List of mayors of Monroe, Louisiana
The following is a list of mayors of the city of Monroe, Louisiana, United States.
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- Arthur Hamilton Harris, 1855 [1]
- Joseph Forbes McGuire, 1856, 1868 [1]
- Robert James Caldwell, 1857, 1865 [1]
- James Gunn Richardson, 1858 [1]
- Christopher Hunt Dabbs, 1858
- Paul McEnery, 1859 [1]
- Bernard Bollenhagen Hemkin Jr., 1860-1861
- Robert Ray, 1861-1864 [1]
- Richard Daniel Blossman Jr., 1865
- George William McCranie, 1866-1867 [1]
- Jay Levin Hunsiker, 1869-1873 [1]
- George Byron Hamlet, 1873
- Frederick L. Endom, 1874-1882, 1886 [1]
- Lewis D. Allen Jr., 1884-1885 [1]
- Andrew Jackson Herring, 1888-1894, 1896-1898 [1]
- Thomas Young Aby, 1894-1895 [1]
- Andrew Alexander Forsythe, 1898-1914 [2]
- Charles A. Downey, 1914-1915
- Harvey Dewit Apgar, 1915-1918 [3]
- Arnold Bernstein, 1919-1937 [4]
- Harvey Herron Benoit, 1937-1948 [5][6]
- George Olan Breece, 1948-1949 [7]
- John Elton Coon, 1949-1956
- W. L. "Jack" Howard, 1956-1972, 1976-1978
- Ralph T. Troy, 1972-1976 [8]
- William Derwood Cann Jr., 1978-1979
- Robert E. "Bob" Powell, 1979-1996
- Abe E. Pierce, III, 1996-2000
- Melvin Rambin, 2000-2001
- Jamie Mayo, 2001-2020 [9]
- Friday Ellis, 2020–present [10]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Mayors, aldermen of former days in city are recalled", The News-Star, Monroe, Louisiana, October 25, 1926
- ^ "Forsythe brought progress to early Monroe", thenewsstar.com, April 6, 2016
- ^ Who's who in Louisiana and Mississippi, New Orleans: Times-Picayune, 1918 – via HathiTrust
- ^ "Mayors of cities, towns and villages", State of Louisiana roster of officials, State of Louisiana, 1937 – via HathiTrust
- ^ "Mayors of cities, towns and villages", State of Louisiana roster of officials, State of Louisiana, 1947 – via HathiTrust
- ^ Monroe, Louisiana and West Monroe, Louisiana city directory, 1947-48, Texas: C.B. Page Directory Co. – via Internet Archive
- ^ "Mayors of cities, towns and villages", State of Louisiana roster of officials, State of Louisiana, 1949 – via HathiTrust
- ^ "Municipal officials", State of Louisiana roster of officials, State of Louisiana, 1973 – via HathiTrust
- ^ "Mayor James E. "Jamie" Mayo", monroela.us, archived from the original on December 27, 2012 – via Wayback Machine
- ^ "Mayor's office", monroela.us, retrieved April 24, 2025