List of mayors of Petersburg, Virginia

Interior view of Petersburg City Hall building in Virginia, US, in 1991

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

Mayors

List of mayors of Petersburg, Virginia from 1784 – till date.
No.^[a]	Name (birth–death)	Term		Election	Vice Mayor
1	John Banister ^[1]	1784 – 1785
2	Christopher McConnico ^[1]	1785 – 1786
3	John Shore ^[1]	1786 – 1787
4	Robert Bolling 1st term ^[1]	1787 – 1788
5	Thomas G. Peachey 1st term ^[1]	1788 – 1789
6	Simon Frazer ^[1]	1789 – 1790
7	Joseph Westmore ^[1]	1790 – 1791
8	Richard Bate ^[1]	1791 – 1792
9	Joseph Weisiger ^[1]	1792 – 1793
10	William Prentis 1st term ^[1]	1793 – 1794
11	Thomas G. Peachey 2nd term ^[1]	1794 – 1795
12	Robert Bolling 2nd term ^[1]	1795 – 1796
13	Elias Parker ^[1]	1796 – 1797
14	William Prentis 2nd term ^[1]	1797 – 1798
15	J. Le Messurier ^[1]	1798 – 1799
16	William Harrison ^[1]	1799 – 1800
17	David Maitland ^[1]	1800 – 1801
18	William Prentis 3rd term ^[1]	1801 – 1802
19	George Pegram ^[1]	1802 – 1803
20	Robert Birchett ^[1]	1803 – 1804
21	Paul Nash ^[1]	1804 – 1805
22	William Prentis 4th term ^[1]	1805 – 1806
23	John McRae ^[1]	1806 – 1807
24	Alexander Brown 2nd term ^[1]	1807 – 1808
25	James Byrne ^[1]	1808 – 1809
26	Archibald Baugh ^[1]	1809 – 1810
27	Joel Hammond ^[1]	1810 – 1811
28	William Moore ^[1]	1811 – 1812
29	Nathaniel Friend ^[1]	1812 – 1813
30	William Bowden ^[1]	1813 – 1814
31	Edward Pegram Jr. ^[1]	1814 – 1815
32	George H. Jones ^[1]	1815 – 1816
33	John Hinton 1st term ^[1]	1816 – 1817
34	Samuel Turner ^[1]	1817 – 1818
35	Edmund Pescud ^[1]	1818 – 1819
36	John H. Brown 1st term ^[1]	1819 – 1820
37	Thomas Wallace 1st term ^[1]	1820 – 1821
38	John Hinton 2nd term ^[1]	1821 – 1822
39	John Stith ^[1]	1822 – 1823
40	John H. Brown 2nd term ^[1]	1823 – 1824
41	Lewis Mabry 1st term ^[1]	1824 – 1825
42	Jabez Smith ^[1]	1825 – 1826
43	Samuel Winfree 1st term ^[1]	1826 – 1827
44	Lewis Mabry 2nd term ^[1]	1827 – 1828
45	Joseph Bragg ^[1]	1828 – 1829
46	Patrick Durkin ^[1]	1829 – 1830
47	Charles F. Osborne ^[1]	1830 – 1831
48	Thomas Wallace 2nd term ^[1]	1831 – 1832
49	Samuel Winfree 2nd term ^[1]	1832 – 1833
50	David H. Branch ^[1]	1833 – 1834
51	George W. Harrison 1st term ^[1]	1834 – 1835
52	John D. Tanner ^[1]	1835 – 1836
53	James McFarland Jr. ^[1]	1836 – 1837
54	George W. Harrison 2nd term ^[1]	1837 – 1838
55	Daniel Lyon ^[1]	1838 – 1839
56	Robert B. Bolling ^[1]	1839 – 1840
57	Stephen G. Wells ^[1]	1840 – 1841
58	William Pannill ^[1]	1841 – 1842
59	Thomas Branch ^[1]	1842 – 1843
60	John Pollard ^[1]	1843 – 1844
61	John H. Patterson ^[1]	1844 – 1845
62	James B. Cogbill ^[1]	1845 – 1846
63	Joseph E. Cox ^[1]	1846 – 1847
64	Francis E. Rives (1792–1861) ^[1]	1847 – 1848	Democratic
65	J. M. B. Steward (1817–1897) ^[1]	1848 – 1849
66	Charles Corling (1806–1877) ^[1]	1849 – 1850
67	Andrew Kevan (1800–1888) ^[1]	1850 – 1851
68	John Dodson (1821–1879) ^[1]	1851 – 1854
