Henry R. Luscher

Henry R. Luscher

Public Works Commissioner of Mobile
In office 1953–1961
Preceded by	unknown
Succeeded by	George E. McNally
Personal details
Born	Mobile, Alabama

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.

References

Ashmore, Susan Youngblood (2008), Carry It On, University of Georgia Press, ISBN 978-0-8203-3051-8, retrieved 2009-06-05
World Statesmen list of Mayors of Mobile

Preceded by Charles F. Hackmeyer	Public Safety Commissioner of Mobile 1953 — 1961	Succeeded by Lambert C. Mims
Preceded by Charles A. Baumhauer	79th Mayor of Mobile 1953 — 1954	Succeeded by Charles F. Hackmeyer
Preceded by Joseph N. Langan	82nd Mayor of Mobile 1956 — 1957	Succeeded by Joseph N. Langan
Preceded by Joseph N. Langan	84th Mayor of Mobile 1958 — 1959	Succeeded by Joseph N. Langan
Preceded by Joseph N. Langan	86th Mayor of Mobile 1960 — 1961	Succeeded by George E. McNally

Mobile, Alabama

History	Timeline of Mobile History of Mobile Mobile in the Civil War Africatown Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Battle of Fort Blakely Battle of Mobile Bay Battle of Spanish Fort Brookley Air Force Base Clotilde Mobile magazine explosion Old Mobile Site

Culture	Azalea Trail Maids Bayfest Mardi Gras in Mobile Mobile Arts Council Mobile Civic Center Mobile Opera Mobile Symphony Orchestra Mystic society People from Mobile Popular culture Saenger Theatre

Economy	Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley Port of Mobile Mobile Downtown Airport Mobile Regional Airport Austal USA BAE Systems Southeast Shipyards Continental Motors, Inc. Signal International ST Aerospace Mobile Volkert, Inc.

Education	Mobile County Public School System Alabama School of Mathematics and Science Baker High School Bishop State Community College Davidson High School Faith Academy LeFlore Magnet High School McGill-Toolen Catholic High School Murphy High School St. Paul's Episcopal School Spring Hill College University of Mobile University of South Alabama

Geography	Airport Boulevard Blakeley Island Dog River Fowl River Government Street Mobile Bay Mobile River Mobile-Tensaw River Delta Old Shell Road Pinto Island Spanish River Spring Hill Toulminville

Green spaces	Bellingrath Gardens and Home Bienville Square Cathedral Square Langan Park Mobile Botanical Gardens

Historic sites	National Register of Historic Places listings in Mobile Ahavas Chesed Cemetery Boyington Oak Duffie Oak Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Cemetery Church Street Graveyard Magnolia Cemetery Sha'arai Shomayim Cemetery

Museums	Battleship Memorial Park (USS Alabama and USS Drum) Fort Conde Mobile Carnival Museum Mobile Museum of Art Museum of Mobile National African American Archives and Museum Oakleigh Historic Complex Richards DAR House

Structures	Tallest buildings in Mobile RSA Battle House Tower RSA–BankTrust Building Renaissance Riverview Plaza Hotel Mobile Government Plaza Mobile Marriott Regions Bank Building Wachovia Building Providence Hospital Van Antwerp Building The Battle House Hotel

Mayors	List of mayors of Mobile Sandy Stimpson Sam Jones Mike Dow Arthur R. Outlaw Lambert C. Mims Joseph N. Langan Charles S. Trimmier Henry R. Luscher Charles F. Hackmeyer Charles A. Baumhauer George Washington Owen

Major media	Lagniappe Mod Mobilian Press-Register WFNA 55 WKRG 5 WPMI 15

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