List of mayors of Savannah, Georgia

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox Political post The mayor is the highest elected official in Savannah, Georgia. Since its incorporation in 1789, the city has had 67 mayors. On May 27, 1958, the term for mayor was extended from two years to four years by popular vote and with approval of the state government. Election for mayor is held every four years, and is held as a non-partisan election.

List

File:Edward Clifford Anderson Jr.jpg

Mayor Edward Clifford Anderson (1865–1869, 1873–1877) was the first mayor after the Civil War.

File:J Curtis Lewis.jpg

Mayor Julius Curtis Lewis Jr. (1966–1970) was the first Republican mayor and the first non-Democratic mayor since the Civil War.

File:Floyd Adams 2002.jpeg

Mayor Floyd Adams Jr. (1996–2003) was the first African-American mayor of Savannah.

#	Portrait	Mayor	Term start	Term end	Terms		Party	Notes
	Template:Css Image Crop	John Houstoun	1790	1791	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	None
	Template:Css Image Crop	Thomas Gibbons	1791	1792	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	None
	Template:Css Image Crop	Joseph Habersham	1792	1793	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	None
	File:Judge William Stephens, mayor of Savannah.jpg	William Stephens	1793	1794	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	None
	Template:Css Image Crop	Thomas Gibbons	1794	1795	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	None
	File:Judge William Stephens, mayor of Savannah.jpg	William Stephens	1795	1796	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	None
	Template:Css Image Crop	John Noel	1796	1797	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	None
	Template:Css Image Crop	John Glen	1797	1798	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	None
	Template:Css Image Crop	Matthew McAllister	1798	1799	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic-Republican
	Template:Css Image Crop	Thomas Gibbons	1799	1801	2	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic-Republican
	Template:Css Image Crop	David B. Mitchell	1801	1802	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic-Republican
	Template:Css Image Crop	Charles Harris	1802	1804	2	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic-Republican
	Template:Css Image Crop	John Noel	1804	1807	3	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic-Republican
	Template:Css Image Crop	William Davies	1807	1807		bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic-Republican
	Template:Css Image Crop	Charles Harris	1807	1808		bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic-Republican
	Template:Css Image Crop	John Williamson	1808	1809	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic-Republican
	Template:Css Image Crop	William Bulloch	1809	1811	2	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic-Republican
	File:Thomas Mendenhall, Jr., mayor of Savannah.jpg	Thomas Mendenhall Jr.	1811	1811		bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic-Republican
	Template:Css Image Crop	William Bulloch	1811	1812		bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic-Republican
	Template:Css Image Crop	George Jones	1812	1814	2	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic-Republican
	Template:Css Image Crop	Matthew McAllister	1814	1815	Partial	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic-Republican
	Template:Css Image Crop	Thomas Charlton	1815	1817	2	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic-Republican
	Template:Css Image Crop	James Wayne	1817	1819	2	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic-Republican
	Template:Css Image Crop	Thomas Charlton	1819	1821	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic-Republican
	Template:Css Image Crop	James Morrison	1821	1824	3	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic-Republican
	Template:Css Image Crop	William Daniell	1824	1826	2	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Jacksonian
	Template:Css Image Crop	Joseph W. Jackson	1826	1828	2	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Jacksonian
	Template:Css Image Crop	William T. Williams	1828	1830	2	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
	Template:Css Image Crop	William Waring	1830	1832	2	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
	Template:Css Image Crop	George W. Owens	1832	1833	Partial	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
	Template:Css Image Crop	William T. Williams	1833	1834	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
	Template:Css Image Crop	William Gordon	1834	1836	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
	Template:Css Image Crop	William Cuyler	1836	1836		bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
	Template:Css Image Crop	John Nicoll	1836	1837	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
	File:Matthew Hall McAllister 1800 to 1865.png	Matthew H. McAllister	1837	1839	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
	Template:Css Image Crop	Robert M. Charlton	1839	1841	2	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
	Template:Css Image Crop	William T. Williams	1841	1842	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
	Template:Css Image Crop	Richard Arnold	1842	1843	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Whig
	Template:Css Image Crop	William T. Williams	1843	1844	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
	Template:Css Image Crop	Richard Wayne	1844	1845	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
	Template:Css Image Crop	Henry Burroughs	1845	1848	3	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Whig
	Template:Css Image Crop	Richard Wayne	1848	1851	3	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
	Template:Css Image Crop	Richard Arnold	1851	1852	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Whig
