Bibliography for mayors

No.	Mayor	Term	Party	Notes
1.	Coleman, Joseph	1806-1808	Jeffersonian Republican	On September 11, 1806 the Tennessee State Legislature passed an act which provided for the incorporation of Nashville.  Joseph Coleman was elected the first mayor of Nashville on October 9, 1806.  Mayor Coleman died at Huntsville AL on Feb. 8, 1819.  His widow was Mrs. Ann Coleman.
2.	Bradford, Benjamin J.	1809-1810	Jeffersonian Republican	Benjamin Bradford was born in Ky about 1772, son of John and Polly Bradford.  He was the publisher of the Tennessee Gazette for about 8 years, during which time the name of the paper was changed to the Nashville Clarion.  In 1812 he was publisher of  The Nashville Examiner.  After his death in 1814, Mrs. Bradford his widow, ran a story in the Nashville Examiner annoncing her decision to continue the paper under her own active management.  She stated that this was her only means of supporting herself and her five children.
3.	Tait, William	1811-1813	Jeffersonian Republican	According to his will William Tait was a native of North Britain.  His wife was named Margaret.   William Tait died in 1816 of the “cold plague”, probably a form of influenza.
4.	Elliston, Joseph Thorpe	1814-1816	Jeffersonian Republican	Joseph Thorpe Elliston was born Dec. 15, 1779, in Culpeper Co., VA, son of Robert and Elizabeth Thorpe Elliston.  In August of 1800 he was married to Louisa Mullen who died in 1815. He and his  wife Louisa were the parents of six children, the youngest being William Robert  Elliston born in 1815.  In 1817 he married Mrs. Elizabeth Odom Blackman of Sumner co., TN. Elliston was a silversmith and jeweler and one of the early businessmen of Nashville.  Mayor Elliston died Nov. 10, 1856.  He was originally buried in Nashville City Cemetery next to his first wife Louisa.  They were both later reinterred at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
5.	Cantrell, Jr., Stephen	1817	Jeffersonian Republican	Stephen Cantrell, Jr. was born in Sumner Co., TN, on March 10, 1783, son of Stephen Cantrell, Sr. and his wife, Mary Blakemore.  He was married to Juliet Ann Deadrick Wendel in Nashville on Jan. 15, 1807.  Mr. Cantrell was a merchant and a banker.  Mayor Cantrell died at his plantation on the Arkansas River on Sept. 5, 1854.
6.	Robertson, Felix	1818		Felix Robertson was born January 11, 1781, the first white male child to be born in what is now the city of Nashville.   He was the sixth child of James  and Charlotte (Reeves) Robertson.   He was married to Lydia Waters on October 9, 1808.  They were parents of eight children, James, Elizabeth, Benjamin, Elnora Reeves, John E. Beck, Felix (died as infant), a second son named Felix Randolph.  Mayor Robertson died on July 10, 1865.  He is buried in Nashville City Cemetery.
7.	Crutcher, Thomas	1819	Jeffersonian Republican	Thomas Crutcher was born in Va. February 18, 1760.  He came to Nashville in 1784.  For a period of twenty –five years Mr. Crutcher was State treasurer of the district of Mero.  He was a supporter of the Nashville Female Academy and served as a meber of the Board of Trustees.  He died March 8, 1844.  His obituary did not mention any survivors.
8.	Condon, James	1820	Jeffersonian Republican	James Condon was born about 1767.  He was married Nov. 8, 1811 to Barbara Rains, daughter of Capt. John and Christiana Rains.  Children Elizabeth Adams Condon, James Jr., Francis, Mary, and Christine.  He was a tailor.  James Condon died August 30, 1837 in his 70th year.  He is not, as has been reported the same James Condon who is buried in City Cemetery in 1852.
