| Elections in Tennessee |
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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.[1]
| Image | Years Served | Mayor[2] |
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1840[a] | James Enfield Berry |
| 1841 | Dr. Beriah Frazier | |
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1842–1843 | Milo Smith |
| 1844–1845 | Dr. Joseph Strong Gillespie | |
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1846–1848 | Henry White Massengale |
| 1849 | Thomas Crutchfield Sr. | |
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1850–1852 | Milo Smith |
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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 | |
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1862–1863 | Milo Smith |
| 1863–1865 | Under direct control of the United States Army for duration of Civil War | |
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1865 | Richard Henderson |
| 1866 | Charles E. Lewis | |
| 1867–1868 | Dudley C. Carr | |
| 1869 | Alonzo G. Sharpe | |
| 1870–1871 | William P. Rathburn | |
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1871–1872 | John T. Wilder |
| 1872 | Josiah Jackson Bryan | |
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1873 | Eli M. Wight |
| 1874 | Philander D. Sims | |
| 1875 | John W. James | |
| 1876 | Col. Tomlinson Fort, Jr. (Dem.) | |
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1877 | Eli M. Wight |
| 1878 | Thomas J. Carlisle | |
| 1878 | Andrew Jackson Gahagan | |
| 1879 | Jesse Thomas Hill | |
| 1880 | Henry Frederick Temple | |
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1881 | John A. Hart |
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1882–1883 | Henry Clay Evans (Rep.) |
| 1883–1885[b] | Hugh Whiteside | |
| 1885–1887 | Alonzo G. Sharpe | |
| 1887–1889 | John B. Nicklin | |
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1889–1891 | John A. Hart |
| 1891 | Isaac B. Merriman | |
| 1891–1893 | Garnet Andrews | |
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1893–1897 | George W. Ochs |
| 1897–1899 | Edmund Watkins | |
| 1899–1901 | Joseph Wassman | |
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1901–1905 | William Little Frierson |
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| 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 | |
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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 | |
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1975–1983 | Charles A. “Pat” Rose |
| 1983–1997 | Gene Roberts | |
| 1997–2001 | Jon Kinsey (Dem.) | |
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2001–2005 | Bob Corker (Rep.) |
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2005–2013 | Ron Littlefield (Independent) |
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2013–2021 | Andy Berke (Dem.) |
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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.