List of mayors of Atlanta

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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.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! {{Abbr|No.|Number}} ! colspan="2" | Mayor ! Took office ! Left office ! Tenure ! Election ! colspan="2" | Party |- ! 1 | 100px | '''Moses Formwalt''' {{small|(1820–1852)}} | {{dts|1848|1}} | {{dts|1849|1|17}} | 1 year | 1848 | style="background-color:#50C878;" | | Free and Rowdy |- ! 2 | 100px | '''Benjamin Bomar''' {{small|(1816–1868)}} | {{dts|1849|1|17}} | {{dts|1850|1|23}} | {{ayd|1849|1|17|1850|1|23}} | 1849 | style="background-color:#50C878;" | | Free and Rowdy |- ! 3 | 100px | '''Willis Buell''' {{small|({{circa}} 1790–1851)}} | {{dts|1850|1|23}} | {{dts|1851|1}} | 1 year | 1850 | style="background-color:#50C878;" | | Free and Rowdy |- ! 4 | 100px | '''Jonathan Norcross''' {{small|(1808–1898)}} | {{dts|1851|1}} | {{dts|1852|1}} | 1 year | 1851 | style="background-color:#FF00FF;" | | Moral |- ! 5 | 100px | '''Thomas Gibbs''' {{small|(1798–1859)}} | {{dts|1852|1}} | {{dts|1853|1|17}} | 1 year | 1852 | style="background-color:#FF00FF;" | | Moral |- ! 6 | 100px | '''John Mims''' {{small|(1815–1856)}} | {{dts|1853|1|17}} | {{dts|1853|10}}{{efn|Mims resigned due to illness.}} | 9 months | {{small|Jan.}} 1853 | style="background-color:{{party color|Independent politician}};" | | Independent |- ! 7 | 100px | '''William Markham''' {{small|(1811–1890)}} | {{dts|1853|10}} | {{dts|1854|1}} | 3 months | {{small|Oct.}} 1853 | style="background-color:{{party color|Independent politician}};" | | Independent |- ! 8 | 100px | '''William Butt''' {{small|({{circa}} 1805–1888)}} | {{dts|1854|1}} | {{dts|1855|1|26}} | 1 year | 1854 | style="background-color:{{party color|Independent politician}};" | | Independent |- ! 9 | 100px | '''Allison Nelson''' {{small|(1822–1862)}} | {{dts|1855|1|26}} | {{dts|1855|7|6}}{{efn|Nelson resigned after the city council reduced a fine he levied on two young men for destroying city property.}} | {{ayd|1855|1|26|1855|7|6}} | 1855 | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | Democratic |- ! 10 | style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" | 100px | style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" | '''John Glen''' {{small|(1809–1895) ''Acting''}} | style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" | {{dts|1855|7|6}} | style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" | {{dts|1856|1}} | style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" | 6 months | style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" | – | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" | Democratic |- ! rowspan="2" | 11 | rowspan="2" | 100px | rowspan="2" | '''William Ezzard''' {{small|(1799–1887) ''1st time''}} | rowspan="2" | {{dts|1856|1}} | rowspan="2" | {{dts|1858|1}} | rowspan="2" | 2 years | 1856 | rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | rowspan="2" | Democratic |- | 1857 |- ! rowspan="2" | 12 | rowspan="2" | 100px | rowspan="2" | '''Luther Glenn''' {{small|(1818–1886)}} | rowspan="2" | {{dts|1858|1}} | rowspan="2" | {{dts|1860|1}} | rowspan="2" | 2 years | 1858 | rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | rowspan="2" | Democratic |- | 1859 |- ! 13 | 100px | '''William Ezzard''' {{small|(1799–1887) ''2nd time''}} | {{dts|1860|1}} | {{dts|1861|1}} | 1 year | 1860 | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | Democratic |- ! 14 | 100px | '''Jared Whitaker''' {{small|(1818–1884)}} | {{dts|1861|1}} | {{dts|1861|12|13}}{{efn|Whitaker resigned when he was appointed by Governor Joseph E. Brown as commissary general of Georgia's state troops during the Civil War.}} | 11 months | 1861 | style="background-color:{{party color|Southern Democratic (US)}};" | | Southern Democratic |- ! 