Mayors of Mecklenburg Cities and Towns [1]
Mayors of Charlotte
1851-52
William K. Reid*
1852-53
Alexander Graham*
1853-57
William F. Davidson*
1857-59
David Parks*
1859-61
Jennings B. Kerr*
*Called Intendant instead of Mayor
1861-62
William A. Owens
1862-63
Robert F. Davidson
1863-64
L. S. Williams
1864-65
Samuel A. Harris
1865-66
H. M. Pritchard
1866-67
Samuel A. Harris
1867-68
F. W. Ahrens
1868-69
H. M. Pritchard
1869-71
C. Dowd
1871-73
John A. Young
1873-75
William F. Davidson
1875-78
William Johnson
1878-79
B. R. Smith
1879-80
F. I. Osborne
1880-83
F. S. DeWolfe
1883-84
W. C. Maxwell
1884-87
William Johnson
1887-91
F. B. McDowell
1891-95
R. J. Brevard
1895-97
J. H. Weddington
1897-99
E. B. Springs
1899-1901
J. D. McCall
1901-05
Peter Marshall Brown
1905-07
S. S. McNinch
1907-09
T. S. Franklin
1909-11
T. W. Hawkins
1911-15
Charles A. Bland
1915-17
T. L. Kirkpatrick
1917-20
Frank R. McNinch
1920-21
John M. Wilson
1921-24
James O. Walker
1924-26
Harvey W. Moore
1926-27
D. M. Abernethy
1927-29
F. Marion Redd
1929-31
George E. Wilson, Jr.
1931-33
Charles E. Lambeth
1933-35
Arthur E. Wearn
1935-41
Ben E. Douglas
1941-43
E. McA. Currie
1943-49
H. H. Baxter
1949-53
Victor Shaw
1953-57
Philip L. Van Every
1957-61
James Saxon Smith
1961-to date
Stanford R. Brookshire
Mayors of Davidson, North Carolina
1884-89
Rev. W. P. Williams
1889-90
Z. A. Hovis
1890-91
R. W. Shelton
1891-95
W. P. Williams
1895-95
J. D. Brown
1900-20
J. Lee Sloan
1925-26
J. Lee Sloan
1926-31
M. H. Goodrum
1931-33
Albert N. Adams
1933-40
T. M. Griffith
1940-40
J. B. Jetton
1895-1900
F. J. Knox
1940-45
E. A. Beaty
1945-47
W. V. Cole
1920-25
C. H. Hamilton
1947-51
E. A. Beaty
1951-to date
F. L. Jackson
Mayors of Pineville, North Carolina*
*Early records unavailable.
1896-98
J. A. Younts
1905-07
B. F. McWhirter
1907-12
Unknown
1912-13
George W. Bunch
1913-1914
Z. M. Johnston
1914-15
W. B. Warwick
1915-16
M. T. Grimes
1916-17
E. Porter
1917-37
M. G. Hair
1937-43
Robert K. Taylor
1943-49
C. H. McCoy
1949-51
R. C. Hair
1951-55
C. H. McCoy
1955-59
R. C. Hair
1959-to date
Frank A. Ferguson
Mayors of Matthews, North Carolina
1879-87
W. T. Carpenter
1887-93
S. J. Hooks
1896-
Dr. Joseph Bruner
1905-07
S. B. Smith
1907-13
A. J. Williams
1913-21
W. L. Hood
1921-25
Thomas J. Orr
1925-29
Hugh F. McManus
1929-41
C. R. McLaughlin
1941-43
W. S. Morton
1943-45
E. M. Renfrow
1945-to date
W. Alexis Hood
Mayors of Huntersville, North Carolina
A. Jones Hunter, 1877-1884
W. J. Ranson, to May 5, 1887
H. A. Grey, 1887-1889
H. K. De Armon, 1889-Jan 16, 1890 (resigned)
J. T. Mayberry, Jan. 16, 1890 - May 12, 1890
T. M. McConnell, 1890-1892
J. L. Choate, 1892-1893
D. S. Hamilton, 1893-Oct. 26, 1893 (resigned)
A. J. Blakely, Oct. 26, 1893 - Nov. 14, 1893
H. A. Grey, Nov. 14, 1893 - Dec. 13, 1893
J. L. Choate, Dec. 21, 1893 - 1894
G. F. Steele, 1894 - 1895
A. Darby, 1895 - 1896
C. F. Alexander, 1896-1897
W. S. Caldwell, 1897 - 1900
J. T. Mayberry, 1900 - 1903
W. S. Caldwell, 1903 - 1907
J. R. McCurdy, 1907 - Nov. 25, 1907
W. S. Caldwell, Nov. 25, 1907 - 1909
J. L. Miller, 1909 - Dec. 1916 (resigned)
Dr. E. M. McCoy, Dec. 1916 –
C. L. Barnette, to May 10, 1921
C. B. Mooney, May 10, 1921 - 1925
C. B. Barnette, Aug. 24, 1923 - 1925
E. P. Page, 1925 - 1927
Dr. Thomas Craven, 1927 - 1940
O. L. Wagstaff, Sr., 1940 - 1945
T. S. Youngblood, 1945 - 1947
T. Lee Mullen, 1947 - 1955
Arthur W. Auten, 1955 - 1958 (resigned)
Thomas L. Ward, 1958 - 1961
Arthur W. Auten, Jr., 1961 -
Mayors of Cornelius, North Carolina
1905-06
J. B. Proctor
1907-10
Lawrence Hager
1911-12
John S. Sossamon
1913-14
Alex Little
1915-16
F. C. Sherrill, Sr.
1917-18
Joe A. Sherrill
1919-24
J. B. Readling
1925-26
W. L. Puckett
1927-34
W. E. Long
1935-37
H. K. Sossamon
1938-1/2 yr.
L. B. Honeycutt
1939-46
G. E. Sweet
1947-48
J. E. Baxter
1949-50
G. E. Sweet
1951-56
Keith R. Howard
1957-to date
B. S. Sherrill
Blythe, Legette and Brockmann, Charles Raven. Hornets' Nest: The Story of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. Charlotte, N.C.: Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, 1961.