The mayor of Carrboro is the presiding member of the governing body of Carrboro, North Carolina, United States. The office has been occupied since the town's incorporation as the Town of Venable in 1911. The town council is composed of the mayor, who serves a term of two years, and six council members serving staggered terms of four years.
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William H. Parker (1911–1917; 1937–1941)Pratt, Joseph Hyde. (1914.) "Good Roads Days: November 5 and 6, 1913." Economic Paper No. 35. North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey.Otto, David. (April 2011.) "A Brief History of Carrboro Mayors" in: Sisk, Taylor (ed.) Carrboro Centennial Commemorative: Celebrating 100 Years in the Paris of the Piedmont. Special edition of the Carrboro Citizen. Accessed November 6, 2013. Thomas "Newt" Mann (1917–1918; 1923–1927) Braxton Bynum Lloyd (1918–1919) Hyde Bryan Durham (1919–1923; 1927–1933) Seaton E. Lloyd (1923) Clifton C. Head (1933–1935) Roy Rigsbee (1935–1937) Robert B. Studebaker (1941–1943) Isaac A. West (1943–1949) Isaac F. "Dawson" Hardee (1949–1951) J. Sullivan "Hoot" Gibson (1951–1955) Robert B. Todd (1955–1960) Charles Taylor Ellington (1960–1966) H. Bryant Hackney (1966–1967) T. Hughes Lloyd (1967–1971) Robert J. Wells (1971–1975) Ruth West (1975–1977)Orange County Commission for Women (April 1994). First Women of Orange County: Women's History Month Project, 1993–1994. Accessed July 15, 2007. Robert W. Drakeford (1977–1983) James V. Porto Jr (1983–1987) Eleanor Kinnaird (1987–1995) Michael R. Nelson (1995–2005) Mark Chilton (2005–2013) Lydia Lavelle (2013–2021)Velliquette, Beth. (December 4, 2013.) Carrboro's Lavelle becomes North Carolina's 1st openly lesbian mayor . Accessed December 4, 2013. Damon Seils (2021–2023) Barbara Foushee (2023–)
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