List of mayors of Charlottesville, Virginia

The Mayor of Charlottesville is the president of the City Council in Charlottesville, Virginia. Before 1888, Charlottesville was a town within Albemarle County, Virginia, and the electorate directly chose a mayor in regular elections. In 1888, Charlottesville incorporated as a city independent of the county but continued to select its mayors in the same fashion. Since 1922, however, the popular electorate has chosen a number of individuals to serve on city council - initially three, then five from 1928 to the present. From 1922 through 2006 those elections took place in May or June each even-numbered year. Beginning in 2007, council elections moved to November of odd-numbered years.^[1] The elected councilors chose one of their own members to serve as leader of the council with the title of "mayor" but with no distinct legal or executive authority. The mayor presides over council meetings and occasionally plays a role as the ceremonial head of city government.

List of mayors

Popularly elected mayors (1853–1922)

(partial list)

Mayor	Political party	Term start	Term end
Christopher L. Fowler[2][3]			April 1868
T. W. Savage[3]		April 1868	March 1870
N. H. Massie[3]		March 1870	April 1870
Christopher L. Fowler[3]		April 1870	1870
William L. Cochran[3][4]		1870	1875?
Richard F. Harris[5]		1875	1881
B. R. Pace[6]		July 1, 1881	July 1, 1883
Richard F. Harris[7][5]		July 1, 1883	1888
Samuel Baker Woods[8]		1888	1892
L. T. Hanckel[9][10]		1892	1894
John Shelton Patton[11]	Democratic[12]	1894	1896
J. Samuel McCue[13]	Democratic[12]	1896	August 31, 1900
Charles W. Allen[14]		September 1, 1900	August 31, 1902
J. Samuel McCue	Democratic	September 1, 1902	August 31, 1904
George W. Olivier[15][16]		September 1, 1904	August 31, 1908
Elbridge G. Haden[17]		September 1, 1908	August 31, 1912
Alpheus V. Conway[18]		September 1, 1912	August 31, 1916
Elbridge G. Haden[17]		September 1, 1916	August 31, 1920
Benjamin E. Wheeler[19]		September 1, 1920	August 31, 1922

City Council chosen mayors (1922–present)

Mayor	Political party	Tenure start	Tenure end	Terms
John R. Morris[20]	Democratic	September 1, 1922	August 31, 1924	1
Jury Y. Brown	Democratic	September 1, 1924	August 31, 1930	3
Frederick L. Watson	Democratic	September 1, 1930	August 31, 1932	1
Frederick W. Twyman	Democratic	September 1, 1932	August 31, 1934	1
W. Dandridge Haden	Democratic	September 1, 1934	August 31, 1938	2
George T. Huff	Democratic	September 1, 1938	August 31, 1940	1
W. Dandridge Haden	Democratic	September 1, 1940	August 31, 1942	1 (3 total)
J. Emmett Gleason	Democratic	September 1, 1942	August 31, 1944	1
Roscoe S. Adams	Democratic	September 1, 1944	August 31, 1948	1
Gus Tebell	Democratic	September 1, 1948	August 31, 1950	1
Strother F. Hamm	Democratic	September 1, 1950	August 31, 1952	1
William R. Hill	Democratic	September 1, 1952	August 31, 1954	1
Sol B. Weinberg	Democratic	September 1, 1954	August 31, 1956	1
Robert M. “Jack” Davis	Democratic	September 1, 1956	August 31, 1958	1
Thomas J. Michie	Democratic	September 1, 1958	August 31, 1960	1
Louie L. Scribner[21]	Democratic	September 1, 1960	August 31, 1962	1
Bernard J. Haggerty	Democratic	September 1, 1962	August 31, 1964	1
Lindsey B. Mount	Democratic	September 1, 1964	August 31, 1966	1
Burkett A. Reynolds	Democratic	September 1, 1966	August 31, 1968	1
Gunther "Dutch" Vogt	Republican	September 1, 1968	August 31, 1970	1
Mitchell Van Yahres	Democratic	September 1, 1970[22]	July 3, 1972	1
Francis H. Fife	Democratic	July 3, 1972[23]	July 1, 1974	1
Charles H. Barbour	Democratic	July 1, 1974[24]	July 1, 1976	1
Nancy K. O'Brien	Democratic	July 1, 1976[25]	July 1, 1978	1
Laurence A. Brunton	Republican	July 1, 1978[26]	July 1, 1980	1
Francis L. Buck	Democratic	July 1, 1980	July 1, 1988	4
Elizabeth "Bitsy" Waters	Democratic	July 1, 1988[27]	July 2, 1990	1
Alvin Edwards	Democratic	July 2, 1990[28]	July 1, 1992	1
Tom Vandever	Democratic	July 1, 1992[29]	July 4, 1994	1
David Toscano	Democratic	July 4, 1994[30]	July 1, 1996	1
Kay Slaughter	Democratic	July 1, 1996[31]	July 1, 1998	1
Virginia Daugherty	Democratic	July 1, 1998[32]	July 3, 2000	1
Blake Caravati	Democratic	July 3, 2000[33]	July 1, 2002	1
Maurice Cox	Democratic	July 1, 2002[34]	July 1, 2004	1
David Brown	Democratic	July 1, 2004[35]	January 7, 2008	2
Dave Norris	Democratic	January 7, 2008[36]	January 3, 2012	2
Satyendra Huja	Democratic	January 3, 2012[37]	January 4, 2016	2
Michael Signer	Democratic	January 4, 2016[38]	January 2, 2018	1
Nikuyah Walker	Independent	January 2, 2018[39]	January 5, 2022	2
J. Lloyd Snook, III	Democratic	January 5, 2022[40]	January 2, 2024	1
Juandiego Wade	Democratic	January 2, 2024[41]	Incumbent	1