In what year was the politician after whom Northside High School was previously named born?
Northside High School (Houston) Northside High School, formerly Jefferson Davis High School, is a secondary school located at 1101 Quitman in the Near Northside neighborhood of Northside, Houston, Texas with a ZIP code of 77009. The school was previously named after Jefferson Davis, the only president of the Confederate States of America,
E. McA. Currie Ernest McArthur Currie (May 12, 1892 – February 12, 1965) was an American politician. He served as mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina from 1941 to 1943. He was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina to Duncan Black and Katherine Lee (née McArthur) Currie. Currie attended the University of Paris, Davidson College (1916) and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and earned a law degree. He also served in World War I. He was defeated by Herbert Hill Baxter in 1943 for the mayor's seat.