History of Mayors
Mayors, districts and terms, Jan. 1, 1906 to present.
Name
District
Term
Name
B. P. Holland
District
N/A
Term
3/19/1906 - 8/1/1908
Name
Emerson Land
District
N/A
Term
9/1/1908 - 8/30/1910
Name
W. J. Wright
District
N/A
Term
9/6/1910 - 1/21/1913
Name
B. P. Holland
District
N/A
Term
1/21/1913 - 7/31/1916
Name
Charles E. Barco
District
N/A
Term
8/1/1916 - 6/21/1920
Name
Herman Drinkwater
District
N/A
Term
7/7/1920 - 8/30/1924
Name
W. R. Ashburn
District
N/A
Term
9/1/1924 - 8/27/1928
Name
Roy Smith
District
N/A
Term
9/4/1934 - 9/1/1940
Name
W.W. Elliot
District
N/A
Term
9/1/1940 - 10/14/1946
Name
H.W. Leeke
District
N/A
Term
10/14/1946 - 6/28/1948
Name
W.F. Patton
District
N/A
Term
7/12/1948 - 4/3/1952
Name
P. F. Murray
District
N/A
Term
4/3/1952 - 8/24/1954
Name
Frank A. Dusch (Deceased)
District
Virginia Beach
Term
9/1/1954 - 9/1/1970
Name
Donald H. Rhodes (Deceased)
District
Kempsville
Term
9/8/1970 - 6/30/1972
Name
Robert B. Cromwell, Jr.
District
At Large
Term
7/1/1972 - 6/30/1974
Name
J. Curtis Payne (Deceased)
District
Princess Anne
Term
7/1/1974 - 6/30/1976
Name
Clarence A. Holland (Deceased)
District
Bayside
Term
7/1/1976 - 6/30/1978
Name
Patrick L. Standing
District
At Large
Term
7/1/1978 - 6/30/1980
Name
J. Henry McCoy, Jr. (Deceased)
District
Kempsville
Term
7/1/1980 - 6/30/1982
Name
Louis R. Jones (Deceased)
District
Bayside
Term
7/1/1982 - 6/30/1984
Name
Harold Heischober (Deceased)
District
At Large
Term
7/1/1984 - 6/30/1986
Name
Robert G. Jones
District
At Large
Term
7/1/1986 - 6/30/1988
Name
Meyera E. Oberndorf (Deceased)
District
At Large
Term
7/1/1988 - 12/31/2008
Name
William D. Sessoms, Jr.
District
At Large
Term
1/1/2009- 4/30/2018
Name
Louis R. Jones (Deceased)
District
Bayside
Term
5/1/2018 - 11/19/2018
Name
Robert M. "Bobby" Dyer
District
At Large
Term
11/20/2018 - 12/31/2028