Willis (or Wyllys) Buell (1790 – November 1851) was a native of Connecticut and third mayor of
Atlanta
Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...
. He was the first
Justice of the Peace
A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the sa ...
of the
1026th militia district and was said to be a talented
portrait
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painter. He was a member of the
Free and Rowdy Party
The Free and Rowdy Party was a political party that operated in Atlanta, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, during the middle of the 19th century. Although the mayoral elections of Atlanta are not contested along party lines, the first three mayors o ...
.
Mayors of Atlanta
1790 births
1851 deaths
19th-century American politicians
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