This is a list of mayors of Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America.
History Since 1985 Huntington, West Virginia has operated under a strong mayor/city council form of government. The mayor is elected to four-year terms in partisan elections contested at the same time as United States presidential elections. The current mayor is Patrick Farrell, a Republican who is currently in his first term. Mayors in Huntington are term-limited to three terms"Incumbent Felinton wins tight race ", The Herald-Dispatch, May 13, 2008. and have the authority to veto acts of the city council.
Mayors Pre strong mayor format Order Mayor Term Began Term Ended Notes 1 Peter Cline Buffington 1871 1874 First mayor of Huntington, West Virginia 2 Thomas J. Burke 1874 1876 3 M. G. Nichols 1876 1877 4 Thomas J. Burke 1877 1878 5 J. M. Layne 1878 1879 6 Edward S. Buffington 1879 1880 Son of Peter Cline Buffington 7 George Cullen 1880 1882 8 J. M. Layne 1882 1883 9 Hamilton Dickey 1883 1884 10 A. L. Crider 1884 1885 11 E. A. Bennett 1885 1886 12 A. H. Woodworth 1886 1887 13 Thomas S. Garland 1887 1889 14 Thomas S. Garland 1890 1891 15 Hamilton Dickey 1891 1892 16 W. H. Bull 1892 1893 17 George I. Neal 1893 1895 18 C. R. Enlow 1895 1896 19 Ely Ensign 1896 1896 20 William F. Hite 1897 1898 21 Charles A. Nash 1898 1899 22 H. A. Brandebury 1899 1901 23 H. C. Gordon 1901 1903 24 Charles M. Buck 1903 1905 25 H. C. Gordon 1905 1906 26 John W. Ensign 1906 1908 27 John B. Stevenson 1908 1909 28 Rufus Switzer 1909 1912 29 Floyd S. Chapman 1912 1915 30 Edmund Sehon 1915 1918 31 Leon S. Wiles 1918 1918 Died in office 32 Charles W. Campbell 1919 1922 33 Will E. Neal 1925 1928 34 J. Boyce Taylor 1928 1929 35 Porter W. Smith 1930 1934 36 Martin V. Chapman 1935 1935 37 George R. Seamonds 1937 1939 38 Claude V. Swann 1940 1942 39 Paul O. Fiedler 1943 1946 40 Douglas C. Tomkies 1947 1948 41 W. W. Payne 1949 1952 42 Cecil C. Thompson 1953 1954 43 George E. Theurer 1955 1955 44 Harold L. Frankel 1957 1959 45 Robert O. Ellis, Jr. 1959 1959 46 John J. Durkin 1961 1961 47 George Garner 1962 1963 48 A. E. Harris 1964 1964 49 John B. Meek 1965 1965 50 R. O. Robertson, Jr. 1966 1966 51 Owen L. Duncan 1967 1967 52 Gordon Miller 1968 1968 53 Robert V. Bolling 1969 1969 54 Robert E. Hinerman 1970 1970 55 Milton T. Herndon 1971 1971 56 Gordon T. Millard 1972 1972 57 Owen L. Duncan 1973 1973 58 Phyllis Cyrus 1973 1974 59 Harold L. Frankel 1974 1975 60 J. A. Caldwell 1975 1976 61 Harold L. Frankel 1977 1978 62 George Malott 1978 1978 63 Dean Sturm 1979 1980 64 William D. Toney 1981 1981 65 Robert P. Alexander 1982 1983
Strong mayor format Order Mayor Term Began Term Ended Notes 66 Bobby Nelson 1985 1993 First mayor in Strong mayor format 67 Jean Dean 1993 2000 First woman mayor 68 David Felinton 2001 2008 69 Kim Wolfe 2009 2012 70 Stephen T. Williams 2013 2025 First three-term mayor 71 Patrick Farrell 2025 Present
See also Huntington, West Virginia
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