List of mayors of Memphis, Tennessee
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This is a list of mayors of Memphis, Tennessee.
| Mayor | Term |
|---|---|
| Marcus B. Winchester | 1827-1829 |
| Isaac Rawlings | 1829-1831 |
| Seth Wheatley | 1831-1832 |
| Robert Lawrence | 1832-1833 |
| Isaac Rawlings | 1833-1836 |
| Enoch Banks | 1836-1837 |
| John H. Morgan | 1837-1838 |
| Enoch Banks | 1838-1839 |
| Thomas Dixon | 1839-1841 |
| William Spickernagle | 1841-1842 |
| Edwin Hickman | 1842-1845 |
| Jesse J. Finley | 1845-1846 |
| Edwin Hickman | 1846-1847 |
| Enoch Banks | 1847-1848 |
| Gardner E. Locke | 1848-1849 |
| Edwin Hickman | 1849-1852 |
| A. B. Taylor | 1852-1855 |
| A. H. Douglass | 1855-1856 |
| T. B. Carroll | 1856-1857 |
| R. D. Baugh | 1857-1861 |
| John Park | 1861-1864 |
| Thomas H. Harris | 1864 |
| Channing Richards | 1864-1865 |
| John Park | 1865-1866 |
| William Lofland | 1866-1868 |
| McDavitt | 1868 |
| John W. Leftwich | 1868-1869 |
| J. T. Swayne | 1869 |
| John W. Leftwich | 1869-1870 |
| John Johnson | 1870-1874 |
| John Loague | 1874-1876 |
| John R. Flippin | 1876-1879 |
| [1] | 1879-1895 |
| W. L. Clapp | 1895-1898 |
| J. J. Williams | 1898-1906 |
| James H. Malone | 1906-1910 |
| Edward H. Crump | 1910-1915 |
| George C. Love | 1915-1916 |
| Thomas C. Ashcroft | 1916-1917 |
| Harry H. Litty | 1917-1918 |
| Frank L. Monteverde | 1918-1919 |
| Rowlett Paine | 1920-1927 |
| S. Watkins Overton | 1928-1939 |
| Edward H. Crump | 1940 |
| Joseph Patrick Boyle | 1940 |
| Walter Chandler | 1940-1946 |
| Joseph Patrick Boyle | 1946 |
| Sylvanus W. Polk, Sr. | 1946-1947 |
| James J. Pleasants, Jr. | 1947-1949 |
| Watkins Overton | 1949-1953 |
| Frank T. Tobey | 1953-1955 |
| Walter Chandler | 1955 |
| Edmund Orgill | 1956-1959 |
| Henry Loeb | 1960-1963 |
| Claude Armour | 1963 |
| William B. Ingram | 1963-1967 |
| Henry Loeb | 1968-1971 |
| J. Wyeth Chandler | 1972-1982 |
| J. O. Patterson, Jr. | 1982 |
| Wallace Madewell | 1982 |
| Richard C. Hackett | 1982-1991 |
| W. W. Herenton | 1992-Present |
[1] As a result of a yellow fever epidemic in 1879, Memphis lost so much of its population that it was disincorporated and was not rechartered until 1895, which accounts for the absence of there having been any mayor during this period.
