List of mayors of Mobile, Alabama

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This is a list of mayors, or persons holding the equivalent office, of Mobile, Alabama , United States.

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When Mobile came into the United States, it operated under a government system where the chief executive was called "President"

Presidents of Mobile

Nr.NameTerm startTerm end
1Destin Simison18141816
2James Innerarity18161817
3Daniel Duvol18171818
4Samuel H. Garrow18181819

Mayors of Mobile

Nr.NameTerm startTerm end
1Daniel Duvol18191820
2Addin Lewis18201822
3John Elliott18221823
4Addin Lewis18231824
5Samuel Garrow18241827
6John Fagan Everett18271829
7Samuel Garrow18291831
8John Stocking18311835
9John Everett18351836
10 George Washington Owen 18361837
11George Walton18371839
12Henry Chamberlain18391840
13Edward Hall18401842
14Charles Hoppin18421845
15Blanton McAlpine18451847
16J. W. Childers18471848
17Charles Langdon18481851
18Joseph Seawell
(c. 1809–1883) [1]
18511852
19Charles Langdon18521855
20Mitchell Withers18551860
21John Forsyth18601861
22R. H. Slough18611865
23Mitchell Withers18661867
24Gustavus Horton18671868
25Caleb Price18681870
26George Harrington18701871
27Martin Horst18711872
28Gideon Parker18721873
29Cleveland F. Moulton18731874
30John Reid18741875
31Alphonse Hurtel18751878
32George Duffee18781879
33Richard Owen18791888
34Joe Rich18881894
35Constantine Lawrence Lavretta18941897
36John Bush18971900
37Tom Fry19001902
38Walter Walsh19021903
39Charles McClean19031904
40Pat Lyons19041911

Mayors of Mobile between 1911 and 1985 (President of the City Commission)

From 1911 to 1985, Mobile was governed by a three-member city commission. The office of Mayor of Mobile rotated between the members of the commission and was the title given to the President of the Commission. The last directly elected mayor before the institution of the commission was Patrick J. Lyons. He was the 40th mayor of Mobile. Lyons would go on to be elected to the City Commission where he would serve as mayor several more times. The numbers listed correspond to their order within the overall list of the mayors of Mobile, not their order in presiding over the commission.

Nr.ImageNameTerm startTerm end
41Lazarus Schwarz19111913
42 Patrick J. Lyons - The Mobile bicentennial (IA mobilebicentenni00hami) (page 17 crop).jpg Patrick J. Lyons19131914
43Harry Pillans19141915
44
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Patrick J. Lyons19151916
45Harry Pillans19161917
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Patrick J. Lyons19171918
47George E. Crawford19181919
48Harry Pillans19191921
49George E. Crawford19211922
50Richard V. Taylor19221924 [2]
51Harry T. Hartwell19241925
52George E. Crawford19251926
53Harry T. Hartwell19261927
54Leon Schwarz19271928
55Cecil F. Bates19281929
56Harry T. Hartwell19291930
57Leon Schwarz19301931
58Cecil F. Bates19311932
59Harry T. Hartwell19321933
60Richard V. Taylor19331934
61Cecil F. Bates19341935
62 Charles A. Baumhauer 19351936
63Richard V. Taylor19361937
64Cecil F. Bates19371938
65 Charles A. Baumhauer 19381939
66Cecil F. Bates19391941
67 Charles A. Baumhauer 19411942
68Ernest M. Megginson19421943
69Robin C. Herndon19431944
70 Charles A. Baumhauer 19441945
71Ernest M. Megginson19451946
72Robin C. Herndon19461947
73 Charles A. Baumhauer 19471948
74Ernest M Megginson19481949
75 Charles A. Baumhauer 19491950
76Ernest M. Megginson19501951
77Joseph R. Mitternight19511952
78 Charles A. Baumhauer 19521953
79Henry R. Luscher19531954
80 Charles F. Hackmeyer 19541955
81Joseph N. Langan19551956
82Henry R. Luscher19561957
83Joseph N. Langan19571958
84Henry R. Luscher19581959
85Joseph N. Langan19591960
86 Henry R. Luscher 19601961
87 George E. McNally 19611962
88 Charles S. Trimmier 19621963
89Joseph N. Langan19631964
90Charles S. Trimmier19641965
91 Joseph N. Langan 19651967
92Arthur R. Outlaw19671968
93Lambert C. Mims19681969
94Joseph A. Bailey19691971
95Robert B. Doyle19711972
96Lambert C. Mims19721973
97Gary A. Greenough19731975
98Robert B. Doyle1975 [3] 1976
99 Lambert C. Mims 19761979
100Gary A. Greenough19791980
101Robert B. Doyle19801981
102Gary A. Greenough19811983
103Robert B. Doyle19831984
104 Lambert C. Mims 19841985

Mayors of Mobile since 1985

After several commissioners had faced corruption indictments and popular support grew for discarding the old commission system, Mobile restored direct elections in 1985, electing Arthur Outlaw as their first directly elected mayor since 1911.

Nr.ImageNameTerm startTerm end
105 Arthur Outlaw 1985October 1989
106 Mike Dow October 1989October 3, 2005
107 Sam Jones 2006.JPG Sam Jones October 3, 2005November 4, 2013
108 Mayor Sandy Stimpson.jpeg Sandy Stimpson November 4, 2013Present

Chiefs of Staff to the Mayor

NameTerm startTerm end
Robert O. Bostwick Jr.19891994
Alfred Stokes19942013
Colby J. Cooper20132016
Paul Wesch20162020
James Barber2021Current

See also

References

  1. "Politicalgraveyard". Politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
  2. Tennant S. McWilliams (1993). "City of Mobile, the South, and Richard V. Taylor". Alabama Review . 46. ISSN   0002-4341.
  3. "City and town mayors and commissioners", Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1975, State of Alabama Department of Archives and History, pp. 122–130 via HathiTrust