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List of mayors of Charleston, South Carolina

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The mayor is the highest elected official inCharleston, South Carolina. Since the city's incorporation in 1783, Charleston's chief executive officer has been elected directly by qualified voters, except for the years 1867–1868, when mayors were appointed by Federal officials. The position was known asintendant until 1836, and has been known as "mayor" since that time.[1] In 2012, the annual mayoral salary was $162,815.90.[2]

Intendants and Mayors of Charleston, South Carolina

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#MayorPartySworn inLeft officeComments
1Richard Hutson17831785
2Arnoldus Vanderhorst17851786
3John Faucheraud Grimké17861788[a]
4Rawlins Lowndes1788[b]1789
5Thomas Jones17891790
(2)Arnoldus Vanderhorst17901792
6John Huger17921794
7John Bee Holmes17941795
8John Edwards17951797
9Henry William de SaussureFederalist17971799Member of theSouth Carolina House of Representatives in 1791
Attorney, indigo planter and slave owner[3]
10Thomas Roper17991801
11John Ward18011802
12David Deas18021803
13John DraytonDemocratic-Republican18031804
14Thomas Winstanley18041805
15Charles Cochran18051806
16John Dawson Jr.18061808[c]
17Benjamin Boyd1808[d]1808
18William Rouse18081810
19Thomas H. McCalla18101812
20Thomas Bennett Jr.Democratic-Republican18121813
21Thomas Rhett SmithFederalist18131815[e]
22Elias Horry18151817
23John GeddesDemocratic-Republican18171818[f]Once a Member of theSouth Carolina State Legislature
Governor of South Carolina from 1818 to 1820
24Daniel Stevens1819[g]1820
(22)Elias Horry18201821
25James Hamilton Jr.Democratic-Republican18211822[h]U.S. Representative from 1822 to 1829
Governor of South Carolina from 1830 to 1832
(23)John GeddesDemocratic-Republican1823[i]1824
26Samuel PrioleauFederalist18241825
27Joseph JohnsonWhig18251827
28John Gadsden18271829Once a Member of theSouth Carolina State Legislature
29Henry L. PinckneyDemocrat (Nullifier)18291830
30James R. PringleDemocrat (Unionist)18301831
(29)Henry L. PinckneyDemocrat (Nullifier)18311833
31Edward W. North18331836
32Robert Young HayneDemocrat (Nullifier)18361837U.S. Senator from 1823 to 1832
Governor of South Carolina from 1832 to 1834
First chief executive officer of Charleston known asMayor of Charleston
(29)Henry L. PinckneyDemocrat (Nullifier)18371840
33Jacob F. MintzingDemocrat (Unionist)18401842[j]Once a Member of theSouth Carolina State Legislature
34John SchnierleDemocrat1842[k]18462ndGerman-American mayor
Attorney
Major General with the 16th Regiment of South Carolina Militia
35Thomas Leger HutchinsonDemocrat18461850
(34)John SchnierleDemocrat18501852
(35)Thomas Leger HutchinsonDemocrat18521855
36William Porcher MilesDemocrat18551857
37Charles MacbethDemocrat18571865[l]
38Peter Charles GaillardDemocrat18651868Gaillard was alieutenant colonel in the Confederate Army.
He was removed from office by Federal authorities.
39William Wallace BurnsMilitary appointment18681868
40Milton CogswellMilitary appointment18681868
41George Washington ClarkMilitary appointment18681868
42Gilbert PillsburyRepublican18681871Pillsbury was Charleston'sReconstruction mayor.
He made career with theFreedmen's Bureau.
43Johann Andreas WagenerDemocrat18711873German-American andLutheran mayor[4]
Wagener had been a Confederate General. He foundedSt. Matthew's German Evangelical Lutheran Church in 1840 and is buried in its Bethany Cemetery.
44George I. CunninghamRepublican18731877
45William W. SaleDemocrat18771879
46William Ashmead CourtenayDemocrat18791887
47George D. BryanDemocrat18871891
48John F. FickenDemocrat18911895
49James Adger SmythDemocrat18951903
50R. Goodwyn RhettDemocrat19031911
51John P. GraceDemocrat191119151stIrish-American andCatholic mayor
TheJohn P. Grace Memorial Bridge was named to honor him.
52Tristram T. HydeDemocrat19151919
(51)John P. GraceDemocrat19191923
53Thomas Porcher StoneyDemocrat19231931
54Burnet Rhett MaybankDemocrat19311938[m]Governor of South Carolina from 1939 to 1941
U.S. Senator from 1941 to 1954
55Henry Whilden LockwoodDemocrat1938[n]1944[o]
56E. Edward Wehman Jr.Democrat1944[p]1947
57William McG. MorrisonDemocrat19471959
58J. Palmer Gaillard Jr.Democrat19591975
59Arthur B. Schirmer Jr.Democrat1975[q]1975
60Joseph P. Riley Jr.Democrat19752014Riley was the city's longest serving executive and second Irish Catholic mayor.
61John TecklenburgDemocrat20142023
62William S. Cogswell Jr.Republican2023PresentWilliam was the first Republican mayor of Charleston since 1877.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^Grimké resigned on September 15, 1788.
  2. ^Rawlins Lowndes succeeded Grimké on September 29, 1788, and served the remainder of his term, which expired in 1789.
  3. ^Dawson resigned in July 1808.
  4. ^Benjamin Boyd succeeded Dawson on July 22, 1808, and served the remainder of his term, which expired in the same year.
  5. ^Smith resigned in March 1815. Elias Horry succeeded him on March 30 of the same year.
  6. ^Geddes resigned in December 1818.
  7. ^Stevens succeeded Geddes on January 11, 1819, and served the remainder of his term, which expired in the same year.
  8. ^Hamilton resigned in December 1822.
  9. ^John Geddes succeeded Hamilton on January 6, 1823, and served the remainder of his term, which expired in the same year.
  10. ^Mintzing died in office on March 15, 1842.
  11. ^John Schnierle succeeded Mintzing on April 4, 1842, and served the remainder of his term, which expired in the same year.
  12. ^On February 18, 1865, Mayor Charles MacBeth surrendered Charleston to Lieutenant Colonel A.G. Bennett of the 21st US Colored Troops.
  13. ^Maybank resigned on December 27, 1938.
  14. ^Henry Whilden Lockwood succeeded Maybank on December 27, 1938, and served the remainder of his term, which expired in 1939.
  15. ^Lockwood died in office on June 5, 1944.
  16. ^E. Edward Wehman Jr. was appointed by the City Council to succeed Lockwood in 1944 and served the remainder of his term, which expired in 1947.
  17. ^Arthur B. Schirmer Jr. succeeded Gaillard on August 19, 1975, and served the remainder of his term, which expired in the same year.

References

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  1. ^Charleston's Intendants and MayorsArchived December 17, 2010, at theWayback Machine.
  2. ^"2012 Budget Salaries - City of Charleston"(PDF). City of Charleston. January 1, 2012. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on September 15, 2012. RetrievedJanuary 18, 2013.
  3. ^DeSaussure and Ford: A Charleston Law Firm of the 1790s, Sally Hadden, Florida State University
  4. ^"A Brief History, Pastor Cam Keyser, St Matthews Lutheran Church, Charleston, SC, June 5, 2007". Archived fromthe original on September 30, 2007. RetrievedSeptember 5, 2007.
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