Gamble, Thomas, 1868-1945

Thomas Gamble (1868-1945) was a native of Virginia. He moved to Savannah, Georgia as a newspaper reporter and worked for several years as city editor of the Savannah Evening Press. Gamble acted as secretary to Savannah mayors Herman Myers, Richard J. Davant, William J. Pierpont, and Murray M. Stewart. Gamble served as mayor of Savannah from 1933 through 1937 and again from 1937 until his death in 1945. He was the author of several books, newspaper articles, and pamphlets on Savannah history, was the editor of the Savannah Mirror of Commerce, and founder and editor of the Naval Stores Review. For biographical details see Cyclopedia of Georgia, edited by A. D. Candler and C. A. Evans (Atlanta, 1906).

From the description of Thomas Gamble scrapbooks and photographs, 1883-1945. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477687