List of mayors of Chattanooga, Tennessee
This is a list of mayors of Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Years Served | Mayor |
1840#Notes| | James Enfield Berry |
1841 | Dr. Beriah Frazier |
1842-1843 | Dr. Milo Smith |
1844-1845 | Dr. Joseph Strong Gillespie |
1846-1848 | Henry White Massengale |
1849 | Thomas Crutchfield, Sr. |
1850-1852 | Dr. Milo Smith |
1853 | Henry White Massengale |
1854 | William Williams |
1854 | William F. Ragsdale |
1855 | Eldridge Gerry Pearl |
1856 | David Claiborne McMillin |
1857 | William D. Fulton |
1858 | William Samuel Bell |
1859 | Thomas Crutchfield, Jr. |
1860 | Charles Erskine Grenville |
1861 | James Cartwright Warner |
1862-1863 | Milo Smith |
1863-1865 | Under direct control of the United States Army for duration of Civil War |
1865 | Richard Henderson |
1866 | Charles E. Lewis |
1867-1868 | Dudley C. Carr |
1869 | Alonzo G. Sharpe |
1870-1871 | William P. Rathburn |
1871-1872 | John T. Wilder |
1872 | Josiah Jackson Bryan |
1873 | Eli M. Wight |
1874 | Philander D. Sims |
1875 | John W. James |
1876 | Col. Tomlinson Fort, Jr. |
1877 | Eli M. Wight |
1878 | Thomas J. Carlisle |
1878 | Andrew Jackson Gahagan |
1879 | Jesse Thomas Hill |
1880 | Henry Frederick Temple |
1881 | John A. Hart |
1882-1883 | Henry Clay Evans |
1883-1885#Notes| | Hugh Whiteside |
1885-1887 | Alonzo G. Sharpe |
1887-1889 | John B. Nicklin |
1889-1891 | John A. Hart |
1891 | Isaac B. Merriman |
1891-1893 | Garnet Andrews |
1893-1897 | George W. Ochs |
1897-1899 | Edmund Watkins |
1899-1901 | Joseph Wassman |
1901-1905 | William Little Frierson |
1905-1907 | |
1907-1909 | William Riley Crabtree |
1909-1915#Notes| | T.C. Thompson |
1915-1919 | Jesse M. Littleton |
1919-1923 | Alexander Wilds Chambliss |
1923-1927 | Richard Hardy |
1927-1947 | Edward Davis "E.D." Bass |
1947 | Elijah Radford Betterton |
1947-1951 | Hugh Wasson |
1951-1963 | Peter Rudolph "Rudy" Olgiati |
1963-1969 | Ralph H. Kelley |
1969-1971 | Austin Letheridge "Chunk" Bender |
1971 | S. Dean Peterson |
1971-1975 | Robert Kirk Walker |
1975-1983 | Charles A. “Pat” Rose |
1983-1997 | Gene Roberts |
1997-2001 | Jon Kinsey |
2001-2005 | Bob Corker |
2005-2013 | Ron Littlefield |
2013- | Andy Berke |
Notes
From 1840-1882, all mayors served one year terms, with several mayors elected to successive terms.
From 1883-1911, all mayors served two year terms, with several mayors elected to successive terms.
From 1911 to the present, most mayors have served four year terms, with several mayors elected to successive terms.