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Mayors of U.S. Cities A - L
| Contents: Akron (Ohio) - Albany (New York) - Albuquerque (New Mexico) - Anchorage (Alaska) - Annapolis (Maryland) - Atlanta (Georgia) - Austin (Texas) - Baltimore (Maryland) - Birmingham (Alabama) - Bismarck (North Dakota) - Boise (Idaho) - Boston (Massachusetts) - Buffalo (New York) - Charleston (South Carolina) - Charlotte (North Carolina) - Chicago (Illinois) - Cincinnati (Ohio) - Cleveland (Ohio) - Columbus (Ohio) - Dallas (Texas) - Denver (Colorado) - Des Moines (Iowa) - Detroit (Michigan) - El Paso (Texas) - Fresno (California) - Hartford (Connecticut) - Honolulu (Hawaii) - Houston (Texas) - Indianapolis (Indiana) - Jacksonville (Florida) - Jersey City (New Jersey) - Juneau (Alaska) - Kansas City (Missouri) - Key West (Florida) - Las Vegas (Nevada) - Lincoln (Nebraska) - Los Angeles (California) - Louisville (Kentucky) - City Mayors M - T |
Party abbreviations: Rep = Republican Party (conservative
[est.1854 as anti-slavery]);
Char = Charter Party of Cincinnati (liberal-reformist, est.1924,
Cincinnati,OH);
Dem = Democratic Party (liberal, formerly D-R); DFL
= Democratic Farmer-Labor Party (liberal, upper-midwest Dem party); Fus
= Fusion (representing more than one party/coalition of parties); Grn
= Green Party; Ind = Independent; Libt = Libertarian Party;
Ref
=
Reform Party;
Soc = Socialist Party; Mil = Military;
- Former parties: AMP = American Party;
CP
= Citizens' Party; D-R = Democratic Republican (anti-Federalist;
renamed Democratic Party 1828); Fed = Federalist Party (conservative,
pro-Federal power, 1780's-1815); FRP = Free and Rowdy Party; K-N = Know-Nothing Party (anti-immigrant,
anti-Roman Catholic, Unionist, formally called AP, 1853-1860); MP = Moral Party; NAm =
National American Party; NR = National Republican Party (anti-Jacksonian
Democrat, 1826-1834); NUP = Nullifier Party (1830's short-lived states rights party in South Carolina); PP = Populist Party (reformist/socialist,
formerly People's Party, 1892-1908); Pro = Progressive Party (progressive/socialist,
1924-1955); Rep-Amr = Republican American; Uni = Union Party
(or Constitutional Union Party, formed chiefly by remnants of K-N and southern
Whigs, May 1860-1861); Whg = Whig Party (conservative 1824-1850's);
Wor
= Workingman's Party (anti-Chinese immigration, 1877-1882])
Akron
![[Flag of Akron, Ohio]](us-oh-ak.gif)
1825
Akron founded.
12 Mar 1836
Akron granted a town charter.
1865
City incorporated.
Mayors
1836
Seth Iredell
1837 - 1838
John C. Singletary
1839
Lucius V. Bierce (1st time)
1840
Arad Kent
1841
Lucius V. Bierce (2nd time)
1842 - 1843
H.H. Johnston
1844
Lucius V. Bierce (3rd time)
1845 - 1846
Philo Chamberlin
1847
Levi Rawson
1848
Israel E. Carter
1849
Lucius V. Bierce (4th time)
1850
George Bliss
1851
Charles G. Ladd
1852
Fredrick Wadsworth
1853
Philip N. Schuyler
1854
William T. Allen
1855
Nathaniel Fitch
1856 - 1858
Frederick A. Nash
1859
George W. McNeil
1860 - 1861
Henry Purdy
1862 - 1863
Charles A. Collins
1864
George D. Bates
1865 - 1866
James Matthews
1867 - 1868
Lucius V. Bierce (5th time)
1869 - 1872
John L. Robertson
1873 - 1874
Henry Purdy
1875 - 1876
Levi S. Herrold
1877 - 1878
James F. Scott
1879 - 1880
John M. Fraze
1881 - 1882
Samuel A. Lane
1883 - 1886
Lorenzo D. Watters
1887 - 1888
Louis D. Seward
1889 - 1892
William H. Miller
1893 - 1894
Lorenzo D. Watters
1895 - 1896
E.R. Harper
1897 - 1900
W.E. Young
1901 - 1902
W.B. Doyle
1903 - 1907
Charles W. Kemple
1908 - 1911
William T. Sawyer
1912 - 1915
Frank W. Rockwell
1916 - 1917
William J. Laub
1918 - 1919
I.S. Myers (1st time)
1920 - 1921
Carl F. Beck
1922
D.C. Rybolt
Administrators
1922
Homer Cambell
1922 - 1927
M.P. Tucker
Mayors
1928 - 1931
G. Lloyd Weil
1932 - 1933
C. Nelson Sparks
1934 - 1935
I.S. Myers (2nd time)
1936 - 1941
Lee D. Schroy
1942 - 1943
George J. Harter
1944 - 1952
Charles E. Slusser
1953
Russell M. Bird
1954 - 1961
Leo A. Berg
1962 - 1965
Edward O. Erickson
1966 - 1979
John A. Ballard
Rep
1980 - 1983
Roy L. Ray
Rep
1984 - 1986
Thomas C. Sawyer
(b. 1945)
Dem
1987 -
Donald "Don" L. Plusquellic
(b. 1949)
Dem
Albany
![[flag of Albany, New York]](us-nyalb.gif)
Adopted 1909
1624
Fort Orange established by the Dutch.
1652
Beverwyck settlement founded.
24 Sep 1664
English rule; Beverwyck renamed Albany.
Aug 1673 - Nov 1674 Dutch
occupation (renamed Willemstadt).
22 Jul 1686
City charter granted.
1780
New York state legislature first meets in Albany.
