Vandergriff, Tom

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Name
Vandergriff, Tom Gender: M
Tommie Joe Vandergriff
born on 29 January 1926 at 21:00 (= 9:00 PM )
Place Carrollton, Texas, 32n57, 96w53
Timezone CST h6w (is standard time)
Data source
BC/BR in hand
Rodden Rating AA
Collector: Scholfield
Astrology data s_su.18.svg s_aqucol.18.svg 09°29' s_mo.18.svg s_leocol.18.svg 22°42 Asc.s_vircol.18.svg 18°42'



Tom Vandergriff (February 1983)

Biography

American politician who served as Mayor of Arlington, Texas from 1951 to 1977, as a U.S. Representative from Texas's 26th congressional district from 1983 to 1985, and as County Judge of Tarrant County from 1991 to 2007. For the greater part of his life, Vandergriff was a Democrat, but he became a Republican around 1990.

As Mayor, he was instrumental in several projects, including a new General Motors assembly plant, moving a Major League Baseball franchise to Arlington, and the opening of theme park Six Flags over Texas.

He died on 30 December 2010, aged 84, in Arlington.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Events

Source Notes

Birth certificate in hand from Sy Scholfield.

Categories

  • Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 84)
  • Vocation : Law : Jurist (County judge)
  • Vocation : Politics : Party Affiliation (Democratic-turned-Republican)
  • Vocation : Politics : Public office