List of mayors of Augusta, Georgia

This is a list of mayors of Augusta, Georgia, United States, including the former city of Augusta and 1996–present consolidated Augusta–Richmond County.

Former city of Augusta

Name	Sworn in	Left office	Notes	Reference
John Milton	1792			^[1]
Thomas Cumming	1798		Father of Henry Cumming	^[2]
Walter Leigh	1815	1817		^[3]
Freeman Walker	1818	1819
Nicholas Ware	1819	1821	Ware's Telfair Street home "Ware's Folly" is now the location of Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art.	^[4]
Freeman Walker	1823	1823
Samuel Hale	1828	1836
Alfred Cumming	1836		Appointed governor of Territory of Utah in 1858
John Phinizy	1837		First Italian-American mayor of any U.S. city (original spelling: Finizzi)
Dr. Daniel Hook	1840	1841	Served two terms.	^[5]
Martin M. Dye	1841	1842
Dr. Daniel Hook	1842	1843
Martin M. Dye	1843	1846	Served three 1 year terms
Dr. Lewis D. Ford	1846	1848	Served two 1 year terms
Dr. Ignatius P. Garvin	1848	1849
James B. Bishop	1849	1850
Thomas W. Miller	1850	1852
Dr. William E. Dearing	1852	1854
Abner P. Robertson	1854	1855
Dr. William E. Dearing	1855	1856
George W. Evans	1856	1857
Benjamin F. Conley	1857	1859	Two terms (later a Governor of Georgia)
Foster Blodgett, Jr.	1859	1860
Robert H. May	1861	1866	May served five 1-year terms during the period of the Civil War. In 1865, he was ordered by Georgia Governor Joseph E. Brown to burn the large amounts of cotton stored in Augusta warehouses "on the approach of the Yankees," so it would not fall into enemy's hands. As it turned out, the Union Army never came to Augusta.	^[6]
James T. Gardiner	1866	8 Aug 1866	Elected April 1866 and resigned 8 Aug 1866. James Gardiner was publisher of The Daily Constitutionalist a local newspaper.	^[7]
Abner P. Robertson	8 Aug 1866	20 Aug 1866	Pro Tem City Council
John Foster	20 Aug 1866	1867	Special Election to fill unexpired term of James T. Gardner
Foster Blodgett, Jr.	1867	1868	Military appointment; In 1867, the Southern States were divided into Military Districts and military tribunials where set-up to appoint government officials during this period	^[8]
Henry F. Russell	1868	1869
Joseph V. H. Allen	1869	1870
Charles Estes	1870	1876	Served six 1-year terms
John U. Meyer	1876	1879
Robert H. May	1879	1891	Served Four 3-year terms. He was Coroner-Richmond County, 1900 – until his death, 7 February 1903. Buried in Magnolia Cemetery.
James H. Alexander	1891	1894	Since the 1876 election; mayors served 3-year terms
William B. Young	1894	1897	Great great great great grandfather of Buckley Campana and Stephen Campana.
Patrick Walsh	1897	March 19, 1899	Died in office on March 19, 1899.
Jacob Phinizy	22 Dec 1898	18 April 1899	Pro Tem City Council
Charles A. Robbe	18 April 1899	7 July 1900	Died in office
Thomas Barrett, Sr.	8 July 1900	10 July 1900	Pro Tem City Council
Alfred Martin	10 July 1900	Jan. 1901	Special Election to fill unexpired term
Jacob Phinzy	Jan. 1901	1904	Once owner of "Augusta's First Skyscraper" known today as the Marion Building at 739 Broad Street	^[9]
Richard E. Allen	Jan. 1904	1907
William M. Dunbar	Jan. 1907	1910	Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives for the 62nd through 65th Congresses (1911–1919)	^[10]
Thomas Barrett, Sr.	1910	Jan. 1913	Barrett Plaza, located in front of the Federal Court House & 800 block of Telfair Street, is named for Thomas Barrett, Sr.	^[11]
Linwood C. Hayne	1913	Jan. 1916
James R. Littleton	1916	Jan. 1919
William P. White	1919	Jan. 1922	The Appleby Library was Wm. P. White's home until his widow sold it in 1928 to Scott B. Appleby. Mr. Appleby donated the house in 1954 to the Augusta City Council for use as a library.	^[12]
Julian Smith	1923	1925	The Julian Smith Casino, operated by the city recreation department, is named after Smith.
Richard Allen, Jr.	1937
W.D. Jennings	1951	1953
H. L. Hamilton	1952	1958
Millard A. Beckum	1958	1963
George "Buster" Albert Sancken Jr.	1964	1970
Millard A. Beckum	1970	1972	Mayor during the Augusta race riot of May 11, 1970
Lewis "Pop" Newman	1973	1981
Ed McIntyre	1981	1984	First African American mayor of city of Augusta	^[1]
Charles DeVaney	1984	1996	Last mayor of former city of Augusta