1 Jan 1797
Albany made the capital of New York state.
Mayors
1686 - 1694
Peter Schuyler
(b. 1657 - d. 1724)
1690 - 1691
Johannes Wendell
(b. 1649 - d. 1692)
(in opposition; appointed by Jacob Leisler)
1694 - 1695
Johannis Abeel (1st time)
(b. 1667 - 1711)
1695 - 1696
Evert Bancker (1st time)
(b. 1665 - d. 1734)
1696 - 1698
Dirck Wessels Ten Broeck
(b. 1638 - d. 1717)
1698 - 1699
Hendrick Hansen
(b. 1665 - d. 1724)
1699 - 1700
Peter Van Brugh (1st time)
(b. 1666 - d. 1740)
1700 - 1701
Jan Janse Bleecker
(b. 16.. - d. 1732)
1701 - 1702
Johannis Bleecker
(b. 1668 - d. 1738)
1702 - 1703
Albert Janse Ryckman
(b. c.1640 - d. 1737)
1703 - 1706
Johannis Schuyler
(b. 1668 - d. 1747)
1706 - 1707
David D. Schuyler
(b. 1669 - d. 1715)
1707 - 1709
Evert Bancker (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1709 - 1710
Johannis Abeel (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1710 - 1719
Robert Livingston, Jr.
(b. 1663 - d. 1725)
1719 - 1721
Myndert Schuyler (1st time) (b.
1672 - d. 1755)
1721 - 1723
Peter Van Brugh (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1723 - 1725
Myndert Schuyler (2nd time) (s.a.)
1725 - 1726
Johannes Cuyler
(b. 1661 - d. 1740)
1726 - 1729
Rutger Janse Bleecker
(b. 1675 - d. 1756)
1729 - 1731
Johnnes "John" De Peyster
(b. 1694 - d. 1789)
(1st time)
1731 - 1732
Joahnnes "Hans" Hansen (1st time) (b. 1695 - d. 1756)
1732 - 1733
Johnnes "John" De Peyster
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
1733 - 1741
Edward Holland
(b. 1702 - d. 1756)
1741 - 5 Nov 1741
Johannes "John" Schuyler, Jr. (b. 1697 -
d. 1741)
1742 - 1746
Cornelius Cuyler
(b. 1697 - d. 1765)
1746 - 1748
Dirck Ten Broeck
(b. 1686 - d. 1751)
1748 - 1750
Jacob C. Ten Eyck
(b. 1705 - d. 1793)
1750 - 1754
Robert Sanders
(b. 1705 - d. 1765)
1754 - 1756
Joahnnes "Hans" Hansen (2nd time) (s.a.)
1756 - 1761
Sybrant G. Van Schaick
(b. 1708 - d. 1772)
1761 - 1770
Volkert P. Douw
(b. 1720 - d. 1801)
1770 - 1778
Abraham C. Cuyler
(b. 1742 - d. 1810)
1778 - 1779
John Barclay
(b. 1720 - d. 1779)
1779 - 1783
Abraham Ten Broeck (1st time) (b. 1734 -
d. 1810)
1783 - 1786
John Jacob Beekman
(b. 1733 - d. 1802)
1786 - 1790
John Lansing, Jr.
(b. 1754 - d. 1829)
29 Sep 1790 - 30 Jun 1796 Abraham Yates, Jr.
1796 - 1798
Abraham Ten Broeck (2nd time) (s.a.)
1798 - 1816
Philip S. Van Rensselaer (1st time)(b. 1766 - d. 1824)
1816 - 1819
Elisha Jenkins
1819 - 1821
Philip S. Van Rensselaer (2nd time)(s.a.)
1821 - 1824
Charles Edward Dudley (1st time) (b. 1780 - d. 1841)
Dem
1824 - 1826
Ambrose Spencer
(b. 1765 - d. 1848) Dem
1826 - 1828
James Stevenson
1828 - 1829
Charles Edward Dudley (2nd time) (s.a.)
Dem
1829 - 1831
John Townsend
1831 - 1834
Francis Bloodgood
1834 - 1837
Erastus Corning
(b. 1794 - d. 1872) Dem
1837 - 1838
Teunis Van Vechten (1st time)
1838 - 1841
Jared L. Rathbone
1841 - 1842
Teunis Van Vechten (2nd time)
1842 - 1843
Barent P. Staats
1843 - 1845
Friend Humphrey (1st time)
1845 - 1846
John Keyes Paige
1846 - 1848
William Parmelee (1st time)
1848 - 1849
John Taylor
1849 - 1850
Friend Humphrey (2nd time)
1850 - 1851
Franklin Townsend
1851 - 1854
Eli Perry (1st time)
(b. 1799 - d. 1881) Dem
1854 - 1856
William Parmelee
1856
John Quackenbush (in opposition)
1856 - 1860
Eli Perry (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
1860 - 1862
George H. Thacher (1st time) (b. c.1818
- d. 1787)
1862 - 1866
Eli Perry (3rd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
1866 - 1868
George H. Thacher (2nd time)
1868 - 1870
Charles E. Bleecker
1870 - 1874
George H. Thacher (3rd time)
1874
John G. Burch (acting)
1874 - 1876
Edmund L. Judson
1876 - 1878
A. Bleecker Banks (1st time)
1878 - 1883
Michael N. Nolan
(b. 1833 - d. 1905) Dem
1883 - 1884
John Swinburne
(b. 1802 - d. 1889) Rep
1884 - 1886
A. Bleecker Banks (2nd time)
1886 - 1888
John Boyd Thacher I (1st time)
1888 - 1890 Edward Augustin Maher
1890
- 1894
James Hilton Manning
Dem
1894 - 31 Dec 1895 Oren Elbridge Wilson
1 Jan 1896 - 31 Dec 1897 John Boyd Thacher I (2nd time)
1 Jan 1898 - 31 Dec 1899 Jefferson
Van Alstyne
Dem
1 Jan 1900 -
31 Dec 1901 James H. Blessing
Rep
1 Jan 1902 - 31 Dec 1903 John S. Davis
1 Jan 1904 - 31 Dec 1908 Charles H. Gaus
(d. 1909)
1 Jan 1909 - 31 Dec 1909 Henry F. Snyder
1 Jan 1910 - 31 Dec 1913 James B. McEwan
1 Jan 1914 - 31 Dec 1917 Joseph W. Stevens
1 Jan 1918 - 31 Dec 1921 James R. Watt
Rep
1 Jan 1922 - 4 Mar 1926
William S. Hackett
(d. 1926) Dem
4
Mar 1926 - 31 Dec 1940 John Boyd Thacher II
Dem
(acting to 1927)
1 Jan 1941 - 31 Dec 1941 Herman F. Hoogkamp (acting)
1 Jan 1942 - 28 May 1983 Erastus Corning
II
(b. 1910 - d. 1983) Dem
1942
- 1945
Frank Harris
Dem
(acting for absent Corning)
29 May 1983 - 31 Dec 1993 Thomas "Tom" M. Whalen III
(b. 1938 - d. 2006) Dem
1 Jan 1994 -
Gerald "Jerry" D. Jennings
(b. 1948)
Dem
Albuquerque
![[Flag of Albuquerque, New Mexico]](us-nm-aq.gif)
7 Feb 1706
Founded as Villa San Francisco de Alburquerque.
