- List of mayors of Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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This is a list of people who have served as mayor of Chapel Hill, North Carolina.[1] Before 1879, the mayor was a magistrate hired by the Board of Commissioners to exercise police powers. An 1879 amendment to the town charter formalized this role. An 1895 charter amendment established the mayor as a position elected by the town's citizens. John H. Watson became the first person elected as mayor on May 5, 1895.[2]
- H. B. Guthrie (1869-1872)
- John H. Watson (1872)
- John W. Carr (1873-1874)
- John White (1874)
- Andrew Mickel (1874-1876)
- John H. Watson (1876-1879)
- Merritt Cheek (1879-1882)
- Jones Watson (1882-1883)
- John H. Watson (1883-1884)
- A. J. McDade (1884-1885)
- John H. Watson (1885-1887)
- William N. Pritchard (1887-1888)
- A. J. McDade (1888-1891)
- John H. Watson (1891-1895)
- Algernon S. Barbee (1895-1901)
- James C. MacRae, Jr. (1901-1903)
- William S. Roberson (1903-1907)
- Algernon S. Barbee (1907-1911)
- William S. Roberson (1911-1913)
- L. P. McLendon (1913-1914)
- William S. Roberson (1914-1927)
- Zebulon Council (1927-1933)
- John M. Foushee (1933-1942)
- R. W. Madry (1942-1949)
- Edwin S. Lanier (1949-1954)
- Oliver K. Cornwell (1954-1961)
- Roland McClamroch (1961-1969)
- Howard Lee (1969-1975)
- James Wallace (1975-1979)
- Joseph L. Nassif (1979-1985)
- James Wallace (1985-1987)
- Jonathan Howes (1987-1991)
- Kenneth Broun (1991-1995)
- Rosemary Waldorf (1995-2001)
- Kevin Foy (2001-2009)
- Mark Kleinschmidt (2009-present)
See also
References
- ^ "History of Your Town Government." Town of Chapel Hill, September 2007.
- ^ "History of Chapel Hill." Town of Chapel Hill Official Website. Accessed October 23, 2008.
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