List of mayors of Raleigh, North Carolina

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This is a list of mayors of Raleigh since the creation of the office in 1857. The Mayor is the head of a council-manager system of government for Raleigh, North Carolina. The office was created in 1857 when a new charter was established for the city to replace the original 1795 charter. Mayor William H. Harrison was mayor during the Confederate States of America and eventually surrendered the city back to the United States before Sherman's March to the Sea arrived. [1]

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Intendants of Police

Under Raleigh's original 1795 charter, the equivalent of a mayor was called the "Intendant of Police" (a title borrowed from France). The first person to hold the office was John Haywood. He was elected by the city board of commissioners (who were themselves appointed by the North Carolina General Assembly). Starting in 1803, intendants of police were elected annually by all land-owning free men, including free African-Americans. [2] [3]

#MayorTerm startTerm end
1 John Haywood 1795c. 1803
2 William White 18031806
3William Hill18061807 [4]
4Dr. Calvin Jones 18071809
5John Marshall18091811
6Jonathan S. Robeteau18121813
7Sterling Yancey18131814 [5]
8Alexander Lucas18141816
9Mark Cooke18171819
10 Joseph Gales, Sr. (first time)18191826
11John Bell18261827
12 Joseph Gales, Sr. (second time)18271833
13Thomas Cobbs18331834
14Weston Raleigh Gales (first time)18351837
15Thomas Cobbs18371838
16William C. Carrington18381839
17Thomas Cobbs18391840
18 Joseph Gales, Sr. (third time)18401841
19William F. Clarke18411842
20Thomas Loring18421843
21Weston Raleigh Gales (second time)18431847 [6]
22William Dallas Haywood18471857 [7]

List of mayors

#MayorTerm startTerm end
23William Dallas Haywood (first time)18571858
24William H. Harrison (first time)18581867
25William Dallas Haywood (second time)18671868
26Charles B. Root [8] 18681869
27William H. Harrison (second time)18691872
28Wesley Whitaker18721874
29 Joseph W. Holden 18741875
30John C. Gorman18751875
31Joseph Henry Separk (died in office)18751875
32Basil C. Manly (died in office)18751882
33William H. Dodd [9] 18821887
34Alfred A. Thompson18871891
35Thomas Badger18911895
36William M. Russ18951898
37A. M. Powell18981905
38James I. Johnson (first time)19051909
39James S. Wynne19091911
40James I. Johnson (second time)19111919
41T. B. Eldridge19191923
42Eugene English Culbreth [10] [11] 19231931
43George A. Iseley19311939
44Graham H. Andrews19391947
45Percey Daniel Snipes19471951
46James E. Briggs19511953
47 Fred B. Wheeler [12] 19511957
48 William Gilmore Enloe 19571963
49 James William Reid 19631965
50 Travis Hocutt Tomlinson 19651969
51 Seby Brown Jones 19691971
52 Thomas Wood Bradshaw, Jr. 19711973
53 Clarence Everett Lightner 19731975
54 Jyles Jackson Coggins 19751977
55 Isabella McLean Bett Walton Cannon 19771979
56 George Smedes York 19791983
57 Avery Council Upchurch 19831993
58 Tom Harrison Fetzer 19931999
59 Paul Yelverton Coble 19992001
60 Charles Carpenter Meeker 20012011
61 Nancy Pletcher McFarlane 20112019
62 Mary-Ann Baldwin 20192024
63 Janet Cowell 2024-

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Footnotes

  1. "Fall of Raleigh". North Carolina Highway Historical Landmark Program. North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources . Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  2. Johnson, Guion Griffis, 1900–1989. Ante-Bellum North Carolina: A Social History: Electronic Edition
  3. "Historical Raleigh from its foundation in 1792" by Moses N. Amis Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Early history of Raleigh, the capital city of North Carolina" Archived 2011-08-14 at the Wayback Machine by Kemp P. Battle
  5. Murray, Elizabeth (1983). "Appendix D (Mayors)". Wake, Capital County of North Carolina, Volume 1, Prehistory Through Centennial. Wake County, North Carolina: Capital County Publishing, Raleigh. ASIN   B000M0ZYF4. OCLC   9584353.
  6. Elliot, Robert (1986). The Raleigh Register, 1799-1863. Raleigh, North Carolina. ISBN   978-0807850367.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. Cahoon, Ben. "Mayors of U.S. Cities M - W". Worlds Statesmen. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  8. McCrady, Edward; A'Court Ashe, Samuel (1892). Cyclopedia of Eminent and Representative Men of the Carolinas of the Nineteenth Century. Vol. 2. Brant & Fuller, 1892. pp. 364–365. ISBN   978-1376644845.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  9. "Dod-Hinsdale House". National Park Service. Archived from the original on October 25, 2007. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  10. "History of Raleigh". Raleigh. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  11. North Carolina State College Agriculture and Engineering. Edwards & Broughton. 1921.
  12. Dorin-Black, Cathy (September 26, 2017). "Fred Barnett Wheeler: Alumnus, Soldier, Councilman, Mayor". NC State University Libraries.