List of mayors of Raleigh, North Carolina
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This is a list of Mayors of Raleigh, North Carolina from 1857 (when a new charter was established for the city, replacing the original 1795 charter) to the present:
- William Dallas Haywood, 1857-58
- William H. Harrison, 1858-67
- William Dallas Haywood, 1867-68
- William H. Harrison, 1868-72
- Wesley Whitaker, 1872-74
- Joseph W. Holden, 1874-75
- John C. Gorman, 1875
- Joseph Henry Separk, 1875
- Basil C. Manly, 1875-82
- W. H. Dodd, 1882-87
- Alfred A. Thompson, 1887-91
- Thomas Badger, 1891-95
- William M. Russ, 1895-98
- A. M. Powell, 1898-1905
- James I. Johnson, 1905-09
- J. S. Wynne, 1909-11
- James I. Johnson, 1911-19
- T. B. Eldridge, 1919-23
- E. E. Culbreth, 1923-31
- George A. Iseley, 1931-39
- Graham H. Andrews, 1939-47
- P. D. Snipes, 1947-51
- J. E. Briggs, 1951-53
- Fred B. Wheeler, 1953-57
- William G. Enloe, 1957-63
- James W. Reid, 1963-65
- Travis H. Tomlinson, 1965-69
- Seby B. Jones, 1969-71
- Thomas W. Bradshaw, 1971-73
- Clarence Lightner, 1973-75
- Jyles J. Coggins, 1975-77
- Isabella W. Cannon, 1977-79
- G. Smedes York, 1979-83
- Avery C. Upchurch, 1983-93
- Tom Fetzer, 1993-99
- Paul Coble, 1999-2001
- Charles Meeker, 2001-present
[edit] Intendants of Police
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 were elected annually by all land-owning free men, including free African-Americans. [1] [2]
- John Haywood (1795-c. 1803)
- William White (1803-1806)
- William Hill (1806-1807) [3]
- Dr. Calvin Jones (1807-?)
- John Marshall
- Jonathan S. Robeteau
- Sterling Yancey
- Joseph Gales, Sr. (1819-1833; 1840-1841)
- Weston R. Gales
- William C. Carrington
- Thomas Loring
