List of mayors of Fort Smith, Arkansas
The following is a list of mayors of the city of Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States.
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- C. M. Hudspeth, 1841[1]
- Joseph H. Heard, 1843-1845[1]
- Smith Elkins, 1845[1]
- George S. Birnie, 1846-1848[1]
- W. J. Weaver, 1849[1]
- Nicholas Spring, 1850[1]
- Marshall Grimes, 1851[1]
- Mitchell Sparks, 1852[1]
- R. P. Pulliam, 1853[1]
- John F. Wheeler, 1854[1]
- W. H. Rogers, 1855[1]
- R. M. Johnson, 1856, 1860, 1864, 1875[1]
- John Beckel, 1857[1]
- Joseph J. Walton, 1858[1]
- Francis H. Wolf, 1859, 1865[1]
- J. K. McKenzie, 1861[1]
- Joseph Bennett, 1862-1863[1]
- John Stryker, 1866-1868[1]
- E. J. Brooks, 1869-1872, 1874[1]
- I. W. Fuller, 1872-1873[1]
- J. R. Kannady, 1873-1874[1]
- Mont H. Sandels, 1876-1877[1]
- James Brizzolara, 1878-1882[1]
- J. Henry Carnall, 1883-1885[1]
- Mat Gray, 1886[1]
- Samuel A. Williams, 1887-1888[1][2]
- Daniel Baker, 1889-1890[1]
- C. M. Cooke, 1891-1892[1]
- J. A. Hoffman, 1893-1896[1]
- Tom Ben Garrett, 1897-1902[1]
- Henry Kuper Jr., 1903-1906[1][1]
- Fagan Bourland, 1907-1908, 1911-1913, 1921-1923, 1929-1933[1][3]
- W. J. Johnston, 1909-1911[4][3][1]
- Henry C. Read, 1913-1917[4][3][1]
- John H. Wright, 1917[1][5]
- Arch Monro, 1917-1921[1][6]
- D. L. Ford, 1923-1925[1]
- J. H. Parker, 1925-1929[1]
- J. K. Jordan, 1933-1941[1]
- Chester Holland, 1941-1945[1]
- Jack Pace, 1945-1952, 1957-1961[1]
- H. R. Hestand, 1952-1957[1]
- Bob Brooksher, 1961-1964[1]
- James Yarbrough, 1964-1967[1]
- Jack Freeze, 1967-1983[1]
- William D. Vines, 1984-1990[1]
- C. Ray Baker Jr., 1991-2010[4][7]
- Sandy Sanders, 2011-2018[4][8]
- George B. McGill, 2019–present[4]
See also
- Sebastian County Courthouse-Fort Smith City Hall
- Fort Smith history
- List of mayors of places in Arkansas
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at J. Fred Patton (1994), "Mayors of Fort Smith, Arkansas", History of Fort Smith, Arkansas, 1817-1992 (4th ed.), p. 283, ISBN 0961462914 – via Internet Archive
- ^ "History of Sebastian County: Fort Smith", History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas, Chicago: Goodspeed Pub. Co., 1889 – via HathiTrust
- ^ a b c Kevin L. Jones (2013), Fort Smith, Images of America, Arcadia Publishing
- ^ a b c d e Mayors of the City of Fort Smith, Arkansas, archived from the original on June 25, 2021, retrieved May 15, 2025 – via fortsmithar.gov
- ^ "Fort Smith Telephone Operators Strike of 1917", Encyclopedia of Arkansas, Central Arkansas Library System, retrieved May 15, 2025
- ^ "Wright Defeated by Women's Vote", The Courier-Index, Marianna, Arkansas, November 16, 1917 – via Library of Congress' Chronicling America
- ^ "Mayor and Board Info", fortsmithar.gov, archived from the original on October 13, 2007 – via Wayback Machine
- ^ Directory of Arkansas Elected Officials 2013-2014 (PDF), Arkansas Secretary of State Elections Division – via arkansas.gov