Terry Young was
mayor
In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well a ...
of
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tulsa () is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 47th-most populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with ...
from 1984–1986.
Early life
Young graduated Edison High School in 1966 and received an associate degree from
Tulsa Community College
Tulsa Community College is a public community college in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was founded in 1970 and is the largest two-year college in Oklahoma. It serves approximately 23,000 students per year in classes. .
Career
Young was appointed as county commissioner of Tulsa County's second district in 1976 and was later elected to a full term that year.
He was reelected in 1978 and 1982.
In 1984, Young was elected Mayor of Tulsa by a 924 vote margin against incumbent mayor
Jim Inhofe
James Mountain Inhofe ( ; born November 17, 1934) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Oklahoma, a seat he was first elected to in 1994. A member of the Republican Party, he chaired the U.S. Senate Commit ...
.
Mayor of Tulsa
As mayor, he created a flood control program in response to the
1984 flood. The program was controversial because of its home buyout element.
Electoral History
References
Mayors of Tulsa, Oklahoma
Living people
1948 births
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Oklahoma Democrats