George Oakes (journalist)

George Washington Ochs Oakes
Mayor of Chattanooga
In office 1893–1897
Preceded by	Garnet Andrews
Succeeded by	Edmund Watkins
Personal details
Born	October 27, 1861 Cincinnati, Ohio
Died	October 26, 1931

George Washington Ochs Oakes (October 27, 1861 – October 26, 1931) was an American journalist. Born George Washington Ochs, he legally added the surname "Oakes" in 1915 out of outrage at the sinking of the Lusitania by a German U-boat.