List of former members of the Raleigh City Council
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Raleigh City Council | |
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| Seats | 8 |
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Last election | November 5, 2024 |
Next election | 2026 |
The List of former members of the Raleigh City Council documents the elected members of the Raleigh City Council, the legislative governing body of the capital city of Raleigh, North Carolina, since the adoption of the Council–manager government system in 1947.
The city council is composed of a Mayor and eight council members, who are elected in non-partisan elections. The council sets policy and legislative direction while a professional city manager oversees day-to-day administration.[1] Historically, all members served two-year terms, but the council has recently undergone significant election reforms, including moving elections to even-numbered years (starting in 2022) and transitioning to four-year staggered terms beginning in 2026.[2]
The list below details the composition of the council for each term since 1947, including Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem, and the at-large and district representatives.
1947–1959
1947 – 1949
- P. D. Snipes - Mayor
- Miss Ruth Wilson
- Fred B. Wheeler
- Hobson I. Gattis
- John F. Danielson
- Fred Fletcher
- Joe S. Correll
1949 – 1951
- P. D. Snipes - Mayor
- James E. Briggs - Mayor Pro Tem
- Miss Ruth Wilson
- Joe S. Correll
- John F. Danielson
- Hobson I. Gattis
- Fred B. Wheeler
1951 – 1953
- James E. Briggs - Mayor
- Fred B. Wheeler - Mayor Pro Tem, Chairman of Law & Finance Committee
- B. B. Benson
- John F. Danielson - Chairman of Public Works Committee
- W. W. Merriman Jr.
- W. D. Martin Sr.
- Martin K. Green
1953 – 1955
- Fred B. Wheeler - Mayor
- John F. Danielson - Chairman of Public Works Committee
- B. B. Benson - Mayor Pro Tem
- W. D. Debnam
- William G. Enloe - Chairman of Law & Finance Committee
- Martin K. Green
- W. D. Martin Sr.
1955 – 1957
- Fred B. Wheeler - Mayor
- John F. Danielson - Mayor Pro Tem, Chairman of Public Works Committee
- W. E. Debnam (resigned 7/20/57 – Wade Lewis appointed)
- Charles W. Bradshaw
- Martin K. Green
- Frank M. Jolly
- William G. Enloe - Chairman of Law & Finance Committee

1957 – 1959
- Wililam G. Enloe - Mayor
- Guy W. Rawls - Mayor Pro Tem
- John N. Coffey - Chairman of Public Works Committee at death of Fred B. Wheeler
- Joe S. Correll
- Jesse Helms - Chairman of Law & Finance Committee
- James D. Ray Jr.
- Fred D. Wheeler (died in office 12/11/57 – John E.Treadwell appointed)

1959 – 1961
- William G. Enloe - Mayor
- James W. Reid - Mayor Pro Tem
- John N. Coffee - Chairman of Public Works Committee
- Joe S. Correll
- Jesse Helms - Chairman of Law & Finance Committee
- Robert S. Sessoms Jr.
- Paul A. Hoover
1960s

1961 – 1963
- Wiliam G. Enloe - Mayor
- James W. Reid - Mayor Pro Tem
- John N. Coffee - Chairman of Public Works Committee
- Paul A. Hoover - Chairman of Law & Finance Committee
- William L. McLaurin
- Travis H. Tomlinson
- John W. Winters
1963 – 1965
- James W. Reid - Mayor
- Wiliam L. McLaurin - Mayor Pro Tem
- Earl H. Hostetler
- William H. Worth
- Travis H. Tomlinson, Chairman of Law & Finance Committee
- John Winters, Chairman of Public Works and Planning Commission
- Charles W. Gaddy
1965 – 1967
- Travis H. Tomlinson - Mayor
- William L. McLaurin Mayor Pro Tem
- Earl H. Hostetler
- William H. Worth
- John W. Winters
- Charles W. Gaddy
- William M. Law
1967 – 1969
- Travis H. Tomlinson - Mayor
- Earl H. Hostetler - Mayor Pro Tem
- Clarence E. Lightner
- William H. Worth
- William M. Law
- Seby B. Jones
- George B. Cherry
1969 – 1971
- Seby B. Jones - Mayor
- George B. Cherry - Mayor Pro Tem
- Clarence E. Lightner
- Jesse O. Sanderson
- Thomas W. Bradshaw
- A. L. Strickland
- Robert W. Shoffner
1970s
1971 – 1973
- Thomas W. Bradshaw Jr. – Mayor
- Clarence E. Lightner - Mayor Pro Tem
- Michael Boyd
- Jesse O. Sanderson (resigned 2/29/73 – Paul Hoover appointed)
- William G. Enloe (died 11/22/72 – Edith Reid appointed)
- A. L. Strickland
- Robert W. Shoffner
1973 – 1975
- Clarence E. Lightner - Mayor
- Jack B. Keeter - Mayor Pro Tem
- Ronald I. Kirshbaum
- Thomas G. Bashford
- Miriam P. Block
- William R. Knight
- James T. Quinn
- J. Oliver Wililams