24 Feb 1862 - 12 Apr 1862 Albuquerque occupied by Confederate
forces.
2 Jul 1885
Town of Albuquerque incorporated.
1891
Incorporated as a city.
Mayors
7 Jul 1885 - Apr 1886 Henry N. Jaffa
(b. 1846 - d. ....)
Apr 1886 - Apr 1887 George
Lail
Apr 1887 - Apr 1888 William
B. Childers
(b. 1854 - d. ....)
Apr 1888 - Apr 1889 Arthur
E. Walker
(b. 1857 - d. ....)
Apr 1889 - Apr 1890 G.W.
Meylert
Apr 1890 - Apr 1891 Michael
Mandell
Apr 1891 - Apr 1892 Joseph
Exum Saint
(b. 1847 - d. ....)
Apr 1892 - Apr 1893 George
S. Easterday
Apr 1893 - Apr 1894 Neill
Brooks Field
(b. 1857 - d. ....)
Apr 1894 - Apr 1895 John
F. Luthy
Apr 1895 - Apr 1897 Joseph
C. Baldridge
(b. 1848 - d. ....)
Apr 1897 - Apr 1898 Strickland
Aubright
Apr 1898 - Apr 1899 Frank
Willey Clancy
(b. 1852 - d. 1928) Rep
Apr 1899 - Apr 1902 Owen
N. Marron
(b. 1861 - d. 1945) Dem
Apr 1902 - Apr 1904 Charles
F. Myers
Apr 1904 - Apr 1908 Frank
McKee
(b. 1857 - d. 19..)
Apr 1908 - Apr 1910 Felix
H. Lester
(d. 1912)
Dem
Apr 1910 - Apr 1912 John
W. Elder
(d. 1943)
Rep
Apr 1912 - Apr 1914 D.K.B.
Sellers
(b. 1861 - d. 19..) Dem
Apr 1914 - Apr 1916 David
H. Boatright
(d. 1939)
Rep
Chairmen of the City Commission
Apr 1916 - Dec 1917 Henry
Westerfeld
4 Dec 1917 - 24 May 1919 Charles F. Wade
(d. 1919)
Jun 1919 - Apr 1922 Walter
Connell
(b. 1879 - d. 1952) Dem
Apr 1922 - Dec 1922 William
R. Walton
(d. 1940)
Dec 1922 - Feb 1923 ....
Feb 1923 - 24 Feb 1925 Edwin Burnham Swope
(b. 1888 - d. 1955) Dem
24 Feb 1925 - Jun 1925 ....
Jun 1925 - 31 Dec 1934 Clyde K. Tingley
(1st time) (b. 1883 - d. 1960)
Dem
Jan 1935 - Apr 1938 Charles
Henry Lembke
(b. 1889 - d. 19..)
Apr 1938 - Oct 1939 Clyde
Elmer Oden
(b. 1892 - d. 1948)
Oct 1939 - Apr 1946 Clyde
K. Tingley (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
Apr 1946 - 12 Aug 1947 Albert E. Buck
(b. 1903 - d. 1951)
12 Aug 1947 - 10 Oct 1947 Frank W. Darrow
(d. 1961)
10 Oct 1947 - 27 Jan 1948 Clyde K. Tingley (3rd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
27 Jan 1948 - Oct 1951 Ernest Everly
(b. 1893 - d. 1979) Rep
Oct 1951 - Apr 1954 Clyde
K. Tingley (4th time)
(s.a.)
Dem
Apr 1954 - Apr 1962 Maurice
Sanchez
(b. 1912)
Dem
Apr 1962 - Apr 1966 Archie
Westphall
Dem
Apr 1966 - Oct 1967 Ralph
S. Trigg
(d. 1979)
Oct 1967 - Mar 1970 Pete
V. Domenici
(b. 1932)
Rep
May 1970 - Oct 1971 Charles
E. Barnhart
(b. 1922)
Oct 1971 - 21 Feb 1973 Harry E. Kinney
(b. 1924)
Rep
21 Feb 1973 - 10 Dec 1972 Louis E. Saavedra
(b. 1933)
Dem
18 Dec 1972 - 1 Apr 1974 Ray R. Baca
(b. 1926)
1 Apr 1974 - 30 Jun 1974 Richard G. Vaughn
Mayors
1 Jul 1974 - Nov 1977 Harry E. Kinney
(1st time)
(s.a.)
