| 词条 | J. Palmer Gaillard Jr. |
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|name = John P. Gaillard Jr. |order = 58th |office = Mayor of Charleston, South Carolina |term_start = 1959 |term_end = 1975 |predecessor = William McG. Morrison |successor = Arthur B. Schirmer Jr. |birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|04|20}} |birth_place = Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|2006|7|29|1920|4|20}} |death_place = Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. |party = Democratic |spouse = {{Marriage|Lucy Foster|1944|2001|end=her death}} |children = John, III William Thomas |profession = Aviator |religion = Episcopalian }} John Palmer Gaillard Jr. (April 20, 1920 – July 28, 2006) was an America politician, who was Mayor of Charleston, South Carolina. BiographyJohn Gaillard was born on Easter Sunday, April 20, 1920, in Charleston to J. Palmer Gaillard and Eleanor Lucas Gaillard.[1] After a local education, he enlisted in the United States Navy two days after the attack on Pearl Harbor. He served as a pilot for four years and was discharged as a lieutenant in November 1945. Upon his return to Charleston, he founded the Seaboard Lumber & Supply Co. in 1946. In 1951 and 1955 he was elected to Charleston City Council. In 1959, he was elected Mayor of Charleston, was re-elected three times, and served until 1975. During his administration, the city expanded its boundaries for the first time since 1849, more than doubling in size during his time in office.[2] In 1975, he was named Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Reserve Affairs by President Gerald Ford. He announced his resignation as mayor on April 24, 1975, upon his nomination to the federal post by Sen. Strom Thurmond;[3] at his final City Council meeting, the civic auditorium was renamed in his honor as the Gaillard Municipal Auditorium.[4] In 1977, he returned to Charleston and assumed the vice presidency of contracting firm Ruscon Corporation, a position he retained until retiring in 1985. He died on July 29, 2006, in Charleston, South Carolina, when he pulled in front of an on-coming truck; the truck driver was not charged.[5] He is buried at St. Philips Episcopal Church in Charleston.[6] References1. ^{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2482&dat=20060730&id=AZZIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sAkNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6133,6595130 | title=Gaillard, J. Palmer Jr. (obituary) | work=Charleston Post & Courier | date=July 30, 2006 | accessdate=January 17, 2014 | pages=4B}} {{S-start}}{{Succession box2. ^{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2506&dat=19600509&id=2nhJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VAsNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1508,1791287 | title=Voters Decide On Expansion Of City Today | work=Charleston News & Courier | date=May 9, 1960 | accessdate=January 17, 2014 | author=Spell, Norman | pages=A1}} 3. ^{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2506&dat=19750425&id=4qVeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jVENAAAAIBAJ&pg=1386,5001199 | title=Gaillard To Resign For U.S. Post | work=Charleston News & Courier | date=April 25, 1975 | accessdate=January 17, 2014 | author1=McKinney, Joan | pages=A1 | author2=Counts, Henry O.}} 4. ^{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2506&dat=19750515&id=yLVbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qFENAAAAIBAJ&pg=4831,3103997 | title=Mayor Gaillard: 'I'm Not Dead' | work=Charleston News & Courier | date=May 15, 1975 | accessdate=January 17, 2014 | author=Counts, Henry O. | pages=B1}} 5. ^{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=20060731&id=kGJhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ytAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6782,6318516 | title=Ex-Charleston mayor killed in car accident | work=Spartanburg Herald-Journal | date=July 31, 2006 | accessdate=January 17, 2014 | pages=B2}} 6. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=gaillard&GSfn=j&GSmn=palmer&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=15065671&df=all& | title=John Palmer Gaillard (1920-2006) | publisher=Find a Grave | accessdate=January 20, 2014}} | before = William McG. Morrison | title = Mayor of Charleston, South Carolina | years = 1959–1975 | after = Arthur B. Schirmer Jr. }}{{S-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Gaillard, J. Palmer}} 8 : 1920 births|2006 deaths|20th-century American politicians|Mayors of Charleston, South Carolina|Road incident deaths in South Carolina|South Carolina city council members|South Carolina Democrats|United States Navy pilots of World War II |
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