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===Mayoral tenure===
Bliss was elected [[Mayor of Pensacola]] in [[1905]], and was re-elected to a second term shortly before his death in [[1907]].
Although Bliss was elected in 1905 on the "White Democratic" ticket (a faction of the Democratic party which advocated [[Wikipedia:White supremacy|white supremacy]]), he notably took a stand in vetoing Pensacola's 1905 [[Wikipedia:Jim Crow laws|"Jim Crow"]] ordinance, which provided for segregation on Pensacola's [[Pensacola streetcar system|streetcars]], calling the ordinance unconstitutional. The veto was overridden by a unanimous vote of the City Council.<ref>"The Mayor's Veto of Jim Crow Law", ''Pensacola Journal'', September 28, 1905.</ref>
According to a political ad which Bliss ran in the ''[[Pensacola Journal]]'' on May 1, 1907, he accomplished much during his mayoral administration. Bliss claimed to have done much to beautify and improve the City's streets, parks, and other public works: