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List Former Mayors
"President of Selectmen”
Thomas H. Dickson 1834
S.P. Baley 1835
Thomas H. Dickson 1836
S.P. Baley 1836
John P. Oldham 1837-1838
“Mayor”
John P. Oldham 1839
H.R. McDonald 1840
John P. Oldham 1840-1841
James H. Boyd 1842-1843
John P. Oldham 1844-1849
James H. Boyd 1850
J.P. Jones 1851
William H. Taylor 1852-1853
Richard Fletcher 1854
William H. Taylor 1855-1857
James H. Boyd 1858
W.A. Purdom 1859
Richard C. Kerr 1860-1861
Charles Henry Manship 1862-1863
D.N. Barrows 1864-1867
Thomas H. Norton 1868
Lt. Col. James Biddle 1868
James P. Sesseons 1868-1869
Rhesa Hatcher 1869
Lt. Col. Joseph G. Crane 1869
Captain F.A. Field 1869
A. Way Kelly 1869
E.W. Cabiniss 1869-1870
Oliver Clifton 1870-1871
Rhesa Hatcher 1871-1872
Marion Smith 1872-1874
John McGill 1874-1888
William Henry 1888-1893
L.F. Chiles 1893-1895
Oliver Clifton 1895-1897
Ramsey Wharton 1897-1899
H.M. Taylor 1899
W.W. Morrison 1899 (Mayor Pro Tem.)
John W. Todd 1899-1901
William Hemmingway 1901-1905
Oliver Clifton 1905 (died before taking office)
Ramsey Wharton 1905-1909
A.C. Crowder 1909-1913
S.J. Taylor 1913-1917
Walter A. Scott 1917-1945
Leland L. Speed 1945-1949
Allen C. Thompson 1949-1969
Russell C. Davis 1969-1977
Dale Danks Jr. 1977-1989
J. Kane Ditto 1989-1997
Harvey Johnson Jr. 1997-2005
Frank Melton 2005-2009 (died while in office)
Harvey Johnson Jr. 2009-current
Reference
Brinson, Carroll. Jackson/A Special Kind of Place. Jackson, MS: City of Jackson, 1977. LCCN 77-081145.
