List of mayors of Montgomery, Alabama

This is a list of mayors who have served the city of Montgomery, Alabama, United States.

Mayor Term[1]
Samuel D. Holt (1st term) 1838[2]
Jack Thorington 1839โ€”1840
Hardy Herbet 1841
Perez Coleman 1842โ€”1846
Nimrod E. Benson 1847
Edwin B. Harris 1848โ€”1849
Robert T. Davis 1850
Thomas Welsh 1851
Samuel D. Holt (2nd term) 1852
Charles R. Hansford 1853โ€”1859
Andrew J. Noble 1860โ€”1861
J.F. Johnson 1862โ€”1863
Walter L. Coleman 1864โ€”1868
Thomas O. Glasscock 1868โ€”1870
H.E. Faber 1870โ€”1875
Mordecai L. Moses[3] 1875โ€”1881
J.B. Gaston 1881โ€”1885
W.S. Reese 1885โ€”1889
Edward A. Graham 1889โ€”1891
John G. Crommelin, Sr. 1891โ€”1895
John H. Clisby 1895โ€”1899
E.B. Joseph 1900โ€”1903
Thomas H. Carr 1903โ€”1905
W.M. Teague 1905โ€”1909
Gaston Gunter 1909โ€”1910
W.A. Gunter, Jr. (1st term) 1911โ€”1915
W.T. Robertson 1915โ€”1919 [4]
W.A. Gunter, Jr. (2nd term) 1919โ€”1940
Cyrus B. Brown 1941โ€”1944
David E. Dunn 1944โ€”1945
John L. Goodwyn 1946โ€”1951
W. A. Gayle 1951โ€”1959
Earl D. James 1959โ€”1971
Jim Robinson 1971โ€”1977
Emory Folmar 1977โ€”1999
Bobby Bright November 9, 1999โ€”January 6, 2009
Charles Jinright January 6, 2009โ€”March 24, 2009
Todd Strange March 24, 2009โ€”November 12, 2019
Steven Reed November 12, 2019โ€”present[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Owen, Thomas McAdory; Owen, Marie Bankhead (1921), History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, vol. II (De luxe supplement ed.), Chicago: S. J. Clarke, p. 1037, retrieved January 17, 2009
  2. ^ "Mayors of Montgomery". Code of Ordinances of the City Council of Montgomery. 1902.
  3. ^ Montgomery, Alabama, Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life, retrieved January 31, 2009
  4. ^ "City and town officers", Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1915, State of Alabama Department of Archives and History, pp. 209โ€“248 โ€“ via HathiTrust
  5. ^ WSFA Staff. "Steven Reed sworn-in as Montgomery's first black mayor". wsfa.com. Retrieved December 6, 2019.