List of mayors of Augusta, Georgia

This is a list of mayors of Augusta, Georgia, United States, including the former city of Augusta and 1996–present consolidated Augusta–Richmond County.

Former city of Augusta

NameSworn inLeft officeNotesReferenceJohn Milton1792Thomas Cumming17981799By state legislation on 31 January 1798, Augusta was incorporated as a city. Intendants served one-year terms. Father of Henry Cumming.Thomas Cumming17991800IntendantAbraham JonesApr 18001801Intendant; Cumming was reelected but declined to serve; Jones was sworn into office on 18 April.Joshua Meals18011802IntendantJohn Willson18021803IntendantJohn Murray18031804IntendantTBD18041805IntendantWilliam Johnston Hobby, Sr.18051806IntendantThomas Flournoy18061807IntendantJohn B. Barnes18071808IntendantFreeman Walker1808 -IntendantJohn Catlett18091809IntendantJohn Hutchinson18091812IntendantJames S. Walker -1812IntendantSeaborn JonesApr 18131814IntendantJoseph HutchinsonApr 18141815IntendantWalter LeighApr 18151817IntendantEdward J. Cashin, The Story of Augusta (Spartanburg, South Carolina: The Reprint Company, Publishers, 1980) Appendix A: Mayors of AugustaFreeman Walker -1817IntendantFreeman WalkerDec 18181819By state legislation on 19 December 1817, the position of "intendant" was restyled as "mayor".Nicholas WareNov 18191821His Telfair Street home "Ware's Folly" is now the location of Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art.Richard Henry Wilde -1822Freeman WalkerApr 18221823Robert Raymond ReidMar 18231825Served two one-year terms, consecutive, and another one-year termWilliam W. HoltOct 18251826Robert Raymond ReidApr 18261827Previously served two one-year terms, consecutiveSamuel HaleApr 18271837Served two 1-year termsAlfred Cumming1836Appointed governor of Territory of Utah in 1858John PhinizyApr 18371838First Italian-American mayor of any U.S. city (original spelling: "Finizzi")Samuel HaleApr 18381839Served two 1-year terms.Alfred CummingApr 18391840Dr. Daniel HookApr 18401841Served two one-year termsMartin M. DyeApr 18411842Dr. Daniel HookApr 18421843Served two one-year termsMartin M. DyeApr 18431846Served four one-year terms; three were consecutiveDr. Lewis D. FordApr 18461848Served two one-year terms, consecutiveDr. Ignatius P. GarvinApr 18481849James B. / P. BishopApr 18491850Thomas W. MillerApr 18501852Served two one-year terms, consecutiveDr. William E. DearingApr 18521854Served two one-year terms, consecutive, and another one-year termAbner P. RobertsonApr 18541855Dr. William E. DearingApr 18551856Previously served two one-year terms, consecutiveGeorge W. EvansApr 18561857Benjamin F. ConleyApr 18571859Served two oe-year terms, consecutive; later a governor of Georgia Foster Blodgett, Jr.Apr 18591861Served two 1-year terms, consecutive.Robert H. MayApr 18611866Served five one-year terms running consecutively during the period of the Civil War; later served four additional three-year terms. In 1865, he was ordered by Georgia Governor Joseph E. Brown to burn the large amounts of cotton stored in Augusta warehouses "on the approach of the Yankees," so it would not fall into enemy's hands. As it turned out, the Union Army never came to Augusta.The Papers of Jefferson Davis: September 1864 – May 1865James T. GardinerApr 18668 Aug 1866Resigned after four months. Publisher of The Daily Constitutionalist, a local newspaper.The Daily ConstitutionalistAbner P. Robertson8 Aug 186620 Aug 1866Mayor pro tem city council; filled Gardiner's unexpired term until special election heldJohn Foster20 Aug 18661867 Special election to fill unexpired term Foster Blodgett, Jr.Dec 18671868Military appointment. In 1867, the Southern states were divided into military districts, and military tribunals were set up to appoint government officials during this period.The First and Second Reconstruction ActsHenry F. RussellDec 18681869Joseph V. H. AllenJan 18701871Charles EstesDec 18711876Served six 1-year terms, consecutive.John U. MeyerDec 18761879Term of office changed to three years.Robert H. MayDec 18791891Served four three-year terms, having previously served five one-year terms during the Civil War era. He was coroner of Richmond County from 1900 until his death on 7 February 1903. James H. AlexanderJan 18911894William B. YoungJan 18941897Great-great-great-great-grandfather of Buckley Campana and Stephen CampanaPatrick WalshMar 1897Mar 1899Died in office on 19 March 1899Jacob PhinizyMar 189918 Apr 1899Mayor pro tem city council; filled Walsh's unexpired termCharles A. Robbe18 Apr 18997 Jul 1900Died in officeThomas Barrett, Sr.8 Jul 190010 Jul 1900Mayor pro tem city council; Filled Robbe's unexpired termAlfred Martin10 Jul 1900Jan 1901Special election to fill unexpired termJacob PhinzyJan 19011904Once owner of "Augusta's first skyscraper", known today as the Marion Building at 739 Broad Street'Augusta's First Skyscraper' to be preservedRichard E. Allen, Sr.Jan 19041907Responsible for much of Augusta's first street paving effortsWilliam M. DunbarJan 19071910Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives for the 62nd through 65th Congresses (1911–1919)Thomas Barrett, Sr.1910Jan 1913Barrett Plaza, located in front of the Federal Court House & 800 block of Telfair Street, is named for Thomas Barrett, Sr.800 Block Telfair Street TourLinwood C. Hayne1913Jan 1916James R. Littleton1916Jan 1919William P. White1919Jan 1922The Appleby Library was White's home until his widow sold it in 1928 to Scott B. Appleby. Appleby donated the house in 1954 to the Augusta City Council for use as a library.History of Appleby LibraryJulian Smith19231925The Julian Smith Casino, operated by the city recreation department, is named after Smith.Raleigh DanielDaniel Field was named after him, against his wishes.Richard Allen, Jr.19341940Dr. William D. Jennings19511953H. L. Hamilton19531958Millard A. Beckum19581963George "Buster" Albert Sancken Jr.19641970Millard A. Beckum19701972Mayor during the Augusta race riot of May 11, 1970Lewis "Pop" A. Newman19731981Ed McIntyre19811984First African-American mayor of city of AugustaCharles DeVaney19841996Last mayor of former city of Augusta

Consolidated Augusta–Richmond County ImageNameSworn inLeft officeNotesReference Larry Sconyers19961999First mayor of consolidated Augusta-Richmond County, owner and operator of Sconyers Bar-B-Que Bob Young19992005Longtime local television news anchor (WJBF-TV) before election as mayor; left mayor's office in 2005 to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development appointment by president George W. Bush Willie Mays20052006Commissioner chosen by city commission following Bob Young's departure to serve as interim mayor until special election. First African-American to serve as mayor of consolidated Augusta-Richmond County. Deke Copenhaver20052015 Hardie Davis20152022Second African-American mayor and first African-American elected mayor of consolidated Augusta-Richmond CountyGarnett L. Johnson2023IncumbentThird African-American mayor of consolidated Augusta-Richmond County

List of mayors of Augusta, Georgia

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