Conway Mayor's Office

The Conway Mayor's Office has been occupied since Lorenzo D. Pearle was elected first mayor of Conway, Arkansas, in 1875. Elections for mayor were held annually in April between 1875 and 1906. In 1906 the elections were held every two years.

Mayors of Conway

• Lorenzo D. Pearle (1875-1876)
• E. C. Farmer (1876-1877)
• Edward Munroe Merriman (1877-1879)
• Able F. Livingston (1879-1880)
• George W. Bruce (1880-1881)
• John N. Walton (1881-1882)
• John Harrod (1882-1883)
• Homer G. Case (1883-1885)
• John Allen Pence (1885, resigned September 28, 1885)
• Homer G. Case (1885-1886)
• John Ingram (1886-1887)
• Asa P. Robinson (1887-1888)
• W. G. Farmer (1888-1889)
• George W. Rice (1889-1890)
• William W. Martin (1890-1895)
• John T. Young (1895- 1896)
• William W. Martin (1896-1899)
• John Allen Pence (1899-1900)
• William W. Martin (1900-1901)
• E. A. Bolton (1901-1902)
• William W. Martin (1902-1905, resigned June 27, 1905)
• Frank E. Robins (elected July 3, 1905, resigned October 7, 1908)
• Opie Hartje (acting mayor from October 7-October 28, 1908)
• A. J. Witt (elected November 13, 1908-1910)
• W. H. Duncan (1910-1914)
• Frank Jones (1914-1916)
• J. C. Dawson (1916-1918)
• George Washington Bruce (1918-died in office on November 11, 1918)
• George Shaw (acting mayor from November 11, 1918-November 30, 1919)
• W. D. Cole (elected November 30, 1919-1926)
• H. D. Russell (1926-1933, resigned on March 29, 1933 to become postmaster)
• Fred Gordy (acting mayor from March 29, 1933 to ?)
• B. G. Wilson (elected ? 1933, died in office on August 28, 1939)
• S. T. Smith (acting mayor from August 28, 1939 to October 25, 1939)
• Alph Hamberg (elected October 25, 1939-1942)
• James J. Kane (1942-1944, resigned on April 19, 1944)
• George Muse (acting mayor on April 19, 1944, mayor from 1944-1949)
• Edgar B. Parker (1949-1953)
• M. M. Satterfield (1953-1957)
• Edgar B. Parker (1957-1961)
• Walter Dunaway (1962 - ?)
• Tab Townsell (? - present)