List of mayors of Augusta, Georgia - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This is a list of mayors of Augusta, Georgia

Augusta, Georgia

Augusta is a consolidated city in the U.S. state of Georgia, located along the Savannah River. As of the 2010 census, the Augusta–Richmond County population was 195,844 not counting the unconsolidated cities of Hephzibah and Blythe.Augusta is the principal city of the Augusta-Richmond County...

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), including the former city

City

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of Augusta and 1996–present consolidated

Consolidated city-county

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Augusta–Richmond County.

Former city of Augusta

Name	Sworn In	Left Office	Notes
John Milton John Milton (Georgia politician) John Milton was the Secretary of State of Georgia from 1777 to 1799. Milton is chiefly known as the grandfather of Florida governor John Milton and as the recipient of the votes of two Georgia electors in the first presidential election. Milton was one of Georgia's five Presidential electors in...	1792
Thomas Cumming	1798		Father of Henry Cumming
Walter Leigh	1815	1817
Freeman Walker Freeman Walker Freeman Walker was a United States Senator from Georgia. Born in Charles City, Virginia, he attended the common schools and, in 1797, moved to Augusta, Georgia. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1803, commencing practice in Augusta...	1818	1819
Nicholas Ware Nicholas Ware Nicholas Ware was a United States Senator from Georgia.Ware was born in Caroline County, Virginia and later moved with his parents to Edgefield, South Carolina and a few years later to Augusta, Georgia. He received a thorough English education and studied medicine, and studied law in Augusta as...	1819	1821	Ware's Telfair Street home "Ware's Folly" is now the location of Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art is located in Augusta, Georgia, in the home of former Augusta Mayor and United States Senator Nicholas Ware. Olivia Herbert founded the Institute in 1937. The original name for the Institute was the Augusta Art Club; it was later renamed in memorial to Olivia... .
Freeman Walker	1823	1823
Samuel Hale	1828	1836
Alfred Cumming Alfred Cumming (governor) Alfred Cumming was appointed governor of the Utah territory in 1858 replacing Brigham Young following the Utah War...	1836		Appointed governor of Territory of Utah Utah Territory The Territory of Utah was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from September 9, 1850, until January 4, 1896, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Utah.... in 1858
John Phinizy	1837		First Italian-American mayor of any U.S. city (original spelling: Finizzi)
Dr. Daniel Hook	1840	1841	Served two terms.
Martin M. Dye	1841	1842
Dr. Daniel Hook	1842	1843
Martin M. Dye	1843	1846	Served three 1 year terms
Dr. Lewis D. Ford	1846	1848	Served two 1 year terms
Dr. Ignatius P. Gavin	1848	1849
James B. Bishop	1849	1850
Thomas W. Miller	1850	1852
Dr. William E. Dearing	1852	1854
Abner P. Robertson	1854	1855
Dr. William E. Dearing	1855	1856
George W. Evans	1856	1857
Benjamin F. Conley Benjamin F. Conley Benjamin F. Conley was a United States politician.-Biography:Conley served as the 47th Governor of Georgia from October 30, 1871 to January 12, 1872 during Reconstruction and was the second Republican governor of Georgia...	1857	1859	Two terms (later a Governor of Georgia)
Foster Blodgett, Jr.	1859	1860
Robert H. May Robert H. May Robert H. May was born in Augusta, Georgia. With his parents, he shortly moved to the neighboring counties of Lincoln and Columbia, where they farmed. In his early teens, May moved back to Augusta, Georgia, where he was apprenticed to be a wheelwright with Hubert & Roll...	1861	1866	May served five 1-year terms during the period of the Civil War. In 1865, he was ordered by Georgia Governor Joseph E. Brown Joseph E. Brown Joseph Emerson Brown , often referred to as Joe Brown, was the 42nd Governor of Georgia from 1857 to 1865, and a U.S. Senator from 1880 to 1891... to burn the large amounts of cotton stored in Augusta warehouses "on the approach of the Yankees," so it would not fall into enemy's hands. As it turned out, the Union Army never came to Augusta.
James T. Gardiner	1866	8 Aug 1866	Elected April 1866 and resigned 8 Aug 1866. James Gardiner was publisher of The Daily Constitutionalist a local newspaper.
Abner P. Robertson	8 Aug 1866	20 Aug 1866	Pro Tem City Council
John Foster	20 Aug 1866	1867	Special Election to fill unexpired term of James T. Gardner
Foster Blodgett, Jr.	1867	1868	Military appointment; In 1867, the Southern States were divided into Military Districts and military tribunials where set-up to appoint government officials during this period
Henry F. Russell	1868	1869
Joseph V. H. Allen	1869	1870
Charles Estes	1870	1876	Served six 1-year terms
John U. Meyer	1876	1879
Robert H. May	1879	1891	Served Four 3-year terms. He was Coroner-Richmond County, 1900 - until his death, 7 February 1903. Buried in Magnolia Cemetery.
James H. Alexander	1891	1894	Since the 1876 election; mayors served 3-year terms
William B. Young	1894	1897
Patrick Walsh	1897	1898	Died in office
Jacob Phinizy	22 Dec 1898	18 April 1899	Pro Tem City Council
Charles A. Robbe	18 April 1899	7 July 1900	Died in office
Thomas Barrett, Sr.	8 July 1900	10 July 1900	Pro Tem City Council
Alfred Martin	10 July 1900	Jan. 1901	Special Election to fill unexpired term
Jacob Phinzy	Jan. 1901	1904	Once owner of "Augusta's First Skyscraper" known today as the Marion Building at 739 Broad Street
Richard E. Allen	Jan. 1904	1907
William M. Dunbar	Jan. 1907	1910	Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives The Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives was an employee of the United States Congress from 1834 to 1993.Before the creation of the office of Postmaster, mail duties were handled by workers in the office of the Doorkeeper, who were paid additional compensation... for the 62nd through 65th Congresses (1911-1919)
Thomas Barrett, Sr.	1910	Jan. 1913	Barrett Plaza, located in front of the Federal Court House & 800 block of Telfair Street, is named for Thomas Barrett, Sr.
Linwood C. Hayne	1913	Jan. 1916
James R. Littleton	1916	Jan. 1919
William P. White	1919	Jan. 1922	The Appleby Library was Wm. P. White's home until his widow sold it in 1928 to Scott B. Appleby. Mr. Appleby donated the house in 1954 to the Augusta City Council for use as a library.
Julian Smith	1923	1925	The Julian Smith Casino Julian Smith Casino The Julian Smith Casino in Augusta, Georgia is not a gambling establishment as persons outside the CSRA might think from its name. The casino part of its name is in the older sense of a place of recreation, not just a place of gambling. It is named after Julian Smith, a former mayor of Augusta... , operated by the city recreation department, is named after Smith.
Richard Allen, Jr.	1937
W.D. Jennings	1951	1953
H. L. Hamilton	1953	1954
George "Buster" Albert Sancken Jr.	1964	1970
Lewis "Pop" Newman	1973	1981
Ed McIntyre Ed McIntyre Edward M. McIntyre became the first African American mayor of Augusta, Georgia, in 1981. He had previously served as a county commissioner for Richmond County. He is notable for a U.S. federal conviction for extortion in 1984...	1981	1984	First African American African American African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States... mayor of city of Augusta
Charles DeVaney	1984	1996	Last mayor of former city of Augusta

