Editing Union Springs, Alabama (section)

==Government and politics==
From 1845 to 1872, the leader of the town was the intendant.<ref name="mayor terms">{{Cite news |date=October 23, 1996 |title=Wanted: Photos of former mayors |page=2 |work=Union Springs Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/union-springs-herald/121818915/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240927031716/https://www.newspapers.com/article/union-springs-herald/121818915/ |archive-date=September 27, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> A new charter, which created a six-member council and mayor, for the town was approved on March 1, 1870. Henry Clay Tompkins was elected as the town's first mayor in January 1872. William Owen Baldwin was elected mayor in 1881, but died in 1883. James Blackmon Powell was appointed by the governor to fill the vacancy and served until 1885.<ref name="history">{{Cite news |date=February 10, 1993 |title=Sesquicentennial Anniversary Union Springs, AL |page=2 |work=Union Springs Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/union-springs-herald/121818799/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240927030550/https://www.newspapers.com/article/union-springs-herald/121818799/ |archive-date=September 27, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

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|+Mayors of Union Springs, Alabama
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!#
!Party
!Mayor
!Term start
!Term end
!Note
!Reference
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|1
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|William Hill Waugh
|1845
|1848
|First intendant 
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|2
|
|Micajah Norfleet Eley
|1848
|1850
|
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|-
|3
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|John B. Coleman
|1850
|1851
|
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|-
|4
|
|Francis A. Rutherford
|1851
|1852
|
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|-
|5
|
|Thomas Hill Mabson
|1852
|1853
|
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|-
|6
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|James W. Hunter
|1853
|1854
|
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|-
|7
|
|William H. Todd
|1854
|1855
|
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|-
|8
|
|Henry H. Smith
|1855
|1856
|
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|-
|9
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|Thomas H. Ellis
|1856
|1858
|
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|-
|10
|
|Richard Holmes Powell
|1858
|1867
|
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|-
|11
|
|Thomas Pullman
|1867
|1870
|
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|-
|12
|
|Isiah A. Wilson
|1848
|1850
|Last intendant
|<ref name="mayor terms" />
|-
|13
|
|Henry Clay Tompkins
|1872
|1874
|First mayor
|<ref name="history" /><ref name="mayor terms" />
|-
|14
|
|Isiah A. Wilson
|1874
|1875
|
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|-
|15
|
|Noah B. Feagin
|1875
|1876
|
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|-
|16
|
|Robert G. Wright
|1876
|1877
|
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|-
|17
|
|Fleming Law
|1877
|1879
|
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|-
|18
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|Shep W. King
|1879
|1881
|
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|-
|19
|
|William Owen Baldwin
|1881
|October 1883
|Died in office
|<ref name="history" /><ref name="mayor terms" />
|-
|20
|
|James Blackmon Powell
|November 1883
|1885
|Appointed by governor
|<ref name="history" /><ref name="mayor terms" />
|-
|21
|
|James Bennett Hunter
|1885
|1886
|Son of James Hunter
|<ref name="history" /><ref name="mayor terms" />
|-
|22
|
|James A. Paulk
|1886
|1887
|
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|-
|23
|
|James Dean Norman
|1887
|1890
|
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|-
|24
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|David Shaw Bethune
|1890
|1894
|
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|-
|25
|
|Donald Frederick Sessions
|1894
|1898
|
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|-
|26
|
|Alonzo D. Fielder
|1898
|1900
|
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|-
|27
|
|Alexander Edward Singleton Jr.
|1900
|1902
|
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|-
|28
|
|Bennett Tilman Eley
|1902
|1904
|
|<ref name="mayor terms" />
|-
|29
|
|R.E.L. Cope
|1904
|1906
|
|<ref name="mayor terms" />
|-
|30
|
|L.M. Mosely
|1906
|1910
|
|<ref name="mayor terms" />
|-
|31
|
|J.D. Norman
|1910
|1912
|
|<ref name="mayor terms" />
|-
|32
|
|W.C. Thompson
|1912
|1916
|
|<ref name="mayor terms" />
|-
|33
|
|C.B. Feagin
|1916
|1920
|
|<ref name="mayor terms" />
|-
|34
|
|G.M. Edwards
|1920
|1926
|
|<ref name="mayor terms" />
|-
|35
|
|R.C. Keller
|1926
|1932
|
|<ref name="mayor terms" />
|-
|36
|
|Chester A. May
|1932
|1940
|
|<ref name="mayor terms" />
|-
|37
|
|R.W. Lawrence
|1940
|1944
|
|<ref name="mayor terms" />
|-
|38
|
|James William Chappell Jr.
|1948
|1951
|
|<ref name="mayor terms" />
|-
|39
|
|K.M. Varner
|1951
|1952
|
|<ref name="mayor terms" />
|-
|40
|
|D.G. Gwin
|1952
|1960
|
|<ref name="mayor terms" />
|-
|41
|
|Frank Hunter Anderson
|1960
|1976
|
|<ref name="mayor terms" />
|-
|42
|
|Sam Rainer
|1976
|1980
|
|<ref name="mayor terms" />
|-
|43
|
|Tony Gibson
|1980
|1984
|
|<ref name="mayor terms" />
|-
|44
|
|John G. McGowan
|1984
|1988
|
|<ref name="mayor terms" />
|-
|45
|
|Wayne Chancey
|1988
|1992
|
|<ref name="mayor terms" />
|-
|46
|
|William Durden Dean
|1992
|?
|
|<ref name="mayor terms" />
|}
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