List of mayors of Wilmington, North Carolina
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Mayors of the city of Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
The following is a list of mayors of the city of Wilmington, North Carolina, USA.
- John Sampson, 1760[1]
- Frederick Gregg, c. 1760s[1]
- Moses John deRosset, c. 1766[1][2]
- ?
- Hinton James c. 1800s, first student to attend the University of North Carolina[3]
- ?
- William James Harriss, ?–1839, physician, died in office[4]
- Colonel John McRae c. 1855[5][6][7]
- A.H. Van Bokkelen, 1866[8]
- John Dawson?–1868[8][9]
- Joseph H. Neff, 1868–?[8][9]
- Silas N. Martin, 1871–1872[8][10]
- S.H. (Solomon Harry) Fishblate 1878–1880, 1893[11][12]
- Edward Dudley Hall 1883–1887[13][14]
- A. G. Ricaud, 1891–1893[15][16]
- Silas P. Wright 1897–1898,[17][18] resigned at gunpoint and Waddell installed in his place.[19]
- Alfred Moore Waddell, 1898–1906[16][20]
- William B. Cooper, 1902–1903, as (mayor pro tempore)[21]
- William E. Springer 1907–1910[22][23]
- Joseph D. Smith, c. 1911[24]
- P.Q. (Parker Quince) Moore, c.1913–1921[25][26][27]
- James Cowen, c 1922[28]
- William E. Mayo 1921–1924,[29][30] died in office
- Katherine Mayo Cowan 1924–1925,[30][31] assumed her husband's term
- Walter H. Blair, 1926–1937[32][33][16]
- Robert E. Cooper 1937–1940[34][35]
- Hargrove Bellamy 1941–1942[36]
- Edgar Yow, 1942–1943[37][38]
- Bruce B. Cameron 1943–1944, died in office[39][40]
- W. Ronald Lane, 1945–1946[41][42]
- J.E.L. "Hi, Buddy" Wade, 1948[43] (mayor pro tempore), 1949–1950, 1958–1960[44]
- Royce McClelland 1951[45]
- E.S. Capps 1952–1953, 1960–1961[44]
- E. L. White, c. 1953–1955[16]
- Daniel David Cameron, 1956–1958[44][46]
- Ogden Allsbrook, 1961–1970[44][47]
- Hannah Block, c. 1963 (mayor pro tempore)[47][48]
- Luther M. Cromartie, 1970–1971[44]
- Benjamin David Schwartz, c. 1971–1972[44][49][50]
- John Symes, 1972[44]
- Herbert B. Brand, 1973–1975[44]
- Ben Halterman, 1975–1983[51]
- William Schwartz, c. 1983–1985[52]
- Berry Armon Williams, 1985–1987[53]
- Don Betz, 1987–1997[44]
- Hamilton Hicks, 1997–1999[44]
- David L. Jones, 1999–2001[44]
- Harper Peterson 2001–2003[44]
- Spence Broadhurst, 2003–2006
- Bill Saffo, 2007–present
See also
References
- 1 2 3 "Wilmington History". City of Wilmington, North Carolina. Retrieved May 9, 2017. (Timeline)
- ↑ "De Rosset, Moses John". NCpedia. May 29, 2013. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
- ↑ "Hinton James: First Student at Chapel Hill - NC DNCR". NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. February 12, 2016. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
- ↑ "Digital Collections » Text". Digital Collections at ECU. June 12, 1916. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
- ↑ Relief Association (Portsmouth, Va.) (1856). Report to the Contributors of the Fund for the Relief of Portsmouth, Virginia, During the Prevalence of the Yellow Fever ... 1855 ... p. 285. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
- ↑ Rhodes' Journal of Banking ...: A Practical Banker's Magazine. B. Rhodes & Company. 1883. p. 601. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
- ↑ Sterling, A.W. (1922). The Book of Englewood. Mayor and council of the city of Englewood, N. J. p. 273. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
- 1 2 3 4 T.H. Haddock, ed. (1871), Wilmington, N.C., Directory, P. Heinsberger, p. 24
- 1 2 Evans, W.M.K.; Joyner, C. (2004). Ballots and Fence Rails: Reconstruction on the Lower Cape Fear. University of Georgia Press. p. 305. ISBN 978-0-8203-2384-8. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
- ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. New England Historic Genealogical Society. 1873. p. 102. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
- ↑ Rogoff, L. (2010). Down Home: Jewish Life in North Carolina. University of North Carolina Press. p. 162. ISBN 978-0-8078-9599-3. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
- ↑ "North Carolina Wilmington Encyclopedia". Institute of Southern Jewish Life. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
In 1878, Fishblate was elected mayor of Wilmington, serving three years. After his term, he was elected once again as an alderman in the 1880s, along with another member of Temple of Israel, Solomon Bear. Fishblate was elected mayor once again in 1891.
- ↑ "Hall, Edward Dudley". NCpedia. March 26, 2014. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
- ↑ Cope, G. (1887). Genealogy of the Sharpless Family. Bicentennial Committee. p. 955. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
- ↑ History of North Carolina (PDF). Chicago and new York: The Lewis Publishing Company. 1919. p. 33.
