List of mayors of Augusta, Georgia facts for kids
A mayor is the leader of a city or town. They help make important decisions and manage how the city runs. This article lists the people who have been mayors of Augusta, Georgia, in the United States. It includes mayors from when Augusta was just a city, and also after 1996, when it became a "consolidated city-county" called Augusta–Richmond County. This means the city and county governments joined together.
Mayors of the Former City of Augusta
This section lists the mayors who served when Augusta was a separate city, before it joined with Richmond County.
| Name | Started Office | Left Office | Notes |
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| John Milton | 1792 | Augusta's first mayor. | |
| Thomas Cumming | 1798 | ||
| Walter Leigh | 1815 | 1817 | |
| Freeman Walker | 1818 | 1819 | |
| Nicholas Ware | 1819 | 1821 | His home, "Ware's Folly," is now an art institute. |
| Freeman Walker | 1823 | 1823 | Served a second time. |
| Samuel Hale | 1828 | 1836 | |
| Alfred Cumming | 1836 | Later became a governor of Utah Territory. | |
| John Phinizy | 1837 | The first Italian-American mayor in any U.S. city. | |
| Dr. Daniel Hook | 1840 | 1841 | Served two terms. |
| Martin M. Dye | 1841 | 1842 | |
| Dr. Daniel Hook | 1842 | 1843 | |
| Martin M. Dye | 1843 | 1846 | Served three one-year terms. |
| Dr. Lewis D. Ford | 1846 | 1848 | Served two one-year terms. |
| Dr. Ignatius P. Garvin | 1848 | 1849 | |
| James B. Bishop | 1849 | 1850 | |
| Thomas W. Miller | 1850 | 1852 | |
| Dr. William E. Dearing | 1852 | 1854 | |
| Abner P. Robertson | 1854 | 1855 | |
| Dr. William E. Dearing | 1855 | 1856 | Served a second time. |
| George W. Evans | 1856 | 1857 | |
| Benjamin F. Conley | 1857 | 1859 | Later became a Governor of Georgia. |
| Foster Blodgett, Jr. | 1859 | 1860 | |
| Robert H. May | 1861 | 1866 | Served during the Civil War. He was ordered to burn cotton to keep it from the Union Army, but they never reached Augusta. |
| James T. Gardiner | 1866 | Aug 8, 1866 | Resigned from office. |
| Abner P. Robertson | Aug 8, 1866 | Aug 20, 1866 | Served temporarily. |
| John Foster | Aug 20, 1866 | 1867 | Elected in a special election. |
| Foster Blodgett, Jr. | 1867 | 1868 | Appointed by the military during a special period after the Civil War. |
| Henry F. Russell | 1868 | 1869 | |
| Joseph V. H. Allen | 1869 | 1870 | |
| Charles Estes | 1870 | 1876 | Served six one-year terms. |
| John U. Meyer | 1876 | 1879 | |
| Robert H. May | 1879 | 1891 | Served four three-year terms. |
| James H. Alexander | 1891 | 1894 | Mayors served three-year terms starting in 1876. |
| William B. Young | 1894 | 1897 | |
| Patrick Walsh | 1897 | March 19, 1899 | Died while in office. |
| Jacob Phinizy | Dec 22, 1898 | April 18, 1899 | Served temporarily. |
| Charles A. Robbe | April 18, 1899 | July 7, 1900 | Died while in office. |
| Thomas Barrett, Sr. | July 8, 1900 | July 10, 1900 | Served temporarily. |
| Alfred Martin | July 10, 1900 | Jan. 1901 | Elected in a special election. |
| Jacob Phinzy | Jan. 1901 | 1904 | Owned a famous building in Augusta known as the Marion Building. |
| Richard E. Allen | Jan. 1904 | 1907 | |
| William M. Dunbar | Jan. 1907 | 1910 | Later served as a Postmaster for the U.S. House of Representatives. |
| Thomas Barrett, Sr. | 1910 | Jan. 1913 | A plaza in Augusta is named after him. |
| Linwood C. Hayne | 1913 | Jan. 1916 | |
| James R. Littleton | 1916 | Jan. 1919 | |
| William P. White | 1919 | Jan. 1922 | His former home became the Appleby Library. |
| Julian Smith | 1923 | 1925 | The Julian Smith Casino, a city recreation center, is named after him. |
| Richard Allen, Jr. | 1937 | ||
| W.D. Jennings | 1951 | 1953 | |
| H. L. Hamilton | 1952 | 1958 | |
| Millard A. Beckum | 1958 | 1963 | |
| George "Buster" Albert Sancken Jr. | 1964 | 1970 | |
| Millard A. Beckum | 1970 | 1972 | Served during a period of civil unrest in Augusta. |
| Lewis "Pop" Newman | 1973 | 1981 | |
| Ed McIntyre | 1981 | 1984 | The first African American mayor of the city of Augusta. |
| Charles DeVaney | 1984 | 1996 | The last mayor of the former city of Augusta. |
Mayors of Consolidated Augusta–Richmond County
In 1996, the city of Augusta and Richmond County joined together to form a "consolidated city-county." This means they have one combined government. Here are the mayors who have served since then.
| Image | Name | Started Office | Left Office | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Sconyers | 1996 | 1999 | The first mayor of the new consolidated Augusta-Richmond County. | |
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Bob Young | 1999 | 2005 | He was a local TV news anchor before becoming mayor. He left office to work for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. |
| Willie Mays | 2005 | 2006 | He was chosen by the city commission to be a temporary mayor. He was the first African American to serve as mayor of the consolidated Augusta-Richmond County. | |
| Deke Copenhaver | 2005 | 2015 | ||
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Hardie Davis | 2015 | 2022 | He was the second African American mayor and the first African American to be elected mayor of the consolidated Augusta-Richmond County. |
| Garnett Johnson | 2023 | Incumbent | He is the third African American mayor of the consolidated Augusta-Richmond County. |
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See also
- Timeline of Augusta, Georgia
- Consolidated city–county
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