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New page: {{Infobox Biography | subject_name =Lee Conner Hagler | image_name = | image_size =225px | image_caption = | date_of_birth =February 25, 1890 | place_of_birth =Attalla,...
{{Infobox Biography
| subject_name =Lee Conner Hagler
| image_name =
| image_size =225px
| image_caption =
| date_of_birth =[[February 25]], [[1890]]
| place_of_birth =Attalla, Alabama
| date_of_death =[[August 12]], [[1943]]
| place_of_death =Pensacola
| occupation =Manager, [[San Carlos Hotel]]<br/>[[Mayor of Pensacola]]
| religion =
| spouse =Bess Harbeson Hagler
| parents =William John and Mary Duncan Hagler
| children =Lee Conner Hagler, Jr.<br/>Angus William Hagler<br/>Gloria
}}
'''Lee Conner Hagler''' was a prominent Pensacolian in the first half of the 20th century. He was the manager of the [[San Carlos Hotel]] for 20 years, was instrumental in the development of Pensacola's [[Pensacola Gulf Coast Regional Airport|airport]], and served as [[mayor of Pensacola]] from [[1937]] to [[1943]]. He died in office.
Hagler served in the Navy during World War I, then settled in Pensacola in [[1920]]. On [[November 5]], [[1922]], he married Bess Harberson of Pensacola. Her father, [[W. B. Harbeson]], was the owner of the San Carlos Hotel. Hagler was made manager of the hotel in February [[1923]] and held that position until his death.
In [[1933]], Hagler and Harry Blanchard, a barnstorming pilot, purchased 504 acres of thick woodland northeast of the city with the intention of develloping an airport. Initially, the airport consisted of two grass-strip runways and a Navy-surplus hangar. In [[1935]], the [[City of Pensacola]] sponsored a project through the [[Wikipedia:Works Progress Administration|Works Progress Administration]] to develop a permanent municipal airport.
Aside from the positions mentioned, Hagler also served as secretary and treasurer of the [[Pensacola Hotel Company]], vice president of the [[Pensacola Baseball Club]], president and treasurer of the [[Baylen Street Wharf Company]], secretary and treasurer of the [[Camp Walton Boat Company]], and as a director of the [[American National Bank]] and the [[Pensacola Chamber of Commerce]].
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{{succession box | before = [[Max L. Bear]] | title = [[Mayor of Pensacola]] | years = 1937—1943 | after = [[Walter Wicke]]}}
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[[Category:Mayors of the City of Pensacola|Hagler, Lee Conner]] [[Category:People buried in St. John's Cemetery|Hagler, Lee Conner]]
| subject_name =Lee Conner Hagler
| image_name =
| image_size =225px
| image_caption =
| date_of_birth =[[February 25]], [[1890]]
| place_of_birth =Attalla, Alabama
| date_of_death =[[August 12]], [[1943]]
| place_of_death =Pensacola
| occupation =Manager, [[San Carlos Hotel]]<br/>[[Mayor of Pensacola]]
| religion =
| spouse =Bess Harbeson Hagler
| parents =William John and Mary Duncan Hagler
| children =Lee Conner Hagler, Jr.<br/>Angus William Hagler<br/>Gloria
}}
'''Lee Conner Hagler''' was a prominent Pensacolian in the first half of the 20th century. He was the manager of the [[San Carlos Hotel]] for 20 years, was instrumental in the development of Pensacola's [[Pensacola Gulf Coast Regional Airport|airport]], and served as [[mayor of Pensacola]] from [[1937]] to [[1943]]. He died in office.
Hagler served in the Navy during World War I, then settled in Pensacola in [[1920]]. On [[November 5]], [[1922]], he married Bess Harberson of Pensacola. Her father, [[W. B. Harbeson]], was the owner of the San Carlos Hotel. Hagler was made manager of the hotel in February [[1923]] and held that position until his death.
In [[1933]], Hagler and Harry Blanchard, a barnstorming pilot, purchased 504 acres of thick woodland northeast of the city with the intention of develloping an airport. Initially, the airport consisted of two grass-strip runways and a Navy-surplus hangar. In [[1935]], the [[City of Pensacola]] sponsored a project through the [[Wikipedia:Works Progress Administration|Works Progress Administration]] to develop a permanent municipal airport.
Aside from the positions mentioned, Hagler also served as secretary and treasurer of the [[Pensacola Hotel Company]], vice president of the [[Pensacola Baseball Club]], president and treasurer of the [[Baylen Street Wharf Company]], secretary and treasurer of the [[Camp Walton Boat Company]], and as a director of the [[American National Bank]] and the [[Pensacola Chamber of Commerce]].
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{{succession box | before = [[Max L. Bear]] | title = [[Mayor of Pensacola]] | years = 1937—1943 | after = [[Walter Wicke]]}}
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[[Category:Mayors of the City of Pensacola|Hagler, Lee Conner]] [[Category:People buried in St. John's Cemetery|Hagler, Lee Conner]]
