List of mayors of Memphis, Tennessee
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This is a list of mayors of Memphis, Tennessee.
| Mayor | Term |
|---|---|
| Marcus B. Winchester | 1827-1829 |
| Isaac Rawlings | 1829-1831 |
| Seth Wheatley | 1831-1832 |
| Robert Lawrence | 1832-1833 |
| Isaac Rawlings | 1833-1836 |
| Enoch Banks | 1836-1837 |
| John H. Morgan | 1837-1838 |
| Enoch Banks | 1838-1839 |
| Thomas Dixon | 1839-1841 |
| William Spickernagle | 1841-1842 |
| Edwin Hickman | 1842-1845 |
| Jesse J. Finley | 1845-1846 |
| Edwin Hickman | 1846-1847 |
| Enoch Banks | 1847-1848 |
| Gardner E. Locke | 1848-1849 |
| Edwin Hickman | 1849-1852 |
| A. B. Taylor | 1852-1855 |
| A. H. Douglass | 1855-1856 |
| T. B. Carroll | 1856-1857 |
| R. D. Baugh | 1857-1861 |
| John Park | 1861-1864 |
| Thomas H. Harris | 1864 |
| Channing Richards | 1864-1865 |
| John Park | 1865-1866 |
| William Lofland | 1866-1868 |
| McDavitt | 1868 |
| John W. Leftwich | 1868-1869 |
| J. T. Swayne | 1869 |
| John W. Leftwich | 1869-1870 |
| John Johnson | 1870-1874 |
| John Loague | 1874-1876 |
| John R. Flippin | 1876-1879 |
| (none) [1] | 1879-1895 |
| W. L. Clapp | 1895-1898 |
| J. J. Williams | 1898-1906 |
| James H. Malone | 1906-1910 |
| Edward H. Crump | 1910-1915 |
| George C. Love | 1915-1916 |
| Thomas C. Ashcroft | 1916-1917 |
| Harry H. Litty | 1917-1918 |
| Frank L. Monteverde | 1918-1919 |
| Rowlett Paine | 1920-1927 |
| S. Watkins Overton | 1928-1939 |
| Edward H. Crump | 1940 |
| Joseph Patrick Boyle | 1940 |
| Walter Chandler | 1940-1946 |
| Joseph Patrick Boyle | 1946 |
| Sylvanus W. Polk, Sr. | 1946-1947 |
| James J. Pleasants, Jr. | 1947-1949 |
| Watkins Overton | 1949-1953 |
| Frank T. Tobey | 1953-1955 |
| Walter Chandler | 1955 |
| Edmund Orgill | 1956-1959 |
| Henry Loeb | 1960-1963 |
| Claude Armour | 1963 |
| William B. Ingram | 1963-1967 |
| Henry Loeb | 1968-1971 |
| J. Wyeth Chandler | 1972-1982 |
| J. O. Patterson, Jr. | 1982 |
| Wallace Madewell | 1982 |
| Richard C. Hackett | 1982-1991 |
| W. W. Herenton | 1992-Present |
[1] As a result of a yellow fever epidemic in 1879, Memphis lost so much of its population that it was disincorporated and was not rechartered until 1895. This accounts for the absence of a mayor during the period 1879 - 1893. See the article History of Memphis, Tennessee for more information.
