The mayor of Yazoo City, Mississippi is elected every four years by the population at large. Being the chief executive officer of the city, the mayor is responsible for administering and leading the day-to-day operations of city government. The current mayor of the city is David "Mel" Starling, who was elected in 2022.

City Hall is located at 128 East Jefferson Street.

List of mayors Nineteenth century

Mayor name Term NotesHodge M. B. Hamer 1834 Referred to as President Pro-TemGustavus Cheyney Doane 1867–1868 ReconstructionJoseph A. Holt 1877–1880 D. R. Barnett 1882–1884 C. H. Williams 1884–1886 A. M. Roach 1886–1888 W. G. Deles 1888–1892 Theodore Schmitt 1892–1894 John C. Henderson 1894–1897 John H. Murphy 1897 Interim mayor upon the resignation of Henderson. Died in office.George M. Powell 1897–1900

Twentieth Century Mayor name Term NotesEdward Luke 1900–1904 Edwin R. Holmes 1904–1908 Edward Luke 1908–1911 Returned to office.Thomas H. Campbell, Jr. 1911–1920 E. P. Swain 1920–1928 J. O. Stricklin, Sr. 1928–1930 Died in office shortly after winning decisively for a second term. Committed suicide on Tuesday, April 1, 1930, after shooting and seriously wounding F. R. Birdsall, editor of the Yazoo Sentinel newspaper. The shooting occurred after Birdsall published a story of a grand jury indictment against Stricklin. Birdsall died from his injuries the following day.R. M. Middleton 1930 Interim mayor after the death of Stricklin. Finished a distant second in special election to complete remainder of Stricklin's unexpired term.Dewitt M. Love 1930–1942 Nathan L. Swayze 1942–1945 Died in officeR. M. Middleton 1945 Interim mayor after the death of Swayze.Charles L. Graeber 1945–1947 J. B. Smith 1947–1948 William Sidney Perry 1948–1954 Harry Applebaum 1954–1968 J. F. Barbour III 1968–1972 Elected as an Independent, Barbour was one of the first Mississippi politicians to successfully challenge the Democratic Party in the state in the modern era.Floyd E. Johnson 1972-1978Charles E. Fulgham 1978–1990 Hugh J. McGraw 1990–1998

Twenty-first century Mayor name Term NotesWardell Leach 1998–2006 First African American mayor. Brother of Herman Leach (1937-2023), who in 1979 became the first African American county supervisor in Yazoo County.McArthur Slaughter 2006–2014 Diana Delaware 2014–2022"Delaware cruises to a second term as Mayor - Yazoo Herald Retrieved on April 29, 2021" First female mayorDavid "Mel" Starling 2022–2026Did not seek re-electionMacklyn Austin2026-

References

External links Official website of Yazoo City, Mississippi