# John Mims

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{{Short description|American politician (1815–1856)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name          = John Mims
| birth_date    = November 10, 1815
| birth_place   = 
| death_date    = April 30, 1856
| death_place   = [Atlanta, Georgia](/source/Atlanta%2C_Georgia), U.S.
| resting_place = [Oakland Cemetery](/source/Oakland_Cemetery_(Atlanta%2C_Georgia))
| image         = 
| office        = 6th [Mayor of Atlanta](/source/List_of_mayors_of_Atlanta)
| term_start    = 1853
| term_end      = 1853
| predecessor   = [Thomas Gibbs](/source/Thomas_Gibbs_(mayor))
| successor     = [William Markham](/source/William_Markham_(mayor))
| party         = Independent
| spouse        = 
| children      = 
| education     = 
}}

'''John F. Mims''' (November 10, 1815 – April 30, 1856) was the sixth mayor of [Atlanta](/source/Atlanta) and agent of the [Georgia Railroad & Banking Company](/source/Georgia_Railroad_%26_Banking_Company).

== Career ==
In the late 1840s he founded a flour mill with [Lemuel Grant](/source/Lemuel_Grant), [Richard Peters](/source/Richard_Peters_(Atlanta)) and his younger brother William Peters but it didn't do well with competition from [Mark A. Cooper](/source/Mark_A._Cooper)'s mill in north Georgia but was still important for the diversification of the city's enterprises. The wood-fired steam engine was used for the [Confederate Powder Works](/source/Confederate_Powder_Works) in [Augusta, Georgia](/source/Augusta%2C_Georgia).

As mayor he built the first [city hall](/source/City_Halls_of_Atlanta) and commissioned the first [city map](/source/city_map), produced by [Edward A. Vincent](/source/Edward_A._Vincent) in 1853. 

An illness forced Mims to resign in October 1853 and a special election was held two weeks later.{{Citation needed|date=February 2024}} His term was completed by [William Markham](/source/William_Markham_(mayor)), who went on to serve as mayor for another term.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Small |first=Sam W. |date=December 30, 1925 |title=My Story of Atlanta |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution/114720564/ |access-date=2024-02-19 |work=[The Atlanta Constitution](/source/The_Atlanta_Constitution) |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}}</ref>

== Death ==
John Mims died on April 30, 1856 and is buried at [Oakland Cemetery](/source/Oakland_Cemetery_(Atlanta%2C_Georgia)).

==References==
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