Thomas L. Cummings Sr.
Thomas L. Cummings Sr. (May 1, 1891 – March 29, 1968) the mayor of Nashville, Tennessee from 1938 to 1951. Early life Cummings was born on a farm near McMinnville, Tennessee, on May 1, 1891.Robert Guy Spinney, ''World War II in Nashville: Transformation of the Home Front'', Univ. of Tennessee Press, 1998, p. 75 His father, William Martin Cummings, was a farmer. He graduated from the Vanderbilt University Law School. Career Cummings began his career as a farmer. He was the owner of a grocery store, and he became a lawyer. He served as a member of the Tennessee Senate in 1927 and 1937. Cummings was elected as the mayor of Nashville in 1938. He was reelected in 1939, 1943 and 1947. In 1939, Cummings appointed black banker James Carroll Napier to the Nashville Housing Authority. In 1940, he sent a police honor guard to Napier's funeral. In May 1948, he announced the hiring of seven black policemen to join the Nashville police force.E. Thomas WoodNashville now and then: New voices ...
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Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the List of municipalities in Tennessee, most populous city in the state, List of United States cities by population, 21st most-populous city in the U.S., and the fourth most populous city in the southeastern United States, southeastern U.S. Located on the Cumberland River, the city is the center of the Nashville metropolitan area, which is one of the fastest growing in the nation. Named for Francis Nash, a general of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, the city was founded in 1779. The city grew quickly due to its strategic location as a port on the Cumberland River and, in the 19th century, a railroad center. Nashville seceded with Tennessee during the American Civil War; in 1862 it was the first state capital in the Confederate ...
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