List of mayors of Charleston, West Virginia

Mayor of Charleston, West Virginia
since 2025
Formation1861
First holderJacob Goshorn (1861)
WebsiteMayor's Office

This is a list of mayors of Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America.

Mayors

  • Jacob Goshorn, 1861 (elected but did not serve)[1][2]
  • John A. Truslow, circa 1865[2]
  • John Williams, 1865-1868
  • George Ritter, 1868–1869[2]
  • John W. Wingfield, 1870[2]
  • H. Clay Dickinson, 1871 (died in office)[2]
  • John P. Hale, 1871[3]
  • John Williams, 1872[2]
  • C. P. Snyder, 1873[2]
  • John D. White, 1874[2]
  • John C. Ruby, 1875–1876[2][4]
  • C. J. Botkin, 1877–1881[2]
  • R. R. Delaney, 1881–1882[2]
  • John D. Baines, 1883–1884[2]
  • James Hall Huling, 1885–1886[2]
  • Joseph L. Fry, 1887–1890[2]
  • James B. Pemberton, 1891–1892[2][3]
  • E. W. Staunton, 1893–1894[2]
  • J. A. deGruyter, 1895–1898[2]
  • W. Herman Smith, 1899–1900 (died in office)[2]
  • John B. Floyd, 1900–1901
  • George S. Morgan, 1901–1904[2]
  • C. E. Rudesill, 1904-1905
  • John A. Jarrett 1905-1907
  • James A. Holley 1907-11
  • R. Logan Walker 1918-19
  • Grant P. Hall 1919-23
  • William W. Wertz 1923-31
  • R. P. DeVan, 1932-1934
  • D. Boone Dawson, 1935–1947
  • R. Carl Andrews, 1947–1950
  • John T. Copenhaver, 1951–1959
  • John A. Shanklin, 1959–1967
  • Elmer H. Dodson, 1967–1971
  • John G. Hutchinson, 1971–1980
  • Joe F. Smith, 1980–1983
  • James E. "Mike" Roark, 1983–1987
  • Charles R. "Chuck" Gardner, 1987–1991
  • Kent Strange Hall, 1991–1995
  • G. Kemp Melton, 1995–1999
  • Jay Goldman, 1999–2003[5]
  • Danny Jones, 2003–2019[6]
  • Amy Shuler Goodwin, 2019–present

See also

References

  1. ^ W. S. Laidley (1911), History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia, and Representative Citizens, Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., pp. 166–169, OCLC 3645365, archived from the original on March 7, 2017, retrieved August 25, 2017 – via Internet Archive, List of mayors
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Chamber of Commerce 1901, p. 31.
  3. ^ a b "West Virginia Encyclopedia". Charleston, WV: West Virginia Humanities Council. Archived from the original on March 19, 2017. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
  4. ^ Thomas Condit Miller; Hu Maxwell (1913). West Virginia and Its People. Vol. 3. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. Archived from the original on July 1, 2014.
  5. ^ "Mayor's Office". Cityofcharleston.org. Archived from the original on December 16, 2000 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
  6. ^ "Office of the Mayor". Cityofcharleston.org. Archived from the original on August 10, 2003.
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