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Former Council Members

January 1963 - November 2021

Rebecca C. W. Adams
- July 1, 2002 - June 30, 2004
  (Resigned to run for Mayor. Original term exp date June 30, 2006)
- July 1, 2006 - June 30, 2008
  (Resigned to run for Mayor. Original term exp date June 30, 2010)
Floyd T. Allen (D)
- January 1, 1963 - August 31, 1965
John E. Allen
- July 1, 1992 - June 30, 1996
- Dec 11, 2001 - June 30, 2002
  (Appointed to serve the remainder of Del John Cosgrove's term upon his
  election to the Virginia House of Delegates)
Robert G. Bagley (D)
- July 1, 1988 - June 30, 1992
Vernon G. Bailey, Jr. (D)
- September 1, 1966 - August 1, 1970
Willa S. Bazemore (D)
- July 1, 1980 - June 30, 1984
- July 1, 1984 - June 30, 1988
- July 1, 1988 - June 30, 1992
- January 18, 1994 - May 5, 1994 *
  (*Appointed to serve out the term of Council Member Lionell Spruill upon his resignation to serve in the General Assembly)
Walter W. Berry
- May 13, 1998 - November 6, 1998 *
  (*Appointed to serve until the Special Election after the death of Council Member Elizabeth P. Thornton)
Spencer H. Boyette (D)
- January 1, 1963 - August 31, 1965
Walton P. Burkhimer, Jr.
- July 1, 2004 - June 30, 2006
  (Filled remaining two years of Rebecca Adams' vacated seat)
John W. Butt
- July 1, 1980 - June 30, 1984
- July 1, 1984 - June 30, 1988
- July 1, 1990 - June 30, 1994
- July 1, 1994 - June 30, 1998
Robert R. Carter
- September 1, 1972 - June 30, 1976
- July 1, 1976 - June 30, 1980
Walter Cartwright, Jr. (D)
- July 1, 1982 - June 30, 1986
- July 1, 1986 - June 30, 1990
W. P. Clarke, Sr. (D)
- January 13, 1970 - January 1, 1977
Florine R. Clarke
- January 11, 1977 - May 8, 1978 *
  (* Appointed to Council to serve out the term of her late husband, Council Member W.P. Clarke, Sr.)
Bryan L. Collins
- July 1, 2006 - June 30, 2010
John A. Cosgrove
- July 1, 1998 - December 10, 2001
  (Elected to Virginia General Assembly Nov 2001)
  - (Former Council Member John E. Allen was appointed to fill the remainder of this term from December 11, 2001 -June 30, 2002.)
Lonnie E. Craig
- July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2014
- July 1, 2014 - June 30, 2018
Julian A. Creef (D)
Nora W. Davenport (D)
- July 1, 1986 - June 30, 1990
Roland J. Davis, Jr.
- July 1, 2014 - June 30, 2018
C. William Draper (D)
- September 2, 1974 - June 30, 1978
Peter P. Duda, Jr.
- July 1, 1990 - June 30, 1994
- July 1, 1994 - June 30, 1998
Arthur L. Dwyer
- July 1, 1990 - June 30, 1994
- July 1, 1994 - Resigned April 14, 1995 *
  (* June 30, 1996 - original date of term expiration)
Dalton S. Edge
- April 18, 1995 - Nov 7, 1995
  (Appointed to fill vacated seat of Arthur Dwyer until Special Election in November 1995)
- July 1, 1996 - June 30, 2000
- July 1, 2000 - June 30, 2004
- July 1, 2004 - June 30, 2008 (Mayor)
Clarence E. Forehand (D)
- September 1, 1965 - August 31, 1966
Sam Frost (D)
- November 18, 1969 - January 12, 1970
Colon L. Hall (D)
- January 1, 1963 - November 12, 1969
Matthew R. "Matt" Hamel
- July 1, 2018 - November 11, 2021
- (Elected as Chesapeake Commonwealth's Attorney November 2, 2021)
