Council History

• Members of Council From 1948

W. B. Carter, Deceased

• Council - September 1, 1940 to August 31, 1948
• Council - September 1, 1956 to August 31, 1960 (Deceased May 10, 1957) (See A. G. Decker)
• Vice President - September 1, 1956 to May 10, 1957

A. R. Minton, Deceased

• Council - September 1, 1946 to August 31, 1954
• President and Ex-Officio Mayor - September 1, 1949 to August 31, 1950
• President and Ex-Officio Mayor - September 4, 1951 to August 31, 1952
• Vice President - September 1, 1948 to August 31, 1948
• Vice President - September 1, 1950 to August 31, 1951

R. T. Edwards, Deceased

• Council - September 1, 1946 to August 31, 1950
• President and Ex-Officio Mayor - September 1, 1946 to August 31, 1948
• Vice President - September 1, 1949 to August 31, 1950

Daniel J. Cronin, Deceased

• Council - September 1, 1948 to August 31, 1952 (Resigned June 30, 1952) (See R. W. Woody)

W. P. Hunter, Deceased

• Council - September 1, 1948 to August 31, 1952
• President and Ex-Officio Mayor - September 1, 1948 to August 31, 1949

Robert W. Woody, Deceased

• Council - July 28, 1952 to August 31, 1952 (Unexpired term of D. J. Cronin)
• Council - September 1, 1952 to August 31, 1954
• President and Ex-Officio Mayor - September 1, 1954 to August 31, 1956
• Vice President - September 1, 1952 to August 31, 1954

John R. Waldrop, Deceased

• Council - September 1, 1952 to August 31, 1956

Paul J. Puckett, Deceased

• Council - September 1, 1954 to August 31, 1958 (Resigned December 20, 1954) (See H. A. Davies)

Herbert A. Davies, Deceased

• Council - January 3, 1955 to August 31, 1958 (Unexpired term P. J. Puckett) (Deceased September 13, 1957) (See E. E. West, Jr.)

Leigh R. Hanes, Jr., Deceased

• Council - September 1, 1953 to August 31, 1956
• Vice President - September 1, 1954 to August 31, 1956 (Resigned May 21, 1956) (See B. O. Dillard)

Alan G. Decker, Deceased

• Council - May 27, 1957 to August 31, 1958 (Unexpired term of W. B. Carter, deceased)

E.E. West, Jr., Deceased

• Council - December 31, 1945 to August 31, 1948 (Unexpired term of R. W. Cutshall, ending August 31, 1948)
• Council - October 11, 1957 to August 31, 1958 (Unexpired term of H. A. Davies, deceased)

Mary C. Pickett, Deceased

• Council - September 1, 1953 to August 31, 1960

Dr. C. M. Cornell, Deceased

• Council - September 1, 1958 to August 31, 1962

Willis M. Anderson, Deceased

• Council - September 1, 1958 to August 31, 1962
• Mayor - September 1, 1960 to August 31, 1962

Walter L. Young, Deceased

• Council - September 1, 1950 to August 31, 1964
• Council - September 1, 1964 to August 31, 1968 (Resigned November 9, 1964) (See C. E. Pond)
• President and Ex-Officio Mayor - September 1, 1956 to August 31, 1958

Murray A. Stoller, Deceased

• Council - September 1, 1962 to August 31, 1966
• Mayor - September 1, 1962 to August 31, 1964

Benton O. Dillard, Deceased

• Council - September 1, 1946 to August 31, 1966
• Council - June 18, 1956 to August 31, 1956 (Unexpired term of L. R. Hanes, Jr., deceased)
• Council - September 1, 1956 to August 31, 1964 (Resigned March 10, 1964) (See R. K. Bowles)
• Mayor - September 1, 1964 to August 31, 1968

Ralph K. Bowles, Deceased

• Council - April 6, 1964 to August 31, 1964 (Unexpired term of B. O. Dillard, resigned)

Clarence E. Pond, Deceased

• Council - November 16, 1964 to August 31, 1966 (Unexpired term of W. L. Young, resigned)

Roy R. Pollard, Deceased

• Council - September 1, 1960 to August 31, 1968

James E. Jones, Deceased

• Council - September 1, 1962 to August 31, 1970 (Resigned January 1, 1969) (See H. W. Thomas)

Frank N. Perkinson, Jr., Deceased

• Council - September 1, 1966 to August 31, 1970

John W. Boswell, Deceased

• Council - September 1, 1966 to August 31, 1970

Vincent S. Wheeler, Deceased

• Council - September 1, 1956 to August 31, 1972 (Resigned May 15, 1972) (See W. S. Hubbard)
• President and Ex-Officio Mayor - September 1, 1958 to August 31, 1960
• Vice President - May 27, 1957 to August 31, 1958
• Vice-Mayor - September 1, 1960 to August 31, 1962
• Vice-Mayor - September 1, 1964 to August 31, 1966

