Charlottesville City Council (1900–1916)

Main article: Charlottesville City Council (History)

A new charter organized the City of Charlottesville under a mayor-council government (approved March 3, 1900) and remained in place until it was superseded by the 1922 charter. Under the 1900 charter, the city was divided into four electoral districts called wards. The common council was elected under a first-past-the-post voting system in which the top three vote-getters from each ward were seated. The mayor was elected at-large by plurality vote. The mayor and twelve aldermen constituted the council of the city. The mayor presided over the council meetings and held no vote, except in case of a tie, when he gave the casting vote. The first election under that charter was held on May 23, 1901, the new council's first meeting was held on Tuesday, July 2, 1901.

The Mayor’s official duties as Chief Executive of the city included serving as the presiding officer of the Council.

In 1912, under the law, the City Council meet on the first day of September, or if that be a Sunday, the following day for organization. The regular meeting night of the City Council was the second Thursday in the month.

1913

Under an ordinance passed by the council, the city's form of government changed on September 1, 1913, whereby the Mayor also became the city's Business Manager, elected as such for one year, and re-elected at the end of that time for two years. All duties of an executive or administrative character, which had previously been performed by several council committees under ordinances, which were in force before the creation of the new office, were then required to be discharged exclusively by a Municipal Business Manager, the committees acting in an advisory capacity.

September 3, 1912: Section 12 of the general ordinances imposed upon the President of the Council the duty of appointing the Standing Committees.

The city council, elected June 13, 1916, held their last meeting on September 14, 1916.

City Council																		Business Manager
Mayor	Session	Election	Year	President	Vice President	First Ward			Second Ward			Third Ward			Fourth Ward
J. Samuel McCue			1900	Moses Leterman	Office did not exist	W. J. Tyson	L. W. Graves	George E. Walker	A. D. Payne	Moses Leterman	Dr. H. T. Nelson	W. A. Lankford	J. F. Harlan	Henry D. Jarman	Col. Henry M. Lewis	J. M. Murphy	John S. Patton	Office did not exist
Charles W. Allen			1901									W. A. Perley
J. Samuel McCue			1902														G. W. Olivier
			1903
George W. Olivier			1904	R. T. W. Duke, Jr.	Henry D. Jarman	R. T. W. Duke, Jr.		W. F. Long		C. S. Venable	F. W. Twyman	J. E. Harrison	Edward Lawman		A. D. Dabney		Rufus W. Holsinger
			1905									W. E. Fowler			J. P. Ellington
			1906	F. W. Twyman	Rufus W. Holsinger	W. Rice Barksdale	W. H. Lipscomb	J. E. Early		B. W. Leterman		A. C. Brechin	A. G. Carter
			1907				A. Goodloe					H. R. Hawkins		James E. Gleason		H. M. Lewis
E. G. Haden			1908		E. A. Balz		H. W. Tribble					E. A. Balz				John S. Patton
			1909				O. E. Driscoll						H. R. Hawkins
			1910	Rufus W. Holsinger	J. H. Montague		C. W. Hulfish	L. T. Hanckel Jr.		F. M. Huyett	Henry D. Jarman		J. H. Montague
			1911				Thomas J. Michie
A. V. Conway			1912	H. D. Jarman	W. Rice Barksdale					F. M. Huyett		E. A. Joachim			J. P. Ellington		M. V. Pence
			1913															A. V. Conway
			1914	W. Rice Barksdale	E. A. Joachim		S. A. Birch		Bob Walker	W. E. Graves			W. F. Sounder, Jr.
			1915
			1916	E. A. Joachim	J. P. Ellington	Marshall Timberlake					Robert A. Watson					John S. Patton	F. W. Twyman

Notes:

J. S. Patton, elected to the council from the Fourth Ward, resigned prior to 1st council meeting held on Sept. 1, 1901. Replaced with G. W. Olivier

October 1905 J. E. Harrison resigned replaced by W. E. Fowler

June 1907 A. C. Brechin resigned, replace by H R Hawkins

Sept. 13, 1907 - H. D. Jarman from the Third Ward removed to First Ward - J. E. Gleason elected to hold vacated Third Ward seat

On July 28, 1910 - F. W. Twyman moved his residence from the Second Ward, thus leaving a vacancy in this Ward.

September 15, 1911 - Charles W. Hulfish resigned as a member of the City Council from the First Ward. Thomas J. Michie was appointed by the council to fill the unexpired term.

July 9, 1914 - At the regular monthly meeting, Thomas J. Michie offered his resignation as a member of the council from the First Ward; the city council unanimously elected S. A. Birch to fill the vacancy.

Notes:

Lacy L. Irvine resigned on October 11, 1918

See Also

• Charlottesville City Council (History)
• Charlottesville City Council