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HarrisCNelson.jpg
Date of Birth: August 21, 1964
Mayor from July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2008
Other offices held: City Council July 1, 1996 to June 30, 2004

SmithRalph.jpg
Date of Birth: July 19, 1942
Mayor from July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2004
Other offices held: Senator, Virginia 22nd District, 2008-2012; Senator, Virginia 19th District, 2012-2016

BowersDavid.jpg
Date of Birth: May 11, 1952
Mayor from July 1, 1992 to June 30, 2000 and July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2016

DillardBenton.jpg
Date of Birth: December 23, 1905
Mayor from September 1, 1964 to August 31, 1968
Other offices held: City Council, September 1, 1946 to August 31, 1966
Date of Death: May 23, 1972

StollerMurray.jpg
Date of Birth: March 16, 1919
Ex-Officio Mayor from September 1, 1962 to August 31, 1964
Other offices held: City Council, September 1, 1962 to August 31, 1966
Date of Death: July 4, 2002

AndersonWillis.jpg
Date of Birth: November 3, 1928
Ex-Officio Mayor from September 1, 1960 to August 31, 1962
Other offices held: City Council, September 1, 1958 to August 31, 1962; Virginia House of Delegates, 1964-1971
Date of Death: April 23, 2002

WheelerVincent.jpg
Date of Birth: May 26, 1907
Ex-Officio Mayor from September 1, 1958 to August 31, 1960
Other offices held: City Council, September 1, 1956 to August 31, 1972
Date of Death: September 10, 1983

YoungWalter.jpg
Date of Birth: July 20, 1901
Ex-Officio Mayor from September 1, 1956 to August 31, 1958
Other offices held: City Council, September 1, 1950 to November 9, 1964
Date of Death: July 1, 1973

WoodyRobert.jpg
Date of Birth: August 22, 1914
Ex-Officio Mayor from September 1, 1954 to August 31, 1956
Other offices held: City Council, July 28, 1952 to August 31, 1954
Date of Death: April 28, 2011

WebberRoy.jpg
Date of Birth: November 7, 1905
Ex-Officio Mayor from September 1, 1950 to August 31, 1951, Ex-Officio Mayor September 1, 1952 to August 31, 1954, and Mayor September 1, 1968 to October 18, 1975 Other offices held: City Council, September 1, 1950…

MintonArcher.jpg
Date of Birth: January 3, 1893
Ex-Officio Mayor from September 1, 1949 to August 31, 1950 and September 1, 1951 to August 31, 1952
Other offices held: City Council, 1946-1954
Date of Death: March 6, 1962

HunterWilliams.jpg
Date of Birth: May 29, 1884
Ex-Officio Mayor from September 1, 1948 to August 31, 1949
Other offices held: City Council, September 1, 1948 to August 31, 1952
Date of Death: March 13, 1956

EdwardsRichard.jpg
Date of Birth: April 15, 1911
Mayor from September 1, 1946 to August 31, 1948
Date of Death: December 11, 1968

HenebryLeo.jpg
Date of Birth: October 31, 1894
Mayor from October 15, 1943 to August 31, 1946
Date of Death: November 14, 1974

WoodWalter.jpg
Date of Birth: March 12, 1896
Mayor from September 1, 1938 to October 15, 1943
Other offices held: City Council 1936-1938; Virginia House of Delegates, 1944-1945
Date of Death: January 14, 1977

BearJames.jpg
Date of Birth: March 25, 1881
Mayor from June 2, 1938 to August 31, 1938
Other offices held: City County, 1934-1940; Virginia House of Delegates, 1924-1929 and 1946-1947
Date of Death: September 4, 1956

SmallSydney.jpg
Date of Birth: October 31, 1892
Mayor from September 1, 1934 to June 2, 1938
Date of Death: March 24, 1973

FoxCharles.jpg
Date of Birth: January 31, 1869
Mayor from September 1, 1926 to August 31, 1930
Other offices held: City Council, July 1, 1895 to July 1, 1899
Date of Death: August 3, 1942

FishburnBlair.jpg
Date of Birth: June 25, 1876
Mayor from September 1, 1922 to August 31, 1926
Other offices held: City Council, May 6, 1907 to September 1, 1918; Virginia House of Delegates, 1932-1936
Date of Death: June 13, 1962

