List of mayors of Athens, Georgia
The following is a list of mayors of the city of Athens, Georgia, USA.
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Prior to 1991
- Henry Carlton Tuck, 1892-1893[1][2]
- J.J. Crittenden McMahan, ca.1897[3][1]
- Edward Thomas Brown[4]
- Edward I. Smith, ca.1900[5]
- William F. Dorsey, ca.1906-1909[6]
- Hugh Jackson Rowe, ca.1912[7][4]
- Robert O. Arnold, ca.1916[8]
- Andrew Cobb Erwin, 1918-1922[9]
- Alonzo Gordon Dudley, 1926–1935, 1938-1939[10][11]
- T. S. Mell, ca.1937[12]
- Bob McWhorter, 1940-1947[12]
- Jack R. Wells, ca.1951-1956[12]
- Ralph M. Snow, ca.1958-1959[13]
- Upshaw Bentley, 1977-1980[14]
Since 1991
In 1990, the governments of Clarke County and the city of Athens merged to form the Athens-Clarke County unified government.[15][16]
- Gwen O'Looney, 1991-1998[17]
- Doc Eldridge, 1999-2003[18][19]
- Heidi Davison, 2003–2011
- Nancy Denson, ca.2011
- Kelly Girtz, ca.2019-2024[20]
See also
References
- ^ University of Georgia Libraries, Henry Carlton Tuck papers, retrieved July 10, 2024
- ^ Who's who in the South, Washington DC: Mayflower Publishing Company, 1927
- ^ Athens city directory, 1897 – via Digital Library of Georgia
- ^ a b Book of Georgia: A Work for Press Reference, 1920
- ^ "Municipal Government of Athens", Athens Daily Banner, December 14, 1900 – via Digital Library of Georgia
- ^ Directory, City of Athens, Georgia, 1909
- ^ The Georgia annual 1912: a compendium of useful information about Georgia, Atlanta: A.B. Caldwell – via HathiTrust
- ^ "Hon. Robert O. Arnold Next Mayor of Athens", Athens Daily Herald, November 24, 1915 – via Digital Library of Georgia
- ^ Georgia's Official Register, 1927, State of Georgia Department of Archives and History
- ^ "Notable career closes as A.G. Dudley passes", Athens Banner-Herald, August 4, 1947 – via Digital Library of Georgia
- ^ "Dudley Park Historical Marker", Historical Marker Database, retrieved July 11, 2024
- ^ a b c Lawrence Kestenbaum (ed.), "Mayors and Postmasters of Athens, Georgia", Political Graveyard, retrieved July 10, 2024
- ^ "Mayor-elect restates tag proposal", The Red and Black, Athens, Georgia, October 31, 1957 – via Digital Library of Georgia
- ^ "Former Athens mayor Upshaw Bentley dies", onlineathens.com, August 15, 2013
- ^ "Historical Timeline", accgov.com, Athens-Clarke County Unified Government, retrieved July 10, 2024
- ^ "Athens-Clarke County Unification 25th Anniversary", accgov.com, Athens-Clarke County Unified Government, retrieved July 10, 2024
- ^ "O'Looney reflects on 8 years as mayor", The Red and Black, Athens, Georgia, September 28, 1998 – via Digital Library of Georgia
- ^ "Eldridge new mayor of Athens", The Red and Black, Athens, Georgia, November 4, 1998 – via Digital Library of Georgia
- ^ "Athens-Clarke County Mayor and Commission", athensclarkecounty.com, archived from the original on December 2, 2000 – via Wayback Machine
- ^ "Mayor", accgov.com, archived from the original on February 12, 2019 – via Wayback Machine
External links
- University of Georgia Libraries. Athens-Clarke County Mayor's Office collection