9.	Erwin, John Patton	1821	Whig	John Patton Erwin was born Jan. 8, 1795 in Wilkes Co., NC, a son of Col. Andrew and Jane Patton Erwin.  He was married to Fanny L. Williams.   Mr. Erwin served as postmaster of Nashville from 1825 to 1829.  He was editor of the Nashville Banner and Whig for several years.  It was during his service as mayor that the wharf was improved and property purchased for the construction of the lower wharf.  Mayor Erwin died Aug. 27, 1859.
10.	Currey, Robert Brownlee	1822-1823	Jeffersonian Republican	Robert Brownlee Curry was born about 1774.  He was married Feb. 4, 1792 to Jane Gray Owen.  Children: Richard O., Algernon B. (d. 1815, 7 months old), Robert B. (b. 1817, d. 1860), William Hume (b. 1818, d. 1831),  Algernon S., Washington J., John, and Elizabeth Jane.  Mayor Currey died in 1849.
11.	McGavock, Randal	1824	Jeffersonian Republican	Randal McGavock was born June 20, 1766 in Rockbridge Co., Va., a son of James McGavock, Sr. and Mary (Cloyd) McGavock.  He was married to Sarah Dougherty Rodgers, in Nashvile in February of 1811.  A daughter of this marriage Elizabeth was married in 1840 to Gen. William G. Harding.  Other children were James R., William, John, unnamed infant son, Mary Cloyd and an unnamed infant daughter.
12.	Tannehill, Wilkins F.	1825-1826	Whig	Wilkins Tannehill was born in March 2, 1787 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, son of Josiah and Margaret (Wilkins) Tannehill.  He was married in Lexington, Ky. to Eliza Dewees in 1810.  Tannehill was an editor and publisher of several newspapers and periodicals.  He was a grand master of the Masons.  He died June 2, 1858 and is buried in City Cemetery.
13.	Robertson, Felix	1827-1828		Felix Robertson was born January 11, 1781, the first white male child to be born in what is now the city of Nashville.   He was the sixth child of James  and Charlotte (Reeves) Robertson.   He was married to Lydia Waters on October 9, 1808.  They were parents of eight children, James, Elizabeth, Benjamin, Elnora Reeves, John E. Beck, Felix (died as infant), a second son named Felix Randolph.  Mayor Robertson died on July 10, 1865.  He is buried in Nashville City Cemetery.
14.	Armstrong, William	1829-1832	Jeffersonian Republican	William Armstrong was born about 1795, son of Col. James Armstrong and Susan Wells Armstrong.  He was married in Davidson Co. on July 1, 1823 to Nancy Irwin.  Children were Mary Elizabeth, James Trooper, David Irwin, Margaret, Susan Wells, Nancy Irwin, and Francis Armstrong.   Mayor Armstrong was in the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812.  He died June 12, 1847 at his plantation near Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
15.	Bass, John Meredith	1833-1834	Whig-Unionist	John Meredith Bass was born in Nashville, January 19, 1804, son of Peter Bass.  Bass was educated at Bloomfield, KY and at Transylvania University in Leington.  He was married in Davidson Co. on January 7, 1829 to Malvinia  Chenault Grundy, daughter of the the Honorable Felix Grundy.  John M. Bass died in 1878.  children were Dr. M. J. Bass, Margaret, Sallie, M. L.(female), Mary, Felicia, John.  John Me. Bass died in 1878.  he and his wife are buried at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
16.	Erwin, John Patton	1834	Whig	John Patton Erwin was born Jan. 8, 1795 in Wilkes Co., NC, a son of Col. Andrew and Jane Patton Erwin.  He was married to Fanny L. Williams.   They were parents of Ellen, Mary Caroline, Rebecca and Amelia.  Mayor Erwin died Aug. 27, 1859.
