Mayor of Columbia, South Carolina

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Mayor of Columbia
Daniel Rickenmann.png
since January 4, 2022
Style His Honor
Term length Four years
Inaugural holderJohn Taylor
Formation19th century

The mayor of Columbia, South Carolina is elected at large for a four-year term. The duties of the mayor is to create policy and enact laws, rules and regulations for the city of Columbia. Daniel Rickenmann, who assumed office on January 4, is the current mayor of Columbia. [1] [2]

Contents

Intendants and mayors of Columbia, South Carolina

No.TermImageMayorIntendant
1 John Taylor South Carolina governor.jpg May 1806–April 1807 John Taylor
2April 1807–June 1807 Abraham Nott
3June 1807–April 1808Claiborne Clifton
4April 1808–July 1808John Hooker
5July 1808–April 1809Daniel Faust
61809Simon Taylor
71810Robert Stark
81811Simon Taylor
91812–1815Daniel Faust
101815William E. Hayne
111816James Gregg
121817Daniel Morgan
131818–1822James Taylor Goodwyn
141822David James McCord
151823James Taylor Goodwyn
161824David James McCord
171825James Taylor Goodwyn
18 WilliamDeSaussure.jpg 1826–1828 William Ford de Saussure
191828–1830Ezekiel Hopkins Maxcy
201830William Campbell Preston
211831William C. Clifton
221832Ezekiel Hopkins Maxcy
231833–1836Dr. M. H. DeLeon
241836–1839John Bryce
251839–1841Dr. Robert Wilson Gibbes
26April 1841–September 1841Col. Benjamin T. Elmore
27September 1841–April 1842Col. Robert Howell Goodwyn
281842–1845William Mills Myers
291845–December 1846William Byrd Stanley
30December 1846–April 1847Joel Stevenson
311847–1850Edward Sill
321850–1851Henry Lyons
33 Adley Hogan Gladden.jpg 1851–1853 Col. Adley Hogan Gladden
341853–1855William Maybin
351855–1857Edward J. Arthur
361857–1859James D. Tradewell
371859–1861Allen J. Green
381861–1863John Henry Boatwright
391863–1865Thomas Jefferson Goodwyn
40May 1865–April 1866James Guignard Gibbes
41April 1866–July 1868Theodore Stark
42July 1868–August 1868Col. Francis Luther Guenther
43August 1868–November 1868Cyrus H. Baldwin
44November 1868 – 1870John McKenzie
451870–1878John Alexander
461878–1880Capt. William B. Stanley
471880–1882Capt. Richard O'Neale Jr.
481882–1890John Taylor Rhett
49 Fitz William McMaster.jpg 1890–1892 Col. Fitz William McMaster
501892–1894Dr. Walter Coles Fisher
511894–1898William McBurney Sloan
521898–1900Col. Thomas J. Lipscomb
531900–1904Dr. Fort Sumter Earle
541904–1908Thomas Hasell Gibbes
551908–1910William S. Reamer
561910–1914Wade Hampton Gibbes, Jr.
571914–1918Dr. Lewie A. Griffith
581918–1922R. Johnson Blalock
591922–1926William A. Coleman
601926–1941Dr. Lawrence Beacham Owens
611941–1946Fred D. Marshall
621946–1950Dr. Frank C. Owens
631950–1954J. Macfie Anderson
641954–1958J. Clarence Dreher
651958–1970 Lester L. Bates
661970–1978 John T. Campbell
671978–1986 Kirkman Finlay Jr.
68 T. Patton Adams, mayor of Columbia SC.png 1986–1990 T. Patton Adams
69 US Navy 080923-N-2539L-035 Cmdr. Joseph Klein accepts a proclamation from Columbia Mayor Bob Coble.jpg 1990–2010 Robert D. "Bob" Coble
70 Stephen K. Benjamin 2023.jpg 2010–2022 Stephen K. Benjamin
71 Daniel Rickenmann (cropped).png 2022–present Daniel Rickenmann

See also

References

  1. "About the Mayor". mayor.columbiasc.gov. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
  2. "CONTENTdm". localhistory.richlandlibrary.com. Retrieved December 1, 2021.