List of mayors of Raleigh, North Carolina
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This is a list of mayors of Raleigh since the creation of the office in 1857. The Mayor is the head of a council-manager system of government for Raleigh, North Carolina. The office was created in 1857 when a new charter was established for the city to replace the original 1795 charter. Mayor William H. Harrison was mayor during the Confederate States of America and eventually surrendered the city back to the United States before Sherman's March to the Sea arrived.{{cite web|url=http://www.ncmarkers.com/Markers.aspx?MarkerId=H-29|access-date=January 3, 2021|publisher=North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources|website=North Carolina Highway Historical Landmark Program|title=Fall of Raleigh}}
Intendants of Police
Under Raleigh's original 1795 charter, the equivalent of a mayor was called the "Intendant of Police" (a title borrowed from France). The first person to hold the office was John Haywood. He was elected by the city board of commissioners (who were themselves appointed by the North Carolina General Assembly). Starting in 1803, intendants of police were elected annually by all land-owning free men, including free African-Americans.[http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/johnson/chapter5.html Johnson, Guion Griffis, 1900–1989. Ante-Bellum North Carolina: A Social History: Electronic Edition][http://digitalstatelibnc.cdmhost.com/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/p249901coll26&CISOPTR=1511&REC=3 "Historical Raleigh from its foundation in 1792" by Moses N. Amis] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708130023/http://digitalstatelibnc.cdmhost.com/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fp249901coll26&CISOPTR=1511&REC=3|date=2011-07-08}}
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! align=center|# ! Mayor ! Term start ! Term end |
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| 1795 | c. 1803 |
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| 1803 | 1806 |
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| William Hill | 1806 | 1807[http://digitalstatelibnc.cdmhost.com/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/p249901coll26&CISOPTR=1268&REC=4 "Early history of Raleigh, the capital city of North Carolina"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814154410/http://digitalstatelibnc.cdmhost.com/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fp249901coll26&CISOPTR=1268&REC=4 |date=2011-08-14 }} by Kemp P. Battle |
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|Dr. Calvin Jones | 1807 | 1809 |
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| John Marshall | 1809 | 1811 |
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| Jonathan S. Robeteau | 1812 | 1813 |
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| Sterling Yancey | 1813 |
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| Alexander Lucas | 1814 | 1816 |
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| Mark Cooke | 1817 | 1819 |
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| Joseph Gales, Sr. (first time) | 1819 | 1826 |
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| John Bell | 1826 | 1827 |
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| Joseph Gales, Sr. (second time) | 1827 | 1833 |
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| Thomas Cobbs | 1833 | 1834 |
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| Weston Raleigh Gales (first time) | 1835 | 1837 |
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| Thomas Cobbs | 1837 | 1838 |
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| William C. Carrington | 1838 | 1839 |
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| Thomas Cobbs | 1839 | 1840 |
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| Joseph Gales, Sr. (third time) | 1840 | 1841 |
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| William F. Clarke | 1841 | 1842 |
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| Thomas Loring | 1842 | 1843 |
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| Weston Raleigh Gales (second time) | 1843 |
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| William Dallas Haywood | 1847 |
List of mayors
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! align=center|# ! Mayor ! Term start ! Term end |
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| William Dallas Haywood (first time) |1857 |1858 |
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| William H. Harrison (first time) | 1858 | 1867 |
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| William Dallas Haywood (second time) | 1867 | 1868 |
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|1868 |1869 |
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| William H. Harrison (second time) | 1869 | 1872 |
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| Wesley Whitaker | 1872 | 1874 |
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| 1874 | 1875 |
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| John C. Gorman | 1875 | 1875 |
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| Joseph Henry Separk (died in office) | 1875 | 1875 |
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| Basil C. Manly (died in office) | 1875 | 1882 |
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| William H. Dodd{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/raleigh/dod.htm|title=Dod-Hinsdale House|access-date=March 8, 2019|publisher=National Park Service}} | 1882 | 1887 |
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| Alfred A. Thompson | 1887 | 1891 |
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| Thomas Badger | 1891 | 1895 |
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| William M. Russ | 1895 | 1898 |
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| A. M. Powell | 1898 | 1905 |
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| James I. Johnson (first time) | 1905 | 1909 |
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| James S. Wynne | 1909 | 1911 |
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| James I. Johnson (second time) | 1911 | 1919 |
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| T. B. Eldridge | 1919 | 1923 |
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| Eugene English Culbreth{{cite web|url=https://www.raleighnc.gov/home/content/PubAffairs/Articles/Historic.html|title=History of Raleigh|publisher=Raleigh|access-date=March 8, 2019}}{{cite book|title=North Carolina State College Agriculture and Engineering|date=1921|publisher=Edwards & Broughton|language=English}} | 1923 | 1931 |
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| George A. Iseley | 1931 | 1939 |
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| Graham H. Andrews | 1939 | 1947 |
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| Percey Daniel Snipes | 1947 | 1951 |
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| James E. Briggs | 1951 | 1953 |
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| Fred B. Wheeler{{cite web|url=https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/news/special-collections/mayor-frank-barnett-wheeler|date=September 26, 2017|first=Cathy|last=Dorin-Black|title=Fred Barnett Wheeler: Alumnus, Soldier, Councilman, Mayor|publisher=NC State University Libraries}} | 1951 | 1957 |
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| 1957 | 1963 |
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| 1963 | 1965 |
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| 1965 | 1969 |
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| 1969 | 1971 |
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| 1971 | 1973 |
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| 1973 | 1975 |
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| 1975 | 1977 |
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| Isabella McLean Bett Walton Cannon | 1977 | 1979 |
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| 1979 | 1983 |
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| 1983 | 1993 |
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| 1993 | 1999 |
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| 1999 | 2001 |
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| 2001 | 2011 |
| 61
| 2011 | 2019 |
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| 2019 | 2024 |
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|2024 | - |
See also
Footnotes
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070102214046/http://www.raleigh-nc.org/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_0_306_202_0_43/http;/pt03/DIG_Web_Content/category/Resident/Raleigh_At_A_Glance/History_of_Raleigh/Cat-Index.html Raleigh city history]
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