17.	Nichol, William	1835-1836	Whig-Democrat	William Nichol was born 12 February 1800 in Abingdon, Va., son of Josiah and Eleanor (Ryburn) Nichol.  He was married on Sept. 17, 1809 to Julia Margaret Lytle of Rutherford Co., Tn.  They were parents of Josiah, II, William Lytle, Eleanor Ryburn, Margaret, Ann Lytle, Charles Alexander and Julia Nichol.  He lived with his family at Belair on Lebanon Rd. from 1835 until his death.  Mayor Nichol died  Novenber 23, 1878 and he is buried at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
18.	Hollingsworth, Henry	1837-1838	Democrat	Henry Hollingsworth was born in Nelson County, VA on August 18, 1808, son of  Mr. and Mrs. William Hollingsworth.  He moved to Nashville as young boy with his parents.  He served on year in the Seminole campaigns in Florida after enlisting in the Army.  In 1837 he was married to Eliza O’Brien.  She died in 1839.  He was married a second time to a widow, Mrs. Anna Bell (Dozier) Stump.  Mayor Hollingsworth died January 24, 1855.
19.	Trabue, Charles Clay	1839-1840	Whig	Charles Clay Trabue was born in Woodford Ky., August 27, 1798, son of Edward and Jane Clay Trabue.  He came to Nashville in 1818.  He was married to Agnes Green Woods on July 5, 1820.  They were parents of 9 children, the first being James Walker Woods who  died as a child. Mayor Trabue died on November 24, 1851.
20.	Stout, Samuel Van Dyke	1841	Whig-Democrat	Samuel Van Dyke Stout was born on April 18, 1786, at Red Stone Fort, Pennsylvania, son of Abraham Stout and Jane (Pettit) Stout.  He lived throughout  his childhood in Ky. and came to Nashville in 1811.  He was married to Catherine Tannehill on October 12, 1813 in Nashville.  They were parents of  Margaret Jane, Ira Abraham, Josiah W., Charles C., Samuel H., and Catherine,
21.	Coleman, Thomas B.	1842		Thomas B. Coleman was born about 1795, son of Joseph and Ann M. Coleman.  He was married to Margaret Stewart.  They were parents of Thomas, Leroy, James and Mary J. Coleman.  Mayor Coleman died in December of 1848 and is buried in Nashville City Cemetery.
22.	Maxey, Powhaten Woolridge	1843-1844	Whig-Unionist	Powhaten Woolridge Maxey was born May 7, 1810.  He was married on October 18, 1832 to Julia Hobbs.  They were parents of six children.  Mayor Maxey died on August 8, 1876
23.	Smith, John Hugh	1845	Whig-Unionist	Born 1819 in Nashville, Davidson Co., Tn, son of John H. and Maria (Combs) Smith.  There has been no evidence found that Mayor Smith ever married.  Mayor Smith died on July 7, 1870 in Nashville, TN.  He is buried at Mt. Olivet.
24.	Goodlett, John A.	1846		John A. Goodlett was a son of Dr. Adam G. Goodlett and his wife Charlotte.  His siblings were Michael C. Goodlett, George W. Goodlett, James Goodlett and William Goodlett.
25.	Allison, Alexander	1847-1848		Alexander Allison was born about 1799.  He was married in Wilson Co., to Madeline T. Alcorn.  He died on November 3, 1862 and is buried in the Nashville City Cemetery.
26.	Lea, John McCormick	1849-1850	Whig-Unionist	John McCormack Lea was born in Knoxville, TN, December 25, 1818, son of Luke and Susan  Wells (McCormack)Lea.  He was married in Memphis, Tn, in 1843 to Elizabeth Overton.  They were parents of Overton, Robert B. and Luke Lea.  Mayor Lea was a member of First Presbyterian Church.  He died in Monteagle, Grundy Co., Tn., on September 21, 1903 and is buried at Mt. Olivet
27.	Smith, John Hugh	1850-1852	Whig-Unionist	Born 1819 in Nashville, Davidson Co., Tn, son of John H. and Maria (Combs) Smith.  There has been no evidence found that Mayor Smith ever married.  Mayor Smith died on July 7, 1870 in Nashville, TN.  He is buried at Mt. Olivet.
