The Mayor of Macon-Bibb County is the highest elected official in the consolidated city-county government of
Macon and
Bibb County, Georgia
Bibb County is located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, its population was 157,346. Bibb County is geographically located in the Central Georgia (Middle Georgia) region, and is the largest county in the Macon metropolitan a ...
. 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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David S. Booth (1824)
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James H. Rogers
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(1825)
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Edward Dorr Tracy (1826)
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Washington Poe
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Background
Born in Augusta, Georgia, Poe studied law at the Litchfield Law School in 1823, and was admitted to the Georgia bar in Ma ...
(1827)
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Robert Birdsong (1828)
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Joseph Washburn (1829)
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W. J. Dannelly (1830)
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Isaac R. Rowland (1831)
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Levi Eckley (1832)
Mayors of the City of Macon
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Isaac G. Seymour (1833–1834) ''elected by Board of Aldermen''
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Robert Augustus Beall (1835) ''1st popularly elected''
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Isaac G. Seymour (1836–1839)
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Washington Poe
Washington Poe (July 13, 1800 – October 7, 1876) was an American Whig politician and lawyer from Georgia.
Background
Born in Augusta, Georgia, Poe studied law at the Litchfield Law School in 1823, and was admitted to the Georgia bar in Ma ...
(1840–1841)
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Frederick Sims (1842)
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John J. Gresham (1843)
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James A. Nisbet (1844–1845)
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Isaac Holmes (1846)
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John J. Gresham (1847)
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George M. Logan (1848–1850)
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James H. R. Washington (1851)
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E. L. Strohecker (1852–1854)
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Benjamin Franklin Ross (1855–1856)
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A. B. Adams (1857)
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Ovid G. Sparks (1858–1860) ''resigned September 18, 1860''
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Methvin S. Thompson (1860–1862) ''elected September 25, 1860''
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Ovid G. Sparks (1863)
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Stephen Collins
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(1864–1866)
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George S. Obear (1867–1870)
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William A. Huff (1871–1879)
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Felix Corput
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(1880–1883)
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Sylvester B. Price (1884–1894)
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Henry Horne (1895–1896)
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Sylvester B. Price (1897)
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Bridges Smith
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(1898–1907)
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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)
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John T. Moore (mayor) (1910–1913)
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Bridges Smith
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(1914–1917)
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Glover Glendenning Toole
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(1918–1921)
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Luther Williams (1922–1925)
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Wallace Miller
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(1926–1927)
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Luther Williams (1928–1929)
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Glover Glendenning Toole
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* Glover, Missouri
*Glover, North Dakota
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(1930–1933)
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Herbert Ivan Smart (1933–1937)
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Charles L. Bowden (1937–1947)
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Lewis Burgess Wilson (1947–1953)
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Benjamin Franklin Merritt, Jr. (1953–1959)
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Edgar H. Wilson (1959–1963)
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Benjamin Franklin Merritt, Jr. (1963–1967)
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Ronnie Thompson (1967–1975) ''1st elected Republican mayor''
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Buck Melton (1975–1979)
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George Israel
George M. Israel, III (born 1948) is the current president and CEO of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce and is a former mayor of Macon, Georgia (1979–1987), the sixth largest city in the state. He is also on the board of directors of YKK Grou ...
(1979 – December 14, 1987) ''2nd elected Republican mayor''
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Lee Robinson (December 14, 1987 – December 11, 1991)
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Tommy Olmstead (December 11, 1991 – 1995)
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David Carter (1995)
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Jim Marshall (1995 – December 14, 1999)
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C. Jack Ellis (December 14, 1999 – December 12, 2007) ''1st African American mayor''
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Robert Reichert (December 12, 2007 - December 31, 2013)
Mayors of Macon-Bibb County
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Robert Reichert (January 1, 2014 - December 30, 2020)
*Lester Miller (since January 1, 2021)
See also
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Timeline of Macon, Georgia
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 ...