Samuel L. Jones is serving his first term as Mayor of his hometown, Mobile, Alabama. Alabama (formally the State of Alabama;) is a State located in the southern region of the United States of America. He is Mobile's first African American mayor.
He ran on a platform of safety, efficient government, historic preservation and bringing employers to the city.
Previous accomplishments
Before being elected as Mayor, he served four terms as commissioner from the state's second largest county.
He is a graduate of Central High School and attended Florida Junior College and Jacksonville University in Jacksonville, Florida. The Florida Community College at Jacksonville ( FCCJ) is located in Jacksonville Florida, USA. Jacksonville University (JU is a private University located in Jacksonville, Florida, on the shore of the St Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the He attended the Alabama Interdenominational Seminary and was awarded an honorary doctorate. He spent nine years in the United States Navy.
Affiliations
- National Association of Counties Election Reform Steering Committee
- Co-Chair of Renewal 90 Educational Initiative
- Founder of the Mobile County Community Development Partnership
- Founder, Prichard Federal Credit Union
- Underage Drinking Task Force
- Member, 100 Black Men, Mobile Chapter
- Macedonia Baptist Church, Director of Christian Education, Sunday School Superintendent
- Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition, a national task force co-chaired by Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition is a coalition of Mayors from 225 different United States cities, with a stated goal of "making the public safer Thomas Michael Menino (born December 27, 1942) is the mayor of Boston Massachusetts, United States and the city's first Michael Rubens Bloomberg (born February 14, 1942) is an American businessman and the Mayor of New York City.
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