List of mayors of Atlanta - wikipedia List of mayors of Atlanta Mayor of Atlanta Seal of City of Atlanta Incumbent Kasim Reed since January 4, 2010 Style The Honorable Term length 4 years, limit of 2 terms Inaugural holder Moses Formwalt Formation 1848 Salary $68,529 Website www.atlantaga.gov Elections in Georgia Federal government Presidential elections 1788 - 89 1792 1796 1800 1804 1808 1812 1816 1820 1824 1828 1832 1836 1840 1844 1848 1852 1856 1860 1868 1872 1876 1880 1884 1888 1892 1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1992 2000 2008 2012 2016 Presidential primaries Democratic 2008 Republican 2008 U.S. Senate elections 1978 1980 1984 1986 1990 1992 1998 2002 2008 2014 2016 U.S. House elections 6th 1990 1992 1994 1998 2000 2002 2006 4th 8th 2008 2012 2014 2016 Special elections Senate, 2000 10th district, 2007 9th district, 2010 6th district, 2017 State government Gubernatorial elections 1948 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2014 Other elections 2006 statewide 2008 statewide 2010 statewide 2006 2008 2014 General Assembly elections Ballot measures Amendment 1 Atlanta government Mayoral elections 1973 1977 1981 1985 2005 2009 2013 2017 The Mayor is the highest elected official in Atlanta, Georgia. Since its incorporation in 1789, the town has had 59 mayors. The current mayor is Kasim Reed, who was first elected in 2009 and then re-elected in 2013. This is a list of mayors of Atlanta in the state of Georgia in the United States. The term of office was one year until Cicero C. Hammock 's second term ( 1875 -- 77 ), when a new city charter changed it to two years. The term was changed to four years in 1929, giving Ragsdale the modern stay in office. Though a political party is listed where known, the mayoral election is officially non-partisan, so the candidate did not represent their party when elected. In recent history, the viable candidates in the race have primarily been Democrats. Contents 1 List 2 Acting mayors 3 See also 4 References List See the mayors of Atlanta category for an alphabetical list. Mayor Asa G. Candler ( 1917 -- 1919 ). Candler incorporated The Coca - Cola Company in 1892. Mayor William B. Hartsfield ( 1937 -- 1941 ; 1942 -- 62 ). He was the longest serving Atlanta Mayor, running the city politics for ca. 30 years. Mayor Kasim Reed ( 2010 -- ). He is the current Mayor. # Mayor Term start Term end Terms Party 01 ! 1 Moses Formwalt 1848 1849 Rowdy 01 ! 2 Benjamin Bomar 1849 1850 Rowdy 01 ! 3 Willis Buell 1850 1851 Rowdy 01 ! 4 Jonathan Norcross 1851 1852 Moral 01 ! 5 Thomas Gibbs 1852 1853 Moral 01 ! 6 John Mims 1853 1853. 5 ! ​ ⁄ None 01 ! 7 William Markham 1853 1854 None 01 ! 8 William Butt 1854 1855 None 01 ! 9 Allison Nelson 1855 1855. 5 ! ​ ⁄ Democratic 01 ! 10 William Ezzard ( 1st term ) 1856 1858 Democratic 01 ! 11 Luther Glenn 1858 1860 Democratic 01 ! 12 William Ezzard ( 2nd term ) 1860 1861 Democratic 01 ! 13 Jared Whitaker 1861 1861. 5 ! ​ ⁄ Democratic ( Southern ) 01 ! 14 James Calhoun 1862 1866 Democratic ( Southern ) 01 ! 15 James E. Williams 1866 1869 Democratic 01 ! 16 William Hulsey 1869 1870 Democratic 01 ! 17 William Ezzard ( 3rd term ) 1870 1871 Democratic 01 ! 18 Dennis Hammond 1871 1872 Republican 01 ! 19 John H. James 1872 1873 Democratic 01 ! 20 Cicero C. Hammock ( 1st term ) 1873 1874 Democratic 01 ! 21 Samuel B. Spencer 1874 1875 Democratic 01 ! 22 Cicero C. Hammock ( 2nd term ) 1875 1877 Democratic 01 ! 23 Nedom L. Angier 1877 1879 Republican 01 ! 24 William L. Calhoun 1879 1881 Democratic 01 ! 24 James W. English 1881 1883 Democratic 01 ! 25 John B. Goodwin ( 1st term ) 1883 1885 Democratic 01 ! 26 George Hillyer 1885 1887 Democratic 01 ! 27 John T. Cooper 1887 1889 Democratic 01 ! 28 John T. Glenn 1889 1891 Democratic 01 ! 29 William Hemphill 1891 1893 Democratic 01 ! 