Felix Zollicoffer Wilson

Felix Zollicoffer Wilson (1866-1950) was an American Democratic politician.[1][2] He served as the Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee from 1921 to 1922.[1][2]

Biography

He was born in Davidson County, Tennessee on December 27, 1866.[1]

He served on the Nashville City Council in 1902 and in 1943.[1] He became County Register in 1945.[1] He was elected as Mayor of Nashville by the city council, after the council had voted to suspend Mayor William Gupton.[1] He was seen as a reformer, and supported women's rights.[3] However, he was voted out of office by the city council in November 1922.[1]

He was married to Mary Pendergast in 1888.[1] They had a son, Felix Mizell Wilson, and three daughters, including Evelyn Wilson. He died on February 12, 1950.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Friends of Metropolitan Archives of Nashville and Davidson County, TN
  2. 1 2 Nashville Library
  3. ↑ Kriste Lindenmeyer (ed.), Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Lives: Women in American History, Rowman & Littlefield, 2000, p. 210
Political offices
Preceded by
William Gupton		 Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee
1921-1922 		Succeeded by
William Percy Sharpe


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