Birthname: | George Preston Coleman |
Office1: | Mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia |
Term Start1: | 1929 |
Term End1: | 1934 |
Predecessor1: | John G. Pollard |
Successor1: | Channing M. Hall |
Birth Date: | 4 May 1870 |
Birth Place: | Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S. |
Death Place: | Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S. |
Spouse: | Mary Haldane Begg |
George Preston Coleman (May 4, 1870 – June 16, 1948) was the head of the Virginia Highway Commission from 1913 to 1922[1] and the mayor of Williamsburg, Va., from 1929 to 1934.[2] The George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge that connects Yorktown and Gloucester Point is named after him. He is the grandson of Nathaniel Beverley Tucker and the great-grandson of St. George Tucker. The papers of the Tucker-Coleman family, including the papers of George Preston Coleman, are held by the Special Collections Research Center at the College of William & Mary.[3]