John McDonough (Savannah mayor)
John Joseph McDonough (August 3, 1849 – November 26, 1926) was a politician and businessman from Georgia, United States.
Background
[edit]McDonough was born in 1849 in Augusta, Georgia,[1] the son of an Irish-born immigrant. He received his education in Atlanta's public schools and graduated from the St. Francis Xavier College in New York City. He followed his father's footsteps and made a career in the lumber industry, as well as in machinery and foundry.[2]
Political career
[edit]McDonough was a Member of the Georgia House of Representatives in 1882 and 1883.
He was elected to a two-year term as Alderman on the City Council in 1889. He was elected Mayor of Savannah in 1891 over incumbent John Schwarz and won re-election in 1893.
He did not run for re-election in 1895. He ran for Mayor in 1899 but lost against Herman Myers.
See also
[edit]Footnotes
[edit]- ^ Jones Jr., Charles Colcock (1890). "History of Savannah, Ga: From Its Settlement to the Close of the Eighteenth Century".
- ^ Savannah Morning News, January 21, 1891