List of mayors of Fayetteville, Arkansas
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The mayor of Fayetteville, Arkansas is an elected city leader. Fayetteville is the second largest city in Arkansas and has a population of around 94,000.
In 1868, during the American Civil War, Mayor M. LaRue Harrison was forcibly removed from office. For the remainder of the war, Fayetteville was under military control and did not have a mayor.
In 1992, the city's government transitioned from a city board to a mayor–council structure.[1]
Pre-Civil War (1841–1868)
[edit]| No. | Name | Term | Refs. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P. Vinson Rhea | 1841 | |
| 2 | J. W. Walker | 1859 | |
| 3 | Stephen Bedford | 1860 | |
| 4 | M. LaRue Harrison | 1868 | [2][3] |
City board (1868–1992)
[edit]| No. | Name | Term | Refs. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | E. I. Stirman | 1869 | [4][5][6] |
| 6 | T. Murray Campbell | 1871 | |
| 7 | J. R. Pettigrew | 1872 | |
| 8 | George A. Grace | 1873 | |
| 9 | Robert J. Wilson | 1874 | |
| 10 | A. M. Wilson | 1876 | |
| 11 | A. S. Vandeventer | 1877 | |
| 12 | J. H. Van Hoose | 1880 | [7] |
| 13 | W. C. Jackson | 1881 | |
| 14 | C. W. Walker | 1883 | |
| 15 | W. C. Jackson | 1885 | |
| 16 | R. J. Wilson | ||
| 17 | O. C. Gray | 1886 | |
| 18 | E. B. Wall | 1887 | |
| 19 | J. H. Van Hoose | 1888 | |
| 20 | F. M. Goar | 1889 | |
| 21 | W. S. Pollard | 1891–1895 | [8] |
| 22 | Jack Walker | 1897 | |
| 23 | J. T. Eason | 1901 | |
| 24 | C. A. Mullholland | 1905 | |
| 25 | W. H. Rollins | 1909–1913 | |
| 26 | Guy Phillips | 1913–1914 | |
| 27 | Tom Raylor | 1914–1917 | |
| 28 | Allan Wilson | 1921–1929 | |
| 29 | T. S. Tribble | 1929–1935 | |
| 30 | A. D. McAllister | 1935–1941 | |
| 31 | George Vaughn | 1941–1944 | |
| 32 | G. T. Sanders | 1944–1949 | |
| 33 | Powell M. Rhea | 1949–1953 | |
| 34 | Roy A. Scott | 1954–1957 | |
| 35 | J. Austin Parrish | 1958–1959 | |
| 36 | Guy E. Brown | 1960–1965 | |
| 37 | Don Trumbo | 1966–1968 | |
| 38 | Garland Melton Jr. | 1969–1970 | |
| 39 | Joe Fred Starr | 1971–1972 | [9] |
| 40 | Russell Purdy | 1973–1974 | |
| 41 | Marion Orton | 1975–1976 | |
| 42 | Ernest Lancaster | 1977–1978 | |
| 43 | David Malone | 1978–1979 | |
| 44 | John Todd | 1980–1981 | |
| 45 | Paul Robert Noland | 1982–1986 | [10] |
| 46 | Marilyn Johnson | 1986–1987 | [11] |
| 47 | William V. Martin | 1987–1990 | |
| 48 | Fred S. Vorsanger | 1991–1992 | [12] |
Mayor–council (1992–present)
[edit]| No. | Name | Term | Party affiliation | Refs. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | Fred Hanna | 1992–2000 | [13][14] | ||
| 50 | Dan Coody | January 1, 2000–December 31, 2008 | |||
| 51 | Lioneld Jordan | January 1, 2009–December 31, 2024 | [15] | ||
| 52 | Molly Rawn | January 1, 2025–present | Democratic | ||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Fayetteville Mayors". City of Fayetteville, Arkansas.
- ^ "Marcus LaRue Harrison (1830–1890)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
- ^ "Sword Presented to Marcus LaRue Harrison". National Museum of American History.
- ^ "Community and Conflict » Archive » Erasmus Stirman".
- ^ "Erasmus Stirman". Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
- ^ "Erasmus Stirman letter to Rebecca Stirman - May 12, 1862". Missouri Digital Heritage.
- ^ "Obituary of James Hayden Van Hoose". Fayetteville Manuscripts.
- ^ "Timeline – 1890s". Fayetteville History.
- ^ "Joe Fred Starr, Businessman, Car Collector, Dies". Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette. March 28, 2013.
- ^ "Obituary for Paul Robert Noland, Fayetteville, AR". Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette.
- ^ Drake, Richard (February 12, 2012). "FOIA: Oh, Marilyn Heifner, you know better than this".
- ^ "Obituary for Fred S. Vorsanger, Fayetteville, AR". Arkansas Democrat Gazette.
- ^ "Northwest Arkansas Mall celebrates experiences with time capsule unveiling in Fayetteville". Arkansas Online. March 18, 2022.
- ^ "A mayor and pioneer". The Arkansas Traveler.
- ^ "Office of the Mayor". City of Fayetteville, Arkansas. Retrieved May 27, 2023.