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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]
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]
| # | Mayor | Term start | Term end |
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| 1 | John Haywood | 1795 | c. 1803 |
| 2 | William White | 1803 | 1806 |
| 3 | William Hill | 1806 | 1807 [4] |
| 4 | Dr. Calvin Jones | 1807 | 1809 |
| 5 | John Marshall | 1809 | 1811 |
| 6 | Jonathan S. Robeteau | 1812 | 1813 |
| 7 | Sterling Yancey | 1813 | 1814 [5] |
| 8 | Alexander Lucas | 1814 | 1816 |
| 9 | Mark Cooke | 1817 | 1819 |
| 10 | Joseph Gales, Sr. (first time) | 1819 | 1826 |
| 11 | John Bell | 1826 | 1827 |
| 12 | Joseph Gales, Sr. (second time) | 1827 | 1833 |
| 13 | Thomas Cobbs | 1833 | 1834 |
| 14 | Weston Raleigh Gales (first time) | 1835 | 1837 |
| 15 | Thomas Cobbs | 1837 | 1838 |
| 16 | William C. Carrington | 1838 | 1839 |
| 17 | Thomas Cobbs | 1839 | 1840 |
| 18 | Joseph Gales, Sr. (third time) | 1840 | 1841 |
| 19 | William F. Clarke | 1841 | 1842 |
| 20 | Thomas Loring | 1842 | 1843 |
| 21 | Weston Raleigh Gales (second time) | 1843 | 1847 [6] |
| 22 | William Dallas Haywood | 1847 | 1857 [7] |
| # | Mayor | Term start | Term end |
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| 23 | William Dallas Haywood (first time) | 1857 | 1858 |
| 24 | William H. Harrison (first time) | 1858 | 1867 |
| 25 | William Dallas Haywood (second time) | 1867 | 1868 |
| 26 | Charles B. Root [8] | 1868 | 1869 |
| 27 | William H. Harrison (second time) | 1869 | 1872 |
| 28 | Wesley Whitaker | 1872 | 1874 |
| 29 | Joseph W. Holden | 1874 | 1875 |
| 30 | John C. Gorman | 1875 | 1875 |
| 31 | Joseph Henry Separk (died in office) | 1875 | 1875 |
| 32 | Basil C. Manly (died in office) | 1875 | 1882 |
| 33 | William H. Dodd [9] | 1882 | 1887 |
| 34 | Alfred A. Thompson | 1887 | 1891 |
| 35 | Thomas Badger | 1891 | 1895 |
| 36 | William M. Russ | 1895 | 1898 |
| 37 | A. M. Powell | 1898 | 1905 |
| 38 | James I. Johnson (first time) | 1905 | 1909 |
| 39 | James S. Wynne | 1909 | 1911 |
| 40 | James I. Johnson (second time) | 1911 | 1919 |
| 41 | T. B. Eldridge | 1919 | 1923 |
| 42 | Eugene English Culbreth [10] [11] | 1923 | 1931 |
| 43 | George A. Iseley | 1931 | 1939 |
| 44 | Graham H. Andrews | 1939 | 1947 |
| 45 | Percey Daniel Snipes | 1947 | 1951 |
| 46 | James E. Briggs | 1951 | 1953 |
| 47 | Fred B. Wheeler [12] | 1951 | 1957 |
| 48 | William Gilmore Enloe | 1957 | 1963 |
| 49 | James William Reid | 1963 | 1965 |
| 50 | Travis Hocutt Tomlinson | 1965 | 1969 |
| 51 | Seby Brown Jones | 1969 | 1971 |
| 52 | Thomas Wood Bradshaw, Jr. | 1971 | 1973 |
| 53 | Clarence Everett Lightner | 1973 | 1975 |
| 54 | Jyles Jackson Coggins | 1975 | 1977 |
| 55 | Isabella McLean Bett Walton Cannon | 1977 | 1979 |
| 56 | George Smedes York | 1979 | 1983 |
| 57 | Avery Council Upchurch | 1983 | 1993 |
| 58 | Tom Harrison Fetzer | 1993 | 1999 |
| 59 | Paul Yelverton Coble | 1999 | 2001 |
| 60 | Charles Carpenter Meeker | 2001 | 2011 |
| 61 | Nancy Pletcher McFarlane | 2011 | 2019 |
| 62 | Mary-Ann Baldwin | 2019 | - |
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North Carolina is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the 50 United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and South Carolina to the south, and Tennessee to the west. Raleigh is the state's capital and Charlotte is its largest city. The Charlotte metropolitan area, with a population of 2,595,027 in 2020, is the most-populous metropolitan area in North Carolina, the 21st-most populous in the United States, and the largest banking center in the nation after New York City. The Raleigh-Durham-Cary combined statistical area is the second-largest metropolitan area in the state and 32nd-most populous in the United States, with a population of 2,043,867 in 2020, and is home to the largest research park in the United States, Research Triangle Park.
