List of mayors of Augusta, Georgia
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This is a list of mayors of Augusta, Georgia
Augusta, Georgia
Augusta is a consolidated city in the U.S. state of Georgia, located along the Savannah River. As of the 2010 census, the Augusta–Richmond County population was 195,844 not counting the unconsolidated cities of Hephzibah and Blythe.Augusta is the principal city of the Augusta-Richmond County...

 (USA
United States
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), including the former city
City
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 of Augusta and 1996–present consolidated
Consolidated city-county
In United States local government, a consolidated city–county is a city and county that have been merged into one unified jurisdiction. As such it is simultaneously a city, which is a municipal corporation, and a county, which is an administrative division of a state...

 Augusta–Richmond County.

Former city of Augusta

NameSworn InLeft OfficeNotesReference
John Milton
John Milton (Georgia politician)
John Milton was the Secretary of State of Georgia from 1777 to 1799. Milton is chiefly known as the grandfather of Florida governor John Milton and as the recipient of the votes of two Georgia electors in the first presidential election. Milton was one of Georgia's five Presidential electors in...

1792
Thomas Cumming 1798 Father of Henry Cumming
Walter Leigh 1815 1817
Freeman Walker
Freeman Walker
Freeman Walker was a United States Senator from Georgia. Born in Charles City, Virginia, he attended the common schools and, in 1797, moved to Augusta, Georgia. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1803, commencing practice in Augusta...

1818 1819
Nicholas Ware
Nicholas Ware
Nicholas Ware was a United States Senator from Georgia.Ware was born in Caroline County, Virginia and later moved with his parents to Edgefield, South Carolina and a few years later to Augusta, Georgia. He received a thorough English education and studied medicine, and studied law in Augusta as...

1819 1821 Ware's Telfair Street home "Ware's Folly" is now the location of Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art
Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art
Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art is located in Augusta, Georgia, in the home of former Augusta Mayor and United States Senator Nicholas Ware. Olivia Herbert founded the Institute in 1937. The original name for the Institute was the Augusta Art Club; it was later renamed in memorial to Olivia...

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Freeman Walker 1823 1823
Samuel Hale 1828 1836
Alfred Cumming
Alfred Cumming (governor)
Alfred Cumming was appointed governor of the Utah territory in 1858 replacing Brigham Young following the Utah War...

1836 Appointed governor of Territory of Utah
Utah Territory
The Territory of Utah was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from September 9, 1850, until January 4, 1896, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Utah....

 in 1858
John Phinizy 1837 First Italian-American mayor of any U.S. city (original spelling: Finizzi)
Dr. Daniel Hook 1840 1841 Served two terms.
Martin M. Dye 1841 1842
Dr. Daniel Hook 1842 1843
Martin M. Dye 1843 1846 Served three 1 year terms
Dr. Lewis D. Ford 1846 1848 Served two 1 year terms
Dr. Ignatius P. Gavin 1848 1849
James B. Bishop 1849 1850
Thomas W. Miller 1850 1852
Dr. William E. Dearing 1852 1854
Abner P. Robertson 1854 1855
Dr. William E. Dearing 1855 1856
George W. Evans 1856 1857
Benjamin F. Conley
Benjamin F. Conley
Benjamin F. Conley was a United States politician.-Biography:Conley served as the 47th Governor of Georgia from October 30, 1871 to January 12, 1872 during Reconstruction and was the second Republican governor of Georgia...

1857 1859 Two terms (later a Governor of Georgia)
Foster Blodgett, Jr. 1859 1860
Robert H. May
Robert H. May
Robert H. May was born in Augusta, Georgia. With his parents, he shortly moved to the neighboring counties of Lincoln and Columbia, where they farmed. In his early teens, May moved back to Augusta, Georgia, where he was apprenticed to be a wheelwright with Hubert & Roll...

1861 1866 May served five 1-year terms during the period of the Civil War. In 1865, he was ordered by Georgia Governor Joseph E. Brown
Joseph E. Brown
Joseph Emerson Brown , often referred to as Joe Brown, was the 42nd Governor of Georgia from 1857 to 1865, and a U.S. Senator from 1880 to 1891...

