William M. Wolfarth


William Michael Wolfarth was a commissioner and mayor of Miami.
In 1936, he married Mary Agnes Galhouse of Atlanta. They had six children and celebrated the renewal of their marriage vows in 1986 at Gesu Catholic Church.
Wolfarth grew up in Chicago and moved to Miami in 1934. In 1935, he opened the first of a chain of bakeries. From 1949 to 1951, he was the Mayor of the City of Miami and from 1951 to 1953 he served as a commissioner. He was responsible for building the original Art Deco main public Library in downtown Miami, which was later torn down. In addition, he built the Morningside pool which still bears a plaque commemorating him. In 1959, he ran for mayor again against Robert King High on a platform to keep Miami segregated and lost the election.

Electoral history

City Commissioner
General election, Miami, FL 1949
CandidateVotes%-
WM Wolfarth25,51819.04
Perrine Palmer Jr24,28918.12-
Louie Bandel23,77717.74
H Leslie Quigg22,91617.10
Leonard K Thomson22,82617.03
James A Dunn14,67510.95
Total Votes134,00199.98%