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This is a list of mayors, or persons holding the equivalent office, of Mobile, Alabama, United States.

When Mobile came into the United States, it operated under a government system where the chief executive was called "President"

Presidents of Mobile

Nr. Name Term start Term end
1 Destin Simison 1814 1816
2 James Innerarity 1816 1817
3 Daniel Duvol 1817 1818
4 Samuel H. Garrow 1818 1819

Mayors of Mobile

Nr. Name Term start Term end
1 Daniel Duvol 1819 1820
2 Addin Lewis 1820 1822
3 John Elliott 1822 1823
4 Addin Lewis 1823 1824
5 Samuel Garrow 1824 1827
6 John Everett 1827 1829
7 Samuel Garrow 1829 1831
8 John Stocking 1831 1835
9 John Everett 1835 1836
10 George Washington Owen 1836 1837
11 George Walton 1837 1839
12 Henry Chamberlain 1839 1840
13 Edward Hall 1840 1842
14 Charles Hoppin 1842 1845
15 Blanton McAlpine 1845 1847
16 J. W. Childers 1847 1848
17 Charles Langdon 1848 1851
18 Joseph Seawell
(c. 1809–1883)		 1851 1852
19 Charles Langdon 1852 1855
20 Mitchell Withers 1855 1860
21 John Forsyth 1860 1861
22 R. H. Slough 1861 1865
23 Mitchell Withers 1866 1867
24 Gustavus Horton 1867 1868
25 Caleb Price 1868 1870
26 George Harrington 1870 1871
27 Martin Horst 1871 1872
28 Gideon Parker 1872 1873
29 Cleveland F. Moulton 1873 1874
30 John Reid 1874 1875
31 Alphonse Hurtel 1875 1878
32 George Duffee 1878 1879
33 Richard Owen 1879 1888
34 Joe Rich 1888 1894
35 Constantine Lawrence Lavretta 1894 1897
36 John Bush 1897 1900
37 Tom Fry 1900 1902
38 Walter Walsh 1902 1903
39 Charles McClean 1903 1904
40 Pat Lyons 1904 1911

Mayors of Mobile between 1911 and 1985 (President of the City Commission)

From 1911 to 1985, Mobile was governed by a three-member city commission. The office of Mayor of Mobile rotated between the members of the commission and was the title given to the President of the Commission. The last directly elected mayor before the institution of the commission was Patrick J. Lyons. He was the 40th mayor of Mobile. Lyons would go on to be elected to the City Commission where he would serve as mayor several more times. The numbers listed correspond to their order within the overall list of the mayors of Mobile, not their order in presiding over the commission.

Nr. Image Name Term start Term end
41 Lazarus Schwarz 1911 1913
42 Patrick J. Lyons - The Mobile bicentennial (IA mobilebicentenni00hami) (page 17 crop).jpg Patrick J. Lyons 1913 1914
43 Harry Pillans 1914 1915
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 Patrick J. Lyons 1915 1916
45 Harry Pillans 1916 1917
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 Patrick J. Lyons 1917 1918
47 George E. Crawford 1918 1919
48 Harry Pillans 1919 1921
49 George E. Crawford 1921 1922
50 Richard V. Taylor 1922 1924
51 Harry T. Hartwell 1924 1925
52 George E. Crawford 1925 1926
53 Harry T. Hartwell 1926 1927
54 Leon Schwarz 1927 1928
55 Cecil F. Bates 1928 1929
56 Harry T. Hartwell 1929 1930
57 Leon Schwarz 1930 1931
58 Cecil F. Bates 1931 1932
59 Harry T. Hartwell 1932 1933
60 Richard V. Taylor 1933 1934
61 Cecil F. Bates 1934 1935
62 Charles A. Baumhauer 1935 1936
63 Richard V. Taylor 1936 1937
64 Cecil F. Bates 1937 1938
65 Charles A. Baumhauer 1938 1939
66 Cecil F. Bates 1939 1941
67 Charles A. Baumhauer 1941 1942
68 Ernest M. Megginson 1942 1943
69 Robin C. Herndon 1943 1944
70 Charles A. Baumhauer 1944 1945
71 Ernest M. Megginson 1945 1946
72 Robin C. Herndon 1946 1947
73 Charles A. Baumhauer 1947 1948
74 Ernest M Megginson 1948 1949
75 Charles A. Baumhauer 1949 1950
76 Ernest M. Megginson 1950 1951
77 Joseph R. Mitternight 1951 1952
78 Charles A. Baumhauer 1952 1953
79 Henry R. Luscher 1953 1954
80 Charles F. Hackmeyer 1954 1955
81 Joseph N. Langan 1955 1956
82 Henry R. Luscher 1956 1957
83 Joseph N. Langan 1957 1958
84 Henry R. Luscher 1958 1959
85 Joseph N. Langan 1959 1960
86 Henry R. Luscher 1960 1961
87 George E. McNally 1961 1962
88 Charles S. Trimmier 1962 1963
89 Joseph N. Langan 1963 1964
90 Charles S. Trimmier 1964 1965
91 Joseph N. Langan 1965 1967
92 Arthur R. Outlaw 1967 1968
93 Lambert C. Mims 1968 1969
94 Joseph A. Bailey 1969 1971
95 Robert B. Doyle 1971 1972
96 Lambert C. Mims 1972 1973
97 Gary A. Greenough 1973 1975
98 Robert B. Doyle 1975 1976
99 Lambert C. Mims 1976 1979
100 Gary A. Greenough 1979 1980
101 Robert B. Doyle 1980 1981
102 Gary A. Greenough 1981 1983
103 Robert B. Doyle 1983 1984
104 Lambert C. Mims 1984 1985

Mayors of Mobile since 1985

After several commissioners had faced corruption indictments and popular support grew for discarding the old commission system, Mobile restored direct elections in 1985, electing Arthur Outlaw as their first directly elected mayor since 1911.

Nr. Image Name Term start Term end
105 Arthur Outlaw 1985 October 1989
106 Mike Dow October 1989 October 3, 2005
107 Sam Jones 2006.JPG Sam Jones October 3, 2005 November 4, 2013
108 Mayor Sandy Stimpson.jpeg Sandy Stimpson November 4, 2013 Present

Chiefs of Staff to the Mayor

Name Term start Term end
Robert O. Bostwick Jr. 1989 1994
Alfred Stokes 1994 2013
Colby J. Cooper 2013 2016
Paul Wesch 2016 2020
James Barber 2021 Current

See also

Sources

http://www.worldstatesmen.org/US_Mayors2.html#Mobile

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