Mayors of U.S.
Cities A - L
Party abbreviations: Char
= Charter Party of Cincinnati (liberal-reformist,
Cincinnati, est.1924); Dem
= Democratic Party (liberal, center-left, formerly D-R,
est.1829); DFL = Democratic
Farmer-Labor Party (democratic socialist, populist,
upper Midwest Dem party, est.1918); Fus
= Fusion (representing more than one party/coalition of
parties); Ind = Independent; Ref
= Reform Party; Rep
= Republican Party (conservative, center-right,
est.1854); VTP =
Vermont Progressive Party (social democratic,
progressive, Vermont regionalist, as Progressive
Coalition 1981-Mar 1999, split from Dem, est.1981); Mil
= Military;
- Former parties: AMP =
American Party (anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic, Unionist,
1853-1860, informally K-N); anti-Fed
= Anti-Federalist (opposed to policies of the
Federalists, 1780's-1794); CP
= Citizens' Party (regionalist Chicago, Denver); D-R
= Democratic Republican (pro-states
rights, anti-Federalist, 1791-1829,
renamed Dem); Fed =
Federalist Party (conservative, federalist, 1792-1824);
FRP = Free and Rowdy Party
(Atlanta, opposed Mor, 19th cent.); GGL = Good
Government League (El Paso conservative business
dominated, 1940s-1970s); K-N =
Know-Nothing Party (anti-immigrant, anti-Roman Catholic,
Unionist, formally called AMP, 1853-1860); Mor
= Moral Party (Atlanta, opposed FRP, 19th cent.);
NR = National Republican Party
(anti-Jacksonian Democrat, 1826-1834); NUP
= Nullifier Party (short-lived states rights party in
South Carolina, 1830's); PP
= Populist Party (reformist/socialist, formerly People's
Party, 1892-1908); Pro =
Progressive Party (progressive/socialist, 1924-1955); Uni
= Union Party (Unionist or Constitutional Union Party,
formed chiefly by remnants of K-N and southern Whigs,
May 1860-1861); PT = People's Ticket (Ohio Whig
dissidents, merged into Rep); Whg
= Whig Party (economic nationalist,
protectionist, anti-Jacksonian,
1833-1860); Wor =
Workingman's Party (west coast, anti-Chinese
immigration, 1877-1882)
Note: The list below
gives political party affiliation when known. In some
cities the post of mayor is officially a non-partisan
post. The list below gives political party affiliation
prior to non-partisan election.
Akron
Aug 1965 - Mar 1996
|
Mar 1996 - 2009
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Adopted 2009
|
Dec
1825
Akron settled.
1833
North Akron (Cascade)
founded, Akron is renamed South Akron.
1836
North and South
Akron unified as Akron.
12 Mar
1836
Akron granted a town charter.
21 Jan
1865
City incorporated.
Mayors
1836
Seth Iredell
(b. 1774 - d.
1854) Whg
1837 - 1838
John Curtis Singletary
(b. 1789 - d. 1851) Ind
1839
Lucius V. Bierce (1st time)
(b. 1801 - d. 1870) Whg
1840
Arad Kent
(b. 1806
- d. 1879)
1841
Lucius V. Bierce (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Whg
1842 -
1843
Harvey Hull Johnson
(b. 1808 - d. 1896) Dem
1844
Lucius V. Bierce (3rd time)
(s.a.)
Whg
1845 -
1846
Philo E. Chamberlin
(b. 1811 - d. 1886)
1847
Levi
Rawson
(b. 1808 - d. 1864)
1848 - 1849
Israel E. Carter
(b. 1810 - d. 1885)
1849 - 1850
Lucius V. Bierce (4th time)
(s.a.)
Whg
1850 - Apr 1851
George Bliss
(b. 1813 - d. 1868)
Dem
Jun 1851 - 20 Jul 1852 Charles
G. Ladd
(b. 1822 - d. 1852)
1852 - 1853
Frederick Wadsworth
(b. 1786 - d. 1869) Whg
1853 - 1854
Philip N.
Schuyler
(b. 1819 - d. 1907) Rep
1854 - 1855
William T. Allen
(b. 1814 - d. 1886)
1855 - Dec 1856
Nathaniel
Finch
(b. 1802 - d. 1877)
1857 - 1859
Frederick A.
Nash
(b. 1816 - d. 1886)
1859 - 1860
George W.
McNeil
(b. 1813 - d. 1889) Rep
1860 -
1861
Henry Purdy (1st time)
(b. 1815 - d. 1893) Rep
1862 -
1863
Charles A.
Collins
(b. 1816 - d. 1901)
1864 - 1865
George D. Bates
(b. 1811 - d. 1887)
1865 -
1866
James Mathews
(b. 1803 - d.
1883) Rep
1867 -
1868
Lucius V. Bierce (5th time)
(s.a.)
Rep
1869 -
1872
John L. Robertson
(b. 1808 - d. 1879) Rep
1873 -
1874
Henry Purdy (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Rep
1875 - 1876
Levi S. Herrold
(b. 1820 - d. 1897)
Apr 1877 - Apr
1878 James F.
Scott
(b. 1828 - d. 1896) Rep
1879 -
1880
John M.
Fraze
(b. 1846 - d. 1923) Dem
1881 -
1882
Samuel A. Lane
(b. 1815 - d. 1905)
Rep
1883 - 1886
Lorenzo Dow Watters (1st time) (b.
1855 - d. 1896) Dem
1886 -
1888
Louis D. Seward
(b. 1852 - d. 1911)
1889 -
1892
William H. Miller
(b. 1843 - d. 1914) Dem
1893 -
1894
Lorenzo Dow Watters (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
1895 -
1896
Erastus Rudd
Harper
(b. 1857 - d. 1927) Rep
1897 - 1901
William E. Young
(b. 1863 - d.
1926) Dem
1901 -
1902
William B. Doyle
(b. 1868 - d. 1943)
Rep
1903 -
1907
Charles W. Kempel
(b. 1863 - d. 1941)
Dem
1908 -
1911
William T. Sawyer
(b. 1862 - d. 1953) Dem
1912 -
1915
Frank W. Rockwell
(b. 1851 - d. 1917)
Rep;1913 Pro
1916 -
1917
William J. Laub, Sr.
(b. 1878 - d. 1963) Rep
1918 -
1919
Isaac S. Myers (1st time)
(b. 1862 - d. 1945) Dem
1920 - 1922
Carl F.
Beck
(b. 1885 - d. 1959) Rep
1920 -
1921
William J. Laub, Sr. -City manager
(s.a.)
1921 - 1928
Daniel C. Rybolt
(b. 1869 - d. 1937)
Rep
1922 - Sep 1922
Homer C. Campbell -City manager
(b. 1881 - d. 1939)
Sep 1922 - 1923
Manning P. Tucker -City
manager (b. 1875 - d. 1932)
1928 -
1931
George Lloyd Weil
(b. 1888 - d. 1948) Dem
1932 -
1933
Charles Nelson
Sparks
(b. 1881 - d. 1950) Rep
1934 -
1935
Isaac S. Myers (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
1936 - 1942
Lee D. Schroy
(b. 1887 - d.
1948) Rep
1942 -
1943
George J. Harter
(b. 1883 - d. 1945)
Dem
1944 - 30 Jun 1953
Charles E.
Slusser
(b. 1897 - d. 1963) Rep
1 Jul 1953 - 31 Dec 1953 Russell M.
Bird
(b. 1899 - d. 1979) Rep
1954 -
1961
Leo A. Berg
(b. 1907 - d. 1980) Dem
1962 -
1965
Edward O. Erickson
(b. 1917 - d. 1985) Dem
1966 -
1979
John S.
Ballard
(b. 1922 - d. 2012) Rep
1980 -
1983
Roy Lee
Ray
(b. 1939)
Rep
1984 - 1986
Thomas C.
Sawyer
(b. 1945 - d. 2023) Dem
Jan 1987 - 31 May 2015 Donald "Don"
L. Plusquellic
(b. 1949)
Dem
31 May 2015 - 10 Jun 2015 Garry L. Moneypenny
(b. 1956)
Dem
11 Jun 2015 - 31 Dec 2015 Jeff Fusco
(b. 1959)
Dem
1 Jan 2016 - 31 Dec 2023 Daniel "Dan" M.
Horrigan
(b.
1962)
Dem
1 Jan 2024 -
Shammas Iqbal Qammar Malik
(b.
1991)
Dem
Albany
(from 1909) Adopted 1912
|
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
22 Jul 1686 - 13 Oct 1694 Pieter
Schuyler
(b. 1657 - d. 1724)
10 Oct 1690 - Mar 1691
Johannes
Wendell
(b. 1649 - d. 1692)
(in dissidence appointed by Jacob
Leisler)
14 Oct 1694 - 14 Oct 1695 Johannes Abeel
(1st
time)
(b. 1667 - d. 1711)
15 Oct 1695 - 28 Sep 1696 Evert Bancker
(1st
time)
(b. 1665 - d. 1734)
29 Sep 1696 - 28 Sep 1698 Dirck Wesselse
Ten
Broeck
(b. 1638 - d. 1717)
29 Sep 1698 -
1699
Hendrick
Hansen
(b. 1665 - d. 1724)
1699 -
1700
Pieter Van Brugh
(Verbruggge) (b. 1666 - d.
1740)
(1st
time)
1700 -
1701
Jan Jansen
Bleecker
(b. 1641 - d. 1732)
1701 -
1702
Johannes Bleecker, Jr.
(b. 1668 - d. 1738)
1702 -
1703
Albert Janse
Ryckman
(b. c.1642 - d. 1737)
1703 -
1706
Johannes
Schuyler
(b. 1668 - d. 1747)
1706 -
1707
David Davidse
Schuyler
(b. 1669 - d. 1715)
1707 -
1709
Evert Bancker (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
1709 -
1710
Johannes Abeel (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
1710 -
1719
Robert Livingston,
Jr.
(b. 1663 - d. 1725)
1719 - 8 Nov 1720
Myndert
Schuyler (1st
time) (b. 1672
- d. 1755)
9 Nov 1720 -
1723
Pieter Van Brugh (2nd
time) (s.a.)
1723 - 13 Oct
1725
Myndert Schuyler (2nd
time) (s.a.)
14 Oct 1725 - 7 Nov 1726 Johannes
Cuyler
(b. 1661 - d. 1740)
8 Nov 1726 - 10 Nov 1729 Rutger
Bleecker
(b.
1675 - d. 1756)
11 Nov 1729 - 13 Oct 1731 Johnnes "John" De
Peyster
(b. 1694 - d. 1789)
(1st time)
14 Oct 1731 - 22 Oct 1732 Joahnnes "Hans" Hansen
(1st time) (b. 1695 - d. 1756)
23 Oct 1732 - 23 Oct 1733 Johnnes "John" De
Peyster
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
24 Oct 1733 - 30 Oct 1740 Edward
Holland
(b. 1702 - d. 1756)
31 Oct 1740 - 22 Nov 1741 Johannes "John"
Schuyler, Jr. (b. 1697 -
d. 1746)
23 Nov 1741 - 13 Oct 1742 Johnnes
"John" De
Peyster
(s.a.)
(3rd time)
14 Oct 1742 - 28 Sep 1746 Cornelis
Cuyler
(b. 1697 - d. 1765)
29 Sep 1746 - 2 Oct 1748 Dirck Ten
Broeck
(b. 1686 - d. 1751)
2 Oct 1748 - 14 Oct 1750 Jacob Coenraedt
Ten
Eyck
(b. 1705 - d. 1793)
15 Oct 1750 -
1754
Robert
Sanders
(b. 1705 - d. 1765)
1754 -
1756
Joahnnes "Hans" Hansen (2nd time) (s.a.)
1756 - 28 Sep
1761
Sybrant Gozen Van
Schaick
(b. 1708 - d. 1772)
29 Sep 1761 - 9 Sep 1770 Volckert Petrus
Douw
(b. 1720 - d. 1801)
10 Sep 1770 - 16 Apr 1778 Abraham Cornelis
Cuyler
(b. 1742 - d. 1810)
17 Apr 1778 - 8 Apr 1779 John
Barclay
(b. 1720 - d. 1779) Fed?
9 Apr 1779 - 26 Jun 1783 Abraham Ten
Broeck (1st time) (b. 1734
- d. 1810) Fed
27 Jun 1783 - 8 Oct 1786 John Jacob
Beekman
(b. 1733 - d. 1802)
(Johannes Jacobse Beekman)
9 Oct 1786 - 18 Oct 1790 John Lansing,
Jr.
(b. 1754 - d. 1829) anti-Fed
19 Oct 1790 - 30 Jun 1796 Abraham Yates, Jr.
(b. 1724 - d. 1796) anti-Fed
15 Oct 1796 - 31 Dec 1798 Abraham Ten Broeck
(2nd time)
(s.a.)
Fed
1 Jan 1799 - 7 Jul 1816 Philip Schuyler
Van Rensselaer (b. 1766 - d.
1824) Fed
(1st time)
8 Jul 1816 - 2 Jul 1819 Elisha
Jenkins
(b. 1772 - d. 1849) D-R
3 Jul 1819 - 18 Feb 1821 Philip Schuyler
Van Rensselaer (s.a.)
D-R
(2nd time)
19 Feb 1821 - 9 Mar 1824 Charles Edward
Dudley (1st time) (b. 1780 - d. 1841)
Dem
10 Mar 1824 - 1 Jan 1826 Ambrose
Spencer
(b. 1765 - d. 1848) Dem
2 Jan 1826 - 23 May 1828 James Stevenson
(b. 1788 - d. 1852) Whg
29 May 1828 - 19 Jan 1829 Charles Edward Dudley
(2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
9 Feb 1829 - 31 Dec 1830 John Townsend
(1st time) (b. 1783 -
d. 1854) Whg
1 Jan 1831 - 31 Dec 1832 Francis Bloodgood
(1st time) (b. 1768 - d.
1840) Dem
1 Jan 1832 - 31 Dec 1832 John
Townsend (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Whg
1 Jan 1833 - 31 Dec 1833 Francis
Bloodgood (2nd time) (s.a.)
Dem
1 Jan 1834 - 14 May 1837 Erastus
Corning
(b. 1794 - d. 1872) Dem
15 May 1837 - 21 Jan 1839 Teunis Van Vechten
(1st time) (b. 1785 - d. 1859)
Whg
24 Jan 1839 - 11 May 1841 Jared Lewis Rathbone
(b. 1791 - d. 1845) Whg
11 May 1841 - 9 May 1842 Teunis Van
Vechten (2nd time) (s.a.)
Whg
10 May 1842 - 17 Apr 1843 Barent Philip Staats
(b. 1796 - d. 1871) Dem
18 Apr 1843 - 14 Apr 1845 Friend Humphrey (1st
time) (b. 1787 - d.
1854) Whg
15 Apr 1845 - 13 Apr 1846 John Keyes Paige
(b. 1788 - d. 1857) Dem
14 Apr 1846 - 17 Apr 1848 William Parmelee (1st
time) (b. 1807 - d. 1856)
Whg
18 Apr 1848 - 16 Apr 1849 John Taylor
(b. 1790 - d. 1863) Whg
17 Apr 1849 - 15 Apr 1850 Friend Humphrey (2nd
time) (s.a.)
Whg
16 Apr 1850 - 14 Apr 1851 Franklin Townsend
(b. 1821 - d. 1898) Whg
15 Apr 1851 - 9 Jan 1854 Eli Perry (1st
time)
(b. 1799 - d. 1881) Dem
14 Apr 1854 - 15 Mar 1856 William Parmelee (2nd
time) (s.a.)
Whg
28 Apr 1856 - 5 May 1856 Charles Watson
Godard
(b. 1817 - d. 1883) Rep
6 May 1856 - 30 Apr 1860 Eli Perry
(2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Dem
1 May 1860 - 5 May 1862 George H.
Thacher (1st time)
(b. 1818 - d. 1887) Dem
6 May 1862 - 30 Apr 1866 Eli Perry (3rd
time)
(s.a.)
Dem
1 May 1866 - 5 May 1868 George H.
Thacher (2nd time) (s.a.)
Dem
6 May 1868 - 5 May 1870 Charles E.
Bleecker
(b. 1826 - d. 1873) Dem
6 May 1870 - 28 Jan 1874 George H. Thacher
(3rd time) (s.a.)
Dem
28 Jan 1874 - 14 Apr 1874 John G. Burch (acting)
(b. 1827 - d.
1905) Rep
14 Apr 1874 - 1 May 1876 Edmund Lewis
Judson
(b. 1830 - d. 1890) Rep
2 May 1876 - 6 May 1878 Anthony
Bleecker Banks (1st time) (b. 1837 - d. 1910)
Dem
7 May 1878 - 24 Jun 1883 Michael Nicholas
Nolan
(b. 1834 - d. 1905) Dem
25 Jun 1883 - 5 May 1884 John
Swinburne
(b. 1802 - d. 1889) Rep
6 May 1884 - 3 May 1886 Anthony
Bleecker Banks (2nd time) (s.a.)
Dem
4 May 1886 - 30 Apr 1888 John Boyd
Thacher I (1st time)
(b. 1847 - d. 1909) Dem
1 May 1888 - 4 May 1890
Edward Augustin Maher
(b. 1848 - d. 1920) Dem
5 May 1890 - 30 Apr 1894 James Hilton
Manning
(b. 1854 - d. 1925) Dem
1 May 1894 - 31 Dec 1895 Oren
Elbridge Wilson
(b. 1844 - d. 1917) Dem
1 Jan 1896 - 31 Dec 1897
John Boyd Thacher I (2nd time) (s.a.)
Dem
1 Jan 1898 - 31 Dec 1899
Jefferson Van
Alstyne
(b. 1827 - d. 1903) Dem
1 Jan 1900 - 31 Dec 1901 James H.
Blessing
(b. 1837 - d. 1910) Rep
1 Jan 1902 - 31 Dec
1908 Charles H.
Gaus
(b. 1840 - d. 1909) Rep
1 Jan 1909 - 31 Dec 1909 Henry F.
Snyder
(b. 1850 - d. 1921) Rep
1 Jan 1910 - 31 Dec 1913 James B.
McEwan
(b. 1856 - d. 1915) Rep
1 Jan 1914 - 31 Dec 1917 Joseph W.
Stevens
(b. 1846 - d. 1930) Rep
1 Jan 1918 - 31 Dec 1921
James R.
Watt
(b. 1869 - d. 1941) Rep
1 Jan 1922 - 4 Mar 1926
William S.
Hackett
(b. 1865 - d. 1926) Dem
4 Mar 1926 - 31 Dec 1940 John Boyd
Thacher
II
(b. 1882 - d. 1957) Dem
(acting to Jan 1927)
1 Jan 1941 - 1 Jan 1942
Herman F. Hoogkamp (interim)
(b. 1884 - d. 1956) Dem
1 Jan 1942 - 28 May 1983 Erastus
Corning
II
(b. 1910 - d. 1983) Dem
Mar 1944 - Sep
1945 Frank S.
Harris
(b. 1868 - d. 1951)
Dem
(acting for absent Corning)
29 May 1983 - 31 Dec 1993 Thomas "Tom" M.
Whalen
III
(b. 1938 - d. 2006) Dem
1 Jan 1994 - 31 Dec 2013 Gerald
"Jerry" D.
Jennings
(b.
1948)
Dem
1 Jan 2014
-
Katherine "Kathy" Sheehan (f) (b.
1964) Dem
Albuquerque
Adopted 13 Jan 1969
|
7 Feb
1706
Founded as Villa de San Francisco de Albuquerque.
24 Feb 1862 - 12 Apr 1862 Albuquerque occupied
by Confederate forces.
2 Jul
1885
Town of Albuquerque incorporated.
15 Apr
1891
Incorporated as a city.
Mayors
7 Jul 1885 - Apr 1886
Henry N.
Jaffa
(b. 1846 - d. 1901)
Apr 1886 - Apr
1887 George
Lail
Apr 1887 - Apr
1888 William
B.
Childers
(b. 1854 - d. 1908)
Apr 1888 - Apr
1889 Arthur E.
Walker
(b. 1857 - d. 1922)
Apr 1889 - Apr
1890 George W.
Meylert
Apr 1890 - Apr
1891 Michael
(Michel) Mandell
(b. 1857 - d. 1950)
Apr 1891 - Apr
1892 Joseph
Exum
Saint
(b. 1847 - d. 1927)
Apr 1892 - Apr
1893 George S.
Easterday
(b. 18.. - d. 1924)
Apr 1893 - Apr
1894 Neill
Brooks
Field
(b. 1854 - d. 1932)
Apr 1894 - Apr
1895 John F.
Luthy
(b. 1844 - d. 1924)
Apr 1895 - Apr
1897 Joseph C.
Baldridge
(b. 1848 - d. 1936)
Apr 1897 - Apr
1898
Strickland Aubright
(b. 18.. - d. 1906)
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
(b. 18.. - d. 1907) Rep
Apr 1904 - Apr
1908 Frank
McKee
(b. 1857 - d. 1915) Rep
Apr 1908 - Apr
1910 Felix H.
Lester
(b. 1872 - d. 1912) Dem
Apr 1910 - Apr
1912 John W.
Elder
(b. 1864 - d. 1943) Rep
Apr 1912 - Apr
1914 David K.
Boyer
Sellers
(b. 1861 - d. 1950) Dem
Apr 1914 - Apr
1916 David H.
Boatright
(b. 1859 - d. 1939) Rep
Apr 1916 - Dec
1917 Henry
Westerfeld
(b. 1863 - d. 1938) Rep
Chairmen of the City Commission
4 Dec 1917 - 24 May 1919 Charles F.
Wade
(b. 18.. - d. 1919) Rep
Jun 1919 - Apr
1922 Walter
Connell
(b. 1879 - d. 1952) Dem
Apr 1922 - Dec
1922 William
R.
Walton
(b. 18.. - d. 1940) Dem
Dec 1922 - Feb
1923 Vacant
Feb 1923 - 24 Feb 1925 Edwin
Burnham
Swope
(b. 1888 - d. 1955) Dem
24 Feb 1925 - Jun 1925 Vacant
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. 1989) Dem
Apr 1938 - Oct
1939 Clyde
Elmer
Oden
(b. 1892 - d. 1948) Dem
Oct 1939 - Apr
1946 Clyde K.
Tingley (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Dem
Apr 1946 - 12 Aug 1947 Albert
E.
