Previous Mayors

E. Murphy Douglas (1887-1891)
Robert L. Edwards (1891-1893)
Edwin W. Simpson (1893-1895)
James L. Wilkes (1895-1899)
Thomas P. Johnston (1901-1905)
Sterling P. McDonald (1905-1910)
Fred Prather (1910-1912)
W. L. Howard (1916-1919)
J. A. Shinn (1919-1920)
H. H. Howard (1920-1922)
J. E. Jordan (1922-1924)
P. L. Mosley (1924-1926)
H. H. Howard (1926-1934)
Thomas Avery Ogletree (1934-1940)
Howard Arrington Parker (1940-1941) [resigned]
M. S. Hurston (1941-1942) [resigned]
Miles Motes (1942-1948)
Edward J. Howard (1948-59) [resigned]
Joe P. Dark (1959-1964)
Earl V. Atkinson (1964-1968)
Joe P. Dark (1968-1972) [resigned]
John Gann (1972)
Curtis O. Liles (1972-1976)
W. Ross Payton (1976-1980)
Gene Stewart (1980-1984) [died in office]
James Payton (1984-1994) [died in office]
Jesse Cleveland (1994-2000)
Bruce Carr (2000-2004)
Sam H. Wright (2004-2012) [died in office]
James Whitney Heigl (2012)
Ira Douglas Murphree (2012-2016)