Andrew Broaddus (May 15, 1900 – September 7, 1972) was

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from December 1953 to December 1957.

Life

He was born and died in Louisville. After serving in the

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during

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he attended

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in nearby

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, but did not graduate, leaving after two years in 1921 to work in his family's laundry business, becoming vice president of it by 1930. He was elected to the

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in 1933 as a Democrat, and mayor in 1953. His administration is remembered for the Mallon Plan, a failed attempt to annex large portions of Jefferson County, which were beginning to develop quickly as suburbs of Louisville. He also signed an order officially ending

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in Louisville's public parks and pools in 1955. After his term as mayor, he served as chairman of the Urban Renewal Advisory Committee under mayor

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, and city civil-defense director under

Frank W. Burke Frank Welsh Burke (June 1, 1920 – June 28, 2007) was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky from 1959 to 1963 and as Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky from 1969 to ...

starting in 1969. He died of a heart attack in 1972 and is buried in

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. The '' Mayor Andrew Broaddus'' a lifesaving station, is named in his honor.

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Mayor Andrew Broaddus, ex. Life-Saving Station No. 10
A former Coast Guard station named after Broaddus * 1900 births 1972 deaths Mayors of Louisville, Kentucky Burials at Cave Hill Cemetery 20th-century American politicians {{Kentucky-mayor-stub