Woodrow Wilson Mann

Woodrow Wilson Mann
Mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas
In office
1956–1957
Preceded by Pratt C. Remmel
Succeeded by Warner C. Knoop
Personal details
Born (1916-11-13)November 13, 1916
Little Rock, Arkansas
Died August 6, 2002(2002-08-06) (aged 85)
Houston, Texas
Nationality American
Political party Democratic
Occupation Insurance salesman
Military service
Service/branch United States Navy
Battles/wars World War II

Woodrow Wilson Mann (November 13, 1916 August 6, 2002) was an American politician who was the mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas, from 1956 to 1957.

Mann was born in 1916 in Little Rock. He attended the University of Illinois and served in World War II with the United States Navy in the Pacific Theatre. Upon his return to the United States, he established an insurance business.[1] He was elected as mayor of Little Rock in 1955 and took office on January 1, 1956. The Little Rock Nine affair occurred during his term as mayor in 1957. Outraged by Governor Orval Faubus' order of the National Guard troops to block the entrance of the students, Mann sent a telegram to President Dwight D. Eisenhower to request federal troops, which was eventually obliged by the President. After the conclusion of his term as mayor, Mann moved to Houston, Texas in 1960. He died there in 2002.[2][3]

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