List of mayors of Atlanta

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 the 2021 election and took office in January 2022.

The term of office was one year until Cicero C. Hammock's second term (1875–77), 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 Democrats.

List

See the mayors of Atlanta category for an alphabetical list by surname.

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Mayor Asa Griggs Candler (1917–1919). Candler incorporated The Coca-Cola Company in 1892.

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Mayor William B. Hartsfield (1937–1941; 1942–62). He was the longest serving Atlanta Mayor, running the city politics for ca. 30 years.

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Mayor Kasim Reed (2010–2018)

#	Image	Mayor	Term start	Term end	Terms		Party
Template:Sort		Moses Formwalt	1848	1849	1		Rowdy
Template:Sort		Benjamin Bomar	1849	1850	1		Rowdy
Template:Sort		Willis Buell	1850	1851	1		Rowdy
Template:Sort	File:Jon-norcross-1891.JPG	Jonathan Norcross	1851	1852	1		Moral
Template:Sort		Thomas Gibbs	1852	1853	1		Moral
Template:Sort		John Mims	1853	1853	Template:Sort	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	None
Template:Sort	File:William Markham (1811–1890).png	William Markham	1853	1854	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	None
Template:Sort		William M. Butt	1854	1855	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	None
Template:Sort	File:Allison Nelson, Texas legislator and Confederate army officer (cropped).png	Allison Nelson	1855	1855	Template:Sort	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
Template:Sort		William Ezzard (1st term)	1856	1858	2	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
Template:Sort	File:Luther Judson Glenn, c 1850.jpg	Luther Glenn	1858	1860	2	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
Template:Sort		William Ezzard (2nd term)	1860	1861	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
Template:Sort		Jared Whitaker	1861	1861	Template:Sort	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic (Southern)
Template:Sort		Thomas Lowe	1861	1862	Template:Sort	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic (Southern)
Template:Sort	File:James Calhoun of Atlanta.jpg	James Calhoun	1862	1866	4	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic (Southern)
Template:Sort		James E. Williams	1866	1869	2	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
Template:Sort		William Hulsey	1869	1870	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
Template:Sort		William Ezzard (3rd term)	1870	1871	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
Template:Sort		Dennis Hammond	1871	1872	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Republican
Template:Sort		John H. James	1872	1873	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
Template:Sort		Cicero C. Hammock (1st term)	1873	1874	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
Template:Sort		Samuel B. Spencer	1874	1875	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
Template:Sort		Cicero C. Hammock (2nd term)	1875	1877	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
Template:Sort	File:Nedom L. Angier (1814–1882).png	Nedom L. Angier	1877	1879	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Republican
Template:Sort	File:Wlowndes-calhoun-1891.JPG	William L. Calhoun	1879	1881	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
Template:Sort		James W. English	1881	1883	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
Template:Sort	File:JohnBGoodwin.jpg	John B. Goodwin (1st term)	1883	1885	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
Template:Sort	File:George Hillyer (Atlanta Mayor).jpg	George Hillyer	1885	1887	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
Template:Sort		John T. Cooper	1887	1889	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
Template:Sort		John T. Glenn	1889	1891	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
Template:Sort	File:William Arnold Hemphill (1842–1902).png	William Hemphill	1891	1893	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
Template:Sort	File:JohnBGoodwin.jpg	John B. Goodwin (2nd term)	1893	1895	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
Template:Sort	File:PorterKing.JPG	Porter King	1895	1897	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
Template:Sort	File:Portrait of Charles Augustus Collier.jpg	Charles A. Collier	1897	1899	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
Template:Sort		James G. Woodward (1st term)	1899	1901	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
Template:Sort	File:Livingston Mims.png	Livingston Mims	1901	1903	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
Template:Sort	File:Evan-howell-1891.JPG	Evan Howell	1903	1905	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
Template:Sort		James G. Woodward (2nd term)	1905	1907	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
Template:Sort		Walthall R. Joyner	1907	1909	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
Template:Sort	File:Robert Foster Maddox in 1918.jpg	Robert Maddox	1909	1911	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
Template:Sort	File:CourtlandWinn.jpg	Courtland Winn	1911	1913	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
Template:Sort		James G. Woodward (3rd term)	1913	1917	2	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
Template:Sort	File:Asa Candler 2a.jpg	Asa Griggs Candler	1917	1919	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
Template:Sort		James L. Key (1st term)	1919	1923	2	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
Template:Sort	File:Walter A. Sims.png	Walter Sims	1923	1927	2	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
Template:Sort		Isaac N. Ragsdale	1927	1931	2	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
Template:Sort		James L. Key (2nd term)	1931	1937	3	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
Template:Sort	File:William B. Hartsfield 1961.jpg	William B. Hartsfield (1st term)	1937	1941	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
Template:Sort		Roy LeCraw	1941	1942	Template:Sort	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
Template:Sort	File:William B. Hartsfield 1961.jpg	William B. Hartsfield (2nd term)	1942	1962	5	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
Template:Sort		Ivan Allen Jr.	1962	1970	2	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
Template:Sort		Sam Massell	1970	1974	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
Template:Sort	File:Maynard Jackson.jpg	Maynard Jackson (1st & 2nd terms)	1974	1982	2	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
Template:Sort	File:Andrew Young 1984 (932-9363).jpg	Andrew Young	1982	1990	2	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
Template:Sort	File:Maynard Jackson.jpg	Maynard Jackson (3rd term)	1990	1994	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
Template:Sort	File:Bill Campbell 2012.jpg	Bill Campbell	1994	2002	2	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
Template:Sort	File:Shirley Franklin 2016.jpeg	Shirley Franklin	2002	2010	2	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
Template:Sort	File:Kasim Reed 2011 (cropped).jpg	Kasim Reed	2010	2018	2	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
Template:Sort	File:Keisha Lance Bottoms in 2019.jpg	Keisha Lance Bottoms	2018	2022	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
Template:Sort	File:Andre Dickens.jpg	Andre Dickens	2022	Incumbent	1	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic

Acting mayors

Name	Mayoral term	Party
John Glen	1855–1856	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
Thomas Lowe	1861–1862	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
George B. Lyle	1942	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic

See also

• Timeline of Atlanta