{{Short description|American mayor}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Herman Myers | image = Herman Myers.png | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1847|01|18}} | birth_place = Bavaria | death_date = {{Death date and age|1909|03|24|1847|01|18}} | death_place = Savannah, Georgia | resting_place = | occupation = Banker, politician | employer = | spouse = | children = | relatives = | awards = | education = | party = Democratic | signature = Signature of Herman Myers.png | office1 = Mayor of Savannah, Georgia | order = 43rd | term_start1 = 1899 | term_end1 = 1907 | predecessor1 = Peter Meldrim | successor1 = George Tiedeman | office2 = Mayor of Savannah, Georgia | term_start2 = 1895 | term_end2 = 1897 | predecessor2 = John McDonough | successor2 = Peter Meldrim }}
'''Herman Myers''' (January 18, 1847 – March 24, 1909) was a politician from Georgia, United States and a Mayor of Savannah. He was a Democrat.
==Background==
He was a Jewish German-born immigrant and was born in Bavaria in 1847.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/americanjewishy18amergoog|title=American Jewish Year Book|last=Adler|first=Cyrus|last2=Szold|first2=Henrietta|date=1904|publisher=American Jewish Committee|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ci.savannah.ga.us/Cityweb/RLibCat.nsf/67eb36a41c97009d8525683a00739771/09516b4e34f6501b85256f2b006335a0?OpenDocument |title=Herman Myers (1847-1909), City of Savannah |access-date=2007-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205193145/http://www.ci.savannah.ga.us/Cityweb/RLibCat.nsf/67eb36a41c97009d8525683a00739771/09516b4e34f6501b85256f2b006335a0?OpenDocument |archive-date=2012-02-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref> His family moved to Virginia when he was a child.
==Political career==
===Alderman===
Myers served as Councilmember from 1885 to 1895.
===Mayor===
He ran for Mayor of Savannah in 1895 and won the election. He lost re-election against Peter Meldrim in 1897.<ref>Savannah Morning News, January 26, 1897</ref> However, he was returned to office in 1899 and won re-election in 1901, 1903 and 1905.<ref>''Savannah Morning News'', January 24, 1899</ref>
The Union Station and the new City Hall were constructed under his tenure as mayor. Myers did not run for re-election in 1907.<ref>''Savannah Morning News'', January 8, 1907</ref>
==Death==
He died in Savannah on March 24, 1909.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57937704/herman-myers/ |title=Herman Myers |newspaper=Ocala Evening Star |location=Savannah, Georgia |page=1 |date=1909-03-26 |access-date=2020-08-23 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080206061934/http://www.ci.savannah.ga.us/cityweb/webdatabase.nsf/E12F5A82DA01561685256AB6006C3E62/3F6DC97D79C23C2D85256AB7004832F7 Mayor's official site]
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