List of mayors of Montgomery, Alabama

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This is a list of mayors who have served the city of Montgomery, Alabama, United States.

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Steven Reed, incumbent mayor since November 12, 2019. Mayor Steven Reed.jpg
Steven Reed, incumbent mayor since November 12, 2019.
ImageMayorTerm [1] Notes
Samuel D. Holt
(1st term)
1838 [2]
Jack Thorington18391840
Hardy Herbet1841
Perez Coleman18421846
Nimrod E. Benson1847
Edwin B. Harris18481849
Robert T. Davis1850
Thomas Welsh1851
Samuel D. Holt
(2nd term)
1852
Charles R. Hansford18531859
Andrew J. Noble18601861
J. F. Johnson18621863
Walter L. Coleman18641868
Thomas O. Glasscock18681870
H.E. Faber18701875
Mordecai L. Moses 18751881 [3]
J. B. Gaston18811885
W. S. Reese18851889
Edward A. Graham18891891
John G. Crommelin, Sr.18911895
John H. Clisby18951899
E. B. Joseph19001903
Thomas H. Carr19031905
W. M. Teague19051909
Gaston Gunter19091910
William A. Gunter, mayor of Montgomery.png William A. Gunter Jr.
(1st term)
19111915
WT Robinson, mayor of Montgomery.png W.T. Robertson19151919
William A. Gunter, mayor of Montgomery.png William A. Gunter, Jr.
(2nd term)
19191940
Cyrus B. Brown1941August 8, 1944Died in office on August 8, 1944. [4]
David E. Dunn, mayor of Montgomery AL.png David E. Dunn19441945Resigned [5]
John L. GoodwynJune 19461951Elected to complete the term of Mayor Dunn who resigned; elected to a full term in May 1947. [5]
Appointed associate justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama in September 1951 [5]
W. A. Gayle 19511959
Earl D. James 19591971
Jim Robinson, mayor of Montgomery AL.png Jim Robinson19711977
Emory M. Folmar.jpg Emory Folmar 19771999
Bobby Bright official photo.JPG Bobby Bright November 9, 1999January 6, 2009
Charles JinrightJanuary 6, 2009March 24, 2009
Todd strange.jpg Todd Strange March 24, 2009November 12, 2019
Mayor Steven Reed.jpg
Steven Reed November 12, 2019presentFirst African-American mayor [6]

See also

References

  1. Owen, Thomas McAdory; Owen, Marie Bankhead (1921), History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, vol. II (De luxe supplement ed.), Chicago: S. J. Clarke, p. 1037, retrieved January 17, 2009
  2. "Mayors of Montgomery". Code of Ordinances of the City Council of Montgomery. 1902.
  3. Montgomery, Alabama, Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life , retrieved January 31, 2009
  4. "Obituary: Cyrus B. Brown". Alabama Journal . August 9, 1944 via Newspapers.com.
  5. 1 2 3 "John L. Goodwyn is Promoted to Place on the Supreme Court". Decatur Daily . September 27, 1951 via NewspaperArchive.
  6. Staff, WSFA. "Steven Reed sworn-in as Montgomery's first black mayor". wsfa.com. Retrieved December 6, 2019.