George Gause

George Gause
Mayor of Bartow, Florida
In office
1971–1977
Personal details
Died1986

George Henry Gause, Jr. (died in 1986) was a mortician and politician from Florida.[1] He served as mayor of Bartow, Florida.[2] and also served as a commissioner.[3] He was an African American and was named as a Great Floridian.[4] He also served on the Polk County School Board.[5]

Gause's father was a naval architect and had a funeral home in Wilmington, North Carolina before moving to Florida for health reasons.[6] Gause Jr. went to Union Academy High School in Bartow.

He served two terms as Bartow's mayor[7] from 1971 to 1977.

Gause was interviewed in 1975, for the Button Project.[8]

There is a George H. Gause Elementary school located in Bartow, Florida, while two streets are named after him. The Martin Luther King Day celebration in Bartow honors him in its name. In 2002, he was inducted into the Polk County Public Schools Hall of Fame.[5]

  1. ^ Brown, Canter (September 28, 2005). None Can Have Richer Memories: Polk County, Florida, 1940-2000. University of Tampa Press. ISBN 9781879852365 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Studies, Joint Center for Political (June 1, 1977). Profiles of Black Mayors in America. The Center. ISBN 9780874850741 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Florida Municipal Record". Municipal Record Publishing Company. September 28, 1968 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Rywell, Martin; Wesley, Charles Harris (September 28, 1974). "Afro-American Encyclopedia". Educational Book Publishers – via Google Books.
  5. ^ a b "Hall of Fame | Polk County Public Schools".
  6. ^ "Our Founders | Our Story | Gause Funeral Home of Bartow". Gause Funeral Home.
  7. ^ "FLOR500: Garden 221 - Xavier Cortada, Inc". www.xaviercortada.com. Archived from the original on 2019-09-29. Retrieved 2019-09-29.
  8. ^ "Interview with George H. Gause, July 26, 1975". ufdc.ufl.edu.