List Of Mayors Of Charlottesville, Virginia
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The Mayor of Charlottesville is the president of the City Council in
Charlottesville, Virginia Charlottesville, colloquially known as C'ville, is an independent city (United States), independent city in Virginia, United States. It is the county seat, seat of government of Albemarle County, Virginia, Albemarle County, which surrounds the ...
. Before 1888, Charlottesville was a town within
Albemarle County, Virginia Albemarle County is a United States county (United States), county located in the Piedmont region of Virginia, Piedmont region of the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Virginia. Its county seat is Charlottesville, Virginia, Charlottes ...
, and the electorate directly chose a mayor in regular elections. In 1888, Charlottesville incorporated as a
city A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...
independent of the county but continued to select its mayors in the same fashion. Since 1922, however, the popular electorate has chosen a number of individuals to serve on city council - initially three, then five from 1928 to the present. From 1922 through 2006 those elections took place in May or June each even-numbered year. Beginning in 2007, council elections moved to November of odd-numbered years."Charlottesville decided in 2004 to move its city-council and school-board elections from May to November..." The elected councilors chose one of their own members to serve as leader of the council with the title of "mayor" but with no distinct legal or executive authority. The mayor presides over council meetings and occasionally plays a role as the ceremonial head of city government.


List of mayors


Popularly elected mayors (1853–1922)

(partial list)


City Council chosen mayors (1922–present)


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Further reading

*Lisa Provence
"Mayorsville: Here, everybody's a mayor"
''The Hook'', August 10, 2006
Cvillepedia: Mayor of Charlottesville since 1922
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Charlottesville, Virginia Charlottesville, colloquially known as C'ville, is an independent city (United States), independent city in Virginia, United States. It is the county seat, seat of government of Albemarle County, Virginia, Albemarle County, which surrounds the ...