Jim Granberry Politician
James Harlan Granberry, Sr., known as Jim Granberry (born June 23, 1932), is a former mayor of Lubbock, Texas, who guided the city through a series of tornadoes that shattered the region on May 11, 1970. He imposed a curfew to restore order. He had just become mayor when the tornadoes occurred. He served only one two-year term from 1970-1972. He was a member of the Lubbock City Council from 1966-1970. He did not seek a second two-year term in 1972 and was succeeded by city councilman Morris W. Turner. Mayors and council members in Texas are all officially nonpartisan, but Granberry was known to be a Republican.In 1974, Granberry was the Texas Republican gubernatorial nominee. He won only 7 of the 254 counties and hence lost the general election by a wide margin to incumbent Democratic Governor Dolph Briscoe of Uvalde.
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External resources
- http://council.ci.lubbock.tx.us/history.htm
- http://library.tamu.edu/cushing/collectn/modpol/clements/ap2/2_3.html
- http://web.archive.org/web/20030827112550/http:/www3.baylor.edu/Library/BCPM/Guttery/guttery_posters.html
- http://www.adopteeconnect.com/d/a/62657
- http://www.lubbockonline.com/tornado/stories/May13/002.shtml
- http://www.pafgbmfi.org/officers.php
- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-rv/politics/campaigns/wh2000/stories/bushtext072999.htm