This is a list of mayors of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Tim Kelly has been the incumbent mayor of Chattanooga since his inauguration on April 19, 2021 at the Tivoli Theatre.[1]
City aldermen system (1840-1911)
edit# | Portrait | Term in office | Terms | Name[2] | Party affiliation | |
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1 | 1840[a] | 1 | James Enfield Berry | |||
2 | 1841 | 1 | Dr. Beriah Frazier | |||
3 | 1842–1843 | 2 | Dr. Milo Smith (1st term) | |||
4 | 1844–1845 | 2 | Dr. Joseph Strong Gillespie | |||
5 | 1846–1848 | 3 | Henry White Massengale (1st, 2nd & 3rd terms) | |||
6 | 1849 | 1 | Thomas Crutchfield Sr. | |||
7 | 1850–1852 | 3 | Dr. Milo Smith (3rd, 4th & 5th terms) | |||
8 | 1853 | 1 | Henry White Massengale (4th term) | |||
9 | 1854 | 1 | William Williams | |||
10 | 1854 | 1 | William F. Ragsdale | |||
11 | 1855 | 1 | Eldridge Gerry Pearl | |||
12 | 1856 | 1 | David Claiborne McMillin | |||
13 | 1857 | 1 | William D. Fulton | |||
14 | 1858 | 1 | Dr. William Samuel Bell | |||
15 | 1859 | 1 | Thomas Crutchfield Jr. | |||
16 | 1860 | 1 | Charles Erskine Grenville | |||
17 | 1861 | 1 | James Cartwright Warner | |||
18 | 1862–1863 | 2 | Dr. Milo Smith (6th & 7th terms) | |||
Under direct control of the United States Army for duration of Civil War from 1863–1865 | ||||||
19 | 1865 | 1 | Richard Henderson | |||
20 | 1866 | 1 | Charles E. Lewis | Republican | ||
21 | 1867–1868 | 2 | Dudley C. Carr | |||
22 | 1869 | 1 | Alonzo G. Sharpe (1st term) | Republican | ||
23 | 1870–1871 | 2 | William P. Rathburn | |||
24 | 1871–1872 | 2 | Gen. John T. Wilder | Republican | ||
25 | 1872 | 1 | Josiah Jackson Bryan | |||
26 | 1873 | 1 | Dr. Eli M. Wight (1st term) | Republican | ||
27 | 1874 | 1 | Dr. Philander D. Sims | Democratic | ||
28 | 1875 | 1 | John W. James | Republican | ||
29 | 1876 | 1 | Col. Tomlinson Fort, Jr. | Democratic | ||
30 | 1877 | 1 | Dr. Eli M. Wight (2nd term) | Republican | ||
31 | 1878 | 1 | Thomas J. Carlisle | |||
32 | 1878 | Andrew Jackson Gahagan (Acting) | ||||
33 | 1879 | 1 | Jesse Thomas Hill | |||
34 | 1880 | 1 | Henry Frederick Temple | |||
35 | 1881 | 1 | John A. Hart (1st term) | Republican | ||
36 | 1882–1883 | 2 | Henry Clay Evans | Republican | ||
37 | 1883–1885[b] | 1 | Hugh Whiteside | Democratic | ||
38 | 1885–1887 | 1 | Alonzo G. Sharpe (2nd term) | Republican | ||
39 | 1887–1889 | 1 | John B. Nicklin | Democratic | ||
40 | 1889–1891 | 1/2 | John A. Hart (2nd term) | Republican | ||
41 | 1891 | Isaac B. Merriman (Acting) | ||||
42 | 1891–1893 | 1 | Garnet Andrews | Democratic | ||
43 | 1893–1897 | 2 | George W. Ochs | Democratic | ||
44 | 1897–1899 | 1 | Edmund Watkins | Democratic | ||
45 | 1899–1901 | 1 | Joseph Wassman | Republican | ||
– | 1901–1905 | 2 | Alexander W. Chambliss (1st term) | Democratic | ||
46 | 1905–1907 | 1 | William Little Frierson | Democratic | ||
47 | 1907–1909 | 1 | William Riley Crabtree | Democratic | ||
48 | 1909–1911[c] | 1 | Thomas C. Thompson | Democratic |
City commission system (1911-1990)
edit# | Portrait | Term in office | Terms | Name[3] | Party affiliation | |
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– | 1911–1915[c] | 1 | Thomas C. Thompson | none | ||
49 | 1915–1919 | 1 | Jesse M. Littleton | none | ||
50 | 1919–1923 | 3 | Alexander Wilds Chambliss (2nd Term) | none | ||
51 | 1923–1927 | 1 | Richard Hardy | none | ||
52 | 1927–1947 | 5 | Edward Davis "E.D." Bass | Democratic | ||
53 | 1947 | 1⁄2 | Elijah Radford Betterton (Acting) | none | ||
54 | 1947–1951 | 1 | Hugh Wasson | none | ||
55 | 1951–1963 | 3 | Peter Rudolph "Rudy" Olgiati | none | ||
56 | 1963–1969 | 2 | Ralph H. Kelley | none | ||
57 | 1969–1971 | 1⁄2 | Austin Letheridge "Chunk" Bender (Acting) | Democratic | ||
58 | 1971 | 1⁄2 | S. Dean Peterson (Acting) | none | ||
59 | 1971–1975 | 1 | Robert Kirk Walker | none | ||
60 | 1975–1983 | 2 | Charles A. “Pat” Rose | none | ||
61 | 1983–1990 | 4 | Gene Roberts | none |
City council system (Since 1990)
edit# | Portrait | Term in office | Terms | Name[4] | Party affiliation | |
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– | 1990–1997 | 4 | Gene Roberts | none | ||
62 | 1997–2001 | 1 | Jon Kinsey | Democratic | ||
63 | 2001–2005 | 1 | Bob Corker | Republican | ||
64 | 2005–2013 | 2 | Ron Littlefield | Independent | ||
65 | 2013–2021 | 2 | Andy Berke | Democratic | ||
66 | 2021–present | 1 | Tim Kelly | Independent |
Notes
[a] From 1840–1882, all mayors served one year terms, with several mayors elected to successive terms.
[b] From 1883–1911, all mayors served two year terms, with several mayors elected to successive terms.
[c] From 1911 to the present, most mayors have served four year terms, with several mayors elected to successive terms.
See also
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editFurther reading
edit- "Mayor's Office: History of Mayors" — City of Chattanooga