30 John B. Goodwin ( 2nd term ) 1893 1895 Democratic 01 ! 31 Porter King 1895 1897 Democratic 01 ! 32 Charles Collier 1897 1899 Democratic 01 ! 33 James G. Woodward ( 1st term ) 1899 1901 Democratic 01 ! 34 Livingston Mims 1901 1903 Democratic 01 ! 35 Evan Howell 1903 1905 Democratic 01 ! 36 James G. Woodward ( 2nd term ) 1905 1907 Democratic 01 ! 37 Walthall R. Joyner 1907 1909 Democratic 01 ! 38 Robert Maddox 1909 1911 Democratic 01 ! 39 Courtland Winn 1911 1913 Democratic 01 ! 40 James G. Woodward ( 3rd term ) 1913 1917 Democratic 01 ! 41 Asa Griggs Candler 1917 1919 Democratic 01 ! 42 James L. Key ( 1st term ) 1919 1923 Democratic 01 ! 43 Walter Sims 1923 1927 Democratic 01 ! 44 Isaac N. Ragsdale 1927 1931 Democratic 01 ! 45 James L. Key ( 2nd term ) 1931 1937 Democratic 01 ! 46 William B. Hartsfield ( 1st term ) 1937 1941 Democratic 01 ! 47 Roy LeCraw 1941 1942. 5 ! ​ ⁄ Democratic 01 ! 48 William B. Hartsfield ( 2nd term ) 1942 1962 6 Democratic 01 ! 49 Ivan Allen Jr. 1962 1970 Democratic 01 ! 50 Sam Massell 1970 Democratic 01 ! 51 Maynard Jackson ( 1st term ) 1982 Democratic 01 ! 52 Andrew Young 1982 1990 Democratic 01 ! 53 Maynard Jackson ( 2nd term ) 1990 1994 Democratic 01 ! 54 Bill Campbell 1994 2002 Democratic 01 ! 55 Shirley Franklin 2002 Democratic 01 ! 56 Kasim Reed Incumbent Democratic 01 ! 57 Keisha Lance Bottoms ( elect ) 2018 -- Democratic Acting mayors Name Mayoral term Party John Glen 1855 -- 1856 Democratic Thomas Lowe 1861 -- 1862 Democratic George B. Lyle 1942 Democratic See also Timeline of Atlanta Atlanta portal History of Atlanta Origins Standing Peachtree Buildings Historic districts Buildings listed on National Register : ( Atlanta in Fulton Co. ) ( Atlanta in DeKalb Co. ) Demolished buildings Demolished public housing projects Civil War Atlanta Campaign Atlanta in the Civil War Battle of Atlanta Battle of Ezra Church Battle of Jonesborough Battle of Kennesaw Mountain Battle of Peachtree Creek Battle of Utoy Creek Crime Atlanta race riot ( 1906 ) Atlanta Ripper ( 1911 ) Leo Frank lynching ( 1915 ) Bombing of `` The Temple '' ( 1958 ) Child murders ( 1979 -- 1981 ) Prison riots ( 1987 ) Centennial Olympic Park bombing ( 1996 ) Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal ( 2009 -- ) Culture Opera in Atlanta Disasters Great Atlanta Fire ( 1917 ) Winecoff Hotel fire ( 1946 ) Tornado strikes downtown ( 2008 ) Events Timeline International Cotton Exposition ( 1881 ) Piedmont Exposition ( 1887 ) Cotton States and International Exposition ( 1895 ) Gone with the Wind premiere ( 1939 ) Democratic National Convention ( 1988 ) Summer Olympics ( 1996 ) People Mayors Pioneers History of Hispanics in Atlanta History of African Americans in Atlanta Demographic history Gentrification Racial segregation Places History by neighborhood Former neighborhoods and settlements Annexations and city wards Street names History of Georgia Tech Historic mills Zero Mile Post Transportation Atlanta Transit Company ( 1950 ) Historic bridges Historic ferries Freeway revolts Streetcars Transit strike ( 1950 ) Western and Atlantic Railroad ( 1836 ) Trolleybuses Viaducts History of Atlanta Timeline of Atlanta history References Jump up ^ ( 1 ) Jump up ^ Suggs, Ernie ( 2017 - 01 - 04 ). `` 5 things you need to know about Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed ''. Atlanta Journal - Constitution. Retrieved 2017 - 10 - 08. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_mayors_of_Atlanta&oldid=814183354 '' Categories : Mayors of Atlanta Lists of mayors of places in Georgia ( U.S. state ) Atlanta - related lists Talk Contents About Wikipedia Français 日本 語 Edit links This page was last edited on 7 December 2017, at 09 : 30. About Wikipedia

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