15 | style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" | 100px | style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" | '''Thomas Lowe''' {{small|(1812–1875) ''Acting''}} | style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" | {{dts|1861|12|13}} | style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" | {{dts|1862|1}} | style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" | 1 month | style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" | – | style="background-color:{{party color|Southern Democratic (US)}};" | | style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" | Southern Democratic |- ! rowspan="4" | 16 | rowspan="4" | 100px | rowspan="4" | '''James Calhoun''' {{small|(1811–1875)}} | rowspan="4" | {{dts|1862|1}} | rowspan="4" | {{dts|1866|1}} | rowspan="4" | 4 years | 1862 | rowspan="4" style="background-color:{{party color|Southern Democratic (US)}};" | | rowspan="4" | Southern Democratic |- | 1863 |- | 1864 |- | 1865 |- ! rowspan="2" | 17 | rowspan="2" | 100px | rowspan="2" | '''James E. Williams''' {{small|(1826–1900)}} | rowspan="2" | {{dts|1866|1}} | rowspan="2" | {{dts|1869|1}} | rowspan="2" | 3 years | 1866 | rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | rowspan="2" | Democratic |- | 1867{{efn|Williams's second term as mayor was extended to 1868 by order of the commandant of the post of Atlanta, Major General John Pope.}} |- ! 18 | 100px | '''William Hulsey''' {{small|(1838–1909)}} | {{dts|1869|1}} | {{dts|1870|1}} | 1 year | 1869 | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | Democratic |- ! 19 | 100px | '''William Ezzard''' {{small|(1799–1887) ''3rd time''}} | {{dts|1870|1}} | {{dts|1871|1}} | 1 year | 1870 | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | Democratic |- ! 20 | 100px | '''Dennis Hammond''' {{small|(1819–1891)}} | {{dts|1871|1}} | {{dts|1872|1}} | 1 year | 1871 | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}};" | | Republican |- ! 21 | 100px | '''John H. James''' {{small|(1830–1917)}} | {{dts|1872|1}} | {{dts|1873|1}} | 1 year | 1872 | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | Democratic |- ! 22 | 100px | '''Cicero C. Hammock''' {{small|({{circa}} 1823–1890) ''1st time''}} | {{dts|1873|1}} | {{dts|1874|1}} | 1 year | 1873 | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | Democratic |- ! 23 | 100px | '''S. B. Spencer''' {{small|(1827–1901)}} | {{dts|1874|1}} | {{dts|1875|1}} | 1 year | 1874 | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | Democratic |- ! 24 | 100px | '''Cicero C. Hammock''' {{small|({{circa}} 1823–1890) ''2nd time''}} | {{dts|1875|1}} | {{dts|1877|1}} | 2 years | 1875 | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | Democratic |- ! 25 | 100px | '''Nedom L. Angier''' {{small|(1814–1882)}} | {{dts|1877|1}} | {{dts|1879|1}} | 2 years | 1877 | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}};" | | Republican |- ! 26 | 100px | '''William Lowndes Calhoun''' {{small|(1837–1908)}} | {{dts|1879|1}} | {{dts|1881|1}} | 2 years | 1879 | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | Democratic |- ! 27 | 100px | '''James W. English''' {{small|(1837–1925)}} | {{dts|1881|1}} | {{dts|1883|1}} | 2 years | 1881 | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | Democratic |- ! 28 | 100px | '''John B. Goodwin''' {{small|(1850–1921) ''1st time''}} | {{dts|1883|1}} | {{dts|1885|1}} | 2 years | 1883 | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | Democratic |- ! 29 | 100px | '''George Hillyer''' {{small|(1835–1927)}} | {{dts|1885|1}} | {{dts|1887|1}} | 2 years | 1885 | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | Democratic |- ! 30 | 100px | '''John Tyler Cooper''' {{small|(1844–1912)}} | {{dts|1887|1}} | {{dts|1889|1}} | 2 years | 1887 | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | Democratic |- ! 31 | 100px | '''John Thomas Glenn''' {{small|(1844–1899)}} | {{dts|1889|1}} | {{dts|1891|1}} | 2 years | 1889 | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | Democratic |- ! 32 | 100px | '''William Hemphill''' {{small|(1842–1902)}} | {{dts|1891|1}} | {{dts|1893|1}} | 2 years | 1891 | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | Democratic |- ! 