Valdosta Mayors
M.D. Griffin
1868-1869
A.D. Liles
1869-1870
Records Lost
in Fire
H. B. Holliday
1872 - 1873
Records Lost
in Fire
R.T. Middleton
1875 - 1876
H. B. Holliday
1876 -1877
J.O Varnedoe
1877 - 1878
A.H. Smith
1878 - 1880
I.N. Davis
1880 - 1881
J.W. Wells
1881 - 1882
J.M Wilkinson
1882 - 1885
B.F Whittington
1885- 1886
N. A. Williams
1886 -1887
W.L. Thomas
1887 - 1891
E.L Moore
1892 - Oct 1892
W.H Griffin
1892 - 1895
J.G. Cranford
1895 -1897
O.M Smith
1897 - 1898
A.H. Smith
1898 -1899
C.B. Peeples
1899 - 1900
C.R. Ashley
1900 - 1904
M.A Briggs
1904 -1906
J.T. Roberts
1906 - 1916
T.B. Converse Jr.
1916 - 1918
B.H. Jones
1918 - 1920
W.D. Peeples
1920 - 1926
Wilburn McKey
1926 - 1930
J.R. Dasher
1930
P.C. Pendleton
1930 - 1934
J.D. Ashley
1934 - 1944
Frank D. Rose
1944 - 1946
H.B. Edwards Sr.
1946 - 1948
J.E. Mathis
1948 - 1952
John B. Giddens
1952 - 1956
Emory P. Bass
1956 - 1958
A.J. Strickland
1958 - 1960
Maxwell Oliver
1960 - 1964
Richard Stewart
1964 - 1966
James Beck
1966 - 1970
Aubry J. Stump
1970 -1972
James Beck
1972 - 1974
Gil A. Harbin
1974 - 1980
Ernest J. Nijem
1980 - 1986
Walter Autrey Jr.
1986 - 1988
James Rainwater
1988 - 2003
John J. Fretti
2003 - Present
Notes:
We believe that the first mayor of Valdosta was
Ruben T. Roberts (1860-61).
Many records prior to 1868 were lost in a courthouse fire.