List of mayors of Huntington, West Virginia

Mayor of Huntington, West Virginia
Incumbent
Patrick Farrell
since 2025
Formation1871
First holderPeter Cline Buffington (1871 - 1874)
WebsiteMayor's Office

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

History

Since 1985 Huntington, West Virginia has operated under a strong mayor/city council form of government.[2] The mayor is elected to four-year terms in partisan elections contested at the same time as United States presidential elections. The current mayor is Patrick Farrell, a Republican who is currently in his first term. Mayors in Huntington are term-limited to three terms[3] and have the authority to veto acts of the city council.

Mayors

Pre strong mayor format

Order Mayor Term Began Term Ended Notes
1 Peter Cline Buffington 1871 1874 First mayor of Huntington, West Virginia[4]
2 Thomas J. Burke 1874 1876
3 M. G. Nichols 1876 1877
4 Thomas J. Burke 1877 1878
5 J. M. Layne 1878 1879
6 Edward S. Buffington 1879 1880 Son of Peter Cline Buffington[5]
7 George Cullen 1880 1882
8 J. M. Layne 1882 1883
9 Hamilton Dickey 1883 1884
10 A. L. Crider 1884 1885
11 E. A. Bennett 1885 1886
12 A. H. Woodworth 1886 1887
13 Thomas S. Garland 1887 1889
14 Thomas S. Garland 1890 1891
15 Hamilton Dickey 1891 1892
16 W. H. Bull 1892 1893
17 George I. Neal 1893 1895
18 C. R. Enlow 1895 1896
19 Ely Ensign 1896 1896 [4]
20 William F. Hite 1897 1898 [4]
21 Charles A. Nash 1898 1899
22 H. A. Brandebury 1899 1901
23 H. C. Gordon 1901 1903
24 Charles M. Buck 1903 1905
25 H. C. Gordon 1905 1906
26 John W. Ensign 1906 1908
27 John B. Stevenson 1908 1909
28 Rufus Switzer 1909 1912
29 Floyd S. Chapman 1912 1915
30 Edmund Sehon 1915 1918 [6]
31 Leon S. Wiles 1918 1918 Died in office[1]
32 Charles W. Campbell 1919 1922 [6][4]
33 Will E. Neal 1925 1928
34 J. Boyce Taylor 1928 1929 [4]
35 Porter W. Smith 1930 1934
36 Martin V. Chapman 1935 1935
37 George R. Seamonds 1937 1939
38 Claude V. Swann 1940 1942
39 Paul O. Fiedler 1943 1946
40 Douglas C. Tomkies 1947 1948
41 W. W. Payne 1949 1952
42 Cecil C. Thompson 1953 1954
43 George E. Theurer 1955 1955
44 Harold L. Frankel 1957 1959
45 Robert O. Ellis, Jr. 1959 1959
46 John J. Durkin 1961 1961
47 George Garner 1962 1963
48 A. E. Harris 1964 1964
49 John B. Meek 1965 1965
50 R. O. Robertson, Jr. 1966 1966
51 Owen L. Duncan 1967 1967
52 Gordon Miller 1968 1968
53 Robert V. Bolling 1969 1969
54 Robert E. Hinerman 1970 1970
55 Milton T. Herndon 1971 1971
56 Gordon T. Millard 1972 1972
57 Owen L. Duncan 1973 1973
58 Phyllis Cyrus 1973 1974
59 Harold L. Frankel 1974 1975 [7]
60 J. A. Caldwell 1975 1976
61 Harold L. Frankel 1977 1978 [7]
62 George Malott 1978 1978
63 Dean Sturm 1979 1980 [8]
64 William D. Toney 1981 1981
65 Robert P. Alexander 1982 1983 [9]

Strong mayor format

Order Mayor Term Began Term Ended Notes
66 Bobby Nelson 1985 1993 First mayor in Strong mayor format
67 Jean Dean 1993 2000 First woman mayor[10]
68 David Felinton 2001 2008 [11]
69 Kim Wolfe 2009 2012 [12]
70 Stephen T. Williams 2013 2025 First three-term mayor[13][14]
71 Patrick Farrell 2025 Present [13]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Mayors and Postmasters of Huntington, West Virginia". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved November 24, 2024.
  2. ^ "Huntington Charter". The Associated Press. March 27, 2006. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  3. ^ "Incumbent Felinton wins tight race Archived September 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine", The Herald-Dispatch, May 13, 2008.
  4. ^ a b c d e Huntington. Images of America. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia. 2003. ISBN 978-0-7385-1599-1. Archived from the original on March 8, 2017.
  5. ^ "Dr. Edward Stanard Buffington". Marshall Digital Scholar. 2021. Retrieved November 28, 2024.
  6. ^ a b History of West Virginia, Old and New. Chicago: American Historical Society, Inc. 1923. OCLC 42346040.
  7. ^ a b "(l to r) Harold Frankel, Ken Hechler, David Brinkley, 1959". Marshall Digital Scholar. Retrieved November 28, 2024.
  8. ^ Casto, James (October 11, 2022). "Lost Huntington: Remembering Dean Strum". Herald Dispatch. Retrieved November 28, 2024.
  9. ^ "Dr. Robert P. Alexander (1999-2000)". Marshall University. Retrieved November 28, 2024.
  10. ^ McKenna, Horsley (July 17, 2021). "Former Huntington mayor Jean Dean dies". Herald Dispatch. Retrieved November 28, 2024.
  11. ^ Wolfe, Lori (March 12, 2017). "David Felinton, City of Huntington should reconsider a payroll tax". Herald Dispatch. Retrieved November 28, 2024.
  12. ^ "Wolfe next mayor of Huntington". Herald Dispatch. November 5, 2008.
  13. ^ a b "Patrick Farrell elected as Huntington mayor". WSAZ. November 5, 2024.
  14. ^ "City Government: Mayor". Cityofhuntington.com. City of Huntington. Archived from the original on March 8, 2017. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
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