33 | 100px | '''John B. Goodwin''' {{small|(1850–1921) ''2nd time''}} | {{dts|1893|1}} | {{dts|1895|1}} | 2 years | 1893 | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | Democratic |- ! 34 | 100px | '''Porter King''' {{small|(1857–1901)}} | {{dts|1895|1}} | {{dts|1897|1}} | 2 years | 1895 | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | Democratic |- ! 35 | 100px | '''Charles A. Collier''' {{small|(1848–1900)}} | {{dts|1897|1}} | {{dts|1899|1}} | 2 years | 1897 | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | Democratic |- ! 36 | 100px | '''James G. Woodward''' {{small|(1845–1923) ''1st time''}} | {{dts|1899|1}} | {{dts|1901|1}} | 2 years | 1899 | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | Democratic |- ! 37 | 100px | '''Livingston Mims''' {{small|(1833–1906)}} | {{dts|1901|1}} | {{dts|1903|1}} | 2 years | 1901 | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | Democratic |- ! 38 | 100px | '''Evan Howell''' {{small|(1839–1905)}} | {{dts|1903|1}} | {{dts|1905|1}} | 2 years | 1903 | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | Democratic |- ! 39 | 100px | '''James G. Woodward''' {{small|(1845–1923) ''2nd time''}} | {{dts|1905|1}} | {{dts|1907|1}} | 2 years | 1905 | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | Democratic |- ! 40 | 100px | '''Walthall Robertson Joyner''' {{small|(1854–1925)}} | {{dts|1907|1}} | {{dts|1909|1}} | 2 years | 1907 | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | Democratic |- ! 41 | 100px | '''Robert Maddox''' {{small|(1870–1965)}} | {{dts|1909|1}} | {{dts|1911|1}} | 2 years | 1909 | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | Democratic |- ! 42 | 100px | '''Courtland Winn''' {{small|(1863–1940)}} | {{dts|1911|1}} | {{dts|1913|1}} | 2 years | 1911 | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | Democratic |- ! rowspan="2" | 43 | rowspan="2" | 100px | rowspan="2" | '''James G. Woodward''' {{small|(1845–1923) ''3rd time''}} | rowspan="2" | {{dts|1913|1}} | rowspan="2" | {{dts|1917|1}} | rowspan="2" | 4 years | 1913 | rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | rowspan="2" | Democratic |- | 1915 |- ! 44 | 100px | '''Asa Griggs Candler''' {{small|(1851–1929)}} | {{dts|1917|1}} | {{dts|1919|1}} | 2 years | 1917 | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | Democratic |- ! rowspan="2" | 45 | rowspan="2" | 100px | rowspan="2" | '''James L. Key''' {{small|(1867–1939) ''1st time''}} | rowspan="2" | {{dts|1919|1}} | rowspan="2" | {{dts|1923|1}} | rowspan="2" | 4 years | 1919 | rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | rowspan="2" | Democratic |- | 1921 |- ! rowspan="2" | 46 | rowspan="2" | 100px | rowspan="2" | '''Walter Sims''' {{small|(1880–1953)}} | rowspan="2" | {{dts|1923|1}} | rowspan="2" | {{dts|1927|1}} | rowspan="2" | 4 years | 1923 | rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | rowspan="2" | Democratic |- | 1925 |- ! 47 | 100px | '''Isaac Newton Ragsdale''' {{small|(1859–1937)}} | {{dts|1927|1}} | {{dts|1931|1}} | 4 years | 1927 | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | Democratic |- ! rowspan="3" | 48 | rowspan="3" | 100px | rowspan="3" | '''James L. Key''' {{small|(1867–1939) ''2nd time''}} | rowspan="3" | {{dts|1931|1}} | rowspan="3" | {{dts|1937|1}} | rowspan="3" | 6 years | 1931 | rowspan="3" style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | rowspan="3" | Democratic |- | 1932 recall{{efn|Key survived a recall election.}} |- | 1935 |- ! 49 | 100px | '''William B. Hartsfield''' {{small|(1890–1971) ''1st time''}} | {{dts|1937|1}} | {{dts|1941|1}} | 4 years | 1937 | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | Democratic |- ! 50 | 100px | '''Roy LeCraw''' {{small|(1895–1985)}} | {{dts|1941|1}} | {{dts|1942|5}}{{efn|LeCraw resigned to join the United States Army.