predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place religion imagesize party office birth_date term_start spouse image article_title term_end name alma_mater
tommy hazouri don nichols john delaney harry shorstein 23 april 2011 shenandoah , virginia jacksonville , florida episcopalian 180px democrat then republican mayor court of florida of jacksonville state attorney , fourth judicial circuit july 15 , 1926 july 1 , 1991 1974 patricia divorced -rrb- ann lynch -lrb- deceased -rrb- connie green -lrb- edaustin.jpg ed austin
 july 1 , 1995 1991 ed austin duke university university of florida
ed austin

t. edward `` ed '' austin , jr. -lrb- july 15 , 1926 -- april 23 , 2011 -rrb- was an american politician and attorney .
he served as mayor of jacksonville , florida from 1991 to 1995 .
he also served as the first public defender for florida 's fourth judicial circuit from 1963 to 1968 , and served as state attorney for the fourth judicial circuit from 1969 to 1972 and again from 1974 to 1991 .
austin was a democrat for most of his career , but switched parties to become a republican during his term as mayor , becoming the first republican to serve in the position since the reconstruction era .
