Jerome Taylor Congleton (August 25, 1876 – December 10, 1936) served as
Mayor
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of
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in 1928. In a wave of anti-incumbent backlash, he lost re-election.
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'', December 11, 1936. Accessed September 30, 2009.
On December 10, 1936, Congleton suffered a heart attack while driving his car and died. He was 60 years old.