*According to the history of VML compiled by Mr. Morton Wallerstein, the Virginia Municipal League was organized in 1905 by Mr. S. R. Buxton, City Attorney of Newport News. Mr. L. C. Brinson, Auditor for the City of Portsmouth served as Secretary from 1905 to 1921. Mr. Wallerstein served as Executive Secretary of the League for 20 years and then became General Counsel of VML. For the years from 1906 to 1923, the League held frequent conferences, but no formal conventions or elections were held until 1924.
*1905 – 1906 S. R. Buxton, City Attorney, City of Newport News
1922 – 1923 John W. Moore, Council Member, City of Richmond
1923 – 1924 J. P. Jervey, City Manager, City of Portsmouth
1924 – 1925 W. P. Hunter, City Manager, City of Roanoke
1925 – 1925 E. A. Beck, City Manager, City of Lynchburg
1925 – 1926 C. C. Smith, Mayor, City of Newport News
1926 – 1927 L. J. Houston, City Manager, City of Fredericksburg
1927 – 1928 Charles D. Fox, Mayor, City of Roanoke
1928 – 1929 C. B. Borland, Director of Public Safety, City of Norfolk
1929 – 1930 Paul Morton, City Manager, City of Petersburg
1930 – 1931 R. W. B. Hart, City Manager, City of Lynchburg
1931 – 1932 J. F. Bright, Mayor, City of Richmond
1932 – 1933 Harry P. Davis, Mayor, City of Manassas
1933 – 1934 R. W. West, Mayor, City of Newport News
1934 – 1935 E. M. Stull, Council Member, City of Covington
1935 – 1936 John R. Jolly, Mayor, City of Petersburg
1936 – 1937 A. M. Schewel, Council Member, City of Lynchburg
1937 – 1938 James V. Bickford, Mayor, City of Hampton
1938 – 1939 Seth Burnley, City Manager, City of Charlottesville
1939 – 1940 H. W. Robertson, Mayor, City of Covington
1940 – 1941 W. Marshall King, Mayor, City of Fredericksburg
1941 – 1942 D. Lane Elder, Mayor, City of Hopewell
1942 – 1943 I. G. Vass, City Manager, City of Waynesboro
1943 – 1944 Alexander Hamilton, Jr., Mayor, City of Petersburg
1944 – 1945 Charles B. Borland, City Manager, City of Norfolk
1945 – 1946 W. B. Carter, Council Member, City of Roanoke
1946 – 1947 T. W. Preston, Mayor, City of Bristol
1947 – 1948 W. C. Fitzpatrick, Mayor, Town of Farmville
1948 – 1949 Leslie T. Fox, Mayor, City of Portsmouth
1949 – 1950 J. Hudson Huffard, Council Member, Town of Bluefield
1950 – 1951 J. C. Biggins, City Manager, City of Newport News
1951 – 1952 Mifflin B. Clowe, Jr., Mayor, City of Winchester
1952 – 1953 Everett E. Carter, Council Member, City of Danville
1953 – 1954 W. Stirling King, Council Member, City of Richmond
1954 – 1955 C. M. Cowan, Mayor, City of Fredericksburg
1955 – 1956 Ira F. Willard, City Manager, City of Alexandria
1956 – 1957 B. E. Ball, Mayor, City of Norton
1957 – 1958 Harry B. Dyche, Mayor, City of Luray
1958 – 1959 James I. Moyer, Mayor, City of Salem
1959 – 1960 W. F. Duckworth, Mayor, City of Norfolk
1960 – 1961 Roy L. Webber, Council Member, City of Roanoke
1961 – 1962 Robert D. Morrison, City Manager, City of Lynchburg
1962 – 1963 E. Lewis Knowles, Mayor, City of Staunton
1963 – 1964 R. William Arthur, Town Attorney, Town of Wytheville
1964 – 1965 C. V. Jackson, Mayor, Town of Pulaski
1965 – 1966 Horace B. Edwards, City Manager, City of Richmond
1966 – 1967 James M. Duncan, Jr., Council Member, City of Alexandria
