Reginald H. Sullivan (March 10, 1876 – January 30, 1980) was the 30th and 33rd mayor of the city of

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. He is among the longest-lived Americans to ever be a mayor of any city. He came from a political family with his father, Thomas Lennox Sullivan, being a former mayor of Indianapolis. He was also a lifelong bachelor who was among the first people entered into the "Indiana Hall of Fame" in 1974.''The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis''
by David J. Bodenhamer, Robert Graham Barrows, David Gordon Vanderstel, pg 1309

Biography

Reginald H. Sullivan was born in

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on March 10, 1876. He received his education there, graduating from

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in 1897 and the Indiana University School of Law in 1899. He entered politics as a

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, and served as an

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from 1910 to 1914. He was elected

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twice, serving from 1930 to 1934 and from 1938 to 1942. Reginald H. Sullivan died in Indianapolis on January 30, 1980, and was buried at

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