The

Mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well a ...

of Nashville is the chief executive of Nashville Tennessee's government. The current mayor is John Cooper, a member of the

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. Each mayor serves a term of four years, with a limit of two terms, unless this is interrupted by a legal mechanism, such as a

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Mayors of the City of Nashville

The following is a list of the

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s of

Nashville Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the most populous city in the state, 21st most-populous city in the U.S., and the ...

before it had a consolidated

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Pre-Civil War

Civil War and Reconstruction

Post-Reconstruction

Mayors of Metropolitan Nashville

The following is a list of the mayors of Nashville after the consolidation of the municipal government with the government of Davidson County:

Bibliography

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