{{Short description|none}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2011}} {{Infobox Political post |post = Mayor |body = Savannah |insignia = |insigniacaption = Seal of City of Savannah |image = National League of Cities Conference Van Johnson.jpg |caption = |incumbent = Van R. Johnson |incumbentsince = January 1, 2020 |style = The Honorable |termlength = 4 years, no term limits |formation = 1790 |inaugural = John Houstoun |salary = $78,898<ref>[http://salarygenius.com/ga/savannah/salary/mayor-salary salarygenius.com/ga/savannah/salary/mayor-salary]</ref> |website = {{URL|http://www.savannahga.gov/}} }} The mayor is the highest elected official in Savannah, Georgia. Since its incorporation by charter on 23 December 1789, and the first mayor, John Houstoun, was elected by aldermen on 8 March 1790, following citizen election of aldermen on 1 March 1790, the city has had 67 mayors.<ref>Savannah Morning News</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= A List of Mayors and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, Georgia, 1790-2012|website=savannahga.gov|date= |url= https://www.savannahga.gov/DocumentCenter/View/1971/List-of-Mayors-and-Aldermen?bidId= |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref>

On 31 May 1958, the term for mayor was extended from two years to four years by popular vote and with approval of the state government.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Savannah tribune. (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, May 31, 1958, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4 « Georgia Historic Newspapers |url=https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn84020323/1958-05-31/ed-1/seq-4/ocr/?utm_ |access-date=2025-09-12 |website=gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Luciana M. |last=Spracher |title=History & Highlights of the City of Savannah's Council-Manager Form of Government 1954-2004 |website=savannahga.gov|date=2004 |url=https://www.savannahga.gov/DocumentCenter/View/1375/Council-Manager-50th-Anniversary?bidId= |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=20}}</ref>

Election for mayor is held every four years, and is held as a non-partisan election, As of 7 November 2023, Van Johnson was re-elected for a four-year term. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Nelson |first=Craig |date=2023-11-08 |title=Johnson wins reelection as Savannah mayor |url=https://www.gpb.org/news/2023/11/08/johnson-wins-reelection-savannah-mayor |access-date=2025-09-12 |website=Georgia Public Broadcasting |language=en}}</ref>

