This is a list of mayors of Atlanta, Georgia. The mayor is the highest elected official in Atlanta. Since its incorporation in 1847, the city has had 61 mayors. The current mayor is Andre Dickens, who was elected in 2021 and took office in January 2022.
The term of office was one year until Cicero C. Hammock's second term (1875–1877), when a new city charter changed it to two years. The term was changed to four years in 1929, giving Isaac N. Ragsdale the modern stay in office.
Though a political party is listed where known, the mayoral election is officially non-partisan, so candidates do not represent their party when elected. Since 1879, all mayors of Atlanta have been members of the Democratic Party.
List of mayors
See the mayors of Atlanta category for an alphabetical list by surname.
150px|thumb|right|Mayor [[Asa Griggs Candler (1917–1919). Candler incorporated The Coca-Cola Company in 1892.]]
150px|thumb|right|Mayor [[William B. Hartsfield (1937–1941; 1942–62). He was the longest serving Atlanta mayor, running the city politics for ca. 30 years.]]
150px|thumb|Mayor [[Kasim Reed (2010–2018)]]
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!
! colspan="2" | Mayor
! Took office
! Left office
! Tenure
! Election
! colspan="2" | Party
|-
! 1
| 100px
| Moses Formwalt<br>
|
|
| 1 year
| 1848
| style="background-color:#50C878;" |
| Free and Rowdy
|-
! 2
| 100px
| Benjamin Bomar<br>
|
|
|
| 1849
| style="background-color:#50C878;" |
| Free and Rowdy
|-
! 3
| 100px
| Willis Buell<br>
|
|
| 1 year
| 1850
| style="background-color:#50C878;" |
| Free and Rowdy
|-
! 4
| 100px
| Jonathan Norcross<br>
|
|
| 1 year
| 1851
| style="background-color:#FF00FF;" |
| Moral
|-
! 5
| 100px
| Thomas Gibbs<br>
|
|
| 1 year
| 1852
| style="background-color:#FF00FF;" |
| Moral
|-
! 6
| 100px
| John Mims<br>
|
|
| 9 months
| 1853
| style="background-color:;" |
| Independent
|-
! 7
| 100px
| William Markham<br>
|
|
| 3 months
| 1853
| style="background-color:;" |
| Independent
|-
! 8
| 100px
| William Butt<br>
|
|
| 1 year
| 1854
| style="background-color:;" |
| Independent
|-
! 9
| 100px
| Allison Nelson<br>
|
|
|
| 1855
| style="background-color:;" |
| Democratic
|-
! 10
| style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" | 100px
| style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" | John Glen<br>
| style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" |
| style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" |
| style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" | 6 months
| style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" | –
| style="background-color:;" |
| style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" | Democratic
|-
! rowspan="2" | 11
| rowspan="2" | 100px
| rowspan="2" | William Ezzard<br>
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" | 2 years
| 1856
| rowspan="2" style="background-color:;" |
| rowspan="2" | Democratic
|-
| 1857
|-
! rowspan="2" | 12
| rowspan="2" | 100px
| rowspan="2" | Luther Glenn<br>
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" | 2 years
| 1858
| rowspan="2" style="background-color:;" |
| rowspan="2" | Democratic
|-
| 1859
|-
! 13
| 100px
| William Ezzard<br>
|
|
| 1 year
| 1860
| style="background-color:;" |
| Democratic
|-
! 14
| 100px
| Jared Whitaker<br>
|
|
| 11 months
| 1861
| style="background-color:;" |
| Southern Democratic
|-
! 15
| style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" | 100px
| style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" | Thomas Lowe<br>
| style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" |
| style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" |
