List of mayors of Atlanta

This is a list of mayors of Atlanta, Georgia. The mayor is the highest elected official in Atlanta. Since its incorporation in 1847, the city has had 61 mayors. The current mayor is Andre Dickens who was elected in the 2021 election and took office in January, 2022.

Mayor of Atlanta
Seal of City of Atlanta
Incumbent Andre Dickens since January 3, 2022
Term length	4 years, limit of 2 terms
Inaugural holder	Moses Formwalt
Formation	1848
Salary	$147,500[1][2]
Website	www.atlantaga.gov

The term of office was one year until Cicero C. Hammock's second term (1875–77), when a new city charter changed it to two years. The term was changed to four years in 1929, giving Isaac N. Ragsdale the modern stay in office. Though a political party is listed where known, the mayoral election is officially non-partisan, so candidates do not represent their party when elected. In recent history, the viable candidates in the race have primarily been Democrats.

List

See the mayors of Atlanta category for an alphabetical list.

Mayor Asa Griggs Candler (1917–1919). Candler incorporated The Coca-Cola Company in 1892.

Mayor William B. Hartsfield (1937–1941; 1942–62). He was the longest serving Atlanta Mayor, running the city politics for ca. 30 years.

Mayor Kasim Reed (2010–2018)

#	Image	Mayor	Term start	Term end	Terms		Party
1		Moses Formwalt	1848	1849	1		Rowdy
2		Benjamin Bomar	1849	1850	1		Rowdy
3		Willis Buell	1850	1851	1		Rowdy
4		Jonathan Norcross	1851	1852	1		Moral
5		Thomas Gibbs	1852	1853	1		Moral
6		John Mims	1853	1853	1⁄2		None
7		William Markham	1853	1854	1		None
8		William M. Butt	1854	1855	1		None
9		Allison Nelson	1855	1855	1⁄2		Democratic
10		William Ezzard (1st term)	1856	1858	2		Democratic
11		Luther Glenn	1858	1860	2		Democratic
12		William Ezzard (2nd term)	1860	1861	1		Democratic
13		Jared Whitaker	1861	1861	1⁄2		Democratic (Southern)
Acting		Thomas Lowe	1861	1862	1⁄2		Democratic (Southern)
14		James Calhoun	1862	1866	4		Democratic (Southern)
15		James E. Williams	1866	1869	2		Democratic
16		William Hulsey	1869	1870	1		Democratic
17		William Ezzard (3rd term)	1870	1871	1		Democratic
18		Dennis Hammond	1871	1872	1		Republican
19		John H. James	1872	1873	1		Democratic
20		Cicero C. Hammock (1st term)	1873	1874	1		Democratic
21		Samuel B. Spencer	1874	1875	1		Democratic
22		Cicero C. Hammock (2nd term)	1875	1877	1		Democratic
23		Nedom L. Angier	1877	1879	1		Republican
24		William L. Calhoun	1879	1881	1		Democratic
25		James W. English	1881	1883	1		Democratic
26		John B. Goodwin (1st term)	1883	1885	1		Democratic
27		George Hillyer	1885	1887	1		Democratic
28		John T. Cooper	1887	1889	1		Democratic
29		John T. Glenn	1889	1891	1		Democratic
30		William Hemphill	1891	1893	1		Democratic
31		John B. Goodwin (2nd term)	1893	1895	1		Democratic
32		Porter King	1895	1897	1		Democratic
33		Charles A. Collier	1897	1899	1		Democratic
34		James G. Woodward (1st term)	1899	1901	1		Democratic
35		Livingston Mims	1901	1903	1		Democratic
36		Evan Howell	1903	1905	1		Democratic
37		James G. Woodward (2nd term)	1905	1907	1		Democratic
38		Walthall R. Joyner	1907	1909	1		Democratic
39		Robert Maddox	1909	1911	1		Democratic
40		Courtland Winn	1911	1913	1		Democratic
41		James G. Woodward (3rd term)	1913	1917	2		Democratic
42		Asa Griggs Candler	1917	1919	1		Democratic
43		James L. Key (1st term)	1919	1923	2		Democratic
44		Walter Sims	1923	1927	2		Democratic
45		Isaac N. Ragsdale	1927	1931	2		Democratic
46		James L. Key (2nd term)	1931	1937	3		Democratic
47		William B. Hartsfield (1st term)	1937	1941	1		Democratic
48		Roy LeCraw	1941	1942	1⁄2		Democratic
49		William B. Hartsfield (2nd term)	1942	1962	5		Democratic
50		Ivan Allen Jr.	1962	1970	2		Democratic
51		Sam Massell	1970	1974	1		Democratic
52		Maynard Jackson (1st term)	1974	1982	2		Democratic
53		Andrew Young	1982	1990	2		Democratic
54		Maynard Jackson (2nd term)	1990	1994	1		Democratic
55		Bill Campbell	1994	2002	2		Democratic
56		Shirley Franklin	2002	2010	2		Democratic
57		Kasim Reed	2010	2018	2		Democratic
58		Keisha Lance Bottoms	2018	2022	1		Democratic
59		Andre Dickens	2022	Incumbent	1		Democratic

Acting mayors

Name	Mayoral term	Party
John Glen	1855–1856		Democratic
Thomas Lowe	1861–1862		Democratic
George B. Lyle	1942		Democratic

See also

• Timeline of Atlanta

References

1. EndPlay (2012-12-03). "Atlanta City Council approves 50% raise". WSBTV. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
2. "Atlanta's mayoral race takes shape amid mounting debt and school board challenges - SaportaReport". SaportaReport. 2017-08-27. Retrieved 2018-10-29.