28.	Horn, Williamson Hartley	1853-1854	Whig	Williamson Hartley Horn was born in Lynchburg, VA on July 15, 1799, son of  Frederick Horn and Clarisa (Hartley) Horn.  He was married on February 2, 1817 to Nancy Carpenter in Davidson Co., TN.  Children were Caroline (Dascum), Ed. H., Richard H., Fletcher. W., Charles. F. and  Nancy C. Horn (Price).  Mayor Horn died March 8, 1870 and is buried in Nashville city Cemetery.
29.	Shapard, William B.	1854		William Booker Shapard was born on November 5, 1797 in Caswell Co., Va.  He was married in Nashville to Margery Childress  on December 8, 1825.  They were parents of Maggie, Ellen, Mary Eliza, Henry C., and W. B. Jr.   Mayor Shapard died on January 19, 1870 and is buried in Nashville City Cemtery.  Served only 3 days, declared ineligible because he was not a qualified voter. Robert Bell Castleman was appointed to serve the remainder of his term.
30.	Castleman, Robert Bell	1854-1855	Whig	Robert Bell Castleman was born in Davidson Co.,  December 9, 1808, son of Andrew and Margaret (Ewing) Castleman. He was married Dec. 18, 1845 to Annie Elizabeth Wood.  Children:  Betty Kay, Maggie and James W. Castleman.  Mayor Castleman died July 29, 1886 and was buried in Nashville City Cemetery.
31.	Anderson, Andrew	1856		Andrew Anderson was born about 1796 in New Jersey.  He was married first to Eliza Woodruff, August 30, 1828 in Lexington KY.  Three children, Frances E. Rachel A. and Andrew O.  He married second in Nashville to Mrs. Mary Ann (Todd) Morgan, widow of John N. Morgan, January 24, 1855.  Mayor Anderson died April 15, 1867 and was buried in Nashville City Cemetery.
32.	McEwen, John Alexander	1857		John Alexander McEwen was born in 1822, probably in Fayetteville, Lincoln Co., TN, son of Robert Houston McEwen and Hetty Montgomery (Kennedy) McEwen.  He was married on October 19, 1848 to Elina J. Frierson, in Maury Co., TN.  Mayor McEwen died  in 1859.
33.	McGavock, Randal William	1858	Democrat	Randal William Mc Gavock was born August 10, 1826, son of Jacob and Louisa Caroline (Grundy) McGavock.  He was married on August 23, 1855 to Seraphina Deery.  Mayor McGavock was killed in battle near Raymond, Mississippi, on May 12, 1863 while serving as Lt. Colonel of the 10th Tennessee C.S.A.  He is buried in the family vault at Mt Olivet
34.	Hollingsworth, Samuel Newton	1859	Opposition	Samuel Newton Hollingsworth was born February 9, 1825, in KY.  He was married to Martha Gray in Montgomery County, TN on October 3, 1849.  Mayor Hollingsworth died in 1861 a few weeks after his oldest child, son Gray Hollingsworth was accidentally killed.
35.	Cheatham, Richard Boone	1860-1861	Democrat	Richard Boone Cheatham was born December 8, 1824 in Robertson Co., TN, son of Richard and Susan Saunders Cheatham.  He was married to Frances Ann bugg and they were parents of Lizzie, Mary Ready, Foster Lee, Katherine, Anna Lou, Hillman and Frances Bugg Cheatham.  Mayor Cheatham died in Nashville, May 7, 1877 and is buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
36.	Smith, John Hugh	1862-1864	Whig-Unionist	Born 1819 in Nashville, Davidson Co., Tn, son of John H. and Maria (Combs) Smith.  There has been no evidence found that Mayor Smith ever married.  Mayor Smith died on July 7, 1870 in Nashville, TN.  He is buried at Mt. Olivet.
