List of mayors of Richmond, Virginia
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This is a List of mayors of Richmond, Virginia, arranged chronologically.
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The following is a list of past and present mayor
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Richmond, Virginia
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| Mayor | Term Began | Term Ended | Notes |
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| William Foushee | 1782 | 1783 | Richmond's first mayor. |
| John James Beckley | July 1, 1783 | July 6, 1784 | |
| Robert Mitchell | July 7, 1784 | 1785 | |
| John Harvie John Harvie John Harvie was an American lawyer and builder from Virginia. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1777 and 1778, where he signed the Articles of Confederation.... |
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 James McClurg James McClurg was a delegate to the Philadelphia Convention. McClurg was an established physician in Virginia who was educated at the College of William and Mary and took his medical degree from the University of Edinburgh. He was a fellow student with Thomas Jefferson. He practiced first in... |
1797 | 1798 | |
| John Barrett | 1798 | 1799 | |
| George Nicholson George Nicholson George Nicholson, , printer, was born in Keighley, Yorkshire. Oxford Online Dictionary of National Biography - George NicholsonHe settled in Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire in 1808 where he remained until his death in 1825. He was a nationally known printer of the time... |
1799 | 1800 | |
| James McClurg James McClurg James McClurg was a delegate to the Philadelphia Convention. McClurg was an established physician in Virginia who was educated at the College of William and Mary and took his medical degree from the University of Edinburgh. He was a fellow student with Thomas Jefferson. He practiced first in... |
1800 | 1801 | |
| William Richardson | 1801 | 1802 | |
| John Foster | 1802 | 1803 | |
| James McClurg James McClurg James McClurg was a delegate to the Philadelphia Convention. McClurg was an established physician in Virginia who was educated at the College of William and Mary and took his medical degree from the University of Edinburgh. He was a fellow student with Thomas Jefferson. He practiced first in... |
1803 | 1804 | |
| Robert Mitchell | 1804 | 1805 | |
| William DuVal | 1805 | 1806 | |
| Edward Carrington Edward Carrington Edward Carrington was an American soldier and statesman from Virginia. He was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Continental Army, serving as Quartermaster to General Nathanael Greene’s Southern campaign... |
1806 | 1810 | |
| David Bullock | 1810 | 1811 | |
| Benjamin Tate | 1811 | 1812 | father of Mayor Joseph Tate |
| Thomas Wilson Thomas Wilson (Virginia politician) Thomas Wilson was a U.S. Representative from Virginia, father of Edgar Campbell Wilson and grandfather of Eugene McLanahan Wilson.... |
1812 | 1813 | |
| John Greenhow | 1813 | 1814 | |
| Thomas Wilson Thomas Wilson (Virginia politician) Thomas Wilson was a U.S. Representative from Virginia, father of Edgar Campbell Wilson and grandfather of Eugene McLanahan Wilson.... |
1814 | 1815 | |
| Robert Gamble | 1815 | 1816 | |
| Thomas Wilson Thomas Wilson (Virginia politician) Thomas Wilson was a U.S. Representative from Virginia, father of Edgar Campbell Wilson and grandfather of Eugene McLanahan Wilson.... |
1816 | 1817 | |
| William H. Fitzwhylson | 1817 | 1818 | |
| Thomas Wilson Thomas Wilson (Virginia politician) Thomas Wilson was a U.S. Representative from Virginia, father of Edgar Campbell Wilson and grandfather of Eugene McLanahan 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 George Chahoon George Chahoon was mayor of Richmond, Virginia, from 1868 until 1870.Chahoon was born in Sherburne, New York, but his family moved to Virginia not long after he was born. He grew up in Botetourt County and at the time the Civil War began was working in Washington, D.C., as a clerk in the Treasury... |
May 4, 1868 | 1870 | |
| Henry Keeling Ellyson | 1870 | 1871 | George Chahoon George Chahoon George Chahoon was mayor of Richmond, Virginia, from 1868 until 1870.Chahoon was born in Sherburne, New York, but his family moved to Virginia not long after he was born. He grew up in Botetourt County and at the time the Civil War began was working in Washington, D.C., as a clerk in the Treasury... 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 Virginia State Capitol The Virginia State Capitol is the seat of state government in the Commonwealth of Virginia, located in Richmond, the third capital of Virginia. It houses the oldest legislative body in the United States, the Virginia General Assembly... building in 1870, leading to a structural collapse. The case was resolved with the election of Anthony Michael Keily in 1871. Ellyson was the father of Mayor James Taylor Ellyson. |
