Stanford Raynold Brookshire (July 22, 1905 – October 10, 1990) was a
mayor of
Charlotte, North Carolina.
Brookshire served as mayor from 1961 to 1969. He was the longest-serving mayor until 1975, when his immediate successor,
John M. Belk, tied him by winning his fourth re-election, though Belk's fourth term would be extended another six months thanks to a change in state law.
A native of
Troutman, North Carolina
Troutman is a town in Iredell County, North Carolina, United States. The town is located roughly north of Charlotte. As of the 2020 census the town's population was 3,698. Due to substantial residential growth in the area, as well as neighbor ...
, Brookshire graduated from
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...
and came to Charlotte as a newspaper reporter. He led the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce (as would Belk) prior to becoming mayor.
The Brookshire Freeway, as well as Brookshire Boulevard (both parts of
North Carolina Highway 16; the former is shared with
Interstate 277), are named in honor of him, and he, along with Belk, is the subject of a book by Alex Coffin, entitled ''Brookshire & Belk: Businessmen in City Hall''.
External links
''Brookshire & Belk: Businessmen in City Hall''a
GetCited.com
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Oral Histories of the American SouthStandford Brookshire papers
J Murrey Atkins Library, UNC Charlotte
1905 births
1990 deaths
Duke University alumni
Mayors of Charlotte, North Carolina
20th-century American politicians
People from Troutman, North Carolina
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