List of mayors of Suffolk, Virginia

The following is a list of mayors of the city of Suffolk, Virginia, USA.

Mayors

Richard L. Brewer, 1852-1856 Thomas S. Shepherd, 1856-1858 John G. Pinner, 1858-1860 Benjamin Riddick, 1860–1864, 1875-1883 C. W. Lassiter, 1871-1872 Thomas G. Elam, 1872-1873 John R. Copeland, 1873-1874 Nathaniel Riddick, 1874-1875 Robert R. Prentis, 1883-1885 Edward E. Holland, 1885-1887 Richard Lewis Brewer Jr., ca.1893-1905 John Ballentine Norfleet, 1907-1911 J. H. Macleary, 1919-1926 https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=SNH19331006.1.5&e=01-01-1927-31-12-1963--en-20-SNH-21--txt-txIN-Mayor+Birdsong------- T. H. Birdsong, 1926-1931 https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=SNH19310806.1.5&e=01-01-1927-31-12-1963--en-20-SNH-21--txt-txIN-Mayor+Birdsong------- Otis S. Smith, 1931-1935https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=SNH19310904.1.1&srpos=3&e=01-01-1930-31-12-1935--en-20-SNH-1--txt-txIN-mayor+nurney------- Jack Nurney, 1935-1941https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=SNH19350905.1.1&srpos=1&e=01-01-1930-31-12-1935--en-20-SNH-1--txt-txIN-mayor+nurney------- Baynard O. Hill, 1941-1947 https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=SNH19410905.1.1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Jack C. West, 1947-1949 https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=SNH19490325.1.1&srpos=5&e=01-01-1948-31-12-1949--en-20-SNH-1--txt-txIN-mayor+j.+c.+west+------- William F. Whitley, 1949-1951 https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=SNH19490417.1.1&srpos=24&e=01-01-1945-31-12-1953--en-20-SNH-21--txt-txIN-mayor+william+whitley-------https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=SNH19510803.1.1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- R. L. Woodward Jr., 1951-1955 https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=SNH19510902.1.1&srpos=11&e=01-01-1951-31-12-1953--en-20-SNH-1--txt-txIN-mayor+woodward------- W. P. Griffin, 1955-1957, 1958-1959, 1959-1961 https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=SNH19610102.1.2&srpos=1&e=01-08-1950-01-06-1962--en-20-SNH-1--txt-txIN-mayor+william+griffin------- Major T. Benton, 1961-1966 https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=SNH19610901.1.1&srpos=1&e=01-01-1961-31-12-1962--en-20-SNH-1--txt-txIN-mayor+william+griffin+benton-------https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=SNH19710425.1.24&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- James A. Hope 1966-1970, 1970-1974, 1974-1978 https://www.pilotonline.com/2012/10/13/james-hope-an-appreciation/ J. W. Nelms, 1978-1980 https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=SNH19780706.1.1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Dr. George Barnett, 1980-1982 https://www.suffolknewsherald.com/2009/12/29/former-suffolk-mayor-dr-barnett-dies/ Andy Damiani, 1982-1986 Johnnie E. Mizzelle, 1986-1990 https://www.dailypress.com/1990/07/16/suffolk-changed-a-lot-in-black-mayors-term/ James A. Hope, 1990-1992 https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=SNH19900822.1.24&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Chris Jones, 1992-1996 https://www.pilotonline.com/2019/11/05/republican-powerhouse-chris-jones-falls-to-clinton-jenkins-in-newly-redrawn-district/ Thomas G. Underwood, 1996-1998 https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1996/vp960717/07170332.htm Dana Dickens, 1998-2000 https://www.suffolknewsherald.com/2005/01/09/dickens-to-leave-council/ Curtis Milteer, 2000-2002 https://www.suffolknewsherald.com/2022/02/01/longtime-whaleyville-councilman-milteer-dies/ Dana Dickens, 2002-2004 Bobby Ralph, 2004-2006 https://www.suffolknewsherald.com/2004/12/31/year-in-review-ralph-named-suffolks-mayor/ Linda T. Johnson, 2006-2020 Michael Duman, 2021–present

See also History of Suffolk, Virginia

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