List of mayors of Montgomery, Alabama

This is a list of mayors who have served the city of Montgomery, Alabama, United States.

Steven Reed, incumbent mayor since November 12, 2019.
Image Mayor Term[1] Notes
Samuel D. Holt
(1st term)		 1838 [2]
Jack Thorington 1839—1840
Hardy Herbet 1841
Perez Coleman 1842—1846
Nimrod E. Benson 1847
Edwin B. Harris 1848—1849
Robert T. Davis 1850
Thomas Welsh 1851
Samuel D. Holt
(2nd term)		 1852
Charles R. Hansford 1853—1859
Andrew J. Noble 1860—1861
J. F. Johnson 1862—1863
Walter L. Coleman 1864—1868
Thomas O. Glasscock 1868—1870
H.E. Faber 1870—1875
Mordecai L. Moses 1875—1881 [3]
J. B. Gaston 1881—1885
W. S. Reese 1885—1889
Edward A. Graham 1889—1891
John G. Crommelin, Sr. 1891—1895
John H. Clisby 1895—1899
E. B. Joseph 1900—1903
Thomas H. Carr 1903—1905
W. M. Teague 1905—1909
Gaston Gunter 1909—1910
William A. Gunter Jr.
(1st term)		 1911—1915
W.T. Robertson 1915—1919
William A. Gunter, Jr.
(2nd term)		 1919—1940
Cyrus B. Brown † 1941—August 8, 1944 Died in office on August 8, 1944.[4]
David E. Dunn 1944—1945 Resigned[5]
John L. Goodwyn June 1946—1951 Elected to complete the term of Mayor Dunn who resigned; elected to a full term in May 1947.[5]
Appointed associate justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama in September 1951[5]
W. A. Gayle 1951—1959
Earl D. James 1959—1971
Jim Robinson 1971—1977
Emory Folmar 1977—1999
Bobby Bright November 9, 1999—January 6, 2009
Charles Jinright January 6, 2009—March 24, 2009
Todd Strange March 24, 2009—November 12, 2019
Steven Reed November 12, 2019—present First African-American mayor[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Owen, Thomas McAdory; Owen, Marie Bankhead (1921), History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, vol. II (De luxe supplement ed.), Chicago: S. J. Clarke, p. 1037, retrieved January 17, 2009
  2. ↑ "Mayors of Montgomery". Code of Ordinances of the City Council of Montgomery. 1902.
  3. ↑ Montgomery, Alabama, Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life, retrieved January 31, 2009
  4. ↑ "Obituary: Cyrus B. Brown". Alabama Journal. August 9, 1944 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. 1 2 3 "John L. Goodwyn is Promoted to Place on the Supreme Court". Decatur Daily. September 27, 1951 – via NewspaperArchive.
  6. ↑ Staff, WSFA. "Steven Reed sworn-in as Montgomery's first black mayor". wsfa.com. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
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