Rep
Dec 1977 - Nov 1981 David
Rusk
(b. 1940)
Dem
Dec 1981 - Nov 1985 Harry
E. Kinney (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Rep
Dec 1985 - Nov 1989 Ken
Schultz
(b. 1940)
Dem
Dec 1989 - Nov 1993 Louis
E. Saavedra
(s.a.)
Dem
Dec 1993 - 30 Nov 1997 Martin J. Chavez
(1st time) (b. 1952)
Dem
1 Dec 1997 - 30 Nov 2001 Jim R. Baca
(b. 1946)
Dem
1 Dec 2001 -
Martin J. Chavez (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
Anchorage
![[Flag of Anchorage, Alaska]](us-ak-an.jpg)
1915 Anchorage founded.
23 Nov 1920
Anchorage incorporated.
1 Jan 1964 - 15 Sep 1975 Separate Greater Anchorage
Area Borough.
27 Mar 1964
9.2 Earthquake.
15 Sep 1975
City and borough of Anchorage.
Mayors
26 Nov 1920 - 11 Apr 1923 Leopold David
(b. 1878 - d. 1924)
11 Apr 1923 - 8 Oct 1924 Joseph Conroy
8 Oct 1924 - 1 Jan 1926 Charles Bush
1 Jan 1926 - 9 May 1927 C.M. Eckmann
9 May 1927 - 9 Apr 1928 William Clayson
9 Apr 1928 - 10 Apr 1929 Grant Reed
10 Apr 1929 - 11 Apr 1932 James Delaney
(b. 1889 - d. 1970)
11 Apr 1932 - 7 Apr 1933 Oscar S. Gill (1st time) (b. 1880 - d. 1947) Rep
7 Apr 1933 - 1 Jan 1934 T.J. McCroskey
11 Apr 1934 - 11 Apr 1936 Oscar S. Gill (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Rep
11 Apr 1936 - 12 Apr 1937 H.E. Brown (1st time)
12 Apr 1937 - 11 Apr 1938 Joseph H. Romig
(b. 1872 - d. 1951)
11 Apr 1938 - 8 Apr 1940 H.E. Brown (2nd time)
11 Apr 1940 - 9 Apr 1941 Geoge Vaara
9 Apr 1941 - 10 Apr 1944 William Alex Stolt
(b. 1900 - d. 2001)
10 Apr 1944 - 9 Apr 1945 Ray Wolfe
9 Apr 1945 - 19 Mar 1946 John E. Manders
(b. 1895 - d. 1973)
Rep
19 Mar 1946 - 8 Apr 1946 Win Ervin
8 Apr 1946 - 12 Apr 1948 Francis Bowden
12 Apr 1948 - 8 Oct 1951 Zachariah "Zack" J. Loussac (b. 1882 - d. 1965) Dem
18 Oct 1951 - 12 Dec 1955 Maynard L. Taylor, Jr. (b. 1917 - d. 1992)
12 Dec 1955 - 1 May 1956 Ken Hinchey
(b. 1912 - d. 1994)
1 May 1956 - 21 Oct 1958 Anton Anderson
21 Oct 1958 - 7 Oct 1959 Hewitt Lounsbury
7 Oct 1959 - 9 Oct 1961 George Byer
(b. 1912? - d. 2000)
9 Oct 1961 - 12 Oct 1964 George Sharrock
(b. 1910 - d. 2005)
1 Jan 1964 - Oct 1972 John Asplund
(borough president)
12 Oct 1964 - 9 Oct 1967 Elmer E. Rasmuson
(b. 1909 - d. 2000) Rep
Oct 1972 - 15 Sep 1975 John Roderick
(borough president)
9 Oct 1967 - 31 Dec 1981 George M. Sullivan
(b. c.1922)
Rep
1 Jan 1982 - 31 Dec 1987 Tony C. Knowles
(b. 1943)
Dem
1 Jan 1988 - 30 Jun 1994 Tom Fink
(b. 1928)
Rep
1 Jul 1994 - 30 Jun 2000 Rick Mystrom
Rep
1 Jul 2000 - 30 Jun 2003 George P. Wuerch
(b. c.1936)
Rep
1 Jul 2003 -
Mark Begich
(b. 1962)
Dem
Annapolis
![[Flag of Annapolis, Maryland]](us-md-an.gif)
Dec 1649
Settlement begins (Providence,later Anne Arundel Town).
Feb 1694 Becomes the capital of Maryland.
1695
Renamed Annapolis.
22 Nov 1708
City incorporated.
26 Nov 1783 - 9 Aug 1784 Briefly the capital of the
United States.
Mayors
1708 - 1720
Amos Garrett
1720 - 1721
Thomas Larkin
1721 - 1722
Benjamin Tasker (1st time)
(b. 1690 - d. 1768)
1722 - 1726
Vachel Denton (1st time)
1726 - 1727
Benjamin Tasker (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1727 - 1745
Vachel Denton (2nd time)
1745 - 1749
William Rogers
1749 - 1750
John Ross (1st time)
1750 - 1753
Benjamin Tasker (3rd time)
(s.a.)
1753 - 1754
Michael McNamara (1st time)
1754 - 1755
Benjamin Tasker, Jr.
(b. 1720 - d. 1760)
1755 - 1756
John Brice, Jr. (1st time) (b. 1705 - d. 1766)
1756 - 1757
Benjamin Tasker (4th time)
(s.a.)
1757 - 1758
John Bullen (1st time)
1758 - 1759
John Ross (2nd time)
1759 - 1760
George Steuart (1st time)
1760 - 1761
Michael McNamara (2nd time)
1761 - 1762
Stephen Bordley
1762 - 1763
John Brice, Jr. (2nd time) (s.a.)
