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Mayor of Savannah
Incumbent
Eddie DeLoach
since January 5, 2016
StyleThe Honorable
Term length4 years, no term limits
Inaugural holderJohn Houstoun
Formation1790
Salary$58,898[1]
Websitewww.savannahga.gov

The Mayor is the highest elected official in Savannah, Georgia. Since its incorporation in 1789, the town has had 66 mayors.[2]

List

Mayor Edward C. Anderson (1865–1869, 1873–1877) was the first mayor after the Civil War.
Mayor Julius Lewis, Jr. (1966–1970) was the first Republican and non-Democrat mayor since the Civil War.
Mayor Floyd Adams, Jr. (1996–2003) was the first African-American mayor of Savannah.
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# Mayor Term start Term end Terms   Party
1 John Houstoun 1790 1791 1 bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| None
2 Thomas Gibbons 1791 1792 1 bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| None
3 Joseph Habersham 1792 1793 1 bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| None
4 William Sephens 1793 1794 1 bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| None
(2) Thomas Gibbons 1794 1795 1 bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| None
(4) William Sephens 1795 1796 1 bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| None
5 John Noel 1796 1797 1 bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| None
6 John Glen 1797 1798 1 bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| None
7 Matthew H. McAllister 1798 1799 1 bgcolor=Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color| Democratic-Republican
(2) Thomas Gibbons 1799 1801 2 bgcolor=Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color| Democratic-Republican
8 David B. Mitchell 1801 1802 1 bgcolor=Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color| Democratic-Republican
9 Charles Harris 1802 1804 2 bgcolor=Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color| Democratic-Republican
(5) John Noel 1804 1807 3 bgcolor=Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color| Democratic-Republican
10 William Davies 1807 1807 1⁄2 bgcolor=Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color| Democratic-Republican
(9) Charles Harris 1807 1808 1⁄2 bgcolor=Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color| Democratic-Republican
11 John Williamson 1808 1809 1 bgcolor=Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color| Democratic-Republican
12 William Bulloch 1809 1811 2 bgcolor=Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color| Democratic-Republican
13 Thomas Mendenhall 1811 1811 1⁄2 bgcolor=Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color| Democratic-Republican
(12) William Bulloch 1811 1812 1⁄2 bgcolor=Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color| Democratic-Republican
14 George Jones 1812 1814 2 bgcolor=Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color| Democratic-Republican
(7) Matthew H. McAllister 1814 1815 Partial bgcolor=Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color| Democratic-Republican
15 Thomas Charlton 1815 1817 2 1⁄2 bgcolor=Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color| Democratic-Republican
16 James Wayne 1817 1819 2 bgcolor=Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color| Democratic-Republican
(15) Thomas Charlton 1819 1821 1 1⁄2 bgcolor=Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color| Democratic-Republican
17 James Morrison 1821 1824 3 1⁄2 bgcolor=Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color| Democratic-Republican
18 William Daniell 1824 1826 2 bgcolor=Template:Jacksonian Party (United States)/meta/color| Jacksonian
19 Joseph W. Jackson 1826 1828 2 bgcolor=Template:Jacksonian Party (United States)/meta/color| Jacksonian
20 William T. Williams 1828 1830 2 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
21 William Waring 1830 1832 2 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
22 George W. Owens 1832 1833 Partial bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
(20) William T. Williams 1833 1834 1 1⁄2 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
23 William Gordon 1834 1836 1 1⁄2 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
24 William Cuyler 1836 1836 1⁄2 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
25 John Nicoll 1836 1837 1 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
(7) Matthew H. McAllister 1837 1839 1 1⁄2 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
26 Robert M. Charlton 1839 1841 2 1⁄2 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
(20) William T. Williams 1841 1842 1 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
27 Richard Arnold 1842 1843 1 bgcolor=Template:Whig Party (United States)/meta/color| Whig
(20) William T. Williams 1843 1844 1 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
28 Richard Wayne 1844 1845 1 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
29 Henry Burroughs 1845 1848 3 bgcolor=Template:Whig Party (United States)/meta/color| Whig
(28) Richard Wayne 1848 1851 3 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
(27) Richard Arnold 1851 1852 1 bgcolor=Template:Whig Party (United States)/meta/color| Whig
(28) Richard Wayne 1852 1853 1 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
30 James E. Ward 1853 1854 1 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
31 Edward C. Anderson 1854 1856 2 bgcolor=Template:Know Nothing/meta/color| American
32 James Screven 1856 1857 1 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
(28) Richard Wayne † 1857 1858 Partial bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
33 Thomas Turner 1858 1859 1 1⁄2 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
(27) Richard Arnold 1859 1860 1 bgcolor=Template:Know Nothing/meta/color| American
34 Charles Jones 1860 1861 1 bgcolor=Template:Southern Democratic (United States)/meta/color| Democratic (Southern)
35 Thomas Purse 1861 1862 1 bgcolor=Template:Southern Democratic (United States)/meta/color| Democratic (Southern)
36 Thomas Holcombe 1862 1863 1 bgcolor=Template:Southern Democratic (United States)/meta/color| Democratic (Southern)
(27) Richard Arnold 1863 1865 1 bgcolor=Template:Southern Democratic (United States)/meta/color| Democratic (Southern)
37 Edward C. Anderson 1865 1869 4 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
38 John Screven 1869 1873 4 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
(37) Edward C. Anderson 1873 1877 2 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
39 John Wheaton 1877 1883 3 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
40 Rufus E. Lester 1883 1889 3 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
41 John Schwarz 1889 1891 1 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
42 John McDonough 1891 1895 2 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
43 Herman Myers 1895 1897 1 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
44 Peter Meldrim 1897 1899 1 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
(43) Herman Myers 1899 1907 4 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
45 George Tiedeman 1907 1913 3 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
46 Richard Davant † 1913 1915 1 1⁄2 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
47 Wallace Pierpont 1915 1919 1 1⁄2 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
48 Murray Stewart 1919 1923 2 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
49 Paul Seabrook 1923 1925 1 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
50 Robert Hull † 1925 1927 1 1⁄2 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
51 Thomas Hoynes 1927 1929 1⁄2 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
52 Gordon Saussy 1929 1931 1 1⁄2 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
(51) Thomas Hoynes 1931 1933 1⁄2 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
53 Thomas Gamble 1933 1937 2 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
54 Robert Hitch 1937 1939 1 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
(53) Thomas Gamble † 1939 1945 3 1⁄2 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
55 Peter Nugent 1945 1947 1⁄2 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
56 John G. Kennedy 1947 1949 1 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
57 Olin Fulmer 1949 1955 3 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
58 Lee Mingledorff, Jr. 1955 1960 3 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
59 Malcolm R. Maclean 1960 1966 2 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
60 Julius Lewis, Jr. 1966 1970 1 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Republican
61 John Rousakis 1970 1992 5 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
62 Susan Weiner 1992 1996 1 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Republican
63 Floyd Adams, Jr. 1996 2004 2 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
64 Otis Johnson 2004 2012 2 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
65 Edna Jackson 2012 2016 1 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
66 Eddie Deloach 2016 Incumbent 1 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Republican
Notes

† Deceased/murdered in office.

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ salarygenius.com/ga/savannah/salary/mayor-salary
  2. ^ Savannah Morning News
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