Buck
(b. 1903 - d. 1951) Rep
12 Aug 1947 - 10 Oct 1947 Frank W.
Darrow
(b. 1891 - d. 1961) Rep
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 - d. 1991) Rep
Apr 1962 - Apr
1966 Archie
Westfall
(b. 1905 - d. 2004) Dem
Apr 1966 - Oct
1967 Ralph S.
Trigg
(b. 1908 - d. 1979) Rep
Oct 1967 - Mar
1970 Pete V.
Domenici
(b. 1932 - d. 2017) Rep
May 1970 - Oct
1971 Charles
E.
Barnhart
(b. 1922 - d. 2007) Rep
Oct 1971 - 21 Feb 1973 Harry
E.
Kinney
(b. 1924 - d. 2006) Rep
21 Feb 1973 - 18 Dec 1973 Louis E.
Saavedra
(b. 1933 - d. 2009) Dem
18 Dec 1973 - 1 Apr 1974 Ray R.
Baca
(b. 1926) Dem
1 Apr 1974 - 30 Jun 1974 Richard G. Vaughn
(b. 1932 - d. 2011) Rep
Mayors
1 Jul 1974 - Nov 1977
Harry E. Kinney (1st
time)
(s.a.)
Rep
Dec 1977 - Nov
1981 David
Patrick
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. Chávez (1st
time) (b.
1952)
Dem
1 Dec 1997 - 30 Nov 2001 Jim R.
Baca
(b.
1946)
Dem
1 Dec 2001 - 30 Nov 2009 Martin J. Chávez
(2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
1 Dec 2009 - 30 Nov 2017 Richard J.
Berry
(b. 1962)
Rep
1 Dec 2017
-
Timothy "Tim" M. Keller
(b. 1977)
Dem
Anchorage
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. 1881 - d. 1924)
11 Apr 1923 - 8 Oct 1924 M. Joseph Conroy
(b. 1874 - d. 1958)
8 Oct 1924 - 1 Jan 1926 Charles W.
Bush
(b. 1881 - d. 1955)
1 Jan 1926 - 9 May 1927 Chris M.
Eckmann
(b. 1873 - d. 1937)
9 May 1927 - 9 Apr 1928 William
Clayson
(b. 1868 - d. 1950)
9 Apr 1928 - 10 Apr 1929 Grant Reed
(b. 1868 - d. 1942)
10 Apr 1929 - 11 Apr 1932 James Delaney
(b. 1896 - d. 1970)
11 Apr 1932 - 7 Apr 1933 Oscar S. Gill
(1st time) (b. 1880 -
d. 1947) Rep
7 Apr 1933 - 1 Jan 1934 Thomas
J. McCroskey
(b. 1874 - d. 1948)
11 Apr 1934 - 11 Apr 1936 Oscar S. Gill
(2nd time) (s.a.)
Rep
11 Apr 1936 - 12 Apr 1937 Herbert E. Brown (1st
time)
Dem
12 Apr 1937 - 11 Apr 1938 Joseph H. Romig
(b. 1872 - d. 1951)
11 Apr 1938 - 8 Apr 1940 Herbert E. Brown
(2nd
time)
Dem
11 Apr 1940 - 9 Apr 1941 Geoge Vaara
(b. 1899 - d. 1976) Rep
9 Apr 1941 - 10 Apr 1944 William Alex
Stolt
(b. 1900 - d. 2001)
10 Apr 1944 - 9 Apr 1945 Ray Wolfe
(b. 1905 - d. 1977) Rep
9 Apr 1945 - 19 Mar 1946 John E. Manders
(b. 1895 - d. 1973) Rep
19 Mar 1946 - 8 Apr 1946 Winfield Ervin,
Jr. (acting) (b. 1902 - d.
1985)
8 Apr 1946 - 12 Apr 1948 Francis Clayton
Bowden
(b. 1903 - d. 1972)
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) Rep
1 May 1956 - 21 Oct 1958 Anton Anderson
(b. 1892 - d. 1960) Dem
21 Oct 1958 - 7 Oct 1959 Hewitt "Hoots"
Lounsbury (acting) (b. 1911 - d. 1971)
7 Oct 1959 - 9 Oct 1961 George
Byer
(b. 1912 - d. 2000) Dem
9 Oct 1961 - 12 Oct 1964 George O.
Sharrock
(b. 1910 - d. 2005) Rep
1 Jan 1964 - 3 Oct 1972 John M.
Asplund
(b. 1913 - d. 1994) Rep
(borough president)
12 Oct 1964 - 9 Oct 1967 Elmer E.
Rasmuson
(b. 1909 - d. 2000) Rep
3 Oct 1972 - 15 Sep 1975 John "Jack" R.
Roderick (b.
1926 - d. 2020) Dem
(borough president)
9 Oct 1967 - 31 Dec 1981 George M.
Sullivan
(b. 1922 - d. 2009) Rep
1 Jan 1982 - 31 Dec 1987 Tony C.
Knowles
(b.
1943)
Dem
1 Jan 1988 - 30 Jun 1994 Thomas "Tom" A.
Fink
(b. 1928 - d. 2021) Rep
1 Jul 1994 - 30 Jun 2000 Rick
Mystrom
(b. 1944)
Rep
1 Jul 2000 - 30 Jun 2003 George P.
Wuerch
(b. 1936?)
Rep
1 Jul 2003 - 3 Jan 2009 Mark
Begich
(b.
1962)
Dem
3 Jan 2009 - 30 Jun 2009 Matthew W. Claman
(acting) (b.
1959) Dem
1 Jul 2009 - 30 Jun 2015 Dan Sullivan
(b. 1951)
Rep
1 Jul 2015 - 23 Oct 2020 Ethan A.
Berkowitz
(b. 1962) Dem
23 Oct 2020 - 30 Jun 2021 Austin
Quinn-Davidson (f) (acting) (b. 1979)
Ind
1 Jul 2021 - 30 Jun 2024 David
Bronson
(b. 1958) Rep
1 Jul 2024
-
Suzanne LaFrance (f)
(b.
1968)
Dem
Annapolis
Adopted 11 Jan 1965
|
Dec
1649
Settlement begins (Providence, from c.1660 Anne
Arundel Town).
Feb 1694
Becomes the
capital of Maryland.
Dec 1694
Renamed Annapolis.
22 Nov
1708
City incorporated.
26 Nov 1783 - 9 Aug 1784 Briefly the
capital of the United States.
10 Oct
1845
U.S. Naval Academy opens at former Fort Severn.
1 Jan 1951
West Annapolis and Eastport annexed.
Mayors
1708 - 1715
Amos Garrett (1st time)
(b. 1671 - d. 1727)
1715 - 1716
Thomas Macnemara
(d. 1719)
1716 - 1717
Amos Garrett (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1717 - 1718
John Gresham
(b.
c.1670 - d. 1723)
1718 - 1720
Amos Garrett (3rd time)
(s.a.)
1720 -
1721
Thomas Larkin
(b. 1673 - d. 1731)
1721 -
1722
Benjamin Tasker (1st
time)
(b. 1690 - d. 1768)
1722 -
1726
Vachel Denton (1st time)
(b. c.1696 - d. 1752)
1726 -
1727
Benjamin Tasker (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
1727 - 1728
Vachel Denton (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1728 - 1730
Robert Alexander
1730 - 1744
Vachel Denton (3rd time)
(s.a.)
1744 - 1745
William Rogers
(b. 1699 - d. 1749)
1745 - 1746
Robert Gordon
(b.
c.1676 - d. 1753)
1746 - 1747
Michael Mcnamara (1st time)
(d. 1767)
1747 - 1748
Benjamin Tasker (3rd
time)
(s.a.)
1748 - 1749
John Ross (1st time)
(b. c.1695 - d. 1766)
1749 - 1750
John Bullen (1st time)
(d. 1764)
1750 -
1753
Benjamin Tasker (4th
time)
(s.a.)
1753 -
1754
Michael Mcnamara (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1754 -
1755
Benjamin Tasker, Jr.
(b. 1720 - d. 1760)
1755 -
1756
John Brice, Jr. (1st time)
(b. 1705 - d. 1766)
1756 -
1757
Benjamin Tasker (5th
time)
(s.a.)
1757 -
1758
John Bullen (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1758 -
1759
John Ross (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1759 -
1760
George Steuart (1st time)
(b. 1700 - d. c.1784)
1760 - Apr
1761
Michael Mcnamara (3rd time)
(s.a.)
Apr 1761 -
1762
Stephen Bordley
(b. 1709 - d. 1764)
1762 -
1763
John Brice, Jr. (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1763 -
1764
George Steuart (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1764 -
1765
Daniel
Dulany
(b. 1722 - d. 1797)
1765 -
1766
John Ross (3rd time)
(s.a.)
1766 -
1767
Walter Dulany
(b. 1722 - d. 1773)
1767 -
1768
Upton Scott
(b. 1724 - d.
1814)
1768 - 1771
Allen Quynn (1st time)
(b. 1724 - d. 1803)
1771 - 1772
Thomas Jennings (1st time)
(b. c.1736 - d. 1796)
1772 - 1773
Lancelot Jacques
(b. c.1716 -
d. 1791)
1773 - 1775
Allen Quynn (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1775 - 1776
William Roberts
(d.
1788)
1776 - 1777
Thomas Jennings (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1777 - 1778
William Paca
(b.
1740 - d. 1799) anti-Fed
1778 - 1779
Allen Quynn (3rd time)
(s.a.)
1779 - 1780
Robert Tootell
1780 -
1781
John Brice III
(b. 1738 - d. 1820)
1781 -
1782
John Bullen, Jr. (1st time)
(d. 1798)
1782 -
1783
James Brice (1st time)
(b. 1746 - d. 1801) Fed
1783 -
1784
Jeremiah Townley
Chase
(b. 1748 - d. 1828) anti-Fed
1784 -
1785
Nicholas Carroll (1st time)
(b. 1750/51 - d. 1812)
1785 -
1786
Robert Couden (1st time)
(d. 1792)
1786 - 1787
Allen Quynn (4th time)
(s.a.)
1787 -
1788
James Brice (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Fed
1788 -
1789
John Bullen, Jr. (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1789 -
1790
Nicholas Carroll (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1790 - 1791
Robert Couden (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1791 - 1792
Allen Quynn (5th time)
(s.a.)
1792 - 1793
John Bullen, Jr. (3rd time)
(s.a.)
1793 - 1794
James Williams (1st time)
(b. 1743 - d. 1818)
1794 - 1795
William
Pinkney
(b. 1764 - d. 1822)
1795 -
1796
Allen Quynn (6th time)
(s.a.)
anti-Fed
1796 - 1797
John Bullen, Jr. (4th time)
(s.a.)
1797 - 1798
Philip Barton Key
(b. 1757 - d.
1815) Fed
1798 -
1799
Nicholas Carroll (3rd time)
(s.a.)
1799 -
1800
John Davidson
(b. 1754 - d. 1807)
1800 -
1801
James Williams (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1801 - 1802
Allen Quynn (7th time)
(s.a.)
Fed
1802 -
1803
Samuel Ridout (1st time)
(b. 1765 - d. 1840) Fed
1803 - 1804
John Johnson, Sr. (1st time)
(b. 1770 - d. 1824)
1804 -
1805
James Williams (3rd time)
(s.a.)
1805 - 1806
Samuel Ridout (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Fed
1807 - 1808
Burton Whetcroft (1st
time) (b.
c.1753 - d. 1822)
1808 - 1809
John Kilty (Kelly)
(b. 1756 - d. 1811)
1809 -
1810
Burton Whetcroft (2nd
time) (s.a.)
1810 -
1811
John Johnson, Sr. (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1811 - 1812
Gideon White
(b. 1753 - d. 1836)
1812 - 1813
Nicholas Brewer II (1st time) (b.
1771 - d. 1839) D-R
1813 -
1814
John Randall (1st time)
(b. 1750 - d. 1826)
1814 -
1815
Nicholas Brewer II (2nd time) (s.a.)
D-R
1815 -
1816
John Randall (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1816 -
1817
Nicholas Brewer II (3rd time) (s.a.)
D-R
1817 -
1818
John Randall (3rd time)
(s.a.)
1818 -
1819
Nicholas Brewer II (4th time)
(s.a.)
D-R
1819 -
1823
Lewis Duvall
(b. 1776 - d. 1829)
Fed;1822 D-R
1823 -
1825
James Boyle
(b. 1784 - d.
1854) D-R
1825 -
1828
Richard Harwood
(b. 1775 - d.
1835) Fed
1828 -
1837
Dennis Claude (1st
time)
(b. 1782 - d. 1863) Whg
1837 -
1840
John Miller
(b. c.1794 - d.
1856)
1840 -
1843
Alexander Contee Magruder
(b. 1779 - d. 1853) Whg
1843 -
1845
Richard Swann (1st time)
(b. 1811 - d. 1877) Whg
1845 -
1846
William Bryan
(b. 1801 - d.
1886) Whg
1846 -
1848
Richard Swann (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Whg
1848 - 1849
Richard R. Goodwin (1st time)
(b.c.1804 - d. 1873)
1849 -
1851
Abram Claude (1st time)
(b. 1818 - d. 1901) Whg
1851 -
1852
Brice T.B. Worthington
(b. 1820 - d. 1856)
1852 -
1853
Richard R. Goodwin (2nd time) (s.a.)
1853 -
1854
Dennis Claude (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Whg
1854 -
1855
Abram Claude (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Whg
1855 -
1856
Nicholas Brewer, Jr. (III)
(b. 1828 - d. 1896)
1856 -
1858
Richard Swann (3rd time)
(s.a.)
Whg
1858 -
1859
Joseph Brown
1859 -
1860
William
Harwood
(b. 1809 - d. 1900)
1860 -
1862
John R. Magruder (1st time)
(b. 1829 - d. 1916) Uni
1862 -
1863
John Wesley White
(b. 1822 - d. 1870)
1863 -
1864
John R. Magruder (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Uni
1864 -
1865
Solomon Phillips
(b. c.1819 - d. 1876)Uni
1865 -
1866
Richard R. Goodwin (3rd time) (s.a.)
1866 -
1867
Richard Swann (4th time)
(s.a.)
Rep
1867 -
1869
Abram Claude (3rd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
1869 -
1870
Augustus Gassaway
(b. 1825 - d. 1885) Dem
1870 -
1871
John T.E. Hyde
(b.c.1820 - d. 1879) Dem
1871 -
1875
James Munroe
(b. 1826 - d.
1896) Rep
1875 -
1877
Arthur W. Wells
(d. 1886)
1877 -
1879
James H. Brown (1st time)
(d.
1894)
Dem
1879 -
1883
Thomas E. Martin
1883 -
1889
Abram Claude (4th time)
(s.a.)
Dem
1889 -
1893
James H. Brown (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
1893 -
1897
John H.
Thomas
(b. 1835? - d. 1904) Dem
Jul 1897 - 19 Jan 1899 Richard
H. Green
(b. 1834 - d. 1899) Dem
13 Feb 1899 - Jul 1899 Nevett
Steele
(b. 1849 - d. 1924) Dem
Jul 1899 -
1901
Edwin A. Seidewitz
(b. 1866 - d. 1918) Dem
1901 -
1903
Charles Aloysius DuBois
(b. 1847 - d. 1911) Rep
1903 -
1905
Samuel M. Jones (1st
time)
(b. 1846 - d. 1904) Rep
1905 -
1907
John de Peyster Douw
(b. 1873 - d. 1942) Dem
1907 -
1909
Gordon H.
Claude
(b. 1854 - d. 1940) Dem
1909 -
1919
James French
Strange
(b. 1872 - d. 1926) Dem
1919 -
1921
John J. Levy (from Jun 1923, Levay)(b. 1875 - d.
1954) Dem
1921 -
1923
Samuel M. Jones (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Rep
1923 -
1925
Charles W. Smith (1st time)
(b. 1875? - d. 1932)
1925 -
1927
Allen Bowie Howard
(b. 1855 - d. 1940) Dem
1927 -
1929
Charles W. Smith (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1929 -
1935
Walter E.
Quenstedt
(b. 1890 - d. 1958) Rep
1935 -
1939
Louis N. Phipps
(b. 1896 - d.
1984) Dem
17 Jan 1939 - 21 Jul 1941 George W. Haley
(acting)
1941 -
1949
William U. McCready
(b. 1883 - d. 1970) Dem
1 Jul 1949 - 11 Jan 1952 Roscoe C.
Rowe
(b. 1884 - d. 1952) Rep
Jan 1952 -
1952
Robert H. Campbell, Sr. (acting) (b. 1919 -
d. 2010)
1952 -
1961
Arthur G.
Ellington
(b. 1898 - d. 1984) Dem
(acting to 20 Jul 1953)
1961 -
1965
Joseph H. Griscom,
Sr.
(b. 1892 - d. 1977) Rep
1965 - 2 Jun
1973
Roger "Pip" W.
Moyer
(b. 1934 - d. 2015) Dem
2 Jun 1973 - 11 Jun 1973 Noah A.
Hillman
(b. 1904 - d. 1977) Dem
11 Jun 1973 - 3 Mar 1981 John C.
Apostol
(b. 1938 - d. 2018) Rep
9 Mar 1981 - 12 Apr 1981 Gustav Akerland
(acting)
(b. 1920 - d. 1981) Rep
12 Apr 1981 - 7 Jun 1981 John T. Chambers,
Jr. (acting) (b. 1928 - d. 2011)
Rep
1981 -
1985
Richard "Dick" Lazer
Hillman (b. 1943)
Rep
1985 -
1989
Dennis M.
Callahan
(b. 1941 - d. 2012) Dem
1989 -
1997
Alfred A.
Hopkins
(b. 1925 - d. 2006) Dem
1997 - 3 Dec
2001
Dean L.
Johnson
(b. 1943 - d. 2011) Rep
3 Dec 2001 - 7 Dec 2009 Ellen
Oosterling Moyer
(f) (b.
1936)
Dem
7 Dec 2009 - 2 Dec 2013 Joshua J.
Cohen
(b. 1973)
Dem
2 Dec 2013 - 4 Dec 2017 Michael J.
Pantelides
(b. 1983)
Rep
4 Dec 2017 -
Gavin Buckley
(b. 1963) Dem
28 Jan 2020 - 11 Feb 2020 Rhonda Pindell Charles
(f) (b. 1954)
Dem
(acting
for absent Buckley)
Atlanta
Adopted 1902
|
26th Olympic Games Flag 1996
|
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.
2 Sep 1864 - 16 Nov 1864 U.S. federal
occupation.
Sep 1864 - Nov 1864
Evacuation of all civilians.
7-16 Nov
1864
General Sherman orders the burning of all military and
government
buildings which burns about two-thirds of the city.
4 May 1865 - 15 Jul 1870 Federal
occupation.
4 Jul
1868
Becomes the capital of Georgia.
4 Oct 1881 - 31 Dec 1881 International
Cotton Exposition (I.C.E.).
18 Sep 1895 - 31 Dec 1895 Cotton States and
International Exposition.
1910
Annexation of Ansley Park, Sherwood Forest, north
Midtown, Hemphill
Avenue,
east Bankhead, north English Avenue, Washington Park,
Mozley Park (Battle Hill), Ashview Heights, west West
End, and
Westview.
21 May
1917
Great Atlanta Fire of 1917 destroys 300 acres covering
73 blocks.
1 Jan
1952
Annexation of Buckhead, Adams Park, Southwest Atlanta
and Lakewood.
19 Jul 1996 - 4 Aug 1996 26th Olympic Summer
Games held in Atlanta.
1 Jan
2018
Annexation of Emory University campus, Centers for
Disease Control
area,
Egleston Hospital, and other contiguous areas in Druid
Hills.
Mayors
29 Jan 1848 - 17 Jan 1849 Moses W. Formwalt
(b. 1820 - d. 1852) FRP
17 Jan 1849 - 23 Jan 1850 Benjamin Franklin
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) Mor
1852 - Jan 1853
Thomas Fortson Gibbs
(b. 1798 - d. 1859) Mor
Jan 1853 - 29 Oct 1853 John F.
Mims
(b. 1815 - d.
1856) Mor
14 Nov 1853 - 1854
William
Markham
(b. 1811 - d.
1890)
1854 - 1855
William Moore Butt
(b. 1805 - d.
1864)
26 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 E. Ezzard (1st time) (b.
1799 - d. 1887) Dem
1858 - 1860
Luther Judson Glenn
(b. 1818 - d. 1886) Dem
1860 - 1861
William E. Ezzard (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
1861 - 25 Nov
1861
Jard Irwin Whitaker
(b. 1818 - d. 1884) Dem
25 Nov 1861 - 1862
Thomas F.
Lowe (acting)
(b. 1812 - d. 1875) Dem
1862 - 1865
James M. Calhoun
(b. 1811 - d. 1875)
Whg
1866 - 1869
James E. Williams
(b. 1826 - d. 1900) Dem
1869 - 1870
William H. Hulsey
(b. 1838 - d.
1909) Dem
1870 - 1871
William E. 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)
Dem
Jan 1874 - Jan 1845
Samuel B. Spencer
(b. 1827 - d. 1901)
Dem
Jan 1875 - Jan
1876 Cicero C.
Hammock (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
Jan 1877 - Jan 1879
Nedom L. Angier
(b. 1814 - d. 1882) Rep
Jan 1879 - Jan 1881 William
Lowndes Calhoun
(b. 1837 - d. 1908) Dem
Jan 1881 - Jan 1883
James W. English
(b. 1837 - d. 1925) Dem
Jan 1883 - Jan 1885
John B. Goodwin (1st time)
(b. 1850 - d. 1921) Dem
Jan 1885 - Jan 1887
George
Hillyer
(b. 1835 - d. 1927) Dem
Jan 1887 - Jan 1889
John Tyler Cooper
(b. 1844 - d. 1912) Dem
Jan 1889 - Jan 1891
John Thomas Glenn
(b. 1844 - d. 1899) Dem
Jan 1891 - Jan 1893
William H. Hemphill
(b. 1842 - d. 1902) Dem
Jan 1893 - Jan
1895 John B.
Goodwin (2nd time) (s.a.)