| style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" | 1 month
| style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" | –
| style="background-color:;" |
| style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" | Southern Democratic
|-
! rowspan="4" | 16
| rowspan="4" | 100px
| rowspan="4" | James Calhoun<br>
| rowspan="4" |
| rowspan="4" |
| rowspan="4" | 4 years
| 1862
| rowspan="4" style="background-color:;" |
| rowspan="4" | Southern Democratic
|-
| 1863
|-
| 1864
|-
| 1865
|-
! rowspan="2" | 17
| rowspan="2" | 100px
| rowspan="2" | James E. Williams<br>
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" | 3 years
| 1866
| rowspan="2" style="background-color:;" |
| rowspan="2" | Democratic
|-
| 1867
|-
! 18
| 100px
| William Hulsey<br>
|
|
| 1 year
| 1869
| style="background-color:;" |
| Democratic
|-
! 19
| 100px
| William Ezzard<br>
|
|
| 1 year
| 1870
| style="background-color:;" |
| Democratic
|-
! 20
| 100px
| Dennis Hammond<br>
|
|
| 1 year
| 1871
| style="background-color:;" |
| Republican
|-
! 21
| 100px
| John H. James<br>
|
|
| 1 year
| 1872
| style="background-color:;" |
| Democratic
|-
! 22
| 100px
| Cicero C. Hammock<br>
|
|
| 1 year
| 1873
| style="background-color:;" |
| Democratic
|-
! 23
| 100px
| S. B. Spencer<br>
|
|
| 1 year
| 1874
| style="background-color:;" |
| Democratic
|-
! 24
| 100px
| Cicero C. Hammock<br>
|
|
| 2 years
| 1875
| style="background-color:;" |
| Democratic
|-
! 25
| 100px
| Nedom L. Angier<br>
|
|
| 2 years
| 1877
| style="background-color:;" |
| Republican
|-
! 26
| 100px
| William Lowndes Calhoun<br>
|
|
| 2 years
| 1879
| style="background-color:;" |
| Democratic
|-
! 27
| 100px
| James W. English<br>
|
|
| 2 years
| 1881
| style="background-color:;" |
| Democratic
|-
! 28
| 100px
| John B. Goodwin<br>
|
|
| 2 years
| 1883
| style="background-color:;" |
| Democratic
|-
! 29
| 100px
| George Hillyer<br>
|
|
| 2 years
| 1885
| style="background-color:;" |
| Democratic
|-
! 30
| 100px
| John Tyler Cooper<br>
|
|
| 2 years
| 1887
| style="background-color:;" |
| Democratic
|-
! 31
| 100px
| John Thomas Glenn<br>
|
|
| 2 years
| 1889
| style="background-color:;" |
| Democratic
|-
! 32
| 100px
| William Hemphill<br>
|
|
| 2 years
| 1891
| style="background-color:;" |
| Democratic
|-
! 33
| 100px
| John B. Goodwin<br>
|
|
| 2 years
| 1893
| style="background-color:;" |
| Democratic
|-
! 34
| 100px
| Porter King<br>
|
|
| 2 years
| 1895
| style="background-color:;" |
| Democratic
|-
! 35
| 100px
| Charles A. Collier<br>
|
|
| 2 years
| 1897
| style="background-color:;" |
| Democratic
|-
! 36
| 100px
| James G. Woodward<br>
|
|
| 2 years
| 1899
| style="background-color:;" |
| Democratic
|-
! 37
| 100px
| Livingston Mims<br>
|
|
| 2 years
| 1901
| style="background-color:;" |
| Democratic
|-
! 38
| 100px
| Evan Howell<br>
|
|
| 2 years
| 1903
| style="background-color:;" |
| Democratic
|-
! 39
| 100px
| James G. Woodward<br>
|
|
| 2 years
| 1905
| style="background-color:;" |
| Democratic
|-
! 40
| 100px
| Walthall Robertson Joyner<br>
|
|
| 2 years
| 1907
| style="background-color:;" |
| Democratic
|-
! 41
| 100px
| Robert Maddox<br>
|
|
| 2 years
| 1909
| style="background-color:;" |
| Democratic
|-
! 42
| 100px
| Courtland Winn<br>
|
|
| 2 years
| 1911
| style="background-color:;" |
| Democratic
|-
! rowspan="2" | 43
| rowspan="2" | 100px
| rowspan="2" | James G. Woodward<br>
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" | 4 years
| 1913
| rowspan="2" style="background-color:;" |
| rowspan="2" | Democratic
|-
| 1915
|-
! 44
| 100px
| Asa Griggs Candler<br>
|
|
| 2 years
| 1917
| style="background-color:;" |
| Democratic
|-
! rowspan="2" | 45
| rowspan="2" | 100px
