The mayor of Fayetteville, Arkansas is an elected city leader. Fayetteville is the second largest city in Arkansas and has a population of around 94,000.
In 1868, during the American Civil War, Mayor M. LaRue Harrison was forcibly removed from office. For the remainder of the war, Fayetteville was under military control and did not have a mayor.
In 1992, the city's government transitioned from a city board to a mayorâÂÂcouncil structure.