List of mayors of Memphis, Tennessee
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 |
| Addison H. Douglass | 1855–1856 |
| Thomas B. Carroll | 1856–1857 |
| Richard D. Baugh | 1857–1861 |
| John Park | 1861–1864 |
| Thomas H. Harris | 1864 |
| Channing Richards | 1864–1865 |
| John Park | 1865–1866 |
| William Lofland | 1866–1868 |
| Edgar M. McDavitt | 1868 |
| John W. Leftwich | 1868–1869 |
| John 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 |
| Walker L. Clapp | 1895–1898 |
| Joseph John "JJ" Williams | 1898–1906 |
| James H. Malone | 1906–1910 |
| Edward Hull "E. 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 |
| Watkins Overton | 1928–1939 |
| Edward Hull "E. H." Crump | 1940 |
| Joseph P. Boyle | 1940 |
| Walter Chandler | 1940–1946 |
| Joseph P. 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 | 1992–2009 |
| Myron Lowery | 2009 (pro tem) |
| A C Wharton | 2009-2015 |
| Jim Strickland | 2016-present |
References
- ^ 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. The city leaders during this period were known as President of the Taxing District. They were David T. Porter (1879-1881), John Overton (1881-1883), David P. Hadden (1883-1891), William D. Bethell (1891-1893) and Walter L. Clapp (1893-1895) who then became mayor. See the article History of Memphis, Tennessee for more information.
