This is a list of mayors of Atlanta in the state of Georgia

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 in the United States

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. The term of office

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 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

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 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 the mayors of Atlanta category for an alphabetical list.

Name	Years	Party
Moses Formwalt Moses Formwalt Moses W. Formwalt was the first mayor of the city of Atlanta then in DeKalb County, Georgia. Atlanta was chartered in December 1847 and the first election of officers took place on January 29, 1848...	1848–1849	Rowdy Free and Rowdy Party The Free and Rowdy Party was a political party that operated in Atlanta, Georgia, during the middle of the 19th century. Although the mayoral elections of Atlanta are not contested along party lines, the first three mayors of the city were Rowdies, as members of the Free and Rowdy Party were called...
Benjamin Bomar Benjamin Bomar Benjamin Franklin Bomar was the second mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. Bomar was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina and studied medicine in Charleston. He practiced medicine in America's first gold rush town of Dahlonega, Georgia for a number of years until he tired of the winters in the Appalachian...	1849–1850	Rowdy Free and Rowdy Party The Free and Rowdy Party was a political party that operated in Atlanta, Georgia, during the middle of the 19th century. Although the mayoral elections of Atlanta are not contested along party lines, the first three mayors of the city were Rowdies, as members of the Free and Rowdy Party were called...
Willis Buell Willis Buell Willis Buell was a native of Connecticut and third mayor of Atlanta. He was the first Justice of the Peace of the 1026th militia district and was said to be a talented portrait painter. He was a member of the Free and Rowdy Party....	1850–1851	Rowdy Free and Rowdy Party The Free and Rowdy Party was a political party that operated in Atlanta, Georgia, during the middle of the 19th century. Although the mayoral elections of Atlanta are not contested along party lines, the first three mayors of the city were Rowdies, as members of the Free and Rowdy Party were called...
Jonathan Norcross Jonathan Norcross Jonathan Norcross , fourth Mayor of Atlanta, GA. Dubbed the "Father of Atlanta" and "hard fighter of everything." - Henry W. Grady - Personal life :...	1851–1852	Moral
Thomas Gibbs Thomas Gibbs Thomas Fortson Gibbs left Atlanta fairly soon after finishing his term as its fifth mayor.In John H. James' remembrances of this time, he describes the mayor as "Dr. Gibbs" but doesn't explain what sort of doctor. He represented Elbert County, Georgia in the state house in 1837 and came to Atlanta...	1852–1853
John Mims John Mims John F. Mims sixth mayor of Atlanta and agent of the Georgia Railroad & Banking Company.In the late 1840s he founded a flour mill with Lemuel Grant, Richard Peters and his younger brother William Peters but it didn't do well with competition from Mark A...	1853 - 1853 (resigned due to illness)
William Markham William Markham (mayor) William Markham was a prominent hotel owner in Atlanta. Following the illness of John Mims he filled in as mayor October 1853 and won a special election soon after...	1853 - 1854 (special election)
William Butt William Butt William M. Butt was a politician in Georgia.Butt arrived in Atlanta in 1851 from Campbell County, Georgia and served as a councilman in 1853. The next year he was elected the eighth mayor....	1854–1855
Allison Nelson Allison Nelson Allison Nelson was the ninth mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, as well as a brigadier general in the Confederate army during the American Civil War....	1855 - 1855 (resigned)	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
John Glen John Glen (mayor) John Glen was born in Laurens, South Carolina and moved to Decatur, Georgia in 1826 where he worked as a clerk in the Superior Court of DeKalb County.He moved to Atlanta in 1850 to work for the Georgia Railroad which he did for 41 years....	1855 - 1856 (acting)
William Ezzard William Ezzard William E. Ezzard was a Southern United States politician who served as the 11th, 13th and 19th Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, in the 19th century....	1856 - 1858 (first & second terms)	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
Luther Glenn Luther Glenn Luther Judson Glenn was a prominent Georgia lawyer, politician, Confederate officer during the American Civil War, and antebellum Mayor of Atlanta....	1858 - 1860 (first & second terms)
William Ezzard William Ezzard William E. Ezzard was a Southern United States politician who served as the 11th, 13th and 19th Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, in the 19th century....	1860 - 1861 (third term)	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
Jared Whitaker Jared Whitaker Jared Irwin Whitaker was a Georgia newspaperman and politician who served as the 14th Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, during the early days of the American Civil War....	1861 - 1861 (joined CSA Confederate States of America The Confederate States of America was a government set up from 1861 to 1865 by 11 Southern slave states of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S...  government)
Thomas Lowe	1861 - 1862 (acting)
James Calhoun James Calhoun James M. Calhoun was the 16th Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia during the Civil War.Calhoun was born in South Carolina and his parents died when he was 18....	1862 - 1866 (four terms)
James E. Williams James E. Williams (mayor) James Etheldred Williams was an American politician who served as a two-term antebellum mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, during Reconstruction....	1866 - 1869 (first & second terms)	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