1763 - 1764
George Steuart (2nd time)
1764 - 1765
Daniel Dulany
(b. 1722 - d. 1797)
1765 - 1766
John Ross (3rd time)
1766 - 1767
Walter Dulany
1767 - 1768
Upton Scott
1768 - 1780
Allen Quynn (1st time)
1780 - 1781
John Brice III
(b. 1738 - d. 1820)
1781 - 1782
John Bullen (2nd time)
1782 - 1783
James Brice (1st time) (b. 1746 - d. 1801)
1783 - 1784
Jeremiah Townley Chase
(b. 1748 - d. 1828)
1784 - 1785
Nicholas Carroll (1st time)
1785 - 1786
Robert Couden (1st time)
1786 - 1788
Allen Quynn (2nd time)
1788 - 1789
James Brice (2nd time) (s.a.)
1789 - 1790
John Bullen (3rd time)
1790 - 1791
Nicholas Carroll (2nd time)
1791 - 1792
Robert Couden (2nd time)
1792 - 1793
Allen Quynn (3rd time)
1793 - 1794
John Bullen (4th time)
1794 - 1795
James Williams (1st time)
1795 - 1800
William Pinkney
(b. 1764 - d. 1822)
1800 - 1801
John Davidson
1801 - 1802
James Williams (2nd time)
1802 - 1803
Allen Quynn (4th time)
1803 - 1804
Samuel Ridout (1st time)
1804 - 1805
John Johnson (1st time)
1805 - 1806
James Williams (3rd time)
1806 - 1807
Samuel Ridout (2nd time)
1807 - 1808
Burton Whetcroft (1st time) (b.
c.1753 - d. 1822)
1808 - 1809
John Kelly
1809 - 1810
Burton Whetcroft (2nd time) (s.a.)
1810 - 1811
John Johnson (2nd time)
1811 - 1812
Nicholas Brewer (1st time)
1812 - 1813
Gideon White
1813 - 1814
John Randall (1st time) (b. 1750 - d. 1826)
1814 - 1815
Nicholas Brewer (2nd time)
1815 - 1816
John Randall (2nd time) (s.a.)
1816 - 1817
Nicholas Brewer (3rd time)
1817 - 1818
John Randall (3rd time) (s.a.)
1818 - 1819
Nicholas Brewer (4th time)
1819 - 1823
Lewis Duvall
1823 - 1825
James Boyle
1825 - 1828
Richard Harwood
1828 - 1837
Dennis Claude (1st time)
(b. c.1782 - d. 1863)
1837 - 1840
John Miller
1840 - 1843
Alexander C. Magruder
1843 - 1845
Richard Swann (1st time)
1845 - 1846
William Bryan
1846 - 1848
Richard Swann (2nd time)
1848
Richard R. Goodwin (1st time)
1848 - 1851
Abram Claude (1st time)
1851 - 1852
Brice T.B. Worthington
1852 - 1853
Richard R. Goodwin (2nd time)
1853 - 1854
Dennis Claude (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1854 - 1855
Abram Claude (2nd time)
1855 - 1856
Nicholas Brewer, Jr.
1856 - 1858
Richard Swann (3rd time)
1858 - 1859
Joseph Brown
1859 - 1860
William Harwood
(b. 1809 - d. 1900)
1860 - 1862
John R. Magruder (1st time)
1862 - 1863
J. Wesley White
1863 - 1864
John R. Magruder (2nd time)
1864 - 1865
Solomon Phillips
1865 - 1866
Richard R. Goodwin
1866 - 1867
Richard Swann (4th time)
1867 - 1869
Abram Claude (3rd time)
1869 - 1870
Augustus Gassaway
1870 - 1871
John T.E. Hyde
1871 - 1875
James Munroe
1875 - 1877
Arthur W. Wells
1877 - 1879
James H. Brown (1st time)
1879 - 1883
Thomas E. Martin
1883 - 1889
Abram Claude (4th time)
1889 - 1893
James H. Brown (2nd time)
1893 - 1897
John H. Thomas
1897 - 1899
Richard Green
1899
Nevett Steele
1899 - 1901
Edwin A. Seidewitz
1901 - 1903
Charles A. Dubois
1903 - 1905
Samuel Jones (1st time)
1905 - 1907
John de P. Douw
1907 - 1909
Gordon H. Claude
1909 - 1919
James French Strange
(b. 1872 - d. 1926)
1919 - 1921
John J. Levy
1921 - 1923
Samuel Jones (2nd time)
1923 - 1925
Charles W. Smith (1st time)
1925 - 1927
Allen Bowie Howard
1927 - 1929
Charles W. Smith (2nd time)
1929 - 1935
Walter E. Quenstedt
1935 - 1939
Louis N. Phipps
1939 - 1941
George Haley
1941 - 1949
William U. McCready
1949 - 1952
Roscoe C. Rowe
Rep
1952
Robert H. Campbell, Sr. (acting)
1952 - 1961
Arthur G. Ellington
Dem
1961 - 1965
Joseph H. Griscom, Sr.
Rep
1965 - 1973
Roger W. Moyer
Dem
1973 (10 days)
Noah A. Hillman
Dem
1973 - 3 Mar 1981
John C. Apostol
Rep
9 Mar 1981 - 12 Apr 1981 Gustav Akerland (acting)
(b. 1920 - d. 1981) Rep
12 Apr 1981 - 7 Jun 1981 John C. Chambers, Jr. (acting)
Rep
1981 - 1985
Richard Lazer Hillman
Rep
1985 - 1989
Dennis M. Callahan
Dem
1989 - 1997
Alfred A. Hopkins
Dem
1997 - 3 Dec 2001
Dean L. Johnson
(b. 1943)
Dem
3 Dec 2001 -
Ellen O. Moyer (f)
(b. 1936)
Dem
Atlanta
![[flag of Atlanta, Georgia]](us-gaat2.gif)
1813
Fort Gilmer (later Ft. Peachtree) founded.
Sep 1837
Terminus founded.
23 Dec 1843
Renamed Marthasville.
29 Dec 1845
Named Atlanta.
29 Dec 1847
City incorporated.
15 Nov 1864
City burned by General Sherman.
