List of mayors of Athens, Georgia

The following is a list of mayors of the city of Athens, Georgia, USA.

City Hall building in Athens, Georgia, USA, in 2022

Prior to 1991

• Henry Carlton Tuck, 1892-1893 ^{[1] [2]}
• J.J. Crittenden McMahan, ca.1897 ^[3]
• Edward Thomas Brown [4]
• Edward I. Smith, ca.1900 ^[5]
• William F. Dorsey, ca.1906-1909 ^[6]
• Hugh Jackson Rowe, ca.1912 ^{[7] [4]}
• Robert O. Arnold, ca.1916 ^[8]
• Andrew Cobb Erwin, 1918-1922 ^[9]
• Alonzo Gordon Dudley, 1926–1935, 1938-1939 ^{[10] [11]}
• T. S. Mell, ca.1937 ^[12]
• Bob McWhorter, 1940-1947 ^[12]
• Jack R. Wells, ca.1951-1956 ^[12]
• Ralph M. Snow, ca.1958-1959 ^[13]
• Upshaw Bentley, 1977-1980 ^[14]

Since 1991

In 1990, the governments of Clarke County and the city of Athens merged to form the Athens-Clarke County unified government. ^{[15] [16]}

• Gwen O'Looney, 1991-1998 ^[17]
• Doc Eldridge, 1999-2003 ^{[18] [19]}
• Heidi Davison, 2003–2011
• Nancy Denson, ca.2011
• Kelly Girtz, ca.2019-2024 ^[20]

See also

• Timeline of Athens, Georgia

References

1. University of Georgia Libraries, Henry Carlton Tuck papers , retrieved July 10, 2024
2. Who's who in the South, Washington DC: Mayflower Publishing Company, 1927
3. Athens city directory, 1897 – via Digital Library of Georgia
4. Book of Georgia: A Work for Press Reference, 1920
5. "Municipal Government of Athens", Athens Daily Banner, December 14, 1900 – via Digital Library of Georgia
6. Directory, City of Athens, Georgia, 1909
7. The Georgia annual 1912: a compendium of useful information about Georgia, Atlanta: A.B. Caldwell – via HathiTrust
8. "Hon. Robert O. Arnold Next Mayor of Athens", Athens Daily Herald, November 24, 1915 – via Digital Library of Georgia
9. Georgia's Official Register, 1927, State of Georgia Department of Archives and History
10. "Notable career closes as A.G. Dudley passes", Athens Banner-Herald, August 4, 1947 – via Digital Library of Georgia
11. "Dudley Park Historical Marker", Historical Marker Database , retrieved July 11, 2024
12. Lawrence Kestenbaum (ed.), "Mayors and Postmasters of Athens, Georgia", Political Graveyard, retrieved July 10, 2024
13. "Mayor-elect restates tag proposal", The Red and Black, Athens, Georgia, October 31, 1957 – via Digital Library of Georgia
14. "Former Athens mayor Upshaw Bentley dies", onlineathens.com, August 15, 2013
15. "Historical Timeline", accgov.com, Athens-Clarke County Unified Government, retrieved July 10, 2024
16. "Athens-Clarke County Unification 25th Anniversary", accgov.com, Athens-Clarke County Unified Government, retrieved July 10, 2024
17. "O'Looney reflects on 8 years as mayor", The Red and Black, Athens, Georgia, September 28, 1998 – via Digital Library of Georgia
18. "Eldridge new mayor of Athens", The Red and Black, Athens, Georgia, November 4, 1998 – via Digital Library of Georgia
19. "Athens-Clarke County Mayor and Commission", athensclarkecounty.com, archived from the original on December 2, 2000 – via Wayback Machine
20. "Mayor", accgov.com, archived from the original on February 12, 2019 – via Wayback Machine

External links

• University of Georgia Libraries. Athens-Clarke County Mayor's Office collection