List of mayors of Jackson, Mississippi

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The post of Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, was begun in 1834 and was originally referred to as "President of Selectmen" before being changed to "Mayor". Harvey Johnson Jr. elected in 1997 became the city's first black mayor. All of the mayors since have also been African American. The following individuals have held the office: <templatestyles src="Template:TOC_right/styles.css" />

President of Selectmen

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Image President of Selectmen Years Notes/Citation
Thomas H. Dickson 1834
S.P. Baley 1835
Thomas H. Dickson 1836
S.P. Baley 1836
John P. Oldham 1837–1838

Mayors

Image Mayor Years Notes/Citation
John P. Oldham 1839
H.R. McDonald 1840
John P. Oldham
(2nd term) 		1840–1841
James H. Boyd 1842–1843
John P. Oldham
(3rd term) 		1844–1849
James H. Boyd
(2nd term) 		1850
J.P. Jones 1851
William H. Taylor 1852–1853
Richard Fletcher 1854
William H. Taylor
(2nd term) 		1855–1857
James H. Boyd
(3rd term) 		1858
W.A. Purdom 1859
Richard C. Kerr 1860–1861
Charles Henry Manship 1862–1863
D.N. Barrows 1864–1867
Maj. Thomas H. Norton 1868 Union officer appointed as mayor[1]
File:Brevet Brigadier General James Biddle.png Bvt. Lt. Col. James Biddle 1868 Union officer appointed as mayor
Col. James P. Sessions (J. P. Sessions) 1868–1869 Native of Natchez, Mississippi, former Confederate officer, died April 3, 1886[2]
Rhesa Hatcher 1869 [3]
Bvt. Lt. Col. Joseph G. Crane 1869 Union officer appointed as mayor; stabbed to death by Edward M. Yerger, a former Confederate officer
Captain F.A. Field 1869 Union officer appointed as mayor
A. Way Kelly 1869
E. W. Cabaniss 1869–1870[4]
File:Oliver Clifton.jpg Oliver Clifton 1870–1871
Rhesa Hatcher
(2nd term) 		1871–1872
Marion Smith 1872–1874
John McGill 1874–1888
William Henry 1888–1893
L.F. Chiles 1893–1895 He served as Assistant Secretary of the Mississippi Senate[5] He was also a deputy sheriff, alderman, and secretary of the Mississippi Fair Association.
Testimony was given he proposed taking Charlie Morgan down to the swamp and tying him to a tree with someone posted to watch him until after an election because he was a leader of "negroes"[6]
File:Oliver Clifton.jpg Oliver Clifton
(2nd term) 		1895–1897
Ramsey Wharton 1897–1899
H.M. Taylor 1899
W.W. Morrison 1899 Mayor Pro Tem
John W. Todd 1899–1901
William Hemingway 1901–1905
File:Oliver Clifton.jpg Oliver Clifton †
(3rd term) 		1905 died before taking office
Ramsey Wharton †
(2nd term) 		1905 – November 1908 Died in office
File:A C Crowder.JPG A.C. Crowder 1909–1913
Swepson James Taylor 1913–1917
Walter A. Scott 1917–1945
Leland L. Speed 1945–1949
Allen C. Thompson 1949–1969
File:Russell C Davis.jpg Russell C. Davis 1969–1977
File:Dale Danks, mayor of Jackson Mississippi.png Dale Danks 1977–1989
File:Rep Kane Ditto 1988.jpg J. Kane Ditto 1989–1997
File:Harvey Johnson Jr (1).jpg Harvey Johnson, Jr. 1997–2005 first African American Mayor of Jackson
File:Frank Melton.jpg Frank Melton † 2005–2009 died in office
File:Leslie McLemore photo.jpg Leslie B. McLemore 2009 interim mayor
File:Harvey Johnson Jr (1).jpg Harvey Johnson Jr. (2nd term) 2009–2013
File:Chokwe Lumumba 2013 (1).jpg Chokwe Lumumba † 2013–2014 died in office
File:Charles Tillman, mayor of Jackson.png Charles Tillman 2014
File:Tony Yarber, mayor of Jackson Mississippi.png Tony Yarber 2014–2017
File:Chokwe Antar Lumumba (1).jpg Chokwe Antar Lumumba 2017–present [7]
File:12-19-2024 FHEO Know Your Rights Jackson Mississippi-030 (cropped).jpg John Horhn Taking office [8]

See also

References

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Additional sources

  • Brinson, Carroll. Jackson/A Special Kind of Place. Jackson, MS: City of Jackson, 1977. LCCN 77-081145.

External links

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