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.[1]
| Image | Years Served | Mayor[2] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.) | ||
| 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 | |||
| 1897–1899 | Edmund Watkins | ||
| 1899–1901 | Joseph Wassman | ||
| 1901–1905 | William Little Frierson | ||
| 1905–1907 | |||
| 1907–1909 | William Riley Crabtree | ||
| 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) |