George Flaggs Jr.

George Flaggs Jr.
Mayor of Vicksburg, Mississippi
Assumed office
July 2013
Preceded by Paul Winfield
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
from the 55th district
In office
1988–2013
Succeeded by Oscar Denton
Personal details
Born (1953-03-20) March 20, 1953
Edwards, Mississippi, U.S.
Political party Independent (2018–present)
Other political
affiliations		 Democratic (before 2018)
Spouse(s) Linda Jones (divorced)
Samantha Thomas(m. 2014)
Alma mater Hinds Junior College (A.A.)
Jackson State University (B.S.)[1]

George Flaggs Jr. (born March 20, 1953) is an American politician and the incumbent Mayor of Vicksburg, Mississippi. A member of the Democratic Party, he won his first term as mayor in 2013 and was reelected in 2017.[2]

Prior to becoming mayor, Flaggs was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 55th district from 1988 to 2013. He was a youth court counselor in Warren County and a member of the Vicksburg Planning Commission and the Zoning Board of Appeals.[1]

In 2014, Flaggs married Samantha Thomas, an employee of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center, in a small ceremony at Triumph Church.[3] He has two children from a prior marriage.[1] In March 2018, Flaggs left the Democratic Party and became an Independent.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "George Flaggs, Jr". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  2. ↑ Surratt, John (June 4, 2017). "Flaggs wins re-election, says this term is his last". Vicksburg Post. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Vicksburg mayor marries during lunch break". Mississippi Business Journal. September 18, 2014. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  4. ↑ https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/politics/2018/03/05/vicksburg-mayor-flaggs-switches-democratic-independent/396731002/


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