Hugh McElderry

Hugh Lawson White McElderry (June 25, 1859 – November 4, 1931) was an American banker, lawyer, and politician, who was mayor of Talladega, Alabama in the early 1920s. He was the son of Thomas McElderry, the founder of McElderry Station, Alabama.

Life and legacy Hugh Lawson White McElderry was born in 1859 to Thomas McElderry and Martha-Ann Dozier. His father named him after Hugh Lawson White, a Tennessee politician. He was a lawyer and banker, living in Talladega, Alabama and he was also mayor of the town in the early 1920s. His profession as a banker led him to be the President of the Talladega National Bank which later became the Regions Financial Corporation. He died in 1931, aged 72. His house in the town, the McElderry-Malone Home which he and his wife built in 1905, still stands.