Evans was appointed municipal judge for the city of Tulsa in May 1917 and was the judge who oversaw the Tulsa Outrage.[1]
Evans campaigned for Mayor of Tulsa in 1920 on a single issue platform: approve the Spavinaw Water Project.[2] He was considered a compromise candidate, having previously served as municipal judge.[3]
T. D. Evans was the Mayor of Tulsa from 1920 to 1922.[4] He was mayor during the 1921 Tulsa race massacre.[5] After the massacre, he blamed it on a "negro uprising" and advocated for building a railroad and rail station in the Greenwood District.[6][7]
There is conflicting reporting on Evans party affiliation with the Tulsa World reporting he was a Republican[2] and The Black Wall Street Times reporting he was a Democrat.[5] An obituary from the day of his death ran in a newspaper in Ada and referred to him as Republican.
