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The following is a list of people who have served as the mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina. Charlotte's first records of a mayor date back to 1853 when William F. Davidson was elected to lead the city.

Charlotte mayors serve two-year terms. The longest serving mayor is Pat McCrory, who served from 1995–2009.

19th century

  • William F. Davidson (1850–1857)
  • David Parks (1857–1859)
  • Jennings B. Kerr (1859–1861)
  • William A. Owens (1861–1862)
  • Robert F. Davidson (1862–1863)
  • Samuel A. Harris (1864–1865)
  • H.M. Pritchard (1865–1866)
  • Samuel A. Harris (1866–1867)
  • F.W. Ahrens (1867–1868)
  • H.M. Pritchard (1868–1869)
  • Clement Dowd (1869–1871) (Democrat)
  • John A. Young (1871–1873)
  • William F. Davidson (1873–1875)
  • William Johnston (1875–1878)
  • B.R. Smith (1878–1879)
  • Frank I. Osborne (1879–1880) (Democrat)
  • F.S. DeWolfe (1880–1883)
  • W.C. Maxwell (1883–1884
  • William Johnston (1884–1887)
  • F.B. McDowell (1887–1891)
  • R.J. Brevard (1891–1895)
  • J.H. Weddington (1895–1897)
  • E.B. Spring (1897–1899)

20th century

  • J.D. McCall (1899–1901)
  • Peter Marshall Brown (1901–1905)
  • S.S. McNinch (1905–1907)
  • T.S. Franklin (1907–1909)
  • T.W. Hawkins (1909–1911)
  • Charles A. Bland (1911–1915)
  • T.L. Kirkpatrick (1915–1917)
  • Frank R. McNinch (1917–1920)
  • John M. Wilson (1920–1921)
  • James O. Walker (1921–1924)
  • Harvey W. Moore (1924–1926)
  • David M. Abernathy (1926–1927)
  • F. Marion Redd (1927–1929)
  • George E. Wilson, Jr. (1929–1931)
  • Charles E. Lambeth (1931–1933)
  • Arthur E. Wearn (1933–1935)
  • Ben Elbert Douglas, Sr. (1935–1941) (Democrat)
  • E. McA. Currie (1941–1943)
  • H.H. Baxter (1943–1949)
  • Victor Shaw (1949–1953)
  • Philip Van Every (1953–1957)
  • Jean Alexandre Cohen (1957–1961) "First European-born and Jewish mayor"
  • Stanford R. Brookshire (1961–1969)
  • John M. Belk (1969–1977) (Democrat)
  • Kenneth R. Harris (1977–1979) (Republican)
  • H. Edward Knox (1979–1983) (Democrat)
  • Harvey Gantt (1983–1987) (Democrat), First African-American mayor
  • Sue Myrick (1987–1991) (Republican), First female mayor
  • Richard Vinroot (1991–1995) (Republican)

21st century

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