19th century

• William F. Davidson (1850–1857)
• David Parks (1857–1859)
• Jennings B. Kerr (1859–1861)
• William A. Owens (1861–1862)
• Robert F. Davidson (1862–1863)
• Samuel A. Harris (1864–1865)
• H.M. Pritchard (1865–1866)
• Samuel A. Harris (1866–1867)
• F.W. Ahrens (1867–1868)
• H.M. Pritchard (1868–1869)
• Clement Dowd
  Clement Dowd
  Clement Dowd was a Democratic politician in North Carolina who served as Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina from 1869 to 1871 and as a U.S. Representative from 1881 to 1885....
  
   (1869–1871) (Democrat
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• John A. Young (1871–1873)
• William F. Davidson (1873–1875)
• William Johnston (1875–1878)
• B.R. Smith (1878–1879)
• Frank I. Osborne
  Frank I. Osborne
  Frank I. Osborne was a North Carolina politician and attorney who served as mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina , as a state senator, and as North Carolina Attorney General ....
  
   (1879–1880) (Democrat
  Democratic Party (United States)
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  )
• F.S. DeWolfe (1880–1883)
• W.C. Maxwell (1883–1884
• William Johnston (1884–1887)
• F.B. McDowell (1887–1891)
• R.J. Brevard (1891–1895)
• J.H. Weddington (1895–1897)
• E.B. Spring (1897–1899)

20th century

• J.D. McCall (1899–1901)
• Peter Marshall Brown (1901–1905)
• S.S. McNinch (1905–1907)
• T.S. Franklin (1907–1909)
• T.W. Hawkins (1909–1911)
• Charles A. Bland (1911–1915)
• T.L. Kirkpatrick (1915–1917)
• Frank R. McNinch
  Frank R. McNinch
  Frank Ramsay McNinch was born in Charlotte, NC. He was a political figure who served as the mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, as chairman of the Federal Power Commission, and as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. The controversial 1938 Orson Welles War of the Worlds radio...
  
   (1917–1920)
• John M. Wilson (1920–1921)
• James O. Walker (1921–1924)
• Harvey W. Moore (1924–1926)
• David M. Abernathy (1926–1927)
• F. Marion Redd (1927–1929)
• George E. Wilson, Jr. (1929–1931)
• Charles E. Lambeth (1931–1933)
• Arthur E. Wearn (1933–1935)
• Ben Elbert Douglas, Sr.
  Ben Elbert Douglas, Sr.
  Ben Elbert Douglas, Sr. was the mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina from 1935 to 1941. Charlotte/Douglas International Airport was named after him in 1941. A Democrat, he was also the first mayor of Charlotte that was directly elected by voters, because of a change in the city...
  
   (1935–1941) (Democrat
  Democratic Party (United States)
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  )
• E. McA. Currie (1941–1943)
• H.H. Baxter (1943–1949)
• Victor Shaw (1949–1953)
• Philip Van Every (1953–1957)
• James Saxon Smith (1957–1961)
• Stanford R. Brookshire (1961–1969)
• John M. Belk
  John M. Belk
  John Montgomery Belk was head of the Belk, Inc. department store chain and mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina for four terms . He was the son of William Henry Belk, who founded the first Belk store in Monroe, N.C., in 1888.A Democrat, he was the longest-serving mayor of the city of Charlotte until...
  
   (1969–1977) (Democrat)
• Kenneth R. Harris (1977–1979) (Republican)
• H. Edward Knox
  H. Edward Knox
  Haden Edward "Eddie" Knox is a North Carolina attorney and politician who served as Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina from 1979 until 1983....
  
   (1979–1983) (Democrat)
• Harvey Gantt
  Harvey Gantt
  Harvey Bernard Gantt is an American architect and Democratic politician active in North Carolina. He was Mayor of Charlotte from 1983 to 1987, and ran twice for the United States Senate....
  
   (1983–1987) (Democrat), First African-American mayor
• Sue Myrick (1987–1991) (Republican), First female mayor
• Richard Vinroot
  Richard Vinroot
  Richard A. Vinroot is a Republican political figure and attorney from Charlotte, North Carolina. He served as the 52nd Mayor of the City of Charlotte from 1991–1995, and ran unsuccessfully for Governor of North Carolina in 1996, 2000, and 2004.-Early life:The son of a Swedish immigrant, Richard...
  
   (1991–1995) (Republican)

21st century

• Pat McCrory (1995–2009) (Republican), Longest serving mayor
• Anthony Foxx
  Anthony Foxx
  Anthony R. Foxx is an American politician. He is the mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. He was first elected to the Charlotte City Council in 2005, and was elected mayor on November 3, 2009, winning 51.5% of the vote and defeating his City Council colleague, Republican John Lassiter...
  
   (2009–) (Democratic), Current mayor

External links

• Char-Meck homepage – Past Mayors