Mayor of Chapel Hill, North Carolina

This is a list of people who have served as mayor of Chapel Hill, North Carolina.^[1] Before 1879, the mayor was a magistrate hired by the Board of Commissioners to exercise police powers. An 1879 amendment to the town charter formalized this role. An 1895 charter amendment established the mayor as a position elected by the town's citizens. John H. Watson became the first person elected as mayor on May 5, 1895.^[2]

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• H. B. Smith (1869–1872)
• John H. Watson (1872)
• John W. Carr (1873–1874)
• John White (1874)
• Andrew Mickel (1874–1876)
• John H. Watson (1876–1879)
• Merritt Cheek (1879–1882)
• Jones Watson (1882–1883)
• John H. Watson (1883–1884)
• A. J. McDade (1884–1885)
• John H. Watson (1885–1887)
• William N. Pritchard (1887–1888)
• A. J. McDade (1888–1891)
• John H. Watson (1891–1895)
• Algernon S. Barbee (1895–1901)
• James C. MacRae, Jr. (1901–1903)
• William S. Roberson (1903–1907)
• Algernon S. Barbee (1907–1911)
• William S. Roberson (1911–1913)
• L. P. McLendon (1913–1914)
• William S. Roberson (1914–1927)
• Zebulon Council (1927–1933)
• John M. Foushee (1933–1942)
• R. W. Madry (1942–1949)
• Edwin S. Lanier (1949–1954)
• Oliver K. Cornwell (1954–1961)
• Sandy McClamroch (1961–1969)
• Howard Lee (1969–1975)
• James Wallace (1975–1979)
• Joseph L. Nassif (1979–1985)
• James Wallace (1985–1987)
• Jonathan Howes (1987–1991)
• Kenneth Broun (1991–1995)
• Rosemary Waldorf (1995–2001)
• Kevin Foy (2001–2009)
• Mark Kleinschmidt (2009–2015)
• Pam Hemminger (2015-present)^[3]

See also

• List of town council members of Chapel Hill, North Carolina

References

1. "History of Your Town Government." Town of Chapel Hill, September 2007.
2. "History of Chapel Hill." Town of Chapel Hill Official Website. Accessed October 23, 2008.
3. http://www.townofchapelhill.org/town-hall/mayor-and-council/mayor-council/mayor-pam-hemminger