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VML Past Presidents

*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

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