Roy L. Webber, Deceased

• Council - September 1, 1950 to August 31, 1962
• President and Ex-Officio Mayor - September 1, 1950 to August 31, 1951
• President and Ex-Officio Mayor - September 1, 1952 to August 31, 1954
• Vice President - September 1, 1951 to August 31, 1952
• Vice President - September 1, 1958 to August 31, 1960
• Mayor - September 1, 1968 to June 30, 1976 (Deceased October 18, 1975) (See N. C. Taylor)

Robert A. Garland, Deceased

• Council - September 1, 1962 to August 31, 1966
• Vice Mayor - September 1, 1962 to August 31, 1964
• Council - September 1, 1970 to June 30, 1976
• Vice-Mayor - October 29, 1975 to June 30, 1976 (Unexpired term of N. C. Taylor as Vice-Mayor)
• Council - July 1, 1976 to June 30, 1990

James O. Trout, Deceased

• Council - September 1, 1968 to June 30, 1976
• Vice-Mayor - September 1, 1968 to August 31, 1972
• Council - May 11, 1982 to June 30, 1982 (Unexpired term of H. W. Thomas, resigned)
• Council - July 1, 1982 to June 30, 1990
• Council - July 1, 1996 to June 30, 2000 (Deceased April 25, 2000) (See W. H. Butler)

David K. Lisk, Deceased

• Council - September 1, 1966 to June 30, 1976
• Vice-Mayor - September 1, 1972 to August 31, 1974

Hampton W. Thomas, Deceased

• Council - January 13, 1969 to August 31, 1970 (Unexpired term of J. E. Jones, resigned)
• Council - September 1, 1970 to June 30, 1978
• Council - July 1, 1978 to June 30, 1982 (Resigned May 11, 1982) (See J. O. Trout)

Dr. Noel C. Taylor, Deceased

• Council - September 1, 1970 to June 30, 1978
• Vice-Mayor - September 1, 1974 to October 27, 1975 (See R. A. Garland)
• Mayor - October 27, 1975 to June 30, 1976 (Unexpired term of R. L. Webber, deceased)
• Mayor - July 1, 1976 to June 30, 1992

Nicholas F. Taubman

• Council - November 26, 1975 to June 30, 1976 (Unexpired term of N. C. Taylor as Council Member)
• Council - July 1, 1976 to June 30, 1978

William S. Hubbard, Deceased

• Council - May 30, 1972 to August 31, 1972 (Unexpired term of V. S. Wheeler, resigned)
• Council - September 1, 1972 to June 30, 1980 (Resigned December 31, 1979) (See G. F. Clement)

Lucian Y. Grove, Deceased

• Council - July 1, 1976 to June 30, 1980

Elizabeth T. Bowles, Deceased

• Council - July 1, 1976 to June 30, 1996
• Vice-Mayor - July 1, 1976 to June 30, 1978

Charles L. Landis

• Council - July 1, 1978 to June 30, 1982 (Resigned May 11, 1982) (See H. E. Musser)
• Vice-Mayor - July 1, 1978 to June 30, 1980

G. Frank Clement, Deceased

• Council - January 7, 1980 to June 30, 1980 (Unexpired term of W. S. Hubbard, resigned)

Dr. Wendell H. Butler, Deceased

• Council - July 1, 1980 to June 30, 1984
• Vice-Mayor - July 1, 1980 to June 30, 1982
• Council - January 16, 1996 to June 30, 1996 (Unexpired term of J. S. Edwards, resigned)
• Council - May 15, 2000 to June 30, 2000 (Unexpired term of J. O. Trout, deceased)

James G. Harvey, II, Deceased

• Council - July 1, 1980 to June 30, 1988
• Vice-Mayor - July 1, 1984 to June 30, 1986
• Council - July 1, 1990 to June 30, 1994

Howard E. Musser, Deceased

• Council - May 11, 1982 to June 30, 1982 (Unexpired term of C. L. Landis, resigned)
• Council - July 1, 1982 to June 30, 1992
• Vice-Mayor - July 1, 1982 to June 30, 1984
• Vice-Mayor - July 1, 1986 to June 30, 1988
• Vice-Mayor - July 1, 1990 to June 30, 1992

David A. Bowers

• Council - July 1, 1984 to June 30, 1992
• Mayor - July 1, 1992 to June 30, 2000
• Mayor - July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2012
• Mayor - July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2016

B.T. Fitzpatrick, Jr.

