List of mayors of Lexington, Kentucky

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Mayor of Lexington, Kentucky
Linda Gorton in 2024.jpg
Incumbent
Linda Gorton
since January 6, 2019
Formation1832
First holder Charlton Hunt
Website Office of the Mayor

This is a list of mayors of Lexington, Kentucky. [1] [2] The city and Fayette County governments were consolidated in 1974. [3]

Contents

The current mayor is Linda Gorton, a registered Republican, elected in the nonpartisan 2018 mayoral election and reelected in the 2022 mayoral election. [4]

Pre-consolidation mayors

#MayorTerm startTerm end
1 Charlton Hunt 18321835
2 James E. Davis 18351837
3 James G. McKinney 18371839
4 Charles H. Wickliffe 18391841
5 Daniel Bradford 18411842
6 James Logue 18421846
7 Thomas Ross 18461847
8 John Henry 18471848
9 George Payne Jouett 18481849
10 Orlando F. Payne 18491851
11 Edward W. Dowden 18511854
12 Thomas H. Pindell 18541855
13 William Swift 18551859
14 Thomas B. Monroe Jr. 18591860
15 Benjamin F. Graves 18601862
16 Caleb Thomas Worley 18621863
17 Joseph Wingate 18631866
18 David W. Standiford 18661867
19 Jerry T. Frazier 18671868
20 Joseph G. Chinn 18681869
21 Jerry T. Frazier 18691880
22 Claude M. Johnson 18801888
23 Charles W. Foushee 18881892
24 J. Hull Davidson 18921893
25 Henry T. Duncan 18941896
26 Joseph Bullock Simrall 18961900
27 Henry T. Duncan 19001904
28 Thomas A. Combs 19041908
28 R. B. Waddy 19071908
29 John Skain 19081912
30 J. Ernest Cassidy 19121916
31 James C. Rogers 19161919
32 William H. McCorkle 19191920
33 Thomas Clark Bradley 19201924
34 Hogan Yancey 19241928
35 James J. O'Brien 19281932
36 William Thomas Congleton 19321934
37 Charles R. Thompson 19341935
38 E. Reed Wilson 19351940
39 T. Ward Havely 19401943
40 R. Mack Oldham 19431948
41 Thomas G. Mooney 19481952
42 Fred Fugazzi 19521956
43 Shelby C. Kinkead 19561960
44 Richard J. Colbert 19601964
45 Charles Wylie 19681971
46 H. Foster Pettit 19711974

Post-consolidation mayors

#MayorTerm startTerm end
1 H. Foster Pettit 19741978
2 James G. Amato 19781982
3 Scotty Baesler 19821993
4 Pam Miller 19932003
5 Teresa Isaac 20032007
6 Jim Newberry 20072011
7 Jim Gray 20112019
8 Linda Gorton 2019

References

  1. Peter 1979, p. 271.
  2. Wright 1982, p. 232.
  3. Gillen 2010.
  4. Kapos, Shia (December 8, 2021). "It's Kentucky Straight in Lexington City Hall". Politico . Archived from the original on September 12, 2024. Retrieved November 17, 2024. Mayor Linda Gorton is a registered Republican.

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