Fayetteville Mayors

Mayors Under the City Council/Mayor Form of Government

  • 2009-Present: Lioneld Jordan
  • 2000-2009: Dan Coody
  • 1992-2000: Fred Hanna

Mayors Under the City Manager/City Board form of Government

  • 1991-1992: Fred S. Vorsanger
  • 1987-1990: William V. Martin
  • 1986-1987: Marilyn Johnson
  • 1982-1986: Paul Noland
  • 1980-1981: John Todd
  • 1978-1979: David Malone
  • 1977-1978: Ernest Lancaster
  • 1975-1976: Marion Orton
  • 1973-1974: Russell Purdy
  • 1971-1972: Joe Fred Starr
  • 1969-1970: Garland Melton, Jr.
  • 1966-1968: Don Trumbo
  • 1960-1965: Guy E. Brown
  • 1958-1959: J. Austin Parrish
  • 1954-1957: Roy A. Scott
  • 1949-1953: Powell M. Rhea
  • 1944-1949: G. T. Sanders
  • 1941-1944: George Vaughn
  • 1935-1941: A. D. McAllister
  • 1929-1935: T. S. Tribble
  • 1921-1929: Allan Wilson
  • 1918-1921: J. M. Phillips
  • 1917-1918: Allan Wilson
  • 1914-1917: Tom Taylor
  • 1913-1914: Guy Phillips
  • 1909-1913: W. H. Rollins
  • 1905 C. A.: Mullholland
  • 1901: J. T. Eason
  • 1897: Jack Walker
  • 1891-1895: W. S. Pollard
  • 1889: F. M. Goar
  • 1888: J. H. Van Hoose
  • 1887: E. B. Wall
  • 1886: O. C. Gray
  • 1886: R. J. Wilson
  • 1885: W. C. Jackson
  • 1883: C. W. Walker
  • 1881: W. C. Jackson
  • 1880: J. M. Van Hoose
  • 1877: A. S. Vandeventer
  • 1876: A. M. Wilson
  • 1874: Robert J. Wilson
  • 1873: George A. Grace
  • 1872: J. R. Pettigrew
  • 1871: T. Murray Campbell
  • 1869: E. I. Stirman
  • 1868: M. LaRue Harrison

Note: During the Civil War, there was no municipal government, only military

Pre-Civil War

  • 1860: Stephen Bedford
  • 1859: J. W. Walker
  • 1841: P. Vinson Rhea (Alderman, which was equivalent to Mayor at the time)

Fayetteville was officially incorporated in 1841.