The post of Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, was begun in 1834 and was originally referred to as "President of Selectmen" before being changed to "Mayor". The following individuals have held the office:

President of Selectmen

Image President of Selectmen Years Notes/Citation
Thomas H. Dickson 1834
S.P. Baley 1835
Thomas H. Dickson 1836
S.P. Baley 1836
John P. Oldham 1837–1838

Mayors

Image Mayor Years Notes/Citation
John P. Oldham 1839
H.R. McDonald 1840
John P. Oldham (2nd term) 1840–1841
James H. Boyd 1842–1843
John P. Oldham (3rd term) 1844–1849
James H. Boyd 1850
J.P. Jones 1851
William H. Taylor 1852–1853
Richard Fletcher 1854
William H. Taylor 1855–1857
James H. Boyd (2nd term) 1858
W.A. Purdom 1859
Richard C. Kerr 1860–1861
Charles Henry Manship 1862–1863
D.N. Barrows 1864–1867
Maj. Thomas H. Norton 1868 Union officer appointed as mayor[1]
Bvt. Lt. Col. James Biddle 1868 Union officer appointed as mayor
Col. James P. Sessions (J. P. Sessions) 1868–1869 Native of Natchez, Mississippi, former Confederate officer, died April 3, 1886[2]
Rhesa Hatcher 1869 [3]
Bvt. Lt. Col. Joseph G. Crane 1869 Union officer appointed as mayor; stabbed to death by Edward M. Yerger, a former Confederate officer
Captain F.A. Field 1869 Union officer appointed as mayor
A. Way Kelly 1869
E.W. Cabaniss 1869–1870
Oliver Clifton 1870–1871
Rhesa Hatcher (2nd term) 1871–1872
Marion Smith 1872–1874
John McGill 1874–1888
William Henry 1888–1893
L.F. Chiles 1893–1895
Oliver Clifton (2nd term) 1895–1897
Ramsey Wharton 1897–1899
H.M. Taylor 1899
W.W. Morrison 1899 Mayor Pro Tem
John W. Todd 1899–1901
William Hemingway 1901–1905
Oliver Clifton (3rd term) 1905 died before taking office
Ramsey Wharton (2nd term) 1905–1909
A.C. Crowder 1909–1913
S.J. Taylor 1913–1917
Walter A. Scott 1917–1945
Leland L. Speed 1945–1949
Allen C. Thompson 1949–1969
Russell C. Davis 1969–1977
Dale Danks 1977–1989
J. Kane Ditto 1989–1997
Harvey Johnson, Jr. 1997–2005 first African American Mayor of Jackson
Frank Melton 2005–2009 died in office
Leslie B. McLemore 2009 interim mayor
Harvey Johnson Jr. (2nd term) 2009–2013
Chokwe Lumumba 2013–2014 died in office
Charles Tillman 2014
Tony Yarber 2014–2017
Chokwe Antar Lumumba 2017–present [4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "history comes to life". Wheeling News-Register. September 18, 2015. Five characters date from the Civil War era. Glenn Elliott will portray Maj. Thomas H. Norton, decorated Union soldier and later the military mayor of Jackson, Miss., during Reconstruction.
  2. ↑ "Death of Col. Jas. P. Sessions". The Clarion-Ledger. April 7, 1886 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Jackson (Miss (1890). "Charter of the City of Jackson, and Revised Ordinances of 1890: Together with Certain Miscellaneous Matters Pertaining to the City".
  4. ↑ "Chokwe Antar Lumumba sworn in as Jackson mayor". 3 July 2017.

Additional sources

  • Brinson, Carroll. Jackson/A Special Kind of Place. Jackson, MS: City of Jackson, 1977. LCCN 77-081145.
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