List of mayors of Chattanooga, Tennessee

See also: Mayoral elections in Chattanooga, Tennessee

This is a list of mayors of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Tim Kelly has been the incumbent mayor of Chattanooga since his inauguration on April 19, 2021 at the Tivoli Theatre.

Image	Years Served	Mayor
	1840[a]	James Enfield Berry
	1841	Dr. Beriah Frazier
	1842–1843	Milo Smith
	1844–1845	Dr. Joseph Strong Gillespie
	1846–1848	Henry White Massengale
	1849	Thomas Crutchfield Sr.
	1850–1852	Milo Smith
	1853	Henry White Massengale
	1854	William Williams
	1854	William F. Ragsdale
	1855	Eldridge Gerry Pearl
	1856	David Claiborne McMillin
	1857	William D. Fulton
	1858	William Samuel Bell
	1859	Thomas Crutchfield Jr.
	1860	Charles Erskine Grenville
	1861	James Cartwright Warner
	1862–1863	Milo Smith
	1863–1865	Under direct control of the United States Army for duration of Civil War
	1865	Richard Henderson
	1866	Charles E. Lewis
	1867–1868	Dudley C. Carr
	1869	Alonzo G. Sharpe
	1870–1871	William P. Rathburn
	1871–1872	John T. Wilder
	1872	Josiah Jackson Bryan
	1873	Eli M. Wight
	1874	Philander D. Sims
	1875	John W. James
	1876	Col. Tomlinson Fort, Jr. (Dem.)
	1877	Eli M. Wight
	1878	Thomas J. Carlisle
	1878	Andrew Jackson Gahagan
	1879	Jesse Thomas Hill
	1880	Henry Frederick Temple
	1881	John A. Hart
	1882–1883	Henry Clay Evans (Rep.)
	1883–1885[b]	Hugh Whiteside
	1885–1887	Alonzo G. Sharpe
	1887–1889	John B. Nicklin
	1889–1891	John A. Hart
	1891	Isaac B. Merriman
	1891–1893	Garnet Andrews
	1893–1897	George W. Ochs
	1897–1899	Edmund Watkins
	1899–1901	Joseph Wassman
	1901–1905	William Little Frierson
	1905–1907
	1907–1909	William Riley Crabtree
	1909–1915[c]	T.C. Thompson
	1915–1919	Jesse M. Littleton
	1919–1923	Alexander Wilds Chambliss
	1923–1927	Richard Hardy
	1927–1947	Edward Davis "E.D." Bass (Dem.)
	1947	Elijah Radford Betterton
	1947–1951	Hugh Wasson
	1951–1963	Peter Rudolph "Rudy" Olgiati
	1963–1969	Ralph H. Kelley
	1969–1971	Austin Letheridge "Chunk" Bender (Dem.)
	1971	S. Dean Peterson
	1971–1975	Robert Kirk Walker
	1975–1983	Charles A. “Pat” Rose
	1983–1997	Gene Roberts
	1997–2001	Jon Kinsey (Dem.)
	2001–2005	Bob Corker (Rep.)
	2005–2013	Ron Littlefield (Independent)
	2013–2021	Andy Berke (Dem.)
	2021–present	Tim Kelly (Independent)

Notes
[a] From 1840–1882, all mayors served one year terms, with several mayors elected to successive terms.
[b] From 1883–1911, all mayors served two year terms, with several mayors elected to successive terms.
[c] From 1911 to the present, most mayors have served four year terms, with several mayors elected to successive terms.

See also

• Timeline of Chattanooga, Tennessee

Further reading

• "Mayor's Office: History of Mayors" — City of Chattanooga