List of mayors of Nashville, Tennessee


The Mayor of Nashville is the chief executive of the government of Nashville, Tennessee. The current mayor is Freddie O'Connell. Each mayor serves a term of four years, with a limit of two consecutive terms, unless this is interrupted by a legal mechanism, such as a recall election.

Mayors of the City of Nashville

The following is a list of the mayors of Nashville before it had a consolidated metropolitan government:

Mayors of Metropolitan Nashville

The following is a list of the mayors of Nashville after the consolidation of the municipal government with the government of Davidson County:
ImageMayorTerm
Beverly Briley1963-1975
Richard Fulton1975-1987
Bill Boner1987-1991
Phil Bredesen1991-1999
Bill Purcell1999-2007
Karl Dean2007-2015
Megan Barry2015-2018
David Briley2018-2019
John Cooper2019-2023
Freddie O'Connell2023-present