Everest George "E. G." Sewell ( September 17, 1874 – April 2, 1940) is a former Mayor of Miami.

E. G. and his brother, John Sewell

John Sewell (Miami)

John Sewell was the third Mayor of Miami.John Sewell was born in 1867 in Elbert County, Georgia, and moved with his parents to Florida when he was 19 years old...

 moved to Miami on March 3, 1896 and opened the first store north of the Miami River

Miami River (Florida)

The Miami River is a river in the United States state of Florida that drains out of the Everglades and runs through the Downtown and the city of Miami. The long river flows from the terminus of the Miami Canal at Miami International Airport to Biscayne Bay...

 on March 26, 1896. In February 1916, he was elected as president of Miami Chamber of Commerce and was re-elected every year until 1925 (except for 1919). He was elected as Mayor of Miami in 1927 (until 1929), 1933 (until 1935), 1939 (in recall election for 2 months), and lastly 1939 (until his death in 1940).

He died two days after suffering a heart attack on April 2, 1940 at Jackson Memorial Hospital

Jackson Memorial Hospital

Jackson Memorial Hospital is a non-profit, tertiary care teaching hospital and the major teaching hospital of the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine in Miami, Florida...

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There is a city of Miami nature park named after him: E. G. Sewell Park located at 1801 NW South River Drive.