LOCAL · TN · 1992-2009
Willie Herenton
Mayor of Memphis · Democrat · Tennessee
On the record
First African-American elected Memphis Mayor; 17-year tenure
Background
Willie Herenton occupied the Mayor of Memphis of Memphis office in Tennessee for 17 years (1992–2009). After: Mayor of Memphis (1992-2009). Note: First African-American elected Memphis Mayor; 17-year tenure. Same-year political environment (1992): Governor Ned McWherter; Treasurer Steve Adams.
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Others who held this office in Tennessee
- Paul Young (2024-present)
- Jim Strickland (2016-2024)
- AC Wharton (2009-2016)
- Willie Herenton (1992-2009)
- Dick Hackett (1982-1992)
- Wyeth Chandler (1972-1982)
- Henry Loeb (1968-1972)
- William B. Ingram Jr. (1964-1968)
- Henry Loeb (1960-1963)
- Edmund Orgill (1956-1959)
- Frank Tobey (1953-1955)
- Watkins Overton (1949-1953)