Henry R. Luscher Explained

Henry R. Luscher
Order:Public Works Commissioner of Mobile
Term Start:1953
Term End:1961
Predecessor:unknown
Successor:George E. McNally
Birth Place:Mobile, Alabama

Henry R. Luscher was a Mobile, Alabama-area community leader and politician who served two terms as the city's Public Safety Commissioner and several stints as the city's Mayor. All of his terms as Mayor of Mobile were when the title was co-extensive with the presidency of the City Commission. He was defeated for re-election in 1961 by challenger George E. McNally, the first open Republican elected to office in Mobile since Reconstruction. Luscher had also served as King of the Mobile Carnival Association during his youth.

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