List of mayors of Raleigh, North Carolina
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This is a list of Mayors of Raleigh since the creation of the office in 1857. The Mayor is the head of a council-manager system of government for Raleigh, North Carolina. The office was created in 1857, when a new charter was established for the city to replace the original 1795 charter.
Contents
1 List of mayors
2 Intendants of Police
3 See also
4 Footnotes
5 External links
List of mayors
| # | Mayor | Term start | Term end |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Dallas Haywood (first time) | 1857 | 1858 |
| 2 | William H. Harrison (first time) | 1858 | 1867 |
| 3 | William Dallas Haywood (second time) | 1867 | 1868 |
| 4 | William H. Harrison (second time) | 1868 | 1872 |
| 5 | Wesley Whitaker | 1872 | 1874 |
| 6 | Joseph W. Holden | 1874 | 1875 |
| 7 | John C. Gorman | 1875 | 1875 |
| 8 | Joseph Henry Separk | 1875 | 1875 |
| 9 | Basil C. Manly | 1875 | 1882 |
| 10 | W. H. Dodd | 1882 | 1887 |
| 11 | Alfred A. Thompson | 1887 | 1891 |
| 12 | Thomas Badger | 1891 | 1895 |
| 13 | William M. Russ | 1895 | 1898 |
| 14 | A. M. Powell | 1898 | 1905 |
| 15 | James I. Johnson (first time) | 1905 | 1909 |
| 16 | J. S. Wynne, | 1909 | 1911 |
| 17 | James I. Johnson (second time) | 1911 | 1919 |
| 18 | T. B. Eldridge | 1919 | 1923 |
| 19 | E. E. Culbreth | 1923 | 1931 |
| 20 | George A. Iseley | 1931 | 1939 |
| 21 | Graham H. Andrews | 1939 | 1947 |
| 22 | P. D. Snipes | 1947 | 1951 |
| 23 | J. E. Briggs | 1951 | 1953 |
| 24 | Fred B. Wheeler | 1951 | 1957 |
| 25 | William G. Enloe | 1957 | 1963 |
| 26 | James W. Reid | 1963 | 1965 |
| 27 | Travis H. Tomlinson | 1965 | 1969 |
| 28 | Seby B. Jones | 1969 | 1971 |
| 29 | Thomas W. Bradshaw | 1971 | 1973 |
| 30 | Clarence Lightner | 1973 | 1975 |
| 31 | Jyles J. Coggins | 1975 | 1977 |
| 32 | Isabella Cannon | 1977 | 1979 |
| 33 | George Smedes York | 1979 | 1983 |
| 34 | Avery C. Upchurch | 1983 | 1993 |
| 35 | Tom Fetzer | 1993 | 1999 |
| 36 | Paul Coble | 1999 | 2001 |
| 37 | Charles Meeker | 2001 | 2011 |
| 38 | Nancy McFarlane | 2011 | 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.[1][2]
John Haywood (1795 – c. 1803)
William White (1803–1806)- William Hill,(1806–1807) [3]
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
See also
- Timeline of Raleigh, North Carolina
Footnotes
^ Johnson, Guion Griffis, 1900–1989. Ante-Bellum North Carolina: A Social History: Electronic Edition
^ "Historical Raleigh from its foundation in 1792" by Moses N. Amis Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Early history of Raleigh, the capital city of North Carolina" Archived 2011-08-14 at the Wayback Machine by Kemp P. Battle
External links
- Raleigh city history

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