List of mayors of Beckley, West Virginia

Mayor of Beckley, West Virginia
Incumbent
Robert Rappold
since 2016
Formation1872
First holderJohn Beckley (1872, 1884 - 1896)
WebsiteMayor's Office

This is a list of mayors of Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America.[1]

Mayors

Pre strong mayor format

Here's the list sorted by year:

  • John Beckley, 1872 & 1884-1896 (Founder of Beckley)[2]
  • Thaddeus K. Scott, 1891
  • Robert T. Willis, 1893
  • Thaddeus K. Scott, 1894
  • Capt. John W. Anderson, 1897
  • John Wallace McCreery, 1898–1899
  • J. E. Summerfield, 1900
  • John Wallace McCreery, 1901
  • George A. Cook, 1901
  • A. D. Preston, 1902
  • John H. Hatcher, 1903
  • Ashton File, 1904
  • Joe L. Smith, 1906[3]
  • Hugh A. Dunn, 1907
  • Joe L. Smith, 1908-1909[3]
  • Lucien Hereford Davis, 1910–1911
  • Thomas H. Wickham, 1911
  • M. L. Painter, 1912–1913
  • Dr. W. W. Watts, 1914–1915
  • Hugh A. Davis, 1916–1917
  • Herbert A. Stansbury, 1918–1919
  • Dr. J. A. Campbell, 1920–1921
  • C. V. Cottle, 1922–1923
  • Herbert A. Stansbury, 1924–1925
  • J. Hugh Miller, 1926–1927
  • Joe L. Smith, 1928-1929[3]
  • George W. Bair Jr., 1929
  • Cyrus H. Meador, 1930–1931
  • Grover C. Hedrick, 1932–1933
  • A. Z. Lilly, 1934–1935
  • Robert Wriston, 1936–1937
  • A. K. Minter, 1938–1939
  • A. K. Minter, 1940–1941
  • A. K. Minter, 1942–1943
  • Robert Wriston, 1944–1945
  • Walter A. E. Burke, 1946–1947
  • Grover C. Hedrick, 1948–1949
  • Walter A. E. Burke, 1950–1951
  • George Chambers, 1952–1953
  • Elmer L. Davis, 1954–1955
  • A. K. Minter, 1956–1959
  • Cecil Miller, 1959–1963
  • John Wesley Smith, 1963–1970
  • John Howard McCulloch, 1970–1982
  • Charles F. Shoemaker, 1983–1987
  • Emmett S. Pugh III, 1988–2013
  • William A. O'Brien, 2014–2016
  • Robert Rappold, 2016–Present[4][5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "HISTORY OF BECKLEY AND RALEIGH COUNTY - Mayors". Jeff Miller. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
  2. ^ Berkeley, Edmund; Berkeley, Dorothy Smith (1975). "The First Librarian of Congress: John Beckley". The Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress. 32 (2): 83–117. JSTOR 29781617.
  3. ^ a b c
  4. ^ "City of Beckley". Archived from the original on March 7, 2012. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
  5. ^ "WV MetroNews – New mayor in Beckley". Wvmetronews.com. January 3, 2014. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
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