==List== [[File:Edward Clifford Anderson Jr.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Mayor Edward Clifford Anderson (1865–1869, 1873–1877) was the first mayor after the Civil War.]] [[File:J Curtis Lewis.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Mayor Julius Curtis Lewis Jr. (1966–1970) was the first Republican mayor and the first non-Democratic mayor since the Civil War.]] [[File:Floyd Adams 2002.jpeg|right|thumb|200px|Mayor Floyd Adams Jr. (1996–2003) was the first African-American mayor of Savannah.]] {{Elections in Georgia (U.S. state)}} {| class="wikitable sortable" ! align=center|# ! Portrait ! Mayor ! Term start ! Term end ! Terms ! class=unsortable|&nbsp; ! style="border-left-style:hidden;padding:0.1em 0em"|Party ! 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Williams | 1833 | 1834 | align=center| 1 {{sort|.5|{{frac|1|2}}}} | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| | Democratic |- | align=center|{{sort|01|23}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | William Gordon | 1834 | 1836 | align=center| 1 {{sort|.5|{{frac|1|2}}}} | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| | Democratic |- | align=center|{{sort|01|24}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | William Cuyler | 1836 | 1836 | align=center| {{sort|.5|{{frac|1|2}}}} | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| | Democratic |- | align=center|{{sort|01|25}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | John Nicoll | 1836 | 1837 | align=center| 1 | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| | Democratic |- | align=center|{{sort|01|26}} | 125px | Matthew H. 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Williams | 1841 | 1842 | align=center| 1 | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| | Democratic |- | align=center|{{sort|01|28}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | Richard Arnold | 1842 | 1843 | align=center| 1 | bgcolor={{party color|Whig Party (United States)}}| | Whig |- | align=center|{{sort|01|(20)}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | William T. Williams | 1843 | 1844 | align=center| 1 | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| | Democratic |- | align=center|{{sort|01|29}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | Richard Wayne | 1844 | 1845 | align=center| 1 | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| | Democratic |- | align=center|{{sort|01|30}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | Henry Burroughs | 1845 | 1848 | align=center| 3 | bgcolor={{party color|Whig Party (United States)}}| | Whig |- | align=center|{{sort|01|(29)}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | Richard Wayne | 1848 | 1851 | align=center| 3 | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| | Democratic |- | align=center|{{sort|01|(28)}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | Richard Arnold | 1851 | 1852 | align=center| 1 | bgcolor={{party color|Whig Party (United States)}}| | Whig |- | align=center|{{sort|01|(29)}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | Richard Wayne | 1852 | 1853 | align=center| 1 | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| | Democratic |- | align=center|{{sort|01|31}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image = John E. 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Anderson | 1854 | 1856 | align=center| 2 | bgcolor={{party color|Know Nothing}}| | American |- | align=center|{{sort|01|33}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | James Screven | 1856 | 1857 | align=center| 1 | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| | Democratic |- | align=center|{{sort|01|(29)}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | Richard Wayne <sup>†</sup> | 1857 | 1858 | align=center| Partial | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| | Democratic |- | align=center|{{sort|01|34}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | Thomas Turner | 1858 | 1859 | align=center| 1 {{sort|.5|{{frac|1|2}}}} | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| | Democratic |- | align=center|{{sort|01|(28)}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | Richard Arnold | 1859 | 1860 | align=center| 1 | bgcolor={{party color|Know Nothing}}| | American |- | align=center|{{sort|01|35}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image = PSM V43 D612 Charles Colcock Jones Jr.jpg |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | Charles C. Jones | 1860 | 1861 | align=center| 1 | bgcolor={{party color|Southern Democratic (United States)}}| | Democratic (Southern) |- | align=center|{{sort|01|36}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | Thomas Purse | 1861 | 1862 | align=center| 1 | bgcolor={{party color|Southern Democratic (United States)}}| | Democratic (Southern) |- | align=center|{{sort|01|37}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | Thomas Holcombe | 1862 | 1863 | align=center| 1 | bgcolor={{party color|Southern Democratic (United States)}}| | Democratic (Southern) |- | align=center|{{sort|01|(28)}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | Richard Arnold | 1863 | 1865 | align=center| 1 | bgcolor={{party color|Southern Democratic (United States)}}| | Democratic (Southern) |- | align=center|{{sort|01|(32)}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image =Edward Clifford AndersonJRsmall.jpg |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | Edward C. Anderson | 1865 | 1869 | align=center| 4 | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| | Democratic |- | align=center|{{sort|01|38}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | John Screven | 1869 | 1873 | align=center| 4 | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| | Democratic |- | align=center|{{sort|01|(32)}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image =Edward Clifford AndersonJRsmall.jpg |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | Edward C. Anderson | 1873 | 1877 | align=center| 2 | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| | Democratic |- | align=center|{{sort|01|39}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | John Wheaton | 1877 | 1883 | align=center| 3 | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| | Democratic |- | align=center|{{sort|01|40}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image =Rufus Ezekiel Lester.jpg |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | Rufus E. Lester | 1883 | 1889 | align=center| 3 | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| | Democratic |- | align=center|{{sort|01|41}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | John Schwarz | 1889 | 1891 | align=center| 1 | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| | Democratic |- | align=center|{{sort|01|42}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | John McDonough | 1891 | 1895 | align=center| 2 | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| | Democratic |- | align=center|{{sort|01|43}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image = Herman Myers.png|bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | Herman Myers | 1895 | 1897 | align=center| 1 | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| | Democratic |- | align=center|{{sort|01|44}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | Peter Meldrim | 1897 | 1899 | align=center| 1 | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| | Democratic |- | align=center|{{sort|01|(43)}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image = Herman Myers.png|bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | Herman Myers | 1899 | 1907 | align=center| 4 | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| | Democratic |- | align=center|{{sort|01|45}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | George Tiedeman | 1907 | 1913 | align=center| 3 | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| | Democratic |- | align=center|{{sort|01|46}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | Richard Davant <sup>†</sup> | 1913 | 1915 | align=center| 1 {{sort|.5|{{frac|1|2}}}} | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| | Democratic |- | align=center|{{sort|01|47}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | Wallace Pierpont | 1915 | 1919 | align=center| 1 {{sort|.5|{{frac|1|2}}}} | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| | Democratic |- | align=center|{{sort|01|48}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | Murray Stewart | 1919 | 1923 | align=center| 2 | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| | Democratic |- | align=center|{{sort|01|49}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | Paul Seabrook | 1923 | 1925 | align=center| 1 | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| | Democratic |- | align=center|{{sort|01|50}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | Robert Hull <sup>†</sup> | 1925 | 1927 | align=center| 1 {{sort|.5|{{frac|1|2}}}} | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| | Democratic |- | align=center|{{sort|01|51}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | Thomas Hoynes | 1927 | 1929 | align=center| {{sort|.5|{{frac|1|2}}}} | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| | Democratic |- | align=center|{{sort|01|52}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | Gordon Saussy | 1929 | 1931 | align=center| 1 {{sort|.5|{{frac|1|2}}}} | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| | Democratic |- | align=center|{{sort|01|(51)}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | Thomas Hoynes | 1931 | 1933 | align=center| {{sort|.5|{{frac|1|2}}}} | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| | Democratic |- | align=center|{{sort|01|53}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | Thomas Gamble | 1933 | 1937 | align=center| 2 | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| | Democratic |- | align=center|{{sort|01|54}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | Robert M. Hitch | 1937 | 1939 | align=center| 1 | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| | Democratic |- | align=center|{{sort|01|(53)}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | Thomas Gamble <sup>†</sup> | 1939 | 1945 | align=center| 3 {{sort|.5|{{frac|1|2}}}} | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| | Democratic |- | align=center|{{sort|01|55}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | Peter Roe Nugent | 1945 | 1947 | align=center| 1 {{sort|.5|{{frac|1|2}}}} | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| | Democratic |- | align=center|{{sort|01|56}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | John G. Kennedy | 1947 | 1949 | align=center| 1 | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| | Democratic |- | align=center|{{sort|01|57}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | Olin Fulmer | 1949 | 1955 | align=center| 3 | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| | Democratic |- | align=center|{{sort|01|58}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | Lee Mingledorff, Jr. | 1955 | 1960 | align=center| 3 | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| | Democratic | First elected to a two-year term where he served from January 24, 1955 until January 21, 1957.<br> Re-elected to a second two-year term beginning January 21, 1957.<br> In 1958, the city shifted to a four-year mayoral term and a special election was held.<br> Mingledorff won re-election to a 4-year term running from October 6, 1958 to October 1, 1962.<br> He resigned prematurely on August 1, 1960 with the remainder of his term completed by vice-mayor Maclean. |- | align=center|{{sort|01|59}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | Malcolm R. Maclean | 1960 | 1966 | align=center| 2 | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| | Democratic |- | align=center|{{sort|01|60}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image =J Curtis Lewis.jpg |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | J.C. Lewis, Jr. | 1966 | 1970 | align=center| 1 | bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}| | Republican |- | align=center|{{sort|01|61}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image = |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | John Rousakis | 1970 | 1992 | align=center| 5 | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| | Democratic | First Greek-American mayor |- | align=center|{{sort|01|62}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image =|bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | Susan Weiner | 1992 | 1996 | align=center| 1 | bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}| | Republican | First female mayor |- | align=center|{{sort|01|63}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image =Floyd Adams 2002.jpeg |bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | Floyd Adams, Jr. | 1996 | 2004 | align=center| 2 | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| | Democratic | First African-American mayor |- | align=center|{{sort|01|64}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image =Otis S. Johnson.jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | Otis Johnson | 2004 | 2012 | align=center| 2 | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| | Democratic |- | align=center|{{sort|01|65}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image =Mayor Jackson visits the Corps of Engineers (6883611362) (1).jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | Edna Jackson | 2012 | 2016 | align=center| 1 | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| | Democratic | First African-American female mayor |- | align=center|{{sort|01|66}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image = Mayor Eddie W. DeLoach Headshot (1).jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | Eddie DeLoach | 2016 | 2020 | align=center| 1 | bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}| | Republican |- | align=center|{{sort|01|67}} |{{Css Image Crop|Image = National League of Cities Conference Van Johnson.jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 12}} | Van R. Johnson | 2020 |''Incumbent'' | align=center| 1 | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| | Democratic |}

;Notes <sup>†</sup> Deceased/murdered in office.

==See also== {{Portal|State of Georgia}} * Savannah, Georgia * Timeline of Savannah, Georgia * Garden City, Georgia * List of mayors of Garden City, Georgia * List of mayors of Atlanta * List of mayors of Augusta, Georgia * List of mayors of Columbus, Georgia * List of mayors of Macon, Georgia

==Footnotes== {{reflist|2}}

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