	Template:Css Image Crop	Richard Wayne	1852	1853	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
	Template:Css Image Crop	John Elliott Ward	1853	1854	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
	Template:Css Image Crop	Edward C. Anderson	1854	1856	2	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	American
	Template:Css Image Crop	James Screven	1856	1857	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
	Template:Css Image Crop	Richard Wayne †	1857	1858	Partial	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
	Template:Css Image Crop	Thomas Turner	1858	1859	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
	Template:Css Image Crop	Richard Arnold	1859	1860	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	American
	Template:Css Image Crop	Charles Jones	1860	1861	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic (Southern)
	Template:Css Image Crop	Thomas Purse	1861	1862	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic (Southern)
	Template:Css Image Crop	Thomas Holcombe	1862	1863	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic (Southern)
	Template:Css Image Crop	Richard Arnold	1863	1865	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic (Southern)
	Template:Css Image Crop	Edward C. Anderson	1865	1869	4	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
	Template:Css Image Crop	John Screven	1869	1873	4	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
	Template:Css Image Crop	Edward C. Anderson	1873	1877	2	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
	Template:Css Image Crop	John Wheaton	1877	1883	3	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
	Template:Css Image Crop	Rufus E. Lester	1883	1889	3	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
	Template:Css Image Crop	John Schwarz	1889	1891	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
	Template:Css Image Crop	John McDonough	1891	1895	2	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
	Template:Css Image Crop	Herman Myers	1895	1897	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
	Template:Css Image Crop	Peter Meldrim	1897	1899	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
	Template:Css Image Crop	Herman Myers	1899	1907	4	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
	Template:Css Image Crop	George Tiedeman	1907	1913	3	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
	Template:Css Image Crop	Richard Davant †	1913	1915	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
	Template:Css Image Crop	Wallace Pierpont	1915	1919	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
	Template:Css Image Crop	Murray Stewart	1919	1923	2	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
	Template:Css Image Crop	Paul Seabrook	1923	1925	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
	Template:Css Image Crop	Robert Hull †	1925	1927	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
	Template:Css Image Crop	Thomas Hoynes	1927	1929		bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
	Template:Css Image Crop	Gordon Saussy	1929	1931	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
	Template:Css Image Crop	Thomas Hoynes	1931	1933		bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
	Template:Css Image Crop	Thomas Gamble	1933	1937	2	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
	Template:Css Image Crop	Robert M. Hitch	1937	1939	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
	Template:Css Image Crop	Thomas Gamble †	1939	1945	3	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
	Template:Css Image Crop	Peter Roe Nugent	1945	1947	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
	Template:Css Image Crop	John G. Kennedy	1947	1949	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
	Template:Css Image Crop	Olin Fulmer	1949	1955	3	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
	Template:Css Image Crop	Lee Mingledorff, Jr.	1955	1960	3	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic	First elected to a two-year term where he served from January 24, 1955 until January 21, 1957. Re-elected to a second two-year term beginning January 21, 1957. In 1958, the city shifted to a four-year mayoral term and a special election was held. Mingledorff won re-election to a 4-year term running from October 6, 1958 to October 1, 1962. He resigned prematurely on August 1, 1960 with the remainder of his term completed by vice-mayor Maclean.
	Template:Css Image Crop	Malcolm R. Maclean	1960	1966	2	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
	Template:Css Image Crop	J.C. Lewis, Jr.	1966	1970	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Republican
	Template:Css Image Crop	John Rousakis	1970	1992	5	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic	First Greek-American mayor
	Template:Css Image Crop	Susan Weiner	1992	1996	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Republican	First female mayor
	Template:Css Image Crop	Floyd Adams, Jr.	1996	2004	2	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic	First African-American mayor
	Template:Css Image Crop	Otis Johnson	2004	2012	2	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
	Template:Css Image Crop	Edna Jackson	2012	2016	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic	First African-American female mayor
	Template:Css Image Crop	Eddie DeLoach	2016	2020	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Republican
	Template:Css Image Crop	Van R. Johnson	2020	Incumbent	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic

Notes

^† Deceased/murdered in office.

See also

• Savannah, Georgia
• Timeline of Savannah, Georgia
• Garden City, Georgia
• List of mayors of Garden City, Georgia
• List of mayors of Atlanta
• List of mayors of Augusta, Georgia
• List of mayors of Columbus, Georgia
• List of mayors of Macon, Georgia