H. S. Broiles
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| 6th Mayor of Fort Worth, Texas | |
| In office April 20, 1886 – April 8, 1890 | |
| Preceded by | John Peter Smith |
| Succeeded by | William Smartt Pendleton |
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| Born | Hiram Stokley Broiles December 2, 1845 Millersburgh, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | July 27, 1913 (aged 67) Leavenworth, Kansas, U.S. |
| Political party | Farmers' Alliance People's Republican Socialist Union Labor |
| Spouse(s) | Charlotte Wilmouth Grant Amma Yarbrough |
| Children | 10 |
| Education | University of Nashville |
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Hiram Stokley Broiles (December 2, 1845 – July 27, 1913) was an American politician who served as the 6th Mayor of Fort Worth, Texas from 1886 to 1890. He was involved with the Farmers' Alliance, People's, Republican, and Socialist, and Union Labor parties.
Broiles was born to a slave-owning family in Tennessee, and ran away to join the Confederate States Army at age 15. He served until his capture at the Battle of Missionary Ridge. He became a galvanized Yankee in order to leave prison, but deserted and stole equipment.
Broiles received a medical degree from the University of Nashville in 1873, and moved to Texas. He was elected to the Fort Worth Board of Aldermen in 1882, and mayor in 1886. He was reelected in 1888, but lost to William Smartt Pendleton in 1890.