title: List of mayors of Fayetteville, Arkansas
text: # List of mayors of Fayetteville, Arkansas
  
  The mayor of Fayetteville, Arkansas is an elected city leader. There was no mayor of Fayetteville during the American Civil War. In 1992 the city's government transitioned from a city board to city council.
  
  Fayetteville is the second largest city in Arkansas and has a population of around 561,000.
  
  ## Mayors
  
  * P. Vinson Rhea (alderman)
  * J. W. Walker (1859)
  * Stephen Bedford (1860)
  * M. LaRue Harrison (Marcus LaRue Harrison) (1868), anti-slavery activist, railroad employee, and Union Army officer removed from office by revocation of city's charter. Harrison, Arkansas is named for him. Received a ceremonial sword
  * E. I. Stirman (Erasmus "Ras" Stirmen) (1869), was a Confederate officer
  * T. Murray Campbell (1871)
  * J. R. Pettigrew (1872)
  * George A. Grace (1873)
  * Robert J. Wilson (1874)
  * A. M. Wilson (1876)
  * A. S. Vandeventer (1877)
  * J. H. Van Hoose (James Hayden Van Hoose) (1880), also served as a state representative
  * W. C. Jackson (1881)
  * C. W. Walker (1883)
  * W. C. Jackson (1885)
  * R. J. Wilson (1886)
  * O. C. Gray (Oliver Crosby Gray) (1886), school superintendent
  * E. B. Wall (1887)
  * J. H. Van Hoose (1888), second term
  * F. M. Goar (1889)
  * W. S. Pollard (1891–1895), partner in the city's first ice-making plant
  * Jack Walker (1897)
  * J. T. Eason (1901)
  * C. A. Mullholland (1905)
  * W. H. Rollins (1909–1913)
  * Guy Phillips (1913–1914)
  * Tom Raylor (1914–1917)
  * Allan Wilson (1921–1929)
  * T. S. Tribble (1929–1935)
  * A. D. McAllister (1935–1941)
  * George Vaughn (1941–1944)
  * G. T. Sanders (1944–1949)
  * Powell M. Rhea (1949–1953)
  * Roy A. Scott (1954–1957)
  * J. Austin Parrish (1958–1959)
  * Guy E. Brown (1960–1965)
  * Don Trumbo (1966–1968)
  * Garland Melton Jr. (1969–1970)
  * Joe Fred Starr (1971–1972), businessman and car collector
  * Russell Purdy (1973–1974)
  * Marion Orton (1975–1976), the Marion Orton Recycling Center in Fayetteville is named for her.
  * Ernest Lancaster (1977–1978)
  * David Malone (1978–1979)
  * John Todd (1980–1981)
  * Paul Robert Noland (1982–1986)
  * Marilyn Johnson (1986–1987)
  * William V. Martin (1987–1990)
  * Fred S. Vorsanger (1991–1992)
  * Fred Hanna (1992–2000)
  * Dan Coody (2000–2009)
  * Lioneld Jordan (2009–present)
  