The
Mayor
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of Nashville is the chief executive of the government of Nashville, Tennessee. The current mayor is
Freddie O'Connell
Thomas Frederick O'Connell (born 1976/1977) is an American politician and currently serves as the List of mayors of Nashville, Tennessee, 10th Mayor of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. From 2015 to 2023, he served as a ...
. Each mayor serves a term of four years, with a limit of two consecutive terms, unless this is interrupted by a legal mechanism, such as a
recall election
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.
Mayors of the City of Nashville
The following is a list of the
mayor
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s of
Nashville
Nashville, often known as Music City, is the capital and List of municipalities in Tennessee, most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County in Middle Tennessee, locat ...
before it had a consolidated
metropolitan government
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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:
See also
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Timeline of Nashville, Tennessee
Bibliography
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Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, often known as Music City, is the capital and List of municipalities in Tennessee, most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County in Middle Tennessee, locat ...