List of mayors of Atlanta
In-game article clicks load inline without leaving the challenge.
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 in 2021 and took office in January 2022.
The term of office was one year until Cicero C. Hammock's second term (1875–1877), 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. Since 1879, all mayors of Atlanta have been members of the Democratic Party.
List of mayors
See the mayors of Atlanta category for an alphabetical list by surname.
| No. | Mayor | Took office | Left office | Tenure | Election | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moses Formwalt (1820–1852) | January 1848 | January 17, 1849 | 1 year | 1848 | Free and Rowdy | ||
| 2 | Benjamin Bomar (1816–1868) | January 17, 1849 | January 23, 1850 | 1 year, 6 days | 1849 | Free and Rowdy | ||
| 3 | Willis Buell (c. 1790–1851) | January 23, 1850 | January 1851 | 1 year | 1850 | Free and Rowdy | ||
| 4 | Jonathan Norcross (1808–1898) | January 1851 | January 1852 | 1 year | 1851 | Moral | ||
| 5 | Thomas Gibbs (1798–1859) | January 1852 | January 17, 1853 | 1 year | 1852 | Moral | ||
| 6 | John Mims (1815–1856) | January 17, 1853 | October 1853 | 9 months | Jan. 1853 | Independent | ||
| 7 | William Markham (1811–1890) | October 1853 | January 1854 | 3 months | Oct. 1853 | Independent | ||
| 8 | William Butt (c. 1805–1888) | January 1854 | January 26, 1855 | 1 year | 1854 | Independent | ||
| 9 | Allison Nelson (1822–1862) | January 26, 1855 | July 6, 1855 | 161 days | 1855 | Democratic | ||
| 10 | John Glen (1809–1895) Acting | July 6, 1855 | January 1856 | 6 months | – | Democratic | ||
| 11 | William Ezzard (1799–1887) 1st time | January 1856 | January 1858 | 2 years | 1856 | Democratic | ||
| 1857 | ||||||||
| 12 | Luther Glenn (1818–1886) | January 1858 | January 1860 | 2 years | 1858 | Democratic | ||
| 1859 | ||||||||
| 13 | William Ezzard (1799–1887) 2nd time | January 1860 | January 1861 | 1 year | 1860 | Democratic | ||
| 14 | Jared Whitaker (1818–1884) | January 1861 | December 13, 1861 | 11 months | 1861 | Southern Democratic | ||
| 15 | Thomas Lowe (1812–1875) Acting | December 13, 1861 | January 1862 | 1 month | – | Southern Democratic | ||
| 16 | James Calhoun (1811–1875) | January 1862 | January 1866 | 4 years | 1862 | Southern Democratic | ||
| 1863 | ||||||||
| 1864 | ||||||||
| 1865 | ||||||||
| 17 | James E. Williams (1826–1900) | January 1866 | January 1869 | 3 years | 1866 | Democratic | ||
| 1867 | ||||||||
| 18 | William Hulsey (1838–1909) | January 1869 | January 1870 | 1 year | 1869 | Democratic | ||
| 19 | William Ezzard (1799–1887) 3rd time | January 1870 | January 1871 | 1 year | 1870 | Democratic | ||
| 20 | Dennis Hammond (1819–1891) | January 1871 | January 1872 | 1 year | 1871 | Republican | ||
| 21 | John H. James (1830–1917) | January 1872 | January 1873 | 1 year | 1872 | Democratic | ||
| 22 | Cicero C. Hammock (c. 1823–1890) 1st time | January 1873 | January 1874 | 1 year | 1873 | Democratic | ||
| 23 | S. B. Spencer (1827–1901) | January 1874 | January 1875 | 1 year | 1874 | Democratic | ||
| 24 | Cicero C. Hammock (c. 1823–1890) 2nd time | January 1875 | January 1877 | 2 years | 1875 | Democratic | ||
| 25 | Nedom L. Angier (1814–1882) | January 1877 | January 1879 | 2 years | 1877 | Republican | ||
| 26 | William Lowndes Calhoun (1837–1908) | January 1879 | January 1881 | 2 years | 1879 | Democratic | ||
| 27 | James W. English (1837–1925) | January 1881 | January 1883 | 2 years | 1881 | Democratic | ||
| 28 | John B. Goodwin (1850–1921) 1st time | January 1883 | January 1885 | 2 years | 1883 | Democratic | ||
| 29 | George Hillyer (1835–1927) | January 1885 | January 1887 | 2 years | 1885 | Democratic | ||
