List of mayors of Nashville, Tennessee

The Mayor of Nashville is the chief executive of Nashville Tennessee's government. The current mayor is Freddie O'Connell. Each mayor serves a term of four years, with a limit of two consecutive terms, unless this is interrupted by a legal mechanism, such as a recall election.

Mayor of Nashville
Seal of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County
Incumbent
Freddie O'Connell
since September 25, 2023
Term length4 years
Inaugural holderBeverly Briley
Formation1963
SuccessionVice mayor of Nashville
Salary$180,000
WebsiteOfficial website

Mayors of the City of Nashville

The following is a list of the mayors of Nashville before it had a consolidated metropolitan government:

Pre-Civil War

Mayor Term
Joseph Coleman 18061809
Benjamin J. Bradford 18091811
William Tait 18111814
Joseph Thorpe Elliston 18141817
Stephen Cantrell, Jr. 18171817
Felix Robertson 18181819
Thomas Crutcher 18191820
James Condon 18201821
John Patton Erwin 18211822
Robert Brownlee Currey 18221824
Randal McGavock 18241825
Wilkins F. Tannehill 18251827
Felix Robertson 18271829
William Armstrong 18291833
John Meredith Bass 18331834
John Patton Erwin 18341835
William Nichol 18351837
Henry Hollingsworth 18371839
Charles Clay Trabue 18391841
Samuel Van Dyke Stout 18411842
Thomas B. Coleman 18421843
Powhatan W. Maxey 18431845
John Hugh Smith 18451846
John A. Goodlett 18461847
Alexander Allison 18471849
John McCormick Lea 18491850
John Hugh Smith 18501853
Williamson Hartley Horn 18531854
William Booker Shapard 18541854
Robert Bell Castleman 18541856
Andrew Anderson 18561857
John A. McEwen 18571858
Randal William McGavock 18581859
Samuel N. Hollingsworth 18591860

Civil War and Reconstruction

Mayor Term
Richard Boone Cheatham 18601862
John Hugh Smith 18621865
William Matt Brown 18651867
Augustus E. Alden 18671869
John Meredith Bass 18691869
Kindred Jenkins Morris 18691871
Thomas A. Kercheval 18711874
Morton Boyte Howell 18741875

Post-Reconstruction

Mayor Term
Thomas A. Kercheval 18751883
Claiborne Hooper Phillips 18831886
Thomas A. Kercheval 18861888
Charles P. McCarver 18881890
William Litterer 18901891
George Blackmore Guild 18911895
William Marshall McCarthey 18951897
Richard Houston Dudley 18971900
James Marshall Head 19001904
Albert Smiley Williams 19041906
Thomas Owen Morris 19061908
James Stephens Brown 19081909
Hilary Ewing Howse 19091915
Robert Ewing 19151917
William Gupton 19171921
Felix Zollicoffer Wilson 19211922
William Percy Sharpe 19221924
Hilary Ewing Howse 19241938
Thomas L. Cummings, Sr. 19381951
Ben West 19511963

Mayors of Metropolitan Nashville

The following is a list of the mayors of Nashville after the consolidation of the municipal government with the government of Davidson County:

Image Mayor Term
Beverly Briley 19631975
Richard Fulton 19751987
Bill Boner 19871991
Phil Bredesen 19911999
Bill Purcell 19992007
Karl Dean 20072015
Megan Barry 20152018
David Briley 20182019
John Cooper 20192023
Freddie O'Connell 2023present

See also

Bibliography

  • Mayer N. Zald; Thomas A. Anderson (1968). "Secular Trends and Historical Contingencies in the Recruitment of Mayors: Nashville as Compared to New Haven and Chicago". Urban Affairs Review. 3. doi:10.1177/107808746800300403. S2CID 154143740.
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