Editing Murfreesboro, Tennessee (section)

==Government==
{{see also|Mayoral elections in Murfreesboro, Tennessee}}
The city council has six members, all elected [[at-large]] for four-year terms, on staggered schedules with elections every two years. The mayor is also elected at large. City council members have responsibilities for various city departments.

{{hidden begin|title=List of mayors of Murfreesboro, Tennessee|titlestyle=background:#F8F8FF;width:80%}}
* Joshua Haskell, 1818<ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/publication02ruth#page/n85/mode/2up |chapter=Mayors of Murfreesboro, 1818-1973 |title=Publication No. 2 |publisher=Rutherford County Historical Society |location=Murfreesboro, TN |via=Internet Archive |first=W. H. |last=Westbrooks |pages=37–38 |date=Winter 1973}} {{free access}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/tennesseecountyh75pitt#page/132/mode/2up |chapter=Appendix B: Mayors of Murfreesboro |title=Rutherford County |series=Tennessee County History Series |publisher=Memphis State University Press |via=Internet Archive |first=Mabel |last=Pittard |editor-first=Robert E. |editor-last=Corlew III |pages=132–133 |date=1984 |isbn=0-87870-182-6 |oclc=6820526}} {{free access}}</ref>
* David Wendel, 1819
* Robert Purdy, 1820
* Henry Holmes, 1821
* W. R. Rucker, 1822–1823
* John Jones, 1824
* Wm. Ledbetter, 1825, 1827
* John Smith, 1828, 1830
* Edward Fisher, 1829, 1836, 1839
* James C. Moore, 1831
* Charles Ready, 1832
* Charles Niles, 1833
* Marman Spence, 1834
* M. Spence, 1835
* L. H. Carney, 1837
* [[Edwin Augustus Keeble]], 1838, 1855
* G. A. Sublett, 1840
* B. W. Farmer, 1841–1842, 1845–1846
* Henderson King Yoakum, 1843
* Wilson Thomas, 1844
* John Leiper, 1847–1848
* Charles Ready, 1849–1853, 1867
* F. Henry, 1854
* [[Joseph B. Palmer]], 1856–1859
* John W. Burton, 1860–1861
* John E. Dromgoole, 1862
* James Monro Tompkins, 1863–1864
* R. D. Reed, 1865–1866
* E. L. Jordan, 1868–1869
* Thomas B. Darragh, 1870
* Joseph A. January 1871
* I. B. Collier, 1872–1873
* J. B. Murfree, 1874–1875
* H. H. Kerr, 1876
* H. H. Clayton, 1877
* N. C. Collier, 1878–1879
* Jas. Clayton, 1880–1881
* E. F. Burton, 1882–1883
* J. M. Overall, 1884–1885
* H. E. Palmer, 1886–1887
* Tom H. Woods, 1888–1895
* J. T. Wrather, 1896–1897
* J. O. Oslin, 1898–1899
* J. H. Chrichlow, 1900–1909
* G. B. Giltner, 1910–1918
* N. C. Maney, 1919–1922, 1932–1934
* Al D. McKnight, 1923–1931
* W. T. Gerhardt, 1934–1936, 1941–1942
* W. A. Miles, 1937–1940, 1943–1946
* John T. Holloway, 1947–1950
* Jennings A. Jones, 1951–1954
* A. L. Todd Jr., 1955–1964
* William Hollis Westbrooks, 1965-1982<ref name="murfpost20130908">{{cite news |url=https://www.murfreesboropost.com/news/former-mayors-honored-with-street-names/article_03b71c81-509b-51c9-a350-144222914d7b.html |title=Former mayors honored with street names |work=Murfreesboro Post |date=September 8, 2013 |access-date=January 7, 2018}}</ref>
* Joe B. Jackson, 1982-1998<ref name="murfpost20080422">{{cite news |url=https://www.murfreesboropost.com/news/update-former-mayor-joe-b-jackson-dies/article_89f7fdf8-f4f1-584d-a07a-b8fb7219cf6c.html |title=Update: Former Mayor Joe B. Jackson dies |work=Murfreesboro Post |date=April 22, 2008 |access-date=January 29, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Record1998">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=82F4jvxVUnoC&pg=PA8577 |section=Honoring the Distinguished Career of Mayor Joe B. Jackson |title=Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 105th Congress, Second Session |publisher=Government Printing Office |first=Bart |last=Gordon |volume=144 |issue=6 |page=8577 |date=May 7, 1998|isbn=9780160857072 }}</ref>
* Richard Reeves, 1998-2002<ref name="murfpost20130908" />
* Tommy Bragg, 2002-2014<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.murfreesboropost.com/end-of-the-bragg-era--cms-39113 |title=End of 'The Bragg Era' |work=The Murfreesboro Post |first=Jonathon |last=Fagan |date=April 27, 2014 |access-date=August 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825184559/http://www.murfreesboropost.com/end-of-the-bragg-era--cms-39113 |archive-date=August 25, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Shane McFarland]], 2014–present<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.murfreesborotn.gov/497/Mayor |title=Mayor: Shane McFarland |publisher=City of Murfreesboro |access-date=August 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825194602/http://www.murfreesborotn.gov/497/Mayor |archive-date=August 25, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
{{hidden end}}