List of mayors of Greenville, South Carolina

Not to be confused with List of mayors of Greenville, North Carolina.

This is a list of mayors of Greenville, South Carolina,^[1] a city in the northwest (Upstate) part of the U.S. state of South Carolina. Before the city's office of Mayor was established, a similar role was that of Intendant.^[1] Mayors began office when the General Assembly amended the town charter in February 1869 to establish Greenville as a city.^[2] Officials elected to multiple consecutive terms have the number of terms noted after their names.

Intendants

Order	Person number	Intendants of Greenville, South Carolina
		Intendant	Served	Notes
1	1	Thomas M. Cox	1850–1851	also served in 1864
		unknown	1852–1854
2	2	H. Lee Thruston (2)	1855–1857
		unknown	1858
3	3	Alexander McBee	1859–1860[3]	also served 1862–1863; son of Vardry McBee[4]
		unknown	1861
4	3	Alexander McBee	1862–1863[5][6]	also served 1859–1860; lived at Brushy Creek[6]
5	1	Thomas M. Cox	1864	also served 1850–1851
		unknown	1865
6	4	R.D. Long	1866–1867
7	5	W.R. Jones	1868	also served as Greenville's first mayor

Mayors

Years per term	Order	Person number	Mayors of Greenville, South Carolina
			Mayor	Served	Notes
1	1	1	W.R. Jones	1869–1870	served previously as intendant
	2	2	Thomas C. Gower	1870–1871
	3	3	James P. Moore	1871–1872
	4	4	H.P. Hammett	1872–1873
	5	5	Samuel Stradley	1873–1874
2	6	6	William C. Cleveland	1875–1877	terms began a two-year length[7]
	7	7	William L. Mauldin	1877–1879	later served in the state house, senate, and as lieutenant governor
	8	8	Samuel A. Townes (3)	1879–1885	also served 1887–1889
	9	9	E.F.S. Rowley	1885–1887	also served 1889–1891
	10	8	Samuel A. Townes	1887–1889	also served 1879–1885
	11	9	E.F.S. Rowley	1889–1891	also served 1885–1887
	12	10	W.W. Gilreath	1891–1893
	13	11	James T. Williams (4)	1893–1901
	14	12	C.C. Jones	1901–1903
	15	13	G. Heyward Mahon (3)	1903–1909
	16	14	John B. Marshall	1909–1911	also served 1913–1915
	17	15	Henry Briggs	1911–1913
	18	14	John B. Marshall	1913–1915	also served 1909–1911
	19	16	Charles S. Webb	1915–1917
	20	17	H.C. Harvley (3)	1917–1923
	21	18	Richard F. Watson (2)	1923–1927
	22	19	Alvin H. Dean	1927–1929
	23	20	A.C. Mann (2)	1929–1933	father of politician James Mann
	24	21	John McHardy Mauldin (2)	1933–1937	son of Mayor William L. Mauldin
	25	22	C. Fred McCullough (5)	1937–1947
	26	23	J. Kenneth Cass (7)	1947–1961
	27	24	David G. Traxler Sr. (4)	1961–1969
	28	25	R. Cooper White Jr.	1969–1971	grandson of Mayor H.C. Harvley[8]
4	29	26	Max Heller (2)	1971–1979	terms began a 4-year length; appointed to State Development Board[9]
	30	27	James H. Simkins	1979	completed Heller's second term
	31	28	Jesse L. Helms	1979–1982	died in office
	32	29	Harry B. Luthi	1982–1983	completed Helms's term
	33	30	Bill Workman (3)	1983–1995
	34	31	Knox H. White (8)	1995–present	longest-serving mayor

References

1. "Historical Archive: Mayors and Intendants". City of Greenville, South Carolina. Archived from the original on May 17, 2014.
2. "175th Anniversary Information Brochure". City of Greenville, South Carolina. 2006. p. 14. Retrieved March 23, 2021. 25 FEB 1869. The Town Charter was amended by the General Assembly to establish Greenville as a city.
3. Greisser, Edith. "Laurensville Herald, 1855–1859". Genealogy Trails. Retrieved March 24, 2021. McAbee, A. was elected Intendant of Greenville, Laurensville Herald 9/23/1859, p2
4. "Check out some of Greenville's most historic homes". WYFF. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
5. "175th Anniversary Information Brochure". City of Greenville, South Carolina. 2006. p. 13. Retrieved March 23, 2021. 26 MAR 1863. Council sanctioned the actions of the Intendant Alexander McBee, who had offered use of the public buildings in the town...
6. McCuen, Anne K. (May 1998). "Brushy Creek Registration Form" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places. p. 6. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
7. "175th Anniversary Information Brochure". City of Greenville, South Carolina. 2006. p. 15. Retrieved March 23, 2021. 15 DEC 1874. ... Aldermen and Mayor would serve two years beginning with the 1875 election
8. "R. Cooper White 1927–2017". The Greenville News. April 24, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2021 – via Legacy.com.
9. Huff, Archie Vernon Jr. (May 18, 2016). "Heller, Max". South Carolina Encyclopedia. Retrieved March 24, 2021. In 1979 Governor Richard Riley appointed Heller chairman of the State Development Board.