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October 7, 1979 (age 44) Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. Political party. Democratic. Education. University of Tennessee (BS) University of Memphis (MS, MBA) Paul Young (born October 7, 1979) is an American politician who has served as the Mayor of Memphis, Tennessee since January 2024. He is the 5th African-American to serve as mayor of Memphis.
They were David T. Porter (1879-1881), John Overton (1881-1883), David P. Hadden (1883-1891), William D. Bethell (1891-1893) and Walter L. Clapp (1893-1895) who then became mayor. See the article History of Memphis, Tennessee for more information. As a result of a yellow fever epidemic in 1879, Memphis lost so much of its population that it was ...
James Steven Strickland Jr. (born October 22, 1963) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 64th mayor of Memphis, Tennessee between 2016 and 2024. A Democrat, [1] he previously served as a member of the Memphis City Council. Strickland is also an adjunct professor at the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law.
About 20 years ago, Pastor Dianne Young dreamt that her son Paul would one day become mayor of Memphis. At the time, he was an engineering student at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and he ...
Mayor-elect Paul Young speaks about his vision for Memphis during the Greater Memphis Chamber's annual Chairman's Luncheon on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023, at The Peabody in Downtown Memphis.
The 2023 Memphis mayoral election took place on October 5, 2023, to elect the next mayor of Memphis, Tennessee. Incumbent Jim Strickland was term-limited and could not seek re-election to a third term in office. [2][3][4] The election used the plurality vote system, with no possibility of a runoff. The election was officially non-partisan, but ...
Mayor Paul Young speaks to the media after he held a meeting with city, local and state officials to discuss crime in Memphis at city hall in Memphis, Tenn., on Thursday, January 4, 2024.
City government. After being classified as a taxing district in 1880 after a grievous loss of population due to the yellow fever epidemic, Memphis regained home rule in 1893. It established a city commission form of government, which it maintained until 1968. At that time, it established a mayor-council government of thirteen council positions.