List of mayors of Lexington, Kentucky

Mayor of Lexington, Kentucky
Incumbent
Linda Gorton
since January 6, 2019
Formation1832
First holderCharlton Hunt
WebsiteOffice of the Mayor

This is a list of mayors of Lexington, Kentucky.[1][2] The city and Fayette County governments were consolidated in 1974.[3]

The current mayor is Linda Gorton, a registered Republican, elected in the nonpartisan 2018 mayoral election and reelected in the 2022 mayoral election.[4]

Pre-consolidation mayors

# Mayor Term start Term end
1 Charlton Hunt 1832 1835
2 James E. Davis 1835 1837
3 James G. McKinney 1837 1839
4 Charles H. Wickliffe 1839 1841
5 Daniel Bradford 1841 1842
6 James Logue 1842 1846
7 Thomas Ross 1846 1847
8 John Henry 1847 1848
9 George Payne Jouett 1848 1849
10 Orlando F. Payne 1849 1851
11 Edward W. Dowden 1851 1854
12 Thomas H. Pindell 1854 1855
13 William Swift 1855 1859
14 Thomas B. Monroe Jr. 1859 1860
15 Benjamin F. Graves 1860 1862
16 Caleb Thomas Worley 1862 1863
17 Joseph Wingate 1863 1866
18 David W. Standiford 1866 1867
19 Jerry T. Frazier 1867 1868
20 Joseph G. Chinn 1868 1869
21 Jerry T. Frazier 1869 1880
22 Claude M. Johnson 1880 1888
23 Charles W. Foushee 1888 1892
24 J. Hull Davidson 1892 1893
25 Henry T. Duncan 1893 1896
26 Joseph Bullock Simrall 1896 1900
27 Henry T. Duncan 1900 1904
28 Thomas A. Combs 1904 1907
29 R. B. Waddy 1907 1908
30 John Skain 1908 1912
31 J. Ernest Cassidy 1912 1916
32 James C. Rogers 1916 1919
33 William H. McCorkle 1919 1920
34 Thomas Clark Bradley 1920 1924
35 Hogan Yancey 1924 1928
36 James J. O'Brien 1928 1932
37 William Thomas Congleton 1932 1934
38 Charles R. Thompson 1934 1936
39 E. Reed Wilson 1936 1940
40 T. Ward Havely 1940 1943
41 R. Mack Oldham 1943 1948
42 Thomas G. Mooney 1948 1952
43 Fred Fugazzi 1952 1956
44 Shelby C. Kinkead 1956 1960
45 Richard J. Colbert 1960 1964
46 Fred Fugazzi 1964 1968
47 Charles Wylie 1968 1972
48 H. Foster Pettit 1972 1974

Post-consolidation mayors

# Mayor Term start Term end
1 H. Foster Pettit 1974 1978
2 James G. Amato 1978 1982
3 Scotty Baesler 1982 1993
4 Pam Miller 1993 2003
5 Teresa Isaac 2003 2007
6 Jim Newberry 2007 2011
7 Jim Gray 2011 2019
8 Linda Gorton 2019

References

  1. ↑ Peter 1979, p. 271.
  2. ↑ Wright 1982, p. 232.
  3. ↑ Gillen 2010.
  4. ↑ Kapos, Shia (December 8, 2021). "It's Kentucky Straight in Lexington City Hall". Politico. Archived from the original on September 12, 2024. Retrieved November 17, 2024. Mayor Linda Gorton is a registered Republican.

Sources

  • Peter, Robert (1979). History of Fayette County, Kentucky. Southern Historical Press. ISBN 9780893081638.
  • Wright, John Dean (1982). Lexington: Heart of the Bluegrass. Lexington-Fayette County Historic Commission. ISBN 9780912839066.
  • Shawn Gillen (2010). "'The urge to merge:' the consolidation of Lexington and Fayette County, Kentucky". In Suzanne M. Leland; Kurt Thurmaier (eds.). City-County Consolidation: Promises Made, Promises Kept?. Georgetown University Press. ISBN 978-1-58901-622-4.
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