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The Mayor of Nashville is the chief executive of the government of Nashville, Tennessee. The current mayor is Freddie O'Connell. Each mayor serves a term of four years, with a limit of two consecutive terms, unless this is interrupted by a legal mechanism, such as a recall election.
| Mayor of Nashville | |
|---|---|
 Seal of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County | |
| Term length | 4 years |
| Inaugural holder | Beverly Briley |
| Formation | 1963 |
| Succession | Vice mayor of Nashville |
| Salary | $180,000 |
| Website | Official website |
The following is a list of the mayors of Nashville before it had a consolidated metropolitan government:
| Mayor | Term |
|---|---|
| Joseph Coleman | 1806–1809 |
| Benjamin J. Bradford | 1809–1811 |
| William Tait | 1811–1814 |
| Joseph Thorpe Elliston | 1814–1817 |
| Stephen Cantrell, Jr. | 1817–1817 |
| Felix Robertson | 1818–1819 |
| Thomas Crutcher | 1819–1820 |
| James Condon | 1820–1821 |
| John Patton Erwin | 1821–1822 |
| Robert Brownlee Currey | 1822–1824 |
| Randal McGavock | 1824–1825 |
| Wilkins F. Tannehill | 1825–1827 |
| Felix Robertson | 1827–1829 |
| William Armstrong | 1829–1833 |
| John Meredith Bass | 1833–1834 |
| John Patton Erwin | 1834–1835 |
| William Nichol | 1835–1837 |
| Henry Hollingsworth | 1837–1839 |
| Charles Clay Trabue | 1839–1841 |
| Samuel Van Dyke Stout | 1841–1842 |
| Thomas B. Coleman | 1842–1843 |
| Powhatan W. Maxey | 1843–1845 |
| John Hugh Smith | 1845–1846 |
| John A. Goodlett | 1846–1847 |
| Alexander Allison | 1847–1849 |
| John McCormick Lea | 1849–1850 |
| John Hugh Smith | 1850–1853 |
| Williamson Hartley Horn | 1853–1854 |
| William Booker Shapard | 1854–1854 |
| Robert Bell Castleman | 1854–1856 |
| Andrew Anderson | 1856–1857 |
| John A. McEwen | 1857–1858 |
| Randal William McGavock | 1858–1859 |
| Samuel N. Hollingsworth | 1859–1860 |
| Mayor | Term |
|---|---|
| Richard Boone Cheatham | 1860–1862 |
| John Hugh Smith | 1862–1865 |
| William Matt Brown | 1865–1867 |
| Augustus E. Alden | 1867–1869 |
| John Meredith Bass | 1869–1869 |
| Kindred Jenkins Morris | 1869–1871 |
| Thomas A. Kercheval | 1871–1874 |
| Morton Boyte Howell | 1874–1875 |
| Mayor | Term |
|---|---|
| Thomas A. Kercheval | 1875–1883 |
| Claiborne Hooper Phillips | 1883–1886 |
| Thomas A. Kercheval | 1886–1888 |
| Charles P. McCarver | 1888–1890 |
| William Litterer | 1890–1891 |
| George Blackmore Guild | 1891–1895 |
| William Marshall McCarthey | 1895–1897 |
| Richard Houston Dudley | 1897–1900 |
| James Marshall Head | 1900–1904 |
| Albert Smiley Williams | 1904–1906 |
| Thomas Owen Morris | 1906–1908 |
| James Stephens Brown | 1908–1909 |
| Hilary Ewing Howse | 1909–1915 |
| Robert Ewing | 1915–1917 |
| William Gupton | 1917–1921 |
| Felix Zollicoffer Wilson | 1921–1922 |
| William Percy Sharpe | 1922–1924 |
| Hilary Ewing Howse | 1924–1938 |
| Thomas L. Cummings, Sr. | 1938–1951 |
| Ben West | 1951–1963 |
The following is a list of the mayors of Nashville after the consolidation of the municipal government with the government of Davidson County:
| Image | Mayor | Term |
|---|---|---|
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Beverly Briley | 1963–1975 |
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Richard Fulton | 1975–1987 |
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Bill Boner | 1987–1991 |
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Phil Bredesen | 1991–1999 |
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Bill Purcell | 1999–2007 |
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Karl Dean | 2007–2015 |
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Megan Barry | 2015–2018 |
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David Briley | 2018–2019 |
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John Cooper | 2019–2023 |
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Freddie O'Connell | 2023–present |
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