BoxleyWW.jpg
Date of Birth: July 17, 1861
Mayor from September 1, 1918 to August 31, 1922
Date of Death: January 12, 1940

BrounCharles.jpg
Date of Birth: July 14, 1862
Ex-Officio Mayor from October 18, 1915 to August 31, 1918
Other offices held: City Council, September 1, 1912 to August 31, 1918
Date of Death: July 29, 1938

MoomawCephas.jpg
Date of Birth: October 23, 1849
Mayor from February 1, 1913 to October 18, 1915
Date of Death: October 18, 1915

WoodsJohn.jpg
Date of Birth: July 27, 1858
Mayor from July 1, 1912 to December 23, 1912
Other offices held: Virginia House of Delegates, 1889-1900
Date of Death: December 23, 1912

SeifertSylvester.jpg
Date of Birth: September 2, 1869
Mayor from April 9, 1912 to June 30, 1912 and September 1, 1930 to August 31, 1934
Other offices held: City Council, July 1897 to 1914
Date of Death: October 11, 1943

CutchinJoel.jpg
Date of Birth: February 2, 1846
Mayor from July 1, 1902 to April 9, 1912
Other offices held: City Council, July 1, 1898 to July 1, 1902
Date of Death: September 20, 1917

BucknerRobert.jpg
Date of Birth: October 5, 1850
Mayor from February 13, 1902 to June 30, 1902
Other offices held: City Council, July 1, 1887 to July 1, 1902
Date of Death: June 10, 1935

BryanJRandolph.jpg
Date of Birth: January 9, 1868
Mayor from July 1, 1900 to February 13, 1902
Date of Death: August 1, 1909

WoodsJames.jpg
Date of Birth: February 4, 1868
Mayor from July 1, 1898 to June 30, 1900
Other offices held: City Council, November 10, 1896 to July 1, 1898; U.S. House of Representatives, Virginia's 6th District, February 25, 1919 to March 3, 1923
Date of…

AndrewsWilliam.jpg
Date of Birth: December 23, 1850
Mayor from November 2, 1896 to June 30, 1898
Other offices held: City Council, July 1, 1884 to July 1, 1890 and April 10, 1894 to November 2, 1896
Date of Death: March 22, 1931

McClellandRobert.jpg
Date of Birth: 1834
Mayor from July 1, 1896 to November 2, 1896
Other offices held: City Council, 1891-1896
Date of Death: November 2, 1896.

JonesSturgis.jpg
Date of Birth: February 1859
Mayor from July 1, 1894 to June 30, 1896
Date of Death: January 14, 1902

TroutHenry.jpg
Date of Birth: October 15, 1841
Mayor from July 1, 1892 to June 30, 1894
Other offices held: Virginia House of Delegates, December 5, 1877 to December 3, 1879; Senator, Virginia's 4th District, December 5, 1883 to December 8, 1887; City Council,…

EvansWilliam.jpg
Date of Birth: January 16, 1852
Mayor from July 1, 1890 to June 30, 1892
Date of Death: April 15, 1915

CarrWilliam.jpg
Date of Birth: February 17, 1829
Mayor from July 1, 1886 to April 20, 1890
Date of Death: April 20, 1890

WilliamsSamuel.jpg
Date of Birth: January 26, 1828
Mayor from July 1, 1885 to June 30, 1886
Other offices held: Missouri State Legislature, 1860-1862
Date of Death: November 28, 1903

DunstanJohn.jpg
Date of Birth: c. 1839
Mayor from July 1, 1884 to June 30, 1885
Date of Death: September 21, 1902

WaidMarshall.jpg
Marshall Waid
Date of Birth: 1841
Mayor, Town of Big Lick from July 1, 1880 to February 3, 1882, and Town of Roanoke, February 3, 1882 to June 30, 1882
Date of Death: March 7, 1887

StartzmanWilliam.jpg
William H. Startzman
Date of Birth: January 6, 1830
Mayor, Town of Big Lick: July 1, 1878 to June 30, 1880
Date of Death: January 5, 1908

GriggsSamuel.jpg
Samuel Griggs
Date of Birth: April 1827
Mayor, Town of Big Lick: July 1, 1876 to June 30, 1878
Date of Death: June 21, 1903
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