Office of

the Mayor

Office of the Mayor
Mayors of Conway

The following table shows the mayors of Conway. Mayors are numbered based on the actual election. Mayors elected multiple times in non-consecutive years are counted more than once. Acting mayors are not counted as official mayors because they were appointed by City Council, not elected by the public.

        #NameYears ServedNotation
    

1Lorenzo D. Pearle, M.D.1875-1876
2E.C. Farmer1876-1877
3Capt. Edward Munroe Merriman1877-1878
4Able F. Livingston1879-1880
5George W. Bruce1880-1881
6John N. Walton1881-1882
7John Harrod1882-1883
8Homer G. Case1883-1884
9John Allen Pence1885Resigned
10Homer G. Case1885-1886
11John Ingram1886-1887
12Asa P. Robinson1887-1888
13W. G. Farmer1888-1889
14George W. Rice1889-1890
15William W. Martin1890-1894Resigned
16John T. Young1895-1896
17William W. Martin1896-1898
18John Allen Pence1899-1900
19William W. Martin1900-1901
20E.A. Bolton1901-1902
21William W. Martin1902-1905
W.H. Martin, acting1905Acting Mayor June 27 - July 3, 1905
22Frank E. Robins1906-1908Resigned
Opie Hartje, acting1908Acting Mayor Oct. 7 - Oct. 28, 1908
23A. J. Witt1909-1910
24W.H. Duncan1910-1913
25Frank Jones1914-1915
26J. C. Dawson1916-1917
27George W. Bruce1918Died in office
George Shaw, acting1918-1919Acting Mayor Nov. 11, 1918 - Nov. 30, 1919
28W.D. Cole1920-1925
29H.D. Russell1926-1933Resigned
Fred Gordy, acting1933Acting Mayor March 29, 1933 - April 11, 1933
30B.G. Wilson1933-1939Died in office
S.T. Smith, acting1939Acting Mayor July 11, 1939 - Oct. 17, 1939
31Alph Hamburg1939-1941
32James J. Kane1941-1944Leave of absence for active duty
33George Muse1944-1949Acting Mayor April 18, 1944; Elected April 10, 1945
34Edgar B. Parker1949-1954
35M.M. Satterfield1954-1957
36Edgar B. Parker1957-1961
37Walter Dunaway1962-1974
38Jim A. Hoggard1975-1978
39Bill Wright1979-1986
40David G. Kinley1987-1998
41Tab Townsell1999-2016
42Bart Castleberry2017-

#	Name	Years Served	Notation
1	Lorenzo D. Pearle, M.D.	1875-1876
2	E.C. Farmer	1876-1877
3	Capt. Edward Munroe Merriman	1877-1878
4	Able F. Livingston	1879-1880
5	George W. Bruce	1880-1881
6	John N. Walton	1881-1882
7	John Harrod	1882-1883
8	Homer G. Case	1883-1884
9	John Allen Pence	1885	Resigned
10	Homer G. Case	1885-1886
11	John Ingram	1886-1887
12	Asa P. Robinson	1887-1888
13	W. G. Farmer	1888-1889
14	George W. Rice	1889-1890
15	William W. Martin	1890-1894	Resigned
16	John T. Young	1895-1896
17	William W. Martin	1896-1898
18	John Allen Pence	1899-1900
19	William W. Martin	1900-1901
20	E.A. Bolton	1901-1902
21	William W. Martin	1902-1905
	W.H. Martin, acting	1905	Acting Mayor June 27 - July 3, 1905
22	Frank E. Robins	1906-1908	Resigned
	Opie Hartje, acting	1908	Acting Mayor Oct. 7 - Oct. 28, 1908
23	A. J. Witt	1909-1910
24	W.H. Duncan	1910-1913
25	Frank Jones	1914-1915
26	J. C. Dawson	1916-1917
27	George W. Bruce	1918	Died in office
	George Shaw, acting	1918-1919	Acting Mayor Nov. 11, 1918 - Nov. 30, 1919
28	W.D. Cole	1920-1925
29	H.D. Russell	1926-1933	Resigned
	Fred Gordy, acting	1933	Acting Mayor March 29, 1933 - April 11, 1933
30	B.G. Wilson	1933-1939	Died in office
	S.T. Smith, acting	1939	Acting Mayor July 11, 1939 - Oct. 17, 1939
31	Alph Hamburg	1939-1941
32	James J. Kane	1941-1944	Leave of absence for active duty
33	George Muse	1944-1949	Acting Mayor April 18, 1944; Elected April 10, 1945
34	Edgar B. Parker	1949-1954
35	M.M. Satterfield	1954-1957
36	Edgar B. Parker	1957-1961
37	Walter Dunaway	1962-1974
38	Jim A. Hoggard	1975-1978
39	Bill Wright	1979-1986
40	David G. Kinley	1987-1998
41	Tab Townsell	1999-2016
42	Bart Castleberry	2017-