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List of mayors of Natchez, Mississippi

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 1, 2025
Entity authorityQ133289664 ↗
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This is a list of mayors of Natchez, Mississippi, United States.

1803 - Samuel Brooks

1804 - Samuel Brooks

1805 - Samuel Brooks

1806 - Samuel Brooks

1807 - Samuel Brooks

1808 - Samuel Brooks

1809 - Samuel Brooks

1810 - John Shaw

1811 - Samuel Brooks

1812 - A. Campbell

1813 - A. Campbell

1814 - S. Brooks

1815 - Edward Turner

1816 - Edward Turner

1817 - Edward Turner

1818 - S. Brooks

1819 - Edward Turner

1820 - Edward Turner

1821 - E. Turner

1822 - W. W. Walker

1823 - J. H. McComas

1824 - J. H. McComas

1825 - Wm. Burns, John I. Guion

1826 - John I. Guion, W. R. Richards.

1827 - Howell Moss, Samuel Postlethwaite

1828 - S. Postlethwaite

1829 - S. Postlethwaite

1830 - S. Postlethwaite

1831 - S. Postlethwaite

1832 - Eli Montgomery

1833 - Eli Montgomery

1834 - Eli Montgomery

1835 - Eli Montgomery

1836 - Cov.

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