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List of mayors of Charleston, West Virginia

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Charleston City Hall, West Virginia, in 2009

The following is a list of mayors of the city of Charleston, West Virginia, USA:[1][2]

  • Jacob Goshorn, 1861 (elected but did not serve)[2]
  • John A. Truslow, circa 1865[2]
  • John Williams
  • George Ritter, 1868-1869[2]
  • John W. Wingfield, 1870[2]
  • H. Clay Dickinson, 1871 (died in office)[2]
  • John P. Hale, 1871[3]
  • John Williams, 1872[2]
  • C. P. Snyder, 1873[2]
  • John D. White, 1874[2]
  • John C. Ruby, 1875-1876[2][4]
  • C. J. Botkin, 1877-1881[2]
  • R. R. Delaney, 1881-1882[2]
  • John D. Baines, 1883-1884[2]
  • James Hall Huling, 1885-1886[2]
  • Joseph L. Fry, 1887-1890[2]
  • James B. Pemberton, 1891-1892[3][2]
  • E. W. Staunton, 1893-1894[2]
  • J. A. deGruyter, 1895-1898[2]
  • W. Herman Smith, 1899-1900 (died in office)[2]
  • John B. Floyd, 1900-1901
  • George S. Morgan, 1901- [2]
  • C. E. Rudesill
  • John A. Jarrett
  • James A. Holley
  • William W. Wertz, 1929
  • R. P. DeVan, 1934
  • D. Boone Dawson, 1935-1947
  • R. Carl Andrews, 1947-1950
  • John T. Copenhaver, 1951-1959
  • John A. Shanklin, 1959-1967
  • Elmer H. Dodson, 1967-1971
  • John G. Hutchinson, 1971-1980
  • Joe F. Smith, 1980-1983
  • James E. Roark, 1983-1987
  • Charles R. Gardner, 1989
  • Kemp Melton, circa 1990s[citation needed]
  • Jay Goldman, circa 2000-2003[5]
  • Danny Jones, 2003- [6]

See also

References

  1. ^ W. S. Laidley (1911), History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia, and Representative Citizens, Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., pp. 166–169, OCLC 3645365 – via Internet Archive, List of mayors
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Charleston Chamber of Commerce (1901). Century Chronicle, Devoted to the Capital City. p. 31 – via HathiTrust.
  3. ^ a b "West Virginia Encyclopedia". Charleston, WV: West Virginia Humanities Council. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
  4. ^ * Thomas Condit Miller; Hu Maxwell (1913). West Virginia and Its People. Vol. 3. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company.
  5. ^ "Mayor's Office". Cityofcharleston.org. Archived from the original on December 16, 2000 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "Office of the Mayor". Cityofcharleston.org. Archived from the original on August 10, 2003. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)