List of mayors of Athens, Georgia

The following is a list of mayors of the city of Athens, Georgia, USA.



Prior to 1991

 * Henry Carlton Tuck, 1892-1893
 * J.J. Crittenden McMahan, ca.1897
 * Edward Thomas Brown
 * Edward I. Smith, ca.1900
 * William F. Dorsey, ca.1906-1909
 * Hugh Jackson Rowe, ca.1912
 * Robert O. Arnold, ca.1916
 * Andrew Cobb Erwin, 1918-1922
 * Alonzo Gordon Dudley, 1926-1935, 1938-1939
 * T. S. Mell, ca.1937
 * Bob McWhorter, 1940-1947
 * Jack R. Wells, ca.1951-1956
 * Ralph M. Snow, ca.1958-1959
 * Upshaw Bentley, 1977-1980

Since 1991
In 1990, the governments of Clarke county and the city of Athens merged to form the Athens-Clarke County unified government.
 * Gwen O’Looney, 1991-1998
 * Doc Eldridge, 1999-2003
 * Heidi Davison, 2003-2011
 * Nancy Denson, ca.2011
 * Kelly Girtz, ca.2019-2024