List of mayors of Charlottesville, Virginia
The Mayor of Charlottesville is the president of the City Council in Charlottesville, Virginia. Before 1888, Charlottesville was a town within Albemarle County, Virginia, and the electorate directly chose a mayor in regular elections. In 1888, Charlottesville incorporated as a city independent of the county but continued to select its mayors in the same fashion. Since 1922, however, the popular electorate has chosen a number of individuals to serve on city council - initially three, then five from 1928 to the present. From 1922 through 2006 those elections took place in May or June each even-numbered year. Beginning in 2007, council elections moved to November of odd-numbered years.[1] The elected councilors chose one of their own members to serve as leader of the council with the title of "mayor" but with no distinct legal or executive authority. The mayor presides over council meetings and occasionally plays a role as the ceremonial head of city government.
List of mayors
Popularly elected mayors (1853–1922)
(partial list)
Mayor | Political party | Term start | Term end |
---|---|---|---|
Christopher L. Fowler[2][3] | April 1868 | ||
T. W. Savage[3] | April 1868 | March 1870 | |
N. H. Massie[3] | March 1870 | April 1870 | |
Christopher L. Fowler[3] | April 1870 | 1870 | |
William L. Cochran[3][4] | 1870 | 1875? | |
Richard F. Harris[5] | 1875 | 1881 | |
B. R. Pace[6] | July 1, 1881 | July 1, 1883 | |
Richard F. Harris[7][5] | July 1, 1883 | 1888 | |
Samuel Baker Woods[8] | 1888 | 1892 | |
L. T. Hanckel[9][10] | 1892 | 1894 | |
John Shelton Patton[11] | Democratic[12] | 1894 | 1896 |
J. Samuel McCue[13] | Democratic[12] | 1896 | August 31, 1900 |
Charles W. Allen[14] | September 1, 1900 | August 31, 1902 | |
J. Samuel McCue | Democratic | September 1, 1902 | August 31, 1904 |
George W. Olivier[15][16] | September 1, 1904 | August 31, 1908 | |
Elbridge G. Haden[17] | September 1, 1908 | August 31, 1912 | |
Alpheus V. Conway[18] | September 1, 1912 | August 31, 1916 | |
Elbridge G. Haden[17] | September 1, 1916 | August 31, 1920 | |
Benjamin E. Wheeler[19] | September 1, 1920 | August 31, 1922 |
City Council chosen mayors (1922–present)
Mayor | Political party | Tenure start | Tenure end | Terms |
---|---|---|---|---|
John R. Morris[20] | Democratic | September 1, 1922 | August 31, 1924 | 1 |
Jury Y. Brown | Democratic | September 1, 1924 | August 31, 1930 | 3 |
Frederick L. Watson | Democratic | September 1, 1930 | August 31, 1932 | 1 |
Frederick W. Twyman | Democratic | September 1, 1932 | August 31, 1934 | 1 |
W. Dandridge Haden | Democratic | September 1, 1934 | August 31, 1938 | 2 |
George T. Huff | Democratic | September 1, 1938 | August 31, 1940 | 1 |
W. Dandridge Haden | Democratic | September 1, 1940 | August 31, 1942 | 1 (3 total) |
J. Emmett Gleason | Democratic | September 1, 1942 | August 31, 1944 | 1 |
Roscoe S. Adams | Democratic | September 1, 1944 | August 31, 1948 | 1 |
Gus Tebell | Democratic | September 1, 1948 | August 31, 1950 | 1 |
Strother F. Hamm | Democratic | September 1, 1950 | August 31, 1952 | 1 |
William R. Hill | Democratic | September 1, 1952 | August 31, 1954 | 1 |
Sol B. Weinberg | Democratic | September 1, 1954 | August 31, 1956 | 1 |
Robert M. “Jack” Davis | Democratic | September 1, 1956 | August 31, 1958 | 1 |
Thomas J. Michie | Democratic | September 1, 1958 | August 31, 1960 | 1 |
Louie L. Scribner[21] | Democratic | September 1, 1960 | August 31, 1962 | 1 |
Bernard J. Haggerty | Democratic | September 1, 1962 | August 31, 1964 | 1 |
Lindsey B. Mount | Democratic | September 1, 1964 | August 31, 1966 | 1 |
Burkett A. Reynolds | Democratic | September 1, 1966 | August 31, 1968 | 1 |