| Anthony Michael Keiley | 1871 | 1876 | |
| William Cornelius Carrington | 1876 | 1888 | |
| James Taylor Ellyson James Taylor Ellyson James Taylor Ellyson was a U.S. political figure from the Commonwealth of Virginia who served in a number of state political positions. Born in Richmond, Virginia, Ellyson began his political career as a member of the Richmond City Council... |
1888 | 1894 | son of Mayor Henry Keeling Ellyson |
| Richard M. Taylor | 1894 | 1904 | |
| Carlton McCarthy Carlton McCarthy Carlton McCarthy was the mayor of Richmond from 1904 to 1908.-Civil War writings:Prior to this, he served as a soldier in the Confederate Army. He fought in local armies but was not formally enlisted private until 1864 in the Richmond Howitzers of the Army of Northern Virginia.... |
1904 | 1908 | |
| David C. Richardson | 1908 | 1912 | |
| George Ainslie | 1912 | 1924 | |
| John Fulmer Bright John Fulmer Bright John Fulmer Bright was an American politician and physician.Bright received an M.D. from the Medical College of Virginia in 1898. He sat in the Virginia House of Delegates representing the city of Richmond in 1922.... |
1924 | 1940 | |
| Gordon Barbour Ambler | 1940 | 1944 | |
| William C. Herbert | 1944 | 1946 | (died in office) |
| Horace Hall Edwards Horace Hall Edwards Horace Hall Edwards was an American politician, who was mayor of Richmond, Virginia, and a candidate for governor in 1949.... |
1946 | 1948 | |
| W. Stirling King | 1948 | 1950 | In 1948, a new city charter replaced the bicameral city council City council A city council or town council is the legislative body that governs a city, town, municipality or local government area.-Australia & NZ:Because of the differences in legislation between the States, the exact definition of a City Council varies... 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 City manager A city manager is an official appointed as the administrative manager of a city, in a council-manager form of city government. Local officials serving in this position are sometimes referred to as the chief executive officer or chief administrative officer in some municipalities... system. |
| T. Nelson Parker | 1950 | 1952 | |
| Edward Ellis Haddock | 1952 | 1954 | |
| Thomas P. Bryan | 1954 | 1956 | |
| F. Henry Garber | 1956 | 1958 | |
| A. Scott Anderson A. Scott Anderson A. Scott Anderson was an American politician, who was mayor of Richmond, Virginia from 1958–1960 and served on the City Council for the City of Richmond, Virginia from 1956–1960 and 1963-1966... |
1958 | 1960 | |
| Claude W. Woodward | 1960 | 1962 | |
| Eleanor Parker Sheppard | 1962 | 1964 | (first female mayor) |
| Morrill Martin Crowe Morrill Martin Crowe Morrill Martin "Doc" Crowe served as mayor of Richmond, Virginia, from 1964 through 1968 and on the Richmond city council from 1964 through 1970.... |
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 United States Department of Justice The United States Department of Justice , is the United States federal executive department responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice, equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries.The Department is led by the Attorney General, who is nominated... (see City of Richmond v. United States City of Richmond v. United States City of Richmond v. United States, 422 U.S. 358 was a case that upheld Richmond, Virginia's annexation of land from surrounding counties.-See also:*List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 422*Shaw v. Reno*Miller v. Johnson... ). |
| Henry L. Marsh III Henry L. Marsh Henry L. Marsh III is an American civil rights lawyer and politician. A Democrat, in 1977 Marsh was elected by the city council as the first African-American mayor of Richmond. He was elected to the Senate of Virginia in 1991, and has been re-elected... |
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. Rudolph McCollum Jr. Rudolph C. "Rudy" McCollum Jr. was the mayor of Richmond, Virginia between 2000 and 2004.-References:... |
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 At-Large At-large is a designation for representative members of a governing body who are elected or appointed to represent the whole membership of the body , rather than a subset of that membership... (by the entire city rather than by members of city council). |
| Dwight Clinton Jones Dwight Clinton Jones Dwight Clinton Jones became the Mayor of Richmond, Virginia on January 1, 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, he is also a Baptist minister. Jones was born in Philadelphia and moved to Richmond after attending Virginia Union University... |
2009 | Present |