Mayor of Columbia, South Carolina

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Mayor of the City of Columbia
Incumbent
Daniel Rickenmann

since January 2022
StyleHis Honor
Term lengthFour years
Inaugural holderEdward J. Arthur
Formation19th century

The mayor of Columbia, South Carolina is elected at large for a four-year term. The duties of the mayor is to create policy and enact laws, rules and regulations for the city of Columbia. Daniel Rickenmann, who assumed office on January 4, is the current mayor of Columbia.

Intendants and Mayors of Columbia, South Carolina[1][]

Term Mayor Intendant
May 1806–April 1807 John Taylor
April 1807–June 1807 Abraham Nott
June 1807–April 1808 Claiborne Clifton
April 1808–July 1808 John Hooker
July 1808–April 1809 Daniel Faust
1809 Simon Taylor
1810 Robert Stark
1811 Simon Taylor
1812–1815 Daniel Faust
1815 William E. Hayne
1816 James Gregg
1817 Daniel Morgan
1818–1822 James Taylor Goodwyn
1822 David James McCord
1823 James Taylor Goodwyn
1824 David James McCord
1825 James Taylor Goodwyn
1826–1828 William Ford de Saussure
1828–1830 Ezekiel Hopkins Maxcy
1831 William C. Clifton
1832 Ezekiel Hopkins Maxcy
1833–1836 Dr. M. H. DeLeon
1836–1839 John Bryce
1839–1841 Dr. Robert Wilson Gibbes
April 1841–September 1841 Col. Benjamin T. Elmore
September 1841–April 1842 Col. Robert Howell Goodwyn
1842–1845 William Mills Myers
1845–December 1846 William Byrd Stanley
December 1846–April 1847 Joel Stevenson
1847–1850 Edward Sill
1850–1851 Henry Lyons
1851–1853 Col. Adley Hogan Gladden
1853–1855 William Maybin
1855–1857 Edward J. Arthur
1857–1859 James D. Tradewell
1859–1861 Allen J. Green
1861–1863 John Henry Boatwright
1863–1865 Thomas Jefferson Goodwyn
May 1865–April 1866 James Guignard Gibbes
April 1866��July 1868 Theodore Stark
July 1868–August 1868 Col. Francis Luther Guenther
August 1868–November 1868 Cyrus H. Baldwin
November 1868–1870 John McKenzie
1870–1878 John Alexander
1878–1880 Capt. William B. Stanley
1880–1882 Capt. Richard O'Neale Jr.
1882–1890 John Taylor Rhett
1890–1892 Col. Fitz William McMaster
1892–1894 Dr. Walter Coles Fisher
1894–1898 William McBurney Sloan
1898–1900 Col. Thomas J. Lipscomb
1900–1904 Dr. Fort Sumter Earle
1904–1908 Thomas Hasell Gibbes
1908–1910 William S. Reamer
1910–1914 Wade Hampton Gibbes, Jr.
1914–1918 Dr. Lewie A. Griffith
1918–1922 R. Johnson Blalock
1922–1926 William A. Coleman
1926–1941 Dr. Lawrence Beacham Owens
1941–1946 Fred D. Marshall
1946–1950 Dr. Frank C. Owens
1950–1954 J. Macfie Anderson
1954–1958 J. Clarence Dreher
1958–1970 Lester L. Bates
1970–1978 John T. Campbell
1978–1986 Kirkman Finlay, Jr.
1986–1990 T. Patton Adams
1990–2010 Robert D. "Bob" Coble
2010 - 2022 Stephen K. Benjamin
2022 - present Daniel J. Rickenmann

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "CONTENTdm". localhistory.richlandlibrary.com. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
  • Information obtained from Columbia & Richland County: A South Carolina Community 1740–1990 by John Hammond Moore (University of South Carolina Press, 1993). ISBN 0-87249-827-1
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