T. Ray Hassell, Jr. (D)
- January 1, 1963 - August 31, 1966
C. E. "Cliff" Hayes, Jr.
- July 1, 2004 - June 30, 2008
- July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2012
I. H. Haywood (D)
- January 1, 1963 - August 31, 1966
Thomas S. Henderson
- September 2, 1974 - June 30, 1978
W. Edward Hudgins, Jr. (D)
- September 1, 1963 - August 31, 1970
Cecil Y. Jenkins
- July 1, 1978 - June 30, 1982
- July 1, 1982 - June 30, 1986
- July 1, 1986 - June 30, 1990
J. Bennie Jennings, Jr. (D)
- September 1, 1970 - June 30, 1974
- July 1, 1974 - June 30, 1978
- July 1, 1978 - June 30, 1982
- July 1, 1982 - June 30, 1986
Robert W. Johnson (D)
- December 9, 1969 - January 12, 1970
John W. Keffer (D)
- July 1, 1978 - June 30, 1980
- July 1, 1982 - June 30, 1986
Susan H. "Suzy" Kelly
- July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2014
- July 1, 2014 - June 30, 2018
Alan P. Krasnoff
- July 1, 1990 - June 30, 1994
- July 1, 1994 - June 30, 1998
- July 1, 1998 - June 30, 2002
- July 1, 2002 - June 30, 2006
- July 1, 2006 - June 30, 2008
  (Resigned seat to run for Mayor, original term expiration June 30, 2010)
Daniel W. Lindsey, Jr. (D)
- January 1, 1963 - August 31, 1963
Howard McPherson (D)
- January 1, 1963 - August 31, 1965
Gary W. Markham (D)
- July 1, 1986 - June 30, 1990
Scott W. Matheson
- July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2014
Richard F. "Billy" Morgan (D)
- September 1, 1965 - August 31, 1966
James R. Morrison (D)
- September 1, 1970 - August 31, 1974
Robert T. Nance, Jr.
- July 1, 1992 - June 30, 1996
W. Joe Newman
- July 1, 1994 - June 30, 1998
- July 1, 2002 - June 30, 2006
Sidney M. Oman (D)
- July 1, 1980 - June 30, 1984
- July 1, 1984 - June 30, 1988
Alton W. Overton (D)
- September 1, 1965 - August 31, 1966
James W. Overton (D)
- September 1, 1963 - August 31, 1966
William S. Overton (D)
- September 1, 1970 - August 31, 1974
- July 1, 1978 - June 30, 1982
Hugo A. Owens (D)
- January 13, 1970 - June 30, 1980
Dwight M. Parker
- November 8, 1995 - June 30, 1996 (Special Election to fill vacant seat left by the resignation of Vice Mayor Dwyer)
- July 1, 1996 - June 30, 2000
- July 1, 2000 - June 30, 2004
- July 1, 2004 - June 30, 2008
- July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2010 (Won a two-year term to complete a full term when two members of City Council resigned their seats to run for Mayor)
- November 14, 2017 - June 30, 2018 (Appointed to fill vacant seat left by the resignation of Mayor Krasnoff)
- July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2020
B. F. Wilson Paxson (D)
- February 2, 1972 - March 31, 1972
William H. Pierce
- November 10, 1998 - June 30, 2000
  (Special Election to fill unexpired term of Elizabeth Thornton.)
William L. Rhodes (D)
- September 1, 1974 - June 30, 1978
- July 1, 1978 - June 30, 1982
- July 1, 1982 - June 30, 1986
Charles L. Richardson
- January 1, 1963 - August 1, 1970
S. Z. "Debbie" Ritter
- July 1, 1998 - June 30, 2002
- July 1, 2002 - June 30, 2006
- July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2012
Sherry M. Simmons
- October 23, 1990 - June 30, 1994 *
  (*Appointed to Council after the resignation of Mayor David Wynne.)
Edward B. Speers (D)
- September 1, 1974 - June 30, 1978
- July 1, 1980 - June 30, 1984
Bradley C. Spencer
- September 1, 1966 - December 1, 1969
Lionell Spruill, Sr.
- July 1, 1988 - June 30, 1992
- July 1, 1992 - Resigned December 31, 1993 *
  (* June 30, 1996 - original date of term expiration. Elected to the Virginia General Assembly.)
Elizabeth P. Thornton (D)
- July 1, 1996 - April 16, 1998 *
  (* June 30, 2000 - original date of term expiration.)
Vernon A. Tierney
- September 1, 1966 - August 31, 1970
Russell I. Townsend, Jr.
- September 1, 1966 - February 4, 1972
Guerdon A. Treakle (D)
- January 1, 1963 - August 31, 1970
Edward L. Trotman (D)
- September 1, 1963 - August 31, 1966
Eugene P. Wadsworth (D)
- January 1, 1963 - August 31, 1966
William E. Ward (D)
- July 1, 1978 - June 30, 1982
- July 1, 1982 - June 30, 1986
- July 1, 1986 - June 30, 1990
- July 1, 1990 - October 4, 1990
  (Appointed to fill vacated Mayor term upon resignation of Mayor David Wynn)
Gene A. Waters
- July 1, 1998 - June 30, 2002
Marian P. Whitehurst (D)
- September 1, 1970 - June 30, 1974
- July 1, 1974 - June 30, 1978
- July 1, 1978 - June 30, 1980
Belmont L. Williams (D)
- September 1, 1966 - August 31, 1970
Patricia Pritchard Willis
- July 1, 2000 - June 30, 2004
- July 1, 2004 - June 30, 2008
- July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2010
  (Won a two-year term to complete a full term when two members of City Council resigned their seats to run for Mayor.)
David I. Wynne
- July 1, 1984 - June 30, 1988
- July 1, 1988 - Resigned October 4, 1990 *
  (* June 30, 1992 - original date of term expiration.)