History

 

The City of Camden is the second oldest City in South Carolina, chartered by Act of the General Assembly in 1791. It is the oldest interior settlement in the State.

Mayors (Intendants) of Camden

  • Joseph Kershaw – 1791
  • Isaac DuBose – 1792-93
  • Isaac Alexander – 1794
  • Isaac DuBose – 1795-97
  • John Kershaw – 1798
  • Samuel Mathis – 1799-1800
  • John Kershaw – 1801
  • Isaac DuBose – 1802-04
  • James Chesnut – 1805-06
  • Isaac Alexander – 1807
  • John Darington – 1808
  • Peter Warren – 1809-10
  • John Kershaw – 1811-15
  • Abram Blanding – 1816
  • William Langley – 1817
  • Thomas Salmond – 1818-19
  • Royal Bullard – 1820-21
  • John Kershaw – 1822
  • Peter Warren – 1823
  • James Brown – 1824
  • Thomas Salmond – 1825-29
  • H. R. Cook – 1830 – 31
  • John Boykin – 1832 – 36
  • H. R. Cook – 1837 – 39
  • J. M. DeSaussure – 1840-42
  • Hayman Levy – 1843-44
  • J. C. West – 1845
  • W. J. Gerald – 1846
  • J. M. DeSaussure – 1847-48
  • J. R. McKain – 1849
  • James Dunlap – 1850-51
  • E. A. Salmond – 1852
  • John Rosser – 1853
  • E. A. Salmond – 1854
  • W. J. McKain – 1855
  • James A. Young – 1856
  • John Rosser – 1857
  • W. D. McDowall – 1858
  • Joseph B. Kershaw – 1859-60
  • Thomas J. Warren – 1861
  • James Dunlap – 1862-64
  • R. M. Kennedy – 1865
  • A. D. Goodwyn – 1865
  • James A. Young – 1866-67
  • Dr. A. A. Moore – 1868-69
  • W. Z. Leitner – 1870
  • James M. Davis – 1871–72
  • W. C. S. Ellerbe – 1873
  • Joseph Dunlap – 1874–76
  • J. C. Rollings – 1877
  • D. C. Kirkley – 1878-79
  • J. R. Goodale – 1880-81
  • G. G. Alexander – 1882
  • J. C. Rollings – 1883
  • James Jones – 1884
  • J. C. Rollings – 1885
  • C. J. Dunlap – 1886-87
  • J. R. Goodale – 1888-89
  • J. W. Corbett – 1890-91
  • H. G. Carrison – 1892-93
  • A. D. Kennedy – 1894-95
  • F. L. Zemp – 1896-99
  • E. O. McCreight – 1900-03
  • H. G. Carrison – 1904-07
  • E. M. Zemp – 1908-11
  • S. F. Brasington – 1912-15
  • C.H. Yates – 1916-17
  • S. F. Brasington – 1918-19
  • W. J. Dunn – 1920-21
  • H.G. Carrison – 1922-25
  • C.P. DuBose – 1926-30
  • R. M. Kennedy – 1930-34
  • J. H. Ogborne – 1934-38
  • F.N. McCorkle – 1938-48
  • Henry Savage – 1948-57
  • E.C. Rhame – 1957-64
  • Austin Sheheen – 1964-72
  • Carlisle Jackson – 1972
  • James L. Anderson – 1972-84
  • H.B. Marshall – 1984-88
  • James L. Anderson – 1988-92
  • Philip S. Minges, Jr. – 1992-2000
  • Mary Y. Clark – 2000 - 2008
  • Jeffrey Graham – 2008 -