37.	Brown, William Matt	1865-1866	Whig-Democrat	William Matt Brown was born September 15, 1815 in Franklin Co., Ky.  In 1844, he married Miss Mary Jane Morton.  They were parents of 8 children, 4 of whom died infancy.  The surviving 4  were: William Matt, Jr., Mrs. Carrie Eugenia Rather, Mary Ellis Brown and Jeannie Brown.  He died September 12, 1885 at his residence on South Summer Street in Nashville.   Believing that the election in 1867 was fraudulent, Mayor Brown left office under protest, being literally forced from the courthouse by armed federal soldiers, declaring “I want it understood, gentlemen, that I yield to the bayonet and that alone.”
38.	Alden, Augustus E.	1867-1868	Radical – Republican	Augustus E. Alden was born in Augustus, Maine, in 1837, son of Col. Darius Alden and his first wife, Caroline Nickerson.  He was married to Amanda Sparling of Washington, D. C. on October 19, 1871.   They had no children.   Augustus Alden died april 23, 1886 in Seattle, Washington.
39.	Bass, John Meredith	1869	Whig-Unionist not elected	John Meredith Bass was born in Nashville, January 19, 1804, son of Peter Bass.  Bass was educated at Bloomfield, KY and at Transylvania University in Lexington.  He was married in Davidson Co. on January 7, 1829 to Malvinia  Chenault Grundy, daughter of the the Honorable Felix Grundy.  John M. Bass died in 1878.  children were Dr. M. J. Bass, Margaret, Sallie, M. L.(female), Mary, Felicia, John.  Bass, who was elected mayor of Nashville in 1833, was appointed Receiver of Nashville on June 26 1869, with full power over financial interests of the city by Chancellor Charles Smith of Gallatin.  He served until the regular municipal election on Sept. 25, 1869.
40.	Morris, Kindred Jenkins	1869-1871	Democrat	Kindred Jenkins Morris was born in December 1819 in Davidson Co.   He served for thirty-three years as a senior member of the firm of Morris and Stratton.  He was married to Jane.  They were parents of  Walter M. Morris.  Mayor Morris died in 1884.
41.	Kercheval, Thomas A.	1872-1873	Republican	Thomas A. Kercheval was born in Maury Co., TN, on January 16,  1837, son of Thomas and Mary M. Kennedy Kercheval.  He was married to Alice Gardner Bryan on October 11, 1874 in Davidson Co., TN.  They were parent sof three sons, two of whom died in infancy.  The surviving son was Thomas A. Kercheval, Jr.  He was a member of the Episcopal Church.  Maror Kercheval died March 22, 1915, and is buried at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
42.	Howell, Morton Boyte	1874-1875	Democrat	Morton Boyte Howell was born in 1834, son of Robert Crawford and Mary Ann Morton Toy Howell.  He was married in Virginia to Isabelle Elliott.  They were parents of four children, Sue, Alfred, Morton and a boy who died young.  He married second on June 10, 1869, Pattie A. Curd who died soon after.  He married third, on November 3, 1870 to Betty C. Curd, sister to Pattie.  He had ten children from his third marriage, eight if whom lived to adulthood:  Pattie Curd, Mary Toy, Elizabeth, Robert Boyte, Annie Haiden, Margaret, Joseph Toy and Rachel Howell.
43.	Kercheval, Thomas A.	1875-1883	Republican	Thomas A. Kercheval was born in Maury Co., TN, on January 16,  1837, son of Thomas and Mary M. Kennedy Kercheval.  He was married to Alice Gardner Bryan on October 11, 1874 in Davidson Co., TN.  They were parent sof three sons, two of whom died in infancy.  The surviving son was Thomas A. Kercheval, Jr.  He was a member of the Episcopal Church.  Maror Kercheval died March 22, 1915, and is buried at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
44.	Phillips, Claiborne Hooper	1884-1885	Democrat	Claiborne Hooper Phillips was born in 1847, son of William and Sarah (Hooper) Phillips.  He was married on July 8, 1869 to Mary C. Gentry.  They were parents of William Walter, Ida Gentry and C. H. Phillips, Jr.  Mayor Phillips died on September 10, 1886 near Britton, Dakota, while on a hunting trip.  He was accidently shot by his friend James K. Rains, a Nashville businessman. In 1884 the term for Mayor changed from 1 to 2 years.