Gunther "Dutch" Vogt | Republican | September 1, 1968 | August 31, 1970 | 1 |
Mitchell Van Yahres | Democratic | September 1, 1970[22] | July 3, 1972 | 1 |
Francis H. Fife | Democratic | July 3, 1972[23] | July 1, 1974 | 1 |
Charles H. Barbour | Democratic | July 1, 1974[24] | July 1, 1976 | 1 |
Nancy K. O'Brien | Democratic | July 1, 1976[25] | July 1, 1978 | 1 |
Laurence A. Brunton | Republican | July 1, 1978[26] | July 1, 1980 | 1 |
Francis L. Buck | Democratic | July 1, 1980 | July 1, 1988 | 4 |
Elizabeth "Bitsy" Waters | Democratic | July 1, 1988[27] | July 2, 1990 | 1 |
Alvin Edwards | Democratic | July 2, 1990[28] | July 1, 1992 | 1 |
Tom Vandever | Democratic | July 1, 1992[29] | July 4, 1994 | 1 |
David Toscano | Democratic | July 4, 1994[30] | July 1, 1996 | 1 |
Kay Slaughter | Democratic | July 1, 1996[31] | July 1, 1998 | 1 |
Virginia Daugherty | Democratic | July 1, 1998[32] | July 3, 2000 | 1 |
Blake Caravati | Democratic | July 3, 2000[33] | July 1, 2002 | 1 |
Maurice Cox | Democratic | July 1, 2002[34] | July 1, 2004 | 1 |
David Brown | Democratic | July 1, 2004[35] | January 7, 2008 | 2 |
Dave Norris | Democratic | January 7, 2008[36] | January 3, 2012 | 2 |
Satyendra Huja | Democratic | January 3, 2012[37] | January 4, 2016 | 2 |
Michael Signer | Democratic | January 4, 2016[38] | January 2, 2018 | 1 |
Nikuyah Walker | Independent | January 2, 2018[39] | January 5, 2022 | 2 |
J. Lloyd Snook, III | Democratic | January 5, 2022[40] | January 2, 2024 | 1 |
Juandiego Wade | Democratic | January 2, 2004[41] | Incumbent | 1 |
Notes
- ^ "Charlottesville decided in 2004 to move its city-council and school-board elections from May to November..." Graham, Chris (31 August 2007), "May-November romance: Staunton examining options for moving local elections", Augusta Free Press, retrieved 27 March 2021
- ^ Virginia Department of Historical Resources, Historical Marker Q-22, Albemarle County, VA. Search "Q-22" at https://vcris.dhr.virginia.gov/HistoricMarkers/
- ^ a b c d e "T. W. Savage - Cvillepedia".
- ^ Cochran was still mayor of the Town of Charlottesville in October 1873. See The Jeffersonian Republican, Charlottesville, VA, 15 October 1873. Available via the Library of Virginia at https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=JRP18731015.1.2&srpos=1&e=------187-en-20-JRP-1--txt-txIN-mayor------- (Accessed 25 March 2021).
- ^ a b Maurer, David A. (8 Dec 2013), "Yesteryears: For Charlottesville's first mayor, Christmas season 1886 ended with a bang", The Daily Progress, archived from the original on 12 April 2019, retrieved 24 March 2021
- ^ The Jeffersonian Republican, Charlottesville, VA, 1 June 1881. Available via the Library of Virginia at https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=JRP18810601.1.4&srpos=16&e=-------en-20-JRP-1--txt-txIN-mayor------- (Accessed 25 March 2021).
- ^ The Jeffersonian Republican, Charlottesville, VA, 30 May 1883. Available via the Library of Virginia at https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=JRP18830530.1.3&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- (Accessed 25 March 2021).
- ^ "Arrowhead," National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, filed 1991, pp. 12-13 of pdf file. https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/002-0195-Arrowhead-1991-Final-Nomination.pdf
- ^ "Rev. William H. Hanckel Dead", The Times, Richmond, VA, 24 November 1892, retrieved 26 March 2021
- ^ "Thornton Sent On", The Times, Richmond, VA, 5 May 1894, retrieved 26 March 2021
- ^ University of Virginia: Its History, Influence, Equipment and Characteristics, with Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Founders, Benefactors, Officers and Alumni. New York: Lewis Publishing Company. 1904. p. 22.