 to burn the large amounts of cotton stored in Augusta warehouses "on the approach of the Yankees," so it would not fall into enemy's hands. As it turned out, the Union Army never came to Augusta.
James T. Gardiner 1866 8 Aug 1866 Elected April 1866 and resigned 8 Aug 1866. James Gardiner was publisher of The Daily Constitutionalist a local newspaper.
Abner P. Robertson 8 Aug 1866 20 Aug 1866 Pro Tem City Council
John Foster 20 Aug 1866 1867 Special Election to fill unexpired term of James T. Gardner
Foster Blodgett, Jr. 1867 1868 Military appointment; In 1867, the Southern States were divided into Military Districts and military tribunials where set-up to appoint government officials during this period
Henry F. Russell 1868 1869
Joseph V. H. Allen 1869 1870
Charles Estes 1870 1876 Served six 1-year terms
John U. Meyer 1876 1879
Robert H. May 1879 1891 Served Four 3-year terms. He was Coroner-Richmond County, 1900 - until his death, 7 February 1903. Buried in Magnolia Cemetery.
James H. Alexander 1891 1894 Since the 1876 election; mayors served 3-year terms
William B. Young 1894 1897
Patrick Walsh 1897 1898 Died in office
Jacob Phinizy 22 Dec 1898 18 April 1899 Pro Tem City Council
Charles A. Robbe 18 April 1899 7 July 1900 Died in office
Thomas Barrett, Sr. 8 July 1900 10 July 1900 Pro Tem City Council
Alfred Martin 10 July 1900 Jan. 1901 Special Election to fill unexpired term
Jacob Phinzy Jan. 1901 1904 Once owner of "Augusta's First Skyscraper" known today as the Marion Building at 739 Broad Street
Richard E. Allen Jan. 1904 1907
William M. Dunbar Jan. 1907 1910 Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives
Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives
The Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives was an employee of the United States Congress from 1834 to 1993.Before the creation of the office of Postmaster, mail duties were handled by workers in the office of the Doorkeeper, who were paid additional compensation...

 for the 62nd through 65th Congresses (1911-1919)
Thomas Barrett, Sr. 1910 Jan. 1913 Barrett Plaza, located in front of the Federal Court House & 800 block of Telfair Street, is named for Thomas Barrett, Sr.
Linwood C. Hayne 1913 Jan. 1916
James R. Littleton 1916 Jan. 1919
William P. White 1919 Jan. 1922 The Appleby Library was Wm. P. White's home until his widow sold it in 1928 to Scott B. Appleby. Mr. Appleby donated the house in 1954 to the Augusta City Council for use as a library.
Julian Smith 1923 1925 The Julian Smith Casino
Julian Smith Casino
The Julian Smith Casino in Augusta, Georgia is not a gambling establishment as persons outside the CSRA might think from its name. The casino part of its name is in the older sense of a place of recreation, not just a place of gambling. It is named after Julian Smith, a former mayor of Augusta...

, operated by the city recreation department, is named after Smith.
Richard Allen, Jr. 1937
W.D. Jennings 1951 1953
H. L. Hamilton 1953 1954
George "Buster" Albert Sancken Jr. 1964 1970
Lewis "Pop" Newman 1973 1981
Ed McIntyre
Ed McIntyre
Edward M. McIntyre became the first African American mayor of Augusta, Georgia, in 1981. He had previously served as a county commissioner for Richmond County. He is notable for a U.S. federal conviction for extortion in 1984...

1981 1984 First African American
African American
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 mayor of city of Augusta
Charles DeVaney 1984 1996 Last mayor of former city of Augusta

Consolidated Augusta–Richmond County

NameSworn InLeft OfficeNotesReference
Larry Sconyers
Larry Sconyers
Larry E. Sconyers was the first Mayor of the consolidated government for Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia. He is also the owner of Sconyers Bar-B-Que, a top 10 restaurant in its class according to People magazine. The restaurant was officially commended by the Georgia General Assembly within House...

1996 1999 First mayor of consolidated Augusta-Richmond County, owner and operator of Sconyers Bar-B-Que
Sconyers
Sconyers Bar-B-Que, also known as Sconyers Inc. is a southern food and barbecue restaurant located in Augusta, Georgia. It has received popular acclaim for its food, and has been listed as a top ten barbecue restaurant in the United States by People magazine.-History:The restaurant began operations...

Bob Young 1999 2005 Longtime local television news anchor (WJBF-TV) before election to mayor; left mayor's office in 2005 to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, also known as HUD, is a Cabinet department in the Executive branch of the United States federal government...

 appointment by president George W. Bush
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....

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Willie Mays 2005 2006 Commissioner chosen by city commission following Bob Young's departure to serve as interim mayor until special election. First African American to serve as mayor of consolidated Augusta-Richmond County.
Deke Copenhaver 2006

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