Dem
Jan 1895 - Jan 1897
Porter King
(b. 1857 - d. 1901) Dem
Jan 1897 - Jan 1899
Charles A. Collier
(b. 1848 - d. 1900) Dem
Jan 1899 - Jan 1901
James G. Woodward
(1st time) (b. 1845 - 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) Dem
Jan 1905 - Jan 1907
James G. Woodward (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
Jan 1907 - Jan 1909
Walthall Robertson
"Cap" Joyner (b. 1854 - d.
1925) Dem
Jan 1909 - Jan 1911
Robert F. Maddox
(b. 1870 - d. 1965) Dem
Jan 1911 - Jan 1913
Cortland S. Winn
(b. 1863 - d. 1940)
Dem
Jan 1913 - Jan 1917
James G. Woodward
(3rd time) (s.a.)
Dem
1917 -
1919
Asa G.
Candler
(b. 1851 - d. 1929) Dem
1919 -
1923
James L. Key (1st
time)
(b. 1867 - d. 1939) Dem
1923 - 1927
Walter A. Sims
(b. 1880 - d. 1953)
Dem
1927 - 1931
Isaac Newton Ragsdale
(b. 1859 - d. 1937) Dem
1931 -
1937
James L. Key (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Dem
1937 - 1941
William B. Hartsfield (1st time) (b. 1890 -
d. 1971) Dem
1941 - 13 May
1942 Roy
LeCraw
(b. 1895 - d.
1985) Dem
13 May 1942 - 31 May 1942 George B. Lyle (mayor
pro-tem) (b. 1884 - d. 1948) Dem
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 Samuel
"Sam" A. Massell, Jr. (b.
1927 - d. 2022) Dem
Jan 1974 - Jan
1982 Maynard
H. Jackson (1st time) (b.
1938 - d. 2003) Dem
Jan 1982 - Jan
1990 Andrew J.
Young, Jr.
(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 - 4 Jan 2010 Shirley
Clarke Franklin
(f) (b.
1945)
Dem
4 Jan 2010 - 2 Jan 2018 Kasim Reed
(b. 1966)
Dem
2 Jan 2018 - 3 Jan 2022
Keisha Lance Bottoms
(f)
(b. 1970) Dem
3 Jan 2022
-
Andre
Dickens
(b. 1974)
Dem
Austin
Adopted 12 Apr 1919
|
1839
Austin founded (named Nov 1839).
17 Oct 1839 - 13 Mar 1842 Capital of the
Republic of Texas.
27 Dec 1839
Austin incorporated.
Aug
1845
Capital of the
Republic, then State of Texas
(confirmed 19 Feb 1846).
Jul 1865 - 30 Mar 1870 U.S. federal
occupation.
Mayors
13 Jan 1840 - Aug 1840
Edwin
Waller
(b. 1800 - d. 1881)
Aug 1840 -
1841
Thomas "Peg Leg" Ward (1st time) (b. 1807 -
d. 1872)
1841 -
1842
Moses Johnson
(b. 1808 - d. 1853)
1842 -
1843
Asa
Brigham
(b. 1788 - d. 1844)
1843 -
1845
Joseph W. Robertson
(b. 1809 - d. 1870)
1845 -
1847
James M. Long
1847 -
1849
Jacob M. Harrell
(b. 1804 - d. 1853)
1850 -
1852
Samuel G. Haynie (1st time)
(b. 1806 - d. 1877) Dem
1852 -
1853
George J. Durham
(b. 1820 - d. 1868)
Dem
1853
Thomas "Peg Leg" Ward (2nd time) (s.a.)
1853 -
1854
William Penn deNormandie
(b. 1824 - d. 1881)
1854 -
1855
John "Rip" S. Ford
(b. 1815 - d. 1897) K-N
1855 -
1856
John T.
Cleveland
(b. 1798 - d. 1875) K-N
1856 -
1857
Edward R. Peck
K-N
1857 -
1858
Thomas E. Sneed
(b. 1832 - d. 1901)
1858 -
1860
Benjamin F. Carter
(b. 1831 - d. 1863)
1860 -
1863
James W. Smith
(b. 1830 - d. ....)
1863 -
1865
Samuel G. Haynie (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
1865 -
1866
Thomas W. Ward (3rd
time)
(s.a.)
1866 -
1867
William H. Carr
1867 -
1871
Leander Brown
(b. 1833 - d. 1889)
1871 -
1872
John W. Glenn
(b. 1836 - d. 1892)
1872 - 7 May
1877
Thomas Benton
Wheeler
(b. 1840 - d. 1913) Dem
19 Jun 1877 -
1879
Jacob Carl DeGress
(b. 1842 - d. 1894) Rep
1879 -
1881
Lewis Mason Crocker
(b. 18.. - d. 1911)
1881 - 1 Jun
1884
William A. Saylor
(b. 1844 - d. 1887)
13 Jun 1884 - 1887
John W.
Robertson
(b. 1840 - d. 1892)
1887 -
1890
Joseph Nalle, Jr.
(b. 1842 - d. 1911) Ind
1890 - 1895
John McDonald
(b. 1834 - d.
1913) Rep
1895 - 1897
Lewis
Hancock
(b. 1889 - d. 1925)
1897 -
1901
John Dodd McCall
(b. 1846 - d. 1909)
Dem
1901 -
1905
Robert E. White
(b. 1852 - d. 1931)
1905 -
1907
William D. Shelley
(b. c.1857 - d. 1928)Dem
1907 -
1909
Frank M. Maddox
(b. 1851 - d.
1921) Dem
1909 -
1919
Alexander Penn
Wooldridge
(b. 1847 - d. 1930)
1919 -
1926
William D. Yett
(b. 1854 - d.
1937) Dem
1926 -
1933
Paul W. McFadden
(b. 1867 - d. 1946)
1933 -
1949
Robert "Tom" Miller (1st time)
(b. 1893 - d. 1962) Dem
1949 -
1951
Taylor Glass
(b. 1910 - d. 1989)
1951 -
1953
William S. Drake, Jr.
(b. 1909 - d. 1967) Rep
1953 -
1955
Charles A. McAden
(b. 1902 - d. 1958)
1955 -
1961
Robert "Tom" Miller (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
1961 -
1967
Lester E. Palmer
(b. 1908 - d.
2003) Dem
1967 -
1969
Harry
Akin
(b. 1903 - d. 1976)
1969 -
1971
Travis L. LaRue
(b. 1913 - d. 2009)
1971 -
1975
Roy Butler
(b. 1926 - d. 2009) Dem
1975 -
1977
Jeffrey "Jeff" Friedman
(b. 1945 - d. 2007) Dem
1977 - 24 Feb
1983
Carole Keeton McClellan
(f) (b. 1939)
Dem
24 Feb 1983 - 15 May 1983 John Treviño, Jr.
(acting)
(b. 1938 - d. 2017)
15 May 1983 -
1985 Ron
Mullen
(b. 1939)
1985 -
1988
Frank C.
Cooksey
(b. 1933)
Dem
15 Jun 1988 - 15 Jun 1991 Carlton Lee Cooke
(b.
1944)
Rep
1991 -
1997
Bruce Todd
(b. 1949 - d.
2021) Dem
May 1997 - 9 Nov 2001
Kirk P. Watson (1st time)
(b.
1958)
Dem
9 Nov 2001 - 16 Jun 2003 Gustavo "Gus" L.
Garcia
(b. 1934 - d. 2018) Dem
16 Jun 2003 - 22 Jun 2009 William "Will" P.
Wynn
(b.
1961)
Dem
22 Jun 2009 - 6 Jan 2015 Lee Leffingwell
(b. 1939)
Dem
6 Jan 2015 - 6 Jan 2023 Stephen I.
Adler
(b. 1956)
Dem
6 Jan 2023
Kirk P. Watson (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Dem
Baltimore
c.1899 - 11 Feb 1915 Unofficial
|
Adopted 11 Feb 1915
|
8 Aug
1729
Town of Cecilius Calvert, Lord Baltimore ("Baltimore
Town")
founded.
28 Sep
1745
Officially named Baltimore Town.
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.
7-8 Feb
1904
Great Baltimore Fire destroys much of central Baltimore.
26 Mar
2024
The Interstate-695 Francis Scott Key Bridge bridge
collapses after
the
container ship MV Dali strikes one of its piers,
killing
at least 6.
Mayors
1797 -
1804
James
Calhoun
(b. 1743 - d. 1816)
1804 -
1808
Thorowgood
Smith
(b. 1744 - d. 1810) Fed
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. 1772 - d. 1851) NR
1831 -
1832
William Steuart (Stewart) (acting) (b. 1780 - d.
1839)
1832 -
1835
Jesse
Hunt
(b. 1793 - d. 1872) Dem
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
12 Nov 1860 - 12 Sep 1861 George William
Brown
(b. 1812 - d. 1890) Dem
(Federal prisoner 12 Sep 1861 - 27 Nov 1862)
May 1861 - Sep 1861 John
Coulson Blackburn
(b. 1808 - d. 1883) Dem
(mayor ex-officio)
Sep 1861 - 6 Jan 1862 Charles
J. Baker (mayor ex-officio)(b. 1821 - d. 1894) Dem
6 Jan 1862 - 4 Nov 1867 John Lee
Chapman
(b. 1811 - d. 1880) Rep
(mayor ex-officio to 10 Nov 1862)
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
15 Nov 1899 - 19 May 1903 Thomas G.
Hayes
(b. 1844 - d. 1915) Ref
19 May 1903 - 30 May 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 - May
1947
Theodore Roosevelt
McKeldin (b.
1900 - d. 1974) Rep
(1st time)
16 May 1947 - 16 May 1959 Thomas
L.J. D'Alesandro,
Jr. (b. 1903 - d.
1987) Dem
May 1959 - Nov
1962 J. Harold
Grady
(b. 1917 - d. 2002) Dem
Nov 1962 - May
1963 Philip H.
Goodman
(b. 1914 - d. 1976) Dem
21 May 1963 - 5 Dec 1967
Theodore Roosevelt
McKeldin
(s.a.)
Rep
(2nd time)
5 Dec 1967 - Dec
1971 Thomas L.J. D'Alesandro
III (b. 1929 -
d. 2019) Dem
Dec 1971 - Jan
1987 William
Donald
Schaefer
(b. 1921 - d. 2011) Dem
Jan 1987 - 10 Jan 1988
Clarence H.
Burns
(b. 1918 - d. 2003) Dem
10 Jan 1988 - 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 - 4 Feb 2010 Sheila A.
Dixon
(f)
(b.
1953)
Dem
4 Feb 2010 - 6 Dec 2016 Stephanie C.
Rawlings-Blake (f) (b. 1970)
Dem
6 Dec 2016 - 2 May 2019 Catherine E.
Pugh
(f)
(b.
1950)
Dem
(on leave of absence from 1 Apr 2019)
1 Apr 2019 - 8 Dec 2020 Bernard "Jack"
C.
Young
(b. 1954)
Dem
(acting for Pugh to 2 May 2019)
8 Dec 2020
-
Brandon M. Scott
(b.
1984)
Dem
Billings
Adopted 3 Feb 1986
|
15 Mar 1882
Billings founded.
10 Apr 1885
Incorporated as a city.
11 Jan
1893
Re-incorporated as the Town of Billings.
Mayors
10 Apr 1885 - 20 Jul 1885 John Tully
(b. 1833 - d. ....) Rep
20 Jul 1885 - Apr 1887 Walter P. Matheson
(b. 1848 - d. 1922)
Apr 1887 - Apr 1888 James R.
Goss
(b. 1848 - d. 1931)
Apr 1888 - May 1889 Edgar
Boyd Camp
(b. 1856 - d. 1923)
Rep
May 1889 - Apr 1890 Fred H.
Foster (1st time)
(b. 1856 - d. 1917) Rep
Apr 1890 - Apr 1891 Joseph
H. Rinehart
(b. 1848 - d. 1909)
Apr 1891 - Apr 1892 George A.
Griggs (1st
time) (b. 1859
- d. 1915)
Apr 1892 - Jan 1893 Harry K.
Fish
Jan 1893 - Apr 1894 John D.
Losekamp
(b. 1850 - d. 1913)
Apr 1895 - Apr 1895 Fred H.
Foster (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Rep
Apr 1895 - May 1896 Charles
A. Dewar
(b. 1851 - d. 1909)
Apr 1896 - May 1897
George A. Griggs (2nd time)
(s.a.)
May 1897 - Aug 1898 Henry
Chapple
(b. 1862 - d. 1900)
Aug 1898 - Apr 1899 Peter H.
Smith
(b. 1843 - d. 19..) Rep
Apr 1899 - May 1901 Christian
"Chris" Yegen
(b. 1857 - d. 1935)
May 1901 - May 1903 William
B.
George
Dem
May 1903 - Apr 1909 Fred H.
Foster (3rd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
Apr 1909 - May 1911 Harlan J.
Thompson
(b. 1860 - d. 1944)
May 1911 - Apr 1912 Frank T.
Woods
(b. 1868 - d. 19..) Dem
Apr 1912 - Apr 1915 Robert
Leavens
(b. 1869 - d. 1949)
Apr 1915 - Apr 1917 Edwin A.
Gerhart
(b. 1885 - d. 19..)
Apr 1917 - Apr 1919 William
M. Johnston
(b. 1867 - d. 19..)
Apr 1919 - Apr 1921 William
Lee Mains
(b. 1922 - d. 1961)
Apr 1921 - Feb 1925 William
V. Beers
(b. 1923 - d. 1980)
Feb 1925 - Feb 1927 Edwin
Grafton
(b. 1888 - d. 1979)
Feb 1927 - Apr 1931 Arthur
Trenerry
(b. 1881 - d. 1962)
Apr 1931 - 9 Dec 1933 Fredric
L. Tilton
(b. 1884 - d. 1933)
1933 - 1937
Clarence J.
Williams
(b. 1883 - d. 1963)
1937 - 1943
Charles T.
Trott
(b. 1854 - d. 1935)
1943 - 1949
Harry E. Biddinger
(b. 1884 - d.
1973) Rep
1949 - 1953
Thompson T. Rowe
(b. 1889 - d. 1966)
1953 - 1959
Earle
Knight
(b. 1920 - d. 2000) Rep
May 1959 - Apr 1962 Carl J.
Clavadetscher
(b. 1910 - d. 1978) Dem
1962 - 1963
Harold E. Gerke
(b. 1912 - d.
1993) Dem
1963 - 1969
Willard E. Fraser (1st time)
(b. 1907 - d. 1972) Dem
1969 - 1971
Howard E. Hultgren
(b. 1924 - d. 2005)
Rep
1971 - 21 Sep 1972 Willard
E. Fraser (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
1972 - 1977
Joseph A. Leone
(b. 1905 - d.
1985) Dem
1977 - 1984
William "Bill" B. Fox
(b. 1925 - d. 2010)
1984 - 1990
James E. Van Arsdale
(b. 1926 - d. 2016)
1 Jan 1990 - 1996
Richard Lee Larsen
(b. 1934)
Jan 1996 - 9 Jan 2006 Charles
"Chuck" F. Tooley (b.
1947) Dem
9 Jan 2006 - 4 Jan 2010 Ronald Tussing
(b. 1946)
Dem
4 Jan 2010 - 2 Jan 2018 Thomas
"Tom" W. Hanel
(b. 1955)
Rep
2 Jan 2018 -
Bill Cole
Ind?
Birmingham
Adopted 15 Dec 1925
|
1 Jun 1871
Birmingham founded.
19 Dec 1871
City incorporated.
1 Jan 1910
Annexation of 19 towns doubles the
size of city.
Mayors
19 Dec 1871 -
1872
Robert H. Henley
(b. 1843 - d.
1873)
Jul 1872
William J. McDonald
(b. 1824
- d. 1891)
(acting for Henley)
Nov 1872 - 31 Dec 1872 Thomas S. Tate
(interim)
1 Jan 1873 - 1875
James R. Powell
(b. 1814 - d. 1883)
4 Jan 1875 - 1878
William H. Morris
(b. 1847 - d. 1910)
1878
Henry M. Caldwell
(b. 1836 - d. 1895)
1878 - 1882
Thomas Jeffers
(b. 1838 - d.
1914)
1882 - 1888
Alexander O. Lane (1st time)
(b. 1848 - d. 1916) Dem
1888 - 1890
Burgess A. Thompson
(b. 1849 -
d. 1922) Dem
1890 - 1892
Alexander O. Lane (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
1892 - 1894
David J.
Fox
(b. 1857 - d. 1913) Dem
1894 - 1896
James A. Van Hoose
(b. 1852 - d.
1936) Ind
1896 - 1899
Frank V. Evans
(b. 1850 - d.
1914) Dem
1899 - 1905
Walter "Mel" Drennen
(b. 1851 - d. 1926)
4 May 1905 - 1909
George B. Ward
(b. 1867 - d.
1940) Dem
Jul
1907
John L. Parker (acting for
Ward) (b. 1865 - d. 19..)
May 1909 - 10 Sep 1910 Frank P. O'Brien
(b. 1844 - d. 1910) Dem
10 Sep 1910 - 22 Oct 1910 Harry Jones (acting)
22 Oct 1910 - 10 Apr 1911 Culpepper E. Exum, Sr.
(b. 1866 - d.
1920)
Mayor-Presidents of the City Commission
10 Apr 1911 - 13 Nov 1913 Culpepper E.
Exum, Sr.
(s.a.)
13 Nov 1913 - 1917 George
B. Ward
(s.a.)
Dem
6 Nov 1917 - 7 Nov 1921 Nathaniel
A. Barrett
(b. 1861 - d. 1933)
7 Nov 1921 - 2 Nov 1925 David E.
McLendon
(b. 1869 - d. 1935)
1925 - 1940
James "Jimmie" M. Jones, Jr.
(b. 1883 - d. 1940)
29 Feb 1940 - Apr 1953 William Cooper
Green
(b. 1900 - d. 1980) Dem
1953 - 1961
James W. Morgan
(b. 1891 - d.
1971)
6 Nov 1961 - Apr 1963 Art Hanes, Sr.
(b. 1916 - d. 1997) Dem
Mayors
Apr 1963 - 1967
Albert B. Boutwell
(b. 1904 - d. 1978)
Dem
1967 - 1975
George G. Siebels, Jr.
(b. 1913 - d. 2000) Rep
1975 - 1979
David J. Vann
(b. 1928
- d. 2000) Dem
13 Nov 1979 - 1999
Richard Arrington, Jr.
(b. 1934)
Dem
1999
William A. Bell, Sr. (1st
time) (b. 1949)
Dem
(acting)
1999 - 13 Nov 2007
Bernard Kincaid
(b. 1945)
Dem
13 Nov 2007 - 28 Oct 2009 Larry P. Langford
(b. 1948 - d. 2019) Dem
28 Oct 2009 - 24 Nov 2009 Carole C. Smitherman
(f)(acting) (b. 1952)
Dem
24 Nov 2009 - 26 Jan 2010 Roderick V. Royal (acting)
(b. 1964)
Dem
26 Jan 2010 - 28 Nov 2017 William
A. Bell, Sr. (2nd time) (s.a.)
Dem
28 Nov 2017
-
Randall L.
Woodfin
(b. 1981) Dem
Bismarck
Adopted Sep 1986
|
14 May
1872
Edwinton founded.
17 Jul
1873
Renamed Bismarck.
14 Jan 1875
City of Bismarck incorporated.
1883 - 2 Nov
1889
Capital of the Dakota Territory.
2 Nov
1889
Becomes the capital of North Dakota.
Mayors
Jan 1875 - Apr
1875 Edmond
Hackett
(b. 1832 - d. 1905)
Apr 1875 - 1877
John A. McLean
(b. 1849 - d. 1916) Rep
Nov 1877 -
1881
George Peoples
(b. 1847 - d.
1918)
Apr 1881 - Apr
1882 R. Barry
Thurston
Rep
Apr 1882 - Apr
1884 James W.
Raymond
(b. 1841 - d. 1905)
Apr 1884 - Apr
1885 John P.
Dunn
(b. 1839 - d. 1917)
Apr 1885 - Jun 1885
John E.
Carland
(b. 1854 - d. 1922) Dem
Jun 1885 - Apr 1886
Justus
Bragg
(b. 1829 - d. 1892) Dem
Apr 1886 - Apr
1887 Israel P.
Hunt
(b. 1821 - d. 1893)
Apr 1887 - Apr
1890 William
A. Bentley (1st time) (b. 1837 - d.
1920) Rep
Apr 1890 - Apr
1891 Isaac
Post Baker
(b. 1855 - d. 1938)
Dem
Apr 1891 - Apr
1892 William
A. Bentley (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Rep
Apr 1892 - Apr
1894 Edward
Stanley Allen
(b. 1859 - d. 1938) Rep
Apr 1894 - Apr
1896 Albert N.
Leslie
(b. 1843 - d. 1912)
Apr 1896 - Apr
1901 Edward G.
Patterson
(b. 1866 - d. 1945) Non-party
Apr 1901 - Apr
1905 Francis
H. Register
(b. 1859 - d. 1929) Ind
Apr 1905 - Apr
1907 William
H. Webb
(b. 1862 - d. 1945) Rep
Apr 1907 - Apr
1909 Francis
R. Smyth
(b. 1852 - d. 1928) Dem
Apr 1909 - Apr
1913 Erastus
A. Williams
(b. 1850 - d. 1930) Rep
Apr 1913 - Apr
1921 Arthur W.
Lucas
(b. 1867 - d. 1927)
Apr 1921 - Apr
1937 Amil P.
Lenhart (1st time) (b. 1873
- d. 1964)
Apr 1937 - 22 Aug 1938 Obert A.
Olson
(b. 1882 - d. 1938) Rep
Apr 1939 - Apr
1946 Neil O.
Churchill
(b. 1891 - d. 1969)
Apr 1946 - Apr
1950 Amil P.
Lenhart (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Apr 1950 - Apr
1954 Thomas
Savig
Kleppe
(b. 1919 - d. 2007) Rep
Apr 1954 - Apr
1966 Evan Lips
(b. 1918 - d. 2005)
Rep
Apr 1966 - Apr
1974 Ed V.
Lahr, Jr.
