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]
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]
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Dr. James W. Covington, Dr. James W. and Debbie Lee Wavering, "The Mayors of Tampa: A Brief Administrative History," Tampa, FL: University of Tampa 1987
- Karl H. Grismer, Tampa: A History of the City and the Tampa Bay Region of Florida, St. Petersburg Printing Company, FL, 1950.
- Ernest L. Robinson, History of Hillsborough County, Florida: Narrative and Biographical, The Record Company, St. Augustine, FL 1928
References
[edit]- ^ Herringshaw, Thomas William (June 28, 1904). "Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century: Accurate and Succinct Biographies of Famous Men and Women in All Walks of Life who are Or Have Been the Acknowledged Leaders of Life and Thought of the United States Since Its Formation ..." American Publishers' Association – via Google Books.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Frank Clayton Bowyer - 32nd Mayor Of Tampa". City of Tampa.
- ^ Boyer, Charles C.; Boyer, Melville James (June 28, 1940). "American Boyers". Association of American Boyers – via Google Books.
- ^ "Municipal Journal and Engineer". Municipal Journal and Engineer, Incorporated. June 28, 1908 – via Google Books.