- List of mayors of Richmond, Virginia
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This is a List of mayors of Richmond, Virginia, arranged chronologically.
The following is a list of past and present mayors of the city of Richmond, Virginia:
Mayor Term Began Term Ended Notes William Foushee 1782 1783 Richmond's first mayor.[1][2] John James Beckley July 1, 1783 July 6, 1784 Robert Mitchell July 7, 1784 1785 John Harvie 1785 1786 William Pennock 1786 December 10, 1786 Richard Adams December 11, 1786 February 21, 1788 father of Mayor John Adams John James Beckley February 21, 1788 March 9, 1789 Alexander Roberts March 9, 1789 1790 Robert Boyd 1790 1790 (acting mayor) Robert Mitchell 1790 1791 John Barrett 1791 1792 Robert Mitchell 1792 1793 John Barrett 1793 1794 Robert Mitchell 1794 1795 Andrew Dunscomb 1795 1796 Robert Mitchell 1796 1797 James McClurg 1797 1798 John Barrett 1798 1799 George Nicholson 1799 1800 James McClurg 1800 1801 William Richardson 1801 1802 John Foster 1802 1803 James McClurg 1803 1804 Robert Mitchell 1804 1805 William DuVal 1805 1806 Edward Carrington 1806 1810 David Bullock 1810 1811 Benjamin Tate 1811 1812 father of Mayor Joseph Tate Thomas Wilson 1812 1813 John Greenhow 1813 1814 Thomas Wilson 1814 1815 Robert Gamble 1815 1816 Thomas Wilson 1816 1817 William H. Fitzwhylson 1817 1818 Thomas Wilson 1818 1818 Francis Wicker 1818 1819 (acting mayor) John Adams 1819 1826 son of Mayor Richard Adams Joseph Tate 1826 1839 (died in office) son of Mayor Benjamin Tate Francis Wicker 1839 1840 William Lambert 1840 1852 (died in office) Samuel Pulliam 1852 1853 Joseph Carrington Mayo 1853 April 3, 1865 N. A. Sturdevant April 1865 April 1865 David J. Saunders April 1865 April 1866 Joseph Carrington Mayo April 1866 May 4, 1868 George Chahoon May 4, 1868 1870 Henry Keeling Ellyson 1870 1871 George Chahoon was the incumbent mayor. For seventeen months there was uncertainty about who was the legitimate mayor. The resulting Supreme Court of Appeals case resulted in masses of people packing the third floor of the Virginia State Capitol building in 1870, leading to a structural collapse. The case was resolved with the election of Anthony Michael Keily in 1871.[3] Ellyson was the father of Mayor James Taylor Ellyson. Anthony Michael Keiley 1871 1876 William Cornelius Carrington 1876 1888 James Taylor Ellyson 1888 1894 son of Mayor Henry Keeling Ellyson Richard M. Taylor 1894 1904 Carlton McCarthy 1904 1908 David C. Richardson 1908 1912 George Ainslie 1912 1924 John Fulmer Bright 1924 1940 Gordon Barbour Ambler 1940 1944 William C. Herbert 1944 1946 (died in office) Horace Hall Edwards 1946 1948 W. Stirling King 1948 1950 In 1948, a new city charter replaced the bicameral city council with a single nine-person body whose members were elected at large. The new charter also weakened the mayor's power by implementing a city manager system. T. Nelson Parker 1950 1952 Edward Ellis Haddock 1952 1954 Thomas P. Bryan 1954 1956 F. Henry Garber 1956 1958 A. Scott Anderson 1958 1960 Claude W. Woodward 1960 1962 Eleanor Parker Sheppard 1962 1964 (first female mayor) Morrill Martin Crowe 1964 1968 Phil J. Bagley, Jr. 1968 1970 Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. 1970 1977 Between 1972 and 1976, city council elections were not held in the City of Richmond by order of the United States Department of Justice (see City of Richmond v. United States). Henry L. Marsh III 1977 1982 (first African-American mayor of Richmond) Roy A. West 1982 1988 Geline Bowman Williams 1988 1990 (first time both mayor and vice mayor were female) Walter T. Kenney 1990 1994 Leonidas Young 1994 1996 Larry E. Chavis 1996 1998 Timothy Michael Kaine 1998 2000 Rudolph "Rudy" C. McCollum, Jr. 2000 2004 L. Douglas Wilder 2005 2009 City Council elections were moved from April to November to coincide with national and statewide elections. With the election of L. Douglas Wilder in 2005, the mayor is now elected at-large (by the entire city rather than by members of city council). Dwight Clinton Jones 2009 Present References
- ^ Rea, F.T. "Democracy: Neat, No Chaser." Richmond.com. November 29, 1999. Retrieved on October 7, 2006.
- ^ Rea, F.T. "Progress vs. Power" Style Weekly. October 9, 2002. Retrieved on October 7, 2006.
- ^ Rea, F.T. "The Bloody Interregnum." Richmond.com. November 29, 2000. Retrieved on October 7, 2006.
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