1975 – 1977
- Jyles J. Coggins - Mayor
- Jack B. Keeter - Mayor Pro Tem
- Ronald I. Kirschbaum
- Thomas G. Bashford
- Miriam P. Block
- Randolph T. Hester Jr.
- William R. Knight
- James T. Quinn
1977 – 1979
- Isabella W. Cannon - Mayor
- Jack B. Keeter - Mayor Pro Tem (died 12/2/78 – James B. Womble appointed)
- Miriam P. Block
- William R. Knight
- Edward A. Walters
- William H. Wilson
- George Smedes York
- S. Tony Jordan
1979 – 1981
- G. Smedes York - Mayor
- Edward A. Walters - Mayor
- James B. Womble
- Miriam P. Block
- John A. Edwards Jr.
- Arthur J. Calloway
- S. Tony Jordan
- Avery C. Upchurch
1980s

1981 - 1983
- G. Smedes York - Mayor
- Edwards A. Walters - Mayor Pro Tem
- Sandra P. Babb
- Walter M. Keller
- John A. Edwards Jr.
- Arthur J. Calloway
- S. Tony Jordan
- Avery C. Upchurch
1983 – 1985
- Avery C. Upchurch - Mayor
- Edward A. Walters - Mayor Pro Tem
- Sandra P. Babb
- Walter M. Keller
- Miriam P. Block
- Arthur J. Calloway
- Mary C. Cates
- O. Morton Congleton

1985 – 1987
- Avery C. Upchurch - Mayor
- Edward A. Walters - Mayor Pro Tem
- Mary C. Cates
- O. Morton Congleton
- Perry Safran
- Charles C. Meeker
- Ralph Campbell Jr.
- Norma DeCamp Burns
1987 – 1989
- Avery C. Upchurch - Mayor
- Mary C. Cates - Mayor Pro Tem
- Charles C. Meeker
- Ralph Campbell Jr.
- Norma DeCamp Burns
- Geoffrey Elting
- Anne S. Franklin
- Mary Watson Nooe
1989 – 1991
- Avery C. Upchurch - Mayor
- Ralph Campbell Jr. - Mayor Pro Tem
- Mary C. Cates
- Anne S. Franklin
- Mary Watson Nooe
- Frank L. Turner
- E. Julian Ford
- J. Barlow Herget
1990s
1991 – 1993
- Avery C. Upchurch - Mayor
- Anne S. Franklin - Mayor Pro Tem
- Mary C. Cates
- Mary Watson Nooe
- Ralph Campbell Jr. (elected State Auditor – Charles Francis appointed)
- Charles C. Meeker
- Geoffrey Elting
- J. Barlow Hergett

1993 – 1995
- Tom Fetzer - Mayor
- Mary Watson Nooe - Mayor Pro Tem
- Charles C. Meeker
- Geoff Elting
- John H. Odom
- Brad Thompson
- Eric Reeves
- Paul Y. Coble
1995 - 1997
- Tom Fetzer - Mayor
- Julie Shea-Graw
- Marc Scruggs
- Kieran Joseph Shanahan
- John H. Odom
- Brad Thompson
- Eric Reeves (elected to State House of Representatives 12-96 – Stacy Miller app’t 1-97)
- Paul Coble
1997 – 1999
- Tom Fetzer - Mayor
- Julie Shea-Graw
- Stephanie Fanjul
- Kieran Joseph Shanahan
- John H. Odom
- Brad Thompson
- W. Benson Kirkman
- Paul Coble
1999 – 2001
- Paul Coble - Mayor
- John H. Odom - Mayor Pro Tem
- Julie Shea-Graw
- O. Morton Congleton
- Kieran Joseph Shanahan
- James West
- W. Benson Kirkman
- Marc Scruggs

