Mayor of Birmingham

The Mayor of Birmingham is an elected position with a four-year term. Between 1910 and 1963 the mayor's official title was President of the Birmingham City Commission, but was more often called "mayor" unofficially.

List of Mayors

• Robert Henley, (Mayor 1871-1873)
• W. J. McDonald, (Acting Mayor 1872)
• James R. Powell, (Mayor 1873-1875)
• William H. Morris, (Mayor 1875-1878)
• Henry M. Caldwell, (Mayor 1878)
• Thomas Jeffers, (Mayor 1878-1882)
• A. O. Lane, (Mayor 1882-1888, 1890-1892)
• B. A. Thompson, (Mayor 1888-1890)
• David J. Fox, (Mayor 1892-1894)
• J. A. Van Hoose, (Mayor 1894-1896)
• F. V. Evans, (Mayor 1896-1899)
• Mel Drennen, (Mayor 1899-1905)
• George Ward, (Mayor 1905-1908, President of the Birmingham City Commission 1913-1917)
• Frank P. O'Brien, (Mayor 1908-1910)
• Culpepper Exum, (Mayor 1910-1913, President of the Commission 1913)
• Nathaniel A. Barrett, (President of the Commission 1917-1921)
• D. E. McClendon, (President of the Commission 1921-1925)
• Jimmie M. Jones, Jr., (President of the Commission 1935-1940)
• Cooper Green, (President of the Commission 1940-1953)
• James W. Morgan, (President of the Commission 1953-1961)
• Art Hanes, (President of the Commission 1961-1963)
• Albert Boutwell, (Mayor 1963-1967)
• George Siebels, (Mayor 1967-1975)
• David Vann, (Mayor 1975-1979)
• Richard Arrington, (Mayor 1979-1999)
• William Bell, (Interim Mayor 1999)
• Bernard Kincaid, (Mayor 1999-2007)
• Larry Langford, (Mayor-elect 2007)