Oliver Tappin

{{Short description|American politician (1893–1945)}}

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|order =70th / 8th City Commission

|office =Mayor of the City of Flint, Michigan

|term_start =1940

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|predecessor = Harry M. Comins

|successor = William Osmund Kelly{{cite web |url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/flint.html |title=List of Flint City Mayors |access-date=2009-02-09 |work=Political Graveyards.com |publisher=Lawrence (Larry) Kestenbaum }}

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|birth_place =Flintville, Wisconsin

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Oliver Ransom Tappin (June 16, 1893 – November 18, 1945) was a Michigan politician.

Political life

The Flint City Commission select him as mayor in 1940.{{cite web |url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tansil-tatar.html#0LI01JDLG |title=Index to Politicians: Tanoury to Tatascore -- Tappin, Oliver Entry |access-date=2009-03-22 |work=Political Graveyards.com |publisher=Lawrence (Larry) Kestenbaum }}

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{{succession box | title=Mayor of Flint | before=Harold E. Bradshaw | after= William Osmund Kelly | years=1940 }}

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