List of mayors of Petersburg, Virginia

Interior view of Petersburg City Hall building in Virginia, US, in 1991

The following is a list of mayors of the city of Petersburg, Virginia, USA.

Mayors

List of mayors of Petersburg, Virginia from 1784 – till date.

No. [a]	Portrait	Name (birth–death)	Term	Party [b]		Election	Vice Mayor
1		John Banister [1]	1784 – 1785
2		Christopher McConnico [1]	1785 – 1786
3		John Shore [1]	1786 – 1787
4		Robert Bolling 1st term [1]	1787 – 1788
5		Thomas G. Peachey 1st term [1]	1788 – 1789
6		Simon Frazer [1]	1789 – 1790
7		Joseph Westmore [1]	1790 – 1791
8		Richard Bate [1]	1791 – 1792
9		Joseph Weisiger [1]	1792 – 1793
10		William Prentis 1st term [1]	1793 – 1794
11		Thomas G. Peachey 2nd term [1]	1794 – 1795
12		Robert Bolling 2nd term [1]	1795 – 1796
13		Elias Parker [1]	1796 – 1797
14		William Prentis 2nd term [1]	1797 – 1798
15		J. Le Messurier [1]	1798 – 1799
16		William Harrison [1]	1799 – 1800
17		David Maitland [1]	1800 – 1801
18		William Prentis 3rd term [1]	1801 – 1802
19		George Pegram [1]	1802 – 1803
20		Robert Birchett [1]	1803 – 1804
21		Paul Nash [1]	1804 – 1805
22		William Prentis 4th term [1]	1805 – 1806
23		John McRae [1]	1806 – 1807
24		Alexander Brown 2nd term [1]	1807 – 1808
25		James Byrne [1]	1808 – 1809
26		Archibald Baugh [1]	1809 – 1810
27		Joel Hammond [1]	1810 – 1811
28		William Moore [1]	1811 – 1812
29		Nathaniel Friend [1]	1812 – 1813
30		William Bowden [1]	1813 – 1814
31		Edward Pegram Jr. [1]	1814 – 1815
32		George H. Jones [1]	1815 – 1816
33		John Hinton 1st term [1]	1816 – 1817
34		Samuel Turner [1]	1817 – 1818
35		Edmund Pescud [1]	1818 – 1819
36		John H. Brown 1st term [1]	1819 – 1820
37		Thomas Wallace 1st term [1]	1820 – 1821
38		John Hinton 2nd term [1]	1821 – 1822
39		John Stith [1]	1822 – 1823
40		John H. Brown 2nd term [1]	1823 – 1824
41		Lewis Mabry 1st term [1]	1824 – 1825
42		Jabez Smith [1]	1825 – 1826
43		Samuel Winfree 1st term [1]	1826 – 1827
44		Lewis Mabry 2nd term [1]	1827 – 1828
45		Joseph Bragg [1]	1828 – 1829
46		Patrick Durkin [1]	1829 – 1830
47		Charles F. Osborne [1]	1830 – 1831
48		Thomas Wallace 2nd term [1]	1831 – 1832
49		Samuel Winfree 2nd term [1]	1832 – 1833
50		David H. Branch [1]	1833 – 1834
51		George W. Harrison 1st term [1]	1834 – 1835
52		John D. Tanner [1]	1835 – 1836
53		James McFarland Jr. [1]	1836 – 1837
54		George W. Harrison 2nd term [1]	1837 – 1838
55		Daniel Lyon [1]	1838 – 1839
56		Robert B. Bolling [1]	1839 – 1840
57		Stephen G. Wells [1]	1840 – 1841
58		William Pannill [1]	1841 – 1842
59		Thomas Branch [1]	1842 – 1843
60		John Pollard [1]	1843 – 1844
61		John H. Patterson [1]	1844 – 1845
62		James B. Cogbill [1]	1845 – 1846
63		Joseph E. Cox [1]	1846 – 1847
64		Francis E. Rives (1792–1861) [1]	1847 – 1848		Democratic
65		J. M. B. Steward (1817–1897) [1]	1848 – 1849
66		Charles Corling (1806–1877) [1]	1849 – 1850
67		Andrew Kevan (1800–1888) [1]	1850 – 1851
68		John Dodson (1821–1879) [1]	1851 – 1854
69		W. W. Townes (1819–1869) [1]	1854 – 1865		Democratic
70		Charles Fenton Collier (1828–1899) 1st term [1]	1865 – 1867		Democratic
71		Rush Burgess (1838–1890) [1]	April 1, 1868 – April 1, 1869
72		Walter C. Newberry (1835–1912) 1st term [1]	April 1, 1869 – June 1869
73		W. G. Pearse (1816–1891) [1]	June 1869 – March 1870		Republican
74		Walter C. Newberry (1835–1912) 2nd term [1]	March 1870 – June 1870
75		J. P. Williamson (1826–1917) [1]	June 8, 1870 – June 30, 1870		Conservative
76		Franklin Wood (1836–1911) [1]	July 1, 1870 – June 30, 1874		Republican
77		William F. C. Gregory (1827–1887) [1]	July 1, 1874 – June 30, 1876		Conservative
78		William E. Cameron (1842–1927) [1]	July 1, 1876 – January 1, 1882		Readjuster
79		Fletcher H. Archer (1817–1902) [1]	January 2, 1882 – March 23, 1883		Conservative
80		T. J. Jarratt (1817–1895) [1]	March 23, 1883 – 1888		Republican
81		Charles Fenton Collier (1828–1899) 2nd term [1]	1888 – 1898		Democratic
82		John M. Pleasants (1833–1921) [2]	1898 – 1902		Democratic
83		William M. Jones (1847–1910)	1902 – 1910 [c]		Democratic
84		George Cameron Jr. (1866–1913)	1910 – 1913 [c]		Democratic
85		Robert Cabaniss (1862–1946)	1913 – 1916		Democratic
86		Robert Gilliam Sr. (1847–1934)	1916 – 1920		Democratic
87		Samuel W. Zimmer (1884–1931) [3]	1920 – 1926		Democratic
88		J. Gordon Bohannan (1880–1947) [4]	1926 – 1928		Democratic
89		R. T. Wilson (1881–1951)	1928 – 1930		Democratic
90		I. Val Parham (1881–1961)	1930 – 1931 [d]		Democratic
91		John R. Jolly (1875–1945)	1931 – 1940		Democratic
92		Alexander Hamilton Jr. (1906–1997)	1940 – 1946		Democratic
93		William Hodges Mann Jr. (1890–1953) [5]	1946 – 1950		Democratic
94		Churchill G. Dunn (1904–1989) [5]	1950 – 1956		Democratic
95		Walter M. Edens (1889–1962)	1956 – 1960		Democratic
96		Marvin Gill (1904–1975)	1960 – 1964		Democratic
97		Arlie Andrews (1917–2003)	1964 – 1973		Democratic
98		Hermanze E. Fauntleroy Jr. (1932–2010) 1st term	1973 – 1974		Democratic
99		Remmie Arnold Jr. (1920–1985)	1974 – 1976 [d]		Democratic
100		Roland Specter (1932–2010)	1976 – 1976		Democratic
101		Hermanze E. Fauntleroy Jr. (1932–2010) 2nd term	1976 – 1980		Democratic
102		LeRoy B. Roper (1920–1997)	1980 – 1984		Democratic
103		Wilson Cheely (1917–2007)	1984 – 1984 [d]		Democratic
104		Florence Farley (1928–2022)	1984 – 1990		Democratic
105		Charles H. Cuthbert IV (1917–2004)	1990 – 1992		Democratic
106		Rosalyn Dance (b. 1948)	July 1992 – June 30, 2004		Democratic
107		Annie Mickens (b. 1949)	July 2004 – December 31, 2010		Democratic
108		Brian Moore (b. 1962) [6]	January 2011 – December 31, 2014		Democratic	2010
						2012
109		W. Howard Myers (b. 1959) [7]	January 2015 – December 31, 2016		Democratic	2014	Samuel Parham
110		Samuel Parham (b. 1975) [8]	January 3, 2017 – Incumbent		Democratic	2016	John Hart
						2018
						2020	Annette Smith-Lee
						2022	Darrin Hill
						2024

