Edwin Waller

Edwin Waller
1st Mayor of Austin
In office
January 1840 – August 1840
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byThomas W. Ward
Personal details
Born
Edwin Leonard Waller

November 4, 1800
Spotsylvania County, Virginia, U.S.
DiedJanuary 3, 1881(1881-01-03) (aged 80)
Austin, Texas, U.S.
Resting placeTexas State Cemetery

Edwin Leonard Waller (November 4, 1800 – January 3, 1881) was an American businessman, signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, the first mayor of Austin, Texas, and the designer of its downtown grid plan.