title: List of mayors of Roanoke, Virginia
text: # List of mayors of Roanoke, Virginia
  
  Elections in Virginia :
  
  Federal government
  
  U.S. President
  
  1788–89
  
  1792
  
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  1800
  
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  1808
  
  1812
  
  1816
  
  1820
  
  1824
  
  1828
  
  1832
  
  1836
  
  1840
  
  1844
  
  1848
  
  1852
  
  1856
  
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  1912
  
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  1920
  
  1924
  
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  1932
  
  1936
  
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  1948
  
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  1956
  
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  1964
  
  1968
  
  1972
  
  1976
  
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  1996
  
  2000
  
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  2008
  
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  GOP
  
  2012
  
  2016
  
  Dem
  
  2020
  
  Dem
  
  2024
  
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  GOP
  
  U.S. Senate
  
  1788
  
  1790 (sp)
  
  1791
  
  1792 (sp)
  
  1793
  
  1794 (sp)
  
  1796
  
  1798
  
  1799 (sp)
  
  1803
  
  1803 (sp)
  
  1804
  
  1804 (sp)
  
  1808
  
  1809
  
  1811
  
  1814
  
  1814 (sp)
  
  1815 (sp)
  
  1816
  
  1816 (sp)
  
  1819 (sp)
  
  1821
  
  1822 (sp)
  
  1823
  
  1824
  
  1824 (sp)
  
  1827
  
  1829
  
  1832 (sp)
  
  1833
  
  1834 (sp)
  
  1835
  
  1836 (sp)
  
  1837
  
  1837 (sp)
  
  1839
  
  1840
  
  1841 (sp)
  
  1845
  
  1845 (sp)
  
  1846
  
  1847 (sp)
  
  1850
  
  1852
  
  1856
  
  1858
  
  1861 (sp)
  
  1863
  
  1865
  
  1865 (sp)
  
  1870
  
  1871
  
  1875
  
  1877
  
  1881
  
  1883
  
  1887
  
  1889
  
  1893
  
  1893 (sp)
  
  1894
  
  1899
  
  1899
  
  1904
  
  1906
  
  1910
  
  1911
  
  1912
  
  1912 (sp)
  
  1916
  
  1918
  
  1920 (sp)
  
  1922
  
  1924
  
  1928
  
  1930
  
  1933 (sp)
  
  1934
  
  1936
  
  1940
  
  1942
  
  1946
  
  1946 (sp)
  
  1948
  
  1952
  
  1954
  
  1958
  
  1960
  
  1964
  
  1966
  
  1966 (sp)
  
  1970
  
  1972
  
  1976
  
  1978
  
  1982
  
  1984
  
  1988
  
  1990
  
  1994
  
  1996
  
  2000
  
  2002
  
  2006
  
  2008
  
  2012
  
  2014
  
  2018
  
  2020
  
  2024
  
  2026
  
  U.S. House
  
  1789
  
  1790
  
  9th sp
  
  1793
  
  1795
  
  1797
  
  1798 (9th sp)
  
  1799
  
  1800 (13th sp)
  
  1801
  
  1803
  
  1804
  
  5th sp
  
  13th sp
  
  1805
  
  13th sp
  
  1807
  
  17th sp
  
  1809
  
  21st sp
  
  1st sp
  
  1811
  
  1813
  
  1814 (11th sp)
  
  1815
  
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  1816
  
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  23rd sp
  
  1817
  
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  1819
  
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  1st sp
  
  10th sp
  
  17th sp
  
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  1821
  
  1822 (2nd sp)
  
  1823
  
  1824 (13th sp)
  
  1825
  
  1826 (5th sp)
  
  1827
  
  1829
  
  10th sp
  
  1831
  
  1833
  
  1835
  
  1837
  
  1839
  
  1841
  
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  1845
  
  1847
  
  1849
  
  1851
  
  1853
  
  1855
  
  1857
  
  1859
  
  4th sp
  
  1861
  
  11th sp
  
  1862 (1st sp)
  
