Dale Danks

Alney Dale Danks, Jr.[1] (born August 27, 1939 in Miami, Florida)[2] is a lawyer and former mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, from 1977 to 1989.[3][4]

Dale Danks
Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi
In office
1977–1989
Preceded byRussell C. Davis
Succeeded byJ. Kane Ditto
Personal details
Born
Alney Dale Danks, Jr.

(1939-08-27) August 27, 1939
Miami, FL
Political partyDemocrat
ParentsAlney Dale Danks, Sr.
Elizabeth Ross Banks

Biography

Alney Dale Danks, Junior was born on August 27, 1939 in Miami, Florida to Alney Dale Danks, Senior and Elizabeth Ross.[2] When Danks was 3, his family moved to Alabama.[2] In 1954, his family moved to Jackson, Mississippi. He graduated from Murrah High School and enrolled in Millsaps College in 1957.[5] In June 1959, he dropped out of Millsaps College and married Carolyn Carl.[5] In 1963, he graduated law school at the Jackson School of Law and was admitted to the bar. In 1965, he first ran for city commissioner as a Republican and lost. He ran for becoming the Hinds County prosecutor in 1968 and lost, but he won the election and became the Hinds County prosecutor in 1972.[2] In 1977, he ran for the mayor office of Jackson, Mississippi as a Democrat, beating Republican candidate Doug Shanks.[6][7] He won re-election in 1981.[2] Starting in 1985, he became the first mayor of the city under mayor-council form.[8] In 2005, he served on the transition team of mayor Frank Melton.[3]

References
  1. "Alney Dale Danks Sr. Obituary". Clarion-Ledger. 1991-12-29. p. 14. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  2. "Lengthy profile of Jackson Mayor Dale Danks". Clarion-Ledger. 1984-10-14. p. 82. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
  3. Ladd, Donna. "Dale Danks Working For, and Against, the City". www.jacksonfreepress.com. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  4. "DALE DANKS JR. | Danks Miller & Cory". Retrieved 2020-10-13.
  5. "Lengthy profile of Jackson Mayor Dale Danks". Clarion-Ledger. 1984-10-14. p. 81. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  6. MS Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 596 https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series-files/sos/sosenrolled/sos-enrolled-2015/sos-enrolled-2015-concurrent/sos-enrolled-2015-concurrent-senate/pdf/SCR596.pdf
  7. Southwick, Leslie H. (2013-10-11). The Nominee: A Political and Spiritual Journey. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-61703-913-3.
  8. Bowers, James R.; Rich, Wilbur C. (2000). Governing Middle-sized Cities: Studies in Mayoral Leadership. Lynne Rienner Publishers. ISBN 978-1-55587-870-2.
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