| Post: | Mayor |
| Body: | Nashville |
| Incumbent: | Freddie O'Connell |
| Insignia: | Seal of Nashville, Tennessee.png |
| Insigniacaption: | Seal of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County |
| Incumbentsince: | September 25, 2023 |
| Termlength: | 4 years |
| Inaugural: | Beverly Briley |
| Formation: | 1963 |
| Succession: | Vice mayor of Nashville |
| Salary: | $180,000 |
The Mayor of Nashville is the chief executive of the government of Nashville, Tennessee. The current mayor is Freddie O'Connell. Each mayor serves a term of four years, with a limit of two consecutive terms, unless this is interrupted by a legal mechanism, such as a recall election.
The following is a list of the mayors of Nashville before it had a consolidated metropolitan government:
| Mayor | Term | |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph Coleman | 1806 - 1809 | |
| Benjamin J. Bradford | 1809 - 1811 | |
| William Tait | 1811 - 1814 | |
| Joseph Thorpe Elliston | 1814 - 1817 | |
| Stephen Cantrell, Jr. | 1817 - 1817 | |
| Felix Robertson | 1818 - 1819 | |
| Thomas Crutcher | 1819 - 1820 | |
| James Condon | 1820 - 1821 | |
| John Patton Erwin | 1821 - 1822 | |
| Robert Brownlee Currey | 1822 - 1824 | |
| Randal McGavock | 1824 - 1825 | |
| Wilkins F. Tannehill | 1825 - 1827 | |
| Felix Robertson | 1827 - 1829 | |
| William Armstrong | 1829 - 1833 | |
| John Meredith Bass | 1833 - 1834 | |
| John Patton Erwin | 1834 - 1835 | |
| William Nichol | 1835 - 1837 | |
| Henry Hollingsworth | 1837 - 1839 | |
| Charles Clay Trabue | 1839 - 1841 | |
| Samuel Van Dyke Stout | 1841 - 1842 | |
| Thomas B. Coleman | 1842 - 1843 | |
| Powhatan W. Maxey | 1843 - 1845 | |
| John Hugh Smith | 1845 - 1846 | |
| John A. Goodlett | 1846 - 1847 | |
| Alexander Allison | 1847 - 1849 | |
| John McCormick Lea | 1849 - 1850 | |
| John Hugh Smith | 1850 - 1853 | |
| Williamson Hartley Horn | 1853 - 1854 | |
| William Booker Shapard | 1854 - 1854 | |
| Robert Bell Castleman | 1854 - 1856 | |
| Andrew Anderson | 1856 - 1857 | |
| John A. McEwen | 1857 - 1858 | |
| Randal William McGavock | 1858 - 1859 | |
| Samuel N. Hollingsworth | 1859 - 1860 |
| Mayor | Term | |
|---|---|---|
| Richard Boone Cheatham | 1860 - 1862 | |
| John Hugh Smith | 1862 - 1865 | |
| William Matt Brown | 1865 - 1867 | |
| Augustus E. Alden | 1867 - 1869 | |
| John Meredith Bass | 1869 - 1869 | |
| Kindred Jenkins Morris | 1869 - 1871 | |
| Thomas A. Kercheval | 1871 - 1874 | |
| Morton Boyte Howell | 1874 - 1875 |
| Mayor | Term | |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas A. Kercheval | 1875 - 1883 | |
| Claiborne Hooper Phillips | 1883 - 1886 | |
| Thomas A. Kercheval | 1886 - 1888 | |
| Charles P. McCarver | 1888 - 1890 | |
| William Litterer | 1890 - 1891 | |
| George Blackmore Guild | 1891 - 1895 | |
| William Marshall McCarthey | 1895 - 1897 | |
| Richard Houston Dudley | 1897 - 1900 | |
| James Marshall Head | 1900 - 1904 | |
| Albert Smiley Williams | 1904 - 1906 | |
| Thomas Owen Morris | 1906 - 1908 | |
| James Stephens Brown | 1908 - 1909 | |
| Hilary Ewing Howse | 1909 - 1915 | |
| Robert Ewing | 1915 - 1917 | |
| William Gupton | 1917 - 1921 | |
| Felix Zollicoffer Wilson | 1921 - 1922 | |
| William Percy Sharpe | 1922 - 1924 | |
| Hilary Ewing Howse | 1924 - 1938 | |
| Thomas L. Cummings, Sr. | 1938 - 1951 | |
| Ben West | 1951 - 1963 |
The following is a list of the mayors of Nashville after the consolidation of the municipal government with the government of Davidson County:
| Image | Mayor | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beverly Briley | 1963 - 1975 | ||
| Richard Fulton | 1975 - 1987 | ||
| Bill Boner | 1987 - 1991 | ||
| Phil Bredesen | 1991 - 1999 | ||
| Bill Purcell | 1999 - 2007 | ||
| Karl Dean | 2007 - 2015 | ||
| Megan Barry | 2015 - 2018 | ||
| David Briley | 2018 - 2019 | ||
| 2019 - 2023 | |||
| 2023 - present |