The 1969 Atlanta Board of Aldermen election was held on October 7, 1969, for the president and other seats on the Atlanta Board of Aldermen, with a runoff held on October 21. It was held concurrently with the 1969 Atlanta mayoral election. Maynard Jackson became the first Black president of the Board, while incumbent Board President Sam Massell won election as mayor. It was the last election for the Board prior to its renaming as the Atlanta City Council by 1973.
Board President/Vice Mayor H. J. Jack Carson Jacob Boyd Davis Jr. Milton Farris Maynard Jackson, lawyer
1st Ward, Position 1 Lewis Frank Beeks Robert S. Dennis, incumbent H. D. Dodson
1st Ward, Position 2
Norris Curington E. Gregory Griggs, incumbent Jimmie L. Kinnebrew Jr Ethel M. Mathews
2nd Ward, Position 1 Morris "Friendly" Finley Chris Monti R. A. "Pete" Petree
2nd Ward, Position 2 Emmett Doe John M. Flanigen
3rd Ward, Position 1 Elder L. S. Follette Willie Hunter Q. V. Williamson, incumbent
3rd Ward, Position 2
Joel Stokes
4th Ward Position 1
Hugh Pierce
5th Ward Position 1
George Cotsakis, incumbent
5th Ward, Position 2
Wyche Fowler
6th Ward Cecil Turner, incumbent
7th Ward Position 1
Jack Summers, incumbent
7th Ward Position 2 Ira Jackson, won Charles L. Mundy Douglas Wood
8th Ward Position 1
Gerald Reed
8th Ward Position 2 Buddy Fowlkes, incumbent, won
9th Ward Position 1
William T. "Bill" Knight, incumbent Benny L. "Ben" Irvin
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