Mayor of Columbia, South Carolina

Mayor of Columbia
Incumbent Daniel Rickenmann since January 4, 2022
Style	His Honor
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	John Taylor
Formation	19th century

The mayor of Columbia, South Carolina is elected at large for a four-year term. The duties of the mayor is to create policy and enact laws, rules and regulations for the city of Columbia. Daniel Rickenmann, who assumed office on January 4, is the current mayor of Columbia.[1][2]

Intendants and mayors of Columbia, South Carolina

No.	Term	Mayor	Intendant
1	May 1806–April 1807		John Taylor
2	April 1807–June 1807		Abraham Nott
3	June 1807–April 1808		Claiborne Clifton
4	April 1808–July 1808		John Hooker
5	July 1808–April 1809		Daniel Faust
6	1809		Simon Taylor
7	1810		Robert Stark
8	1811		Simon Taylor
9	1812–1815		Daniel Faust
10	1815		William E. Hayne
11	1816		James Gregg
12	1817		Daniel Morgan
13	1818–1822		James Taylor Goodwyn
14	1822		David James McCord
15	1823		James Taylor Goodwyn
16	1824		David James McCord
17	1825		James Taylor Goodwyn
18	1826–1828		William Ford de Saussure
19	1828–1830		Ezekiel Hopkins Maxcy
20	1830		William Campbell Preston
21	1831		William C. Clifton
22	1832		Ezekiel Hopkins Maxcy
23	1833–1836		Dr. M. H. DeLeon
24	1836–1839		John Bryce
25	1839–1841		Dr. Robert Wilson Gibbes
26	April 1841–September 1841		Col. Benjamin T. Elmore
27	September 1841–April 1842		Col. Robert Howell Goodwyn
28	1842–1845		William Mills Myers
29	1845–December 1846		William Byrd Stanley
30	December 1846–April 1847		Joel Stevenson
31	1847–1850		Edward Sill
32	1850–1851		Henry Lyons
33	1851–1853		Col. Adley Hogan Gladden
34	1853–1855		William Maybin
35	1855–1857	Edward J. Arthur
36	1857–1859	James D. Tradewell
37	1859–1861	Allen J. Green
38	1861–1863	John Henry Boatwright
39	1863–1865	Thomas Jefferson Goodwyn
40	May 1865–April 1866	James Guignard Gibbes
41	April 1866–July 1868	Theodore Stark
42	July 1868–August 1868	Col. Francis Luther Guenther
43	August 1868–November 1868	Cyrus H. Baldwin
44	November 1868–1870	John McKenzie
45	1870–1878	John Alexander
46	1878–1880	Capt. William B. Stanley
47	1880–1882	Capt. Richard O'Neale Jr.
48	1882–1890	John Taylor Rhett
49	1890–1892	Col. Fitz William McMaster
50	1892–1894	Dr. Walter Coles Fisher
51	1894–1898	William McBurney Sloan
52	1898–1900	Col. Thomas J. Lipscomb
53	1900–1904	Dr. Fort Sumter Earle
54	1904–1908	Thomas Hasell Gibbes
55	1908–1910	William S. Reamer
56	1910–1914	Wade Hampton Gibbes, Jr.
57	1914–1918	Dr. Lewie A. Griffith
58	1918–1922	R. Johnson Blalock
59	1922–1926	William A. Coleman
60	1926–1941	Dr. Lawrence Beacham Owens
61	1941–1946	Fred D. Marshall
62	1946–1950	Dr. Frank C. Owens
63	1950–1954	J. Macfie Anderson
64	1954–1958	J. Clarence Dreher
65	1958–1970	Lester L. Bates
66	1970–1978	John T. Campbell
67	1978–1986	Kirkman Finlay Jr.
68	1986–1990	T. Patton Adams
69	1990–2010	Robert D. "Bob" Coble
70	2010–2022	Stephen K. Benjamin
71	2022–present	Daniel Rickenmann

See also

• Timeline of Columbia, South Carolina

References

1. "About the Mayor". mayor.columbiasc.gov. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
2. "CONTENTdm". localhistory.richlandlibrary.com. Retrieved 2021-12-01.

• Information obtained from Columbia & Richland County: A South Carolina Community 1740–1990 by John Hammond Moore (University of South Carolina Press, 1993). ISBN 0-87249-827-1