List of mayors of Huntington, West Virginia

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Mayor of Huntington, West Virginia
Incumbent
Patrick Farrell
since 2025
Formation1871
First holder Peter Cline Buffington (1871 - 1874)
Website Mayor's Office

This is a list of mayors of Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America. [1]

Contents

History

Since 1985 Huntington, West Virginia has operated under a strong mayor/city council form of government. [2] The mayor is elected to four-year terms in partisan elections contested at the same time as United States presidential elections. The current mayor is Patrick Farrell, a Republican who is currently in his first term. Mayors in Huntington are term-limited to three terms [3] and have the authority to veto acts of the city council.

Mayors

Pre strong mayor format

OrderMayorTerm BeganTerm EndedNotes
1 Peter Cline Buffington 18711874First mayor of Huntington, West Virginia [4]
2Thomas J. Burke18741876
3M. G. Nichols18761877
4Thomas J. Burke18771878
5J. M. Layne18781879
6Edward S. Buffington18791880Son of Peter Cline Buffington [5]
7George Cullen18801882
8J. M. Layne18821883
9Hamilton Dickey18831884
10A. L. Crider18841885
11E. A. Bennett18851886
12A. H. Woodworth18861887
13Thomas S. Garland18871889
14Thomas S. Garland18901891
15Hamilton Dickey18911892
16W. H. Bull18921893
17George I. Neal18931895
18C. R. Enlow18951896
19Ely Ensign18961896 [4]
20William F. Hite18971898 [4]
21Charles A. Nash18981899
22H. A. Brandebury18991901
23H. C. Gordon19011903
24Charles M. Buck19031905
25H. C. Gordon19051906
26John W. Ensign19061908
27John B. Stevenson19081909
28Rufus Switzer19091912
29Floyd S. Chapman19121915
30Edmund Sehon19151918 [6]
31Leon S. Wiles19181918Died in office [1]
32Charles W. Campbell19191922 [6] [4]
33 Will E. Neal 19251928
34J. Boyce Taylor19281929 [4]
35Porter W. Smith19301934
36Martin V. Chapman19351935
37George R. Seamonds19371939
38Claude V. Swann19401942
39Paul O. Fiedler19431946
40Douglas C. Tomkies19471948
41W. W. Payne19491952
42Cecil C. Thompson19531954
43George E. Theurer19551955
44Harold L. Frankel19571959
45Robert O. Ellis, Jr.19591959
46John J. Durkin19611961
47George Garner19621963
48A. E. Harris19641964
49John B. Meek19651965
50R. O. Robertson, Jr.19661966
51Owen L. Duncan19671967
52Gordon Miller19681968
53Robert V. Bolling19691969
54Robert E. Hinerman19701970
55Milton T. Herndon19711971
56Gordon T. Millard19721972
57Owen L. Duncan19731973
58Phyllis Cyrus19731974
59Harold L. Frankel19741975 [7]
60J. A. Caldwell19751976
61Harold L. Frankel19771978 [7]
62George Malott19781978
63Dean Sturm19791980 [8]
64William D. Toney19811981
65Robert P. Alexander19821983 [9]

Strong mayor format

OrderMayorTerm BeganTerm EndedNotes
66Bobby Nelson19851993First mayor in Strong mayor format
67Jean Dean19932000First woman mayor [10]
68 David Felinton 20012008 [11]
69Kim Wolfe20092012 [12]
70 Stephen T. Williams 20132025First three-term mayor [13] [14]
71Patrick Farrell2025Present [13]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Mayors and Postmasters of Huntington, West Virginia". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved November 24, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Huntington Charter". The Associated Press. March 27, 2006. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Incumbent Felinton wins tight race Archived September 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine ", The Herald-Dispatch, May 13, 2008.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Huntington. Images of America. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia. 2003. ISBN   978-0-7385-1599-1. Archived from the original on March 8, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Dr. Edward Stanard Buffington". Marshall Digital Scholar. 2021. Retrieved November 28, 2024.
  6. 1 2 History of West Virginia, Old and New. Chicago: American Historical Society, Inc. 1923. OCLC   42346040.
  7. 1 2 "(l to r) Harold Frankel, Ken Hechler, David Brinkley, 1959". Marshall Digital Scholar. Retrieved November 28, 2024.
  8. ↑ Casto, James (October 11, 2022). "Lost Huntington: Remembering Dean Strum". Herald Dispatch. Retrieved November 28, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Dr. Robert P. Alexander (1999-2000)". Marshall University. Retrieved November 28, 2024.
  10. ↑ McKenna, Horsley (July 17, 2021). "Former Huntington mayor Jean Dean dies". Herald Dispatch . Retrieved November 28, 2024.
  11. ↑ Wolfe, Lori (March 12, 2017). "David Felinton, City of Huntington should reconsider a payroll tax". Herald Dispatch . Retrieved November 28, 2024.
  12. ↑ "Wolfe next mayor of Huntington". Herald Dispatch. November 5, 2008.
  13. 1 2 "Patrick Farrell elected as Huntington mayor". WSAZ. November 5, 2024.
  14. ↑ "City Government: Mayor". Cityofhuntington.com. City of Huntington. Archived from the original on March 8, 2017. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
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