4 Jul 1868
Becomes the capital of Georgia.
19 Jul 1996 - 4 Aug 1996 Twenty-Sixth Olympic Games
held in Atlanta.
Mayors
29 Jan 1848 - 17 Jan 1849
Moses W. Formwalt (b. 1820 - d. 1852) FRP
17
Jan 1849 - 23 Jan 1850 Benjamin P. Bomar
(b. 1816 - d. 1868) FRP
23
Jan 1850 - Jan 1851 Willis Buell
(b. 1790 - d. 1851)
FRP
1851 - 1852
Jonathan Norcross
(b. 1808 - d. 1898) MP
1852 - Jan 1853
Thomas F. Gibbs (b. 1798 - d. 1859)
Jan 1853 - 29 Oct 1853 John F. Mims
(b.
1815 - d. 1856)
14 Nov 1853 - 1854
William Markham (b. 1811 - d. 1890) Rad
1854 - 1855
William M. Butt (b. 1805 - d. 1864)
Jan
1855 - 6 Jul 1855 Allison
Nelson
(b. 1822 - d. 1862) Dem
20 Jul 1855 - 1856
John Glen (acting) (b. 1809 - d. 1895)
1856 - 1858
William Ezzard (1st time) (b. 1799 - d. 1887) Dem
1858 - 1860
Luther J. Glenn (b. 1818 - d. 1886) Dem
1860
- 1861
William Ezzard (2nd time) (s.a.)
Dem
1861 - 13 Dec 1861
Jard Irwin Whitaker (b. 1818 - d. 1884)
13 Dec 1861 - 1862
Thomas F. Lowe (acting) (b. 1812 - d. 1875)
1862 - 1866
James M. Calhoun (b. 1811 - d. 1875) Whg
1866 - 1869
James E. Williams (b. 1826 - d. 1900) Dem
1869 - 1870
William Hulsey (b. 1838 - d. 1909) Dem
1870 - 1871
William Ezzard (3rd time) (s.a.) Dem
1871 - 1872
Dennis F. Hammond (b. 1819 - d. 1891) Rep
1872 - 1873
John H. James (b. 1830 - d. 1917) Dem
Jan 1873 - Jan 1874
Cicero C. Hammock (1st time) (b. 1823 - d. 1890)
Jan 1874 - Jan 1845 S.B. Spencer
(b. 1827 - d. 1901) Dem
Jan 1875 - Jan 1876
Cicero C. Hammock (2nd time) (s.a.)
Jan 1877 - Jan 1879
Nedon L. Angier (b. 1814 - d. 1882) Rep
Jan 1879 - Jan 1881
William Lowndes Calhoun (b. 1837 - d. 1908)
Jan 1881 - Jan 1883
James W. English (b. 1837 - d. 1925)
Jan 1883 - Jan 1885
John B. Goodwin (1st time) (b. 1850 - d. 1921)
Jan
1885 - Jan 1887 George
Hillyer
(b. 1835 - d. 1927) Dem
Jan 1887 - Jan 1889
John Tyler Cooper
(b. 1844 - d. 1912)
Jan 1889 - Jan 1891
John Thomas Glenn (b. 1844 - d. 1899)
Jan 1891 - Jan 1893
William H. Hemphill (b. 1842 - d. 1902)
Jan 1893 - Jan 1895
John B. Goodwin (2nd time) (s.a.)
Jan 1895 - Jan 1897
Porter King (b. 1857 - d. 1901)
Jan 1897 - Jan 1899
Charles A. Collier (b. 1848 - d. 1900)
Jan 1899 - Jan 1901 James G. Woodward (1st time) (b. 1840 - d. 1923) Dem
Jan 1901 - Jan 1903
Livingston Mims (b. 1830 - d. 1906) Dem
Jan 1903 - Jan 1905
Evan P. Howell (b. 1839 - d. 1905)
Jan 1905 - Jan 1907
James G. Woodward (2nd time) (s.a.) Dem
Jan 1907 - Jan 1909
Walthall "Cap" R. Joyner (b. 1854 - d. 1925)
Jan 1909 - Jan 1911
Robert F. Maddox (b. 1870 - d. 1965)
Jan 1911 - Jan 1913
Cortland S. Winn (b. 1863 - d. 1940)
Jan 1913 - Jan 1917
James G. Woodward (3rd time) (s.a.) Dem
1917
- 1919
Asa G. Candler
(b. 1851 - d. 1929)
1919 - 1923
James L. Key (1st time)
(b. 1867 - d. 1939)
1923 - 1927
Walter A. Sims (b. 1880 - d. 1953) Dem
1927 - 1931
Isaac Newton Ragsdale (b. 1859 - d. 1937)
1931 - 1937
James L. Key (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1937 - 1941
William B. Hartsfield (1st time) (b. 1890 - d. 1971) Dem
1941 - 13 Mar 1942
Roy LeCraw (b. 1895 - d. 1935)
13 Mar 1942 - 31 May 1942 George B. Lyle (acting)
1 Jun 1942 - Jan 1962 William B.
Hartsfield (2nd time) (s.a.) Dem
Jan 1962 - Jan 1970 Ivan
Allen, Jr.
(b. 1911 - d. 2003) Dem
Jan 1970 - Jan 1974 Sam
Massell
(b. 1927) Dem
Jan 1974 - Jan 1982 Maynard
H. Jackson (1st time) (b. 1938 - d. 2003)
Dem
Jan 1982 - Jan 1990 Andrew
Young
(b. 1932)
Dem
Jan 1990 - 3 Jan 1994 Maynard H. Jackson
(2nd time) (s.a.)
Dem
3 Jan 1994 - 7 Jan 2002 William "Bill" C. Campbell
(b. 1953)
Dem
7 Jan 2002 -
Shirley Clarke Franklin (f) (b.
1945)
Dem
Austin
![[flag of Austin, Texas]](us-tx-au.gif)
1839
Austin founded (named Nov 1839).