  1869
  
  1870
  
  1872
  
  1874
  
  1876
  
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  1880
  
  1882
  
  1884
  
  7th sp
  
  1886
  
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  7th sp
  
  1896
  
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  1900
  
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  1908
  
  1910
  
  1912
  
  1914
  
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  1st sp
  
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  1922
  
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  1928
  
  1930
  
  1932
  
  1934
  
  1936
  
  1938
  
  1940
  
  1942
  
  1944
  
  2nd sp
  
  1946
  
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  1948
  
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  1950
  
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  1954
  
  1956
  
  1958
  
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  1964
  
  1966
  
  1968
  
  1970
  
  1972
  
  6th sp
  
  1974
  
  1976
  
  1978
  
  1980
  
  1982
  
  1984
  
  1986
  
  1988
  
  5th sp
  
  1990
  
  1991 (7th sp)
  
  1992
  
  1994
  
  1996
  
  1998
  
  2000
  
  2001 (4th sp)
  
  2002
  
  8th
  
  2004
  
  2006
  
  2007 (1st sp)
  
  2008
  
  2010
  
  2012
  
  2014
  
  2016
  
  2018
  
  10th
  
  2020
  
  2022
  
  2023 (4th sp) :
  
  State government
  
  Governor
  
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  1851
  
  1855
  
  1859
  
  1863
  
  C
  
  U
  
  1869
  
  1873
  
  1877
  
  1881
  
  1885
  
  1889
  
  1893
  
  1897
  
  1901
  
  1905
  
  1909
  
  1913
  
  1917
  
  1921
  
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  1933
  
  1937
  
  1941
  
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  1961
  
  1965
  
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  1981
  
  1985
  
  1989
  
  1993
  
  1997
  
  2001
  
  2005
  
  2009
  
  2013
  
  2017
  
  2021
  
  2025
  
  Lieutenant Governor
  
  1973
  
  1977
  
  1981
  
  1985
  
  1989
  
  1993
  
  1997
  
  2001
  
  2005
  
  2009
  
  2013
  
  2017
  
  2021
  
  2025
  
  Attorney General
  
  1993
  
  1997
  
  2001
  
  2005
  
  2009
  
  2013
  
  2017
  
  2021
  
  2025
  
  Senate
  
  1967
  
  1971
  
  1975
  
  1979
  
  1983
  
  1987
  
  1991
  
  1995
  
  1999
  
  2003
  
  2007
  
  2011
  
  2015
  
  2019
  
  2023
  
  House of Delegates
  
  1975
  
  1977
  
  1979
  
  1981
  
  1982
  
  1983
  
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  1987
  
  1989
  
  1991
  
  1993
  
  1995
  
  1997
  
  1999
  
  2001
  
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  2005
  
  2007
  
  2009
  
  2011
  
  2013
  
  2015
  
  2017
  
  2019
  
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  2023
  
  State elections
  
  1989
  
  1991
  
  1993
  
  1995
  
  1997
  
  1999
  
  2000
  
  2001
  
  2002
  
  2003
  
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  2005
  
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  2015
  
  2016
  
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  2018
  
  2019
  
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  2023 :
  
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  2016 :
  
  Alexandria
  
  Mayor
  
  2015
  
  2018
  
  2021
  
  (List) :
  
  Hampton
  
  Mayor
  
  2016 :
  
  Henrico County
  
  Commonwealth's Attorney
  
  2011
  
  2015
  
  2019 :
  
  Norfolk
  
  Mayor
  
  2006
  
  2010
  
  2014
  
  2016 :
  
  Richmond
  
  Mayor
  
  2016
  
  2020
  
  2024
  
  City Council
  
  2016 :
  
  Virginia Beach
  
  Mayor
  
  2008
  
  2012
  
  2016
  
  2018
  
  2020
  
  City Council
  
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  The following is a list of mayors of Roanoke, Virginia. This list includes the mayors of the former town Big Lick, Virginia, which was later incorporated as the city of Roanoke on February 3, 1882. Because of the current weak mayor-city manager system in Roanoke, the mayor is the "first among equals" on the Roanoke City Council.
  
