List of mayors of Augusta, Georgia
Former city of Augusta

List of mayors of Augusta, Georgia

Section Title: Former city of Augusta
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Name	Sworn in	Left iffice	Notes	Reference

John Milton	1792

Thomas Cumming	1798	Father of Henry Cumming

Walter Leigh	1815	1817

Freeman Walker	1818	1819

Nicholas Ware	1819	1821	Ware's Telfair Street home "Ware's Folly" is now the location of Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art.

Freeman Walker	1823	1823

Samuel Hale	1828	1836

Alfred Cumming	1836	Appointed governor of Territory of Utah in 1858

John Phinizy	1837	First Italian-American mayor of any U.S. city (original spelling: Finizzi)

Dr. Daniel Hook	1840	1841	Served two terms.

Martin M. Dye	1841	1842

Dr. Daniel Hook	1842	1843

Martin M. Dye	1843	1846	Served three 1 year terms

Dr. Lewis D. Ford	1846	1848	Served two 1 year terms

Dr. Ignatius P. Garvin	1848	1849

James B. Bishop	1849	1850

Thomas W. Miller	1850	1852

Dr. William E. Dearing	1852	1854

Abner P. Robertson	1854	1855

Dr. William E. Dearing	1855	1856

George W. Evans	1856	1857

Benjamin F. Conley	1857	1859	Two terms (later a Governor of Georgia)

Foster Blodgett, Jr.	1859	1860

Robert H. May	1861	1866	May served five 1-year terms during the period of the Civil War. In 1865, he was ordered by Georgia Governor Joseph E.

James T. Gardiner	1866	8 Aug 1866	Elected April 1866 and resigned 8 Aug 1866. James Gardiner was publisher of The Daily Constitutionalist a local newspaper.

Abner P. Robertson	8 Aug 1866	20 Aug 1866	Pro Tem City Council

John Foster	20 Aug 1866	1867	Special Election to fill unexpired term of James T. Gardner

Foster Blodgett, Jr.	1867	1868	Military appointment; In 1867, the Southern States were divided into Military Districts and military tribunials where set-up to appoint government officials during this period

Henry F. Russell	1868	1869

Joseph V. H. Allen	1869	1870

Charles Estes	1870	1876	Served six 1-year terms

John U. Meyer	1876	1879

Robert H. May	1879	1891	Served Four 3-year terms. He was Coroner-Richmond County, 1900 – until his death, 7 February 1903. Buried in Magnolia Cemetery.

James H. Alexander	1891	1894	Since the 1876 election; mayors served 3-year terms

William B. Young	1894	1897	Great great great great grandfather of Buckley Campana and Stephen Campana.

Patrick Walsh	1897	1898	Died in office

Jacob Phinizy	22 Dec 1898	18 April 1899	Pro Tem City Council

Charles A. Robbe	18 April 1899	7 July 1900	Died in office

Thomas Barrett, Sr.	8 July 1900	10 July 1900	Pro Tem City Council

Alfred Martin	10 July 1900	Jan. 1901	Special Election to fill unexpired term

Jacob Phinzy	Jan. 1901	1904	Once owner of "Augusta's First Skyscraper" known today as the Marion Building at 739 Broad Street

Richard E. Allen	Jan. 1904	1907

William M. Dunbar	Jan. 1907	1910	Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives for the 62nd through 65th Congresses (1911–1919)

Thomas Barrett, Sr.	1910	Jan. 1913	Barrett Plaza, located in front of the Federal Court House & 800 block of Telfair Street, is named for Thomas Barrett, Sr.

Linwood C. Hayne	1913	Jan. 1916

James R. Littleton	1916	Jan. 1919

William P. White	1919	Jan. 1922	The Appleby Library was Wm. P.

Julian Smith	1923	1925	The Julian Smith Casino, operated by the city recreation department, is named after Smith.

Richard Allen, Jr.	1937

W.D. Jennings	1951	1953

H. L. Hamilton	1952	1958

Millard A. Beckum	1958	1963

George "Buster" Albert Sancken Jr.	1964	1970

Millard A. Beckum	1970	1972	Mayor during the Augusta race riot of May 11, 1970

Lewis "Pop" Newman	1973	1981

Ed McIntyre	1981	1984	First African American mayor of city of Augusta

Charles DeVaney	1984	1996	Last mayor of former city of Augusta

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John Milton was the first mayors of Augusta, Georgia.

final_sentence: John Milton was the first mayors of Augusta, Georgia.