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Edwin Waller | |
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1st Mayor of Austin | |
In office January 1840 – August 1840 | |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Thomas W. Ward |
Personal details | |
Born | Edwin Leonard Waller November 4, 1800 Spotsylvania County, Virginia, U.S. |
Died | January 3, 1881 Austin, Texas, U.S. | (aged 80)
Resting place | Texas 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.