Ron Weaver

Ron Weaver is an American attorney and former politician who served as mayor of Tallahassee, Florida.

Biography Weaver served for 10 years in the U.S. Army and then worked as a personal injury attorney at the firm of Cox & Weaver in Tallahassee. In 1994, running on a pro-business and conservative agenda and amassing a record $80,000 in campaign funds (more than the other six candidates combined), Weaver served as mayor of Tallahassee in 1996.

Weaver is the fifth African American to hold the mayorship in the city's history (and the 4th since the Reconstruction Era). After serving as mayor, he continued to serve as a city commissioner until 1998.