Consolidated Augusta–Richmond County

Name	Sworn In	Left Office	Notes
Larry Sconyers Larry Sconyers Larry E. Sconyers was the first Mayor of the consolidated government for Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia. He is also the owner of Sconyers Bar-B-Que, a top 10 restaurant in its class according to People magazine. The restaurant was officially commended by the Georgia General Assembly within House...	1996	1999	First mayor of consolidated Augusta-Richmond County, owner and operator of Sconyers Bar-B-Que Sconyers Sconyers Bar-B-Que, also known as Sconyers Inc. is a southern food and barbecue restaurant located in Augusta, Georgia. It has received popular acclaim for its food, and has been listed as a top ten barbecue restaurant in the United States by People magazine.-History:The restaurant began operations...
Bob Young	1999	2005	Longtime local television news anchor (WJBF-TV) before election to mayor; left mayor's office in 2005 to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development United States Department of Housing and Urban Development The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, also known as HUD, is a Cabinet department in the Executive branch of the United States federal government... appointment by president George W. Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000.... .
Willie Mays	2005	2006	Commissioner chosen by city commission following Bob Young's departure to serve as interim mayor until special election. First African American to serve as mayor of consolidated Augusta-Richmond County.
Deke Copenhaver	2006

External links

Mayor's Office — AugustaGA.gov

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