J. Barry Mahool | |
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36th Mayor of Baltimore | |
In office 1907–1911 | |
Preceded by | E. Clay Timanus |
Succeeded by | James H. Preston |
Personal details | |
Born | John Barry Mahool September 14, 1870 Phoenix, Maryland, U.S. |
Died | July 29, 1935 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | (aged 64)
Political party | Democratic |
John Barry Mahool (September 14, 1870 – July 29, 1935) was the Mayor of Baltimore from 1907 to 1911.
Mahool was born in Phoenix, Maryland on September 14, 1870. [1] He became the Democratic nominee for Baltimore mayor in April 1907, defeating opponents John Charles Linthicum and George Stewart Brown. In May 1907, he defeated incumbent Republican mayor E. Clay Timanus. [2]
In 1910, Mahool signed city ordinance No. 610 prohibiting African-Americans from moving onto blocks where whites were the majority, and vice versa. [3] Mahool had been an advocate for social justice, championing causes such as woman's suffrage, but the ordinance came in response to an uproar after George W. F. McMechen, an African-American Yale law school graduate, moved into a rich (white) neighborhood. The ordinance was rapidly declared unconstitutional. [4]
Mahool lost a re-election bid in 1911 in the primary, losing to James H. Preston. [5] [6]
Mahool died in Baltimore on July 29, 1935, nine days after suffering a fall in Ocean City, Maryland. [7]
J. Barry Mahool | |
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36th Mayor of Baltimore | |
In office 1907–1911 | |
Preceded by | E. Clay Timanus |
Succeeded by | James H. Preston |
Personal details | |
Born | John Barry Mahool September 14, 1870 Phoenix, Maryland, U.S. |
Died | July 29, 1935 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | (aged 64)
Political party | Democratic |
John Barry Mahool (September 14, 1870 – July 29, 1935) was the Mayor of Baltimore from 1907 to 1911.
Mahool was born in Phoenix, Maryland on September 14, 1870. [1] He became the Democratic nominee for Baltimore mayor in April 1907, defeating opponents John Charles Linthicum and George Stewart Brown. In May 1907, he defeated incumbent Republican mayor E. Clay Timanus. [2]
In 1910, Mahool signed city ordinance No. 610 prohibiting African-Americans from moving onto blocks where whites were the majority, and vice versa. [3] Mahool had been an advocate for social justice, championing causes such as woman's suffrage, but the ordinance came in response to an uproar after George W. F. McMechen, an African-American Yale law school graduate, moved into a rich (white) neighborhood. The ordinance was rapidly declared unconstitutional. [4]
Mahool lost a re-election bid in 1911 in the primary, losing to James H. Preston. [5] [6]
Mahool died in Baltimore on July 29, 1935, nine days after suffering a fall in Ocean City, Maryland. [7]