predecessor successor birth_place term_start order article_title term_end
unknown george e. mcnally mobile , alabama 1953 public works commissioner of mobile henry r. luscher
 1961
henry r. luscher

henry r. luscher was a mobile , alabama-area community leader and politician who served two terms as the city 's public safety commissioner and several stints as the city 's mayor .
all of his terms as mayor of mobile were when the title was co-extensive with the presidency of the city commission .
he was defeated for re-election in 1961 by challenger george e. mcnally , the first open republican elected to office in mobile since reconstruction .
luscher had also served as king of the mobile carnival association during his youth .
