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The Mayor of Charlottesville is the president of the City Council in Charlottesville, Virginia . Before 1888, Charlottesville was a town within Albemarle County, Virginia , and the electorate directly chose a mayor in regular elections. In 1888, Charlottesville incorporated as a city independent of the county but continued to select its mayors in the same fashion. Since 1922, however, the popular electorate has chosen a number of individuals to serve on city council - initially three, then five from 1928 to the present. From 1922 through 2006 those elections took place in May or June each even-numbered year. Beginning in 2007, council elections moved to November of odd-numbered years.[ 1] The elected councilors chose one of their own members to serve as leader of the council with the title of "mayor" but with no distinct legal or executive authority. The mayor presides over council meetings and occasionally plays a role as the ceremonial head of city government.
Popularly elected mayors (1853–1922)[ edit ]
(partial list)
Mayor
Political party
Term start
Term end
Christopher L. Fowler[ 2] [ 3]
April 1868
T. W. Savage[ 3]
April 1868
March 1870
N. H. Massie[ 3]
March 1870
April 1870
Christopher L. Fowler[ 3]
April 1870
1870
William L. Cochran[ 3] [ 4]
1870
1875?
Richard F. Harris[ 5]
1875
1881
B. R. Pace[ 6]
July 1, 1881
July 1, 1883
Richard F. Harris[ 7] [ 5]
July 1, 1883
1888
Samuel Baker Woods[ 8]
1888
1892
L. T. Hanckel[ 9] [ 10]
1892
1894
John Shelton Patton[ 11]
Democratic [ 12]
1894
1896
J. Samuel McCue [ 13]
Democratic [ 12]
1896
August 31, 1900
Charles W. Allen[ 14]
September 1, 1900
August 31, 1902
J. Samuel McCue
Democratic
September 1, 1902
August 31, 1904
George W. Olivier[ 15] [ 16]
September 1, 1904
August 31, 1908
Elbridge G. Haden[ 17]
September 1, 1908
August 31, 1912
Alpheus V. Conway[ 18]
September 1, 1912
August 31, 1916
Elbridge G. Haden[ 17]
September 1, 1916
August 31, 1920
Benjamin E. Wheeler[ 19]
September 1, 1920
August 31, 1922
City Council chosen mayors (1922–present)[ edit ]
Mayor
Political party
Tenure start
Tenure end
Terms
John R. Morris[ 20]
Democratic
September 1, 1922
August 31, 1924
1
Jury Y. Brown
Democratic
September 1, 1924
August 31, 1930
3
Frederick L. Watson
Democratic
September 1, 1930
August 31, 1932
1
Frederick W. Twyman
Democratic
September 1, 1932
August 31, 1934
1
W. Dandridge Haden
Democratic
September 1, 1934
August 31, 1938
2
George T. Huff
Democratic
September 1, 1938
August 31, 1940
1
W. Dandridge Haden
Democratic
September 1, 1940
August 31, 1942
1 (3 total)
J. Emmett Gleason
Democratic
September 1, 1942
August 31, 1944
1
Roscoe S. Adams
Democratic
September 1, 1944
August 31, 1948
1
Gus Tebell
Democratic
September 1, 1948
August 31, 1950
1
Strother F. Hamm
Democratic
September 1, 1950
August 31, 1952
1
William R. Hill
Democratic
September 1, 1952
August 31, 1954
1
Sol B. Weinberg
Democratic
September 1, 1954
August 31, 1956
1
Robert M. “Jack” Davis
Democratic
September 1, 1956
August 31, 1958
1
Thomas J. Michie
Democratic
September 1, 1958
August 31, 1960
1
Louie L. Scribner[ 21]
Democratic
September 1, 1960
August 31, 1962
1
Bernard J. Haggerty
Democratic
September 1, 1962
August 31, 1964
1
Lindsey B. Mount
Democratic
September 1, 1964
August 31, 1966
1
Burkett A. Reynolds
Democratic
September 1, 1966
