List of mayors of Nashville, Tennessee
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Mayors of the City of Nashville
The following is a list of the mayorMayor
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s of Nashville
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
before it had a consolidated metropolitan government:
| Mayor | Term |
|---|---|
| Joseph Coleman | 1806–1809 |
| Benjamin J. Bradford | 1809–1811 |
| William Tait | 1811–1814 |
| Joseph Thorpe Elliston | 1814–1817 |
| Stephen Cantrell, Jr. | 1817–1818 |
| Felix Robertson | 1818–1819 |
| Thomas Crutcher | 1819–1820 |
| James Condon | 1820–1821 |
| John Patton Erwin | 1821–1822 |
| Robert Brownlee Currey | 1822–1824 |
| Randal McGavock | 1824–1825 |
| Wilkins F. Tannehill | 1825–1827 |
| Felix Robertson | 1827–1829 |
| William Armstrong | 1829–1833 |
| John Meredith Bass | 1833–1834 |
| John Patton Erwin | 1834–1835 |
| William Nichol | 1835–1837 |
| Henry Hollingsworth | 1837–1839 |
| Charles Clay Trabue | 1839–1841 |
| Samuel Van Dyke Stout | 1841–1842 |
| Thomas B. Coleman | 1842–1843 |
| Powhaten W. Maxey | 1843–1845 |
| John Hugh Smith | 1845–1846 |
| John A. Goodlett | 1846–1847 |
| Alexander Allison | 1847–1849 |
| John McCormick Lea | 1849–1850 |
| John Hugh Smith | 1850–1853 |
| Williamson Hartley Horn | 1853–1854 |
| William Booker Shapard | 1854–1854 |
| Robert Bell Castleman | 1854–1856 |
| Andrew Anderson | 1856–1857 |
| John A. McEwen | 1857–1858 |
| Randal William McGavock | 1858–1859 |
| Samuel N. Hollingsworth | 1859–1860 |
| Richard Boone Cheatham Richard Boone Cheatham Richard Boone Cheatham was the mayor of Nashville, Tennessee during the opening years of the Civil War. Cheatham was born in Springfield, Tennessee. His father, Richard Cheatham, was a Whig politician who was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1836. Cheatham married Frances Ann Bugg... |
1860–1862 |
| John Hugh Smith | 1862–1865 |
| William Matt Brown | 1865–1867 |
| Augustus E. Alden | 1867–1869 |
| John Meredith Bass | 1869–1869 |
| Kindred Jenkins Morris | 1869–1871 |
| Thomas A. Kercheval Thomas A. Kercheval Thomas A. Kercheval was a Republican Tennessee Senator and the Mayor of Nashville for twelve years.-Biography:... |
1871–1874 |
| Morton Boyte Howell | 1874–1875 |
| Thomas A. Kercheval | 1875–1883 |
| Claiborne Hooper Phillips | 1883–1886 |
| Thomas A. Kercheval Thomas A. Kercheval Thomas A. Kercheval was a Republican Tennessee Senator and the Mayor of Nashville for twelve years.-Biography:... |
1886–1888 |
| Charles P. McCarver | 1888–1890 |
| William Litterer | 1890–1891 |
| George Blackmore Guild | 1891–1895 |
| William Marshall McCarthey | 1895–1897 |
| Richard Houston Dudley | 1897–1900 |
| James Marshall Head | 1900–1904 |
| Albert Smiley Williams | 1904–1906 |
| Thomas Owen Morris | 1906–1908 |
| James Stephens Brown | 1908–1909 |
| Hilary Ewing Howse | 1909–1915 |
| Robert Ewing | 1915–1917 |
| William Gupton | 1917–1921 |
| Felix Zollicoffer Wilson | 1921–1922 |
| William Percy Sharpe | 1922–1924 |
| Hilary Ewing Howse | 1924–1938 |
| Thomas Leon Cummings | 1938–1951 |
| Ben West Ben West Raphael Benjamin West was mayor of Nashville, Tennessee from 1951-1963. West was born on March 31, 1911, in Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee the son of Martha Melissa and her husband James Watt West.... |
1951–1963 |
Mayors of Metropolitan Nashville
The following is a list of the mayors of Nashville after the consolidation of the municipal government with the government of Davidson CountyDavidson County, Tennessee
Davidson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of 2010, the population was 626,681. Its county seat is Nashville.In 1963, the City of Nashville and the Davidson County government merged, so the county government is now known as the "Metropolitan Government of Nashville and...
:
| Mayor | Term |
|---|---|
| Beverly Briley Beverly Briley Clifton Beverly Briley was the first mayor of the newly consolidated metropolitan government of Nashville and Davidson County. A Democrat, he served from 1963 to 1975.-Biography:... |
1963–1975 |
| Richard Fulton Richard Fulton Richard Harmon "Dick" Fulton was a Democratic politician who served as a member of the Tennessee State Senate and of the United States House of Representatives, and the second mayor of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County.- Background :Fulton was educated as a youth in the... |
1975–1987 |
| Bill Boner Bill Boner William Hill "Bill" Boner is a Tennessee educator and former Democratic politician. He was the third mayor of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, serving from 1987 to 1991. He served in the U.S... |
1987–1991 |
| Phil Bredesen Phil Bredesen Philip Norman "Phil" Bredesen Jr. was the 48th Governor of Tennessee, serving from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he was first elected Governor in 2002, and was re-elected in 2006. He previously served as the fourth mayor of Nashville and Davidson County from 1991 to... |
1991–1999 |
| Bill Purcell | 1999–2007 |
| Karl Dean Karl Dean Karl Foster Dean is the sixth mayor of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee. He was sworn in on September 21, 2007. From 1999 to January 9, 2007, Karl Dean served as Nashville's Director of Law under Mayor Bill Purcell. In 1990, 1994, and 1998, he was elected the... |
2007– |