List of mayors of Greenville, South Carolina

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This is a list of mayors of Greenville, South Carolina,[1] a city in the northwest (Upstate) part of the U.S. state of South Carolina. Before the city's office of Mayor was established, a similar role was that of Intendant.[1] Mayors began office when the General Assembly amended the town charter in February 1869 to establish Greenville as a city.[2] Officials elected to multiple consecutive terms have the number of terms noted after their names.

Intendants[edit]

Order
Person
number
 Intendants of Greenville, South Carolina
Intendant Served Notes
1 1 Thomas M. Cox 1850–1851 also served in 1864
unknown 1852–1854
2 2 H. Lee Thruston (2) 1855–1857
unknown 1858
3 3 Alexander McBee 1859–1860[3] also served 1862–1863; son of Vardry McBee[4]
unknown 1861
4 3 Alexander McBee 1862–1863[5][6] also served 1859–1860; lived at Brushy Creek[6]
5 1 Thomas M. Cox 1864 also served 1850–1851
unknown 1865
6 4 R.D. Long 1866–1867
7 5 W.R. Jones 1868 also served as Greenville's first mayor

Mayors[edit]

Years
per term
Order
Person
number
 Mayors of Greenville, South Carolina
Mayor Served Notes
1 1 1 W.R. Jones 1869–1870 served previously as intendant
2 2 Thomas C. Gower 1870–1871
3 3 James P. Moore 1871–1872
4 4 H.P. Hammett 1872–1873
5 5 Samuel Stradley 1873–1874
2 6 6 William C. Cleveland 1875–1877 terms began a two-year length[7]
7 7 William L. Mauldin 1877–1879 later served in the state house, senate, and as lieutenant governor
8 8 Samuel A. Townes (3) 1879–1885 also served 1887–1889
9 9 E.F.S. Rowley 1885–1887 also served 1889–1891
10 8 Samuel A. Townes 1887–1889 also served 1879–1885
11 9 E.F.S. Rowley 1889–1891 also served 1885–1887
12 10 W.W. Gilreath 1891–1893
13 11 James T. Williams (4) 1893–1901
14 12 C.C. Jones 1901–1903
15 13 G. Heyward Mahon (3) 1903–1909
16 14 John B. Marshall 1909–1911 also served 1913–1915
17 15 Henry Briggs 1911–1913
18 14 John B. Marshall 1913–1915 also served 1909–1911
19 16 Charles S. Webb 1915–1917
20 17 H.C. Harvley (3) 1917–1923
21 18 Richard F. Watson (2) 1923–1927
22 19 Alvin H. Dean 1927–1929
23 20 A.C. Mann (2) 1929–1933 father of politician James Mann
24 21 John McHardy Mauldin (2) 1933–1937 son of Mayor William L. Mauldin
25 22 C. Fred McCullough (5) 1937–1947
26 23 J. Kenneth Cass (7) 1947–1961
27 24 David G. Traxler Sr. (4) 1961–1969
28 25 R. Cooper White Jr. 1969–1971 grandson of Mayor H.C. Harvley[8]
4 29 26 Max Heller (2) 1971–1979 terms began a 4-year length; appointed to State Development Board[9]
30 27 James H. Simkins 1979 completed Heller's second term
31 28 Jesse L. Helms 1979–1982 died in office
32 29 Harry B. Luthi 1982–1983 completed Helms's term
33 30 Bill Workman (3) 1983–1995
34 31 Knox H. White (8) 1995–present longest-serving mayor

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Historical Archive: Mayors and Intendants". City of Greenville, South Carolina. Archived from the original on May 17, 2014.
  2. ^ "175th Anniversary Information Brochure". City of Greenville, South Carolina. 2006. p. 14. Retrieved March 23, 2021. 25 FEB 1869. The Town Charter was amended by the General Assembly to establish Greenville as a city.
  3. ^ Greisser, Edith. "Laurensville Herald, 1855–1859". Genealogy Trails. Retrieved March 24, 2021. McAbee, A. was elected Intendant of Greenville, Laurensville Herald 9/23/1859, p2
  4. ^ "Check out some of Greenville's most historic homes". WYFF. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
  5. ^ "175th Anniversary Information Brochure". City of Greenville, South Carolina. 2006. p. 13. Retrieved March 23, 2021. 26 MAR 1863. Council sanctioned the actions of the Intendant Alexander McBee, who had offered use of the public buildings in the town...
  6. ^ a b McCuen, Anne K. (May 1998). "Brushy Creek Registration Form" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places. p. 6. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
  7. ^ "175th Anniversary Information Brochure". City of Greenville, South Carolina. 2006. p. 15. Retrieved March 23, 2021. 15 DEC 1874. ... Aldermen and Mayor would serve two years beginning with the 1875 election
  8. ^ "R. Cooper White 1927–2017". The Greenville News. April 24, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2021 – via Legacy.com.
  9. ^ Huff, Archie Vernon Jr. (May 18, 2016). "Heller, Max". South Carolina Encyclopedia. Retrieved March 24, 2021. In 1979 Governor Richard Riley appointed Heller chairman of the State Development Board.
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