Raleigh is the capital of the state of North Carolina and the seat of Wake County in the United States. It is the second-most populous city in North Carolina, after Charlotte, tenth-most populous city in the Southeast, 41st-most populous city in the U.S., and the largest city of the Research Triangle metro area. Raleigh is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak trees, which line the streets in the heart of the city. The city covers a land area of 147.6 square miles (382 km2). The U.S. Census Bureau counted the city's population as 474,069 in 2020. It is one of the fastest-growing cities in the country. The city of Raleigh is named after Walter Raleigh, who established the lost Roanoke Colony in present-day Dare County.
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Calvin Jones was a North Carolina physician and was among the group of founders of the North Carolina Medical Society. He served from 1802 to 1832 as a trustee of the University of North Carolina. Jones was also elected to the North Carolina House of Commons and as the Mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina (1807–1809). In 1817 and 1819 he was Grand Master of Masons in North Carolina.
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William White (1762–1811) was the second North Carolina Secretary of State, serving from 1798 until 1811.
The mayor of Raleigh is the mayor of Raleigh, the state capital of North Carolina, in the United States. Raleigh operates with council-manager government, under which the mayor is elected separately from Raleigh City Council, of which they are the eighth member.
The Raleigh mayoral election of 2011 was held on October 11, 2011, to elect a Mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina for a two-year term. Incumbent Mayor Charles Meeker announced in April 2011 that he would not run for a sixth term. The election was officially a non-partisan contest, but outgoing Mayor Meeker was well known as a Democrat. Meeker endorsed candidate Nancy McFarlane, who is politically unaffiliated, to succeed him. She won the election with 61 percent of the vote, making a runoff unnecessary.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
The 2019 mayoral election in the city of Raleigh, North Carolina, was held on Tuesday, October 8, 2019. Former City Council member Mary-Ann Baldwin placed first in the election, followed by attorney Charles Francis. Although Baldwin did not receive a majority of the vote, Francis declined to seek a runoff, leaving Baldwin elected as the city's next mayor.
The North Carolina General Assembly of 1836–1837 met in Raleigh from November 21, 1836 to January 23, 1837. The assembly consisted of the 120 members of the North Carolina House of Commons and 50 senators of North Carolina Senate elected by the voters in August 1836. During the 1836 session, the legislature created Davie County, but it was not until 1842 that Davie County began sending delegates to the General Assembly. William H. Haywood, Jr was elected speaker of the House of Commons and Charles Manley was elected clerk. Hugh Waddell was elected President of the Senate and Thomas G. Stone was elected Clerk. Richard Dobbs Spaight, Jr. was the Governor in 1835 and 1836. He was elected by the previous legislature. In 1837, the Governor of North Carolina, Edward Bishop Dudley from New Hanover County, was elected, for the first time, by the people vice the legislature. The Whigs would control North Carolina politics until 1850. While in power, their notable achievements included funding railroads and roads, public education, and State chartered banks.
