List of mayors of Columbus, Georgia
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This is a list of mayor
s and intendants of the city of Columbus, Georgia
since its founding in 1828.
Mayor
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s and intendants of the city of Columbus, Georgia
Columbus, Georgia
Columbus is a city in and the county seat of Muscogee County, Georgia, United States, with which it is consolidated. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 189,885. It is the principal city of the Columbus, Georgia metropolitan area, which, in 2009, had an estimated population of 292,795...
since its founding in 1828.
Intendants
- Ulysess S. Lewis (1828)
- James Van Ness (1829)
- Sowell Woolfork (1830)
- Samuel Lawhorn (1831)
- Allen Lawhon (1832-1834)
- James C. Watson (1835)
Mayors
- John Fontaine (1836-1837)
- John S. Calhoun (1838-1839)
- George D. McDougal (1840)
- W.H. Harper (1841)
- John L. Lewis (1842-1843)
- Jacob I. Moses (1844)
- L.B. Moody (1845)
- Hohn G. Winters (1846-1847)
- Wiley Williams (1848)
- S.W. Flournoy (1849-1850)
- Willis S. Holstead (1851-1852)
- J.L. Morton (1853)
- John E. Bacon (1854)
- Wiley Williams (1855)
- F.G. Wilkins (1856-1860)
- W.S. Holstead (1861)
- D.B. Thompson (1862)
- John F. Bozeman (1864)
- F.G. Wilkins (1864-May 1868)
- Capt. William Mills, 16th U.S. Infantry16th Infantry Regiment (United States)The 16th Infantry Regiment is a regiment in the United States Army.-Formation:The 34th Infantry Regiment and 11th Infantry Regiment consolidated into the 16th Infantry Regiment on 3 March 1869. The 11th Infantry's history prior to the consolidation is normally included with the 16th's.-U.S...
(May 1868-April 1869), Military Reconstruction - John McIlhenny (April 1869-1870)
- S.B. Cleghorn (1871)
- John McIlhenny (1872)
- S.B. Cleghorn (1873)
- John McIlhenny (1874-1876)
- S.G. Cleghorn (1877)
- F.G. Wilkins (1878-1881)
- Cliff B. Grimes (1882-1889)
- D.P. Dozier (1890-1891)
- J.J. Slade (1892-1895)
- Cliff B. Grimes (1896-1897)
- L.H. Chappell (1898-1907)
- Rhodes Browne (1908-1911)
- L.H. Chappell (1912-1913)
- John C. Cook (1914-1916)
- D.L. Parmer (1917-1919)
- Joe L. Couch (1920-1921)
- J. Homer Dimon (1922-1931)
- H.C. Smith (1932-1934)
- J. Homer Dimon (1935)
- Luther Clinton Wilson (1936-1938)
- James Barton Knight, Jr. (1939)
- Edward Murrah (1940-1942)
- W.G. Bridges (1943)
- Sterling Albrecht (1944-1946)
- Walter A. Richards (1947-1949)
- Ralph A. Sayers (1950)
- B.F. Register (1951-1952)
- Lawrence Shields (1953)
- Ralph A. Sayers (1954)
- C. Ed Berry (1955)
- Robert T. Davis (1956)
- B.F. Register (1957-1959)
- B. Ed Johnson (1960-1961)
- Steve Knight (1962)
- Harold E. Hughes (1963-1964)
- B. Ed Johnson (1965-1968), first full time Mayor elected by voters
- J.R. Allen (1969-February 1973)
- A.J. McClung (February-April 1973)
- Bob D. Hydrick (April 1973-1974)
- Jack P. Mickle (1975-1978)
- Harry C. Jackson (1979-1982)
- J.W. Feighner (1983-1986)
- James E. Jernigan (1987-1990)
- Frank K. MartinFrank Martin (mayor)Frank Kieffer Martin is an American defense attorney and a former mayor of Columbus, Georgia. He was elected 64th mayor of that city in 1990, succeeding James Jernigan. Martin served as mayor of Columbus from 1991 to 1994.-References:...
(1991-1994) - Bobby G. PetersBobby PetersBobby G. Peters was born on July 4, 1947. He is a Superior Court judge and a former Mayor of Columbus, Georgia. He was first elected Mayor in 1994, after twelve years as a city councilor. In 1998, Peters became the first Columbus mayor to win re-election to a second term since consolidation. He...
(1995-2002) - Robert PoydasheffRobert PoydasheffRobert S. "Bob" Poydasheff is a former mayor of Columbus, Georgia.Poydasheff served as mayor of Columbus from 2003 through 2006, having previously served on Columbus city council from 1994 through 2002. He served with distinction in the United States Army for 24 years, retiring at the rank of...
(2003-2006) - Jim WetheringtonJim WetheringtonWilliam J. "Jim" Wetherington is a former mayor of Columbus, Georgia. He was elected 67th mayor of that city in 2006, after defeating incumbent mayor Bob Poydasheff. Wetherington's term ended in 2010 and he did not seek re-election. He was replaced by current mayor Teresa Tomlinson...
(2007-2010) - Teresa TomlinsonTeresa TomlinsonTeresa Tomlinson is the current mayor of the United States city of Columbus, Georgia. Tomlinson replaced Jim Wetherington as Columbus mayor and is the first female to hold the office....
(2011-present)