The mayor of Columbia, South Carolina is elected at large for a four-year term. The duties of the mayor is to create policy and enact laws, rules and regulations for the city of Columbia. Daniel Rickenmann, who assumed office on January 4, 2022 is the current mayor of Columbia.
Intendants and mayors of Columbia, South Carolina
No. Term Image MayorIntendant1 May 1806–April 1807John Taylor2April 1807–June 1807Abraham Nott3June 1807–April 1808Claiborne Clifton4April 1808–July 1808John Hooker5July 1808–April 1809Daniel Faust61809Simon Taylor71810Robert Stark81811Simon Taylor91812–1815Daniel Faust101815William E. Hayne111816James Gregg121817Daniel Morgan131818–1822James Taylor Goodwyn141822David James McCord151823James Taylor Goodwyn161824David James McCord171825James Taylor Goodwyn18 1826–1828 William Ford de Saussure191828–1830Ezekiel Hopkins Maxcy201830William Campbell Preston211831William C. Clifton221832Ezekiel Hopkins Maxcy231833–1836Dr. M. H. DeLeon241836–1839John Bryce251839–1841Dr. Robert Wilson Gibbes26April 1841–September 1841Col. Benjamin T. Elmore27September 1841–April 1842Col. Robert Howell Goodwyn281842–1845William Mills Myers291845–December 1846William Byrd Stanley30December 1846–April 1847Joel Stevenson311847–1850Edward Sill321850–1851Henry Lyons33 1851–1853 Col. Adley Hogan Gladden341853–1855William Maybin35 1855–1857 Edward J. Arthur36 1857–1859 James D. Tradewell37 1859–1861 Allen J. Green38 1861–1863 John Henry Boatwright39 1863–1865 Thomas Jefferson Goodwyn40 May 1865–April 1866 James Guignard Gibbes41 April 1866–July 1868 Theodore Stark42 July 1868–August 1868 Col. Francis Luther Guenther43 August 1868–November 1868 Cyrus H. Baldwin44 November 1868 – 1870 John McKenzie45 1870–1878 John Alexander46 1878–1880 Capt. William B. Stanley47 1880–1882 Capt. Richard O'Neale Jr.48 1882–1890 John Taylor Rhett49 1890–1892 Col. Fitz William McMaster50 1892–1894 Dr. Walter Coles Fisher51 1894–1898 William McBurney Sloan52 1898–1900 Col. Thomas J. Lipscomb53 1900–1904 Dr. Fort Sumter Earle54 1904–1908 Thomas Hasell Gibbes55 1908–1910 William S. Reamer56 1910–1914 Wade Hampton Gibbes, Jr.57 1914–1918 Dr. Lewie A. Griffith58 1918–1922 R. Johnson Blalock59 1922–1926 William A. Coleman60 1926–1941 Dr. Lawrence Beacham Owens61 1941–1946 Fred D. Marshall62 1946–1950 Dr. Frank C. Owens63 1950–1954 J. Macfie Anderson64 1954–1958 J. Clarence Dreher65 1958–1970 Lester L. Bates66 1970–1978 John T. Campbell67 1978–1986 Kirkman Finlay Jr.68 1986–1990 T. Patton Adams69 1990–2010 Robert D. "Bob" Coble70 2010–2022 Stephen K. Benjamin 71 2022–present Daniel Rickenmann
See also Timeline of Columbia, South Carolina
References
Information obtained from Columbia & Richland County: A South Carolina Community 1740–1990 by John Hammond Moore (University of South Carolina Press, 1993).