-enrolled-2015-concurrent/sos-enrolled-2015-concurrent-senate/pdf/SCR596.pdf
- ^ Southwick, Leslie H. (2013-10-11). The Nominee: A Political and Spiritual Journey. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-61703-913-3.
- ^ Bowers, James R.; Rich, Wilbur C. (2000). Governing Middle-sized Cities: Studies in Mayoral Leadership. Lynne Rienner Publishers. ISBN 978-1-55587-870-2.