- ^ a b "Democratic Nominees in Charlottesville", Staunton Spectator, Staunton, VA, 18 March 1896, retrieved 26 March 2021
- ^ Patton, John Shelton (1904). The McCue murder: complete story of the crime and the famous trial of the ex-mayor of Charlottesville, Virginia. Charlottesville, VA: Progress Publishing Company. p. 12. hdl:2027/uva.x000449357.
- ^ "Charles W. Allen - Cvillepedia".
- ^ Taibi, Richard (2017). Charles Olivier and the Rise of Meteor Science. Springer. p. 8.
- ^ obituary in Confederate Veteran volume 32, June 1924, p. 234. https://archive.org/details/confederateveter3219conf/page/234/mode/2up
- ^ a b "E. G. Haden, Twice Mayor, is Dead", The Daily Progress, Charlottesville, VA, 28 February 1933, retrieved 26 March 2021
- ^ "A. V. Conway - Cvillepedia".
- ^ "New Regime in City Affairs", The Daily Progress, Charlottesville, VA, 1 September 1920, retrieved 26 March 2021
- ^ "'First Ticket' Sweeps City", The Daily Progress, Charlottesville, VA, 14 June 1922, retrieved 26 March 2021
- ^ Lay, K. Edward (2000). The architecture of Jefferson country: Charlottesville and Albemarle County. University of Virginia Press. p. 283. ISBN 978-0-8139-1885-3.
- ^ City Council Minutes, 1 September 1970, http://weblink.charlottesville.org/public/0/doc/157780/Page2.aspx
- ^ City Council Minutes, 3 July 1972, http://weblink.charlottesville.org/public/0/doc/191343/Page1.aspx
- ^ City Council Minutes, 1 July 1974, http://weblink.charlottesville.org/public/0/doc/191439/Page1.aspx
- ^ City Council Minutes, 1 July 1976, http://weblink.charlottesville.org/public/0/doc/157554/Page1.aspx
- ^ City Council Minutes, 1 July 1978, http://weblink.charlottesville.org/public/0/doc/157657/Page1.aspx
- ^ City Council Minutes, 1 July 1988, http://weblink.charlottesville.org/public/0/doc/69564/Page1.aspx
- ^ City Council Minutes, 2 July 1990, http://weblink.charlottesville.org/public/0/doc/46323/Page1.aspx
- ^ City Council Minutes, 1 July 1992, http://weblink.charlottesville.org/public/0/doc/45774/Page1.aspx
- ^ City Council Minutes, 5 July 1994, http://weblink.charlottesville.org/public/0/doc/45545/Page1.aspx
- ^ City Council Minutes, 1 July 1996, http://weblink.charlottesville.org/public/0/doc/45381/Page1.aspx
- ^ City Council Minutes, 1 July 1998, http://weblink.charlottesville.org/public/0/doc/69832/Page1.aspx
- ^ City Council Minutes, 3 July 2000, http://weblink.charlottesville.org/public/0/doc/69921/Page1.aspx
- ^ City Council Minutes, 1 July 2002, http://weblink.charlottesville.org/public/0/doc/195881/Page1.aspx
- ^ City Council Minutes, 1 July 2004, http://weblink.charlottesville.org/public/0/doc/199396/Page1.aspx
- ^ City Council Minutes, 7 January 2008, http://weblink.charlottesville.org/public/0/doc/347325/Page1.aspx
- ^ City Council Minutes, 3 January 2012, http://weblink.charlottesville.org/public/0/edoc/558267/20120103Jan3.pdf
- ^ City Council Minutes, 4 January 2016, http://weblink.charlottesville.org/public/0/edoc/732436/MINS_20160104Jan4.pdf
- ^ City Council Minutes, 2 January 2018, http://weblink.charlottesville.org/public/0/edoc/793628/20180102Jan02.pdf
- ^ City Council Meeting, 5 January 2022, https://charlottesvilleva.civicclerk.com/Web/Player.aspx?id=1296&key=-1&mod=-1&mk=-1&nov=0
- ^ https://www.cbs19news.com/city-council-elects-wade-as-new-mayor/article_84e30889-5e46-58eb-9fee-f4d114e8e707.html
Further reading
- Lisa Provence, "Mayorsville: Here, everybody's a mayor", The Hook, August 10, 2006
- Cvillepedia: Mayor of Charlottesville since 1922