69	W. W. Townes (1819–1869) ^[1]	1854 – 1865	Democratic
70	Charles Fenton Collier (1828–1899) 1st term ^[1]	1865 – 1867	Democratic
71	Rush Burgess (1838–1890) ^[1]	April 1, 1868 – April 1, 1869
72	Walter C. Newberry (1835–1912) 1st term ^[1]	April 1, 1869 – June 1869
73	W. G. Pearse (1816–1891) ^[1]	June 1869 – March 1870	Republican
74	Walter C. Newberry (1835–1912) 2nd term ^[1]	March 1870 – June 1870^[c]	Conservative
75	J. P. Williamson (1826–1917) ^[1]	June 8, 1870 – June 30, 1870	Conservative
76	Franklin Wood (1836–1911) ^[1]	July 1, 1870 – June 30, 1874	Republican
77	William F. C. Gregory (1827–1887) ^[1]	July 1, 1874 – June 30, 1876	Conservative
78	William E. Cameron (1842–1927) ^[1]	July 1, 1876 – January 1, 1882^[c]	Readjuster
79	Fletcher H. Archer (1817–1902) ^[1]	January 2, 1882 – March 23, 1883	Conservative
80	T. J. Jarratt (1817–1895) ^[1]	March 23, 1883 – 1888	Republican
81	Charles Fenton Collier (1828–1899) 2nd term ^[1]	1888 – 1898	Democratic
82	John M. Pleasants (1833–1921) ^[2]	1898 – 1902	Democratic
83	William M. Jones (1847–1910)	1902 – 1910^[d]	Democratic
84	George Cameron Jr. (1866–1913)	1910 – 1913^[d]	Democratic
85	Robert Cabaniss (1862–1946)	1913 – 1916	Democratic
86	Robert Gilliam Sr. (1847–1934)	1916 – 1920	Democratic
87	Samuel W. Zimmer (1884–1931) ^[3]	1920 – 1926	Democratic
88	J. Gordon Bohannan (1880–1947) ^[4]	1926 – 1928	Democratic
89	R. T. Wilson (1881–1951)	1928 – 1930	Democratic
90	I. Val Parham (1881–1961)	1930 – 1931^[c]	Democratic
91	John R. Jolly (1875–1945)	1931 – 1940	Democratic
92	Alexander Hamilton Jr. (1906–1997)	1940 – 1946	Democratic
93	William Hodges Mann Jr. (1890–1953) ^[5]	1946 – 1950	Democratic
94	Churchill G. Dunn (1904–1989) ^[5]	1950 – 1956	Democratic
95	Walter M. Edens (1889–1962)	1956 – 1960	Democratic
96	Marvin Gill (1904–1975)	1960 – 1964	Democratic
97	Arlie Andrews (1917–2003)	1964 – 1973	Democratic
98	Hermanze E. Fauntleroy Jr. (1932–2010) 1st term	1973 – 1974	Democratic
99	Remmie Arnold Jr. (1920–1985)	1974 – 1976^[c]	Democratic
100	Roland Specter (1932–2010)	1976 – 1976	Democratic
101	Hermanze E. Fauntleroy Jr. (1932–2010) 2nd term	1976 – 1980	Democratic
102	LeRoy B. Roper (1920–1997)	1980 – 1984	Democratic
103	Wilson Cheely (1917–2007)	1984 – 1984^[c]	Democratic
104	Florence Farley (1928–2022)	1984 – 1990	Democratic
105	Charles H. Cuthbert IV (1917–2004)	1990 – 1992	Democratic
106	Rosalyn Dance (b. 1948)	July 1992 – June 30, 2004	Democratic
107	Annie Mickens (b. 1949)	July 2004 – December 31, 2010	Democratic
108	Brian Moore (b. 1962) ^[6]	January 2011 – December 31, 2014	Democratic	2010
108	Brian Moore (b. 1962) ^[6]	January 2011 – December 31, 2014	Democratic	2012
109	W. Howard Myers (b. 1959) ^[7]	January 2015 – December 31, 2016	Democratic	2014	Samuel Parham
110	Samuel Parham (b. 1975) ^[8]	January 3, 2017 – Incumbent	Democratic	2016	John Hart
				2018	John Hart
				2020	Annette Smith-Lee
				2022	Darrin Hill
				2024	Darrin Hill

