List of mayors of Macon, Georgia

Mayor of Macon, Georgia
Mayor of Macon, Georgia
	Incumbent; Lester Miller ; since January 1, 2021
Term length	4 years
Inaugural holder	David S. Booth (as intendent)
Formation	1824
Website	Office of the Mayor

Last updated April 22, 2025

The Mayor of Macon-Bibb County is the highest elected official in the consolidated city-county government of Macon and Bibb County, Georgia. The county was established in 1822, while the city was incorporated in 1823. Heads of the city were known as "intendents" prior to 1833. The city and county governments were consolidated in 2014.

List of officeholders

Intendents of the City of Macon

David S. Booth (1824)
James H. Rogers (1825)
Edward Dorr Tracy (1826)
Washington Poe (1827)
Robert Birdsong (1828)
Joseph Washburn (1829)
W. J. Dannelly (1830)
Isaac R. Rowland (1831)
Levi Eckley (1832)

Mayors of the City of Macon

Isaac G. Seymour (1833–1834) elected by Board of Aldermen
Robert Augustus Beall (1835) 1st popularly elected
Isaac G. Seymour (1836–1839)
Washington Poe (1840–1841)
Frederick Sims (1842)
John J. Gresham (1843)
James A. Nisbet (1844–1845)
Isaac Holmes (1846)
John J. Gresham (1847)
George M. Logan (1848–1850)
James H. R. Washington (1851)
E. L. Strohecker (1852–1854)
Benjamin Franklin Ross (1855–1856)
A. B. Adams (1857)
Ovid G. Sparks (1858–1860) resigned September 18, 1860
Methvin S. Thompson (1860–1862) elected September 25, 1860
Ovid G. Sparks (1863)
Stephen Collins (1864–1866)
George S. Obear (1867–1870)
William A. Huff (1871–1879)
Felix Corput (1880–1883)
Sylvester B. Price (1884–1894)
Henry Horne (1895–1896)
Sylvester B. Price (1897)
Bridges Smith (1898–1907)
Alexander Lawton Miller (1908–1909)
John T. Moore (mayor) (1910–1913)
Bridges Smith (1914–1917)
Glover Glendenning Toole (1918–1921)
Luther Williams (1922–1925)
Wallace Miller (1926–1927)
Luther Williams (1928–1929)
Glover Glendenning Toole (1930–1933)
Herbert Ivan Smart (1933–1937)
Charles L. Bowden (1937–1947)
Lewis Burgess Wilson (1947–1953)
Benjamin Franklin Merritt, Jr. (1953–1959)
Edgar H. Wilson (1959–1963)
Benjamin Franklin Merritt, Jr. (1963–1967)
Ronnie Thompson (1967–1975) 1st elected Republican mayor^[1]
Buck Melton (1975–1979)
George Israel (1979 – December 14, 1987) 2nd elected Republican mayor
Lee Robinson (December 14, 1987 – December 11, 1991)
Tommy Olmstead (December 11, 1991 – 1995)
David Carter (1995)
Jim Marshall (1995 – December 14, 1999)
C. Jack Ellis (December 14, 1999 – December 12, 2007)
Robert Reichert (December 12, 2007 – December 31, 2013)^[2]

Mayors of Macon-Bibb County

Robert Reichert (January 1, 2014 – December 30, 2020)^[2]
Lester Miller (since January 1, 2021)

References

↑ Kovac Jr., Joe (March 27, 2020). "'Flamboyant,' controversial former Macon mayor 'Machine Gun Ronnie Thompson dead at 85". The Telegraph (Macon) . Archived from the original on March 28, 2020. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
1 2 Gaines, Jim (October 15, 2013). "Reichert wins Macon-Bibb mayor's office by wide margin over Ellis". The Macon Telegraph. Retrieved May 16, 2021.

External links

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[mteleg-1] Kovac Jr., Joe (March 27, 2020). "'Flamboyant,' controversial former Macon mayor 'Machine Gun Ronnie Thompson dead at 85". The Telegraph (Macon) . Archived from the original on March 28, 2020. Retrieved April 19, 2020.

[:0-2] 1 2 Gaines, Jim (October 15, 2013). "Reichert wins Macon-Bibb mayor's office by wide margin over Ellis". The Macon Telegraph. Retrieved May 16, 2021.

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