(b. 1913 - d. 2011)
Rep
Apr 1974 - Apr
1978 Robert
"Bob" Heskin
(b. 1938)
Apr 1978 - Apr
1986 Eugene
"Bus" Leary
(b. 1916 - d. 2003) Dem
Apr 1986 - Apr
1990 Marlan
"Hawk"
Haakenson
(b. 1937)
Rep
Apr 1990 - 11 Jun 2002 William
"Bill" H. Sorensen
(b. 1953?)
Rep
11 Jun 2002 - 24 Jun 2014 John
Warford
(b. 1947)
Rep
24 Jun 2014 - 26 Jun 2018
Mike
Seminary
(b. 1954)
Non-party
26 Jun 2018 - 28 Jun 2022 Steve Bakken
(b. 1968)
Rep
28 Jun 2022 -
Michael "Mike" T. Schmitz
(b. 1962?)
Dem
Boise
From 5 Sep 1921
|
3 Jan 1972 - Mar 2001 |
Adopted Mar 2001
|
May 1834 - 1855
Fort Boise (originally named Snake Fort).
5 Jul
1863
Fort Boise re-founded.
7 Dec
1864
Made the capital of Idaho.
11 Jan
1866
City of Boise incorporated.
1867
Voters approve a commission form of city government.
Mayors
1866 - 1867
Ephraim Smith (temporary)
(b.
1819 - d. 1891)
19 Nov 1867 - 14 Jan 1868 Henry E. Prickett
(b. 1839 - d. 1885) Rep
14 Jan 1868 - 16 Jan 1869 Thomas B.
Hart
(b. 1831 - d. 1911)
16 Jan 1869 - 12 Jul 1872 Charles Himrod (1st
time) (b. 1842 - d.
1920) Dem
12 Jul 1872 - Jul 1873 George H.
Twitchell
Jul 1873 - Jul 1875
Thomas E. Logan (1st
time) (b. 1834 - d. 1894)
Jul 1875 - Jul 1876
John Lemp
(b. 1838 - d. 1912) Rep
Jul 1876 - Jul 1878
Thomas E. Logan
(2nd time) (s.a.)
8 Jul 1878 - 14 Jul 1879 Charles
Himrod (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
Jul 1879 - Jul 1880
Cyrus Y. Jacobs
(b. 1831 - d. 1900)
Jul 1880 - 14 Jul 1881 Charles P.
Bilderback
(b. 1846 - d. 1917)
11 Jul 1881 - 20 Jul 1885 James A. Pinney (1st
time) (b. 1835 - d.
1914) Rep
20 Jul 1885 - 5 Nov 1885 Solomon "Sol"
Hasbrouck (b.
1833 - d. 1906) Rep
28 Dec 1885 - 18 Jul 1887 Joseph Waldo Huston
(b. 1833 - d. 1905) Rep
18 Jul 1887 - 15 Jul 1889 Peter J. Pefley
(b. 1830 - d. 1906) Dem
15 Jul 1889 - 15 Jul 1893 James A. Pinney (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Rep
15 Jul 1893 - 10 Jul 1895 Peter Sonna
(b. 1835 - d. 1907)
10 Jul 1895 - 15 Jul 1897 Walter E. Pierce
(b. 1860 - d. 1951) Dem
15 Jul 1897 - 13 Jul 1899 Moses Alexander (1st
time)
(b. 1853 - d. 1932) Dem
13 Jul 1899 - 13 Jul 1901 James H.
Richards
(b. 1852 - d. 1936)
13 Jul 1901 - 18 Jul 1903 Moses Alexander (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Dem
18 Jul 1903 - 20 Jul 1905 James Henry
Hawley
(b. 1847 - d. 1929) Dem
20 Jul 1905 - 6 Apr 1907 James A. Pinney
(3rd time) (s.a.)
Rep
6 Apr 1907 - 10 Apr 1909 John Michiner
Haines
(b. 1863 - d. 1917) Rep
10 Apr 1909 - 8 Apr 1911 Joseph T. Pence
(b. 1869 - d. 1941) Dem
8 Apr 1911 - 25 May 1912 Harry K.
Fritchman
(b. 1865 - d. 1942) Rep
25 May 1912 - 15 Apr 1915 Arthur Hodges
(b. 1865 - d. 1944) Rep
4 Apr 1915 - 1 Jun 1916 Jeremiah W.
Robinson
(b. 1860 - d. 1939)
1 Jun 1916 - 26 Apr 1919 Samuel H. Hays
(b. 1864 - d. 1934)
28 Apr 1919 - 7 Apr 1921 Ernest "Ern" G.
Eagleson (1st time)(b. 1864 - d. 1956) Rep
7 Apr 1921 - 5 May 1925 Eugene B.
Sherman
(b. 1871 - d. 1963)
5 May 1925 - 2 May 1927 Ernest "Ern"
G. Eagleson (2nd time)(s.a.)
Rep
2 May 1927 - 6 May 1927 Herbert F.
Lemp
(b. 1884 - d. 1927)
6 May 1927 - 30 Apr 1929 Walter F. Hansen
(acting) (b. 1877 - d.
1965)
30 Apr 1929 - 13 Feb 1933 James Pickney
Pope
(b. 1884 - d. 1966) Dem
13 Feb 1933 - 1 May 1933 Ross Cady
(acting)
(b. 1884 - d. 1959)
1 May 1933 - 1 May 1935 John J.
McCue
(b. 1883 - d. 1945)
1 May 1935 - 11 Nov 1936 Byron E.
Hyatt
(b. 1873 - d. 1936)
11 Nov 1936 - 29 Apr 1939 James L. Edlefsen
(b. 1874 - d. 1948)
(acting to Apr 1937)
29 Apr 1939 - 19 Apr 1941 James L.
Straight
(b. 1909 - d. 1981)
19 Apr 1941 - 11 May 1942 Henry Westerman
Whillock (1st time)(b. 1904 - d. 1992)
2 Feb 1942 - 31 Oct 1945 Austin A.
Walker
(b. 1883 - d. 1945)
(acting for Whillock to 11 May 1942)
31 Oct 1945 - 25 Feb 1946 Sam S. Griffin
(acting) (b.
1892 - d. 1951)
25 Feb 1946 - 5 May 1947
Henry Westerman Whillock (2nd time)(s.a.)
(acting)
5 May 1947 - May
1951 Potter P. Howard
(b. 1890 - d. 1956)
May 1951 - May
1959 Russell
E. Edlefsen
(b. 1906 - d. 1986)
May 1959 - May
1961 Robert L.
Day
(b. 1920 - d. 1999)
May 1961 - Jan
1966 Eugene W.
Shellworth
(b. 1913 - d. 1997)
Jan 1966 - Jan
1974 Jay S.
Amyx
(b. 1923 - d. 2014) Rep
Jan 1974 - Jan
1986 Richard
R.
Eardley
(b. 1928 - d. 2012)
Jan 1986 - 5 Jan
1993 Dirk
Kempthorne
(b.
1951)
Rep
5 Jan 1993 - 14 Feb 2003
H. Brent Coles
(b. 1952)
Rep
14 Feb 2003 - 18 Feb 2003 Jerome
Mapp (acting)
(b.
1947)
Ind
18 Feb 2003 - 6 Jan 2004
Carolyn Terteling-Payne
(f) (b.
1937)
Rep
6 Jan 2004 -
7 Jan 2020 David H.
Bieter
(b.
1959)
Dem
7 Jan 2020 -
Lauren Stein McLean (f)
(b. 1974)
Dem
Boston
17 Sep
1630
Boston founded as capital of Massachusetts.
5 Mar
1770
Boston Massacre, a confrontation between British
soldiers and a mob,
results in the soldiers shooting and killing five
people.
16 Dec
1773
Boston Tea Party protest by the Sons of Liberty, against
the U.K.
Tea Act (of 10 May 1773), targets the British East India
Company.
25 May 1775 - 17 Mar 1776 British occupation.
6 Mar 1804
Dorchester Point (South Boston) annexed.
22 Feb
1822
Incorporated as a city.
3 Sep 1836
East Boston annexed.
5 Jan
1868
Roxbury annexed.
3 Jan 1870
Dorchester annexed.
9-10 Nov
1872
Great Boston Fire of 1872 consumes about
65 acres of downtown.
5 Jan
1874
Brighton, Charlestown, and West Roxbury annexed.
3 Sep 1883 - 12 Jan 1884 The American
Exhibition of the Products, Arts and Manufactures of
Foreign
Nations.
1 Jan
1912
Hyde Park annexed.
Chairmen of the Board of Selectmen
1634 - c.1736
....
c.1736 - 1743
John Jeffries
1743 - 1747
Samuel Adams, Sr.
(b. 1689
- d. 1748)
1747 - 1754
Thomas Hancock
(b.
1703 - d. 1764)
1754 - 1758
Samuel Grant
(b. 1705 - d. 1784)
1758 - 1761
Joshua Henshaw (1st time)
(b. 1703 - d. 1777)
1761 - 1764
Thomas Cushing III
(b. 1725
- d. 1788)
2 Mar 1764 - 1771
Joshua Henshaw (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1771 - 1772
Joseph Jackson
(b. 1707 - d.
1790)
1772 - 15 Dec 1790 John
Scollay
(b. 1711 - d. 1790)
1790 - 1791
Harbottle Dorr
(b. 1729 - d.
1794)
1791 - 1797
Ezekiel Price
(b.
1727 - d. 1802)
1797? - 1798?
Ebenezer Sever
(b. 1737 - d. 1812)
1798? - 1799?
Thomas Edwards
(b. 1753 - d.
1806)
1799 -
1818
Charles
Bulfinch
(b. 1763 - d. 1844) Fed
1818 -
1820
Turner Phillips
(b. 1755 - d.
1836) Fed
1820 -
1822
Eliphalet Williams
(b. 1778 - d. 1855) Fed
Mayors
1 May 1822 -
1823
John
Phillips
(b. 1770 - d. 1823) Fed
1 May 1823 - 1829
Josiah P.
Quincy
(b. 1772 - d. 1864) Fed
6 Jan 1829 - 1832
Harrison Gray
Otis
(b. 1765 - d. 1848) Fed
2 Jan 1832 - 1834
Charles B.
Wells
(b. 1786 - d. 1866) NR
6 Jan 1834 - 1836
Theodore
Lyman,
Jr.
(b. 1792 - d. 1849) Dem
4 Jan 1836 - 1837
Samuel Turell
Armstrong
(b. 1784 - d. 1850) Whg
2 Jan 1837 - 1840
Samuel Atkins
Eliot
(b. 1798 - d. 1862) Whg
6 Jan 1840 - 1843
Jonathan
Chapman
(b. 1807 - d. 1848) Whg
2 Jan 1843 - 1845
Martin
Brimmer
(b. 1793 - d. 1847) Whg
6 Jan 1845 - 22 Nov 1845 Thomas Aspinwall
Davis
(b. 1798 - d. 1845) NatAm
22 Nov 1845 - 11 Dec 1845 Benson Leavitt
(acting)
(b. 1797 - d. 1869) Dem
11 Dec 1845 -
1848
Josiah P. Quincy,
Jr.
(b. 1802 - d. 1882) Whg
1 Jan 1849 - 1852
John Prescott
Bigelow
(b. 1797 - d. 1872) Whg
5 Jan 1852 - 1854
Benjamin
Seaver
(b. 1795 - d. 1856) Whg
2 Jan 1854 - 1856
Jerome van
Crowninshield Smith (b. 1800 -
d. 1789) NatAm
7 Jan 1856 - 1858
Alexander
Hamilton
Rice
(b. 1818 - d. 1895) Rep
4 Jan 1858 - 1861
Frederick
Walker Lincoln, Jr. (b.
1817 - d. 1898) Non-party
(1st time)
7 Jan 1861 - 1863
Joseph Milner
Wightman
(b. 1812 - d. 1885) Dem
5 Jan 1863 - 1867
Frederick
Walker Lincoln, Jr.
(s.a.)
Rep
(2nd time)
7 Jan 1867 - 1868
Otis
Norcross
(b. 1811 - d. 1882) Rep
6 Jan 1868 - 1871
Nathaniel
Bradstreet Shortleff (b. 1810 -
d. 1874) Dem
2 Jan 1871 -
1872
William
Gaston
(b. 1820 - d. 1894) Dem
6 Jan 1873 - 1873
Henry Lillie
Pierce (1st time) (b. 1825 - d.
1896) Non-party
1873 - 1874
Leonard R. Cutter
(interim) (b.
1825 - d. 1894) Non-party
5 Jan 1874 - 1877
Samuel
Crocker
Cobb
(b. 1826 - d. 1891) Non-party
1 Jan 1877 - 1878
Frederick
Octavius
Prince
(b. 1818 - d. 1899) Dem
(1st time)
7 Jan 1878 - 1879
Henry Lillie
Pierce (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Non-party
6 Jan 1879 - 1882
Frederick
Octavius
Prince
(s.a.)
Dem
(2nd time)
2 Jan 1882 - 1882
Samuel Abbott
Green
(b. 1830 - d. 1919) Rep
1 Jan 1883 - 1884
Albert
Palmer
(b. 1831 - d. 1887) Dem
7 Jan 1884 - 1885
Augustus
Pearl
Martin
(b. 1835 - d. 1902) Rep
5 Jan 1885 - 1889
Hugh
O'Brien
(b. 1827 - d. 1895) Dem
7 Jan 1889 - 1891
Thomas N.
Hart (1st
time)
(b. 1829 - d. 1927) Rep
1891 -
1894
Nathan Matthews,
Jr.
(b. 1854 - d. 1927) Dem
1895 - 1896
Edwin Upton
Curtis
(b. 1861 - d. 1922) Rep
1896 - 1900
Josiah
Quincy
(b. 1859 - d. 1919) Dem
1900 -
1902
Thomas N. Hart (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Rep
1902 - 14 Sep
1905
Patrick Andrew
Collins
(b. 1844 - d. 1905) Dem
14 Sep 1905 - 1906
Daniel A.
Whelton
(acting)
(b. 1872 - d. 1953) Non-party
1906 -
1907
John Francis Fitzgerald (1st time) (b. 1863 - d.
1950) Dem
1908 -
1910
George Albee
Hibbard
(b. 1864 - d. 1910) Rep
1910 - 1914
John Francis Fitzgerald (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
1914 - 1918
James Michael Curley (1st time) (b.
1874 - d. 1958) Dem
1918 -
1922
Andrew James
Peters
(b. 1872 - d. 1938) Dem
1922 - 1926
James Michael Curley (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
1926 - 1930
Malcolm E.
Nichols
(b. 1876 - d. 1950) Rep
1930 - 1934
James Michael Curley (3rd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
1934 - Jan
1938
Frederick William
Mansfield (b.
1877 - d. 1958) Dem
Jan 1938 - 4 Jan 1945
Maurice Joseph
Tobin
(b. 1901 - d. 1953) Dem
4 Jan 1945 - 7 Jan
1946 John E. Kerrigan
(acting)
(b. 1906 - d. 1973) Dem
7 Jan 1946 - 2 Jan
1950 James Michael Curley (4th
time)
(s.a.)
Dem
(jailed 26 Jun - 26 Nov 1947)
26 Jun 1947 - 26 Nov 1947 John B.
Hynes (acting for Curley) (b. 1897 - d.
1970) Dem
2 Jan 1950 -
1960
John B.
Hynes
(s.a.)
Dem
1960 - 2 Jan
1968
John F.
Collins
(b. 1919 - d. 1995) Dem
2 Jan 1968 - 2 Jan
1984 Kevin Hagan
White
(b. 1929 - d. 2012) Dem
2 Jan 1984 - 12 Jul 1993
Raymond L.
Flynn
(b.
1939)
Dem
12 Jul 1993 - 6 Jan 2014
Thomas M.
Menino
(b. 1942 - d. 2014) Dem
6 Jan 2014 - 22 Mar 2021
Martin "Marty" J.
Walsh
(b. 1967) Dem
22 Mar 2021 - 16 Nov 2021 Kim M.
Janey (f) (acting)
(b.
1965)
Dem
16 Nov 2021
-
Michelle Wu
(f)
(b. 1985)
Dem
Buffalo
Adopted 7 May 1924
|
1801
Settlement begun (named Lake Erie, later Buffalo Creek).
8 Feb
1810
Town of Buffalo
2 Apr
1813
Village of Buffalo
30 Dec
1813
Captured and burned by the British.
20 Apr
1832
City of Buffalo incorporated.
3 Sep 1888 - 14 Sep 1888 International
Industrial Fair.
1 May 1901 - 2 Nov 1901 Pan-American
Exposition.
Mayors
28 May 1832 - 12 Mar 1833 Ebenezer Johnson (1st
time) (b. 1786
- d. 1849) D-R
12 Mar 1833 - Mar 1834 Major
Andre
Andrews
(b. 1792 - d. 1834)
Mar 1834 - 10 Mar 1835
Ebenezer Johnson (2nd
time) (s.a.)
D-R
10 Mar 1835 - Mar 1836 Hiram
Pratt (1st
time)
(b. 1800 - d. 1840) Whg
Mar 1836 - 14 Mar 1837 Samuel
Wilkeson
(b. 1781 - d. 1848) Whg
14 Mar 1837 - 21 Dec 1837 Josiah
Trowbridge
(b. 1785 - d. 1862) Whg
21 Dec 1837 - 13 Mar 1838 Pierre Augustus
Barker
(b. 1790 - d. 1870) D-R
(acting to 5 Jan 1838)
13 Mar 1838 - 5 Mar 1839 Ebenezer
Walden
(b. 1777 - d. 1857) Whg
5 Mar 1839 - Mar 1840
Hiram Pratt (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Whg
Mar 1840 - 9 Mar 1841
Sheldon
Thompson
(b. 1785 - d. 1851) Whg
9 Mar 1841 - 8 Mar 1842 Isaac R.
Harrington
(b. 1789 - d. 1851) Whg
8 Mar 1842 - 13 Mar 1843 George William
Clinton
(b. 1807 - d. 1885) Dem
13 Mar 1843 - 12 Mar 1844 Joseph Griffiths
Masten (1st time) (b. 1809 - d. 1871) Dem
12 Mar 1844 - 10 Mar 1845 William
Ketchum
(b. 1798 - d. 1876) Whg
10 Mar 1845 - 10 Mar 1846 Joseph Griffiths
Masten (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
10 Mar 1846 - 9 Mar 1847 Solomon George
Haven
(b. 1810 - d. 1861) Whg
9 Mar 1847 - Jan 1848
Elbridge G.
Spaulding
(b. 1809 - d. 1897) Whg
Jan 1848 - 13 Mar 1849 Orlando
Allen
(b. 1803 - d. 1874) Whg
(acting to 14 Mar 1848)
13 Mar 1849 - 12 Mar 1850 Hiram Barton (1st
time)
(b. 1810 - d. 1880) Whg
12 Mar 1850 - 11 Mar 1851 Henry Kendall
Smith
(b. 1811 - d. 1854) Dem
11 Mar 1851 - 9 Mar 1852 James
Wadsworth
(b. 1819 - d. 1891) Dem
9 Mar 1852 - 8 Mar 1853 Hiram Barton
(2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Whg
8 Mar 1853 - 7 Jan 1856 Eli
Cook
(b. 1814 - d. 1865) Dem
7 Jan 1856 - 4 Jan 1858 Frederick P.
Stevens
(b. 1810 - d. 1866) Dem;1857 Rep
4 Jan 1858 - 2 Jan 1860 Timothy T.
Lockwood
(b. 1810 - d. 1870) Dem
2 Jan 1860 - 6 Jan 1862 Franklin
Augustus
Alberger
(b. 1825 - d. 1877) Rep
6 Jan 1862 - 3 Jan 1866 William G.
Fargo
(b. 1818 - d. 1881) Dem
3 Jan 1866 - 6 Jan 1868 Chandler
Wells
(b. 1814 - d. 1887) Rep
6 Jan 1868 - 3 Jan 1870 William F.
Rogers
(b. 1820 - d. 1899) Dem
3 Jan 1870 - 4 Jan 1874 Alexander
Brush (1st
time)
(b. 1824 - d. 1892) Rep
4 Jan 1874 - 3 Jan 1876 Louis P.
Dayton
(b. 1821 - d. 1900) Dem
3 Jan 1876 - 7 Jan 1878 Philip
Becker (1st
time)
(b. 1830 - d. 1898) Rep
7 Jan 1878 - 5 Jan 1879 Solomon
Scheu
(b. 1822 - d. 1888) Rep
5 Jan 1880 - 2 Jan 1882 Alexander
Brush (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Rep
2 Jan 1882 - 20 Nov 1882 Stephen Grover
Cleveland
(b. 1837 - d. 1908) Dem
20 Nov 1882 - 29 Dec 1882 Marcus Mortier Drake
(interim) (b. 1835 - d.
1907) Rep
29 Dec 1882 - 16 Jan 1883 Harmon S.
Cutting
(b. 1830 - d. 1884) Dem
(mayor pro-tem)
16 Jan 1883 - 31 Dec 1883 John Baker
Manning
(b. 1833 - d. 1908) Dem
1 Jan 1884 - 31 Dec 1885 Jonathan
Scoville
(b. 1834 - d. 1891) Dem
1 Jan 1886 - 31 Dec 1889 Philip Becker
(2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Rep
1 Jan 1890 - 31 Dec 1894 Charles F.
Bishop
(b. 1844 - d. 1913) Dem
1 Jan 1895 - 31 Dec 1897 Edgar B.
Jewett
(b. 1843 - d. 1924) Rep
1 Jan 1898 - 31 Dec 1901 Conrad
Diehl
(b. 1843 - d. 1918) Rep
1 Jan 1902 - 31 Dec 1905 Erastus C.
Knight
(b. 1857 - d. 1923) Rep
1 Jan 1906 - 31 Dec 1909 James N.
Adam
(b. 1842 - d. 1912) Dem
1 Jan 1910 - 31 Dec 1917 Louis P.
Fuhrmann
(b. 1868 - d. 1931) Dem
1 Jan 1918 - 31 Dec 1921 George Sturgess
Buck
(b. 1875 - d. 1931) Rep
1 Jan 1922 - 31 Dec 1929 Frank Xavier
Schwab
(b. 1874 - d. 1946) Rep
1 Jan 1930 - 31 Dec 1933 Charles Edward
Roesch
(b. 1886 - d. 1936) Rep
1 Jan 1934 - 31 Dec 1937 George J.
Zimmerman
(b. 1882 - d. 1938) Dem
1 Jan 1938 - 31 Dec 1941 Thomas Leslie
Holling
(b. 1889 - d. 1966) Dem
1 Jan 1942 - 31 Dec 1945 Joseph James
Kelly
(b. 1897 - d. 1963) Dem
1 Jan 1946 - 31 Dec 1949 Bernard J.
Dowd
(b. 1891 - d. 1971) Rep
1 Jan 1950 - 31 Dec 1953 Joseph
Mruk
(b. 1903 - d. 1995) Rep
1 Jan 1954 - 31 Dec 1957 Steven
Pankow
(b. 1908 - d. 1993) Dem
1 Jan 1958 - 31 Dec 1961 Frank Albert
Sedita (1st time) (b. 1907 - d.
