Past Mayors & Grand Marshals
Mayors
Grand Marshals
1940 Samuel Besteda
1941 W. H. Madison
1942 - 1945 No Carnival: WWII
1946 Raymond Scott
1947 Arthur C. Taylor
1948 John Sylvester
1949 A.C, Anderson
1950 George L. Wise
1951 No Carnival: Korean War
1952 Curtis Woodard
1953 James Cleophus Kelly
1954 Floyd Bolar
1955 John F Carter
1956 Henry (Hank) Aaron
1957 Moses Lee
1958 Leonard Andeson
1959 Hubert H. Stokes
1960 Isaac White
1961 George R. English
1962 Henry Davenport
1963 Lorenzo W. HIl, Sr.
1964 Oswald (Lott) Butler
1965 Marion Carroll
1966 Vernon Z. Crawford
1967 Maurice A. Holt
1968 Noble C. Beasley
1969 No Colored Carnival
1970 No Colored Carnival
1971 Charles Andray
1972 A.J. Cooper, Jr.
1973 Hilliard Smith
1974 Earl Roberson
1975 Isiah Kidd s
1976 Robert Brazielle, Jr.
1977 Percy Johnson
1978 Oscar Ray Richardson
1979 Dr. Ellis Johnson
1980 Joseph Moore
1981 James B. Johnson
1982 Mark Trenier
1983 John Carter
1984 Comer Cottrell, Jr.
1985 Essely Moody
1986 Costello White, Jr.
1987 Sim Stokes
1988 Vincent Williams
1989 Henry Brown
1990 Herbert Stone
1991 Leon Howard
1992 Joseph Bell
1993 Michael Davis
1994 Jack Green
1995 Henry Hall
1996 Nelson Adams, Ill
1997 Willie Clemons
1998 Lonnie Johnson
1999 James Gavin, III
2000 Tori Adams
2001 Artorius Lucy
2002 Primus Ridgeway
2003 Robert Holmes
2004 Daniel Packard
2005 Charles Payne
2006 Kenneth Fairley
2007 Rashawn Figures
2008 Gabe Pack, Jr.
2009 Everage Thomas, Jr.
2010 Jerome Carter
2011 Ronnie Williams
2012 Carl Simpson
2013 Raynald Holder
2014 Michael Bourgeois
2015 Coleridge T. Franklin
2016 Marcus D. Catchings
2017 Nicholas L. Fairley
2018 Derrick N. Griffin
2019 Alex White, Jr.
2020 Kenneth Kelly
2021 No Marshal Presented
2022 Freddie Demetrius Stokes
2023 Jarvis Davis
2024 Napolean Bracy, Jr.
2025 Allen D. Rice