}} | 1 year | 1941 | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | Democratic |- ! – | style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" | 100px | style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" | George B. Lyle {{small|(1884–1948) ''Acting''}} | style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" | {{dts|1942|5}} | style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" | {{dts|1942|5}} | style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" | 1 month | style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" | – | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" | Democratic |- ! rowspan="5" | 51 | rowspan="5" | 100px | rowspan="5" | '''William B. Hartsfield''' {{small|(1890–1971) ''2nd time''}} | rowspan="5" | {{dts|1942|5}} | rowspan="5" | {{dts|1962|1}} | rowspan="5" | 20 years | 1942 special | rowspan="5" style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | rowspan="5" | Democratic |- | 1945 |- | 1949 |- | 1953 |- | 1957 |- ! rowspan="2" | 52 | rowspan="2" | 100px | rowspan="2" | '''Ivan Allen Jr.''' {{small|(1911–2003)}} | rowspan="2" | {{dts|1962|1}} | rowspan="2" | {{dts|1970|1}} | rowspan="2" | 8 years | 1961 | rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | rowspan="2" | Democratic |- | 1965 |- ! 53 | 100px | '''Sam Massell''' {{small|(1927–2022)}} | {{dts|1970|1}} | {{dts|1974|1}} | 4 years | 1969 | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | Democratic |- ! rowspan="2" | 54 | rowspan="2" | 100px | rowspan="2" | '''Maynard Jackson''' {{small|(1938–2003) ''1st time''}} | rowspan="2" | {{dts|1974|1}} | rowspan="2" | {{dts|1982|1|4}} | rowspan="2" | 8 years | 1973 | rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | rowspan="2" | Democratic |- | 1977 |- ! rowspan="2" | 55 | rowspan="2" | 100px | rowspan="2" | '''Andrew Young''' {{small|(born 1932)}} | rowspan="2" | {{dts|1982|1|4}} | rowspan="2" | {{dts|1990|1|2}} | rowspan="2" | {{ayd|1982|1|4|1990|1|2}} | 1981 | rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | rowspan="2" | Democratic |- | 1985 |- ! 56 | 100px | '''Maynard Jackson''' {{small|(1938–2003) ''2nd time''}} | {{dts|1990|1|2}} | {{dts|1994|1}} | 4 years | 1989 | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | Democratic |- ! rowspan="2" | 57 | rowspan="2" | 100px | rowspan="2" | '''Bill Campbell''' {{small|(born 1953/4)}} | rowspan="2" | {{dts|1994|1}} | rowspan="2" | {{dts|2002|1|7}} | rowspan="2" | 8 years | 1993 | rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | rowspan="2" | Democratic |- | 1997 |- ! rowspan="2" | 58 | rowspan="2" | 100px | rowspan="2" | '''Shirley Franklin''' {{small|(born 1945)}} | rowspan="2" | {{dts|2002|1|7}} | rowspan="2" | {{dts|2010|1|3}} | rowspan="2" | {{ayd|2002|1|7|2010|1|3}} | 2001 | rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | rowspan="2" | Democratic |- | 2005 |- ! rowspan="2" | 59 | rowspan="2" | 100px | rowspan="2" | '''Kasim Reed''' {{small|(born 1969)}} | rowspan="2" | {{dts|2010|1|3}} | rowspan="2" | {{dts|2018|1|2}} | rowspan="2" | {{ayd|2010|1|3|2018|1|2}} | 2009 | rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | rowspan="2" | Democratic |- | 2013 |- ! 60 | 100px | '''Keisha Lance Bottoms''' {{small|(born 1970)}} | {{dts|2018|1|2}} | {{dts|2022|1|3}} | {{ayd|2018|1|2|2022|1|3}} | 2017 | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | Democratic |- ! rowspan="2" | 61 | rowspan="2" | 100px | rowspan="2" | '''Andre Dickens''' {{small|(born 1974)}} | rowspan="2" | {{dts|2022|1|3}} | rowspan="2" | ''Incumbent''{{efn|Dickens's second term began on January 5, 2026, and is set to expire on January 7, 2030; he will be term-limited.}} | rowspan="2" | {{ayd|2022|1|3}} | 2021 | rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}};" | | rowspan="2" | Democratic |- | 2025 |}

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==See also== *Timeline of Atlanta

==References== {{Reflist}}

Mayors Atlanta Category:Mayors of Atlanta

List of mayors of Atlanta

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