Mayors of Charlotte, 1853-2009(may be incomplete!)
WilliamF. Davidson 1853-57DavidParks 1857-59JenningsB. Kerr 1859-60WilliamA. Owens 1861-62RobertF. Davidson 1862-63SamuelA. Harris 1864-65H.M. Pritchard 1865-66SamuelA. Harris 1866-67F.W. Ahrens 1867-68H.M. Pritchard 1868-69ClementDowd 1869-71JohnA. Young 1871-73WilliamF. Davidson 1873-75WilliamJohnston 1875-78B.R. Smith 1878-79F.I. Osborne 1879-80F.S. DeWolfe 1880-83W.C. Maxwell 1883-84WilliamJohnston 1884-87F.Brevard McDowell 1887-91R.J. Brevard 1891-95JamesH. Weddington 1895-97E.B. Spring 1897-99J.D. McCall 1899-1901PeterMarshall Brown 1901-05SamuelS. McNinch 1905-07T.S. Franklin 1907-09T.W. Hawkins 1909-11CharlesA. Bland 1911-15T.L. Kirkpatrick 1915-17FrankR. McNinch 1917-20JohnM. Wilson 1920-21JamesO. Walker 1921-24HarveyW. Moore 1924-26DavidM. Abernathy 1926-27F.Marion Redd 1927-29GeorgeE. Wilson, Jr. 1929-31CharlesE. Lambeth 1931-33ArthurE. Wearn 1933-35BenE. Douglas 1935-41E.McA. Currie 1941-43H.H. Baxter 1943-49VictorShaw 1949-53PhilipL. Van Every 1953-57JamesSaxon Smith 1957-61StanfordR. Brookshire 1961-69JohnBelk 1969-77KennethR. Harris 1977-79EddieKnox 1979-83HarveyB. Gantt 1983-87SueMyrick 1987-91RichardVinroot 1991-95PatMcCrory 1995-2009 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1995 Sep 26:HoyleMartin (Dem), nominated;DavidErdman (Dem), defeated in primary. 1995 Sep 26:PatMcCrory (Rep), nominated;EdPeacock (Rep), defeated in primary;SteveJames (Rep), defeated in primary. 1995 Nov 7:PatMcCrory (Rep), elected;HoyleMartin (Dem), defeated. 1997 Sep 23:JimHarwood (Dem), nominated;LeonardHarris (Dem), defeated in primary. 1997 Sep 23:PatMcCrory (Rep), nominated;KenPfenninger (Rep), defeated in primary. 1997 Nov 4:PatMcCrory (Rep), elected;JimHarwood (Dem), defeated. 1999 Sep 21:EllaB. Scarborough (Dem), nominated;LeonardHarris (Dem), defeated in primary. 1999 Nov 2:PatMcCrory (Rep), elected;EllaB. Scarborough (Dem), defeated. 2001 Sep 25:EllaB. Scarborough (Dem), nominated;SusanBurgess (Dem), defeated in primary;RonMorgan (Dem), defeated in primary. 2001 Nov 6:PatMcCrory (Rep), elected;EllaB. Scarborough (Dem), defeated. 2003 Sep 23:CraigMadans (Dem), nominated;LeonardHarris (Dem), defeated in primary. 2003 Sep 23:PatMcCrory (Rep), nominated;MichaelJ. Castano (Rep), defeated in primary;EdwardJ. Mulheren (Rep), defeated in primary. 2003 Nov 4:PatMcCrory (Rep), elected;CraigMadans (Dem), defeated;CarltonL. Harvey (Libertarian), defeated. 2005 Sep 27:PatMcCrory (Rep), nominated;MartinDavis (Rep), defeated in primary. 2005 Nov 8:PatMcCrory (Rep), elected;CraigMadans (Dem), defeated. 2007 Sep 11:PatMcCrory (Rep), nominated;KenGjertsen (Rep), defeated in primary. 2007 Nov 6:PatMcCrory (Rep), elected;BeverlyEarle (Dem), defeated. 2009 Sep 15:JohnW. Lassiter (Rep), nominated;MartinDavis (Rep), defeated in primary;JackSheldon Stratton III (Rep), defeated in primary. 2009 Nov 3:AnthonyFoxx (Dem), elected;JohnW. Lassiter (Rep), defeated.
Postmasters at Charlotte, 1794-1972(may beincomplete!)
EdwardWaine 1794-99EphraimB. Davidson 1799-1801ArchibaldFrew 1801-10JamesRobb 1810-11ArchibaldFrew 1811-14WilliamDavidson 1814-15ArchibaldFrew 1815-19JohnVail 1819-20WilliamSmith 1820-32HenryB. Williams 1832-44JosephW. Hampton 1844-45AmziMcGinn 1845-47HarrietE. McGinn 1847AlexanderBeaty 1847-48AbrahamC. Steele 1848-49AlexanderGraham 1849-52FrancisM. Ross 1852-61CharlesA. Frazier 1865-74RobertE. McDonald 1874-76WilliamW. Jenkins 1876-85JohnA. Young 1885-89ArchibaldBrady 1889-93ThomasR. Robertson 1893-97JonasW. Mullen 1897-1903RobertW. Smith 1903-07JohnB. Spence 1907-13JamesH. Weddington 1913-22JudsonD. Albright 1922JudsonD. Albright 1922-34WilliamR. Robertson 1934PaulR. Younts 1934-41KeelyA. Grice 1941-42GeorgeA. Wilson, Jr. 1942-57EdwardH. Thomas 1957-58EdwardH. Thomas 1958-65GeorgeF. Carpenter 1965-66GeorgeF. Carpenter 1966-72 | |
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