List of mayors of Suffolk, Virginia

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

Mayors

• Richard L. Brewer, 1852-1856 ^[1]
• Thomas S. Shepherd, 1856-1858 ^[1]
• John G. Pinner, 1858-1860 ^[1]
• Benjamin Riddick, 1860–1864, 1875-1883 ^[1]
• C. W. Lassiter, 1871-1872 ^[1]
• Thomas G. Elam, 1872-1873 ^[1]
• John R. Copeland, 1873-1874 ^[1]
• Nathaniel Riddick, 1874-1875 ^[1]
• Robert R. Prentis, 1883-1885 ^[1]
• Edward E. Holland, 1885-1887 ^{[1] [2]}
• Richard Lewis Brewer Jr., ca.1893-1905 ^[3]
• John Ballentine Norfleet, 1907-1911 ^[4]
• J. H. Macleary, 1919-1926 ^[5]
• T. H. Birdsong, 1926-1931 ^[6]
• Otis S. Smith, 1931-1935 ^[7]
• Jack Nurney, 1935-1941 ^[8]
• Baynard O. Hill, 1941-1947 ^[9]
• Jack C. West, 1947-1949 ^[10]
• William F. Whitley, 1949-1951 ^{[11] [12]}
• R. L. Woodward Jr., 1951-1955 ^[13]
• W. P. Griffin, 1955-1957, 1958-1959, 1959-1961 ^[14]
• Major T. Benton, 1961-1966 ^{[15] [16]}
• James A. Hope 1966-1970, 1970-1974, 1974-1978 ^[17]
• J. W. Nelms, 1978-1980 ^[18]
• Dr. George Barnett, 1980-1982 ^[19]
• Andy Damiani, 1982-1986 ^[20]
• Johnnie E. Mizzelle, 1986-1990 ^[21]
• James A. Hope, 1990-1992 ^[22]
• Chris Jones, 1992-1996 ^[23]
• Thomas G. Underwood, 1996-1998 ^[24]
• Dana Dickens, 1998-2000 ^[25]
• Curtis Milteer, 2000-2002 ^[26]
• Dana Dickens, 2002-2004 ^[25]
• Bobby Ralph, 2004-2006 ^[27]
• Linda T. Johnson, 2006-2020 ^[28]
• Michael Duman, 2021–present ^[29]

See also

• History of Suffolk, Virginia

References

1. Edward Pollock (1886), Sketch book of Suffolk, Va.: Its people and its trade, Portsmouth, Va.: Fiske & Purdie, p. 125, hdl:2027/loc.ark:/13960/t6154vp28 – via Hathi Trust, Mayors of Suffolk
2. Lawrence Kestenbaum (ed.), "Mayors and Postmasters of Suffolk, Virginia", Political Graveyard, retrieved July 18, 2024
3. Dictionary of Virginia Biography, Library of Virginia, 2021
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10. https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=SNH19490325.1.1&srpos=5&e=01-01-1948-31-12-1949--en-20-SNH-1--txt-txIN-mayor+j.+c.+west+-------
11. https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=SNH19490417.1.1&srpos=24&e=01-01-1945-31-12-1953--en-20-SNH-21--txt-txIN-mayor+william+whitley-------
12. https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=SNH19510803.1.1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN--------
13. https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=SNH19510902.1.1&srpos=11&e=01-01-1951-31-12-1953--en-20-SNH-1--txt-txIN-mayor+woodward-------
14. https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=SNH19610102.1.2&srpos=1&e=01-08-1950-01-06-1962--en-20-SNH-1--txt-txIN-mayor+william+griffin-------
15. https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=SNH19610901.1.1&srpos=1&e=01-01-1961-31-12-1962--en-20-SNH-1--txt-txIN-mayor+william+griffin+benton-------
16. https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=SNH19710425.1.24&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN--------
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18. https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=SNH19780706.1.1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN--------
19. https://www.suffolknewsherald.com/2009/12/29/former-suffolk-mayor-dr-barnett-dies/
20. "Former Suffolk mayor's archives destined for Virginia Historical Society", pilotonline.com , August 4, 2019
21. https://www.dailypress.com/1990/07/16/suffolk-changed-a-lot-in-black-mayors-term/
22. https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=SNH19900822.1.24&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN--------
23. https://www.pilotonline.com/2019/11/05/republican-powerhouse-chris-jones-falls-to-clinton-jenkins-in-newly-redrawn-district/
24. https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1996/vp960717/07170332.htm
25. https://www.suffolknewsherald.com/2005/01/09/dickens-to-leave-council/
26. https://www.suffolknewsherald.com/2022/02/01/longtime-whaleyville-councilman-milteer-dies/
27. https://www.suffolknewsherald.com/2004/12/31/year-in-review-ralph-named-suffolks-mayor/
28. "Office of the Mayor", suffolkva.us, archived from the original on May 27, 2012 – via Wayback Machine
29. "Mayor", suffolkva.us, retrieved July 18, 2024

External links

• "Historical Elections Database: Suffolk City", historical.elections.virginia.gov, Virginia Department of Elections, Office: Mayor