Mayor of Columbia, South Carolina
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Mayor of the City of Columbia | |
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Incumbent Daniel Rickenmann since January 2022 | |
Style | His Honor |
Term length | Four years |
Inaugural holder | Edward J. Arthur |
Formation | 19th century |
Elections in South Carolina |
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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 |
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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[]
- ^ "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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