Mayors of Alexandria, Virginia serve as the Chief Executive of the independent City of
Alexandria, Virginia
Alexandria is an independent city in the northern region of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. It lies on the western bank of the Potomac River approximately south of downtown Washington, D.C.
In 2020, the population was 159,467. ...
. Elected at large by the voters of the city, the Mayor serves a three-year term. Following the
2018 election, the current mayor is
Justin Wilson.
Alexandria's historical mayors since 1780 are as follows:
List of Mayors of Alexandria (1780–)
Before joining the
District of Columbia
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(1780–1801)
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Robert T. Hooe
Robert Townshend Hoee (October 3, 1743 – March 16, 1809) was a Revolutionary War officer, businessman, and politician who served as the first mayor of Alexandria, Virginia.
Early life
Robert Townshend Hooe was born in 1743 in Maryland, the ...
1780–81
* James Hendricks 1781–82
* William Herbert 1782–83
* Richard Conway 1783–84
* James Keith 1784–85
* James Kirk 1785–86
* David Arell 1786
* John Fitzgerald 1786–87
* William Hunter, Jr. 1787–88
* Jesse Taylor 1788–89
* Dennis Ramsay 1789–90
* William Hunter, Jr. 1790–91
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Philip Marsteller 1791–92
* Jesse Taylor 1792–93
* Dennis Ramsay 1793–94
* Robert Mease 1794–95
* John Dundas 1795–96
* Jonah Thompson 1796–97
* Francis Peyton 1797–98
* John Dundas 1798–99
* Francis Peyton 1799–1800
* Amos Alexander 1800–01
While included within the
District of Columbia
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(1801-1847)
* George Taylor 1801-02
* Alexander Smith 1802
* George Washington Slacum 1802-03
* Jacob Hoffman 1803-04
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Elisha C. Dick 1804-05
* Jonah Thompson 1805-08
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Cuthbert Powell 1808-09
* William Herbert 1809-12
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Charles Simms 1812-15
* Edmund J. Lee 1815-18
* Jacob Hoffman 1818-21
* Christopher Neale 1821-24
* John Roberts 1824-27
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Thomson Francis Mason
Thomson Francis Mason (1785 – 21 December 1838) was an American lawyer, planter and politician who served as the mayor of Alexandria (then in the District of Columbia, but now Virginia) between 1827 and 1830, and as a justice of the peace for ...
1827-30
* John Roberts 1830-33
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Bernard Hooe Jr. 1833-36
* George Wise 1836-37
* Bernard Hooe, Jr. 1837-40
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Edgar Snowden
Edgar Snowden Sr. (December 21, 1810 – September 24, 1875) was a Virginia politician who served as mayor of Alexandria D.C. and represented Alexandria in the Virginia House of Delegates.
Early life and family
Edgar Snowden was born on D ...
1840-43
* Robert G. Violett 1843
* Joseph Eaches 1843-46
* William Veitch 1846-47
After Retrocession of the City of Alexandria and Alexandria County back to
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...
(1847–Present)
* William Veitch 1847–49
* Isaac Buckingham 1849–50
* Lawrence Berry Taylor 1850–53
* John Muir 1853–54
* George P. Wise 1854–57
* William Duncan Massey 1857–60
* William B. Price 1860–61
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Lewis McKenzie 1861–63
* Charles A. Ware 1863–66
* Hugh Latham 1866–68
* William Norris Berkley 1868–69
* Hugh Latham 1869–72
* William Norris Berkley 1872–74
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Kosciusko Kemper
Kosciusko Kemper (June 18, 1835 – January 26, 1910) was a Confederate officer during the American Civil War, lawyer, and American politician, serving in post-war offices including Superintendent of Alexandria Public Schools and Mayor of Al ...
1874–76
* J. B. Johnson 1876–77
* Kosciusko Kemper 1877–78
* Courtland H. Smith 1878–81
* James T. Beckham 1881–85
* John B. Smoot 1885–87
* Ethebert Downham 1887–91
* Henry Strauss 1891–97
* George L. Simpson 1897–1903
* F. J. Paff 1903–12
* Thomas Fisher 1912–20
* James M. Duncan 1920–22
* William Albert Smoot 1922–30
* Robert Simpson Jones 1930
* Carroll Pierce 1930–31
* Edmund F. Ticer 1931–34
* Emmett C. Davison 1934–37
* Richard Ruffner 1937–40
* William T. Wilkins 1940–49
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Franklin P. Backus 1949–52
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Marshall J. Beverley 1952–55
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Leroy S. Bendheim 1955–61
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Frank E. Mann 1961–67
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Charles E. Beatley 1967–76
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Frank E. Mann 1976–79
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Charles E. Beatley 1979–85
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Jim Moran
James Patrick Moran Jr. (born May 16, 1945) is an American politician who served as the mayor of Alexandria, Virginia from 1985 to 1990, and as the U.S. representative for (including the cities of Falls Church and Alexandria, all of Arlington ...
1985–91
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Patsy Ticer 1991–96
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Kerry J. Donley 1996–2003
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William D. Euille 2003–2016
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Allison Silberberg
Allison Silberberg (born 1963) is an American writer and politician. A Democrat, she served as the Mayor of Alexandria, Virginia from January 4, 2016 to January 2, 2019.
Biography
Silberberg was born in Dallas, Texas, to Alfred "Al" H. Silberbe ...
2016–2019
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Justin Wilson 2019–present
See also
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Timeline of Alexandria, Virginia
The following is a :Timelines of cities in the United States, timeline of the History of Alexandria, Virginia, history of the city of Alexandria, Virginia, Alexandria, Virginia, USA.
Prior to 20th century
* 1749 - Alexandria founded.
* 1752 - ...
References
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Alexandria, Virginia
Alexandria is an independent city in the northern region of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. It lies on the western bank of the Potomac River approximately south of downtown Washington, D.C.
In 2020, the population was 159,467. ...