1975) Dem
1 Jan 1962 - 31 Dec 1965 Chester A.
Kowal
(b. 1904 - d. 1966) Rep
1 Jan 1966 - 5 Mar 1973 Frank Albert
Sedita (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
5 Mar 1973 - 31 Dec 1977 Stanley M.
Makowski
(b. 1923 - d. 1981) Dem
(interim to 1 Jan 1974)
1 Jan 1978 - 31 Dec 1993 James "Jimmy"
Donald Griffin (b.
1929 - d. 2008) Dem
1 Jan 1994 - 31 Dec 2005 Anthony M.
Masiello
(b.
1947)
Dem
1 Jan 2006
-
Byron William
Brown
(b.
1958)
Dem
Burlington
1990 - 31 Dec 2017
|
Adopted 31 Dec 2017
|
7 Jun 1763
Burlington charter granted by the
governor of New Hampshire.
1773 - 1775
Settlement beings, but is abandoned in 1775.
4 Jun 1777
Part of State of
Vermont (recognized by New Hampshire in 1782
and New York in 1790).
1783
Permanent settlement commences.
22 Oct 1787
Becomes the seat of Chittenden
County.
19 Mar
1797
Burlington organized as a town.
14 Oct 1802 - 12 Nov 1802 Vermont
legislature held its session in Burlington.
2 Aug 1813
British forces from Canada
shell Burlington, but the 10 minute
cannonade causes no casualties.
21 Feb 1865
Burlington chartered as a city.
Mayors
21 Feb 1865 - 1 Apr 1866 Albert L. Catlin
(b. c.1809 - d. 1884)Rep
2 Apr 1866 - 6 Apr 1868 Torrey Eglesby
Wales (1st time) (b. 1820 - d. 1902)
Rep
7 Apr 1868 - 2 Apr 1870 Phineas D.
Ballou
(b. 1821 - d. 1901) Rep
3 Apr 1807 - 6 Oct 1870 Daniel Chipman
"D.C." Linsley (b. 1827 - d.
1889) Dem
6 Oct 1870 - 2 Apr 1871 Torrey Eglesby
Wales (2nd time) (s.a.)
Rep
3 Apr 1871 - 5 Apr 1874 Luther C.
Dodge
(b. 1821 - d. 1901) Rep
6 Apr 1874 - 2 Apr 1876 Calvin H.
Blodgett
(b. 1827 - d. 1919) Dem
3 Apr 1876 - 1 Apr 1883 Joseph D.
Hatch
(b. 1811 - d. 1898) Rep
2 Apr 1883 - 5 Apr 1885 George H.
Morse
(b. 1839 - d.
1905) Rep
6 Apr 1885 - 3 Apr 1887 Urban Andrain
Woodbury
(b. 1838 - d. 1915) Rep
4 Apr 1887 - 31 Mar 1889 William Wirt Henry
(b. 1831 - d. 1915) Rep
1 Apr 1889 - 5 Apr 1891 William A.
Crombie
(b. 1844 - d. 1914) Rep
6 Apr 1891 - 2 Apr 1894 Seneca
Haselton
(b. 1848 - d. 1921) Dem
3 Apr 1894 - 5 Apr 1896 William J. Van
Patten
(b.
1848 - d. 1920) Rep
6 Apr 1896 - 4 Apr 1898 Hamilton S.
Peck
(b. 1845 - d. 1933) Rep
4 Apr 1898 - 3 Apr 1899 Elliot M.
Sutton
(b. 1841 - d. 1908) Dem
3 Apr 1899 - 31 Mar 1901 Robert Roberts (1st
time) (b. 1848 - d.
1939) Rep
1 Apr 1901 - 31 May 1903 Donly C. Hawley
(b. 1855 - d. 1926) Rep
1 Jun 1903 - 31 Mar 1907 James Edmund Burke
(1st time) (b. 1849 - d. 1943)
PP
1 Apr 1907 - 4 Apr 1909 Walter J.
Bigelow
(b. 1865 - d. 1935) Rep
5 Apr 1909 - 2 Apr 1911 James Edmund
Burke (2nd time) (s.a.)
PP
3 Apr 1911 - 6 Apr 1913 Robert Roberts
(2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Rep
7 Apr 1913 - 4 Apr 1915 James Edmund
Burke (3rd time)
(s.a.)
Pro
5 Apr 1915 - 1 Apr 1917 Albert S. Drew
(b. 1843 - d. 1920) Rep
2 Apr 1917 - 5 Apr 1925 John Holmes
Jackson
(b. 1871 - d. 1944) Dem
6 Apr 1925 - 31 Mar 1929 Clarence H. Beecher
(b. 1877 - d. 1959) Rep
1 Apr 1929 - 2 Apr 1933 John Holmes
Jackson (2nd time) (s.a.)
Dem
3 Apr 1933 - 31 Mar 1935 James Edmund Burke
(4th time)
(s.a.)
Pro
1 Apr 1935 - 5 Jun 1939 Louis F. Dow
(b. 1892 - d.
1964) Rep
5 Jun 1939 - 31 May 1948 John J. Burns
(b. 1894 - d. 1984) Dem
1 Jun 1948 - 2 Jun 1957 John Edward
Moran
(b. 1897 - d. 1962) Dem
(acting
to 5 Jun 1949)
3 Jun 1957 - 1 Jun 1959 Claude Douglas
Cairns
(b. 1914 - d. 1985) Rep
1 Jun 1959 - 5 Jun 1961 James E.
Fitzpatrick
(b. 1908 - d. 1967) Dem
5 Jun 1961 - 3 Jun 1963 Robert K. Bing
(b. 1930 - d. 2023) Rep
3 Jun 1963 - 7 Jun 1965 Edward A.
Keenan
(b. 1894 - d. 1970) Rep
7 Jun 1965 - 5 Apr 1971 Francis J.
Cain
(b. 1922 - d. 2019) Dem
5 Apr 1971 - 6 Apr 1981 Gordon H.
Paquette
(b. 1916 - d. 1995) Dem
6 Apr 1981 - 6 Apr 1989 Bernard
"Bernie" Sanders
(b. 1941)
Ind;+ 1981
VTP
4 Apr 1989 - 5 Apr 1993 Peter A.
Clavelle (1st time) (b. 1949)
VTP
5 Apr 1993 - 3 Apr 1995 Peter C.
Brownell
(b. 1948)
Rep
3 Apr 1995 - 1 Apr 2006 Peter A.
Clavelle (2nd time) (s.a.)
VTP
1 Apr 2006 - 1 Apr 2012 Robert "Bob"
Kiss
(b.
1947) VTP
2 Apr 2012 - 1 Apr 2024 Miro
Weinberger
(b. 1970)
Dem
1 Apr 2024 -
Emma Mulvaney-Stanak
(f)
(b. 1980)
VTP
Charleston
(South Carolina)
1882 - c.1952
|
c.1952 - 1990's
|
Adopted 1990's
|
Variant |
Apr
1670
Charles Town founded as capital of Carolina.
12 May 1780 - 14 Dec 1782 British occupation.
13 Aug
1783
City incorporated, renamed Charleston.
4 Jan
1790
South Carolina capital is moved to Columbia.
10 Jul 1863 - 18 Feb 1865 Federal siege of
Charleston.
18 Feb 1865 - 10 Nov 1868 U.S. federal occupation.
1 Dec 1901 - 20 Jun 1902 South Carolina
Inter-State and West Indian Exposition.
12 Jun 1972
North Charleston incorporated as a separate
city.
Intendants
11 Sep 1783 - 12 Sep 1785 Richard Huston
(b. 1748 - d. 1795)
12 Sep 1785 - 11 Sep 1786 Arnoldus Vanderhorst
(1st time) (b. 1748 - d. 1815) Fed
11 Sep 1786 - 15 Sep 1788 John Faucherhaud Grimké
(b. 1752 - d.
1819) Fed
29 Sep 1788 - 7 Sep 1789 Rawlins Lowndes
(b. 1721 - d. 1800) anti-Fed
7 Sep 1789 - 13 Sep 1790 Thomas Jones
(b. 1735 - d. 1836)
13 Sep 1790 - 10 Sep 1792 Arnoldus Vanderhorst
(2nd time) (s.a.)
Fed
10 Sep 1792 - 22 Sep 1794 John Huger
(b. 1744 - d. 1804) Fed
22 Sep 1794 - 26 Sep 1795 John Bee Holmes
(b. 1760 - d. 1827)
26 Sep 1795 - 11 Sep 1797 John Edwards
(b. 1760 - d. 1798)
11 Sep 1797 - 9 Sep 1799 Henry William
DeSaussure (b. 1763 -
d. 1839) Fed
9 Sep 1799 - 14 Sep 1801 Thomas Roper
(b. 1760 - d. 1829) Fed
14 Sep 1801 - 13 Sep 1802 John Ward
(b. 1767 - d. 1816)
13 Sep 1802 - 12 Sep 1803 David Deas
(b. 1771 - d. 1822) Fed
12 Sep 1803 - 10 Sep 1804 John Drayton
(b. 1766 - d. 1822) D-R
10 Sep 1804 - 9 Sep 1805 Thomas Winstanley
(b. 1755 - d. 1832)
9 Sep 1805 - 8 Sep 1806 Charles B.
Cochran
(b. 1766 - d. 1833) Fed
8 Sep 1806 - Jul 1808 John
Dawson, Jr.
(b. 1765 - d. 1823) Fed
22 Jul 1808 - 12 Sep 1808 Benjamin Boyd
(interim) (b.
c.1752 - d. 1811)
12 Sep 1808 - 10 Sep 1810 William Rouse
(b. 1756 - d. 1829) D-R
10 Sep 1810 - 21 Sep 1812 Thomas H. McCalla
(b. 1760 - d. 1813) D-R
21 Sep 1812 - 20 Sep 1813 Thomas Bennett,
Jr.
(b. 1781 - d. 1865) D-R
20 Sep 1813 - Mar 1815 Thomas Rhett
Smith
(b. 1768 - d. 1829) Fed
30 Mar 1815 - 15 Sep 1817 Elias Horry (1st time)
(b. 1773
- d. 1834) D-R
(interim
to 18 Sep 1815)
15 Sep 1817 - Dec 1818 John Geddes
(1st time) (b.
1777 - d. 1828) D-R
11 Jan 1819 - 4 Sep 1819 Daniel Stevens
(b. 1746 - d. 1835) D-R
4 Sep 1820 - 3 Sep 1821 Elias
Horry (2nd time)
(s.a.)
D-R
3 Sep 1821 - Dec 1822
James Hamilton,
Jr.
(b. 1786 - d. 1857) D-R
6 Jan 1823 - 6 Sep 1824 John Geddes
(2nd time)
(s.a.)
D-R
6 Sep 1824 - 25 Sep 1825 Samuel Prioleau
(b. 1784 - d. 1840) Fed
25 Sep 1825 - 3 Sep 1827 Joseph Johnson
(b. 1776 - d. 1862) Whg
3 Sep 1827 - 7 Sep 1829 John Gadsden
(b. 1787 - d. 1831)
7 Sep 1829 - 6 Sep 1830 Henry
Laurens Pinckney (1st time) (b. 1794 - d.
1863) Dem
6 Sep 1830 - 5 Sep 1831 James R.
Pringle
(b. 1782 - d. 1840) Dem
5 Sep 1831 - 2 Sep 1833 Henry
Laurens Pinckney (2nd time) (s.a.)
Dem
2 Sep 1833 - 5 Sep 1836 Edward W.
North
(b. 1778 - d. 1843)
Mayors
5 Sep 1836 - Sep 1837 Robert Young
Hayne
(b. 1791 - d. 1839) Dem
4 Sep 1837 - Sep 1840 Henry
Laurens Pinckney
(s.a.)
Dem
7 Sep 1840 - 15 Mar 1842 Jacob F. Mintzing
(d. 1842)
Dem
4 Apr 1842 - Sep 1846 John
Schnierle (1st time)
(b. 1808 - d. 1869) Dem
7 Sep 1846 - Sep 1850 Thomas
Leger Hutchinson (1st time) (b. 1812 - d. 1883)
Dem
2 Sep 1850 - Sep 1852 John
Schnierle (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
1 Sep 1852 - Nov 1855
Thomas Leger Hutchinson (2nd time) (s.a.)
Dem
7 Nov 1855 -
1857
William Porcher
Miles
(b. 1822 - d. 1899) Dem
4 Nov 1857 - Nov 1865 Charles
MacBeth
(b. 1805 - d.
1881) Dem
1 Nov 1865 - Oct 1867
Peter Charles Gaillard
(b. 1812 - d. 1889) Dem
Oct 1867 - 6 Mar 1868 William
W. Burns
(b. 1825 - d. 1892) Mil
(military governor)
7 Mar 1868 - 6 Jul 1868 Milton
Cogswell (provisional)
(b. 1825 - d. 1882) Mil
6 Jul 1868 - May 1869 George W.
Clark
(b. 1833 - d. 1898) Mil/Rep
May 1869 - Aug
1871 Gilbert
Pillsbury
(b. 1813 - d. 1893) Rep
2 Aug 1871 - Oct 1873
Johann Andreas Wagener
(b. 1816 - d. 1876) Dem
1 Oct 1873 - Dec
1877 George I. Cunningham
(b. 1835 - d.
1902) Rep
11 Dec 1877 - Dec 1879
William W. Sale
(b. 1819 - d.
19..) Dem
9 Dec 1879 - Dec
1887 William Ashmead Courtenay
(b. 1831 - d.
1909) Dem
13 Dec 1887 - Dec 1891
George D. Bryan
(b. 1845 - d.
1919) Dem
8 Dec 1891 - Dec
1895 John F. Ficken
(b. 1843 - d. 1925) Dem
10 Dec 1895 - Dec 1903
James Adger Smyth
(b. 1837 - d. 1920) Dem
8 Dec 1903 - Dec 1911
Robert Goodwyn Rhett
(b. 1862 - d.
1939) Dem
12 Dec 1911 - Dec 1915
John P. Grace (1st time)
(b. 1874 - d. 1940) Dem
14 Dec 1915 - Dec 1919
Tristram Tupper Hyde
(b. 1862 - d.
1931) Dem
2 Dec 1919 - Dec
1923 John P. Grace (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
11 Dec 1923 - Dec 1931 Thomas
Porcher Stoney
(b. 1889 - d. 1978) Dem
8 Dec 1931 - 27 Dec 1938 Burnet Rhett
Maybank
(b. 1899 - d. 1954) Dem
27 Dec 1938 - 5 Jun 1944 Henry
Whilden Lockwood
(b. 1891 - d. 1944) Dem
13 Jun 1944 - Dec 1947 E.
Edward Wehman, Jr.
(b. 1891 - d. 1964) Dem
9 Dec 1947 - Dec
1959 William McGillivray
Morrison (b. 1903 - d. 1960)
Dem
11 Dec 1959 - 19 Aug 1975 J. Palmer Gaillard, Jr.
(b. 1920 - d. 2006) Dem
19 Aug 1975 - 15 Dec 1975 Arthur B. Schirmer,
Jr.
(b. 1933 - d. 2008) Dem
15 Dec 1975 - 11 Jan 2016 Joseph P. Riley,
Jr.
(b.
1943)
Dem
11 Jan 2016 - 8 Jan 2023 John J. Tecklenburg
(b. 1955) Dem
8 Jan 2024 -
William S. Cogswell, Jr.
(b. 1975)
Rep
U.S. Military Commanders of the Northern District,
Department of the South
18 Feb 1865 - 26 Feb 1865 Alexander
Schimmelfennig
(b. 1824 - d. 1865) Mil
26 Feb 1865 - 27 Jun 1865 John Porter
Hatch
(b. 1822 - d. 1901) Mil
U.S. Military Commanders of the District
of Charleston, Department of South Carolina
1865 -
1866
Charles Devens
(b. 1820 - d.
1891) Mil
1866 - 1867
...
1867 - 1868
William W.
Burns
(s.a.)
Mil
Charleston
(West Virginia)
Adopted 1970
|
1788
First permanent settlement,
Fort Lee, is built.
19 Dec 1794
Virginia General Assembly officially
establishes Charlestown.
19 Jan
1818
"Charlestown" is shortened to "Charleston."
20 Jun 1861 - 20 Jun 1863 Administered by pro-Union
"Restored Government of Virginia."
13 Sep 1862 - 30 Oct 1862 Confederate forces occupy
Charleston.
20 Jun 1863
Part of state of West Virginia.
1870 -
1875
Capital of West Virginia.
1885
Charleston the permanent state
capital.
1 Jul
1907
City of Charleston granted a new charter.
Mayors
1861
Jacob Goshorn
(b. 1818 - d. 1905)
(elected, but did not serve)
1862 -
1863
John A. Truslow
(b. 1813 - d. ....)
1863 -
1864
John Williams (1st time)
1864 -
1866
George Ritter
1866 -
1868
John W. Wingfield
1868 - 20 Apr 1871
Henry Clay
Dickinson
(b. 1830 - d. 1871) Dem
1871 -
1872
John P. Hale
(b. 1824 - d. 1902)
1872
John Williams (2nd time)
1872 -
1874
Charles Philip Snyder
(b. 1847 - d. 1915) Dem
1874 - 1876
John D. White
1876 -
1878
John Christopher Ruby
II
(b. 1838 - d. 19..) Dem
1878 -
1880
C.J. Botkin
1880 -
1882
R.R. Delaney
1882 -
1884
John Dunbar
Baines
(b. 1844 - d. 1910)
1884 -
1888
James Hall
Huling
(b. 1844 - d. 1918) Rep
1888 -
1890
Joseph L. Fry
(b. 1851 - d.
1927) Dem
1890 -
1892
James B. Pemberton
1892 -
1894
E.W. Staunton
1894 -
1898
Julius A. de Gruyter
(b. 1864 - d. 1938)
1898 - 28 May
1900 W.
Herman
Smith
(b. 1862 - d. 1900) Rep
May 1900 - 18 Mar 1901 John B.
Floyd
(b. 1854 - d. 1935)
18 Mar 1901 -
1904
George S. Morgan
1904 - 1905
C. Ellsworth
Rudesill
(b. 1861 - d. 1944) Rep
1905 -
1907
John A. Jarrett
1907 -
1911
James Avis
Holley
(b. 1855 - d. 1924) Dem
1911 - 191.
....
191. -
1918
George A. McQueen
(b. 1879 - d. 1927) Dem
1918 -
1919
Robert Logan Walker
(b. 1872 - d. 19..) Dem
1919 -
1923
Grant P. Hall
(b. 1865 - d.
19..) Rep
1923 -
1931
William Wesley
Wertz
(b. 1879 - d. 1956) Rep
1931 -
1934
Rugeley "Rip" Pierson DeVan (b.
1885 - d. 1938) Rep
1935 -
1947
Daniel Boone
Dawson
(b. 1897 - d. 1975) Rep
1947 -
1951
Robert Carl Andrews
(b. 1889 - d. 1968) Dem
1951 - 13 Aug
1959 John
T.
Copenhaver
(b. 1898 - d. 1959) Rep
18 Aug 1959 -
1967 John
A. Shanklin
(b. 1891 - d. 1979) Rep
1967 -
1971
Elmer Helsley
Dodson
(b. 1918 - d. 1982) Rep
1971 -
1980
John Guiher Hutchinson
(b. 1935)
Dem
1980 -
1983
Joe F.
Smith
(b. 1918 - d. 2013) Dem
1983 - Nov
1987
James E. "Mike"
Roark
(b. 1945) Rep
1987 -
1991
Charles R. "Chuck" Gardner (b.
1926 - d. 2006) Rep
1991 -
1995
Kent Strange Hall, Sr.
(b. 1928 - d. 2020) Rep
1995 -
1999
G. Kemp Melton
(b. 1929)
Dem
1999 -
2003
Jay Goldman
(b. 1943?)
Dem
1 Jun 2003 - 7 Jan 2019 Danny Boyd
Jones
(b. 1950) Rep;17-6-2016
Ind
7 Jan 2019
-
Amy Shuler Goodwin (f)
(b. 1971)
Dem
Charlotte
Adopted 6 May 1929
|
Adopted 1985 Government Service Flag
|
1751
Settlement begins.
7 Nov
1768
City incorporated (Charlotte Town).
7 May 1865 - 4 Jul 1868 U.S. federal
occupation.
