George E. McNally

Who is George E. McNally?

George E. McNally was a Mobile, Alabama-area community leader and politician who served the city as the city's Public Safety Commissioner and had a stint as the city's Mayor during the 1960s. He was born in 1923 in Chicago. His term as Mayor of Mobile was when the title was co-extensive with the presidency of the City Commission. He was elected to the City Commission in 1961 by defeating incumbent commissioner Henry R. Luscher. He was defeated for re-election in 1965 by challenger Arthur R. Outlaw. McNally is notable for being the first Republican elected to office in Mobile since Reconstruction. He died of cancer in 1988.