James J. "Jim" Eagan was the longtime Mayor of Florissant, Missouri in St. Louis County. He was Mayor from 1963 until his death in 2000. He was re-elected an unprecedented 9 times.
Eagan was a charismatic figure and was well known throughout the St. Louis Area. Florissant became a thriving community just north of St. Louis in at the beginning of Eagan's tenure and remained that way until his death. The population was between 50,000 and 70,000 throughout his almost 40 years of service.
Upon his death in 2000 Eagan was the second longest serving Mayor in America. The community civic center in Florissant is named after the Mayor, boasting the name "James J. Eagan Civic Center" prominently on the side of the massive brick building.
Eagan boasted to the Riverfront Times in 2000 after being voted as the St. Louis areas best politician that "I'm going out feet first," when asked if he had any plans to retire. Eagan would die just two months later of an adverse reaction to a prescription drug. His body was donated to science.
--from Wikipedia
Eagan was a charismatic figure and was well known throughout the St. Louis Area. Florissant became a thriving community just north of St. Louis in at the beginning of Eagan's tenure and remained that way until his death. The population was between 50,000 and 70,000 throughout his almost 40 years of service.
Upon his death in 2000 Eagan was the second longest serving Mayor in America. The community civic center in Florissant is named after the Mayor, boasting the name "James J. Eagan Civic Center" prominently on the side of the massive brick building.
Eagan boasted to the Riverfront Times in 2000 after being voted as the St. Louis areas best politician that "I'm going out feet first," when asked if he had any plans to retire. Eagan would die just two months later of an adverse reaction to a prescription drug. His body was donated to science.
--from Wikipedia
James J. "Jim" Eagan was the longtime Mayor of Florissant, Missouri in St. Louis County. He was Mayor from 1963 until his death in 2000. He was re-elected an unprecedented 9 times.
Eagan was a charismatic figure and was well known throughout the St. Louis Area. Florissant became a thriving community just north of St. Louis in at the beginning of Eagan's tenure and remained that way until his death. The population was between 50,000 and 70,000 throughout his almost 40 years of service.
Upon his death in 2000 Eagan was the second longest serving Mayor in America. The community civic center in Florissant is named after the Mayor, boasting the name "James J. Eagan Civic Center" prominently on the side of the massive brick building.
Eagan boasted to the Riverfront Times in 2000 after being voted as the St. Louis areas best politician that "I'm going out feet first," when asked if he had any plans to retire. Eagan would die just two months later of an adverse reaction to a prescription drug. His body was donated to science.
--from Wikipedia
Eagan was a charismatic figure and was well known throughout the St. Louis Area. Florissant became a thriving community just north of St. Louis in at the beginning of Eagan's tenure and remained that way until his death. The population was between 50,000 and 70,000 throughout his almost 40 years of service.
Upon his death in 2000 Eagan was the second longest serving Mayor in America. The community civic center in Florissant is named after the Mayor, boasting the name "James J. Eagan Civic Center" prominently on the side of the massive brick building.
Eagan boasted to the Riverfront Times in 2000 after being voted as the St. Louis areas best politician that "I'm going out feet first," when asked if he had any plans to retire. Eagan would die just two months later of an adverse reaction to a prescription drug. His body was donated to science.
--from Wikipedia
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