List of mayors of Raleigh, North Carolina

This is a list of Mayors of Raleigh, North Carolina from 1857 (when a new charter was established for the city, replacing the original 1795 charter) to the present:

*William Dallas Haywood, 1857-58
*William H. Harrison, 1858-67
*William Dallas Haywood, 1867-68
*William H. Harrison, 1868-72
*Wesley Whitaker, 1872-74
*Joseph W. Holden, 1874-75
*John C. Gorman, 1875
*Joseph Henry Separk, 1875
*Basil C. Manly, 1875-82
*W. H. Dodd, 1882-87
*Alfred A. Thompson, 1887-91
*Thomas Badger, 1891-95
*William M. Russ, 1895-98
*A. M. Powell, 1898-1905
*James I. Johnson, 1905-09
*J. S. Wynne, 1909-11
*James I. Johnson, 1911-19
*T. B. Eldridge, 1919-23
*E. E. Culbreth, 1923-31
*George A. Iseley, 1931-39
*Graham H. Andrews, 1939-47
*P. D. Snipes, 1947-51
*J. E. Briggs, 1951-53
*Fred B. Wheeler, 1953-57
*William G. Enloe, 1957-63
*James W. Reid, 1963-65
*Travis H. Tomlinson, 1965-69
*Seby B. Jones, 1969-71
*Thomas W. Bradshaw, 1971-73
*Clarence Lightner, 1973-75
*Jyles J. Coggins, 1975-77
*Isabella W. Cannon, 1977-79
*G. Smedes York, 1979-83
*Avery C. Upchurch, 1983-93
*Tom Fetzer, 1993-99
*Paul Coble, 1999-2001
*Charles Meeker, 2001-present

Intendants of Police

Under Raleigh's original 1795 charter, the equivalent of a mayor was called the "Intendant of Police" (a title borrowed from France). The first person to hold the office was John Haywood. He was elected by the city board of commissioners (who were themselves appointed by the North Carolina General Assembly). Starting in 1803, intendants were elected annually by all land-owning free men, including free African-Americans. [ [http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/johnson/chapter5.html Johnson, Guion Griffis, 1900- 1989. Ante-Bellum North Carolina: A Social History: Electronic Edition ] ] [ [http://digitalstatelibnc.cdmhost.com/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/p249901coll26&CISOPTR=1511&REC=3 "Historical Raleigh from its foundation in 1792" by Moses N. Amis] ]

*John Haywood (1795-c. 1803)
*William White (1803-1806)
*William Hill (1806-1807) [ [http://digitalstatelibnc.cdmhost.com/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/p249901coll26&CISOPTR=1268&REC=4 "Early history of Raleigh, the capital city of North Carolina"] by Kemp P. Battle]
*Dr. Calvin Jones (1807-?)
*John Marshall
*Jonathan S. Robeteau
*Sterling Yancey
*Joseph Gales, Sr. (1819-1833; 1840-1841)
*Weston R. Gales
*William C. Carrington
*Thomas Loring

Notes

External links

* [http://www.raleigh-nc.org/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_0_306_202_0_43/http;/pt03/DIG_Web_Content/category/Resident/Raleigh_At_A_Glance/History_of_Raleigh/Cat-Index.html Raleigh city history]