List of mayors of Fredericksburg, Virginia

The following is a list of mayors of the city of Fredericksburg, Virginia, USA.

Fredericksburg City Hall building in Virginia, US, in 2011
  • Charles Mortimer, 1782–1783, 1786–1787, 1788–1789[1]
  • William McWilliams, 1783–1784[1]
  • James Somerville, 1784–1785, 1787–1788, 1792–1793[1]
  • George Weedon, 1785–1786[1]
  • George French, 1789–1790, 1794–1795, 1799–1800, 1803–1804, 1805–1806, 1810–1811, 1812–1813, 1814–1815[1]
  • Benjamin Day, 1790–1791, 1804–1805[1]
  • William Harvey, 1791–1792, 1795–1796, 1797–1798[1]
  • Fontaine Maury, 1793–1794, 1796–1797, 1798–1799[1]
  • Wm. Taylor, 1798[1]
  • David C. Ker, 1800–1801, 1802–1803[1]
  • William S. Stone, 1801–1802[1]
  • Charles L. Carter, 1806–1808, 1813–1814[1]
  • William Smock, 1808–1809[1]
  • Richard Johnston, 1809–1810[1]
  • Joseph Walker, 1811–1812[1]
  • John Scott, 1815–1816[1]
  • Garret Minor, 1816–1817, 1818–1819[1]
  • Robert Mackay, 1817–1818, 1819–1820[1]
  • David Briggs, 1820–1821[1]
  • Robert Lewis, 1820–1829[1]
  • Thomas Goodwin, 1829–1836[1]
  • John H. Wallace, 1836–1838[1]
  • Benjamin Clarke, 1838–1844[1]
  • Robert Baylor Semple, 1844–1853[1]
  • John Lawrence Marye Jr., 1853–1854[1]
  • Peter Goolrick, 1854–1855, 1857–1859, 1860[1]
  • John S. Caldwell, 1855–1857[1]
  • William S. Scott, 1859–1860[1]
  • Montgomery Slaughter, 1860–1868[1]
  • Charles E. Mallam, 1868–1869[1]
  • William E. Nye, 1869–1870[1]
  • Lawrence B. Rose, 1870, 1870–1872, 1874–1877[1]
  • William Roy Mason, 1870[1]
  • Robert Banks Berrey, 1872–1874[1]
  • Hugh S. Doggett, 1877–1880[1]
  • Joseph Ward Sener, 1880–1884[1]
  • Josiah Hazard, 1884–1888[1]
  • Absalom P. Rowe, 1888–1896, 1898–1900[1]
  • Wm. Seymour White, 1896–1897[1]
  • Henry R. Gouldman, 1897–1898[1]
  • Marion G. Willis, 1900–1904[1]
  • Thomas P. Wallace, 1904–1908[1]
  • Henry Lewis Wallace, ca.1908–1910[1][2]
  • Josiah P. Rowe, Sr., 1912–1920[3]
  • William Marshall King, 1936–1947[4]
  • Claude C. Parcell, 1947[4][5]
  • C. O'Conor Goolrick, 1947–1948[5]
  • Josiah P. Rowe, Jr., 1948–1949[6]
  • C. M. Cowan, ca.1952–1956[2]
  • Josiah P. Rowe, III, 1964–1972[7][8]
  • Lawrence Davies, 1976–1996[9]
  • William M. Beck, ca.2001–2004[10]
  • Thomas J. Tomzak, ca.2004–2009[11][12]
  • Mary Katherine Greenlaw, ca.2013–2024[13][1]
  • Kerry P. Devine, 2024-present[14]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq S. J. Quinn (1908), The history of the city of Fredericksburg, Virginia, Richmond, Va.: Hermitage Press, p. 336 – via HathiTrust, Mayors of Fredericksburg in their chronological order
  2. ^ a b Lawrence Kestenbaum (ed.), "Mayors and Postmasters of Fredericksburg, Virginia", Political Graveyard, retrieved 2024-07-18
  3. ^ "Josiah P. Rowe, Sr. Died on Saturday". The Free Lance–Star. Fredericksburg, Virginia. March 20, 1933. p. 1. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  4. ^ a b "King and Parcell Honored By City". The Free Lance–Star. Fredericksburg, Virginia. October 6, 1947. p. 1. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Goolrick Chosen As Mayor By Council". The Free Lance–Star. Fredericksburg, Virginia. December 10, 1947. p. 1. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  6. ^ "Mayor Rowe Dies Suddenly Of Heart Attack in His Sleep". The Free Lance–Star. Fredericksburg, Virginia. September 7, 1949. p. 1. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  7. ^ "Former FLS publisher and Fredericksburg mayor Josiah Rowe dies at 90", fredericksburg.com, 2018-11-03
  8. ^ "Josiah Rowe III". Friends of the Rappahannock. July 26, 2017. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  9. ^ "City's First Black Mayor Leaves Lasting Impact", Roanoke Times, June 18, 1996 – via Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Libraries
  10. ^ "2000 Mayor General Election: Fredericksburg City", historical.elections.virginia.gov, Virginia Department of Elections, retrieved 2024-07-18
  11. ^ "2004 Mayor General Election: Fredericksburg City", historical.elections.virginia.gov, Virginia Department of Elections, retrieved 2024-07-18
  12. ^ "Council Members", fredericksburgva.gov, archived from the original on 2004-10-15 – via Wayback Machine
  13. ^ "Mary Katherine Greenlaw wins a second term as Fredericksburg mayor", fredericksburg.com, May 4, 2016
  14. ^ "Council Members", fredericksburgva.gov, retrieved 2024-07-18
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