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Thomas D. "T. D." Wardell
Former Mayor of El Paso
Member of the First City Council of El Paso/Derby
Hardware Merchant 1888 - 1931
Term as Mayor 1917 - 1921 Term as El Paso City Council Member At Large Jun. 1903 - Apr. 1905
Thomas D. Wardell came to El Paso around 1878 as a young man at age 20. Like many other people who arrived during El Paso’s early years, he came from…
Justin J. "J. J." Butterfield
Former Mayor of El Paso
Terms as Mayor
1913 - 1917
1921 - 1935
1913 - 1917
1921 - 1935
Chester E. "Chet" Smith
Former Mayor of El Paso
Former Volunteer Fire Department Chief
Term as Mayor 1935 -1941 Term as Fire Chief of the Derby Volunteer Fire Department 1952 - 1978
Edwin S. Gross
Former Mayor of El Paso
Term as Mayor1941 - 1942
C. M. Alley
Former Mayor of El Paso
Term as Mayor1942 - 1947
Dwight McFarlane
Former Mayor of El Paso
Term as Mayor1947 - 1949
Floyd Brown
Former Mayor of El Paso
Term as Mayor1949 - 1951
Russell Biggs
Former Mayor of El Paso
Term as Mayor1951 - 1952
J. L. Britain
Former Mayor of El Paso
Term as Mayor1952 - Apr. 1955
defeated Apr. 05, 1955 and lost position of mayor to Byron T. Eberle
Byron T. Eberle
Former Mayor of El Paso
Former Mayor of Derby
Term as MayorApr. 1955 - Apr. 1957
elected Apr. 05, 1955 defeating incumbent Mayor J. L. Britain and Carlton W. Wolf
sworn in Apr. 1955
did not seek re-election in 1957
Eberle was elected while the city was officially called El Paso. The name was…