Elections in Tennessee |
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Government |
Mayors of the City of Nashville
The following is a list of the mayors of Nashville before it had a consolidated metropolitan government:
Pre-Civil War
Civil War and Reconstruction
Mayor | Term |
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Richard Boone Cheatham | 1860–1862 |
John Hugh Smith | 1862–1865 |
William Matt Brown | 1865–1867 |
Augustus E. Alden | 1867–1869 |
John Meredith Bass | 1869–1869 |
Kindred Jenkins Morris | 1869–1871 |
Thomas A. Kercheval | 1871–1874 |
Morton Boyte Howell | 1874–1875 |
Post-Reconstruction
Mayor | Term |
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Thomas A. Kercheval | 1875–1883 |
Claiborne Hooper Phillips | 1883–1886 |
Thomas A. Kercheval | 1886–1888 |
Charles P. McCarver | 1888–1890 |
William Litterer | 1890–1891 |
George Blackmore Guild | 1891–1895 |
William Marshall McCarthey | 1895–1897 |
Richard Houston Dudley | 1897–1900 |
James Marshall Head | 1900–1904 |
Albert Smiley Williams | 1904–1906 |
Thomas Owen Morris | 1906–1908 |
James Stephens Brown | 1908–1909 |
Hilary Ewing Howse | 1909–1915 |
Robert Ewing | 1915–1917 |
William Gupton | 1917–1921 |
Felix Zollicoffer Wilson | 1921–1922 |
William Percy Sharpe | 1922–1924 |
Hilary Ewing Howse | 1924–1938 |
Thomas L. Cummings, Sr. | 1938–1951 |
Ben West | 1951–1963 |
Mayors of Metropolitan Nashville
The following is a list of the mayors of Nashville after the consolidation of the municipal government with the government of Davidson County:
Mayor | Term |
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Beverly Briley | 1963–1975 |
Richard Fulton | 1975–1987 |
Bill Boner | 1987–1991 |
Phil Bredesen | 1991–1999 |
Bill Purcell | 1999–2007 |
Karl Dean | 2007–2015 |
Megan Barry | 2015–2018 |
David Briley | 2018–present |
See also
Bibliography
- Mayer N. Zald; Thomas A. Anderson (1968). "Secular Trends and Historical Contingencies in the Recruitment of Mayors: Nashville as Compared to New Haven and Chicago". Urban Affairs Review. 3. doi:10.1177/107808746800300403.