Joe Frank

male, 67 years old
Mayor, politician, MayorofNewportNews, Joe S. Frank
Joe S. Frank is the current mayor of Newport News, Virginia. He was born November 14 1942 in Newport News. He is a lawyer by trade, and has been...

Walter A. Post

male
Mayor, MayorofNewportNews, Northrop Grumman Newport News, independent city, Collis P. Huntington, Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company
Walter A. Post (died February 12, 1912) was the first mayor of Newport News, Virginia. He was sent to Newport News by his brother-in-law, railroad...
T. Parker Host Sr.

T. Parker Host Sr.

male
Mayor, MayorofNewportNews, Hampton Roads
T. Parker Host, Sr. was the mayor of Newport News, Virginia from September 3, 1940 to February 13, 1942. Prior to serving as mayor, he was the...
Jessie M. Rattley

Jessie M. Rattley

female
African American, African-American, housing, Mayor, hud, politician…MayorofNewportNews
Jessie Menifield Rattley served as the mayor of Newport News, Virginia from 1986 to 1990. She was the first minority to be elected to the Newport...
Bernard B. Semmes

Bernard B. Semmes

male
Mayor, MayorofNewportNews
Bernard B. Semmes was the mayor of Newport News, Virginia from September 1, 1916 to September 1, 1920.
Philip W. Hiden

Philip W. Hiden

male
Warwick, City Council-City Manager, Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, council-manager government, Northrop Grumman Newport News, land baron…Christopher Newport University, MayorofNewportNews, Mayor
Phillip W. Hiden (died 1936) was the mayor of Newport News, Virginia from 1920 to 1924. He was the first mayor of the city to serve under the City...

Charles C. Smith

male
Mayor, MayorofNewportNews
Charles C. Smith was the mayor of Newport News, Virginia from 1924 to 1926.

R. Cowles Taylor

male
World War II, World War I, Mayor, MayorofNewportNews, rotary club
R. Cowles Taylor was the mayor of Newport News, Virginia from 1942 to 1955. As such, he was mayor of the city during World War II, at a time when...

Barry E. Duval

male
Mayor, MayorofNewportNews, Hampton Roads, Hampton Roads Partnership
Barry E. DuVal has been a prominent figure in Virginia politics. He was elected to the City Council of Newport News, Virginia in 1988, and in 1990...

Joseph C. Ritchie

male
Republican, republican party, MayorofNewportNews, Hampton Roads, Neyagawa, Osaka, City Center at Oyster Point
Joseph C. Ritchie was the mayor of Newport News, Virginia for ten years, from July 1, 1976 to June 30, 1986. Ritchie was the first Republican mayor...