List of mayors of Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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.


 * 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.


 * 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.


 * 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-)