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Revision as of 00:32, 31 January 2010
The Mayor of Birmingham is the elected head of the Birmingham city government who serves 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)
- James Van Hoose, (Mayor 1894-1896)
- F. V. Evans, (Mayor 1896-1899)
- Mel Drennen, (Mayor 1899-1905)
- George Ward, (Mayor May 4, 1905-1909, President of the Birmingham City Commission November 13, 1913-1917)
- John L. Parker, (Acting Mayor, September 1907)
- Frank O'Brien, (Mayor 1909-1910)
- 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)
- James M. Jones, Jr., (President of the Commission 1925-1940)
- 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 Seibels, (Mayor 1967-1975)
- David Vann, (Mayor 1975-1979)
- Richard Arrington, (Mayor November 13, 1979- 1999)
- William Bell, (Interim Mayor 1999)
- Bernard Kincaid, (Mayor 1999- November 13, 2007)
- Larry Langford, (Mayor November 13, 2007 - October 28, 2009 )
- Carole Smitherman, (acting Mayor October 28, 2009 - November 24, 2009 )
- Roderick Royal, (acting Mayor November 24, 2009 - January 26, 2010)
- William Bell, (January 26, 2010 - )
Mayoral elections
- 1901 Birmingham mayoral election
- 1907 Birmingham mayoral election
- 1910 Birmingham mayoral election
- 1961 Birmingham mayoral election
- 1963 Birmingham mayoral election
- 1967 Birmingham mayoral election
- 1971 Birmingham mayoral election
- 1975 Birmingham mayoral election
- 1979 Birmingham mayoral election
- 1983 Birmingham mayoral election
- 1987 Birmingham mayoral election
- 1991 Birmingham mayoral election
- 1995 Birmingham mayoral election
- 1999 Birmingham mayoral election
- 2003 Birmingham mayoral election
- 2007 Birmingham mayoral election
- 2009 Birmingham mayoral election