• Council - July 1, 1988 to June 30, 1992
• Vice-Mayor - July 1, 1988 to June 30, 1990
• Council - July 1, 1992 to June 30, 1996 (Resigned October 15, 1993) (See J. S. Edwards)
• Vice-Mayor - July 1, 1992 to June 30, 1994
• Council - May 19, 2003 to June 30, 2004 (Appointed to fill the unexpired term of W. H. Carder)
• Council - July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2008
• Vice-Mayor - July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2006

John S. Edwards

• Council - November 1, 1993 to June 30, 1994 (Unexpired term of B. T. Fitzpatrick, Jr., resigned)
• Council - July 1, 1994 to June 30, 1996 (Resigned December 31, 1995) (See W. H. Butler)
• Vice-Mayor - July 1, 1994 to June 30, 1996

Delvis O. McCadden

• Council - July 1, 1992 to June 30, 1996

John H. Parrott, Deceased

• Council - July 1, 1994 to June 30, 1998

William White, Sr.

• Council - July 1, 1990 to June 30, 2002

Linda F. Wyatt

• Council - July 1, 1994 to June 30, 1996 (Elected to fill the unexpired term of B. T. Fitzpatrick, Jr., resigned)
• Council - July 1, 1996 to June 30, 2004
• Vice-Mayor - July 1, 1996 to June 30, 1998

Carroll E. Swain, Deceased

• Council - July 1, 1996 to June 30, 2000

C. Nelson Harris

• Council - July 1, 1996 to June 30, 1998 (Elected to fill the unexpired term of J. S. Edwards, resigned)
• Council - July 1, 1998 to June 30, 2002
• Vice-Mayor - July 1, 1998 to January 30, 2000
• Council - July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2006 (Resigned June 30, 2004) (See B. L. McDaniel)
• Vice-Mayor - July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2004
• Mayor - July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2008

W. Alvin Hudson, Deceased

• Council - July 1, 1998 to June 30, 2002

William D. Bestpitch

• Council - July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2004
• Council - July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2014
• Council - July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2018
• Council - July 1, 2018 to December 31, 2022

Ralph K. Smith

• Mayor - July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2004

William H. Carder, Deceased

• Council - July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2004 (Resigned May 16, 2003) (See B. T. Fitzpatrick, Jr.)
• Vice-Mayor - July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2002

M. Rupert Cutler

• Council - July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2006
• Council - March 2, 2009 to June 30, 2010 (Unexpired term of A. L. Nash, resigned as Council Member)

Alfred T. Dowe, Jr.

• Council - July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2006
• Council - July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2010 (Resigned February 23, 2008) (See A. L. Nash)

Brian J. Wishneff

• Council - July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2008

Brenda L. McDaniel

• Council - July 6, 2004 to June 30, 2006 (Unexpired term of C. N. Harris, resigned as Council Member)

Sherman P. Lea, Sr.

• Council - July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2008
• Vice-Mayor - July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2010
• Council - July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2012
• Council - July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2016
• Mayor - July 1, 2016 to December 31, 2020
• Mayor - January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2024

Gwendolyn W. Mason

• Council - July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2010

David B. Trinkle

• Council - July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2010
• Vice-Mayor - July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2008
• Council - July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2014
• Vice-Mayor - July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2012
• Council - July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2018
• Vice-Mayor - July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2016

Alvin L. Nash

• Council - March 31, 2008 to June 30, 2010 (Unexpired term of A. T. Dowe, Jr., resigned) (Resigned February 28, 2009) (See M. R. Cutler)

Courtney G. Rosen

• Council - July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2012
• Council - July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2016
• Vice-Mayor - July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2014

Anita J. Price

• Council - July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2012
• Council - July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2016
• Vice-Mayor - July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2018
• Council - July 1, 2016 to December 31, 2020
• Council - April 18, 2022 to December 31, 2022 (Nine-month term of Robert L. Jeffrey, Jr., forfeited)

Raphael E. Ferris

• Council - July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2014
• Council - July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2018

Michelle L. Davis

• Council - July 1, 2016 to December 31, 2020

John A. Garland

• Council - July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2020  (Resigned January 2, 2019) (See P. White-Boyd)

Joseph L. Cobb

• Vice-Mayor - July 1, 2018 to December 31, 2020
• Council - July 1, 2018 to December 31, 2022
• Vice-Mayor - January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2024
• Council - January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2026

Djuna L. Osborne

• Council – July 1, 2018 to December 31, 2022 (Resigned September 16, 2020) (See V. Sanchez-Jones)

Patricia White-Boyd

• Council – January 16, 2019 to December 31, 2020 (Unexpired term of John A. Garland, resigned)
• Vice-Mayor - January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2022
• Council - January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2024

Vivian Sanchez-Jones

• Council – October 19, 2020 to December 31, 2022 (Unexpired term of Djuna L. Osborne, resigned)
• January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2026