List of mayors of Columbus, Georgia

This is a list of mayors and intendants of the city of Columbus, Georgia since its founding in 1828.

Intendants

• Ulysess S. Lewis (1828)
• James Van Ness (1829)
• Sowell Woolfork (1830)
• Samuel Lawhorn (1831)
• Allen Lawhon (1832–1834)
• James C. Watson (1835)

Mayors

• John Fontaine (1836–1837)
• James S. Calhoun (1838–1839)
• George D. McDougal (1840)
• W.H. Harper (1841)
• John L. Lewis (1842–1843)
• Jacob I. Moses (1844)
• L.B. Moody (1845)
• Hohn G. Winters (1846–1847)
• Wiley Williams (1848)
• S.W. Flournoy (1849–1850)
• Willis S. Holstead (1851–1852)
• J.L. Morton (1853)
• John E. Bacon (1854)
• Wiley Williams (1855)
• F.G. Wilkins (1856–1860)
• W.S. Holstead (1861)
• D.B. Thompson (1862)
• John F. Bozeman (1864)
• F.G. Wilkins (1864 – May 1868)
• Capt. William Mills, 16th U.S. Infantry (May 1868-April 1869), Military Reconstruction
• John McIlhenny (April 1869 – 1870)
• S.B. Cleghorn (1871)
• John McIlhenny (1872)
• S.B. Cleghorn (1873)
• John McIlhenny (1874–1876)
• S.G. Cleghorn (1877)
• F.G. Wilkins (1878–1881)
• Cliff B. Grimes (1882–1889)
• D.P. Dozier (1890–1891)
• J.J. Slade (1892–1895)
• Cliff B. Grimes (1896–1897)
• L.H. Chappell (1898–1907)
• Rhodes Browne (1908–1911)
• L.H. Chappell (1912–1913)
• John C. Cook (1914–1916)
• D.L. Parmer (1917–1919)
• Joe L. Couch (1920–1921)
• J. Homer Dimon (1922–1931)
• H.C. Smith (1932–1934)
• J. Homer Dimon (1935)
• Luther Clinton Wilson (1936–1938)
• James Barton Knight, Jr. (1939)
• Edward Murrah (1940–1942)
• W.G. Bridges (1943)
• Sterling Albrecht (1944–1946)
• Walter A. Richards (1947–1949)
• Ralph A. Sayers (1950)
• B.F. Register (1951–1952)
• Lawrence Shields (1953)
• Ralph A. Sayers (1954)
• C. Ed Berry (1955)
• Robert T. Davis (1956)
• B.F. Register (1957–1959)
• B. Ed Johnson (1960–1961)
• Steve Knight (1962)
• Harold E. Hughes (1963–1965)
• B. Ed Johnson (1965–1969), first full-time Mayor elected by voters
• J.R. Allen (1969 – February 1973)
• A.J. McClung (February–April 1973)
• Bob D. Hydrick (April 1973 – 1975)
• Jack P. Mickle (1975–1979)
• Harry C. Jackson (1979–1983)
• J.W. Feighner (1983–1987)
• James E. Jernigan (1987–1991)
• Frank K. Martin (1991–1995)
• Bobby G. Peters (1995–2003)
• Robert Poydasheff (2003–2007)
• Jim Wetherington (2007–2011)
• Teresa Tomlinson (2011–2019), first female mayor
• Berry “Skip” Henderson (2019-present)

See also

• Timeline of Columbus, Georgia

References

• Historical List of Mayors, columbusga.org; retrieved January 2011

External links

• Columbus Mayor's Office