Henry William Worley (April 9, 1877 – August 5, 1938) was the
41st mayor of
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus () is the state capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest, after Chicago, and t ...
and the 37th person to serve in that office. He was elected in 1931 and served Columbus during the rise of the
New Deal
The New Deal was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States between 1933 and 1939. Major federal programs agencies included the Civilian Cons ...
programs during the presidency of
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (; ; January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician and attorney who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. As the ...
. After one term in office he was defeated in the 1935 mayoral election by
Myron B. Gessaman.
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Henry W. Worleyat
Political Graveyard
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Mayors of Columbus, Ohio
1877 births
1938 deaths
Politicians from London
English emigrants to the United States
Ohio Democrats
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