List of mayors of Chapel Hill, North Carolina
This is a list of people who have served as mayor of Chapel Hill, North Carolina.[1] Before 1879, the mayor was a magistrate hired by the Board of Commissioners to exercise police powers. An 1879 amendment to the town charter formalized this role. An 1895 charter amendment established the mayor as a position elected by the town's citizens. John H. Watson became the first person elected as mayor on May 5, 1895.[2]
- H. B. Smith (1869–1872)
- John H. Watson (1872)
- John W. Carr (1873–1874)
- John White (1874)
- Andrew Mickel (1874–1876)
- John H. Watson (1876–1879)
- Merritt Cheek (1879–1882)
- Jones Watson (1882–1883)
- John H. Watson (1883–1884)
- A. J. McDade (1884–1885)
- John H. Watson (1885–1887)
- William N. Pritchard (1887–1888)
- A. J. McDade (1888–1891)
- John H. Watson (1891–1895)
- Algernon S. Barbee (1895–1901)
- James C. MacRae, Jr. (1901–1903)
- William S. Roberson (1903–1907)
- Algernon S. Barbee (1907–1911)
- William S. Roberson (1911–1913)
- L. P. McLendon (1913–1914)
- William S. Roberson (1914–1927)
- Zebulon Council (1927–1933)
- John M. Foushee (1933–1942)
- R. W. Madry (1942–1949)
- Edwin S. Lanier (1949–1954)
- Oliver K. Cornwell (1954–1961)
- Sandy McClamroch (1961–1969)
- Howard Lee (1969–1975)
- James Wallace (1975–1979)
- Joseph L. Nassif (1979–1985)
- James Wallace (1985–1987)
- Jonathan Howes (1987–1991)
- Kenneth Broun (1991–1995)
- Rosemary Waldorf (1995–2001)
- Kevin Foy (2001–2009)
- Mark Kleinschmidt (2009–2015)
- Pam Hemminger (2015-present)[3]
See also
References
- ↑ "History of Your Town Government." Town of Chapel Hill, September 2007.
- ↑ "History of Chapel Hill." Town of Chapel Hill Official Website. Accessed October 23, 2008.
- ↑ http://www.townofchapelhill.org/town-hall/mayor-and-council/mayor-council/mayor-pam-hemminger
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