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==Government== {| class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" width=50% align="left" |- ! style="background:#F5DEB3"| <small>Mayors of Greenville, Mississippi</small> |- | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! Image ! Mayor ! Years ! Notes |- style="height:4em" |- | | ? | 1824β? | |- | | L. Wilczinski | 1875β1887 | <ref>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink= |title=H & N Wilczinski|newspaper=The Weekly Democrat-Times|date=October 1, 1887 |url= https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-weekly-democrat-times/24552931/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> |- | | R. W. Tilford | 1887β1889 | <ref>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink= |title=Railroad Election|newspaper=The Weekly Democrat-Times|date=April 7, 1888 |url= https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-weekly-democrat-times/125545760/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> |- | | J. H. Wynn | 1889β? | <ref>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink= |title=The Greenville Election|newspaper=The Daily Commercial Herald|date=December 10, 1889 |url= https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-commercial-herald/125544745/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> |- | | | β? | |- | | J. T. Gooch | December 1919 β July 15, 1920 | Resigned effective July 15, 1920 due to the need to conduct business away from the city<ref name=SWLQuits>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink= |title=Greenville Mayor Quits and Hunt is Successor|newspaper=The Semi-Weekly Leader|date=July 14, 1920 |url= https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-semi-weekly-leader/125521581/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> |- | | J. Allen Hunt | July 15, 1920 β ? | Appointed mayor after resignation of J.T. Gooch<ref name=SWLQuits/> |- | | ? | | |- | | Fred Schelben | 1928β1932 | <ref>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink= |title=Schelben Park to lose some amenities|newspaper=[[The Washington Times]]|date=September 5, 2014 |url= https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/sep/5/schelben-park-to-lose-some-amenities/ |quote=The park at Lake Ferguson dates to the late 1950s and is named for former Mayor Fred Schelben, who served from 1928 to 1932.}}</ref> |- | | E. G. Ham | 1932β1934 | <ref>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink= |title=Magruder At Banquet - Retired Admiral Will Speak At Greenville|newspaper=[[Clarion-Ledger]]|date=January 2, 1932 |url= https://www.newspapers.com/article/clarion-ledger/125520315/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> |- | | Milton C. Smith | 1934β1944 | <ref>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink= |title=Milton C. Smith, Greenville Mayor |newspaper=[[The Greenwood Commonwealth]]|date=December 12, 1933 |url= https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-greenwood-commonwealth/125519151/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> |- | | E. M. Gray | 1944β1948 | <ref>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink= |title=New Greenville Mayor |newspaper=[[Sun Herald]]|date=December 31, 1943 |url= https://www.newspapers.com/article/sun-herald/125518835/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> |- | | George F. Archer | 1948β1964 | <ref>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink= |title=City, County Officials take Office Monday |newspaper=[[The Delta Democrat-Times]]|date=January 3, 1964 |url= https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-delta-democrat-times/125518074/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> |- | | Pat Dunne | 1964β1976 | <ref>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= Former Police Chief Wins Demo Nomination for Greenville Mayor |newspaper=[[Hattiesburg American]]|date=October 7, 1975 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hattiesburg-american/125515656/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> |- | | William Burnley | 1976β July 31, 1990 | Defeated in a runoff election<ref>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= Incumbent Greenville Mayor Loses Runoff Election |newspaper=[[Clarion-Ledger]]|date=July 18, 1990 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/clarion-ledger/125515283/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> He was authorized to serve until August 8, 1990 but resigned effective July 31, 1990.<ref name=CPRResigns>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= Greenville Mayor Resigns |newspaper=[[The Clarksdale Press Register]]|date=July 20, 1990 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-clarksdale-press-register/125516172/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> |- | | ''Jerre Lane'' | July 31, 1990 β August 8, 1990 | Vice Mayor Lane served as interim mayor after William Burnley's resignation<ref name=CPRResigns/> |- | | Frank Self | August 8, 1990 β 1995 | <ref name=Four/> |- | | Paul Artman Jr. | 1996β2003 | <ref name=Four>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= Four Campaign for Mayor |newspaper=[[Hattiesburg American]]|date=August 10, 2003 |url= https://www.newspapers.com/article/hattiesburg-american-four-campaign-for-m/125514547/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> |- | [[File:Heather McTeer Toney.jpg|75px]] | [[Heather McTeer Toney]] | 2004β2011 | First African-American mayor<ref>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= Democrat Hudson Makes History, Is Elected Greenville Mayor |newspaper=[[The Greenwood Commonwealth]]|date=December 9, 2003 |url=https://www.gwcommonwealth.com/archives/democrat-hudson-makes-history-elected-greenville-mayor |via=}}</ref> |- | | Chuck Jordan |2012 |<ref>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink= |title=New Greenville Mayor Jordan Takes Office Jan. 3 - Jordan Defeated McGee In Monday's Election |newspaper=[[WAPT]]|date= December 15, 2011|url=https://www.wapt.com/article/new-greenville-mayor-jordan-takes-office-jan-3/2077285 |via=}}</ref> Resigned effective September 24, 2012 after being diagnosed with [[pancreatic cancer]].<ref name=Jordan>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink= |title=Greenville mayor resigns following cancer diagnosis |newspaper=[[WAPT]]|date=September 19, 2012|url=https://www.wlbt.com/story/19585658/greenville-mayor-resigns/ |via=}}</ref> |- | | ''Carolyn Weathers'' | September 24, 2012 β October 24, 2012 | Vice Mayor Weathers served as interim mayor after Chuck Jordan's resignation<ref name=Jordan/> |- | | John Cox | October 24, 2012 β 2014 | Elected in a special election on October 22, 2012, to complete Jordan's term; sworn in on October 24, 2012.<ref>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink= |title=Attorney Elected Greenville Mayor |newspaper=[[Clarion-Ledger]]|date=October 24, 2012 |url= https://www.newspapers.com/article/clarion-ledger/125517475/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> |- | [[File:Errick Simmons, Mayor of Greenville Mississippi.jpg|75px]] |Errick Simmons |2015βPresent | 2nd African-American mayor |- |} |} {{clear}}
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