List of mayors of Greenville, South Carolina explained

This is a list of mayors of Greenville, South Carolina,^[1] a city in the northwest (Upstate) part of the U.S. state of South Carolina. Before the city's office of Mayor was established, a similar role was that of Intendant. Mayors began office when the General Assembly amended the town charter in February 1869 to establish Greenville as a city.^[2] Officials elected to multiple consecutive terms have the number of terms noted after their names.

Intendants

rowspan="2" scope="col"	rowspan="2" scope="col"	Intendants of Greenville, South Carolina
Intendant	Served	Notes
1	1		1850–1851	also served in 1864
		unknown	1852–1854
2	2	(2)	1855–1857
		unknown	1858
3	3		1859–1860^[3]	also served 1862–1863; son of Vardry McBee^[4]
		unknown	1861
4	3		1862–1863^[5]	also served 1859–1860; lived at Brushy Creek^[6]
5	1		1864	also served 1850–1851
		unknown	1865
6	4		1866–1867
7	5		1868	also served as Greenville's first mayor

Mayors

rowspan="2" scope="col"	rowspan="2" scope="col"	rowspan="2" scope="col"	Mayors of Greenville, South Carolina
Mayor	Served	Notes
	1	1		1869–1870	served previously as intendant
2	2		1870–1871
3	3		1871–1872
4	4		1872–1873
5	5		1873–1874
	6	6		1875–1877	terms began a two-year length^[7]
7	7		1877–1879	later served in the state house, senate, and as lieutenant governor
8	8	(3)	1879–1885	also served 1887–1889
9	9		1885–1887	also served 1889–1891
10	8		1887–1889	also served 1879–1885
11	9		1889–1891	also served 1885–1887
12	10		1891–1893
13	11	(4)	1893–1901
14	12		1901–1903
15	13	(3)	1903–1909
16	14		1909–1911	also served 1913–1915
17	15		1911–1913
18	14		1913–1915	also served 1909–1911
19	16		1915–1917
20	17	(3)	1917–1923
21	18	(2)	1923–1927
22	19		1927–1929
23	20	(2)	1929–1933	father of politician James Mann
24	21	(2)	1933–1937	son of Mayor William L. Mauldin
25	22	(5)	1937–1947
26	23	(7)	1947–1961
27	24	(4)	1961–1969
28	25		1969–1971	grandson of Mayor H.C. Harvley^[8]
	29	26	(2)	1971–1979	terms began a 4-year length; appointed to State Development Board^[9]
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Notes and References

1. Web site: Historical Archive: Mayors and Intendants . City of Greenville, South Carolina . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140517152315/http://www.greenvillesc.gov/CityClerk/Archives/Mayors.aspx . May 17, 2014 .
2. Web site: 175th Anniversary Information Brochure . 2006 . 14 . City of Greenville, South Carolina . March 23, 2021 . 25 FEB 1869. The Town Charter was amended by the General Assembly to establish Greenville as a city. .
3. Web site: Laurensville Herald, 1855–1859 . Genealogy Trails . Edith . Greisser . March 24, 2021 . McAbee, A. was elected Intendant of Greenville, Laurensville Herald 9/23/1859, p2 .
4. News: Check out some of Greenville's most historic homes . . March 24, 2012 .
5. Web site: 175th Anniversary Information Brochure . 2006 . 13 . City of Greenville, South Carolina . March 23, 2021 . 26 MAR 1863. Council sanctioned the actions of the Intendant Alexander McBee, who had offered use of the public buildings in the town... .
6. Web site: Brushy Creek Registration Form . May 1998 . National Register of Historic Places . Anne K. . McCuen . 6 . March 24, 2021 .
7. Web site: 175th Anniversary Information Brochure . 2006 . 15 . City of Greenville, South Carolina . March 23, 2021 . 15 DEC 1874. ... Aldermen and Mayor would serve two years beginning with the 1875 election .
8. News: R. Cooper White 1927–2017 . April 24, 2017 . The Greenville News . March 24, 2021 . .
9. Encyclopedia: Heller, Max . May 18, 2016 . South Carolina Encyclopedia . Archie Vernon Jr. . Huff . March 24, 2021 . In 1979 Governor Richard Riley appointed Heller chairman of the State Development Board. .