17 Oct 1839 - Mar 1842 Capital of the Republic
of Texas.
27 Dec 1839 Austin incorporated.
4 Jul 1845
Capital of the Republic, then State of Texas
(confirmed 19 Feb 1846).
Mayors
13 Jan 1840 - Aug 1840 Edwin Waller
(b. 1800 - d. 1881)
Aug 1840 - 1841
Thomas W. Ward (1st time)
(b. 1807 - d. 1872)
1841 - 1842
Moses Johnson
1842 - 1843
Asa Brigham
(b. 1790 - d. 1844)
1843 - 1845
J.W. Robertson
1845 - 1847
James M. Long
1847 - 1849
Jacob M. Harrell
1850 - 1852
S.G. Haynie (1st time)
1852 - 1853
George J. Durham
1853
Thomas W. Ward (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1853 - 1854
W.P. DeNormandie
1854 - 1855
John S. Ford
1855 - 1856
J.T. Cleveland
1856 - 1857
E.R. Peck
1857 - 1858
Thomas E. Sneed
1858 - 1860
B.F. Carter
1860 - 1863
James W. Smith
1863 - 1865
S.G. Haynie (2nd time)
1865 - 1866
Thomas W. Ward (3rd time)
(s.a.)
1866 - 1867
William Carr
1867 - 1871
Leander Brown
1871 - 1872
John Glenn
1872 - 1877
Thomas Benton Wheeler
(b. 1840 - d. 1913) Dem
1877 - 1879
J.C. DeGress
1879 - 1881
L.M. Crooker
1881 - 1884
W.A. Saylor
1884 - 1888
J.W. Robertson
1888 - 1890
Joseph Nalle
1890 - 1896
John McDonald
1896 - 1898
Louis Hancock
1898 - 1901
John Dodd McCall
1901 - 1905
R.E. White
1905 - 1907
W.D. Shelley
1907 - 1909
F.M. Maddox
1909 - 1919
Alexander Penn Wooldridge
(b. 1847 - d. 1930)
1919 - 1926
W.D. Yett
1926 - 1933
P.W. McFadden
1933 - 1949
Robert "Tom" Miller (1st time) (b. 1893 - d. 1962)
Dem
1949 - 1951
Taylor Glass
1951 - 1953
W.S. Drake
1953 - 1955
Charles A. McAden
1955 - 1961
Robert "Tom" Miller (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
1961 - 1967
Lester Palmer
1967 - 1969
Harry Akin
(b. 1903 - d. 1976)
1969 - 1971
Travis LaRue
1971 - 1975
Roy Butler
1975 - 1977
Jeffrey Friedman
1977 - 24 Feb 1983
Carole Keeton McClellan (f) (b.
1939)
24 Feb 1983 - 15 May 1983 John Trevino, Jr. (acting)
15 May 1983 - 1985
Ron Mullen
1985 - 1988
Frank C. Cooksey
Dem
1988 - 1991
Lee Cooke
1991 - 1997
Bruce Todd
May 1997 - 9 Nov 2001 Kirk Watson
(b. 1958)
Dem
9 Nov 2001 - 16 Jun 2003 Gus Garcia
(b. 1934)
Dem
16 Jun 2003 -
Will Wynn
(b. 1961)
Dem
Baltimore
![[Flag of Baltimore, Maryland]](us-md-b.gif)
Adopted 1915
8 Aug 1729
Baltimoretown founded.
20 Dec 1776 - 27 Feb 1777 Briefly the capital of the
United States.
31 Dec 1796
City of Baltimore incorporated.
4 Jun 1851
Separated from Baltimore County.
Mayors
1797 - 1804
James Calhoun
(b. 1743 - d. 1816)
1804 - 1808
Thorowgood Smith
(b. c.1743 - d. 1810)
1808 - 1816
Edward Johnson (1st time)
(b. 1767 - d. 1829) D-R
1816 - 1819
George Stiles
(b. 1760 - d. 1819) D-R
1819 - 1820
Edward Johnson (2nd time)
(s.a.)
D-R
1820 - 1823
John Montgomery, Jr.
(b. 1764 - d. 1828) D-R
1823 - 1826
Edward Johnson (3rd time)
(s.a.)
D-R
1826 - 1831
Jacob Small, Jr.
(b. c.1772 - d. 1851)NR
1831 - 1832
William Stewart (acting)
(b. 1780 - d. 1839)
1832 - 1835
Jesse Hunt
(b. 1793 - d. 1872)
1835 - 1838
Samuel Smith
(b. 1752 - d. 1839) Dem
1838 - 1840
Sheppard C. Leakin
(b. 1790 - d. 1867) Whg
1840 - 1842
Samuel Brady
(b. 1789 - d. 1871) Dem
1842 - 1843
Solomon Hillen, Jr.
(b. 1810 - d. 1873) Dem
1843 - 1844
James O. Law
(b. 1809 - d. 1847) Whg
1844 - 1848
Jacob G. Davies
(b. 1796 - d. 1857) Dem
1848 - 1850
Elijah Stansbury, Jr.
(b. 1791 - d. 1883) Dem
1850 - 1852
John Hanson Thomas Jerome
(b. 1814 - d. 1863) Whg
1852 - 1854
John Smith Hollins
(b. 1786 - d. 1856) Dem
1854 - 1856
Samuel Hinks
(b. 1815 - d. 1887) K-W
1856 - 1860
Thomas Swann
(b. 1806 - d. 1883) K-W
1860 - 1861
George William Brown
(b. 1812 - d. 1890) Dem
1861
John C. Blackburn (mayor ex-officio)
Dem
1862
Charles J. Baker (mayor ex-officio)
Dem
1862 - 1867
John Lee Chapman
(b. 1811 - d. 1880) Rep
1867 - 1871
Robert Tunstall Banks
(b. 1822 - d. 1901) Dem
1871 - 1875
Joshua Van Sant
(b. 1803 - d. 1884) Dem
1875 - 1877
Ferdinand C. Latrobe (1st time) (b. 1833 - d. 1911)
Dem
1877 - 23 Jun 1878
George Procotr Kane
(b. 1820 - d. 1878) Dem
1878 - 1881
Ferdinand C. Latrobe (2nd time) (s.a.)
