About Dale Danks, Jr.
Lived 1939 – 2021 (aged 81). Dale Danks, Jr. was an American politician.
Alney Dale Danks Jr. (August 27, 1939 – June 9, 2021) was an American attorney who served as the mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, from 1977 to 1989.
Biography Alney Dale Danks Jr. was born on August 27, 1939, in Miami, Florida, to Alney Dale Danks Sr. and Elizabeth Ross. In June 1959, he dropped out of Millsaps College and married Carolyn Carl.
Political career In 1965, Danks first ran for city commissioner as a Republican and lost. He ran for becoming the Hinds County prosecutor in 1968 and lost. He won the election to become the Hinds County prosecutor in 1972. He won re-election in 1981. Danks stopped being the mayor of Jackson in 1989, when he lost in a runoff election to J. Kane Ditto.
Later life He returned to practicing law.
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American politician
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Dale Danks, Jr. was born on 27 August 1939 in Miami.
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Dale Danks, Jr. died on 9 June 2021 in Jackson, Mississippi.
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Dale Danks, Jr. was a politician.
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Dale Danks, Jr. was American.
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