Editing Hartsville, South Carolina (section)

===List of mayors of Hartsville, South Carolina===
Hartsville's first Mayor was W.K. Bell, sworn in in 1892 just after the City was chartered. He served a partial term before being proceeded by Major James Lide Coker.
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!#!!Mayor!!Party!!Sworn in!!Left office!!Comments
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|1
|W.K. Bell
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|1892
|1892
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|2
|James Lide Coker
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|1892
|1894
|Major Coker served in the [[Confederate Army]] in the [[American Civil War]] and was elected to the [[South Carolina House of Representatives]] in 1864 before moving to Hartsville.<ref>{{cite web |title=Collection: James Lide Coker papers|url=https://archives.library.sc.edu/repositories/3/resources/40 |website=South Caroliniana Library Repository |publisher=University of South Carolina |access-date=28 July 2024 }}</ref> January 3, 1837 - June 25, 1918.
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|3
|J.S. White
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|1895
|1896
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|4
|J.E. Bass
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|1896
|1896
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|5
|C.J. Woodrow
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|1897
|1897
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|6
|J.S. White
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|1898
|1900
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|7
|D.R. Coker
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|1900
|1901
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|8
|M.S. McKinnon
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|1902
|1903
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|- bgcolor=
|9
|H.A. Edwards
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|1904
|1906
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|- bgcolor=
|9
|C.W. Coker
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|1907
|1908
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|- bgcolor=
|10
|M.S. McKinnon
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|1909
|1910
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|11
|E.A. Miller
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|1911
|1916
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|- bgcolor=
|12
|L.B. Stephenson
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|1919
|1920
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|13
|P.H. Rogers
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|1921
|1926
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|14
|W.D. Arthur
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|1927
|1930
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|15
|R.E. Sowell
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|1931
|1934
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|16
|C.H. Campbell
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|1935
|1938
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|17
|L.H. Stokes
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|1939
|1944
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|18
|G.J. Lawton
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|1945
|1946
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|19
|R.W. Shand
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|1947
|1948
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|20
|R.B. White
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|1949
|1954
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|21
|P. Wilmeth
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|1955
|1957
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|22
|T.L. Maxwell
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|1957
|1963
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|- bgcolor=
|23
|O.D. Kelly
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|1963
|1965
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|- bgcolor=
|24
|Robert King Bass
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|1965
|1973
|February 16, 1925 - May 2, 1999<ref>{{cite web |title=Robert King Bass, Sr. b. 16 Feb 1925 Darlington County, South Carolina d. 2 May 1999 Hartsville, Darlington County, South Carolina: Bassett Family Association |url=https://www.bassettbranches.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I40359&tree=1A&sitever=standard |website=Bassett Family Association |access-date=28 July 2024}}</ref>
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|25
|Dr. Glenn Johnston Lawhon, Jr.
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|1973
|1985
|July 3, 1925 - February 16, 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dr. Glenn Johnston Lawhon Jr. Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information |url=https://www.bpafuneralhome.com/obituaries/Glenn-Lawhon/#!/TributeWall |website=Brown - Pennington - Atkins Funeral Home |publisher=Brown Pennington Atkins Funeral Home |access-date=28 July 2024}}</ref>
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|26
|Louis Matthew "Matt" Cannarella
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|1985
|1993
|October 16, 1954 - November 8, 2016<ref>{{cite web |title=The Hon. Louis Matthew "Matt" Cannarella Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information |url=https://www.bpafuneralhome.com/obituaries/Louis-Matthew-Matt-Cannarella/#!/Obituary |website=Brown - Pennington - Atkins Funeral Home |access-date=28 July 2024}}</ref>
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|27
|Flora "Flossie" C. Hopkins
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|1994
|2001
|Mayor Hopkins was Hartsville's first female Mayor.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hartsville’s first female mayor dies |url=https://www.newsandpress.net/hartsvilles-first-female-mayor-dies/ |website=News and Press |access-date=28 July 2024}}</ref> April 12, 1939 - January 25th, 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mrs. Flora Autrey "Flossie" Carmichael Hopkins Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information |url=https://www.bpafuneralhome.com/obituaries/Flora-Autrey-Flossie-Hopkins/#!/Obituary |website=Brown - Pennington - Atkins Funeral Home |publisher=Brown - Pennington - Atkins Funeral Home |access-date=15 August 2024}}</ref>
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|28
|William A. Gaskins
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|2001
|2005
|Councilman Gaskins defeated Councilman Franklin Hines in the general election to win the Mayor's seat.
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|29
|Michael S. Holt
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|2005
|2009
|In August of 2009, Mayor Holt accepted an appointment as a judge and vacated his seat.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Faile |first1=Jim |title=Hartsville Mayor Michael Holt elected to judgeship |url=https://scnow.com/news/local/hartsville-mayor-michael-holt-elected-to-judgeship/article_58a00de3-9aee-51f4-80f4-b854e89fe204.html |website=SCNow |access-date=28 July 2024}}</ref> May 1, 1970 - July 28, 2024<ref>{{cite web |title=The Hon. Michael Shea Holt Sr. Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information |url=https://www.bpafuneralhome.com/obituaries/Michael-Holt-14/#!/Obituary |website=Brown - Pennington - Atkins Funeral Home |publisher=Brown - Pennington - Atkins Funeral Home |access-date=15 August 2024}}</ref>
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|30
|David L. McFarland
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|Aug. 2009
|Nov. 2009
|In August of 2009, Mayor Pro Tem McFarland became mayor for the remainder of Mayor Holt's term when Holt stepped down to accept an appointment as a judge. Mayor McFarland was Hartsville's first Black mayor.<ref>{{cite web |title=McFarland becomes city's first black mayor |url=https://scnow.com/news/local/mcfarland-becomes-citys-first-black-mayor/article_ce234f54-68bc-50fb-9310-f8d5d1e3da00.html |website=SCNow |access-date=28 July 2024}}</ref>
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|31
|Carl "Mel" M. Pennington, IV
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|November 10, 2009<ref>{{cite web |title=11-10-2009 Public Hearing and Regular Meeting - Laserfiche WebLink |url=http://weblink.mccinnovations.com/WebLink/2/doc/94810/Page1.aspx |website=City Council Minutes - Laserfiche WebLink |access-date=28 July 2024}}</ref>
|Dec 14, 2021
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|32
|Casey G. Hancock
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|December 14, 2021
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