predecessor successor death_date party birth_date order term_start article_title term_end name
james w. morgan albert boutwell may 8 , 1997 democratic october 19 , 1916 mayor of birmingham , alabama 1961 art hanes
 1963 arthur j. hanes
art hanes

arthur j. hanes -lrb- october 19 , 1916 - may 8 , 1997 -rrb- served as mayor of birmingham , alabama between 1961 and 1963 , a tumultuous time that saw the city become a focal point in the burgeoning civil rights movement during the birmingham campaign .
hanes , who served just one term as mayor , was part of a three-man commission that ran the city , a trio which included police commissioner eugene -lrb- bull -rrb- connor .
hanes would also serve as legal counsel for defendants in two important murder cases connected to the civil rights movement .
