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Mayor of Atlanta Seal of City of Atlanta
Term length 4 years, limit of 2 terms Inaugural holder Moses Formwalt Formation 1848 Salary $147,500[1] [2] Website www.atlantaga.gov
This is a list of mayors of Atlanta , Georgia . The mayor is the highest elected official in Atlanta. Since its incorporation in 1847, the city has had 61 mayors. The current mayor is Andre Dickens who was elected as mayor in the 2021 election and took office in January, 2022.
The term of office was one year until Cicero C. Hammock 's second term (1875–77), when a new city charter changed it to two years. The term was changed to four years in 1929, giving Isaac N. Ragsdale the modern stay in office. Though a political party is listed where known, the mayoral election is officially non-partisan, so candidates do not represent their party when elected. In recent history, the viable candidates in the race have primarily been Democrats .
List [ ]
See the mayors of Atlanta category for an alphabetical list.
Mayor
Asa Griggs Candler (1917–1919). Candler incorporated
The Coca-Cola Company in 1892.
Mayor
William B. Hartsfield (1937–1941; 1942–62). He was the longest serving Atlanta Mayor, running the city politics for ca. 30 years.
Mayor
Kasim Reed (2010–2018)
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Mayor
Term start
Term end
Terms
Party
1
Moses Formwalt
1848
1849
1
Rowdy
2
Benjamin Bomar
1849
1850
1
Rowdy
3
Willis Buell
1850
1851
1
Rowdy
4
Jonathan Norcross
1851
1852
1
5
Thomas Gibbs
1852
1853
1
Moral
6
John Mims
1853
1853
1 ⁄2
None
7
William Markham
1853
1854
1
None
8
William M. Butt
1854
1855
1
None
9
Allison Nelson
1855
1855
1 ⁄2
Democratic
10
William Ezzard (1st term)
1856
1858
2
Democratic
11
Luther Glenn
1858
1860
2
Democratic
12
William Ezzard (2nd term)
1860
1861
1
Democratic
13
Jared Whitaker
1861
1861
1 ⁄2
Democratic (Southern)
14
James Calhoun
1862
1866
4
Democratic (Southern)
15
James E. Williams
1866
1869
2
Democratic
16
William Hulsey
1869
1870
1
Democratic
17
William Ezzard (3rd term)
1870
1871
1
Democratic
18
Dennis Hammond
1871
1872
1
Republican
19
John H. James
1872
1873
1
Democratic
20
Cicero C. Hammock (1st term)
1873
1874
1
Democratic
21
Samuel B. Spencer
1874
1875
1
Democratic
22
Cicero C. Hammock (2nd term)
1875
1877
1
Democratic
23
Nedom L. Angier
1877
1879
1
Republican
24
William L. Calhoun
1879
1881
1
Democratic
25
James W. English
1881
1883
1
Democratic
26
John B. Goodwin (1st term)
1883
1885
1
Democratic
27
George Hillyer
1885
1887
1
Democratic
28
John T. Cooper
1887
1889
1
Democratic
29
John T. Glenn
1889
1891
1
Democratic
30
William Hemphill
1891
1893
1
Democratic
31
John B. Goodwin (2nd term)
1893
1895
1
Democratic
32
Porter King
1895
1897
1
Democratic
33
Charles Collier
1897
1899
1
Democratic
34
James G. Woodward (1st term)
1899
1901
1
Democratic
35
Livingston Mims
1901
1903
1
Democratic
36
Evan Howell
1903
1905
1
Democratic
37
James G. Woodward (2nd term)
1905
1907
1
Democratic
38
Walthall R. Joyner
1907
1909
1
Democratic
39
Robert Maddox
1909
1911
1
Democratic
40
Courtland Winn
1911
1913
1
Democratic
41
James G. Woodward (3rd term)
1913
1917
2
Democratic
42
Asa Griggs Candler
1917
1919
1
Democratic
43
James L. Key (1st term)
1919
1923
2
Democratic
44
Walter Sims
1923
1927
2
Democratic
45
Isaac N. Ragsdale
1927
1931
2
Democratic
46
James L. Key (2nd term)
1931
1937
3
Democratic
47
William B. Hartsfield (1st term)
1937
1941
2
Democratic
48
Roy LeCraw
1941
1942
1 ⁄2
Democratic
49
William B. Hartsfield (2nd term)
1942
1962
6
Democratic
50
Ivan Allen Jr.
1962
1970
2
Democratic
51
Sam Massell
1970
1974
1
Democratic
52
Maynard Jackson (1st term)
1974
1982
2
Democratic
53
Andrew Young
1982
1990
2
Democratic
54
Maynard Jackson (2nd term)
1990
1994
1
Democratic
55
Bill Campbell
1994
2002
2
Democratic
56
Shirley Franklin
2002
2010
2
Democratic
57
Kasim Reed
2010
2018
2
Democratic
58
Keisha Lance Bottoms
2018
2022
1
Democratic
59
Andre Dickens
2022
Incumbent
1
Democratic
Acting mayors [ ]
See also [ ]
History of Atlanta
Origins Buildings
Historic districts
Buildings listed on National Register : (Atlanta in Fulton Co.)
(Atlanta in DeKalb Co.)
Demolished buildings
Demolished public housing projects
Civil War Crime
Massacre (1906)
Ripper (1911)
Leo Frank lynching (1915)
Temple bombing (1958)
Peyton Road affair (1962–1963)
Child murders (1979–1981)
Prison riots (1987)
Centennial Olympic Park bombing (1996)
Otherside Lounge bombing (1997)
Shooting of Kathryn Johnston (2006)
Public schools cheating scandal (2009–2015)
Shooting of Scout Schultz (2017)
Ransomware attack (2018)
Killing of Rayshard Brooks (2020)
Spa shootings (2021)
Culture
Opera in Atlanta
Arts in Atlanta
Disasters Events
Timeline
International Cotton Exposition (1881)
Piedmont Exposition (1887)
Cotton States and International Exposition (1895)
Gone with the Wind premiere (1939)
Funeral of Martin Luther King Jr. (1968)
Atlanta International Pop Festival (1969 , 1970 )
Democratic National Convention (1988)
Super Bowl XXVIII (1994)
World Series (1991 , 1992 , 1995 , 1996 , 1999 , 2021 )
Summer Olympics (1996)
WrestleMania XXVII (2011)
Super Bowl LIII (2019)
Labor LGBT
Library perversion case (1953)
Lonesome Cowboys police raid (1969)
Atlanta Pride (1971)
Atlanta Eagle police raid (2009)
People
Mayors
Pioneers
History of Hispanics in Atlanta
History of African Americans in Atlanta
Demographic history
Gentrification
Racial segregation
Places
History by neighborhood
Former neighborhoods and settlements
Annexations and city wards
Street names
History of Georgia Tech
Historic mills
Zero Mile Post
Protests Transportation
History of Atlanta
Timeline of Atlanta history
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