1840-Fort Smith organized - Nathaniel Gookin(appointed mayor)
14 Jan 1841-first held city election - Charles A. Birnie (elected mayor and served 3 months)
C.M. Hudspeth (April 1841 to 1843)
Joseph H. Heard (1843-1845)
Smith Elkins (1845)
George S. Birnie ( 1846-1848)
W.J. Weaver(was City Recorder and served in 1849 to 1850)
Dr. Nicholas Spring (1850 to 1851)
Marshall Grimes (1851 to 1852)
Mitchell Sparks (1852 to 1853)
R.P. Pulliam (May 2, 1853 to April 1854)
John F. Wheeler (April 15, 1854 to 1855)
W.H. Rogers (January to May 27 1855)
R.M. Johnson (May 27, 1855 to 1856)
John Beckel (1857 to 1858)
Joseph J. Walton (1858 to 1859)
Francis Wolf (1859 to 1860)
J.K. McKenzie (1861 but he resigned on November 4, 1861)
John King (pro tem served until November 8, 1861, when
John Bennett took office.)
John Bennett (1862-1863 - he resigned in May of 1863)
R.M. Johnson once again became mayor. He served from (1864 to 1865)
Francis Wolf (1865 to 1866 ; in October of 1866, Wolf resigned
W.K. Spangler served as mayor until May 1866.
John Stryker (January 1866 to 1868)
E.J. Brooks (February 1869 to 1872)
I.W. Fuller (November 1872 to 1873)
J.R. Kannady (November 1873 to 1874)
ElJ. Brooks (1874)
R.M. Johnson (1875)
Mont H. Sandels (1876 to 1877)
James Brizzolara (1878 to 1882)
J. Henry Carnall (1883 to 1885)
Mat Gray (1886)
S.A. Williams (1887 to 1888)
Daniel Baker (1889 to 1890)
C.M. Cooke (1891 to 1892)
J.A. Hoffman (1893 to 1896)
Tom Gen Garrett (1897 to 1902)
Henry Kuper Jr. (1903 to 1906)
Fagan Bourland (1907 to 1908)
W.J. Johnston (1909 to 1911)
Fagan Bourland (1911 to 1913)
Henry C. Read (1913 to 1917)
J. H. Wright (1917)
Arch Monroe (1917 to 1921)
Fagan Bourland (1921 to 1923)
M.J. Miller (1923)
D.L. Ford (1923 to 1925)
J.H. Parker (1925 to 1929)
Fagan Bourland (1929 to 1933)
J.K. Jordon (1933 to 1941)
Chester Holland (1941 to 1945)
Jack Pace (1945 to 1952)
H.R. Hestand (1952 to 1957)
Jack Pace (1957 to 1961)
Bob Broosher (1961 to 1964)
James Yarbrough (August 1964 to 1967)
Jack Freeze (1967 to 1983)
William (Bill) D. Vines (1984 to 1992)
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