Mayors of Charleston, 1836-2020 (may be
incomplete!)
Robert
Y. Hayne 1836-37
Henry
Laurens Pinckney 1837-40
Jacob
F. Mintzing 1840-42
John
Schnierle 1842-46
Thomas
Leger Hutchinson 1846-50
John
Schnierle 1850-52
Thomas
Leger Hutchinson 1852-55
William
Porcher Miles 1855-57
Charles
Macbeth 1857-65
Peter
C. Gaillard 1865-68
William
Wallace Burns 1868
Milton
Cogswell 1868
George
Washington Clark 1868-69
Gilbert
Pillsbury 1869-71
Johann
Andreas Wagener 1871-73
George
I. Cunningham 1873-77
William
W. Sale 1877-79
William
Ashmead Courtenay 1879-87
George
D. Bryan 1887-91
John
F. Ficken 1891-95
James
Adger Smyth 1896-1903
R.
Goodwyn Rhett 1903-11
John
P. Grace 1911-15
Tristram
T. Hyde 1915-19
John
P. Grace 1919-23
Thomas
Porcher Stoney 1923-31
Burnet
R. Maybank 1931-38
Henry
W. Lockwood 1938-44
E.
Edward Wehman, Jr. 1944-47
William
McG. Morrison 1947-59
J.
Palmer Gaillard, Jr. 1959-75
Arthur
B. Schirmer, Jr. 1975
Joseph
P. Riley, Jr. 1975-2016
John
J. Tecklenburg 2016-
Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)
1840 Sep 7:
Jacob
F. Mintzing, elected.
1841 Sep 6:
Jacob
F. Mintzing, elected.
1842 Mar 14:
Jacob
F. Mintzing, died in office.
1877 Dec 11:
William
W. Sale, elected.
1887 Dec 13:
George
D. Bryan, elected.
1903 Dec 8:
R.
Goodwyn Rhett, elected.
1907 Dec 8:
R.
Goodwyn Rhett, elected.
1944 Jun 5:
Henry
W. Lockwood, died in office.
1959 Jun 9:
William
McG. Morrison, defeated.
1999 Nov 2:
Joseph
P. Riley, Jr. (Dem), elected.
2003:
Joseph
P. Riley, Jr., elected.
2015 Nov 17:
John
J. Tecklenburg, elected.
Intendants of Charleston, 1783-1836 (may be
incomplete!)
Richard
Hutson 1783-85
Arnoldus
Van der Horst 1785-86
John
Grimké 1786-88
Rawlins
Lowndes 1788-89
Thomas
Jones 1789-90
Arnoldus
Van der Horst 1790-92
John
Huger 1792-94
John
Bee Holmes 1794-95
John
Edwards, Jr. 1795-97
Henry
W. de Saussure 1797-99
Thomas
Roper 1799-1801
John
Ward 1801-02
David
Deas 1802-03
John
Drayton 1803-04
Thomas
Winstanley 1804-05
Charles
Cochran 1805-06
John
Dawson, Jr. 1806-08
Benjamin
Boyd 1808
William
Rouse 1808-10
Thomas
H. McCalla 1810-12
Thomas
Bennett 1812-13
Thomas
Rhett Smith 1813-15
Elias
Horry 1815-17
John
Geddes 1817-19
Daniel
Stevens 1819-20
Elias
Horry 1820-21
James
Hamilton, Jr. 1821-22
John
Geddes 1823-24
Samuel
Prioleau 1824-25
Joseph
Johnson 1825-27
John
Gadsden 1827-29
Henry
Laurens Pinckney 1829-30
James
R. Pringle 1830-31
Henry
Laurens Pinckney 1831-33
Edward
W. North 1833-36
Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)
1783 Sep 11:
Richard
Hutson, elected.
1784 Sep 13:
Richard
Hutson, elected.
1785 Sep 12:
Arnoldus
Van der Horst, elected.
1786 Sep 11:
John
Grimké, elected.
1787 Sep 10:
John
Grimké, elected.
1788 Sep 7:
John
Grimké, elected.
1788 Sep 15:
John
Grimké, resigned.
1788 Sep 29:
Rawlins
Lowndes, elected.
1790 Sep 13:
Arnoldus
Van der Horst, elected.
1791 Sep 12:
Arnoldus
Van der Horst, elected.
1792 Sep 10:
John
Huger, elected.
1793 Sep 9:
John
Huger, elected.
1794 Sep 22:
John
Bee Holmes, elected.
1795 Sep 26:
John
Edwards, Jr., elected.
1796 Sep 12:
John
Edwards, Jr., elected.
1797 Sep 11:
Henry
W. de Saussure, elected.
1798 Sep 10:
Henry
W. de Saussure, elected.
1799 Sep 9:
Thomas
Roper, elected.
1800 Sep 8:
Thomas
Roper, elected.
1801 Sep 14:
John
Ward, elected.
1802 Sep 13:
David
Deas, elected.
1803 Sep 12:
John
Drayton, elected.
Postmasters at Charleston, 1783-1981 (may be
incomplete!)
Thomas
Hall 1783-91
Thomas
W. Bacot 1791-1834
Alfred
Huger 1834-67
Stanley
G. Trott 1867-73
Benjamin
A. Boseman 1873-81
William
N. Taft 1881-85
Benjamin
F. Huger 1885-87
Albert
H. Mowry 1887-98
George
I. Cunningham 1898-1902
Wilmot
L. Harris 1902-13
Carl
G. Willard 1913
Joseph
M. Poulnot 1913-21
Samuel
E. Hendry 1921-22
Edward
H. Jennings 1922-35
Philip
M. Clement 1935-46
Henry
H. Cochran 1946
Edmund
P. Grice, Jr. 1946-47
Edmund
P. Grice, Jr. 1947-60
Roland
F. Wooten, Jr. 1960-61
Roland
F. Wooten, Jr. 1961-68
James
Gorman Thomas, Jr. 1968-70
James
Gorman Thomas, Jr. 1970-81
Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)
1887 Mar 25:
Benjamin
F. Huger, died in office.
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