Chairmen of the Board of Commissioners
22 Jun 1816 - 1 Apr 1824
William Smith (1st time)
1 Apr 1824 - 7 Mar 1825 Samuel
Henderson
7 Mar 1825 - 6 Mar 1826 David R.
Dunlap (1st time)
6 Mar 1826 - 5 Mar 1827 William Smith
(2nd time)
5 Mar 1827 - 12 Apr 1828 William Davidson
12 Apr 1828 - 5 Mar 1832 William Smith (3rd
time)
5 Mar 1832 - 3 Mar 1834 John M.
Slaughter
3 Mar 1834 - 17 Mar 1835 J.R. Hutchinson
17 Mar 1835 - 10 Mar 1836 David R. Dunlap (2nd
time)
10 Mar 1836 - 4 Aug 1837 James T. Asbury
7 Aug 1837 - 11 Mar 1839 J.D. Boyd
11 Mar 1839 - 9 Mar 1840 Alexander Graham
(1st time)
9 Mar 1840 - 25 Mar 1841 Dan Graham
25 Mar 1841 - 25 Mar 1842 W.B. Williams
25 Mar 1842 - 28 Mar 1843 Alexander
Graham (2nd time)
28 Mar 1843 - 22 Mar 1844 J.H. Wilson (1st time)
22 Mar 1844 - 12 Mar 1845 James H. Orr
12 Mar 1845 - 8 Mar 1847 J.H. Wilson (2nd
time)
8 Mar 1847 - 9 Mar 1849 Robert F.
Davidson
9 Mar 1849 - 5 Mar 1850 S.P. Alexander
5 Mar 1850 - 21 Jan 1851 William K.
Reid
21 Jan 1851 - 23 Jan 1851 B. Oates
23 Jan 1851 - 25 Apr 1851 R.H. Brawly
Intendants
25 Apr 1851 - 17 Jan 1852 William K. Reid
17 Jan 1852 - 10 Jan 1853 Alexander Graham
10 Jan 1853 - 9 Jan 1854 William F.
Davidson
Mayors
1854 -
1857
William F. Davidson (1st time)
(b. 1810 - d. 1887)
1857 -
1859
David Parks
1859 -
1861
Jennings B.
Kerr
(b. 1820 - d. 1865)
1861 - 8 Feb
1862
William A. Owens
(b. 1833 - d. 1864)
8 Feb 1862 - 11 Jan 1864 Robert F.
Davidson
(pro-tem to 1863)
1864 -
1865
Samuel A. Harris (1st time)
(b. 1813 - d 1870)
23 Jun 1865 - 8 Jan 1866 Henry M.
Pritchard (1st time)
1866 -
1867
Samuel A. Harris (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1 Aug 1868 - 22 Dec 1868 Henry M.
Pritchard (2nd time)
22 Dec 1868 - 5 Jan 1869 Frederick W.
Ahrens
(b. 1833 - d. 1916)
5 Jan 1869 - 1 May 1871 Clement
Dowd
(b. 1832 - d. 1898) Dem
1871 -
1873
John A.
Young
Con
7 May 1873 - 5 May 1875 William F.
Davidson (2nd time) (s.a.)
5 May 1875 - 5 May 1878 William
Johnston (1st time) (b. 1817
- d. 1896) Ind
6 May 1878 - 5 May 1879 Benjamin
Rush Smith
(b. 1840 - d. 1911)
5 May 1879 - 3 May 1880 Frank I.
Osborne
(b. 1853 - d. 1920) Dem
3 May 1880 - 7 May 1883 Frederick S.
DeWolfe
(b. 1831 - d. 1919) Dem
7 May 1883 - 4 May 1885 William C.
Maxwell
(b. 1853 - d. 1914)
4 May 1885 - 3 May 1887 William
Johnston (2nd time) (s.a.)
Ind
3 May 1887 - 4 May 1891 Franklin
Brevard McDowell (b.
1849 - d. 1928)
4 May 1891 - 7 May 1895 Robert
Joseph Brevard
(b. 1850 - d. 1906)
1895 -
1897
James Henderson Weddington
(b. 1845 - d. 1922) Dem
1897 -
1899
Eli B. Spring
(b. 1852 - d. 1933)
1899 -
1901
Johnson D.
McCall
(b. 1862 - d. 1939) Dem
7 May 1901 - 1 May 1905 Peter
Marshall Brown
(b. 1859 - d. 1913) Dem
1905 -
1907
Samuel S. McNinch
(b. 1867 - d. 1929) Dem
1907 -
1909
Thomas S. Franklin
(b. 1863 - d. 1929) Dem
1909 -
1911
Thomas W. Hawkins
(b. 1845 - d. 1921) Dem
3 May 1911 - 5 May 1915 Charles A.
Bland
(b. 1872 - d. 1947) Dem
1915 -
1917
Thomas Leroy Kirkpatrick
(b. 1877 - d. 1946) Dem
1917 -
1920
Frank R. McNinch
(b. 1873 - d. 1950)
Dem
11 Oct 1920 - 4 May 1921 John M. Wilson
Dem
4 May 1921 - 4 Dec 1924 James O.
Walker
(b. 1879 - d. 1947) Dem
4 Dec 1924 - 1 Apr 1926 Harvey
Wilson
Moore
(b. 1884 - d. 1959) Dem
1 Apr 1926 - 4 May 1927 David M.
Abernethy
(b. 1874 - d. 1961) Dem
4 May 1927 - 8 May 1929 Francis
Marion Redd
(b. 1879 - d. 1956) Dem
8 May 1929 - 6 May 1931 George E.
Wilson, Jr.
(b. 1890 - d. 1957) Dem
6 May 1931 - 3 May 1933 Charles E.
Lambeth
(b. 1883 - d. 1948) Dem
1933 -
1935
Arthur H.
Wearn
(b. 1872 - d. 1956) Dem
8 May 1935 - 6 May 1941 Ben Elbert
Douglas,
Jr.
(b. 1894 - d. 1982) Dem
1941 -
1943
Ernest McArthur Currie
(b. 1892 - d. 1956) Dem
1943 -
1949
Herbert Hill Baxter
(b. 1894 - d. 1967) Dem
9 May 1949 - 11 May 1953 Victor B. Shaw
(b. 1888 - d. 1966) Dem
11 May 1953 - 13 May 1957 Philip L. Van Every
(b. 1913 - d. 1980) Dem
1957 -
1961
James Saxon Smith
(b. 1908 - d. 1982) Dem
1961 -
1969
Stanford "Stan" R. Brookshire (b.
1905 - d. 1990) Dem
May 1969 - Dec
1977 John
Montgomery Belk
(b. 1920 - d. 2007) Dem
1977 -
1979
Kenneth "Ken" R.
Harris
(b. 1935 - d. 2009) Rep
1979 -
1983
Haden Edward "Eddie" Knox
(b. 1937)
Dem
1983 -
1987
Harvey B.
Gantt
(b.
1943)
Dem
1987 -
1991
Sue Wilkins Myrick
(f)
(b.
1941)
Rep
1991 -
1995
Richard A.
Vinroot
(b.
1941)
Rep
1995 - 7 Dec 2009
Patrick "Pat"
McCrory
(b.
1956)
Rep
7 Dec 2009 - 1 Jul 2013 Anthony
Foxx
(b. 1971) Dem
1 Jul 2013 - 2 Dec 2013 Patsy Kinsey
(f)
(b.
1941)
Dem
2 Dec 2013 - 26 Mar 2014 Patrick D.
Cannon
(b. 1966) Dem
26 Mar 2014 - 9 Apr 2014 Michael D. Barnes
(acting) (b. 1973?)
Dem
9 Apr 2014 - 7 Dec 2015 Daniel "Dan"
G. Clodfelter (b. 1950)
Dem
7 Dec 2015 - 4 Dec 2017 Jennifer
Watson Roberts
(f) (b. 1960)
Dem
4 Dec 2017
-
Viola "Vi" Alexander Lyles (f)
(b.
1952)
Dem
Cheyenne
1967 - 1985
|
Adopted 1985 (officially 11 Jul
1994)
|
5 Jul 1867
Crow Creek Crossing townsite platted.
8 Aug 1867
Cheyenne incorporated as
a town.
7 May 1869
Becomes the capital of
Wyoming.
14 Dec
1877
Cheyenne incorporated as city.
Mayors
10 Aug 1867 - 30 Jan 1868 Hiram M. Hook
(b. c.1831 - d.1868)
30 Jan 1868 - Jan 1869 Luke Murrin
(b. 1836 - d. 1902) Dem
Jan 1869 - Dec
1869 Washington
W. Slaughter
Dec 1869 - Dec
1870 J.H. Martin
(city
council president)
Jan 1871 - Jan 1872 Jervis
Joslin
(b. 1835 - d. 1899)
(city council president)
Jan 1872 - Jan 1873
Mathew Sloan
(city council president)
Jan 1873 - Jan 1874
Martin Van Buren "M.V." Boughton (b.
1831 - d. 1916)
(city council president)
Jan 1874 - Jan 1875
George Carrels
(city council president)
Jan 1875 - Jan 1876
Ithamar Cyrus
Whipple
(b. 1839 - d. 1912)
(city council president)
Jan 1876 - Jan 1877
Lawrence R. Bresnahan
(1st time)
(city council president)
Jan 1877 - Jan 1878
Dwight Fisk
(b. 1839 - d. 1893)
Jan 1878 - Jan 1880
Lawrence R. Bresnahan (2nd time)
Jan 1880 - Jan
1881 F.E. Addoms
Jan 1881 - Jan
1885 Joseph
Maull
Carey
(b. 1845 - d. 1921) Rep
Jan 1885 - Mar
1885 Francis
Emroy Warren
(b. 1844 - d. 1929) Rep
Mar 1885 - Jan 1887
Alexander H. "Heck" Reel
(b. 1837 - d. 1900)
Dem
Jan 1887 - Jan 1891
Charles W. Riner (1st
time) (b. 1854 -
d. 1930) Rep
Jan 1891 - Jan 1893
Lawrence R. Bresnahan (3rd time)
Jan 1893 - Jan
1895 Edward F.
Stahle
(b. 1860 - d. 1925)
Jan 1895 - Jan
1897 Samuel
Merrill
(b. 1852 - d. ....) Rep
Jan 1897 - Feb 1901
William R.
Schnitger
(b. 1852 - d. 1929) Rep
Feb 1901 - Jan 1903
John Lawrence Murray
(b. 1848 - d. 1928) Dem
Jan 1903 - Dec
1904 Moses
Patrick Keefe
(b. 1853 - d. 1963) Rep
Dec 1904 - Jan 1907
Daniel Webster Gill (1st time) (b.
1856 - d. 1933) Dem
Jan 1907 - Jan
1910 Peter S.
Cook
(b. 1858 - d. 1944)
Jan 1910 - Jan 1913 Lawrence R.
Bresnahan (4th time)
Jan 1913 - Jan
1914 Daniel
Webster Gill (2nd time) (s.a.)
Dem
Jan 1914 - Jan 1918
Robert N. La Fontaine
(b. 1869 - d. 1941) Rep
Jan 1918 - Jan 1920
Edward W. Stone
(b. 1862 - d. 1937) Rep
Jan 1920 - Jan 1924 Edward "Ed"
P. Taylor
Jan 1924 - Jan 1926
Archie Allison (1st time)
(b. 1879 - d. 1964) Rep
Jan 1926 - Jan 1930
Charles W. Riner (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Rep
Jan 1930 - Jan 1932
Clarence "Cal"
Holliday
(b. 1886 - d. 1941)
Jan 1932 - Jan 1934 Jacob F.
Weybrecht
(d. 1973)
Jan 1934 - 1 Jan 1940 Archie
Allison (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Rep
1 Jan 1940 - 1 Jan 1944 Ed Warren (1st
time)
(b.c.1886/87-d.1963) Dem
1 Jan 1944 - Sep 1944
Ira L.
Hanna
(b. 1908 - d. 1974) Rep
Sep 1944 - Jan 1946 Bruce S.
Jones
(b. 1883 - d. 1981) Rep
Jan 1946 - Jan 1948
John J.
McInerney
(b. 1886 - d. 1952)
Jan 1948 - Mar
1951 Benjamin
"Ben" Grooms Nelson
(b. 1916? - d. ....)
Apr 1951 - May
1951 Edward
Gowdy
(b. 1883 - d. 1954)
21 Jun 1951 - 7 Jan 1952 Ed
Warren (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
Jan 1952 - Jan
1954 Robert E.
Cheever
(b. 1905 - d. 1982) Rep
Jan 1954 - Jan 1958
Val S. Christensen
(b. 1893 - d. 1975)
Jan 1958 - 2 Jan 1962 Worth Story
2 Jan 1962 - 1966
Charles William "Bil"
Nation (b. 1925 - d.
2022) Dem
(1st
time)
Jan 1966 - Jan 1968
Herbert George Kingham
(b. 1905 - d. 1999)
2 Jan 1968 - 11 Aug 1969 George R. Cox
(b. 1932 - d. 1969) Dem
Aug 1969 - Jan 1972
Floyd Holland
Rep
Jan 1972 - 2 Jan 1973 James
Daniel Van
Velzor
(b. 1922 - d. 2000)
2 Jan 1973 - 3 Jan 1977
Charles William "Bil"
Nation (s.a.)
Dem
(2nd time)
Jan 1977 - 1989
Donald "Don" L. Erickson
(b. 1937)
1989 - 1993
Gary N. Schaeffer
(b. 1948)
Rep
1993 -
2001
Leo
Pando
(b. 1945) Dem
2001 - Jan 2009
Jack R. Spiker
Jan 2009 - 3 Jan 2017 Richard
"Rick" L. Kaysen
(b. 1946)
3 Jan 2017 - 4 Jan 2021 Marian Orr (f)
(b.
1970)
Rep
4 Jan 2021
-
Patrick Collins
Ind
Chicago
2 Oct 1892 - 30 Oct 1893 Unofficial
|
4 Apr 1917 - 11 Oct 1933
|
11 Oct 1933 - 21 Dec 1939
|
Adopted 21 Dec 1939
|
17 Aug
1803
Fort Dearborn
12 Aug
1833
Town of Chicago incorporated.
4 Mar
1837
City charter granted.
8-10 Oct
1871
Great Chicago Fire destroys roughly 3.3 square miles of
the
city, killing about 300.
14 Jul
1874
Second Chicago fire destroys 47 acres, killing 20.
1 May 1893 - 30 Oct 1893 Chicago World's
Columbian Exposition.
27 May 1933 - 11 Oct 1934 Chicago World's Fair.
Presidents of the Board of Trustees
12 Aug 1833 - 11 Aug 1834 Thomas
Jefferson Vance
Owen (b. 1801
- d. 1835)
11 Aug 1834 - 2 May 1837 John Harris Kinzie
(b. 1803 - d. 1865) Whg
Mayors
2 May 1837 - 6 Mar 1838 William
Butler
Ogden
(b. 1805 - d. 1877) Dem
6 Mar 1838 - 7 Mar 1839 Buckner
Stith
Morris
(b. 1800 - d. 1879) Whg
7 Mar 1839 - 9 Mar 1840 Benjamin
Wright Raymond (1st time) (b. 1801 - d. 1883) Whg
9 Mar 1840 - 4 Mar 1841 Alexander
Loyd
(b. 1805 - d. 1871) Dem
4 Mar 1841 - 7 Mar 1842 Francis
Cornwall Sherman (1st time)(b. 1805 - d. 1870) Dem
7 Mar 1842 – 7 Mar 1843 Benjamin
Wright Raymond (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Whg
7 Mar 1843 – 2 Apr 1844 Augustus
Garrett (1st
time) (b. 1801
- d. 1848) Dem
2 Apr 1844 - 10 Mar 1845 Alson Smith
Sherman
(b. 1811 - d. 1903) Dem
10 Mar 1845 - 3 Mar 1846 Augustus Garrett
(2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
3 Mar 1846 – 9 Mar 1847 John Putnam
Chapin
(b. 1810 - d. 1864) Whg
9 Mar 1847 – 14 Mar 1848 James Curtiss
(1st
time)
(b. 1803 - d. 1859) Dem
14 Mar 1848 - 12 Mar 1850 James Hutchinson
Woodworth
(b. 1804 - d. 1869) Dem
12 Mar 1850 – 11 Mar 1851 James Curtiss (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Dem
11 Mar 1851 - 7 Mar 1853 Walter S.
Gurnee
(b. 1813 - d. 1903) Dem
7 Mar 1853 - 15 Mar 1854 Charles McNeill
Gray
(b. 1807 - d. 1885) Dem
15 Mar 1854 – 13 Mar 1855 Isaac Lawrence
Milliken
(b. 1815 - d. 1885) Dem
13 Mar 1855 - 11 Mar 1856 Levi Day
Boone
(b. 1808 - d. 1882) K-N
11 Mar 1856 - 10 Mar 1857 Thomas
Dyer
(b. 1805 - d. 1862) Dem
10 Mar 1857 - 2 Mar 1858 John Wentworth
(1st
time)
(b. 1815 - d. 1888) Rep+Fus
2 Mar 1858 - 22 Mar 1860 John Charles
Haines
(b. 1818 - d. 1896) Rep
22 Mar 1860 - 6 May 1861 John Wentworth
(2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Rep
6 Mar 1861 - 5 May 1862 Julian
Sidney
Rumsey
(b. 1823 - d. 1886) Rep
5 May 1862 - 3 May 1865 Francis
Cornwall Sherman (2nd
time)(s.a.)
Dem
3 May 1865 - 6 Dec 1869 John Blake
Rice
(b. 1809 - d. 1874) Rep
6 Dec 1869 - 4 Dec 1871 Roswell B.
Mason
(b. 1805 - d. 1892) CP
4 Dec 1871 - 18 Aug 1873 Joseph E.
Medill
(b. 1823 - d. 1899) Uni
18 Aug 1873 - 1 Dec 1873 Lester Legrant
Bond (acting) (b.
1829 - d. 1903) Uni
1 Dec 1873 - 24 Jul 1876 Harvey Doolittle
Colvin
(b. 1815 - d. 1892) Dem+PP
24 Jul 1876 - 28 Apr 1879 Monroe
Heath
(b. 1827 - d. 1894) Rep
28 Apr 1879 - 18 Apr 1887 Carter Henry Harrison,
Sr. (b.
1825 - d. 1893) Dem
(1st time)
18 Apr 1887 – 15 Apr 1889 John A.
Roche
(b. 1844 - d. 1904) Rep
15 Apr 1889 - 27 Apr 1891 DeWitt Clinton
Cregier
(b. 1829 - d. 1898) Dem
27 Apr 1891 - 17 Apr 1893 Hempstead
Washburne
(b. 1852 - d. 1918) Ref
17 Apr 1893 - 28 Oct 1893 Carter Henry Harrison,
Sr.
(s.a.)
Dem
(2nd time)
6 Nov 1893 - 27 Dec 1893 George Bell Swift
(1st time) (b. 1845
- d. 1912) Rep
(pro-tem Mayor)
27 Dec 1893 - 8 Apr 1895 John Patrick
Hopkins
(b. 1858 - d. 1918) Dem
8 Apr 1895 - 15 Apr 1897 George Bell Swift
(2nd time)
(s.a.)
Rep
15 Apr 1897 - 10 Apr 1905 Carter Henry Harrison,
Jr. (b.
1860 - d. 1953) Dem
(1st time)
10 Apr 1905 – 15 Apr 1907 Edward Fitzsimmons
Dunne
(b. 1853 - d. 1937) Dem
15 Apr 1907 – 17 Apr 1911 Fred A.
Busse
(b. 1866 - d. 1914) Rep
17 Apr 1911 – 26 Apr 1915 Carter Henry Harrison,
Jr,
(s.a.)
Dem
(2nd time)
26 Apr 1915 – 16 Apr 1923 William Hale Thompson
(1st time) (b. 1869 - d. 1944) Rep
16 Apr 1923 - 18 Apr 1927 William Emmett
Dever
(b. 1862 - d. 1929) Dem
18 Apr 1927 - 9 Apr 1931 William Hale
Thompson (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Rep
9 Apr 1931 - 6 Mar 1933 Anton Joseph
Cermak
(b. 1873 - d. 1933) Dem
15 Mar 1933 - 17 Apr 1933 Frank J. Corr
(acting)
(b. 1877 - d. 1934) Dem
17 Apr 1933 - 15 Apr 1947 Edward Joseph
Kelly
(b. 1876 - d. 1950) Dem
15 Apr 1947 – 20 Apr 1955 Martin H.
Kennelly
(b. 1887 - d. 1961) Dem
20 Apr 1955 – 20 Dec 1976 Richard Joseph
Daley
(b. 1902 - d. 1976) Dem
28 Dec 1976 - 16 Apr 1979 Michael Anthony
Bilandic
(b. 1923 - d. 2002) Dem
(acting to 22 Jun 1977)
16 Apr 1979 – 29 Apr 1983 Jane Margaret Byrne
(f)
(b. 1934 - d. 2014) Dem
29 Apr 1983 - 25 Nov 1987 Harold
Washington
(b. 1922 - d. 1987) Dem
25 Nov 1987 - 2 Dec 1987 David Duvall Orr
(acting)
(b.
1944)
Dem
2 Dec 1987 - 24 Apr 1989 Eugene Sawyer,
Jr.
(b. 1934 - d. 2008) Dem
24 Apr 1989 - 16 May 2011 Richard Michael
Daley
(b.
1942)
Dem
16 May 2011 - 20 May 2019 Rahm
Israel
Emanuel
(b. 1959)
Dem
20 May 2019 - 15 May 2023 Lori
Elaine Lightfoot
(f)
(b. 1962) Dem
15 May 2023
-
Brandon
Johnson
(b.
1976)
Dem
Cincinnati
(from 1895) Adopted 13 Jun 1940
|
28 Dec
1788
Losantiville settlement.
4 Jan
1790
Renamed Cincinnati.
17 Jan
1802
Cincinnati a village (re-incorporated 10 Jan 1815).
5 Feb 1819
Incorporated
as a city.
4 Jul 1888 - 8 Nov 1888 Cincinnati
Centennial Exposition.
Presidents
1802 -
1803
David
Ziegler
(b. 1748 - d. 1811)
1804 - 1805
Joseph Prince
(b. 1788 - d.
1833)
1805 -
1806
James Findlay (1st
time)
(b. 1770 - d. 1835)
1806 - 1807
John S.
Gano
(b. 1766 - d. 1821)
1807 - 1808
Martin Baum (1st
time)
(b. 1765 - d. 1831)
1808 - 1810
Daniel Symmes
(b. 1772 - d. 1817)
1810 -
1811
James Findlay (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
1812 - 1813
Martin Baum (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
1813 - 1814
William
Stanley
(b. 1766 - d. 1814)
1814 - 1815
Samuel W.