| 30 | John Tyler Cooper (1844–1912) | January 1887 | January 1889 | 2 years | 1887 | Democratic | ||
| 31 | John Thomas Glenn (1844–1899) | January 1889 | January 1891 | 2 years | 1889 | Democratic | ||
| 32 | William Hemphill (1842–1902) | January 1891 | January 1893 | 2 years | 1891 | Democratic | ||
| 33 | John B. Goodwin (1850–1921) 2nd time | January 1893 | January 1895 | 2 years | 1893 | Democratic | ||
| 34 | Porter King (1857–1901) | January 1895 | January 1897 | 2 years | 1895 | Democratic | ||
| 35 | Charles A. Collier (1848–1900) | January 1897 | January 1899 | 2 years | 1897 | Democratic | ||
| 36 | James G. Woodward (1845–1923) 1st time | January 1899 | January 1901 | 2 years | 1899 | Democratic | ||
| 37 | Livingston Mims (1833–1906) | January 1901 | January 1903 | 2 years | 1901 | Democratic | ||
| 38 | Evan Howell (1839–1905) | January 1903 | January 1905 | 2 years | 1903 | Democratic | ||
| 39 | James G. Woodward (1845–1923) 2nd time | January 1905 | January 1907 | 2 years | 1905 | Democratic | ||
| 40 | Walthall Robertson Joyner (1854–1925) | January 1907 | January 1909 | 2 years | 1907 | Democratic | ||
| 41 | Robert Maddox (1870–1965) | January 1909 | January 1911 | 2 years | 1909 | Democratic | ||
| 42 | Courtland Winn (1863–1940) | January 1911 | January 1913 | 2 years | 1911 | Democratic | ||
| 43 | James G. Woodward (1845–1923) 3rd time | January 1913 | January 1917 | 4 years | 1913 | Democratic | ||
| 1915 | ||||||||
| 44 | Asa Griggs Candler (1851–1929) | January 1917 | January 1919 | 2 years | 1917 | Democratic | ||
| 45 | James L. Key (1867–1939) 1st time | January 1919 | January 1923 | 4 years | 1919 | Democratic | ||
| 1921 | ||||||||
| 46 | Walter Sims (1880–1953) | January 1923 | January 1927 | 4 years | 1923 | Democratic | ||
| 1925 | ||||||||
| 47 | Isaac Newton Ragsdale (1859–1937) | January 1927 | January 1931 | 4 years | 1927 | Democratic | ||
| 48 | James L. Key (1867–1939) 2nd time | January 1931 | January 1937 | 6 years | 1931 | Democratic | ||
| 1932 recall | ||||||||
| 1935 | ||||||||
| 49 | William B. Hartsfield (1890–1971) 1st time | January 1937 | January 1941 | 4 years | 1937 | Democratic | ||
| 50 | Roy LeCraw (1895–1985) | January 1941 | May 1942 | 1 year | 1941 | Democratic | ||
| – | George B. Lyle (1884–1948) Acting | May 1942 | May 1942 | 1 month | – | Democratic | ||
| 51 | William B. Hartsfield (1890–1971) 2nd time | May 1942 | January 1962 | 20 years | 1942 special | Democratic | ||
| 1945 | ||||||||
| 1949 | ||||||||
| 1953 | ||||||||
| 1957 | ||||||||
| 52 | Ivan Allen Jr. (1911–2003) | January 1962 | January 1970 | 8 years | 1961 | Democratic | ||
| 1965 | ||||||||
| 53 | Sam Massell (1927–2022) | January 1970 | January 1974 | 4 years | 1969 | Democratic | ||
| 54 | Maynard Jackson (1938–2003) 1st time | January 1974 | January 4, 1982 | 8 years | 1973 | Democratic | ||
| 1977 | ||||||||
| 55 | Andrew Young (born 1932) | January 4, 1982 | January 2, 1990 | 7 years, 363 days | 1981 | Democratic | ||
| 1985 | ||||||||
| 56 | Maynard Jackson (1938–2003) 2nd time | January 2, 1990 | January 1994 | 4 years | 1989 | Democratic | ||
| 57 | Bill Campbell (born 1953/4) | January 1994 | January 7, 2002 | 8 years | 1993 | Democratic | ||
| 1997 | ||||||||
| 58 | Shirley Franklin (born 1945) | January 7, 2002 | January 3, 2010 | 7 years, 361 days | 2001 | Democratic | ||
| 2005 | ||||||||
| 59 | Kasim Reed (born 1969) | January 3, 2010 | January 2, 2018 | 7 years, 364 days | 2009 | Democratic | ||
| 2013 | ||||||||
| 60 | Keisha Lance Bottoms (born 1970) | January 2, 2018 | January 3, 2022 | 4 years, 1 day | 2017 | Democratic | ||
| 61 | Andre Dickens (born 1974) | January 3, 2022 | Incumbent | 4 years, 104 days | 2021 | Democratic | ||
| 2025 |