This is a list of mayors of Augusta, Georgia , United States, including the former city of Augusta and 1996–present consolidated Augusta–Richmond County.
Name
Sworn in
Left office
Notes
Reference
John Milton
1792
[ 1]
Thomas Cumming
1798
Father of Henry Cumming
[ 2]
Walter Leigh
1815
1817
[ 3]
Freeman Walker
1818
1819
Nicholas Ware
1819
1821
Ware's Telfair Street home "Ware's Folly" is now the location of Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art .
[ 4]
Freeman Walker
1823
1823
Samuel Hale
1828
1836
Alfred Cumming
1836
Appointed governor of Territory 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.
[ 5]
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. Garvin
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
1857
1859
Two terms (later a Governor of Georgia )
Foster Blodgett, Jr.
1859
1860
Robert H. May
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 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.
[ 6]
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.
[ 7]
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
[ 8]
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
Great great great great grandfather of Buckley Campana and Stephen Campana.
Patrick Walsh
1897
March 19, 1899
Died in office on March 19, 1899.
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
[ 9]
Richard E. Allen
Jan. 1904
1907
William M. Dunbar
Jan. 1907
1910
Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives for the 62nd through 65th Congresses (1911–1919)
[ 10]
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.
[ 11]
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.
[ 12]
Julian Smith
1923
1925
The Julian Smith Casino , operated by the city recreation department, is named after Smith.
Richard Allen, Jr.
1937
W.D. Jennings
1951
1953
H. L. Hamilton
1952
1958
Millard A. Beckum
1958
1963
George "Buster" Albert Sancken Jr.
1964
1970
Millard A. Beckum
1970
1972
Mayor during the Augusta race riot of May 11, 1970
Lewis "Pop" Newman
1973
1981
Ed McIntyre
1981
1984
First African American mayor of city of Augusta
[ 1]
Charles DeVaney
1984
1996
Last mayor of former city of Augusta
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Name
Sworn in
Left office
Notes
Reference
Larry Sconyers
1996
1999
First mayor of consolidated Augusta-Richmond County, owner and operator of Sconyers Bar-B-Que
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 appointment by president George W. Bush .
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
2005
2015
Hardie Davis
2015
2022
Second African American mayor and first African American elected mayor of consolidated Augusta-Richmond County
[ 13]
Garnett Johnson
2023
Incumbent
Third African American mayor of consolidated Augusta-Richmond County
[ 14]
See also
References
^ a b "City of Augusta, Georgia" . Our Georgia History . Golden Ink. Retrieved 2008-08-21 .^ David Connolly: Henry Cumming (1799–1866) from the New Georgia Encyclopedia Online
^ Edward J. Cashin, The Story of Augusta (Spartanburg, South Carolina: The Reprint Company, Publishers, 1980) Appendix A: Mayors of Augusta
^ "About the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art" . Archived from the original on 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2008-12-07 .^ "The Life of Dr. Daniel Hook" . Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2010-06-02 .^ The Papers of Jefferson Davis: September 1864 – May 1865 ^ The Daily Constitutionalist ^ The First and Second Reconstruction Acts ^ 'Augusta's First Skyscraper' to be preserved ^ Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives ^ 800 Block Telfair Street Tour
^ History of Appleby Library ^ DuBose, Renetta (January 5, 2015). "Augusta's 84th Mayor Sworn In, One Augusta Begins" . WJBF . Archived from the original on 2015-01-11. Retrieved February 10, 2021 . ^ McCord, Susan (June 22, 2022). "Augusta's next mayor, Garnett Johnson, carried to victory by south, west, downtown voters" . WJBF .
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