William Hulsey William Hulsey William Henry Hulsey was an American attorney, soldier, and politician who served as the 18th Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia...	1869–1870	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
William Ezzard William Ezzard William E. Ezzard was a Southern United States politician who served as the 11th, 13th and 19th Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, in the 19th century....	1870 - 1871 (fourth term)	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
Dennis Hammond Dennis Hammond Dennis Hammond was born in the Edgefield District of South Carolina.He moved to Georgia where he was a lawyer and, from 1855 to 1861, judge in the superior court Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit....	1871–1872	Radical Republican
John H. James John H. James John H. James was an American banker, politician, and businessman who served as the 21st Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, in 1871....	1872–1873	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
Cicero C. Hammock Cicero C. Hammock Cicero C. Hammock was the 22nd and 24th Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, during the Reconstruction era.-Biography:Born in Walton County, Hammock served in the United States Army during the Mexican-American War, where he served with another future mayor, Captain Allison Nelson...	1873 - 1874 (first term)
S.B. Spencer	1874–1875	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
Cicero C. Hammock Cicero C. Hammock Cicero C. Hammock was the 22nd and 24th Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, during the Reconstruction era.-Biography:Born in Walton County, Hammock served in the United States Army during the Mexican-American War, where he served with another future mayor, Captain Allison Nelson...	1875 - 1877 (second term)
Nedom L. Angier Nedom L. Angier Nedom L. Angier was Mayor of Atlanta during the Rutherford B. Hayes visit of 22 September 1877. Hayes' visit was part of a "good-will" trip to continue post-Reconstruction reconciliation with the former Confederate States of America.Born in New Hampshire, he came to Georgia in 1839 and taught...	1877–1879	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
William Lowndes Calhoun William Lowndes Calhoun William Lowndes Calhoun was an American attorney and politician from the state of Georgia who served as the 26th Mayor of Atlanta.-Biography:...	1879–1881
James W. English James W. English James Warren English was an American politician, bank president, and a staff officer during the American Civil War. He was a postbellum mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, from 1881 until 1883....	1881–1883
John B. Goodwin John B. Goodwin John Benjamin Goodwin was born in Cobb County, Georgia, USA the son of and attended school in Powder Springs.He moved to Atlanta in 1870 and studied law at Gartrell & Stephens and a year later was admitted to the bar....	1883 - 1885 (first term)
George Hillyer George Hillyer George Hillyer was an American politician, serving as the 29th Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, as well as a state assemblyman and senator...	1885–1887
John Tyler Cooper John Tyler Cooper John Tyler Cooper was an American politician, serving from 1887 until 1889 as the 30th Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia.-Biography:Born in Marietta, Georgia, John T...	1887–1889
John Thomas Glenn John Thomas Glenn John Thomas Glenn was the 31st Mayor of Atlanta from 1889 to 1891, and the son of another Atlanta mayor, Luther Glenn, and like his father an attorney at law....	1889–1891
William Hemphill William Hemphill William Arnold Hemphill was an American businessman and politician.-Biography:Hemphill was born in Athens, Georgia. He attended the University of Georgia in Athens where he was a member of the Phi Kappa Literary Society and earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1861...	1891–1893
John B. Goodwin John B. Goodwin John Benjamin Goodwin was born in Cobb County, Georgia, USA the son of and attended school in Powder Springs.He moved to Atlanta in 1870 and studied law at Gartrell & Stephens and a year later was admitted to the bar....	1893 - 1895 (second term)
Porter King Porter King Porter King was born in Marion, Alabama, attended Howard College and graduated in 1878 then studied law at University of Virginia in Charlottesville...	1895–1897
Charles Collier Charles Collier Charles A. Collier was a capitalist, banker, and lawyer. He was the son of Judge John Collier and Henrietta E. Wilson. His wife, Suzie was the daughter of William A. Rawson.-Early career:...	1897–1899
James G. Woodward	1899 - 1901 (first term)
Livingston Mims Livingston Mims Livingston Mims was an American politician who served as the 37th Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia during the early 20th century....	1901–1903	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
Evan Howell Evan Howell Evan Park Howell was an American politician and early telegraph operator, as well as an officer in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War....	1903–1905
James G. Woodward	1905 - 1907 (second term)
W.R. Joyner	1907–1909
Robert Maddox Robert Maddox Robert Foster Maddox was the 41st Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia.Son of early Atlanta settler and war hero Robert Flournoy Maddox, he was educated in public school, and then attending the University of Georgia until 1887 when he completed studies at Harvard.He was Chairman of the board of the Atlanta &...	1909–1911
Courtland Winn Courtland Winn Courtland Simmons Winn was a politician, lawyer and civic leader from the State of Georgia .Courtland S. Winn was born in Lawrenceville, Georgia while the American Civil War raged. His father Judge Samuel J...	1911–1913
James G. Woodward	1913 - 1917 (third & fourth terms)
Asa Candler	1917–1919
