Mayor of Columbia Style His Honor Term length Four years Inaugural holder John Taylor Formation 19th century
The mayor of Columbia, South Carolina is elected at large for a four-year term. The duties of the mayor is to create policy and enact laws, rules and regulations for the city of Columbia. Daniel Rickenmann , who assumed office on January 4, is the current mayor of Columbia.[1] [2]
Intendants and mayors of Columbia, South Carolina [ edit ] No. Term Mayor Intendant 1 May 1806–April 1807 John Taylor 2 April 1807–June 1807 Abraham Nott 3 June 1807–April 1808 Claiborne Clifton 4 April 1808–July 1808 John Hooker 5 July 1808–April 1809 Daniel Faust 6 1809 Simon Taylor 7 1810 Robert Stark 8 1811 Simon Taylor 9 1812–1815 Daniel Faust 10 1815 William E. Hayne 11 1816 James Gregg 12 1817 Daniel Morgan 13 1818–1822 James Taylor Goodwyn 14 1822 David James McCord 15 1823 James Taylor Goodwyn 16 1824 David James McCord 17 1825 James Taylor Goodwyn 18 1826–1828 William Ford de Saussure 19 1828–1830 Ezekiel Hopkins Maxcy 20 1830 William Campbell Preston 21 1831 William C. Clifton 22 1832 Ezekiel Hopkins Maxcy 23 1833–1836 Dr. M. H. DeLeon 24 1836–1839 John Bryce 25 1839–1841 Dr. Robert Wilson Gibbes 26 April 1841–September 1841 Col. Benjamin T. Elmore 27 September 1841–April 1842 Col. Robert Howell Goodwyn 28 1842–1845 William Mills Myers 29 1845–December 1846 William Byrd Stanley 30 December 1846–April 1847 Joel Stevenson 31 1847–1850 Edward Sill 32 1850–1851 Henry Lyons 33 1851–1853 Col. Adley Hogan Gladden 34 1853–1855 William Maybin 35 1855–1857 Edward J. Arthur 36 1857–1859 James D. Tradewell 37 1859–1861 Allen J. Green 38 1861–1863 John Henry Boatwright 39 1863–1865 Thomas Jefferson Goodwyn 40 May 1865–April 1866 James Guignard Gibbes 41 April 1866–July 1868 Theodore Stark 42 July 1868–August 1868 Col. Francis Luther Guenther 43 August 1868–November 1868 Cyrus H. Baldwin 44 November 1868–1870 John McKenzie 45 1870–1878 John Alexander 46 1878–1880 Capt. William B. Stanley 47 1880–1882 Capt. Richard O'Neale Jr. 48 1882–1890 John Taylor Rhett 49 1890–1892 Col. Fitz William McMaster 50 1892–1894 Dr. Walter Coles Fisher 51 1894–1898 William McBurney Sloan 52 1898–1900 Col. Thomas J. Lipscomb 53 1900–1904 Dr. Fort Sumter Earle 54 1904–1908 Thomas Hasell Gibbes 55 1908–1910 William S. Reamer 56 1910–1914 Wade Hampton Gibbes, Jr. 57 1914–1918 Dr. Lewie A. Griffith 58 1918–1922 R. Johnson Blalock 59 1922–1926 William A. Coleman 60 1926–1941 Dr. Lawrence Beacham Owens 61 1941–1946 Fred D. Marshall 62 1946–1950 Dr. Frank C. Owens 63 1950–1954 J. Macfie Anderson 64 1954–1958 J. Clarence Dreher 65 1958–1970 Lester L. Bates 66 1970–1978 John T. Campbell 67 1978–1986 Kirkman Finlay, Jr. 68 1986–1990 T. Patton Adams 69 1990–2010 Robert D. "Bob" Coble 70 2010–2022 Stephen K. Benjamin 71 2022–present Daniel Rickenmann
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