List of mayors of Fayetteville, Arkansas

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Molly Rawn was elected mayor of Fayetteville in 2024. Molly Rawn Photo.jpg
Molly Rawn was elected mayor of Fayetteville in 2024.

The mayor of Fayetteville, Arkansas is an elected city leader. Fayetteville is the second largest city in Arkansas and has a population of around 94,000.

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In 1868, during the American Civil War, Mayor M. LaRue Harrison was forcibly removed from office. For the remainder of the war, Fayetteville was under military control and did not have a mayor.

In 1992, the city's government transitioned from a city board to a mayor–council structure. [1]

Pre-Civil War (1841–1868)

No.NameTermRefs.
1P. Vinson Rhea1841
2J. W. Walker1859
3Stephen Bedford1860
4 M. LaRue Harrison 1868 [2] [3]

City board (1868–1992)

No.NameTermRefs.
5 E. I. Stirman 1869 [4] [5] [6]
6T. Murray Campbell1871
7J. R. Pettigrew1872
8George A. Grace1873
9Robert J. Wilson1874
10A. M. Wilson1876
11A. S. Vandeventer1877
12 J. H. Van Hoose 1880 [7]
13W. C. Jackson1881
14C. W. Walker1883
15W. C. Jackson1885
16R. J. Wilson
17O. C. Gray1886
18E. B. Wall1887
19J. H. Van Hoose1888
20F. M. Goar1889
21W. S. Pollard1891–1895 [8]
22Jack Walker1897
23J. T. Eason1901
24C. A. Mullholland1905
25W. H. Rollins1909–1913
26Guy Phillips1913–1914
27Tom Raylor1914–1917
28Allan Wilson1921–1929
29T. S. Tribble1929–1935
30A. D. McAllister1935–1941
31George Vaughn1941–1944
32G. T. Sanders1944–1949
33Powell M. Rhea1949–1953
34Roy A. Scott1954–1957
35J. Austin Parrish1958–1959
36Guy E. Brown1960–1965
37Don Trumbo1966–1968
38Garland Melton Jr.1969–1970
39Joe Fred Starr1971–1972 [9]
40Russell Purdy1973–1974
41Marion Orton1975–1976
42Ernest Lancaster1977–1978
43David Malone1978–1979
44John Todd1980–1981
45Paul Robert Noland1982–1986 [10]
46 Marilyn Johnson 1986–1987 [11]
47William V. Martin1987–1990
48Fred S. Vorsanger1991–1992 [12]

Mayor–council (1992–present)

No.NameTermParty affiliationRefs.
49Fred Hanna1992–2000 [13] [14]
50Dan CoodyJanuary 1, 2000–December 31, 2008
51Lioneld JordanJanuary 1, 2009–December 31, 2024 [15]
52 Molly Rawn January 1, 2025–present Democratic

See also

References

  1. "Fayetteville Mayors". City of Fayetteville, Arkansas.
  2. "Marcus LaRue Harrison (1830–1890)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
  3. "Sword Presented to Marcus LaRue Harrison". National Museum of American History.
  4. "Community and Conflict » Archive » Erasmus Stirman".
  5. "Erasmus Stirman". Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
  6. "Erasmus Stirman letter to Rebecca Stirman - May 12, 1862". Missouri Digital Heritage.
  7. "Obituary of James Hayden Van Hoose". Fayetteville Manuscripts.
  8. "Timeline – 1890s". Fayetteville History.
  9. "Joe Fred Starr, Businessman, Car Collector, Dies". Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette. March 28, 2013.
  10. "Obituary for Paul Robert Noland, Fayetteville, AR". Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette.
  11. Drake, Richard (February 12, 2012). "FOIA: Oh, Marilyn Heifner, you know better than this".
  12. "Obituary for Fred S. Vorsanger, Fayetteville, AR". Arkansas Democrat Gazette.
  13. "Northwest Arkansas Mall celebrates experiences with time capsule unveiling in Fayetteville". Arkansas Online. March 18, 2022.
  14. "A mayor and pioneer". The Arkansas Traveler.
  15. "Office of the Mayor". City of Fayetteville, Arkansas. Retrieved May 27, 2023.