Alney Dale Danks Jr. (August 27, 1939 – June 9, 2021) was an American Republican politician and lawyer. He was the Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi from 1977 to 1989. Until 1995, he was a member of the Democratic Party.

Danks died as a result of a stroke on June 9, 2021 in Jackson at the age of 81.

Dale Danks

Biography

He first became the mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, in 1977. He was a Democrat at that time. In 1981, he won the election to be the mayor of Jackson again. In 1989 he lost the mayor office to J. Kane Ditto.

Dale Danks

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1939 births

2021 deaths

Deaths from stroke

Lawyers from Mississippi

American mayors

Democratic Party (United States) politicians

Republican Party (United States) politicians

Politicians from Mississippi

Businesspeople from Mississippi

People from Jackson, Mississippi

Dale Danks