1973 Atlanta City Council election

The 1973 Atlanta City Council took place on October 2, 1973, to elect the Atlanta City Council, which was the first election since the replacement of the six-member Atlanta Board of Aldermen with the 19-member City Council (which was formalized by a 1974 Charter Review Commission). The election took place concurrently with the 1973 Atlanta mayoral election. A runoff for several seats was held on October 16, 1973.

In the same election, Atlanta voters elected Alderman Wyche Fowler as President of the Atlanta City Council. Fowler defeated Reverend Hosea Williams in a runoff election. In the primary election, Fowler and Williams finished first and second, respectively, followed by former Alderman Wade Mitchell and Rector Robert B. Hunter.^[1]

The 1973 election saw a rise in the influence of African-American politicians in Atlanta. Five new black City Council members were added to create a 9–9 split, while two black women were elected to the Atlanta Board of Education for a 5-4 black majority.^[2]

• Joel Aber
• Wyche Fowler, lawyer, former chief of staff for congressmember Charles L. Weltner
• Robert B. Hunter, clergyman, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church
• Wade Mitchell, incumbent alderman, banker^[3]
• Cecil Turner, incumbent alderman, real estate lawyer^[4]
• Hosea Williams, civil rights activist and research chemist

• Wyche Folwer, won
• Hosea Williams

• John H. Calhoun, civil rights activist — won
• John Releford

• Charles Helms, Presbyterian clergymember^[5]
• Sam Sheats, barber
• Samuel Lee Stephens

• Charles Helms, won
• Sam Sheats

• Eunice Cooper
• John Daniels
• James Howard
• Frank "Sonny" Jones
• Tillman Ward
• J. Lowell Ware, publisher of Atlanta Voice

• Eunice Cooper
• James Howard, won

• James Bond
• Malcolm J. Dean
• Mildred Glover
• Ethel M. Mathews
• Jesse Williams

• James Bond, won
• Mildred Glover

• Morris Finley, won
• Charles Turner

• Edward G. Hartline
• Tom Houck, civil rights activist
• Nick G. Lambros, incumbent alderman, former state representative^[6] — won

• Ray Abernathy
• George Cotsakis
• Roger Kelton
• Frank Salley
• Hank Schwab

• Ray Abernathy
• George Cotsakis, won

• Tom Corish
• Richard Guthman, banker^[7]
• C. J. Lynch
• G. Everett Millican, incumbent alderman

• Richard Guthman, won
• G. Everett Millican

• Brady Barnett Jr.
• Robert "Bob" Lane
• Arthur Langford Jr., Baptist clergymember — won

• Lorenzo Benn, businessman
• Gloria Thomas Borders
• Ira Jackson, won
• Cecil Mc? McLean
• Ryburn G. Stephens
• Calvin Thornton

• James F. Maddox Sr.
• Carl Ware

• James F. Maddox Sr.
• Carl Ware, won

• Hugh Pierce, won
• Cozier Smith

• E. Gregory Griggs, won
• Robb Pitts

• Marvin S. Arrington Sr., won

• Panke Bradley, won
• H. D. Dodson

• Chuck Driebe
• Buddy Fowlkes, won

• Q. V. Williamson, won

• Jack Summers, won