Mayors of Savannah

       
Name Sworn In Left Office Comments
John Houstoun 1790 1791 Governor of Georgia in 1778–79 and 1784–85
Thomas Gibbons 1791 1792
Joseph Habersham 1792 1793 Delegate to the Continental Congress in 1785
William Stephens 1793 1794
Thomas Gibbons 1794 1795
William Stephens 1795 1796
John Noel 1796 1797
John Glen 1797 1798
Matthew McAllister 1798 1799
Thomas Gibbons 1799 1800
Thomas Gibbons 1800 1801
David Mitchell 1801 1802 Governor of Georgia in 1809–13 and 1815–17 Georgia State Representative from 1794 to 1798
Charles Harris 1802 1803
Charles Harris 1803 1804
John Noel 1804 1805
John Noel 1805 1806
John Noel 1806 1807
William Davies 1807 1807
Charles Harris 1807 1808
John Williamson 1808 1809
William Bulloch 1809 1810 U.S. Senator in 1813
William Bulloch 1810 1811
Thomas Mendenhall 1811 1811
William Bulloch 1811 1812
George Jones 1812 1813
George Jones 1813 1814
Matthew McAllister 1814 1815 State Attorney General of Georgia
Thomas Charlton 1815 1815
Thomas Charlton 1815 1816
Thomas Charlton 1816 1817
James Wayne 1817 1818 U.S. Representative in 1829–35
James Wayne 1818 1819
Thomas Charlton 1819 1819
Thomas Charlton 1819 1820
Thomas Charlton 1820 1821
James Morrison 1821 1821
James Morrison 1821 1822
James Morrison 1822 1823
James Morrison 1823 1824
William Daniell 1824 1825
William Daniell 1825 1826
Joseph W. Jackson 1826 1827 U.S. Representative in 1850–53
Joseph W. Jackson 1827 1828
William Thorne Williams 1828 1829
William Thorne Williams 1829 1830
William Waring 1830 1831
William Waring 1831 1832
George Owens 1832 1833 U.S. Representative in 1835–39 Owner of the Owens-Thomas House in 1830–56[16]
William Thorne Williams 1833 1833
William Thorne Williams 1833 1834
William Gordon 1834 1835 Georgia State Representative in 1835 Georgia State Senator in 1838
William Gordon 1835 1836
William Cuyler 1836 1836
John Nicoll 1836 1837
Matthew Hall McAllister 1837 1838
Matthew Hall McAllister 1838 1839
Robert Charlton 1839 1839 U.S. Senator in 1852–53
Robert Charlton 1839 1840
Robert Charlton 1840 1841
William Thorne Williams 1841 1842
Dr. Richard Arnold 1842 1843 Councilmember from 1831 to 1833 and from 1852 to 1853
William Thorne Williams 1843 1844
Dr. Richard Wayne 1844 1845 First elected mayor[23]
Henry Burroughs 1845 1846 Councilmember from 1841 to 1842
Henry Burroughs 1846 1847
Henry Burroughs 1847 1848
Dr. Richard Wayne 1848 1849
Dr. Richard Wayne 1849 1850
Dr. Richard Wayne 1850 1851
Dr. Richard Arnold 1851 1852
Dr. Richard Wayne 1852 1853
John Elliott Ward 1853 1854
Edward Anderson 1854 1855 Councilmember from 1870 to 1871
Edward Anderson 1855 1856
James Proctor Screven 1856 1857 Alderman of Savannah (elected in 1849) Georgia State Senator in 1855[25]
Dr. Richard Wayne 1857 1858
Thomas Turner 1858 1858 Councilmember from 1846 to 1847, 1848 to 1852, 1857 to 1858 and 1862 to 1863
Thomas Turner 1858 1859
Dr. Richard Arnold 1859 1860
Charles Jones 1860 1861 Councilmember from 1859 to 1860
Thomas Purse 1861 1862 Councilmember from 1832 to 1837, 1848 to 1851 and 1856 to 1857
Thomas Holcombe 1862 1863 Councilmember from 1841 to 1842, 1852 to 1853 and 1858 to 1859
Dr. Richard Arnold 1863 1864
Dr. Richard Arnold 1864 1865
Edward Anderson 1865 1866
Edward Anderson 1866 1867
Edward Anderson 1867 1868
Edward Anderson 1868 1869
John Screven 1869 1870
John Screven 1870 1871
John Screven 1871 1873
Edward Anderson 1873 1875
Edward Anderson 1875 1877
John Wheaton 1877 1879
John Wheaton 1879 1881
John Wheaton 1881 1883
Rufus Lester 1883 1885 U.S. Representative from 1889 to 1906
Rufus Lester 1885 1887
Rufus Lester 1887 1889
John Schwarz 1889 1891 Councilmember from 1869 to 1873, 1877 to 1883, 1887 to 1889 and 1899 to 1901
John McDonough 1891 1893 Irish-American mayor
John McDonough 1893 1895
Herman Myers 1895 1897 1st Jewish mayor Councilmember from 1885 to 1895
Peter Meldrim 1897 1899 Irish-American mayor Superior Court Judge from 1917 to 1933 President of the American Bar Association in 1915 Owner of the Green-Meldrim House by 1892
Herman Myers 1899 1901
Herman Myers 1901 1903
Herman Myers 1903 1905
Herman Myers 1905 1907
George Tiedeman 1907 1909 Councilmember from 1895 to 1897 and from 1899 to 1907
George Tiedeman 1909 1911
George Tiedeman 1911 1913
Richard Davant 1913 1915
Richard Davant 1915 1915
Wallace Pierpont 1915 1917
Wallace Pierpont 1917 1919
Murray Stewart 1919 1921
Murray Stewart 1921 1923
Paul Seabrook 1923 1925
Robert Hull 1925 1927
Robert Hull 1927 1927
Thomas Hoynes 1927 1929
Gordon Saussy 1929 1931 Member of the Georgia General Assembly Ordinary of Chatham County, Georgia from 1931 until his death in 1952 Judge
Gordon Saussy 1931 1931
Thomas Hoynes 1931 1933
Thomas Gamble 1933 1935 Mayor of Tybee Beach, prior to 1933
Thomas Gamble 1935 1937
Robert Hitch 1937 1939
Thomas Gamble 1939 1941
Thomas Gamble 1941 1943
Thomas Gamble 1943 1945
Thomas Gamble 1945 1945
Peter Roe Nugent 1945 1947 Councilmember from 1937 to 1945
John Groover Kennedy 1947 1949
Olin Fulmer 1949 1951
Olin Fulmer 1951 1953
Olin Fulmer 1953 1955
Lee Mingledorff, Jr. 1955 1957
Lee Mingledorff, Jr. 1957 1958
Lee Mingledorff, Jr. 1958 1960
Malcolm Maclean 1962 Councilmember from 1957 to 1960
Malcolm Maclean 1962 1966
Julius Curtis Lewis, Jr. 1966 1970
John Rousakis 1970 1974 1st Greek-American mayor
John Rousakis 1974 1978
John Rousakis 1978 1982
John Rousakis 1982 1986
John Rousakis 1986 1992
Susan Weiner 1992 1996 1st woman to serve as Mayor of Savannah
Floyd Adams, Jr. 1996 2000 Jewish mayor
Floyd Adams, Jr. 2000 2004
Otis Johnson 2004 2008 2nd African-American mayor Councilmember from 1982 to 1988
Otis Johnson 2008