List of mayors of Charleston, West Virginia
| Mayor of Charleston, West Virginia | |
|---|---|
since 2025 | |
| Formation | 1861 |
| First holder | Jacob Goshorn (1861) |
| Website | Mayor's Office |
This is a list of mayors of Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America.
Mayors
[edit]- Jacob Goshorn, 1861 (elected but did not serve)[1][2]
- John A. Truslow, circa 1865[2]
- John Williams, 1865-1868
- George Ritter, 1868–1869[2]
- John W. Wingfield, 1870[2]
- H. Clay Dickinson, 1871 (died in office)[2]
- John P. Hale, 1871[3]
- John Williams, 1872[2]
- C. P. Snyder, 1873[2]
- John D. White, 1874[2]
- John C. Ruby, 1875–1876[2][4]
- C. J. Botkin, 1877–1881[2]
- R. R. Delaney, 1881–1882[2]
- John D. Baines, 1883–1884[2]
- James Hall Huling, 1885–1886[2]
- Joseph L. Fry, 1887–1890[2]
- James B. Pemberton, 1891–1892[2][3]
- E. W. Staunton, 1893–1894[2]
- J. A. deGruyter, 1895–1898[2]
- W. Herman Smith, 1899–1900 (died in office)[2]
- John B. Floyd, 1900–1901
- George S. Morgan, 1901–1904[2]
- C. E. Rudesill, 1904-1905
- John A. Jarrett 1905-1907
- James A. Holley 1907-11
- R. Logan Walker 1918-19
- Grant P. Hall 1919-23
- William W. Wertz 1923-31
- R. P. DeVan, 1932-1934
- D. Boone Dawson, 1935–1947
- R. Carl Andrews, 1947–1950
- John T. Copenhaver, 1951–1959
- John A. Shanklin, 1959–1967
- Elmer H. Dodson, 1967–1971
- John G. Hutchinson, 1971–1980
- Joe F. Smith, 1980–1983
- James E. "Mike" Roark, 1983–1987
- Charles R. "Chuck" Gardner, 1987–1991
- Kent Strange Hall, 1991–1995
- G. Kemp Melton, 1995–1999
- Jay Goldman, 1999–2003[5]
- Danny Jones, 2003–2019[6]
- Amy Shuler Goodwin, 2019–present
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ W. S. Laidley (1911), History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia, and Representative Citizens, Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., pp. 166–169, OCLC 3645365, archived from the original on March 7, 2017, retrieved August 25, 2017 – via Internet Archive,
List of mayors
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Chamber of Commerce 1901, p. 31.
- ^ a b "West Virginia Encyclopedia". Charleston, WV: West Virginia Humanities Council. Archived from the original on March 19, 2017. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
- ^ Thomas Condit Miller; Hu Maxwell (1913). West Virginia and Its People. Vol. 3. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. Archived from the original on July 1, 2014.
- ^ "Mayor's Office". Cityofcharleston.org. Archived from the original on December 16, 2000 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Office of the Mayor". Cityofcharleston.org. Archived from the original on August 10, 2003.
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