This is a list of mayors that served the city of Huntsville, Alabama.
From 1812 to 1828, a Board of Trustees governed Huntsville, headed by a popularly elected President:
The first President of Huntsville is unknown.
- 1816–1819: Nicholas Pope
- 1819–1821: John Brahan
- 1821: Benjamin Pope (just 32 month)
- 1821–1822: John Read
- 1822–1823: John W. Tilfordy
- 1823–1824: John Boardman
- 1824: William B. Long (Resigned)
- 1824–1825: John Boardman
- 1825–1826: Thomas Humes
- 1826–1828: John H. Lewis
From 1828 to 1844, popularly elected aldermen selected the President of Huntsville:
- 1828–1829: William H. Campbell
- 1829: John H. Lewis (Resigned)
- 1829–1830: James G. Birney
- 1830–1831: John Martin
- 1831–1832: Samuel Cruse
- 1832–1833: George Fearn
- 1833–1834: Samuel Peete
- 1834–1835: Samuel Peete (Resigned in 1834 and was re-appointed)
- 1835–1836: Unknown
- 1836–1842: Elisha H. Rice
- 1842–1844: George P. Beirne
From 1844 to 1916, Presidents of Huntsville were again elected by the people, with a President/Council system from 1844 to 1911 and a City Commission form of government from 1911 to 1916:
- 1844–1849: Joseph Clark
- 1849–1850: George P. Beirne
- 1850–1851: Edwin R. Wallace
- 1851–1853: William Echols Jr.
- 1853–1854: Samuel Peete (Resigned)
- 1854: Joshua Beadle
- 1854–1855: William Figures
- 1855–1859: Zebulon P. Davis
- 1859–1860: John J. Ward (Resigned)
- 1860: John James Coleman
- 1860–1861: Zebulon P. Davis (Resigned)
- 1861–1865: Robert W. Coltart
- 1865–1866: Zebulon P. Davis
- 1866–1867: Robert W. Colart (Removed by Union Army)
- 1867–1868: E. B. Clapp (Put in office by Union Army, later resigned)
- 1868–1870: William B. Figures (Approved by Union Army to replace Clapp)
- 1870–1872: William F. Mastin (Died)
- 1872: James L. Cooper
- 1872–1874: John A. Erwin
- 1874–1878: Jere Murphy
- 1878–1882: Zebulon P. Davis
- 1882–1883: Thomas W. White
- 1883–1889: Edmond I. Mastin
- 1889–1893: Jere Murphy
- 1893–1897: W. T. Hutchens
- 1897–1899: Jere Murphy
- 1899–1903: Alfred Moore
- 1903–1907: Thomas W. Smith
- 1907–1908: R. Erle Smith
- 1908–1910: Thomas W. Smith
- 1910–1913: R. Erle Smith
- 1913–1914: R. L. O'Neal
- 1914–1915: Dr. J. D. Humphrey
- 1915–1916: Milton H. Lanier
In 1916, returned to the Mayor/Council form of government, with the office of the President finally being officially retitled to Mayor:
- 1916–1918: T. T. Terry
- 1918–1920: Henry B. Chase
- 1920–1922: W. T. Hutchens
- 1922–1926: Dr. Fraser L. Adams
- 1926–1952: Alex W. McAllister
- 1952–1964: R. B. "Speck" Searcy, Jr.
- 1964–1968: Glenn Hearn
- 1968–1988: Joe W. Davis
- 1988–1996: Steve Hettinger
- 1996–2008: Loretta Spencer, Huntsville's first female mayor
- 2008–present: Tommy Battle
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“Every morning I woke in dread, waiting for the day nurse to go on her rounds and announce from the list of names in her hand whether or not I was for shock treatment, the new and fashionable means of quieting people and of making them realize that orders are to be obeyed and floors are to be polished without anyone protesting and faces are to be made to be fixed into smiles and weeping is a crime.”
—Janet Frame (b. 1924)
“Lastly, his tomb
Shall list and founder in the troughs of grass
And none shall speak his name.”
—Karl Shapiro (b. 1913)
“While over Alabama earth
These words are gently spoken:
Serve—and hate will die unborn.
Love—and chains are broken.”
—Langston Hughes (20th century)