George E. McNally was a Mobile, Alabama

Mobile, Alabama

Mobile is the third most populous city in the Southern US state of Alabama and is the county seat of Mobile County. It is located on the Mobile River and the central Gulf Coast of the United States. The population within the city limits was 195,111 during the 2010 census. It is the largest...

-area community leader and politician who served the city as the city's Public Safety Commissioner and had a stint as the city's Mayor during the 1960s. His term as Mayor of Mobile was when the title was co-extensive with the presidency of the City Commission. He was elected to the City Commission in 1961 by defeating incumbent commissioner Henry R. Luscher

Henry R. Luscher

Henry R. Luscher was a Mobile, Alabama-area community leader and politician who served two terms as the city's Public Safety Commissioner and several stints as the city's Mayor. All of his terms as Mayor of Mobile were when the title was co-extensive with the presidency of the City Commission. He...

. He was defeated for re-election in 1965 by challenger Arthur R. Outlaw

Arthur R. Outlaw

Arthur R. Outlaw was a Mobile area community leader and politician who served twice as Mayor of Mobile. His first term as Mayor of Mobile was when the title was co-extensive with the presidency of the City Commission. His second term was as the first directly elected Mayor of the city since it had...

. McNally is notable for being the first Republican elected to office in Mobile since Reconstruction.