2000s
2001 – 2003
- Charles C. Meeker - Mayor
- W. Benson Kirkman - Deputy Mayor
- John H. Odom - Deputy Mayor
- Janet R. Cowell
- Neal Hunt
- Philip R. Isley
- Kieran Joseph Shanahan
- James P. West

2003 – 2005
- Charles C. Meeker - Mayor
- James P. West, Mayor Pro Tem – District C
- Janet Cowell - replaced by Joyce Kekas 2/1/05 -Cowell elected to NC Senate - At Large
- Neal Hunt - replaced by Tommy Craven 2/1/05 – Hunt elected to NC Senate- At Large
- Mike Regan – District A
- Jessie Taliaferro – District B
- Thomas Crowder – District D
- Philip R. Isley – District E
2005 – 2007
- Charles C. Meeker - Mayor
- Russ Stephenson – At Large
- Joyce Kekas – At Large
- Thomas Craven – District A
- Jessie Taliaferro – District B
- James P. West – District C – Mayor Pro Tem
- Thomas G. Crowder – District D
- Philip R. Isley – District E

2007 – 2009
- Charles C. Meeker - Mayor
- James P. West - Mayor Pro Tem, District C
- Mary Ann Baldwin – At Large
- Russ Stephenson – At Large
- Nancy McFarlane – District A
- Rodger Koopman - District B
- Thomas G. Crowder – District D
- Philip R. Isley – District E
2009 – 2011
- Charles C. Meeker – Mayor
- James P. West- Mayor Pro Tem, District C (Resigned to become Wake County Commissioner 9/21/10)
- Mary-Ann Baldwin – At Large (Mayor Pro Tem 10/19/10 – 4/30/11)
- Russ Stephenson – At Large
- Nancy McFarlane – District A (Mayor Pro Tem 5/1/11 – 12/5/11)
- John Odom – District B
- Eugene Weeks – District C (October 19, 2010)
- Thomas G. Crowder – District D
- Bonner Gaylord – District E
2010s

2011 – 2013
- Nancy McFarlane – Mayor
- Russ Stephenson – At Large; Mayor Pro Tem 12/6/11 – 12/03/12
- Eugene Weeks – District C; Mayor Pro Tem 12/04/12 – 12/03/13
- Mary-Ann Baldwin – At Large
- Randall Stagner – District A
- John Odom – District B
- Thomas Crowder – District D
- Bonner Gaylord – District E
2013 – 2015
- Nancy McFarlane – Mayor
- Mary-Ann Baldwin – At-Large
- Russ Stephenson – At-Large
- Wayne Maiorano – District A
- John Odom – District B
- Eugene Weeks – District C
- Thomas Crowder – District D
- Bonner Gaylord – District E
2015-2017
- Nancy McFarlane – Mayor
- Mary-Ann Baldwin – At-Large
- Russ Stephenson – At-Large
- Dickie Thompson – District A
- David Cox – District B
- Corey Branch – District C
- Kay Crowder – District D
- Bonner Gaylord – District E
2017-2019
- Nancy McFarlane - Mayor
- Nicole Stewart - at-large
- Russ Stephenson - at-large
- Dickie Thompson - District A
- David Cox - District B
- Corey Branch - District C
- Kay Crowder - District D
- Stef Mendell - District E
2020s
2019-2021
- Mary Ann Baldwin - Mayor
- Nicole Stewart - Mayor Pro Tem, at-large
- Johnathan Melton - at-large
- Patrick Buffkin - District A
- David Cox - District B
- Corey Branch - Mayor Pro Tem, District C
- Saige Martin - District D
- David Knight - District E
2022-2024
- Mary-Ann Baldwin - Mayor
- Jonathan Melton - at-large
- Stormie Forte - at-large
- Mary Black-Branch - District A
- Megan Patton - District B
- Corey Branch - District C
- Jane Harrison - District D
- Christina Jones - District E
See also
References
- ↑ "Raleigh's Council-Manager Form of Government". Raleighnc.gov. Raleigh City Government. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
- ↑ "City Council". Raleighnc.gov. Raleigh City Government. Retrieved 8 November 2025.