This is a list of mayors of Raleigh since the creation of the office in 1857. The Mayor is the head of a council-manager system of government for Raleigh, North Carolina. The office was created in 1857 when a new charter was established for the city to replace the original 1795 charter. Mayor William H. Harrison was mayor during the Confederate States of America and eventually surrendered the city back to the United States before Sherman's March to the Sea arrived.
Intendants of Police Under Raleigh's original 1795 charter, the equivalent of a mayor was called the "Intendant of Police" (a title borrowed from France). The first person to hold the office was John Haywood. He was elected by the city board of commissioners (who were themselves appointed by the North Carolina General Assembly). Starting in 1803, intendants of police were elected annually by all land-owning free men, including free African-Americans.Johnson, Guion Griffis, 1900–1989. Ante-Bellum North Carolina: A Social History: Electronic Edition"Historical Raleigh from its foundation in 1792" by Moses N. Amis
# Mayor Term start Term end 1 John Haywood 1795 c. 1803 2 William White 1803 18063 William Hill 1806 1807"Early history of Raleigh, the capital city of North Carolina" by Kemp P. Battle4Dr. Calvin Jones 1807 1809 5 John Marshall 1809 1811 6 Jonathan S. Robeteau 1812 1813 7 Sterling Yancey 1813 1814 8 Alexander Lucas 1814 1816 9 Mark Cooke 1817 1819 10 Joseph Gales, Sr. (first time) 1819 1826 11 John Bell 1826 1827 12 Joseph Gales, Sr. (second time) 1827 1833 13 Thomas Cobbs 1833 1834 14 Weston Raleigh Gales (first time) 1835 1837 15 Thomas Cobbs 1837 1838 16 William C. Carrington 1838 1839 17 Thomas Cobbs 1839 1840 18 Joseph Gales, Sr. (third time) 1840 1841 19 William F. Clarke 1841 1842 20 Thomas Loring 1842 1843 21 Weston Raleigh Gales (second time) 1843 1847 22 William Dallas Haywood 1847 1857
List of mayors # Mayor Term start Term end23 William Dallas Haywood (first time)1857185824 William H. Harrison (first time) 1858 186725 William Dallas Haywood (second time) 1867 186826Charles B. Root1868186927 William H. Harrison (second time) 1869 187228 Wesley Whitaker 1872 1874 29 Joseph W. Holden 1874 187530 John C. Gorman 1875 187531 Joseph Henry Separk (died in office) 1875 187532 Basil C. Manly (died in office) 1875 188233 William H. Dodd 1882 188734 Alfred A. Thompson 1887 1891 35 Thomas Badger 1891 1895 36 William M. Russ 1895 189837 A. M. Powell 1898 1905 38 James I. Johnson (first time) 1905 190939 James S. Wynne 1909 191140 James I. Johnson (second time) 1911 1919 41 T. B. Eldridge 1919 192342 Eugene English Culbreth 1923 1931 43 George A. Iseley 1931 193944 Graham H. Andrews 1939 1947 45 Percey Daniel Snipes 1947 195146 James E. Briggs 1951 195347 Fred B. Wheeler 1951 195748 William Gilmore Enloe 1957 196349 James William Reid 1963 1965 50 Travis Hocutt Tomlinson 1965 196951 Seby Brown Jones 1969 1971 52 Thomas Wood Bradshaw, Jr. 1971 197353 Clarence Everett Lightner 1973 1975 54 Jyles Jackson Coggins 1975 197755 Isabella McLean Bett Walton Cannon 1977 197956 George Smedes York 1979 198357 Avery Council Upchurch 1983 199358 Tom Harrison Fetzer 1993 199959 Paul Yelverton Coble 1999 200160 Charles Carpenter Meeker 2001 201161 Nancy Pletcher McFarlane 2011 201962 Mary-Ann Baldwin 2019 202463Janet Cowell2024 -
See also Timeline of Raleigh, North Carolina
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External links Raleigh city history