David L. Beatty

David L. Beatty (December 3, 1798 – February 21, 1881) was the fifth Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky serving from 1841 to 1844. He was born to early settlers in Bourbon County, Kentucky and raised by his grandparents in Jefferson County, Kentucky. At 17 he moved to Louisville to work as a machinist, and was an iron foundry foreman 3 years later. He founded a steam-engine business in 1829, which dissolved in 1837.

David L. Beatty
Born(1798-12-03)December 3, 1798
DiedFebruary 21, 1881(1881-02-21) (aged 82)
OccupationBusinessman
TitleMayor of Louisville
Term1841-1844
PredecessorFrederick A. Kaye
SuccessorFrederick A. Kaye

He served on the city council from 1839 to 1840 and elected mayor in 1841. Highlights of his administration included the establishment of the State Institute for the Blind in Louisville and construction of a waterworks. He is buried in Cave Hill Cemetery.

References

  • Yater, George (1987). Two Hundred Years at the Falls of the Ohio. Louisville.
  • Johnston, Josiah Stoddard (1896). Memorial History of Louisville. ISBN 9780832867378.
Political offices
Preceded by
Frederick A. Kaye
Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky
May 17, 1841–May 10, 1844
Succeeded by
Frederick A. Kaye


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