Mayor of Columbia, South Carolina

The mayor of Columbia, South Carolina is elected at large for a four-year term. The duties of the mayor is to create policy and enact laws, rules and regulations for the city of Columbia. Daniel Rickenmann, who assumed office on January 4, is the current mayor of Columbia.

Mayor of the City of Columbia
Incumbent
Daniel Rickenmann
since January 4, 2022
StyleHis Honor
Term lengthFour years
Inaugural holderJohn Taylor
Formation19th century
Elections in South Carolina
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Intendants and mayors of Columbia, South Carolina[1]
No. TermMayor Intendant
1 May 1806–April 1807 John Taylor
2 April 1807–June 1807 Abraham Nott
3 June 1807–April 1808 Claiborne Clifton
4 April 1808–July 1808 John Hooker
5 July 1808–April 1809 Daniel Faust
6 1809 Simon Taylor
7 1810 Robert Stark
8 1811 Simon Taylor
9 1812–1815 Daniel Faust
10 1815 William E. Hayne
11 1816 James Gregg
12 1817 Daniel Morgan
13 1818–1822 James Taylor Goodwyn
14 1822 David James McCord
15 1823 James Taylor Goodwyn
16 1824 David James McCord
17 1825 James Taylor Goodwyn
18 1826–1828 William Ford de Saussure
19 1828–1830 Ezekiel Hopkins Maxcy
20 1830 William Campbell Preston
21 1831 William C. Clifton
22 1832 Ezekiel Hopkins Maxcy
23 1833–1836 Dr. M. H. DeLeon
24 1836–1839 John Bryce
25 1839–1841 Dr. Robert Wilson Gibbes
26 April 1841–September 1841 Col. Benjamin T. Elmore
27 September 1841–April 1842 Col. Robert Howell Goodwyn
28 1842–1845 William Mills Myers
29 1845–December 1846 William Byrd Stanley
30 December 1846–April 1847 Joel Stevenson
31 1847–1850 Edward Sill
32 1850–1851 Henry Lyons
33 1851–1853 Col. Adley Hogan Gladden
34 1853–1855 William Maybin
35 1855–1857Edward J. Arthur
36 1857–1859James D. Tradewell
37 1859–1861Allen J. Green
38 1861–1863John Henry Boatwright
39 1863–1865Thomas Jefferson Goodwyn
40 May 1865–April 1866James Guignard Gibbes
41 April 1866–July 1868Theodore Stark
42 July 1868–August 1868Col. Francis Luther Guenther
43 August 1868–November 1868Cyrus H. Baldwin
44 November 1868–1870John McKenzie
45 1870–1878John Alexander
46 1878–1880Capt. William B. Stanley
47 1880–1882Capt. Richard O'Neale Jr.
48 1882–1890John Taylor Rhett
49 1890–1892Col. Fitz William McMaster
50 1892–1894Dr. Walter Coles Fisher
51 1894–1898William McBurney Sloan
52 1898–1900Col. Thomas J. Lipscomb
53 1900–1904Dr. Fort Sumter Earle
54 1904–1908Thomas Hasell Gibbes
55 1908–1910William S. Reamer
56 1910–1914Wade Hampton Gibbes, Jr.
57 1914–1918Dr. Lewie A. Griffith
58 1918–1922R. Johnson Blalock
59 1922–1926William A. Coleman
60 1926–1941Dr. Lawrence Beacham Owens
61 1941–1946Fred D. Marshall
62 1946–1950Dr. Frank C. Owens
63 1950–1954J. Macfie Anderson
64 1954–1958J. Clarence Dreher
65 1958–1970Lester L. Bates
66 1970–1978John T. Campbell
67 1978–1986Kirkman Finlay, Jr.
68 1986–1990T. Patton Adams
69 1990–2010Robert D. "Bob" Coble
70 2010 - 2022Stephen K. Benjamin
71 2022 - presentDaniel Rickenmann

See also

References
  1. "CONTENTdm". localhistory.richlandlibrary.com. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
  • Information obtained from Columbia & Richland County: A South Carolina Community 1740–1990 by John Hammond Moore (University of South Carolina Press, 1993). ISBN 0-87249-827-1
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