See also

• History of Petersburg, Virginia

Notes

1. Mayors are numbered according to uninterrupted periods served by the same person. For example, John Dodson served three consecutive terms and is counted as the sixty-ninth mayor, instead of the sixty-ninth, seventieth, and seventy-first, but Robert Bolling and Thomas G. Peachey are counted twice because their two terms were not consecutive. A vice mayor who temporarily becomes acting mayor in the mayor's absence or incapacity is not counted because the mayor remains in office during such a period.
2. Reflects the mayor's political party at the start of their mayoralty. Changes during their time in office are noted.
3. Died in office
4. Resigned from office

References

1. Edward Pollock (1885), "List of the mayors of Petersburg 1784 to 1885", Historical and industrial guide to Petersburg, Virginia, Petersburg, VA, p. 67 – via HathiTrust
2. Baker, M. N., ed. (1902). The Municipal Year Book. Vol. 1. New York: The Engineering News Publishing Company. p. 123. Retrieved July 17, 2024– via Google Books.
3. Hill Directory Co.'s (incorporated) Petersburg, Va. city directory 1924 – via HathiTrust
4. Hill's Petersburg (Virginia) city directory 1927 – via HathiTrust
5. Lawrence Kestenbaum (ed.), "Mayors and Postmasters of Petersburg, Virginia", Political Graveyard, retrieved July 17, 2024
6. "Mayor", petersburgva.gov, archived from the original on May 17, 2013 – via Wayback Machine
7. "City Council", petersburgva.gov, archived from the original on February 21, 2016 – via Wayback Machine
8. "Samuel Parham", petersburgva.gov, retrieved July 17, 2024– via Wayback Machine