List of mayors of Columbia, South Carolina
Encyclopedia
This is a list of mayor
s of Columbia, South Carolina
from 1806-present.
Mayor
In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
s of Columbia, South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina
Columbia is the state capital and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The population was 129,272 according to the 2010 census. Columbia is the county seat of Richland County, but a portion of the city extends into neighboring Lexington County. The city is the center of a metropolitan...
from 1806-present.
| Term | Mayor |
|---|---|
| 1855-1857 | Edward J. Arthur |
| 1857-1859 | James D. Tradewell |
| 1859-1861 | Allen J. Green |
| 1861-1863 | John H. Boatwright |
| 1863-1865 | Thomas J. Goodwyn |
| May 1865-April 1866 | James C. Gibbes |
| April 1866-July 1868 | Theodore Stark |
| July-August 1868 | Francis L. Guenther |
| August-November 1868 | Cyrus H. Baldwin |
| 1868-1870 | John McKenzie |
| 1870-1878 | John Alexander |
| 1878-1880 | William B. Stanley |
| 1880-1882 | Richard O'Neale Jr. |
| 1882-1890 | John T. Rhett |
| 1890-1892 | Fitz William McMaster |
| 1892-1894 | Walter C. Fisher |
| 1894-1898 | William M. Sloan |
| 1898-1900 | Thomas J. Lipscomb |
| 1900-1904 | Fort Sumter Earle |
| 1904-1908 | Thomas H. Gibbes |
| 1908-1910 | William S. Reamer |
| 1910-1914 | Wade Hampton Gibbes |
| 1914-1918 | Lewie A. Griffith |
| 1918-1922 | R. Johnson Blalock |
| 1922-1926 | William A. Coleman |
| 1926-1941 | Lawrence B. Owens |
| 1941-1946 | Fred D. Marshall |
| 1946-1950 | Frank C. Owens |
| 1950-1954 | J. Macfie Anderson |
| 1954-1958 | J. Clarence Dreher |
| 1958-1970 | Lester L. Bates |
| 1970-1978 | John T. Campbell John Tucker Campbell John Tucker Campbell was an American businessman and politician who was Secretary of State of South Carolina. He was awarded the Order of the Palmetto 18 October 1972 by Governor John C. West.He served in the U.S... |
| 1978-1986 | Kirkman Finlay (Columbia) Jr. |
| 1986-1990 | T. Patton Adams |
| 1990-2010 | Bob Coble Bob Coble Robert D. "Bob" Coble is a former mayor of Columbia, South Carolina. Coble has been a resident of Columbia for most of his life having attended Dreher High School and graduating in 1971. He served as mayor from 1990 until 2010... |
| 2010-present | Steve Benjamin |