45.	Kercheval, Thomas A.	1886-1887	Republican	Thomas A. Kercheval was born in Maury Co., TN, on January 16,  1837, son of Thomas and Mary M. Kennedy Kercheval.  He was married to Alice Gardner Bryan on October 11, 1874 in Davidson Co., TN.  They were parent sof three sons, two of whom died in infancy.  The surviving son was Thomas A. Kercheval, Jr.  He was a member of the Episcopal Church.  Maror Kercheval died March 22, 1915, and is buried at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.  Kercheval resigned as mayor in 1888 to join the Board of Public Works.  The remainder of his term was filled by Charles Pickney McCarver
46.	McCarver, Charles Pickney	1888-1890	Democrat	Charles Pickney McCarver was born in 1854 in Jackson Co, Tn, son of L. A. McCarver.  He was married to Narcissa Hickman in 1878.  They were parents of Charles Pickney McCarver and Jennie McCarver Puryear.   Mayor McCarver died in Nashville on September 28, 1892.
47.	Litterer, William	1891	Democrat	William Litterer was born in Germany on August 24, 1834, son of Professor Charles A. Litterer, an instructor at the University of Heidelberg.  Mayor Litterer’s brother  was Charles A. Litterer of Nashville. Mayor Litterer came to the United States in 1847 with his parents and settled in Nashville in 1855.  Mayor Litterer died in December of 1917 and is buried at Mt Olivet Cemetery.
48.	Guild, George Blackmore	1892-18 95	Democrat	George Blackmore Guild was born April 8, 1834 in Sumner Co., TN, son of Josephus Conn and Catherine Blackmore Guild.  He was married March 5, 1861 to Georgia Thompson.  They were of five children: George M., Maria (Westbrook), Jo Conn and two others names not known.  Mayor guild died in VA April 21, 1917 and is buried at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Nashville,
49.	McCarthey, William Marshall	1895-1897	Amercian Protective Association	William Marshall McCarthy was born about 1841 in Georgia.  On the 1870 census he is listed with his wife Hettie and two daughters, Mollie and Mattie L.  Mayor McCarthy died in September 13, 1899 and is buried at Mt Olivet.
50.	Dudley, Richard Houston	1898-1899	Democrat	Richard Houston Dudley was born in Bedford Co., TN in July of 1836.  He was married to Mattie Rose of Rutherford Co., TN in Sept., 1865.  She died soon after and he married second Mary E. Beasley of Rutherford Co., on April 4, 1868, who died in 1907.  He married third Mrs. Molly Beasley.  He had no children.  He served in the Army of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.
51.	Head, James Marshall	1900-1903	Democrat	James Marshall Head, Jr. was born in Sumner County, TN on July 25, 1855, son of James Marshall and Berthenia P. Branham Head..  He was married to Mary C. Cherry of Nashville, on June 30, 1885.  They were parents of  James Marshall Head III, Mrs. Ned Conway, and Mrs. Charles Brooks.  Mayor Head died in Boston, Mass. on March 31, 1930.
52.	Williams, Albert Smiley	1904-1905	Democrat	Albert Smiley Williams was born in Davidson Co., Tn., on November 15, 1849, son of William and Patience (Turner) Williams.  He was married to Amanda Rear on December 3, 1879.  They were parents of four children, Albert, Beryl (Mrs. Stanley Horn), and two children who died in childhood.  He also served as Mayor of Edgefield 1876-77.  Mayor Williams dies in 1924.