Dem
1881 - 1883
William Pinkney Whyte
(b. 1824 - d. 1908) Dem
1883 - 1885
Ferdinand C. Latrobe (3rd time) (s.a.)
Dem
1885 - 1887
James Hodges, Jr.
(b. 1822 - d. 1895) Dem
1887 - 1889
Ferdinand C. Latrobe (4th time) (s.a.)
Dem
1889 - 1891
Robert C. Davidson
(b. 1850 - d. 1924) Dem
1891 - 1895
Ferdinand C. Latrobe (5th time) (s.a.)
Dem
1895 - 1897
Alcaeus Hooper
(b. 1859 - d. 1938) Rep
1897 - 1899
William T. Malster
(b. 1843 - d. 1907) Rep
1899 - 1903
Thomas G. Hayes
(b. 1844 - d. 1916) Ref
1903 - 1904
Robert M. McLane
(b. 1867 - d. 1904) Dem
1904 - 1907
E. Clay Timanus
(b. 1863 - d. 1923) Rep
1907 - 1911
J. Barry Mahool
(b. 1870 - d. 1935) Dem
1911 - 1919
James H. Preston
(b. 1860 - d. 1938) Dem
1919 - 1923
William Frederick Broening
(b. 1870 - d. 1953) Rep
(1st time)
1923 - 1927
Howard Wilkinson Jackson (1st time)(b. 1877 - d. 1960) Dem
1927 - 1931
William Frederick Broening
(s.a.)
Rep
(2nd time)
1931 - 1943
Howard Wilkinson Jackson (2nd time)(s.a.)
Dem
1943 - 1947
Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin (b.
1900 - d. 1974) Rep
(1st time)
1947 - 1959
Thomas L.J. D'Alesandro, Jr. (b. 1903
- d. 1987) Dem
1959 - Nov 1962
J. Harold Grady
(b. 1917 - d. 2002) Dem
Nov 1962 - May 1963
Philip H. Goodman
(b. 1914 - d. 1976) Dem
May 1963 - 1967
Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin
(s.a.)
Rep
(2nd time)
1967 - 1971
Thomas L.J. D'Alesandro III (b.
1929)
Dem
1971 - Jan 1987
William Donald Schaefer
(b. 1921)
Dem
Jan 1987 - Dec 1987
Clarence H. Burns
(b. 1918 - d. 2003) Dem
Dec 1987 - 7 Dec 1999 Kurt
L. Schmoke
(b. 1949)
Dem
7 Dec 1999 - 17 Jan 2007 Martin J. O'Malley
(b. 1963)
Dem
17 Jan 2007 -
Sheila Dixon (f)
(b. 1953)
Dem
![[flag of Birmingham, Alabama]](us-albir.gif)
Adopted 18 Aug 1925
1 Jun 1871 Birmingham founded.
19 Dec 1871 City incorporated.
Mayors
19 Dec 1871 - 22 Apr 1873 Robert H. Henley
(b. 1843 - d. 1872)
1872 W.J. McDonald (acting of Henley)
1873 - 1875 James
R. Powell
(b. 1814 - d. 1883)
4 Jan 1875 - 1878
William H. Morris
(b. 1817 - d. 1907)
1878
Henry M. Caldwell
(b. 1836 -
d. 1895)
1878 - 1882 Thomas Jeffers
1882 - 1888 A.O. Lane (1st time)
1888 - 1890 Burges
A. Thompson
(b. 1850 - d. 1922)
1890 - 1892 A.O. Lane (2nd time)
1892 - 1894 David J. Fox
1894 - 1896 J.A. Van Hoose
1896 - 1899 F.V. Evans
1899 - 1905 Walter
Mel Drennen (b. 1851
- d. af.1924)
1905 - 1908 George B. Ward
1908 - 1910 Frank P. O'Brien
1910 - 1911 Culpepper
Exum
(b. 1866 - d. 19..)
Presidents of the City Commission
1911 - Nov 1913 Culpepper Exum (s.a.)
1913 - 1917 George B. Ward
1917 - 1921 Nathaniel A. Barrett
1921 - 1925 D.E. McLendon
1925 - 1940 J.M.
Jones, Jr.
(d. 1940)
29
Feb 1940 - 1953 Cooper Green
(b. 1900 -
d. 1980)
1953 - 1961 James W. Morgan
1961 - May 1963 Art Hanes,
Sr.
(b. 1916 - d. 1997)
(from Apr 1963 in opposition)
Mayors
Apr 1963 - 1967
Albert B. Boutwell
(b. 1904 - d. 1978) Dem
1967 - 1975
George G. Siebels, Jr.
(b. 1912 - d. 2000) Rep
1975 - 1979 David
J. Vann
(b. 1928) Dem
1979 - 1999 Richard
Arrington Jr. (b. 1934)
Dem
1999
William A. Bell, Sr. (interim) (b. 1949)
Dem
1999 - 13 Nov 2007 Bernard Kincaid
(b. 1945)
Dem
13
Nov 2007 - Larry P.
Langford (b.
1948) Dem
Bismarck
![flag of [Bismarck, North Dakota]](Bismarck.jpg)
14 May 1872
Edwinton founded.
17 Jul 1873
Renamed Bismarck.
1883 - 2 Nov 1889
Capital of the Dakota Territory.
2 Nov 1889
Becomes the capital of North Dakota.
Mayors
1875
Edmund Hackett
1875 - 1877
John A. McLean
1877 - 1881
George Peoples
1881 - 1882
R.B. Thurston </