List of mayors of Columbia, Tennessee

The following is a list of mayors of the city of Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America.

• Meredith Helm, 1829–1830, 1834–1836, 1841–1843, 1848-1853 ^[1]
• James Walker, 1830-1832 ^[1]
• J.R. Plummer, 1832–1834, 1836–1837, 1838-1839 ^[1]
• John Kirk, 1837-1838 ^[1]
• Archibald H. Buchanan, 1839-1840 ^[1]
• Terry Cahal, 1840-1841 ^[1]
• S.A. Hamner, 1843–1844, 1845-1847 ^[1]
• Lee Holman, 1844–1845, 1847-1848 ^[1]
• W.J. Dale, 1853–1854, 1869-1870 ^[1]
• W.B. Wilson, 1854-1855 ^[1]
• Thomas Keesee, 1855-1857 ^[1]
• Edward Kuhn, 1857–1858, 1866–1867, 1872-1874 ^[1]
• J.R. Lamb, 1858-1859 ^[1]
• W.R. Hodge, 1859-1860 ^[1]
• J.P. McGaw, 1860–1862, 1871-1872 ^[1]
• J.S. Negley, 1862-1864 ^[1]
• W.J. Andrews, 1864–1865, 1881–1884, 1885-1886 ^[1]
• Joseph A. Walker, 1865-1866 ^[1]
• J.A. Engle, 1867-1869 ^[1]
• J.T.L. Cochran, 1870-1871 ^[1]
• T.W. Keesee, 1874-1875 ^[1]
• J.P. Brown, 1875-1876 ^[1]
• John Latta Jr., 1876-1877 ^[1]
• J.T. Williamson, 1877-1878 ^[1]
• J.M. Hodge, 1878-1879 ^[1]
• L.W. Black, 1879-1881 ^[1]
• J.E.R. Carpenter, 1884 ^[1]
• J.G. Bailey, 1884-1885 ^[1]
• Joseph Towler, 1886-1888 ^[1]
• Robert Pillow, 1888-1890 ^[1]
• H.L. Hendley, 1890-1893 ^[1]
• J.A. Smiser, 1893 ^[1]
• T.E. Lipscomb, 1894-1896 ^[1]
• A.J. Nichols, 1896-1898 ^[1]
• E. Yoest, 1898–1900, 1902-1903 ^[1]
• W.D. Cameron, 1900-1902 ^[1]
• J.A. Titcomb, 1903-1904 ^[1]
• J.F. Brownlow, 1904-1906 ^[1]
• R.H. Guest, 1906-1908 ^[1]
• W.M. Biddle, 1908-1912 ^[1]
• J.M. Dedman, 1912-1920 ^[1]
• W.O. Cherry, 1920-1922 ^[1]
• Fred Latta, 1922-1928 ^[1]
• H.W. Frierson, 1928-1930 ^[1]
• F.D. Chaffin, 1930-1936 ^[1]
• Eldridge Dedham, 1936–1940, 1943-1954 ^[1]
• George Sloan, 1940-1943 ^[1]
• Thomas F. Williams, 1954-1958 ^{[1] [2]}
• Thomas McGrew, 1958-1962 ^[1]
• Harry Napier, 1962-1966 ^[1]
• James Dowdy, 1966-1970 ^[1]
• J.J. Underwood, 1970-1974 ^[1]
• J.A. (Buddy) Morgan, 1974-1982 ^[1]
• James L. Bailey, 1982-1986 ^[1]
• J.A. Morgan, 1986-1990 ^[1]
• Barbara McIntyre, 1990–1998, 1999-2006 ^{[1] [3]}
• Larry Smithson, 1998-1999 ^[1]
• William E. Gentner, 2006-2010 ^[1]
• Dean Dickey, 2010-2018 ^[1]
• Chaz Molder, c.2018-2024 ^{[1] [4]}

See also

• Columbia history

References

1. "Past Mayors of Columbia, TN", columbiatn.gov, retrieved November 18, 2024
2. Directory of Tennessee Municipal Officials , retrieved November 18, 2024– via Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange, University of Tennessee
3. "Government", columbiatn.com, archived from the original on December 5, 1998 – via Wayback Machine
4. "Molder secures second term as Columbia Mayor over challenger Matthews", columbiadailyherald.com , November 9, 2022

External links

• Municipal Technical Advisory Service, "Columbia", mtas.tennessee.edu, University of Tennessee Institute for Public Service