List of mayors of Monroe, Louisiana

The following is a list of mayors of the city of Monroe, Louisiana, United States.

City hall building in Monroe, Louisiana (photo 2008)

• Arthur Hamilton Harris, 1855 ^[1]
• Joseph Forbes McGuire, 1856, 1868 ^[1]
• Robert James Caldwell, 1857, 1865 ^[1]
• James Gunn Richardson, 1858 ^[1]
• Christopher Hunt Dabbs, 1858
• Paul McEnery, 1859 ^[1]
• Bernard Bollenhagen Hemkin Jr., 1860-1861
• Robert Ray, 1861-1864 ^[1]
• Richard Daniel Blossman Jr., 1865
• George William McCranie, 1866-1867 ^[1]
• Jay Levin Hunsiker, 1869-1873 ^[1]
• George Byron Hamlet, 1873
• Frederick L. Endom, 1874-1882, 1886 ^[1]
• Lewis D. Allen Jr., 1884-1885 ^[1]
• Andrew Jackson Herring, 1888-1894, 1896-1898 ^[1]
• Thomas Young Aby, 1894-1895 ^[1]
• Andrew Alexander Forsythe, 1898-1914 ^[2]
• Charles A. Downey, 1914-1915
• Harvey Dewit Apgar, 1915-1918 ^[3]
• Arnold Bernstein, 1919-1937 ^[4]
• Harvey Herron Benoit, 1937-1948 ^{[5] [6]}
• George Olan Breece, 1948-1949 ^[7]
• John Elton Coon, 1949-1956
• W. L. "Jack" Howard, 1956-1972, 1976-1978
• Ralph T. Troy, 1972-1976 ^[8]
• William Derwood Cann Jr., 1978-1979
• Robert E. "Bob" Powell, 1979-1996
• Abe E. Pierce, III, 1996-2000
• Melvin Rambin, 2000-2001
• Jamie Mayo, 2001-2020 ^[9]
• Friday Ellis, 2020–present ^[10]

See also

• Monroe history

References

1. "Mayors, aldermen of former days in city are recalled", The News-Star, Monroe, Louisiana, October 25, 1926
2. "Forsythe brought progress to early Monroe", thenewsstar.com, April 6, 2016
3. Who's who in Louisiana and Mississippi, New Orleans: Times-Picayune, 1918 – via HathiTrust
4. "Mayors of cities, towns and villages", State of Louisiana roster of officials, State of Louisiana, 1937 – via HathiTrust
5. "Mayors of cities, towns and villages", State of Louisiana roster of officials, State of Louisiana, 1947 – via HathiTrust
6. Monroe, Louisiana and West Monroe, Louisiana city directory, 1947-48, Texas: C.B. Page Directory Co. – via Internet Archive
7. "Mayors of cities, towns and villages", State of Louisiana roster of officials, State of Louisiana, 1949 – via HathiTrust
8. "Municipal officials", State of Louisiana roster of officials, State of Louisiana, 1973 – via HathiTrust
9. "Mayor James E. "Jamie" Mayo", monroela.us, archived from the original on December 27, 2012 – via Wayback Machine
10. "Mayor's office", monroela.us, retrieved April 24, 2025