Notes

↑ Mayors are numbered according to uninterrupted periods served by the same person. For example, John Dodson served three consecutive terms and is counted as the sixty-ninth mayor, instead of the sixty-ninth, seventieth, and seventy-first, but Robert Bolling and Thomas G. Peachey are counted twice because their two terms were not consecutive. A vice mayor who temporarily becomes acting mayor in the mayor's absence or incapacity is not counted because the mayor remains in office during such a period.
↑ Reflects the mayor's political party at the start of their mayoralty. Changes during their time in office are noted.
1 2 3 4 5 Resigned from office
1 2 Died in office

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 Edward Pollock (1885), "List of the mayors of Petersburg 1784 to 1885", Historical and industrial guide to Petersburg, Virginia, Petersburg, VA, p. 67 – via HathiTrust{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
↑ Baker, M. N., ed. (1902). The Municipal Year Book. Vol. 1. New York: The Engineering News Publishing Company. p. 123. Retrieved July 17, 2024 – via Google Books.
↑ Hill Directory Co.'s (incorporated) Petersburg, Va. city directory 1924 – via HathiTrust
↑ Hill's Petersburg (Virginia) city directory 1927 – via HathiTrust
1 2 Lawrence Kestenbaum (ed.), "Mayors and Postmasters of Petersburg, Virginia", Political Graveyard, retrieved July 17, 2024
↑ "Mayor", petersburgva.gov, archived from the original on May 17, 2013 – via Wayback Machine
↑ "City Council", petersburgva.gov, archived from the original on February 21, 2016 – via Wayback Machine
↑ "Samuel Parham", petersburgva.gov, retrieved July 17, 2024 – via Wayback Machine

[1] Mayors are numbered according to uninterrupted periods served by the same person. For example, John Dodson served three consecutive terms and is counted as the sixty-ninth mayor, instead of the sixty-ninth, seventieth, and seventy-first, but Robert Bolling and Thomas G. Peachey are counted twice because their two terms were not consecutive. A vice mayor who temporarily becomes acting mayor in the mayor's absence or incapacity is not counted because the mayor remains in office during such a period.

[2] Reflects the mayor's political party at the start of their mayoralty. Changes during their time in office are noted.

[resignedintraterm-4] 1 2 3 4 5 Resigned from office

[diedintraterm-6] 1 2 Died in office

[Pollock-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 Edward Pollock (1885), "List of the mayors of Petersburg 1784 to 1885", Historical and industrial guide to Petersburg, Virginia, Petersburg, VA, p. 67 – via HathiTrust{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[5] Baker, M. N., ed. (1902). The Municipal Year Book. Vol. 1. New York: The Engineering News Publishing Company. p. 123. Retrieved July 17, 2024 – via Google Books.

[7] Hill Directory Co.'s (incorporated) Petersburg, Va. city directory 1924 – via HathiTrust

[8] Hill's Petersburg (Virginia) city directory 1927 – via HathiTrust

[Graveyard-9] 1 2 Lawrence Kestenbaum (ed.), "Mayors and Postmasters of Petersburg, Virginia", Political Graveyard, retrieved July 17, 2024

[10] "Mayor", petersburgva.gov, archived from the original on May 17, 2013 – via Wayback Machine

[11] "City Council", petersburgva.gov, archived from the original on February 21, 2016 – via Wayback Machine

[12] "Samuel Parham", petersburgva.gov, retrieved July 17, 2024 – via Wayback Machine

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