James L. Key James L. Key James L. Key lawyer who as the 45th and 48th Mayor of Atlanta.By 1902, he was councilman representing the Sixth Ward and ran for mayor in 1904 and 1918 first losing to then defeating James G. Woodward....	1919 - 1923 (first & second terms)
Walter Sims Walter Sims Walter Arthur Sims was an American politician.Born in Dawson County, Georgia, , he was the son of John Newton Sims ....	1923 - 1927 (first & second terms)	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
Isaac Newton Ragsdale Isaac Newton Ragsdale Isaac Newton Ragsdale came to Atlanta in 1880 from Dallas, Georgia. He lived for many years in Oakland City and served as mayor there in 1908 before it was annexed into Atlanta. He was in the livestock business and from 1925 to 1926 he served as a Fulton County Commissioner...	1927–1931
James L. Key James L. Key James L. Key lawyer who as the 45th and 48th Mayor of Atlanta.By 1902, he was councilman representing the Sixth Ward and ran for mayor in 1904 and 1918 first losing to then defeating James G. Woodward....	1931 - 1937 (third & fourth term)
William B. Hartsfield William B. Hartsfield William Berry Hartsfield was an American politician. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and served as its 49th and 51st Mayor from 1937 to 1941 and again from 1942 to 1962, making him the longest-serving mayor in Atlanta history....	1937 - 1941 (first term)	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
Roy LeCraw Roy LeCraw Roy LeCraw served part of one term as the 50th Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia before resigning to join the U.S. Army at the beginning of World War II.He was a self-confident insurance man and an officer in the National Guard....	1941 - 1942 (enlisted in army)
George B. Lyle George B. Lyle George B. Lyle was briefly mayor of Atlanta during the month of May in 1942. Roy LeCraw had fought a tough campaign against incumbent William Hartsfield and won on a slim margin but just a few months after taking office, he joined the army leaving mayor pro-tem Lyle until new elections could be held...	1942 - 1942 (acting)
William B. Hartsfield William B. Hartsfield William Berry Hartsfield was an American politician. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and served as its 49th and 51st Mayor from 1937 to 1941 and again from 1942 to 1962, making him the longest-serving mayor in Atlanta history....	1942 - 1962 (second through sixth terms)	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
Ivan Allen, Jr.	1962 - 1970 (first & second terms)	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
Sam Massell Sam Massell Sam Massell, a life-long resident of Atlanta, has had successful careers in real estate brokerage, elected office, the field of tourism, and association management....	1970–1974	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
Maynard Jackson Maynard Jackson Maynard Holbrook Jackson, Jr. was an American politician, a member of the Democratic Party, and the first African American mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. He served three terms, two consecutive terms from 1974 until 1982 and a third term from 1990 to 1994...	1974 - 1982 (first & second terms)	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
Andrew Young Andrew Young Andrew Jackson Young is an American politician, diplomat, activist and pastor from Georgia. He has served as Mayor of Atlanta, a Congressman from the 5th district, and United States Ambassador to the United Nations...	1982 - 1990 (first & second terms)	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
Maynard Jackson Maynard Jackson Maynard Holbrook Jackson, Jr. was an American politician, a member of the Democratic Party, and the first African American mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. He served three terms, two consecutive terms from 1974 until 1982 and a third term from 1990 to 1994...	1990 - 1994 (third term)	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
Bill Campbell Bill Campbell (mayor) Bill Campbell , is a former American politician, a member of the Democratic Party, and served as the 57th Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., from 1994 to 2002. Campbell was the fifty-seventh mayor in the city's history and the third African American to hold the office...	1994 - January 7, 2002 (first & second terms)	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
Shirley Franklin Shirley Franklin Shirley Clarke Franklin is an American politician, a member of the Democratic Party, and served as mayor of Atlanta, Georgia from 2002 to 2010...	January 7, 2002 - January 4, 2010 (first & second terms)	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
Kasim Reed Kasim Reed Mohammed Kasim Reed, known as Kasim Reed, is a Democratic politician and the 59th Mayor of Atlanta, who previously represented the 35th District of the Georgia State Senate. He was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from 1998 to 2002...	January 4, 2010–present	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

In the 2009 runoff election on December 1, Kasim Reed

Kasim Reed

Mohammed Kasim Reed, known as Kasim Reed, is a Democratic politician and the 59th Mayor of Atlanta, who previously represented the 35th District of the Georgia State Senate. He was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from 1998 to 2002...

 received 50.37% of the vote, while Mary Norwood

Mary Norwood

Mary Norwood was a 2009 mayoral candidate in Atlanta and a city councilwoman in Atlanta, Georgia, representing Post 2 At Large. Norwood was elected to the Atlanta City Council in 2001.-2009 Atlanta mayoral election:...

 received 49.63%. After certification, Norwood asked for a recount, in which Kasim Reed

Kasim Reed

Mohammed Kasim Reed, known as Kasim Reed, is a Democratic politician and the 59th Mayor of Atlanta, who previously represented the 35th District of the Georgia State Senate. He was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from 1998 to 2002...

was declared the winner. Reed will serve a term from January 2010 to January 2014.