death_date predecessor successor birth_place office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
02 december 1958 rowlett paine james j. pleasants , jr. . edward h. crump frank t. tobey memphis , tennessee mayor of the city of memphis , tennessee 05 june 1894 1928 1949 watkins overton
 1939 1953 s. watkins overton , jr. .
watkins overton

samuel watkins overton , jr. -lrb- june 5 , 1894 -- december 2 , 1958 -rrb- , was an american politician and the longest serving mayor in the history of the city of memphis .
