1949 Atlanta Board of Aldermen election

The Democratic primary for the 1949 Atlanta Board of Aldermen election was held on September 7, 1949 for all members on the Atlanta Board of Aldermen, concurrently with Democratic primaries for mayor and school board, and election to the Atlanta City Executive Committee (the municipal chapter of the Democratic Party).Georgia Digital Library of Atlanta daily world. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1932-current, September 06, 1949, Election Edition, Image 5 https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn82015425/1949-09-06/ed-1/seq-5/ 1528-6142Georgia Digital Library of Atlanta daily world. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1932-current, September 06, 1949, Election Edition, Image 2 https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn82015425/1949-09-06/ed-1/seq-2/#words=Atlanta+Councilman 1528-6142 Nomination in the primary and the runoff was tantamount to election. It was the first primary for the board since the 1946 federal court decision in King v. Chapman, which ended the white primary in Georgia and implemented the earlier U.S. Supreme Court decision in Smith v. Allwright, allowing African Americans to vote in primaries and elections for the first time.Georgia Digital Library of Atlanta daily world. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1932-current, September 08, 1949, City Edition, Image 1 https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn82015425/1949-09-08/ed-1/seq-1/ 1528-6142 African Americans had previously been turned away from the polls in the 1945 Democratic municipal primary. The Atlanta Negro Voters League was formed months before the election to help organize African American first-time voters and endorse candidates for municipal offices. 1st Ward Aldermen Roscoe C. Ailor Ed N. Hendrix R. H. "Bob" McCutcheon Councilmen Position 1 Robert S. Dennis J. M. "Jim" Gregory A. C. Hopkins Councilmen Position 2 James E. Jackson Sam S. Johnson 2nd Ward Aldermen Charles Beall Ed A. Gilliam Councilmen Position 1 Herman A. Austin Robert E. Lee Field Councilmen Position 2 Joe Allen W. C. "Bill" Campbell E. Gregory Griggs Horace M. Rantin 3rd Ward Aldermen ? Councilmen ? 4th Ward Aldermen Franklin "Frank" Rogers Lee Evans Councilmen Position 1 E. E. "Buster" Cooper John T> Marler Neal Ponder Joe Wallace Councilmen Position 2 Roy Bell Robert K. Glass Douglas Wood 5th Ward Aldermen Dowse Donaldson Jimmy Walker Councilmen Position 1 John A. White Robert A. Whitsett Councilmen Position 2 O. B. Cawthorn Jimmy Vickers 6th Ward Aldermen Raleigh Drennon F. H. "Pug" King Charles H. Smith Councilmen Position 1 T. Wayne Blanchard Howard Haire Councilmen Position 2 Ralph A. Huie J. Sidney Lanier References Category:Atlanta City Council elections Category:1949 Georgia (U.S. state) elections Category:1949 United States local elections