The Mayor of Macon-Bibb County is the highest elected official in the consolidated city-county government of Macon and Bibb County, Georgia. The county was established in 1822, while the city was incorporated in 1823. Heads of the city were known as "intendents" prior to 1833. The city and county governments were consolidated in 2014.

List of officeholders

Intendents of the City of Macon

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(1824) *

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(1825) * Edward Dorr Tracy (1826) *

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(1827) * Robert Birdsong (1828) *

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(1829) *

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(1830) *

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(1831) * Levi Eckley (1832)

Mayors of the City of Macon

* Isaac G. Seymour (1833–1834) ''elected by Board of Aldermen'' * Robert Augustus Beall (1835) ''1st popularly elected'' * Isaac G. Seymour (1836–1839) *

(1840–1841) * Frederick Sims (1842) * John J. Gresham (1843) * James A. Nisbet (1844–1845) * Isaac Holmes (1846) * John J. Gresham (1847) * George M. Logan (1848–1850) *

James H. R. Washington James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambigua ...

(1851) * E. L. Strohecker (1852–1854) * Benjamin Franklin Ross (1855–1856) *

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(1857) *

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(1858–1860) ''resigned September 18, 1860'' *

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(1860–1862) ''elected September 25, 1860'' *

(1863) *

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(1864–1866) * George S. Obear (1867–1870) * William A. Huff (1871–1879) *

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(1880–1883) * Sylvester B. Price (1884–1894) * Henry Horne (1895–1896) * Sylvester B. Price (1897) *

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(1898–1907) *

Alexander Lawton Miller The Mayor of Macon-Bibb County is the highest elected official in the consolidated city-county government of Macon and Bibb County, Georgia. The county was established in 1822, while the city was incorporated in 1823. Heads of the city were know ...

(1908–1909) * John T. Moore (mayor) (1910–1913) *

(1914–1917) *

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(1918–1921) *

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(1922–1925) *

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(1926–1927) *

(1928–1929) *

(1930–1933) *

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(1933–1937) *

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(1937–1947) *

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(1947–1953) *

Benjamin Franklin Merritt, Jr. Benjamin ( he, ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right") blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the last of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's thi ...

(1953–1959) * Edgar H. Wilson (1959–1963) *

(1963–1967) * Ronnie Thompson (1967–1975) ''1st elected Republican mayor'' *

Buck Melton Buckner Franklin "Buck" Melton, Sr. (October 24, 1923 – March 5, 2014) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the mayor of Macon, Georgia, from 1975 until 1979. Biography Early life Melton was born in Arlington, Georgia, on Oct ...

(1975–1979) * George Israel (1979 – December 14, 1987) ''2nd elected Republican mayor'' * Lee Robinson (December 14, 1987 – December 11, 1991) *

Tommy Olmstead Tommy may refer to: People * Tommy (given name) * Tommy Atkins, or just Tommy, a slang term for a common soldier in the British Army Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Tommy'' (1931 film), a Soviet drama film * ''Tommy'' (1975 f ...

(December 11, 1991 – 1995) * David Carter (1995) * Jim Marshall (1995 – December 14, 1999) *

C. Jack Ellis C. Jack Ellis (born January 6, 1946) is a politician and the former mayor of Macon, Georgia. Early life and career Prior to taking office, Ellis served 20 years in the United States Army as an airborne infantryman, Airborne school ‘black hat ...

(December 14, 1999 – December 12, 2007) ''1st African American mayor'' *

Robert Reichert Robert Reichert (born August 11, 1948) is an American Democratic politician and former mayor of Macon, Georgia, the fourth largest city in the state. Early life and education Reichert was born in Macon to Albert Reichert, Sr. He graduated fro ...

(December 12, 2007 - December 31, 2013)

Mayors of Macon-Bibb County

(January 1, 2014 - December 30, 2020) *Lester Miller (since January 1, 2021)

References

External links

Macon Mayor's office
{{MaconGAMayors

Macon, Georgia Macon ( ), officially Macon–Bibb County, is a consolidated city-county in the U.S. state of Georgia. Situated near the fall line of the Ocmulgee River, it is located southeast of Atlanta and lies near the geographic center of the state of Geo ...