F. H. Wharton
{{Short description|American politician (1870–1956)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| image = File:F h wharton.png
| name = Frank H Wharton
| caption =
| birth_date = 11 April 1870
| birth_place = Ohio, US
| death_date = 2 Aug 1956
| death_place = Miami, Florida, US
| order = 4th
| office = Mayor of Miami
| term_start = 1907
| term_end = 1911
| predecessor = John Sewell (Miami)
| successor = Samuel Rodmond Smith
| office2 = City Manager of Miami
| term_start2 = 1921
| term_end2 = 1926
| party = Democrat
| spouse = Ola B Hinson Wharton
| children = Florence, Estelle, Floy Ruth, Fannie May, Fannette Ola
| profession = Grocer
}}
Frank Howard Wharton (April 11, 1870 – August 2, 1956) was a businessman and the fourth mayor of the city of Miami from 1907 to 1911.
Life
Born in Rockbridge Ohio, Wharton was the son of farmers and moved to Miami in 1897, after working in Central Florida.{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/miamidadecountyf00blac/|title=Miami and Dade County Florida; Its settlement progress and achievement|last=Blackman|first=E.V.|date=1921|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=16 Feb 2023}}
Wharton was a grocer. He owned the Magnolia Grocery Company. In 1907 Wharton was elected Mayor for a two-year term. He won re-election in 1909.{{cite book |last1=Blackman |first1=E.V. |title=Miami and Dade county, Florida; its settlement, progress and achievement |date=1921 |publisher=V. Rainbolt |location=Washington, D.C. |pages=130 |url=https://archive.org/details/miamidadecountyf00blac/page/130/mode/2up?q=wharton |access-date=22 February 2023}}
Wharton served as City Manager in 1921 and councilman on multiple occasions. {{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Og1ucKM4NnwC|title=City Manager's Report to City Commission of Five Years of Commission Manager Government for the City of Miami|last=City of Miami|date=1925|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=16 Feb 2023}}
See also
References
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;Bibliography
{{cite book |title=Florida The East Coast Its Builders, Industries and Resources |date=1924 |publisher=Miami Herald |access-date=20 September 2023 | url=https://fau.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/fau%3A23332#page/cover1/mode/2up}}
External links
- [http://www.historymiami.org/ HistoryMiami] official website of HistoryMiami (formerly the Historical Museum of Southern Florida)
- [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71043525/frank-h-wharton Findagrave Frank H Wharton]
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{{succession box | before = John Sewell (Miami) | title = Mayor of the City of Miami|years=1907–1911| after = Samuel Rodmond Smith}}
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Category:20th-century Florida politicians
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