Davies
(b. c.1776 - d. 1843)Whg
Mayor-President
Apr 1815 - Apr 1819 William
Corry (Correy)
(b. 1779 - d. 1833)
Mayors
Apr 1819 - 1831
Isaac G.
Burnet
(b. 1784 - d. 1856)
1831 -
1832
Elisha
Hotchkiss
(b. 1778 - d. 1858) Whg
1833 -
1842
Samuel W.
Davies
(s.a.)
Whg
1843 -
1850
Henry E.
Spencer
(b. 1807 - d. 1882) Whg
1851 -
1852
Mark P.
Taylor
(b. 1812 - d. 1853) Dem
1853 -
1854
David T.
Snelbaker
(b. 1804 - d. 1867) Whg
1855 -
1856
James J.
Faran
(b. 1808 - d. 1892) Dem
1857 -
1858
Nicholas W.
Thomas
(b. 1810 - d. 1864) Rep
1859 - 1861
Richard Moore
Bishop
(b. 1812 - d. 1893) Ind
Apr 1861 - 1863
George
Hatch
(b. 1813 - d. 1875) Dem
1863 -
1866
Leonard A.
Harris
(b. 1824 - d. 1890) Uni
1866 -
1868
Charles F.
Wilstach
(b. 1818 - d. 1882) Rep
(acting to Apr 1867)
1869 -
1870
John Findlay
Torrence
(b. 1819 - d. 1883) Rep
1871 -
1872
Simon Stevens
Davis
(b. 1817 - d. 1896) Rep
1873 -
1876
George W.C.
Johnston
(b. 1828 - d. 1879) Dem
1877 -
1878
Robert M.
Moore
(b. 1816 - d. 1880) Rep
1879 -
1880
Charles Jacob,
Jr.
(b. 1834 - d. 1913) Rep
1881 -
1882
William Means
(b. 1831 - d. 1921) Dem
1883 -
1884
Thomas J.
Stephens
(b. 1823 - d. 1892) Dem
1885 -
1888
Amor Smith,
Jr.
(b. 1840 - d. 1915) Rep
1889 -
1893
John Borden
Mosby
(b. 1845 - d. 1928) Rep
1894 -
1896
John Alexander
Caldwell
(b. 1852 - d. 1927) Rep
1897 -
1899
Gustav
Tafel
(b. 1830 - d. 1908) Dem
1900 -
1905
Julius
Fleischmann
(b. 1871 - d. 1925) Rep
1906 -
1907
Edward J.
Dempsey
(b. 1858 - d. 1930) Dem
1908 - 27 Jul 1909
Leopold
Markbreit
(b. 1842 - d. 1909) Rep
1909
John Galvin (1st time) (acting) (b.
1862 - d. 1922) Rep
1910 -
1911
Louis
Schwab
(b. 1850 - d. 1926) Rep
1912 -
1913
Henry T.
Hunt
(b. 1878 - d. 1956) Dem
1914 -
1915
Frederick S.
Spiegel
(b. 1855 - d. 1925) Rep
1916 -
1917
George
Puchta
(b. 1860 - d. 1937) Rep
1918 -
1921
John Galvin (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Rep
1922 -
1925
George P.
Carrel
(b. 1865 - d. 1949) Rep
1926 -
1929
Murray
Seasongood
(b. 1878 - d. 1983) Char
1930 -
1937
Russell
Wilson
(b. 1876 - d. 1946) Char
1938 - 11 Mar
1947
James G.
Stewart
(b. 1881 - d. 1959) Rep
11 Mar 1947 - 1 Jan 1948 Carl West Rich
(1st
time)
(b. 1898 - d. 1972) Rep
1 Jan 1948 - 1 Dec 1951 Albert D.
Cash
(b. 1897 - d. 1952) Char+Dem
1 Dec 1951 - 1 Dec 1953 Carl West
Rich (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Rep
1 Dec 1953 - 7 May 1954 Edward
Nicholas
Waldvogel
(b. 1894 - d. 1954) Dem
12 May 1954 - 10 Nov 1954 Dorothy Nichols Dolbey
(f)(acting) (b. 1908 - d. 1991) Char
10 Nov 1954 - 14 Dec 1955 Carl West Rich (3rd
time)
(s.a.)
Rep
14 Dec 1955 - 1 Dec 1957 Charles Phelps
Taft
(b. 1897 - d. 1983) Char+Rep
1 Dec 1957 - 29 Dec 1960 Donald D.
Clancy
(b. 1921 - d. 2007) Rep
30 Dec 1960 - 1 Dec 1967 Walton H.
Bachrach
(b. 1904 - d. 1989) Rep
(acting to 5 Jan 1961)
1 Dec 1967 - 6 Apr 1971 Eugene P.
Ruehlmann
(b. 1925 - d. 2013) Rep
7 Apr 1971 - 1 Dec 1971 Willis D.
Gradison,
Jr.
(b.
1928)
Rep
1 Dec 1971 - 1 Dec 1972 Thomas
Andrew
Luken
(b. 1925 - d. 2018) Dem
1 Dec 1972 - 1 Dec 1975 Theodore
"Ted" M.
Berry
(b. 1905 - d. 2000) Char
1 Dec 1975 - 1 Dec 1976 Bobbie Lynn
Sterne (f) (1st time) (b. 1919 - d. 2017)
Char
1 Dec 1976 - 1 Dec 1977 James T.
Luken
(b. 1921 - d. 1979) Dem
1 Dec 1977 - 1 Dec 1978 Gerald
"Jerry" N. Springer (b.
1944 - d. 2023) Dem
1 Dec 1978 - 1 Dec 1979 Bobbie Lynn
Sterne (f) (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Char
1 Dec 1979 - 1 Dec 1980 John Kenneth
"Ken" Blackwell (b.
1948)
Char+Rep
1 Dec 1980 - 1 Dec 1982 David Scott
Mann (1st
time) (b.
1939)
Dem
1 Dec 1982 - 1 Dec 1983 Thomas B.
Brush
(b. 1934)
Char
1 Dec 1983 - 1 Dec 1984 Arnold "Arn"
L.
Bortz
(b. 1946)
Char
1 Dec 1984 - 3 Jan 1991 Charles J.
Luken (1st
time) (b.
1951)
Dem
3 Jan 1991 - 1 Dec 1991 David Scott
Mann (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Dem
1 Dec 1991 - 1 Dec 1993 Dwight
Tillery
(b.
1948)
Dem
1 Dec 1993 - 1 Dec 1999 Roxanne
Qualls
(f)
(b.
1953)
Dem
1 Dec 1999 - 1 Dec 2005 Charles J.
Luken (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Dem
1 Dec 2005 - 1 Dec
2013 Mark L.
Mallory
(b.
1962)
Dem
1 Dec 2013 - 4 Jan 2022 John
Cranley
(b. 1974) Dem
4 Jan 2022
-
Aftab Pureval
(b.
1982) Dem
Cleveland
Adopted 24 Feb 1896
|
22 Jul
1796
Cleaveland founded.
23 Dec
1814
Town of Cleaveland.
6 Jan
1831
Renamed Cleveland
3 Mar 1836 - 5 Jun 1854 Ohio City a separate city.
5 Mar
1836
City incorporated.
27 Jun 1936 - 5 Oct 1936 Great Lakes
Exposition (1936 World Fair).
20 Oct 1944
Cleveland East Ohio Gas Explosion kills 130
people and
destroys
a one-square-mile area of east Cleveland.
Mayors
1836 -
1838
John W.
Willey
(b. 1797 - d. 1841) Dem
1838 -
1840
Joshua Mills (1st
time)
(b. 1797 - d. 1843) Whg
1840 -
1841
Nicholas
Dockstadter
(b. 1802 - d. 1871) Whg
1841 -
1842
John W.
Allen
(b. 1802 - d. 1887) Whg
1842 -
1843
Joshua Mills (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Whg
1843 -
1844
Nelson
Hayward
(b. 1810 - d. 1857) Dem
1844 -
1846
Samuel Starkweather (1st time)
(b. 1799 - d. 1876) Dem
1846 -
1847
George
Hoadley
(b. 1781 - d. 1857) Whg
1847 -
1848
Josiah A.
Harris
(b. 1808 - d. 1876) Whg
1848 -
1849
Lorenzo Alson
Kelsey
(b. 1803 - d. 1890) Dem
1849 -
1850
Flavel White
Bingham
(b. 1803 - d. 1867) Whg
1850 -
1852
William
Case
(b. 1818 - d. 1862) Whg
1852 -
1855
Abner C.
Brownell
(b. 1813 - d. 1857) Dem
1855 -
1857
William Bainbridge
Castle
(b. 1814 - d. 1872) Whg
1857 -
1858
Samuel Starkweather (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
1859 -
1861
George B.
Senter
(b. 1822 - d. 1870) Rep
1861 -
1863
Edward Sherrill
Flint
(b. 1819 - d. 1902) Rep
1863 -
1864
Irvine U.
Masters
(b. 1819 - d. 1865) Rep
1865 -
1867
Herman Merrill
Chapin
(b. 1823 - d. 1879) Rep
1867 -
1871
Stephen
Buhrer
(b. 1825 - d. 1907) Dem
1871 -
1873
Frederick William
Pelton
(b. 1827 - d. 1902) Rep
1873 -
1875
Charles Augustus Otis,
Sr. (b.
1827 - d. 1905) Dem
1875 -
1877
Nathan Perry
Payne
(b. 1838 - d. 1885) Dem
1877 -
1878
William Grey Rose (1st
time) (b. 1829 - d.
1899) Rep
1879 -
1882
Rensselaer Russell
Herrick
(b. 1826 - d. 1899) Rep
1883 -
1884
John Harrington Farley (1st time) (b. 1846 - d.
1922) Dem
1885 -
1886
George Warren Gardner (1st time) (b. 1834 -
d. 1911) Rep
1887 -
1888
Brenton D.
Babcock
(b. 1830 - d. 1906) Dem
1889 -
1890
George Warren Gardner (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Rep
1891 -
1892
William Grey Rose (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Rep
1893 -
1894
Robert E.
Blee
(b. 1839 - d. 1898) Dem
1895 -
1898
Robert E.
McKisson
(b. 1863 - d. 1915) Rep
1899 -
1900
John Harrington Farley (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
1901 -
1909
Tom Loftin
Johnson
(b. 1854 - d. 1911) Dem
1910 -
1911
Herman C.
Baehr
(b. 1866 - d. 1942) Rep
1912 -
1915
Newton Diehl
Baker
(b. 1871 - d. 1937) Dem
1915 -
1920
Harry Lyman Davis (1st
time) (b. 1878 - d.
1950) Rep
1920 -
1921
William Sinton
Fitzgerald
(b. 1880 - d. 1937) Rep
1922 -
1923
Frederick
Kohler
(b. 1864 - d. 1934) Rep
Jan 1924 - Jan
1930 William
Rowland
Hopkins
(b. 1869 - d. 1961) Rep
(city manager)
Jan 1924 -
1925
Clayton C.
Townes
(b. 1888 - d. 1970) Rep
1925 -
1931
John D.
Marshall
(b. 1885 - d. 1961) Rep
1930 - Nov
1931
Daniel Edgar Morgan (city manager) (b. 1877 - d.
1949) Rep
1931 -
1932
Harold Hitz Burton (1st
time) (b. 1888 - d.
1964) Rep
1932 -
1933
Raymond T.
Miller
(b. 1893 - d. 1966) Dem
1933 -
1935
Harry Lyman Davis (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Rep
1935 -
1940
Harold Hitz Burton (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Rep
1940 -
1941
Edward
Blythin
(b. 1884 - d. 1958) Rep
1941 -
1944
Frank John
Lausche
(b. 1895 - d. 1990) Dem
1945 -
1953
Thomas A.
Burke
(b. 1898 - d. 1971) Dem
1953 -
1962
Anthony J.
Celebrezze
(b. 1910 - d. 1998) Dem
1962 -
1967
Ralph Sideny
Locher
(b. 1915 - d. 2004) Dem
1967 -
1971
Carl B.
Stokes
(b. 1927 - d. 1996) Dem
1971 -
1977
Ralph J.
Perk
(b. 1914 - d. 1999) Rep
1977 -
1979
Dennis J.
Kucinich
(b.
1946)
Dem
1979 -
1989
George V.
Voinovich
(b. 1936 - d. 2016) Rep
1989 - 7 Jan
2002
Michael R.
White
(b.
1951)
Dem
7 Jan 2002 - 2 Jan 2006 Jane L.
Campbell
(f)
(b.
1953)
Dem
2 Jan 2006 - 3 Jan 2022 Frank G.
Jackson
(b.
1946)
Dem
3 Jan 2022
-
Justin
Bibb
(b. 1987) Dem
Ohio City
3 Mar 1836
City of Ohio (Ohio City)
incorporated.
5 Jun 1854
Annexed to Cleveland.
Mayors
1836
Josiah Barber
(b. 1771 - d. 1842)
1837
Francis A. Burrows (1st
time)
Whg
1838 - 1839
Norman C. Baldwin
(b. 1802 - d.
1887)
1840 - 1841
Needham M. Standart
(b. 1797 - d. 1874)
1842
Francis A. Burrows (2nd
time)
Whg
1843
Richard Lord
(b. 1780 - d. 1857)
1844 - 1846
Daniel H. Lamb
1847
David Griffith
1848
John Beverlin
(b. 1813 - d. 1891)
1849 - 1850
Thomas Burnham
(b. 1808 - d.
1898) Whg
1851 - 1852
Benjamin
Sheldon
(b. 1805 - d. ....)
1853 - 1854
William B. Castle
(b. 1814 - d.
1872) Whg
Columbus
12 Feb 1912 - 28 Jan 1929
|
Adopted 28 Jan 1929
|
c.1965 - 1976 Flag as Used
|
1797
Franklinton founded.
14 Feb
1812
Columbus founded.
10 Feb 1816
Becomes the capital of
Ohio.
3 Mar
1834
City of Columbus chartered.
Mayors
1816 -
1818
Jarvis W.
Pike
(b. 1795 - d. 1854)
1818 -
1820
John
Kerr
(b. 1778 - d. 1823)
1820 -
1822
Eli C. King
1823
John
Laughrey
(b. 1784 - d. 18..)
1824 -
1826
William T.
Martin
(b. 1788 - d. 1866)
1827 - 11 Sep 1827
James
Robinson
1827 -
1833
William
Long
(b. 1781 - d. 1851)
1833 -
1834
Philo H. Olmsted (1st
time) (b. 1793
- d. 1870) Whg
Apr 1834 - 21 Apr 1835
John
Brooks
(b. 1785 - d. 1869)
Apr 1835 - 1836
John
Bailhache
(b. 1787 - d. 1857) Whg
1836 - 4 Sep
1837
Warren Jenkins
(b. 1804 - d.
1866) Whg
Sep 1837 -
1839
Philo H. Olmsted (2nd
time) (s.a.)
Whg
1840 - 9 Mar 1840
John G. Miller (1st time)
(b.
1795 - d. 1871) Whg
9 Mar 1840 -
1841
Jacob Strickler (acting)
1841 - 4 May 1841
John G. Miller (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Whg
May 1841 - 1841
Thomas
Wood
(b. 1782 - d. 1861)
1842
Abram I.
McDowell
(b. 1793 - d. 1844)
1843 -
1844
Smithson E.
Wright
(b. 1807 - d. 1881) Whg
1845
Alexander Patton (1st
time) (b. 1791
- d. 1858) Whg
1846
Augustus S.
Decker
(b. 1813 - d. 1872) Whg
1847 -
1849
Alexander Patton (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Whg
1850 -
1861
Lorenzo
English
(b. 1819 - d. 1888) Whg
1861 -
1864
Wray
Thomas
(b. 1810 - d. 1883) Dem
1865 -
1868
James G. Bull (1st
time)
(b. 1838 - d. 1927) Dem
1869 -
1870
George W.
Meeker
(b. 1833 - d. 1890) Dem
1871 -
1874
James G. Bull (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Dem
1875 -
1878
John H.
Heitmann
(b. 1841 - d. 1894) Dem
1879 -
1880
Gilbert G.
Collins
(b. 1830 - d. 1885) Rep
1881 -
1882
George S.
Peters
(b. 1846 - d. 1928) Dem
1883 -
1886
Charles C.
Walcutt
(b. 1838 - d. 1898) Rep
1887 -
1890
Philip H.
Bruck
(b. 1845 - d. 1920) Dem
1891 -
1894
George J. Karb (1st
time)
(b. 1858 - d. 1937) Dem
1895 -
1896
Cotton H.
Allen
(b. 1834 - d. 1900) Dem
1897 -
1898
Samuel L.
Black
(b. 1859 - d. 1929) Dem
1899 -
1900
Samuel J.
Swartz
(b. 1854 - d. 1905) Rep
1901 -
1902
John N.
Hinkle
(b. 1854 - d. 1905) Dem
1903 -
1905
Robert H.
Jeffrey
(b. 1873 - d. 1961) Rep
1906 -
1907
DeWitt Clinton
Badger
(b. 1858 - d. 1926) Dem
1908 -
1909
Charles Anson
Bond
(b. 1873 - d. 1943) Rep
1910 -
1911
George S.
Marshall
(b. 1869 - d. 1956) Rep
1912 -
1919
George J. Karb (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Dem
1920 -
1931
James John
Thomas
(b. 1868 - d. 1947) Rep
1932 -
1935
Henry William
Worley
(b. 1877 - d. 1938) Dem
1936 -
1939
Myron B.
Gessaman
(b. 1894 - d. 1975) Rep
1940 -
1944
Floyd F.
Green
(b. 1900 - d. 1952) Rep
1944 -
1952
James Allen
Rhodes
(b. 1909 - d. 2001) Rep
1953
Robert T.
Oestreicher
(b. 1894 - d. 1955) Rep
1954 - 31 Dec 1959
Maynard "Jack" E. Sensenbrenner (b.
1902 - d. 1991) Dem
(1st time)
1 Jan 1960 - 31 Dec 1963 Ralston
Westlake
(b. 1907 - d. 1978) Rep
1 Jan 1964 - 31 Dec 1971 Maynard "Jack" E.
Sensenbrenner
(s.a.)
Dem
(2nd time)
1 Jan 1972 - 31 Dec 1983 Tom
Moody
(b. 1929 - d. 2008) Rep
1 Jan 1984 - 31 Dec 1991 Dana "Buck" G.
Rinehart
(b. 1946 - d. 2015) Rep
1 Jan 1992 - 31 Dec 1999 Greg S.
Lashutka
(b.
1944)
Rep
1 Jan 2000 - 31 Dec 2015 Michael B.
Coleman
(b.
1954)
Dem
1 Jan 2016
-
Andrew J.
Ginther
(b. 1975) Dem
Dallas
20 Mar 1916 - 1954 as Adopted
|
1954 - 13 Feb 1967 as Used
|
Adopted 13 Feb 1967
|
Nov
1841
Settlement begins.
2 Feb
1856
City chartered.
20 Jun 1865 - 30 Mar 1870 U.S. federal occupation.
6 Jun 1936 - 29 Nov 1936 Texas Centennial
Exposition.
Mayors
Apr 1856 -
1857
Samuel B.
Pryor
(b. 1820 - d. 1866)
Apr 1857 - Apr
1858 John M.
Crockett (1st
time) (b. 1816
- d. 1887) Dem
Apr 1858 - Aug
1858 Issac C.
Naylor
(b. 1824 - d. 1885)
Aug 1858 - Aug
1859 Anderson
Doniphan
Rice
(b. 1818 - d. 1869)
Aug 1859 - 4 Apr
1861 John M. Crockett (2nd
time) (s.a.)
Dem
1861
Joshua Lafayette
Smith
(b. 1830 - d. 1867)
Aug 1861 -
1862
Thomas E.
Sherwood
(b. 1835 - d. 1897)
1862 -
1865
city run by governor of Texas
Nov 1865 -
1866
John M. Crockett (3rd
time) (s.a.)
Dem
1866 - 4 Sep 1866
John William
Lane
(b. 1835 - d. 1888) Dem
4 Sep 1866 - 1867
George W.
Guess
(b. 1829 - d. 1868)
Sep 1868 - 1 Apr
1870 Benjamin Long (1st
time)
(b. 1838 - d. 1878) Rep
(provisional)
1 Apr 1870 - 8 Nov 1872 Henry
Schley
Ervay
(b. 1834 - d. 1911)
(mayor pro tem to 15 Aug 1870)
12 Nov 1872 - Apr 1874 Benjamin
Long (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Rep
11 Apr 1874 - Apr
1876 William Lewis Cabell (1st
time) (b. 1827 - d. 1911) Dem
10 Apr 1876 - Apr 1877 John D.
Kerfoot
(b. 1835 - d. 1903) Dem
16 Apr 1877 - Apr 1879
William Lewis Cabell (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
21 Apr 1879 - 14 Sep 1880 James M.
Thurmond
(b. 1836 - d. 1882) Ind
14 Sep 1880 - 30 Apr 1881 John Jay Good (acting)
(b. 1827 - d. 1882) Dem
Apr 1881 - May 1881 John B.
Stone
(b. 1842 - d. 1925) Dem
(elected, declared ineligible)
17 May 1881 - Apr 1883 John William
Crowdus
(b. 1828 - d. 1895) Dem
16 Apr 1883 - Apr 1885 William
Lewis Cabell (3rd time) (s.a.)
Dem
20 Apr 1885 - 22 Apr 1887 John Henry
Brown
(b. 1820 - d. 1895) Dem
22 Apr 1887 - 23 Jan 1894 Winship C.
Connor
(b. 1848 - d. 1921) Dem
2 Feb 1894 - Apr 1895
Bryan Thomas Barry (1st
time) (b. 1851 - d. 1919)
15 Apr 1895 - Apr 1897
Franklin Pierce
Holland
(b. 1852 - d. 1928) Dem
19 Apr 1897 - Apr 1898 Bryan
Thomas Barry (2nd time)
(s.a.)
18 Apr 1898 - Apr 1900 John
Henry
Traylor
(b. 1839 - d. 1925) Dem
30 Apr 1900 - Apr 1904 Ben E.
Cabell
(b. 1858 - d. 1931) Dem
25 Apr 1904 - Apr 1906 Bryan
Thomas Barry (3rd time)
(s.a.)