He served as mayor of Wilmington from 1891 to 1893, and was also an alderman for two years.
- 1 2 3 4 Lawrence Kestenbaum (ed.). "Mayors of Wilmington, North Carolina". Political Graveyard. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
- ↑ "1898hist4". UNCW Faculty and Staff Web Pages. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
- ↑ "Marker: D-103". NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
Dr. Silas P. Wright, the white Republican mayor, resigned under pressure as did members of the city council and other officers, both black and white. Waddell then took office as mayor
- ↑ Tyson, Timothy B. (November 17, 2006). "The Ghosts of 1898" (PDF). The News & Observer.
- ↑ De Lancey Haywood, M. (1906). The Beginnings of Freemasonry in North Carolina and Tennessee. Weaver & Lynch. p. 58. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
- ↑ R.D.W. Connor, ed. (1918). North Carolina Manual. Publications of the Legislative Reference Library. North Carolina Historical Commission. p. 409. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
- ↑ Page, Walter Hines; Page, Arthur Wilson (1907). The World's Work. Doubleday, Page and Company. p. 9046. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
- ↑ United States. Congress (1910). Congressional Record. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 331. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
- ↑ Wilmington, N.C. Directory, Richmond, Virginia: Hill Directory Co., 1911
- ↑ Municipal Journal. Municipal Journal and Engineer, Incorporated. 1913. p. 788. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
- ↑ The Cumulative Daily Digest of Corporation News. Moody Manual Company. 1920. p. 54. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
- ↑ North Carolina (1921). Session Laws and Resolutions Passed by the General Assembly. p. 1-PA3. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
- ↑ "Commemorative Landscapes of North Carolina". The Wilmington Dispatch. March 19, 2010. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
- ↑ "Wilmington's first (and only) woman mayor". Cape Fear Historian. October 25, 2019. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
- 1 2 "A Milestone for Women, Mayors, and North Carolina". Our State Magazine. November 4, 2015. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
- ↑ Grant, A.H.; Buttenheim, H.S. (1924). The American City. Buttenheim Publishing Corporation. p. 453. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
- ↑ "Wilmington Mayor Bill Saffo holds onto Seat, Kevin Spears joins city council". November 6, 2019.
His 2017 win broke the record of Walter H. Blair, who served for 11 years from 1926 to 1937
- ↑ Hill's Wilmington City Directory (PDF). Richmond, Virginia: Hill Directory Company. 1930. p. 86.
- ↑ "Indianapolis Recorder 3 July 1937". Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program. July 3, 1937. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
- ↑ "Wilmington Local 129 History". Retrieved January 14, 2020.
- ↑ Reports of the Tax Court of the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1950. p. 868. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
In the spring of 1941 the petitioner was elected mayor of the city of Wilmington...The petitioner continued to serve as mayor until November 1942 when he entered the United States Army as a commissioned officer
- ↑ Stallman, D.A. (2004). Echoes of Topsail: Stories of the Island's Past. Carlisle Printing. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-9708239-2-2. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
- ↑ "People Back Home". Yank, the Army Weekly. December 9, 1942. Retrieved January 17, 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ Cantwell, Si (July 24, 2009). "Who are the Camerons?". MyReporter.com. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
- ↑ Steelman, Ben (April 4, 2013). "Developer, Philanthropist Bruce Cameron dies". Retrieved January 14, 2020.
- ↑ Full Employment Act of 1945: Hearings... U.S. Government Printing Office. 1945. pp. 1112–1113. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
- ↑ War Department Civil Functions Appropriation Bill, 1947, Hearings... 1946. p. 514. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
- ↑ "PHOTOS: Good WILLmington Mission of 1948". July 25, 2019. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Steelman, Ben (July 15, 2011). "How many former Wilmington mayors are still alive?". StarNews Online. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
- ↑ Defense Housing and Community Facilities: Hearings...1951. 1951. pp. 195–202. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
- ↑ "In Memory: Daniel David Cameron", Star-News, July 7, 2005 – via Google News
- 1 2 Wilmington, N.C. Directory, Richmond, Virginia: Hill Directory Co., 1963
- ↑ Steelman, Ben (November 13, 2009). "Hannah Block, Wilmington civic leader, dies". StarNews Online. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
- ↑ "Ex-Wilmington mayor remembered", Wilmington Star-News, July 13, 2001
- ↑ "Wilmington City Council". Cdm16072.contentdm.oclc.org. May 31, 1972. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
- ↑ "Former Wilmington mayor Ben Halterman, 87, dies", Wilmington Star-News, April 9, 2013
- ↑ "North Carolina Wilmington Encyclopedia". Institute of Southern Jewish Life. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
In 1983, his brother William Schwartz was elected mayor of Wilmington, serving for two years.
- ↑ "Cape Fearians Collection", New Hanover County Digital Archives, Wilmington: New Hanover County Public Library, retrieved May 9, 2017
