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. Mayor William H. Harrison was mayor during the Confederate States of America and eventually surrendered the city back to the United States before Sherman's March to the Sea arrived.[1]
Intendants of Police
editUnder 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 of police were elected annually by all land-owning free men, including free African-Americans.[2][3]
| # | Mayor | Term start | Term end |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Haywood | 1795 | c. 1803 |
| 2 | William White | 1803 | 1806 |
| 3 | William Hill | 1806 | 1807[4] |
| 4 | Dr. Calvin Jones | 1807 | 1809 |
| 5 | John Marshall | 1809 | 1811 |
| 6 | Jonathan S. Robeteau | 1812 | 1813 |
| 7 | Sterling Yancey | 1813 | 1814[5] |
| 8 | Alexander Lucas | 1814 | 1816 |
| 9 | Mark Cooke | 1817 | 1819 |
| 10 | Joseph Gales, Sr. (first time) | 1819 | 1826 |
| 11 | John Bell | 1826 | 1827 |
| 12 | Joseph Gales, Sr. (second time) | 1827 | 1833 |
| 13 | Thomas Cobbs | 1833 | 1834 |
| 14 | Weston Raleigh Gales (first time) | 1835 | 1837 |
| 15 | Thomas Cobbs | 1837 | 1838 |
| 16 | William C. Carrington | 1838 | 1839 |
| 17 | Thomas Cobbs | 1839 | 1840 |
| 18 | Joseph Gales, Sr. (third time) | 1840 | 1841 |
| 19 | William F. Clarke | 1841 | 1842 |
| 20 | Thomas Loring | 1842 | 1843 |
| 21 | Weston Raleigh Gales (second time) | 1843 | 1847[6] |
| 22 | William Dallas Haywood | 1847 | 1857[7] |
List of mayors
edit| # | Mayor | Term start | Term end |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | William Dallas Haywood (first time) | 1857 | 1858 |
| 24 | William H. Harrison (first time) | 1858 | 1867 |
| 25 | William Dallas Haywood (second time) | 1867 | 1868 |
| 26 | Charles B. Root[8] | 1868 | 1869 |
| 27 | William H. Harrison (second time) | 1869 | 1872 |
| 28 | Wesley Whitaker | 1872 | 1874 |
| 29 | Joseph W. Holden | 1874 | 1875 |
| 30 | John C. Gorman | 1875 | 1875 |
| 31 | Joseph Henry Separk (died in office) | 1875 | 1875 |
| 32 | Basil C. Manly (died in office) | 1875 | 1882 |
| 33 | William H. Dodd[9] | 1882 | 1887 |
| 34 | Alfred A. Thompson | 1887 | 1891 |
| 35 | Thomas Badger | 1891 | 1895 |
| 36 | William M. Russ | 1895 | 1898 |
| 37 | A. M. Powell | 1898 | 1905 |
| 38 | James I. Johnson (first time) | 1905 | 1909 |
| 39 | James S. Wynne | 1909 | 1911 |
| 40 | James I. Johnson (second time) | 1911 | 1919 |
| 41 | T. B. Eldridge | 1919 | 1923 |
| 42 | Eugene English Culbreth[10][11] | 1923 | 1931 |
| 43 | George A. Iseley | 1931 | 1939 |
| 44 | Graham H. Andrews | 1939 | 1947 |
| 45 | Percey Daniel Snipes | 1947 | 1951 |
| 46 | James E. Briggs | 1951 | 1953 |
| 47 | Fred B. Wheeler[12] | 1951 | 1957 |
| 48 | William Gilmore Enloe | 1957 | 1963 |
| 49 | James William Reid | 1963 | 1965 |
| 50 | Travis Hocutt Tomlinson | 1965 | 1969 |
| 51 | Seby Brown Jones | 1969 | 1971 |
| 52 | Thomas Wood Bradshaw, Jr. | 1971 | 1973 |
| 53 | Clarence Everett Lightner | 1973 | 1975 |
| 54 | Jyles Jackson Coggins | 1975 | 1977 |
| 55 | Isabella McLean Bett Walton Cannon | 1977 | 1979 |
| 56 | George Smedes York | 1979 | 1983 |
| 57 | Avery Council Upchurch | 1983 | 1993 |
| 58 | Tom Harrison Fetzer | 1993 | 1999 |
| 59 | Paul Yelverton Coble | 1999 | 2001 |
| 60 | Charles Carpenter Meeker | 2001 | 2011 |
| 61 | Nancy Pletcher McFarlane | 2011 | 2019 |
| 62 | Mary-Ann Baldwin | 2019 | - |
See also
editFootnotes
edit- ^ "Fall of Raleigh". North Carolina Highway Historical Landmark Program. North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
- ^ 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
- ^ Murray, Elizabeth (1983). "Appendix D (Mayors)". Wake, Capital County of North Carolina, Volume 1, Prehistory Through Centennial. Wake County, North Carolina: Capital County Publishing, Raleigh. ASIN B000M0ZYF4. OCLC 9584353.
- ^ Elliot, Robert (1986). The Raleigh Register, 1799-1863. Raleigh, North Carolina. ISBN 978-0807850367.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Cahoon, Ben. "Mayors of U.S. Cities M - W". Worlds Statesmen. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
- ^ McCrady, Edward; A'Court Ashe, Samuel (1892). Cyclopedia of Eminent and Representative Men of the Carolinas of the Nineteenth Century. Vol. 2. Brant & Fuller, 1892. pp. 364–365. ISBN 978-1376644845.
- ^ "Dod-Hinsdale House". National Park Service. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
- ^ "History of Raleigh". Raleigh. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
- ^ North Carolina State College Agriculture and Engineering. Edwards & Broughton. 1921.
- ^ Dorin-Black, Cathy (September 26, 2017). "Fred Barnett Wheeler: Alumnus, Soldier, Councilman, Mayor". NC State University Libraries.