Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina

The following is a list of people who have served as the mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina. Charlotte's first records of a mayor date back to 1853 when William F. Davidson was elected to lead the city.

Charlotte mayors serve two-year terms. The longest serving mayor is Pat McCrory, who served from 1995–2009.

19th century

• William F. Davidson (1850–1857)
• David Parks (1857–1859)
• Jennings B. Kerr (1859–1861)
• William A. Owens (1861–1862)
• Robert F. Davidson (1862–1863)
• Samuel A. Harris (1864–1865)
• H.M. Pritchard (1865–1866)
• Samuel A. Harris (1866–1867)
• F.W. Ahrens (1867–1868)
• H.M. Pritchard (1868–1869)
• Clement Dowd (1869–1871) (Democrat)
• John A. Young (1871–1873)
• William F. Davidson (1873–1875)
• William Johnston (1875–1878)
• B.R. Smith (1878–1879)
• Frank I. Osborne (1879–1880) (Democrat)
• F.S. DeWolfe (1880–1883)
• W.C. Maxwell (1883–1884
• William Johnston (1884–1887)
• F.B. McDowell (1887–1891)
• R.J. Brevard (1891–1895)
• J.H. Weddington (1895–1897)
• E.B. Spring (1897–1899)

20th century

• J.D. McCall (1899–1901)
• Peter Marshall Brown (1901–1905)
• S.S. McNinch (1905–1907)
• T.S. Franklin (1907–1909)
• T.W. Hawkins (1909–1911)
• Charles A. Bland (1911–1915)
• T.L. Kirkpatrick (1915–1917)
• Frank R. McNinch (1917–1920)
• John M. Wilson (1920–1921)
• James O. Walker (1921–1924)
• Harvey W. Moore (1924–1926)
• David M. Abernathy (1926–1927)
• F. Marion Redd (1927–1929)
• George E. Wilson, Jr. (1929–1931)
• Charles E. Lambeth (1931–1933)
• Arthur E. Wearn (1933–1935)
• Ben Elbert Douglas, Sr. (1935–1941) (Democrat)
• E. McA. Currie (1941–1943)
• H.H. Baxter (1943–1949)
• Victor Shaw (1949–1953)
• Philip Van Every (1953–1957)
• James Saxon Smith (1957–1961)
• Stanford R. Brookshire (1961–1969)
• John M. Belk (1969–1977) (Democrat)
• Kenneth R. Harris (1977–1979) (Republican)
• H. Edward Knox (1979–1983) (Democrat)
• Harvey Gantt (1983–1987) (Democrat), First African-American mayor
• Sue Myrick (1987–1991) (Republican), First female mayor
• Richard Vinroot (1991–1995) (Republican)

21st century

• Pat McCrory (1995–2009) (Republican), Longest serving mayor
• Anthony Foxx (2009–) (Democratic), Current mayor

External links

• Char-Meck homepage – Past Mayors