Mayor of Birmingham
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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 1871–1872)
- William McDonald, (Acting Mayor, July 1872)
- Thomas Tate, (Interim mayor, July-December 31, 1872)
- James Powell, (Mayor January 6, 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)
- Frank Evans, (Mayor 1896–1899)
- Mel Drennen, (Mayor 1899–1905)
- Jack Greener, (Acting Mayor, September 1903)
- George Ward, (Mayor May 4, 1905–1909)
- John L. Parker, (Acting Mayor, September 1907)
- Frank O'Brien, (Mayor 1909-September 10, 1910)
- Harry Jones, (Acting Mayor, September-October 1910)
- Culpepper Exum, (Mayor 1910-1913, President of the Birmingham City Commission 1913)
- George Ward, President of the Commission November 13, 1913-1917)
- Nathaniel Barrett, (President of the Commission November 6, 1917– November 7, 1921)
- David McLendon, (President of the Commission November 7, 1921–November 2, 1925)
- Jimmie Jones, (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)
- Arthur Shores, (acting Mayor for 3 days, date uncertain, while Mayor and President were out of town)
- 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, (Mayor January 26, 2010–November 28, 2017 )
- Randall Woodfin, (November 28, 2017– )
Mayoral elections
Portraits
John L. Parker (acting)
Harry Jones (acting)
George Ward (2nd term)
William Bell (interim)
Carole Smitherman (interim)
Roderick Royal (acting)
