List of mayors of Atlanta

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This is a list of mayors of Atlanta in the state of Georgia in the United States. The term of office was one year until Hammock's second term when a new city charter changed it to two years. The term was changed to four years in 1929, giving Ragsdale the modern stay in office. Though a political party is listed where known, the mayoral election is officially non-partisan, so the candidate did not represent their party when elected. In recent history, the viable candidates in the race have been primarily Democrats.

See also Category:Mayors of Atlanta for alphabetical list.

Name Years Party
Moses Formwalt 1848 - 1849 Rowdy
Benjamin Bomar 1849 - 1850 Rowdy
Willis Buell 1850 - 1851 Rowdy
Jonathan Norcross 1851 - 1852 Moral
Thomas Gibbs 1852 - 1853
John Mims 1853 - 1853 (resigned due to illness)
William Markham 1853 - 1854 (special election)
William Butt 1854 - 1855
Allison Nelson 1855 - 1855 (resigned) Democrat
John Glen 1855 - 1856 (acting)
William Ezzard 1856 - 1858 (first & second terms) Democrat
Luther Glenn 1858 - 1860 (first & second terms)
William Ezzard 1860 - 1861 (third term) Democrat
Jared Whitaker 1861 - 1861 (joined CSA government)
Thomas Lowe 1861 - 1862 (acting)
James Calhoun 1862 - 1866 (four terms)
James E. Williams 1866 - 1869 (first & second terms) Democrat
William Hulsey 1869 - 1870 Democrat
William Ezzard 1870 - 1871 (fourth term) Democrat
Dennis Hammond 1871 - 1872 Radical
John H. James 1872 - 1873 Democrat
Cicero C. Hammock 1873 - 1874 (first term)
S.B. Spencer 1874 - 1875 Democrat
Cicero C. Hammock 1875 - 1877 (second term)
Nedom L. Angier 1877 - 1879 Republican
William Lowndes Calhoun 1879 - 1881
James W. English 1881 - 1883
John B. Goodwin 1883 - 1885 (first term)
George Hillyer 1885 - 1887
John Tyler Cooper 1887 - 1889
John Thomas Glenn 1889 - 1891
William Hemphill 1891 - 1893
John B. Goodwin 1893 - 1895 (second term)
Porter King 1895 - 1897
Charles Collier 1897 - 1899
James G. Woodward 1899 - 1901 (first term)
Livingston Mims 1901 - 1903 Democrat
Evan Howell 1903 - 1905
James G. Woodward 1905 - 1907 (second term)
W.R. Joyner 1907 - 1909
Robert Maddox 1909 - 1911
Courtland Winn 1911 - 1913
James G. Woodward 1913 - 1917 (third & fourth terms)
Asa Candler 1917 - 1919
James L. Key 1919 - 1923 (first & second terms)
Walter Sims 1923 - 1927 (first & second terms) Democrat
Isaac Newton Ragsdale 1927 - 1931
James L. Key 1931 - 1937 (third & fourth term)
William B. Hartsfield 1937 - 1941 (first term) Democrat
Roy LeCraw 1941 - 1942 (enlisted in army)
George B. Lyle 1942 - 1942 (acting)
William B. Hartsfield 1942 - 1962 (second through sixth terms) Democrat
Ivan Allen, Jr. 1962 - 1970 (first & second terms) Democrat
Sam Massell 1970 - 1974 Democrat
Maynard Jackson 1974 - 1982 (first & second terms) Democrat
Andrew Young 1982 - 1990 (first & second terms) Democrat
Maynard Jackson 1990 - 1994 (third term) Democrat
Bill Campbell 1994 - 2002 (first & second terms) Democrat
Shirley Franklin January 7, 2002 - Present Democrat