| rowspan="2" | James L. Key<br>
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" | 4 years
| 1919
| rowspan="2" style="background-color:;" |
| rowspan="2" | Democratic
|-
| 1921
|-
! rowspan="2" | 46
| rowspan="2" | 100px
| rowspan="2" | Walter Sims<br>
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" | 4 years
| 1923
| rowspan="2" style="background-color:;" |
| rowspan="2" | Democratic
|-
| 1925
|-
! 47
| 100px
| Isaac Newton Ragsdale<br>
|
|
| 4 years
| 1927
| style="background-color:;" |
| Democratic
|-
! rowspan="3" | 48
| rowspan="3" | 100px
| rowspan="3" | James L. Key<br>
| rowspan="3" |
| rowspan="3" |
| rowspan="3" | 6 years
| 1931
| rowspan="3" style="background-color:;" |
| rowspan="3" | Democratic
|-
| 1932 recall
|-
| 1935
|-
! 49
| 100px
| William B. Hartsfield<br>
|
|
| 4 years
| 1937
| style="background-color:;" |
| Democratic
|-
! 50
| 100px
| Roy LeCraw<br>
|
|
| 1 year
| 1941
| style="background-color:;" |
| Democratic
|-
! –
| style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" | 100px
| style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" | George B. Lyle<br>
| style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" |
| style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" |
| style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" | 1 month
| style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" | –
| style="background-color:;" |
| style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" | Democratic
|-
! rowspan="5" | 51
| rowspan="5" | 100px
| rowspan="5" | William B. Hartsfield<br>
| rowspan="5" |
| rowspan="5" |
| rowspan="5" | 20 years
| 1942 special
| rowspan="5" style="background-color:;" |
| rowspan="5" | Democratic
|-
| 1945
|-
| 1949
|-
| 1953
|-
| 1957
|-
! rowspan="2" | 52
| rowspan="2" | 100px
| rowspan="2" | Ivan Allen Jr.<br>
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" | 8 years
| 1961
| rowspan="2" style="background-color:;" |
| rowspan="2" | Democratic
|-
| 1965
|-
! 53
| 100px
| Sam Massell<br>
|
|
| 4 years
| 1969
| style="background-color:;" |
| Democratic
|-
! rowspan="2" | 54
| rowspan="2" | 100px
| rowspan="2" | Maynard Jackson<br>
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" | 8 years
| 1973
| rowspan="2" style="background-color:;" |
| rowspan="2" | Democratic
|-
| 1977
|-
! rowspan="2" | 55
| rowspan="2" | 100px
| rowspan="2" | Andrew Young<br>
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |
| 1981
| rowspan="2" style="background-color:;" |
| rowspan="2" | Democratic
|-
| 1985
|-
! 56
| 100px
| Maynard Jackson<br>
|
|
| 4 years
| 1989
| style="background-color:;" |
| Democratic
|-
! rowspan="2" | 57
| rowspan="2" | 100px
| rowspan="2" | Bill Campbell<br>
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" | 8 years
| 1993
| rowspan="2" style="background-color:;" |
| rowspan="2" | Democratic
|-
| 1997
|-
! rowspan="2" | 58
| rowspan="2" | 100px
| rowspan="2" | Shirley Franklin<br>
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |
| 2001
| rowspan="2" style="background-color:;" |
| rowspan="2" | Democratic
|-
| 2005
|-
! rowspan="2" | 59
| rowspan="2" | 100px
| rowspan="2" | Kasim Reed<br>
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |
| 2009
| rowspan="2" style="background-color:;" |
| rowspan="2" | Democratic
|-
| 2013
|-
! 60
| 100px
| Keisha Lance Bottoms<br>
|
|
|
| 2017
| style="background-color:;" |
| Democratic
|-
! rowspan="2" | 61
| rowspan="2" | 100px
| rowspan="2" | Andre Dickens<br>
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" | Incumbent
| rowspan="2" |
| 2021
| rowspan="2" style="background-color:;" |
| rowspan="2" | Democratic
|-
| 2025
|}
Notes
See also
- Timeline of Atlanta