United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.387981913Hartsfield was elected to the Atlanta City Council in 1922, and served as a member of a subcommittee of the finance committee. During this time he began what became his lifelong goal of making Atlanta the aviation hub of the Southeast.Photograph of William B. Hartsfield taken in 1913. In this head and shoulders portrait, he wears a suit and tie and faces forward.Hartsfield served as mayor of Atlanta, Georgia for six terms (1937-41, 1942-61), longer than any other person in the city's history. Before his tenure as mayor, he was elected to the Atlanta City Council in 1922. As an alderman, he helped establish Atlanta's first airport, advancing the goal of the city to become the aviation hub of the Southeast.image/jpegWilliam Berry Hartsfield papers, Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University.http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/william-b-hartsfield-1890-1971Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/william-b-hartsfield-1890-1971Forms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaWilliam Berry Hartsfield PapersMayors--Georgia--AtlantaLawyers--Georgia--AtlantaPoliticians--Georgia--AtlantaCity council members--Georgia--AtlantaMen--Georgia--AtlantaLegislators--GeorgiaHartsfield, William BerryWilliam B. Hartsfield, 1913StillImage