List of mayors of Huntington, West Virginia

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

Mayor of Huntington, West Virginia
Incumbent Stephen T. Williams since 2013
Formation	1871
First holder	Peter Cline Buffington (1871 - 1874)
Website	Mayor's Office

History

Since 1985 Huntington, West Virginia has operated under a strong mayor/city council form of government.^[1] 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 former at-large councilman Steve Williams, a Democrat who is currently in his third term. Mayors in Huntington are term-limited to three terms^[2] and have the authority to veto acts of the city council.

Mayors

Pre strong mayor format

• Peter Cline Buffington, 1871-1874^[3]
• Albert H. Woodworth, 1886-1887
• Edward S. Buffington, circa 1879
• Ely Ensign, 1896^[3]
• William F. Hite, circa 1897^[3]
• John Walton Ensign, circa 1906^[3]
• Floyd Sanford Chapman, circa 1912
• Edmund Sehon, circa 1915–1917^[4]
• E. N. Miller, circa 1917^[5]
• Charles William Campbell, 1919–1922^[4][3]
• Will E. Neal, 1925–1928
• J. Boyce Taylor, circa 1930^[3]

Strong mayor format

• Bobby Nelson, 1985-1993
• Jean Dean, 1993-2000^[6]
• David Felinton, 2001–2008^[7]
• Kim Wolfe, 2009–2012^[8]
• Stephen T. Williams, 2013-2025^[9][10]
• Patrick Farrell, 2025-^[9]

See also

• Huntington, West Virginia

References

1. "Huntington Charter". The Associated Press. March 27, 2006. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
2. "Incumbent Felinton wins tight race Archived September 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine", The Herald-Dispatch, May 13, 2008.
3. Huntington. Images of America. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia. 2003. ISBN 978-0-7385-1599-1. Archived from the original on March 8, 2017.
4. History of West Virginia, Old and New. Chicago: American Historical Society, Inc. 1923. OCLC 42346040.
5. John T. Harris, ed. (1917). "Municipalities". Official Register Division of the West Virginia Legislative Hand Book and Manual. Charleston: Tribune Printing Company. Archived from the original on November 29, 2015.
6. "Mayor's Office". Cityofhuntington.com. Archived from the original on September 1, 2000 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
7. "Mayor's Office". Cityofhuntington.com. Archived from the original on October 24, 2001.
8. "Wolfe next mayor of Huntingon". Herald Dispatch. November 5, 2008.
9. "Patrick Farrell elected as Huntington mayor". WSAZ. November 5, 2024.
10. "City Government: Mayor". Cityofhuntington.com. City of Huntington. Archived from the original on March 8, 2017. Retrieved July 24, 2024.