53.	Morris, Thomas Owen	1906-1907	Democrat	Thomas Owen Morris was born in Sumner Co., TN on August 2, 1845.  He was the son of Henry B. and Cornelia (Willis) Morris .  He was in Nashville on May 27, 1866 to Mary Snow.  They were parents of Henry Snow, Edwin Lanier, Thomas Owen, Jr., Kitty  and Kendrick J. Morris.  Mayor Morris died in Nashville on November 8, 1924 and is buried at Mt. Olivet.
54.	Brown, James Stephens	1908-1909	Democrat	James Stephens Brown was born In 1858.  He was married to Madeline Pattie McComb on November 6, 1895.  Children: James S. Brown Jr., Worthington Brown, Mrs. C. K. Radford.  James Brown was a Naval Officer in the Spanish American War.  Mayor Brown died in 1947 at his home in Memphis.  he was buried at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
55.	Howse, Hilary Ewing	1909-1915	Democrat	Hilary Ewing House was born in Rutherford County, on January 25, 1866, son of Lycurgus and Mary Lousie (Bell) Howse. He was maried in June of 1914 to Jennie may Wheeler.  They had no children.  Hilary Howse was mayor from 1909-1915 and again from 1924-1938.  Mayor Howse was still in the office as mayor when he died on January 2, 1938.
	Vaughan, Robert Marshall, Park	1915		On July 27, 1915 the City of Nashville was placed in Receivership by Chancellor John Allison.  Mayor Howse and several commissioners were suspended.  Chancellor  Allison appointed Robert Vaughn as receiver.  The remaining commissioners were Marshall, Stainback and Alexander.  As senior commissioner Park Marshall was selected to preside over the commission in the absence of a mayor.
56.	Ewing, Robert	1915-1917	Democrat	Robert Ewing was born on Aug. 10, 1849 in Nashville, TN.  He was married on March 28, 1876 to Miss Harriet Hoyt. they were parents of thirteen children: Mary, Alice, Robert, Jr., Thomas Hoyt, Andrew, William Cooper, Harold, Lillian, Louise, Norris, Esmond, Harriet Hoyt and Rebecca Ewing.  Mayor Ewing died Oct. 23, 1932 in Nashville and is buried at Mt. Olivet.
57.	Gupton, William	1917-1921	Democrat	William Gupton was born at Bowling Green, KY, September 17, 1870, son of Alexander and Florence Drucilla Gupton.  He was married on February 12, 1890 to Daisy Dean Mason.  They were parents of  four children:  Will Ed, Henry, Pearl Dean (Loser) and Annie Lee (Ansley).  The term of office of Mayor was changed to 4 years in 1917.
58.	Wilson, Felix Zollicoffer	1921-1922	Democrat	Felix Zollicoffer Wilson was born in Davidson Co., Tn., on December 27, 1866, son of James Hazzard and Virginia (Zollicoffer) Wilson.  He was married to Mary Pendergast in 1888.  They were parents of Felix Mizell Wilson , Evelyn Wilson and two other daughters.   He served on the City Council in 1902 and again in 1943.  He became County Register in 1945.  Mayor Wilson was elected as Mayor in May of 1921 by the sity council, after the council had voted to suspend Mayor William Gupton.  Mayor Wilson was voted out by the city council in Nov. of 1922.   Mayor Wilson  died on February 12, 1850.
59.	Sharpe, William Percy	1921-1922	Democrat	William Percy Sharpe was born in Anderson, SC in 1871, son of.  He was married to Julia Margaret Nichol.  They were parents of William Percy Sharpe, Jr.  and a daughter.  Percy Sharpe was elected by the city council to replace ousted Mayor Felix Wilson.  Mayor Sharpe died in Madison, Davidson Co., TN on November 13, 1942.  He is buried at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
60.	Howse, Hilary Ewing	1924-1938	Democrat	Hilary Ewing House was born in Rutherford County, on January 25, 1866, son of Lycurgus and Mary Lousie (Bell) Howse. He was maried in June of 1914 to Jennie may Wheeler.  They had no children.  Hilary Howse was mayor from 1909-1915 and again from 1924-1938.  Mayor Howse was still in the office as mayor when he died on January 2, 1938.
