Robert R Williams | |
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&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Robert_R._Williams_with_FDR_and_Claude_Pepper.jpg) President Franklin Delano Roosevelt rides with Senator Claude Pepper and Miami Mayor Robert Williams in 1937. | |
| 18th Mayor of Miami | |
| In office May 13, 1937 – March 2, 1939 | |
| Preceded by | A. D. H. Fossey |
| Succeeded by | E.G.Sewell |
| Miami City Commissioner[a] | |
| In office May 14, 1935 – March 2, 1939 | |
| Justice of the Peace for Miami-Dade County's 9th district | |
| In office 1928 – January 1933 | |
| Succeeded by | Position disestablished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ocala, Florida, US |
| Died | July 18, 1966 (aged 72) Miami, Florida, US |
Robert R Williams was the City of Miami's 18th Mayor serving from May 13, 1937 until his successful recall on March 2, 1939.
Williams entered Miami politics in the late 1920s as a justice of the peace for Miami-Dade County and held that office until his district was eliminated by the county commission during redistricting. In May 1935, he was elected to the Miami City Commission. In 1937, the commission elected him Mayor of Miami. After he was charged and acquitted of bribery in 1938, a successful recall election removed him from office in 1939. Although he promised a political comeback, Williams did not return to office and died in 1966.
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