Dexter Marvin Lowry | |
Birth Date: | 1876 |
Birth Place: | Valleyhead, Alabama |
Death Date: | 1936 |
Office: | Mayor of Tallahassee |
Term Start: | 1910 |
Term End: | 1917 |
Preceded: | Francis B. Winthrop |
Succeeded: | J. R. McDaniel |
Dexter Marvin Lowry (1876–1936) was an American politician who served as mayor of Tallahassee and as a senator in the legislature of Florida.[1]
Lowry was born in 1876 in Valleyhead, Alabama and moved to Tallahassee in 1900 to work as the general manager of the Florida Cotton Oil Company.[1] In 1904, he was elected to the city commission.[1] In 1910, he was elected mayor.[1] He served an additional seven consecutive terms as mayor through 1917.[1] In 1918, he was elected to the Florida State Senate where he served two terms.[1] In 1920, he served as president and owner of Capital City Bank.[1]
Ensley died in 1936.[1] His younger brother, Fred Lowry (1909–1985), served on the Tallahassee city commission (1946–1948) and as mayor in 1948.