List of mayors of Chattanooga, Tennessee

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This is a list of mayors of Chattanooga, Tennessee . Tim Kelly has been the incumbent mayor of Chattanooga since his inauguration on April 19, 2021 at the Tivoli Theatre. [1]

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ImageYears ServedMayor [2]
James Enfield Berry, mayor of Chattanooga.jpg 1840[a] James Enfield Berry
1841Dr. Beriah Frazier
Milo Smith, mayor of Chattanooga.jpg 1842–1843 Milo Smith
1844–1845Dr. Joseph Strong Gillespie
Henry White Massengale, mayor of Chattanooga.jpg 1846–1848 Henry White Massengale
1849 Thomas Crutchfield Sr.
Milo Smith, mayor of Chattanooga.jpg 1850–1852 Milo Smith
Henry White Massengale, mayor of Chattanooga.jpg 1853Henry White Massengale
1854 William Williams
1854 William F. Ragsdale
1855 Eldridge Gerry Pearl
1856 David Claiborne McMillin
1857 William D. Fulton
1858 William Samuel Bell
1859 Thomas Crutchfield Jr.
1860 Charles Erskine Grenville
1861 James Cartwright Warner
Milo Smith, mayor of Chattanooga.jpg 1862–1863 Milo Smith
1863–1865Under direct control of the United States Army for duration of Civil War
Richard Henderson, mayor of Chattanooga.jpg 1865 Richard Henderson
1866 Charles E. Lewis
1867–1868 Dudley C. Carr
1869 Alonzo G. Sharpe
1870–1871 William P. Rathburn
John T Wilder.jpg
1871–1872 John T. Wilder
1872 Josiah Jackson Bryan
Eli M. Wight, mayor of Chattanooga.jpg 1873 Eli M. Wight
1874 Philander D. Sims
1875 John W. James
1876 Col. Tomlinson Fort, Jr. (Dem.)
Eli M. Wight, mayor of Chattanooga.jpg 1877 Eli M. Wight
1878 Thomas J. Carlisle
1878 Andrew Jackson Gahagan
1879 Jesse Thomas Hill
1880 Henry Frederick Temple
John A. Hart, mayor of Chattanooga.jpg 1881John A. Hart
Portrait of Henry Clay Evans.jpg
1882–1883 Henry Clay Evans (Rep.)
1883–1885[b] Hugh Whiteside
1885–1887Alonzo G. Sharpe
1887–1889 John B. Nicklin
John A. Hart, mayor of Chattanooga.jpg 1889–1891John A. Hart
1891 Isaac B. Merriman
1891–1893 Garnet Andrews
George W Ochs, mayor of Chattanooga.jpg 1893–1897 George W. Ochs
1897–1899 Edmund Watkins
1899–1901 Joseph Wassman
William L. Frierson DOJ photo.jpg
1901–1905 William Little Frierson
1905–1907
1907–1909 William Riley Crabtree
1909–1915[c] T.C. Thompson
1915–1919 Jesse M. Littleton
1919–1923 Alexander Wilds Chambliss
1923–1927 Richard Hardy
1927–1947 Edward Davis "E.D." Bass (Dem.)
1947 Elijah Radford Betterton
1947–1951 Hugh Wasson
Olgiati.jpg
1951–1963 Peter Rudolph "Rudy" Olgiati
1963–1969 Ralph H. Kelley
1969–1971 Austin Letheridge "Chunk" Bender (Dem.)
1971 S. Dean Peterson
1971–1975 Robert Kirk Walker
Charles A Pat Rose, mayor of Chattanooga.jpg 1975–1983 Charles A. “Pat” Rose
1983–1997 Gene Roberts
1997–2001 Jon Kinsey (Dem.)
Bob Corker official Senate photo.jpg
2001–2005 Bob Corker (Rep.)
US Navy 090609-N-3271W-094 Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield presents a Navy Week proclamation to Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Rick West for Chattanooga Navy Week (3x4 ).jpg
2005–2013 Ron Littlefield (Independent)
Andrew Berke, RUS Administrator.jpg
2013–2021 Andy Berke (Dem.)
Chattanooga, Tennessee Mayor Tim Kelly.jpg
2021–present Tim Kelly (Independent)

Notes
[a] From 1840–1882, all mayors served one year terms, with several mayors elected to successive terms.
[b] From 1883–1911, all mayors served two year terms, with several mayors elected to successive terms.
[c] From 1911 to the present, most mayors have served four year terms, with several mayors elected to successive terms.

See also

Notes

  1. "Chattanooga Mayor-Elect and City Council Members to be Sworn in on April 19 at the Tivoli Theatre". 15 April 2021.
  2. "History of Mayors".

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