Consolidated Augusta–Richmond County

Name	Sworn in	Left office	Notes	Reference
Larry Sconyers	1996	1999	First mayor of consolidated Augusta-Richmond County, owner and operator of Sconyers Bar-B-Que
Bob Young	1999	2005	Longtime local television news anchor (WJBF-TV) before election to mayor; left mayor's office in 2005 to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development appointment by president George W. Bush.
Willie Mays	2005	2006	Commissioner chosen by city commission following Bob Young's departure to serve as interim mayor until special election. First African American to serve as mayor of consolidated Augusta-Richmond County.
Deke Copenhaver	2005	2015
Hardie Davis	2015	2022	Second African American mayor and first African American elected mayor of consolidated Augusta-Richmond County	^[13]
Garnett Johnson	2023	Incumbent	Third African American mayor of consolidated Augusta-Richmond County	^[14]

References

^ ^a ^b "City of Augusta, Georgia". Our Georgia History. Golden Ink. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
^ David Connolly: Henry Cumming (1799–1866) from the New Georgia Encyclopedia Online (2005-08-19). Retrieved on 2008-08-21.
^ Edward J. Cashin, The Story of Augusta (Spartanburg, South Carolina: The Reprint Company, Publishers, 1980) Appendix A: Mayors of Augusta
^ "About the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art". Archived from the original on 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
^ "The Life of Dr. Daniel Hook". Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
^ The Papers of Jefferson Davis: September 1864 – May 1865
^ The Daily Constitutionalist
^ The First and Second Reconstruction Acts
^ 'Augusta's First Skyscraper' to be preserved
^ Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives
^ 800 Block Telfair Street Tour
^ History of Appleby Library
^ DuBose, Renetta (January 5, 2015). "Augusta's 84th Mayor Sworn In, One Augusta Begins". WJBF. Archived from the original on 2015-01-11. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
^ McCord, Susan (June 22, 2022). "Augusta's next mayor, Garnett Johnson, carried to victory by south, west, downtown voters". WJBF.

External links

Mayor's Office — AugustaGA.gov

[GAHistory-1] "City of Augusta, Georgia". Our Georgia History. Golden Ink. Retrieved 2008-08-21.

[2] David Connolly: Henry Cumming (1799–1866) from the New Georgia Encyclopedia Online (2005-08-19). Retrieved on 2008-08-21.

[3] Edward J. Cashin, The Story of Augusta (Spartanburg, South Carolina: The Reprint Company, Publishers, 1980) Appendix A: Mayors of Augusta

[4] "About the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art". Archived from the original on 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2008-12-07.

[5] "The Life of Dr. Daniel Hook". Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2010-06-02.

[6] The Papers of Jefferson Davis: September 1864 – May 1865

[7] The Daily Constitutionalist

[8] The First and Second Reconstruction Acts

[9] 'Augusta's First Skyscraper' to be preserved

[10] Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives

[11] 800 Block Telfair Street Tour

[12] History of Appleby Library

[13] DuBose, Renetta (January 5, 2015). "Augusta's 84th Mayor Sworn In, One Augusta Begins". WJBF. Archived from the original on 2015-01-11. Retrieved February 10, 2021.

[14] McCord, Susan (June 22, 2022). "Augusta's next mayor, Garnett Johnson, carried to victory by south, west, downtown voters". WJBF.

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Former city of Augusta

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