61.	Cummings, Thomas Leon	1938-1951	Democrat	Thomas Leon Cummings was born May 1, 1891 in Centertown, Warren County, TN.  He was a son of William Martin and Mary Josephine Brewer Cummings.  He was married on Nov. 17, 1915 to Ella Lee Connell of White House, TN.  Their children were:  Thomas Leon Cummings, Jr. and Mrs. Clem Schonoff.  Mayor Cummings died March 29, 1968 and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery.
62.	West, Raphael Benjamin	1951-1963	Democrat	Raphael Benjamin West was born in Columbia, Maury Co., Tn., on  March 31, 1911, son of James Watt and Martha Melissa (Wilson) West.  When Ben was 3 years old his parents moved to Flat Rock now known as the  Woodbine community of Davidson Co.  He was married on August 31, 1935 to Mary Humes Meadors.  They were parents of  two sons, Jay and Ben.  Mayor West died November 20, 1974.
	Mayors of Metropolitan Nashville & Davidson County
63.	Clifton Beverly Briley	1963-1975	Democrat	C. Beverly Briley was born January 11, 1914, son Of Clifton Weaver Briley and Willie Whithorne Vaughan Briley. Married Dorothy Gordon.  Two children, C. Beverly Briley, Jr. and Diane Briley Easterling.  C. Beverly Briley served in the U. S, Navy during world War II.  Mayor  Briley died September 14, 1980.
64.	Richard Harmon Fulton	1975-1987	Democrat	Richard Harmon Fulton was born January 27, 1927, son of Lyle Houston Fulton, Sr., and Labina Plummer Fulton. Married first to Jewell Simpson. Five children, Richard, Michael, Barry, Donna, Linda.  Married second to Sandra Ford Fleischer.  Mayor Fulton served in the U. S. Navy during World War II.
65.	William Hill Boner	1987-1991	Democrat	William Hill Boner was born February 14, 1945 in Nashville, TN, son of Dorris E. and Martha Mae Barbour Boner.  Married first to Susan Gilliland, second to Barbara _____, third to Betty Fowlkes, fourth to Traci Peel, fifth to Carol Leinhart.  Four children.
66.	Philip Norman Bredesen, Jr.	1991-1999	Democrat	Philip Norman Bredesen, Jr. was born November 21, 1943 in Oceanport, NJ, son of Philip Norman Bredesen, Sr. and Norma Walborn Bredesen.  Married Andrea Conte in 1974.  One child, son Benjamin, born in 1980.
67.	William P. Purcell, Jr.	1999-	Democrat	Born October 25, 1953 in Philadelphia, PA, son of William P., Jr., and Mary L. Hamilton Purcell.  Married August 9, 1986 in Nashville to Debbie Miller, daughter of William P. and Evelyn Sigler Miller. One child, daughter Jesse,  born in 1988.	Karl Foster Dean

 

On September 11, 1806 the Tennessee State Legislature passed an act which provided for the incorporation of Nashville.  This act called for the election by the qualified voters in the county of a mayor and six aldermen.  The first election was held on October 9, 1806.  In October 1811, shortly after William Tait was elected mayor, the legislature changed the charter.  The new requirement called for the election of seven aldermen, who would then select one of their own to be mayor.  The election was to held on the last Saturday of September of each year.  In 1827 the mayor was once again elected by popular vote.  

Sources;
City of Nashville, Annual Reports, 1880, 1881, 1885-1889, 1893-1899, 1900-1912.
Clayton, Prof. W. Woodford. History of Davidson County, Tennessee, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Philadelphia: J. W. Lewis & Co., 1880.
Waller, William. Nashville in the 1890s. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 1970.
Wooldridge, John. History of Nashville, Tennessee. Nashville: Publishing House of the M. E. Church, South, 1890; rpr. Nashville: Charles Elder, 1970.