# List of mayors of Greenville, South Carolina

This is a list of mayors of Greenville, South Carolina, a city in the northwest (Upstate) part of the U.S. state of South Carolina. Before the city's office of Mayor was established, a similar role was that of Intendant. Mayors began office when the General Assembly amended the town charter in February 1869 to establish Greenville as a city. Officials elected to multiple consecutive terms have the number of terms noted after their names.

## Intendants

| Order | Person number | Intendants of Greenville, South Carolina | Intendants of Greenville, South Carolina | Intendants of Greenville, South Carolina |
| Order | Person number | Intendant | Served | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Thomas M. Cox | 1850–1851 | also served in 1864 |
| | | unknown | 1852–1854 | |
| 2 | 2 | H. Lee Thruston (2) | 1855–1857 | |
| | | unknown | 1858 | |
| 3 | 3 | Alexander McBee | 1859–1860 | also served 1862–1863; son of Vardry McBee |
| | | unknown | 1861 | |
| 4 | 3 | Alexander McBee | 1862–1863 | also served 1859–1860; lived at Brushy Creek |
| 5 | 1 | Thomas M. Cox | 1864 | also served 1850–1851 |
| | | unknown | 1865 | |
| 6 | 4 | R.D. Long | 1866–1867 | |
| 7 | 5 | W.R. Jones | 1868 | also served as Greenville's first mayor |

## Mayors

| Years per term | Order | Person number | Mayors of Greenville, South Carolina | Mayors of Greenville, South Carolina | Mayors of Greenville, South Carolina |
| Years per term | Order | Person number | Mayor | Served | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | W.R. Jones | 1869–1870 | served previously as intendant |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | Thomas C. Gower | 1870–1871 | |
| 1 | 3 | 3 | James P. Moore | 1871–1872 | |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | H.P. Hammett | 1872–1873 | |
| 1 | 5 | 5 | Samuel Stradley | 1873–1874 | |
| 2 | 6 | 6 | William C. Cleveland | 1875–1877 | terms began a two-year length |
| 2 | 7 | 7 | William L. Mauldin | 1877–1879 | later served in the state house, senate, and as lieutenant governor |
| 2 | 8 | 8 | Samuel A. Townes (3) | 1879–1885 | also served 1887–1889 |
| 2 | 9 | 9 | E.F.S. Rowley | 1885–1887 | also served 1889–1891 |
| 2 | 10 | 8 | Samuel A. Townes | 1887–1889 | also served 1879–1885 |
| 2 | 11 | 9 | E.F.S. Rowley | 1889–1891 | also served 1885–1887 |
| 2 | 12 | 10 | W.W. Gilreath | 1891–1893 | |
| 2 | 13 | 11 | James T. Williams (4) | 1893–1901 | |
| 2 | 14 | 12 | C.C. Jones | 1901–1903 | |
| 2 | 15 | 13 | G. Heyward Mahon (3) | 1903–1909 | |
| 2 | 16 | 14 | John B. Marshall | 1909–1911 | also served 1913–1915 |
| 2 | 17 | 15 | Henry Briggs | 1911–1913 | |
| 2 | 18 | 14 | John B. Marshall | 1913–1915 | also served 1909–1911 |
| 2 | 19 | 16 | Charles S. Webb | 1915–1917 | |
| 2 | 20 | 17 | H.C. Harvley (3) | 1917–1923 | |
| 2 | 21 | 18 | Richard F. Watson (2) | 1923–1927 | |
| 2 | 22 | 19 | Alvin H. Dean | 1927–1929 | |
| 2 | 23 | 20 | A.C. Mann (2) | 1929–1933 | father of politician James Mann |
| 2 | 24 | 21 | John McHardy Mauldin (2) | 1933–1937 | son of Mayor William L. Mauldin |
| 2 | 25 | 22 | C. Fred McCullough (5) | 1937–1947 | |
| 2 | 26 | 23 | J. Kenneth Cass (7) | 1947–1961 | |
| 2 | 27 | 24 | David G. Traxler Sr. (4) | 1961–1969 | |
| 2 | 28 | 25 | R. Cooper White Jr. | 1969–1971 | grandson of Mayor H.C. Harvley |
| 4 | 29 | 26 | Max Heller (2) | 1971–1979 | terms began a 4-year length; appointed to State Development Board |
| 4 | 30 | 27 | James H. Simkins | 1979 | completed Heller's second term |
| 4 | 31 | 28 | Jesse L. Helms | 1979–1982 | died in office |
| 4 | 32 | 29 | Harry B. Luthi | 1982–1983 | completed Helms's term |
| 4 | 33 | 30 | Bill Workman (3) | 1983–1995 | |
| 4 | 34 | 31 | Knox H. White (8) | 1995–present | longest-serving mayor |