This is a list of mayors of Greensboro since 1859 when the current system of electing mayors replaced the intendant of police.[1][2]
List of mayors
| #
|
Mayor
|
Term start
|
Term end
|
| 1
|
Charles G. Yates
|
1857
|
1861
|
| 2
|
Alexander P. Eckel
|
1861
|
1863
|
| 3
|
Richard Sterling
|
1864
|
1865
|
| 4
|
William L. Scott
|
1865
|
1869
|
| 5
|
R. M. Sloan
|
1870
|
1873
|
| 6
|
Cyrus P. Mendenhall
|
1874
|
1876
|
| 7
|
S. C. Dodson
|
1877
|
1883
|
| 8
|
R. R. King Sr.
|
1883
|
1885
|
| 9
|
J. A. Barringer
|
1887
|
1888
|
| 10
|
James W. Forbis
|
1889
|
1891
|
| 11
|
J. R. Mendenhall
|
1892
|
1893
|
| 12
|
John A. Barrninger
|
1893
|
1894
|
| 13
|
James E. Boyd
|
1894
|
1895
|
| 14
|
J. J. Nelson
|
1895
|
1898
|
| 15
|
Z. V. Taylor
|
1899
|
1900
|
| 16
|
William H. Osborne
|
1901
|
1903
|
| 17
|
T. J. Murphy
|
1905
|
1907
|
| 18
|
L. J. Brandt
|
1907
|
1909
|
| 19
|
E. J. Stafford
|
1909
|
1911
|
| 20
|
T.J. Murphy
|
1911
|
1917
|
| 21
|
E. J. Stafford (2 terms)
|
1917
|
1921
|
| 22
|
Claude Kiser
|
1921
|
1923
|
| 23
|
E. B. Jeffress
|
1925
|
1927
|
| 24
|
R. R. King Jr.
|
1927
|
1929
|
| 25
|
Paul C. Lindley
|
1931
|
1933
|
| 26
|
Roger W. Harrison (resigned)
|
1933
|
1937
|
| 27
|
Ralph L. Lewis (resigned)
|
1939
|
1940
|
| 28
|
Huger King
|
1940
|
1941
|
| 29
|
W. H. Sullivan
|
1942
|
1943
|
| 30
|
C. M. Vanstory Jr.
|
1945
|
1947
|
| 31
|
Fielding L. Fry
|
1947
|
1949
|
| 32
|
Benjamin Cone
|
1949
|
1951
|
| 33
|
Robert H. Frazier
|
1951
|
1953
|
| 34
|
R. Boyd Morris (resigned)
|
1955
|
1956
|
| 35
|
J. Archie Cannon Jr.
|
1956
|
1957
|
| 36
|
George H. Roach
|
1957
|
1961
|
| 37
|
David Schenck
|
1961
|
1965
|
| 38
|
W. L. Trotter Jr.
|
1965
|
1967
|
| 39
|
Carson Bain
|
1967
|
1969
|
| 40
|
H. J. Elam III
|
1969
|
1971
|
| 41
|
Jim Melvin (5 terms)
|
1971
|
1981
|
| 42
|
John W. Forbis (3 terms)
|
1981
|
1987
|
| 43
|
Vic Nussbaum Jr. (3 terms)
|
1987
|
1993
|
| 44
|
Carolyn S. Allen (3 terms)
|
1993
|
1999
|
| 45
|
Keith Holliday (4 terms)
|
1999
|
2007
|
| 46
|
Yvonne Johnson
|
2007
|
2009
|
| 47
|
William H. Knight[3][4]
|
2009
|
2011
|
| 48
|
Robbie Perkins[5]
|
2011
|
2013
|
| 49
|
Nancy Vaughan (3 terms)
|
2013
|
present
|
See also
References
- ^ Nelson Kepley (February 18, 2008). "Leaders: They've seen city through change". Greensboro. News & Record. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
- ^ Albright, James W. (January 1904). Greensboro, 1808-1904: Facts, Figures, Traditions, and Reminiscences. Jos. J. Stone. pp. 39–41.
- ^ Nelson Kepley (May 30, 2013). "Ex-mayor Bill Knight to seek Greensboro council seat". Greensboro. News & Record. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
- ^ "November 03, 2009 Results". Guilford County. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
- ^ "November 08, 2011 Results". Guilford County. Retrieved January 3, 2021.