Thomas Gamble Jr. (March 16, 1868 – July 13, 1945) was an American historian and a politician from

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, United States. He was

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and was a

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Background

Thomas Gamble who was a Newspaperman, six-term Mayor of Savannah, Mayor of Savannah Beach, Historical Researcher and Writer, the father of Armstrong Junior College, a Publisher, a Husband, a Father, a decorated Chevalier Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta, a recipient of a bronze medallion from the LS. Pulaski Sesqui-centennlal commission, a recipient of the Lucas Cup trophy and member of various other notable civic and social societies, commissions and boards. He was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1868 and died in 1945 after adopting Savannah as his home in 1888. He published a number of

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books, including ''A History of the City Government of Savannah, Ga. (1901)'' and ''Savannah's Duels and Duelists, (1927)''.

Political career

Gamble served as Mayor of Tybee Beach and Secretary to the Mayor of Savannah, until he became Savannah's chief executive. He ran for Mayor of Savannah in 1932 and won the election. He took office in early 1933 and was re-elected in 1934, serving until 1937. He did not run for re-election in 1936, but was returned to office in 1938 and was re-elected in 1940, 1942 and 1944.

Death

Gamble died in office at

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on July 13, 1945 of coronary thrombosis at the age of 77. He was succeeded by Peter Roe Nugent.

Footnotes

External links

Mayor's official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gamble, Thomas 20th-century mayors of places in Georgia (U.S. state) Mayors of Savannah, Georgia 1945 deaths 1868 births Georgia (U.S. state) Democrats People from Chatham County, Georgia