  Mayors of the town of Big Lick:
  
  | No. | Name | Entered office | Left office |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | John Trout | February 28, 1874 | June 30, 1876 |
  | 2 | Samuel Griggs | July 1, 1876 | June 30, 1878 |
  | 3 | William H. Startzman | July 1, 1878 | June 30, 1880 |
  | 4 | Marshall Waid | July 1, 1880 | February 3, 1882 |
  
  Elected mayors following incorporation as the City of Roanoke:
  
  | No. | Name | Entered office | Left office |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 5 | Marshall Waid | February 3, 1882 | June 30, 1892 |
  | 6 | Lucian H. Cocke | July 1, 1882 | June 30, 1884 |
  | 7 | John H. Dunston | July 1, 1884 | June 30, 1885 |
  | 8 | Samuel G. Williams | July 1, 1885 | June 30, 1886 |
  | 9 | William Carr | July 1, 1886 | June 30, 1890 |
  | 10 | William G. Evans | July 1, 1890 | June 30, 1892 |
  | 11 | Henry S. Trout | July 1, 1892 | June 30, 1894 |
  | 12 | Sturgis E. Jones | July 1, 1894 | June 30, 1896 |
  | 13 | Robert McClelland | July 1, 1896 | November 2, 1896 |
  | 14 | William K. Andrews | November 2, 1896 | June 30, 1898 |
  | 15 | James P. Woods | July 1, 1898 | June 30, 1900 |
  | 16 | J. Randolph Bryan | July 1, 1900 | February 13, 1902 |
  | 17 | Robert D. Buckner | February 13, 1902 | June 30, 1902 |
  | 18 | Joel H. Cutchin | July 1, 1902 | April 9, 1912 |
  | 19 | Sylvester P. Seifert | April 9, 1912 | June 30, 1912 |
  | 20 | John W. Woods | July 1, 1912 | December 23, 1912 |
  | 21 | Cephas B. Moomaw | February 1, 1913 | October 18, 1915 |
  | 22 | Charles M. Brown | October 18, 1915 | August 31, 1918 |
  | 23 | W.W. Boxley | September 1, 1915 | August 31, 1922 |
  | 24 | Blair J. Fishburn | September 1, 1922 | August 31, 1926 |
  | 25 | Charles D. Fox | September 1, 1926 | August 31, 1930 |
  | 26 | Sylvester P. Seifert | September 1, 1930 | August 31, 1934 |
  | 27 | Sidney F. Small | September 1, 1934 | June 2, 1938 |
  | 28 | James A. Bear | June 2, 1938 | August 31, 1938 |
  | 29 | Walter W. Waid | September 1, 1938 | October 15, 1943 |
  | 30 | Leo F. Henebry | October 15, 1943 | August 31, 1946 |
  | 31 | Richard T. Edwards | September 1, 1946 | August 31, 1948 |
  | 32 | Williams P. Hunter | September 1, 1948 | August 31, 1949 |
  | 33 | Roy L. Webber | September 1, 1949 | August 31, 1954 |
  | 34 | Robert W. Woody | September 1, 1954 | August 31, 1956 |
  | 35 | Walter L. Young | September 1, 1956 | August 31, 1958 |
  | 36 | Vincent S. Wheeler | September 1, 1958 | August 31, 1960 |
  | 37 | Wills M. Anderson | September 1, 1960 | August 31, 1962 |
  | 38 | Murray A. Stoller | September 1, 1962 | August 31, 1964 |
  | 39 | Benton O. Dillard | September 1, 1964 | August 31, 1968 |
  | 40 | Roy L. Webber | September 1, 1968 | October 18, 1975 |
  | 41 | Noel C. Taylor | October 27, 1975 | June 30, 1992 |
  | 42 | David A. Bowers | July 1, 1992 | June 30, 2000 |
  | 43 | Ralph K. Smith | July 1, 2000 | June 30, 2004 |
  | 44 | Nelson Harris | July 1, 2004 | June 30, 2008 |
  | 45 | David A. Bowers | July 1, 2008 | June 30, 2016 |
  | 46 | Sherman Lea, Sr. | July 1, 2016 | Incumbent |
  