August 31, 1968
1
Gunther "Dutch" Vogt
Republican
September 1, 1968
August 31, 1970
1
Mitchell Van Yahres
Democratic
September 1, 1970[ 22]
July 3, 1972
1
Francis H. Fife
Democratic
July 3, 1972[ 23]
July 1, 1974
1
Charles H. Barbour
Democratic
July 1, 1974[ 24]
July 1, 1976
1
Nancy K. O'Brien
Democratic
July 1, 1976[ 25]
July 1, 1978
1
Laurence A. Brunton
Republican
July 1, 1978[ 26]
July 1, 1980
1
Francis L. Buck
Democratic
July 1, 1980
July 1, 1988
4
Elizabeth "Bitsy" Waters
Democratic
July 1, 1988[ 27]
July 2, 1990
1
Alvin Edwards
Democratic
July 2, 1990[ 28]
July 1, 1992
1
Tom Vandever
Democratic
July 1, 1992[ 29]
July 4, 1994
1
David Toscano
Democratic
July 4, 1994[ 30]
July 1, 1996
1
Kay Slaughter
Democratic
July 1, 1996[ 31]
July 1, 1998
1
Virginia Daugherty
Democratic
July 1, 1998[ 32]
July 3, 2000
1
Blake Caravati
Democratic
July 3, 2000[ 33]
July 1, 2002
1
Maurice Cox
Democratic
July 1, 2002[ 34]
July 1, 2004
1
David Brown
Democratic
July 1, 2004[ 35]
January 7, 2008
2
Dave Norris
Democratic
January 7, 2008[ 36]
January 3, 2012
2
Satyendra Huja
Democratic
January 3, 2012[ 37]
January 4, 2016
2
Michael Signer
Democratic
January 4, 2016[ 38]
January 2, 2018
1
Nikuyah Walker
Independent
January 2, 2018[ 39]
January 5, 2022
2
J. Lloyd Snook, III
Democratic
January 5, 2022[ 40]
January 2, 2024
1
Juandiego Wade
Democratic
January 2, 2004[ 41]
Incumbent
1
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^ a b "E. G. Haden, Twice Mayor, is Dead" , The Daily Progress , Charlottesville, VA, 28 February 1933, retrieved 26 March 2021
^ "A. V. Conway - Cvillepedia" .
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^ City Council Minutes, 3 July 1972, http://weblink.charlottesville.org/public/0/doc/191343/Page1.aspx
^ City Council Minutes, 1 July 1974, http://weblink.charlottesville.org/public/0/doc/191439/Page1.aspx
^ City Council Minutes, 1 July 1976, http://weblink.charlottesville.org/public/0/doc/157554/Page1.aspx
^ City Council Minutes, 1 July 1978, http://weblink.charlottesville.org/public/0/doc/157657/Page1.aspx
^ City Council Minutes, 1 July 1988, http://weblink.charlottesville.org/public/0/doc/69564/Page1.aspx
^ City Council Minutes, 2 July 1990, http://weblink.charlottesville.org/public/0/doc/46323/Page1.aspx
^ City Council Minutes, 1 July 1992, http://weblink.charlottesville.org/public/0/doc/45774/Page1.aspx
^ City Council Minutes, 5 July 1994, http://weblink.charlottesville.org/public/0/doc/45545/Page1.aspx
^ City Council Minutes, 1 July 1996, http://weblink.charlottesville.org/public/0/doc/45381/Page1.aspx
^ City Council Minutes, 1 July 1998, http://weblink.charlottesville.org/public/0/doc/69832/Page1.aspx
^ City Council Minutes, 3 July 2000, http://weblink.charlottesville.org/public/0/doc/69921/Page1.aspx
^ City Council Minutes, 1 July 2002, http://weblink.charlottesville.org/public/0/doc/195881/Page1.aspx
^ City Council Minutes, 1 July 2004, http://weblink.charlottesville.org/public/0/doc/199396/Page1.aspx
^ City Council Minutes, 7 January 2008, http://weblink.charlottesville.org/public/0/doc/347325/Page1.aspx
^ City Council Minutes, 3 January 2012, http://weblink.charlottesville.org/public/0/edoc/558267/20120103Jan3.pdf
^ City Council Minutes, 4 January 2016, http://weblink.charlottesville.org/public/0/edoc/732436/MINS_20160104Jan4.pdf
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