List of mayors of Winston-Salem, North Carolina explained

The following is a list of people who have served as the mayor of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, as well as those who served in the predecessor towns of Winston and Salem.

Winston-Salem mayors serve 4-year terms.

Mayors of the town of Salem

Mayors of Salem from January 1857 to the merger with Winston in May 1913.^[1]

• Charles Brietz (1857-1858)
• E. A. Vogler (1858-1859)
• Charles Brietz (1859-1860)
• Dr. Augustus T. Zevely (1860-1863)
• John G. Sides (1863-1864)
• Joshua Boner (1864-1865)
• Dr. Augustus T. Zevely (1865-1866)
• Charles Brietz (1866-1867)
• John P. Vest (1867-1868)
• Augustus Fogle (1868-1873)
• John P. Vest (1873-1874)
• E.A. Vogler (1874-1875)
• Rufus Lenoir Patterson (1875-1876)
• Augustus Fogle (1876-1878)
• Dr. J. F. Shaffner, Sr. (1878-1884)
• C. H. Fogle (1884-1888)
• Augustus Fogle (1888-1889)
• Henry E. Fries (1889-1892)
• J. H. Stockton (1892-1893)
• T. B. Douthit (1893-1894)
• C. S. Hauser (1894-1896)
• Samuel E. Butner (1896-1901)
• J. A. Vance (1901-1903)
• Samuel E. Butner (1903-1907)
• Frank H. Vogler (1907-1911)
• Fred A. Fogle (1911-1913)

Mayors of the town of Winston

Mayors of Winston between January 1859 and May 1913.^[2]

• William Barrow (1859-1860)
• P.A. Wilson (1860-1861)
• Robert Gray (1861-1862)
• H.K. Thomas (1862-1865)
• Thomas J. Wilson (1865-1866)
• T.T. Best (1866-1868)
• Jacob Tise (1868-1871)
• J.W. Alspaugh (1871-1872)
• P.A. Wilson (1882-1883)
• T.T. Best (1872-1873)
• J.W. Alspaugh 1873-1874
• T.T. Best (1874-1875)
• J.W. Alspaugh (1875-1876)
• D.P. Mast (1876)
• A. B. Gorrell (1876-1877)
• Martin Grogan (1877-1878)
• A. B. Gorrell (1878-1882)
• J.C. Buxton (1883-1884)
• Samuel H. Smith (1884-1885)
• Charles Buford (1885-1886)
• Thomas J. Wilson (1886-1887)
• Charles Buford (1887-1890)
• D.P. Mast (1890-1892)
• R. B. Kerner (1892-1893
• Garland E. Webb (1893-1894)
• Eugene E. Gray (1894-1896)
• P.W. Crutchfield (1896-1898)
• A. B. Gorrell (1898)
• J.F. Griffith (1898-1900)
• Oscar B. Eaton (1900-1911)
• Rufus I. Dalton (1911-1913)

Mayors of the City of Winston-Salem

Mayors after the 1913 merger of Winston and Salem.^[3]

• Oscar B. Eaton (1913-1917)
• Robert W. Gorrell (1917-1921)
• James G. Hanes (1921-1925)
• Thomas Barber (1925-1929)
• George W. Coan (1929-1935)
• W.T. Wilson (1935-1939)
• James R Fain (1939-1941)
• R.J. Reynolds (1941-1942)
• J. Wilbur Crews (1942-1943)
• George W. Coan (1943-1945)
• George D. Lentz (1945-1949)
• Marshall Kurfees (1949-1961)
• John B. Surratt (1961-1963)
• M.C. Benton (1963-1970)
• Franklin Shirley (1970-1977)
• Wayne Corpening (1977-1989)
• Martha Wood (1989-1997)
• Jack Cavanagh (1997-2001)
• Allen Joines (2001-)

See also

• Timeline of Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Notes and References

1. Web site: Town of Salem Mayors . City of Winston-Salem, NC . February 3, 2023.
2. Web site: Town of Winston Mayors . City of Winston-Salem, NC . February 3, 2023.
3. Web site: City of Winston-Salem Mayors . City of Winston-Salem, NC . February 3, 2023.