Mayor of Auburn, Alabama

Mayor of Auburn
Incumbent Ron Anders Jr. since November 5, 2018
Term length	4 years
Formation	18??
Salary	$45,000 per year [1]

The Mayor of Auburn is the highest elected position in the city of Auburn, Alabama. The mayor serves as the head of the Auburn City Council, presiding over the meetings, and they are elected in city-wide elections. ^[2]

Responsibilities

The mayor serves as the chief financial officer of the city, and is required to submit the economic status of the municipality once every six months. ^[3]

List

Image	Mayor	Term start	Term end	Election	Ref
Unknown
	L. W. Payne	January 1874	Unknown	1874	[4]
Unknown
	Oscar Grout	January 1877	Unknown	1877	[5]
Unknown
	W. B. Frazer	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	[6]
	W. C. Dowdell	November 1880	Unknown	1880 (special)	[6]
Unknown
	Dr. A. T. Rowe	1882	Unknown	Unknown	[7]
Unknown
	W. S. J. Lampkins	1886	Unknown	Unknown	[8]
	J. W. Harris	1887	(at least 1889)		[9] [10]
Unknown
	T. P. Wimberly	1894	1895	Unknown	[11]
	W. J. S. Lampkins or J. W. Harris	1896	1897	Unknown	[11] [12]
	C. E. Little	1898	1899	Unknown	[11]
	J. W. Harris	1900	1902	Unknown 1901	[11]
	C. E. Little	1902	1906	Unknown 1904	[11]
	J. W. Wright	1907	1916	Unknown	[11] [13]
	G. N. Mitcham	1916	March 26, 1918 [a]	Unknown	[11]
	C. S. Yarbrough	March 26, 1918	August 16, 1918 [a]	None	[11]
	Sheldon L. Toomer	August 16, 1918	October 7, 1918	None	[11]
	J. W. Wright	October 7, 1918	1922	Unknown	[11]
	C. S. Yarbrough	September 29, 1922	1928		[11] [14]
	W. D. Copeland	1928	1936		[11]
	C. S. Yarbrough	1936	1944		[11]
	G. H. Wright	1944	1954		[11]
	Louie W. James	1955	1956		[11]
	G. H. Wright	1956	1960		[11]
	Louie W. James	1961	1963		[11]
	G. H. Wright	1964	1968		[11]
	James K. Haygood Jr.	1968	1976	1968 1972	[15] [16]
	Donald E. Hayhurst	1976	1980	1976	[11]
	Jan Dempsey	1980	1998	1980 1982 1984 1986 1990 1994	[11]
	Bill Ham Jr.	1998	November 5, 2018	1998 2002 2006 2010 2014	[17] [18] [19] [20] [21]
	Ron Anders Jr.	November 5, 2018	Incumbent	2018 2022	[22] [23]

Notes

1. Resigned

References

1. Moreno, Lily. "City Council discusses council compensation at work session". The Auburn Villager. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
2. "2020 Community Profile" (PDF). City of Auburn. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
3. "Duties of the Mayor and Council" (PDF). Alabama League of Municipalities. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
4. "State Items". The Weekly Advertiser. January 22, 1874. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
5. "Alabama News". The Marion Commonwealth. January 25, 1877. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
6. "Alabama News". The Times and News. November 25, 1880. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
7. "Local Observations". The Opelika Observer. May 4, 1882. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
8. "W. S. J. Lampkins elected". The Opelika Times. January 8, 1886. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
9. "Auburn's Officers". The Montgomery Advertiser. January 4, 1887. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
10. "The New Government". The Montgomery ADvertiser. January 11, 1888. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
11. "Mayors of the City of Auburn, Alabama" (Document). Auburn, Alabama: City of Auburn. 2011-07-22.
12. "Auburn". Birmingham Post-Herald. January 7, 1896. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
13. "City and town officers", Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1915, State of Alabama Department of Archives and History, pp. 209–248 – via HathiTrust
14. "Auburn City Officials Soon To Tawe Office". Birmingham Post-Herald. September 30, 1922. p. 3. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
15. Logue, Mickey; Simms, Jack. Auburn a Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village (3 ed.). p. 210.
16. "Haygood And Stanaland Win As Record Auburn City Vote Cast". Opelika-Auburn News. September 1972.
17. "Auburn mayor stepping down after 2 decades". AP. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
18. "Auburn City Council is Sworn In" (PDF). City of Auburn. Open Line. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
19. "Ham will seek fourth term as Auburn mayor". Opelika-Auburn News. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
20. "Ham topples Thompson in mayoral election". The Auburn Plainsman. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
21. "Candidates qualify for municipal election". The Auburn Villager. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
22. "Auburn mayor and city council members sworn into office". WTVM News Leader 9. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
23. "Auburn City Council sworn in, Witten remains mayor pro tem". The Auburn Plainsman. Retrieved 19 April 2025.