1967 – 1968 George B. Anderson, Vice Mayor, City of Danville
1968 – 1969 Roy B. Martin, Jr., Mayor, City of Norfolk
1969 – 1970 Julian F. Hirst, City Manager, City of Roanoke
1970 – 1971 Harry Parrish, Mayor, City of Manassas
1971 – 1972 George F. Lee, Mayor, City of Emporia
1972 – 1973 Carl Stark, Mayor, Town of Wytheville
1973 – 1974 Jack P. Barnes, Mayor, City of Portsmouth
1974 – 1975 C. Clay Harrell, Manager, Town of Vienna
1975 – 1976 Thomas J. Bliley, Mayor, City of Richmond
1976 – 1977 Ann Kilgore, Mayor, City of Hampton
1977 – 1978 R. L. Light, Jr., Mayor, City of Bristol
1978 – 1979 Jessie M. Rattley, Council Member, City of Newport News
1979 – 1980 Roy Erickson, Mayor, City of Harrisonburg
1980 – 1981 Harold S. Atkinson, City Manager, City of Franklin
1981 – 1982 Raymond Ratcliffe, Mayor, Town of Pulaski
1982 – 1983 Francis T. West, Mayor, City of Martinsville
1983 – 1984 Charles A. Robinson, Jr., Mayor, Town of Vienna
1984 – 1985 Lawrence A. Davies, Mayor, City of Fredericksburg
1985 – 1986 Samuel W. Adams, Council Member, City of Emporia
1986 – 1987 Martha V. Pennino, Vice Chairman, County of Fairfax
1987 – 1988 Noel C. Taylor, Mayor, City of Roanoke
1988 – 1989 J. Willard Lineweaver, Mayor, Town of Warrenton
1989 – 1990 Jack D. Edwards, Board Member, County of James City
1990 – 1991 Frances Parsons, Council Member, Town of Blacksburg
1991 – 1992 William R. Hartz, Mayor, Town of Waverly
1992 – 1993 L. D. Oakes, Mayor, City of Martinsville
1993 – 1994 John Lemley, Town Manager, Town of Christiansburg
1994 – 1995 Josephine Marshall, Mayor, Town of South Boston
1995 – 1996 Meyera Oberndorf, Mayor, City of Virginia Beach
1996 – 1997 James Harris, M.D., Mayor, Town of Blackstone
1996 – 1997 Katherine Hanley, Council Chair, County of Fairfax
1998 – 1999 Earl Reynolds, City Manager, City of Martinsville
1999 – 2000 John Hamlin, Mayor, City of Danville
2000 – 2001 Trent Crewe, Mayor, Town of Wytheville
2001 – 2002 F. Woodrow Harris, Vice Mayor, City of Emporia
2002 – 2003 Joyce K. Lewis, Council Member, Town of Blacksburg
2003 – 2004 Turner M. Spencer, Council Member, City of Hampton
2004 – 2005 Thomas L. Starnes, Mayor, City of Radford
2005 – 2006 French H. Moore, Jr., Council Member, Town of Abingdon
2006 – 2007 Rayetta Webb, Council Member, Town of Altavista
2007 – 2008 Jay Fisette, Supervisor, County of Arlington
2008 – 2009 Michael Polychrones, Council Member, Town of Vienna
2009 – 2010 Lance Terpenny, Town Manager, Town of Floyd
2010 – 2011 James Councill, III, Mayor, City of Franklin
2011 – 2012 Rosemary Wilson, Council Member, City of Virginia Beach
2012 – 2013 Ed Daley, City Manager, City of Hopewell
2013 – 2014 David Helms, Mayor, Town of Marion
2014 – 2015 William D. Euille, Mayor, City of Alexandria
2015 – 2016 Ron Rordam, Mayor, Town of Blacksburg
2016 – 2017 Robert K. Coiner, Mayor, Town of Gordonsville
2017 – 2018 Patricia P. Woodbury, Council Member, City of Newport News
2018 – 2019 Anita James Price, Council Member, City of Roanoke
2019 – 2020 Thomas R. Smigiel, Jr., Council Member, City of Norfolk
2020 – 2021 Willie Greene, Mayor, City of Galax
2021 – 2022 Jon Stehle, Councilmember, City of Fairfax
2022 – 2023 Jill Carson, Councilmember, Town of Pennington Gap (deceased January, 2023)