21 Apr 1906 -
1907
Curtis Pendleton
Smith
(b. 1861 - d. 1919) Dem
1907 -
1911
Stephen John
Hay
(b. 1864 - d. 1916) Dem
1911 -
1915
William M.
Holland
(b. 1875 - d. 1966) Dem
1915 -
1917
Henry Dickinson
Lindsley
(b. 1872 - d. 1938) Dem
1917 -
1919
Joseph "Joe" Earl
Lawther
(b. 1876 - d. 1943) Ind
1919 -
1921
Frank Wilson
Wozencraft
(b. 1892 - d. 1966) Dem
1921 -
1923
Sawnie Robertson
Aldredge
(b. 1890 - d. 1949) Dem
1923 -
1927
Louis
Blaylock
(b. 1849 - d. 1932) Dem
1927 -
1929
Robert E.
Burt
(b. 1862 - d. 1943) Dem
1929 -
1931
J. Worthington "Waddy" Tate
(b. 1870 - d. 1938) Ind
1931 - 22 Aug
1932
Thomas Leonard
Bradford
(b. 1869 - d. 1932)
31 Aug 1932 -
1935
Charles E.
Turner
(b. 1886 - d. 1936) Dem
1935 -
1937
George
Sergeant
(b. 1881 - d. 1971) Dem
1937 -
1939
George A.
Sprague
(b. 1871 - d. 1963) Dem
1939 -
1947
James Woodall
Rodgers
(b. 1890 - d. 1961)
1947 -
1949
James R.
Temple
(b. 1899 - d. 1980) Dem
1949 -
1951
Wallace H.
Savage
(b. 1912 - d. 2000) Dem
1951 -
1953
Jean Baptiste Adoue,
Jr.
(b. 1884 - d. 1956) Ind
1953 -
1961
Robert Lee Thornton
(b. 1880 - d. 1964) Dem
1961 - 3 Feb
1964 Earle
Cabell
(b. 1906 - d. 1975) Dem
3 Feb 1964 -
1971
John Erik
Jonsson
(b. 1901 - d. 1995) Dem
1971 - Jan
1976
Wes
Wise
(b. 1929 - d. 2022) Ind/Dem
12 Jan 1976 - Apr 1976 Adlene
Nathanson Harrison (f) (b. 1923
- d. 2022) Dem
(acting)
Apr 1976 -
1981
Robert
Folsom
(b. 1927 - d. 2017) Dem
1981 -
1983
Jack W. Evans
(b. 1922 - d.
1997) Rep
1983 -
1987
A. Starke Taylor, Jr.
(b. 1922 - d. 2014) Rep
18 Apr 1987 -
1991
Annette G. Strauss
(f)
(b. 1924 - d. 1998) Dem
1991 -
1995
Stephen "Steve"
Bartlett
(b.
1947)
Rep
5 Jun 1995 - 7 Nov 2001 Ron
Kirk
(b.
1954)
Dem
7 Nov 2001 - 20 Feb 2002 Mary Poss (f)
(acting)
(b. 1951) Rep
20 Feb 2002 - 25 Jun 2007 Laura Miller
(f)
(b.
1958)
Dem
25 Jun 2007 - 26 Feb 2011 Thomas "Tom" C.
Leppert (b.
1954) Rep
26 Feb 2011 - 27 Jun 2011 Dwaine Caraway (acting)
(b. 1952)
Dem
27 Jun 2011 - 17 Jun 2019
Michael Rawlings
(b. 1954)
Dem
17 Jun 2019
-
Eric Johnson
(b. 1975)
Dem;9-2023 Rep
Denver
Adopted 1926
|
22 Nov
1858
Denver City founded.
7 Nov
1861
Denver incorporated as a city.
9 Dec
1867
Becomes the capital of Colorado.
1 Dec
1902
City and county merged.
Mayors
19 Dec 1859 - Oct 1861 John C.
Moore
(b. 1832 - d. 1915) Rep
Nov 1861 - Apr
1863 Charles
A. Cook
(b. 1833 - d. 1878) Rep
Apr 1863 - Apr
1864 Amos
Steck
(b. 1822 - d.
1908) Rep
Apr 1864 - Apr
1865 Hiram J.
Brendlinger
(b. 1824 – d. 1894) Rep
Apr 1865 - Apr 1866
George T. Clark
(b. 1837 - d.
1888) Rep
Apr 1866 - Apr
1868 Milton M.
DeLano
(b. 1827 - d. 1894) Rep
Apr 1868 - Apr
1869 William
M. Clayton
(b. 1824 - d. 1892) Rep
Apr 1869 - Apr
1871 Baxter B.
Stiles (1st time) (b. 1824 - d.
1889) Rep
Apr 1871 - Apr
1872 John
Harper
(b. 1825 - d. 1874) Rep
Apr 1872 - Apr
1873 Joseph E.
Bates (1st time) (b. 1837 -
d. 1900) Rep
Apr 1873 - Apr
1874 Francis
M. Case
(b. 1822 - d. 1892) Rep
Apr 1874 - Apr
1876 William
J. Barker
(b. 1832 - d. 1900) Rep
Apr 1876 - Oct
1877 Richard
Green Buckingham (b.
1816 - d. 1889) Rep
Oct 1877 - Oct
1878 Baxter B.
Stiles (2nd time) (s.a.)
Rep
Oct 1878 - Nov
1881 Richard
Sopris
(b. 1813 - d. 1893) Rep
Nov 1881 - Apr 1883
Robert Morris
(b. 1838 - d.
1917) Dem
Apr 1883 - Apr
1885 John Long
Routt
(b. 1826 - d. 1907) Rep
Apr 1885 - Apr
1887 Joseph E.
Bates (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Rep
Apr 1887 - Apr
1889 William
Scott Lee
(b. 1851 - d. 1916) Rep
Apr 1889 - Apr
1891 Wolfe
Londoner
(b. 1842 - d. 1912) Rep
Apr 1891 - Apr
1893 Platt
Rogers
(b. 1850 - d. 1928) Rep
Apr 1893 - Apr
1895 Marion D.
Van Horn
(b. 1837 - d. 1895) Rep
Apr 1895 - Apr
1899 Thomas S.
McMurray
(b. 1855 - d. 1918) Rep
Apr 1899 -
1901
Henry Viley Johnson
(b. 1852 - d. 1931) Dem
1901 -
1904
Robert R. Wright
(b. 1844 - d. 1927) Rep
1904 -
1912
Robert W. Speer (1st time)
(b. 1855 - d. 1918) Dem
1912 -
1913
Henry J. Arnold
(b. 1866 - d. 1926) CP
1913 -
1915
James McDaniel Perkins
(b. 1863 - d. 1926) Ind?
1915 -
1916
William H. Sharpley
(b. 1854 - d. 1929) Dem
1916 - 14 May
1918
Robert W. Speer (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
1918 -
1919
William Fitz Randolph Mills
(b. 1856 - d. 1941) Dem
1919 -
1923
Dewey C. Bailey
(b. 1860 - d. 1937)
Rep
1923 -
1931
Benjamin F. Stapleton (1st time) (b. 1869 - d.
1950) Dem
1931 -
1935
George D.
Begole
(b. 1877 - d. 1956) Rep
1935 -
1947
Benjamin F. Stapleton (2nd time) (s.a.)
Dem
1947 -
1955
J. Quigg
Newton
(b. 1911 - d. 2003) Dem
1955 -
1959
William F. Nicholson
(b. 1900 - d. 1975) Rep
1959 - Jul
1963
Richard "Dick" Y. Batterton (b.
1905 - d. 1978) Rep
1963 -
1968
Thomas G.
Currigan
(b. 1920 - d. 2014) Dem
1968 - 1 Jul
1983
William H. McNichols,
Jr. (b.
1910 - d. 1997) Dem
1 Jul 1983 - 1 Jul 1991
Federico F.
Peña
(b.
1947)
Dem
1 Jul 1991 - 21 Jul 2003 Wellington
E.
Webb
(b.
1941)
Dem
21 Jul 2003 - 11 Jan 2011 John W.
Hickenlooper
(b.
1952)
Dem
11 Jan 2011 - 18 Jul 2011
Guillermo "Bill" Vidal
(b. 1951)
Dem
18 Jul 2011 - 17 Jul 2023
Michael
Hancock
(b. 1969) Dem
17 Jul 2023
-
Michael C. Johnston
(b.
1974)
Dem
Des
Moines
15 Apr 1974 - 2009,
Re-adopted 14 Oct 2019
|
2009 - 14 Oct 2019
|
May 1843 - 1846
Fort Raccoon established (renamed Fort Des Moines).
25 May
1846
Fort Des Moines designated the seat of Polk County.
May 1851
Flood of 1851 destroys much of Fort
Des Moines.
22 Sep
1851
Fort Des Moines incorporated.
18 Jan 1853
Incorporated as a town.
16 Feb
1857
Renamed Des Moines (by charter of 28 Jan 1857).
19 Oct
1857
Becomes the capital of Iowa.
Presidents
25 Oct 1851 - 1852
Thompson
Bird
(b. 1804 - d. 1869)
Oct 1852 -
1853
John W. Jones
Mayors
Oct 1853 -
1854
Benjamin Luce
1854 -
1855
Lampson "Lamp" P. Sherman
(b. 1821 - d. 1900) Rep
Nov 1855 -
1856
Barlow Granger
(b. 1816 - d. 1905)
Dem
Nov 1856 -
1857
William
DeFord
(b. 1816 - d. 1892)
1857 - 1 May
1857
Charles W.
Nash
(b. 1830 - d. 1910)
1 May 1857 -
1858
William Harrison McHenry, Sr. (b.
1816 - d. 1893) Dem
1858 -
1859
H.E. Lemoreaux (Lamoreaux)
Dem
1859 -
1860
Robert L. Tidrick
(b. 1823 - d. 1894)
1860 -
1861
Peter H.W. Latshaw
(b. 1826 -
d. 1881) Rep
1861
Ira Cook
(b.
1821 - d. 1902) Rep
1861 -
1862
W.S. Barnes (acting)
Rep
1862 -
1863
Thomas Cavanagh (or Kavanaugh)
(b. 1837 - d. 1911) Dem
1863 -
1865
William H. Leas
(b. 1818 - d.
1892) Rep
1865 -
1868
George W. Cleveland
(b. 1820 - d. 1890)
Rep
1868 -
1869
Sumner F. Spofford
(b. 1808 - d. 1872)
1869 -
1871
Joshua H. Hatch
(b.
1816 - d. 1881) Rep
1871 -
1872
Martin
Tuttle
(b. 1824 - d. 1902) Dem
1872 -
1873
J.P.
Foster
Rep
1873 - 16 Mar
1874
Giles H. Turner (1st time)
(b. 1824 - d. 1886) Rep
16 Mar 1874 -
1876 A.
Newton
Rep
Mar 1876 -
1877
Giles H. Turner (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Rep
1877 -
1880
George Sneer (acting to 1878)
(b. 1835 - d. 1891)
1880 -
1881
William H. Merritt
(b. 1820 - d. 1891) Dem
1882 - 15 Mar 1886
Peter V.
Carey
(b. 1844 - d. 1931) Rep
15 Mar 1886 - 1888
James Harvey
Phillips
(b. 18.. - d. 1911)
1888 -
1890
William L.
Carpenter
(b. 1841 - d. 1915) Dem
1890 - 18 Apr
1892
John H. Campbell
(b. 1843 - d. 1903)
Rep
18 Apr 1892 -
1894
Cyrus C.
Lane
(b. 1836 - d. 1894) Rep
1894 -
1896
Isaac Lea Hillis
(b. 1853 - d. 1918)
Rep
1896 - 2 Apr
1900
John MacVicar (1st
time)
(b. 1859 - d. 1928) Rep
2 Apr 1900 -
1902
Jeremiah J. Hartenbower
(b. 1843 - d. 1914) Dem
1902 -
1904
James M. Brenton
(b. 1856 - d.
1912) Rep
1904 - 6 Apr
1908
George W. Mattern
(b. 1852 - d. 1927)
Rep
6 Apr 1908 - 4 Apr
1910 Adoniram Judson Mathis
(b. 1844 - d.
1927) Dem
4 Apr 1910 -
1916
James R. Hanna
(b. 1866 - d. 1931)
Rep
1916 -
1918
John MacVicar (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Rep
1918 - Apr
1920
Thomas P. Fairweather
(b. 1879 - d. 1951)
Apr 1920 -
1922
H.H. Barton
(b. 1869 - d.
1933) Rep
1922 -
1926
Carlton "Carl" M.
Garver
(b. 1862 - d. 1931)
1926 -
1928
Fred H. Hunter
(b. 1869 - d. 1943)
Rep
1928 - 15 Nov
1928
John MacVicar (3rd
time)
(s.a.)
Rep
1928 (1 week)
Emma Killmer Blaise (f)
(b. 1869 - d.
1961) Rep
24 Nov 1928 - 1930
Edwin H. "Hub" Mulock
(b. 1882
- d. 1964) Rep
1930 -
1932
Parker L. Crouch
(b. 1879 - d. 1938)
1932 -
1936
Dwight N. Lewis (1st
time)
(b. 1869 - d. 1938) Rep
1936 - 1938
Joseph H.
Allen
(b. 1870 - d. 1948) Rep
1938 - 1 May 1938
Dwight N. Lewis (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Rep
1938 - 1942
Mark L.
Conkling
(b. 1884 - d. 1960) Rep
1942 -
1948
John MacVicar,
Jr.
(b. 1891 - d. 1950) Rep
1948 - 1949
Hector Ross
(b. 1889 - d.
1968) Dem
1950 - 1951
Abraham Benjamin "Abe" Chambers (b.
1886 - d. 1971) Rep
1952 - 1953
Allan W. Denny
(b. 1914 - d. 1989)
Ind
1954 - 1955
Joseph J. Van Dresser
(b. 1904 - d. 19..)
1955 - 1956
Ruby Holton (f)
(b. 1895 - d.
1977)
1956 - 1957
Ray C.
Mills
1958 - 1959
Charles F. Iles (1st time)
(b. 1910 - d. 1974) Rep
1960 - 1961
Reinhold
Carlson
(b. 1905 - d. 2006) Rep
1962 - 1968
Charles F. Iles (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Rep
1968 - 1971
Thomas N. Urban, Jr.
(b. 1934 - d. 2020) Dem
1972 - 1979
Richard E. Olson
(b. 1929 - d. 2014)
Rep
1980 - 24 Dec
1986
Pete F.
Crivaro
(b. 1913 - d. 1986) Dem?
Apr 1986 - 6 Jan 1987 John "Pat"
Dorrian
(b. 1940)
Dem
(acting [for Crivaro to 24 Dec 1986])
6 Jan 1987 - 17 Apr 1987 George J. Nahas
(acting) (b.
1916 - d. 2011)
17 Apr 1987 -
1996
John P. "Pat" Dorrian
(s.a.)
Dem
1996 - 30 Mar 1997 A.
Arthur
Davis
(b. 1928 - d. 1997) Dem
1 Apr 1997 - 14 May 1997 Gene Phillips
(interim)
(b. c.1938)
Dem
14 May 1997 - 17 Nov 1997 Robert D. Ray
(interim)
(b. 1928 - d. 2018) Rep
17 Nov 1997 - 5 Jan 2004 Preston A.
Daniels
(b. 1945)
Dem
5 Jan 2004 - 2 Jan 2024 Frank
Cownie
(b. 1948)
Dem
2 Jan 2024 -
Connie Boesen
(f)
(b. 1951)
Dem
Detroit
(from 1908) 20 Apr 1948 - 1974
|
1974 - c.2000
|
Adopted c.2000
|
24 Jul
1701
French found Fort Ponchartrain du d'Etroit.
29 Nov
1760
British rule (Fort Detroit).
11 Jul
1796
Transferred to the U.S.
18 Jan
1802
Incorporated as a town.
11 Jan 1805 - 16 Mar 1847 Capital of Michigan.
6 Nov
1805
City destroyed by fire.
16 Aug 1812 - 18 Sep 1813 British occupy Fort
Detroit.
24 Oct
1815
Incorporated as a city.
25 Mar 2013 - 10 Dec 2014 Bankruptcy results in
management by the state.
French Commandants of Fort Detroit
24 Jul 1701 - 1704
Antoine
Laumet de la Mothe Cadillac,
sieur de Douaguet (1st time) (b. 1658
- d. 1730)
1704 - 1706
Pierre Alphonse de Tonty, baron de (b. c.1659 - d. 1767)
Paludy (1st time)
29 Jan 1706 - Aug 1706 Étienne
Veniard, sieur de Bourgmont(b. 1679 - d. 1734)
Aug 1706 - 1711
Antoine Laumet de la Mothe
Cadillac,
sieur de Douaguet (2nd time) (s.a.)
1711 - Jun 1712
Joseph Guyon du Buisson
(b. 1649 - d. 1712)
Jun 1712 - 6 Oct 1714
François Dauphin de la Forest
(b. c.1649 - d. 1714)
1714
Charles Regnault, sieur
du (b.
1664 - d. 1739)
Buisson (acting)
12 Nov 1714 - Jul 1717
Jacques-Charles
Sabrevois,
(b. 1670 - d. 1727)
sieur de Bleury
3 Jul 1717 - 10 Nov 1727 Pierre Alphonse
de Tonty, baron de
Paludy (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
19 Dec 1727 -
1728
François Marie Picote de Bellestre (d. 1729)
1728
Jean-Baptiste de Saint-Ours, sieur
des Chaillons de St Ours
(b. 1669 - d.
1747)
1728 - 10 Jun 1734
Louis Henri
Deschamps, sieur de
Boishérbert
(b. c.1679 - d. 1736)
10 Jun 1734 - 1734
Ives Jacques-Hugues Péan, sieur de
Livandière
(b. 1682 - d. 1747)
1734 - 1738
Jacques Charles Sabrevois (1st time)
1738 - 1741
Nicolas
Joseph de Noyelles, (b. 1695
- d. 1761)
sieur de Charvis (acting to 1739)
28 Jul 1741 -
1742
Pierre Jacques Payen de Noyan (b.
1695 - d. 1771)
1742 - 1744
Pierre Joseph Celeron, sieur de
Blainville (1st
time)
(b. 1693 - d. 1759)
1744 - 1749
Paul Joseph le Moine, chevalier
de
Longeuil
(b. 1701 - d. 1778)
1749 - 1751
Jacques Charles Sabrevois
(2nd time)
15 Feb 1751 - 19 Mar 1754 Pierre Joseph Celeron,
sieur de (s.a.)
Blainville (2nd time)
1754 - 20 May
1758
Jacques Pierre d'Anon, sieur de (b.
c.1695 - d. 1758)
Muy
20 May 1758 -
1758
Jean-Baptiste Henry Beranger (b.
1723 - d. 1788)
(acting)
1758 - 29 Nov
1760
François-Marie Picoté de Belestre (b. 1716 - d.
1793)
British Commandants
of Fort Detroit
29 Nov 1760 - 23 Dec 1760 Robert
Rogers
(b. 1731 - d. 1795)
23 Dec 1760 - Jul 1762 Donald
Campbell
(d. 1763)
Jul 1762 - 31 Aug 1764 Henry
Gladwin (Gladwyn)
(b. 1729/30 - d. 1791)
1764 - 1765
John
Bradstreet
(b. c.1711 - d. 1774)
1765 -
1766
John
Campbell
(d. 1799)
26 Aug 1766 - 1767
Robert
Bayard
(b. 1766 - d. 1813)
1767 - 1770
George Turnbull
(b. 1729 - d. 1810)
2 Jun 1770 - Sep 1770
Thomas Bruce (interim)
Sep 1770 - 8 Jan 1772
James Stephenson
8 Jan 1772 - 1772
George Etherington
(b. c.
1733 - d. c.1788)
1772 - 1774
Henry
Bassett
1774 -
1775
Richard Beringer Lernoult (1st time)
1775
Montpasant
1775 - 1776
Arent Schuyler DePeyster (1st time)(b. 1736 - d. 1822)
1776 - 1778
Hugh Lord
Dec 1778 - Oct
1779 Richard
Beringer Lernoult (2nd time)
Oct 1779 - 1 Jun 1784
Arent Schuyler DePeyster (2nd time)(s.a.)
1 Jun 1784 - 1785
William Ancrum
(b. 1757 - d. 1789)
Jun 1785 - 1786
Thomas Bennett
Jun 1786 - 1787
Robert Matthews
(d. 1814)
1787 - 1788
John Wiseman
1788 - 1789
F. Close
2 Sep 1789 -
1790 Patrick
Murray
14 Nov 1790 - 1791
David William
Smith
(b. 1764 - d. 1837)
1791
Richard England (1st time)
(b. c.1750 -
d. 1812)
1791 -
1792
John
Smith
(d. 1794)
1792
William Claus
(b. 1765 - d.
1825)
24 Oct 1792 -
1793
Richard England (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
1793
William Doyle
(b. 1755 - d. 1823)
Mar 1793 - 11 Jul 1796 Richard England
(3rd time)
(s.a.)
American Commanders of Fort Detroit
11 Jul 1796 - 12 Jul 1796 Moses
Porter (1st time)
(b. 1756 - d. 1822)
12 Jul 1796 -
1797
John Francis Hamtramck (1st time) (b. 1754 - d.
1803)
1797
Anthony Wayne
(b. 1745 - d. 1796)
1797
James Wilkinson
(b. 1757 - d. 1825)
1797 - 17 Dec 1799
David Strong
(b. 1744 - d. 1801)
17 Dec 1799 - Feb 1800 Henry
Burbeck
(b. 1754 - d. 1848)
1800
Moses Porter (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1800 -
1802
Henry J. Hunt
(b. 1788 - d. 1826)
1802 - 11 Apr
1803
John Francis Hamtramck (2nd time) (s.a.)
1803
John Whistler (1st
time)
(b. c.1756 - d. 1829)
1803 -
1805
Thomas Hunt
(b. 1754 - d.
1808)
Aug 1805 - Apr
1807 Samuel T.
Dyson
1809 -
1812
Jacob Kingsbury
(b. 1756 - d. 1837)
May 1812 - Jul
1812 John
Whistler (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Jul 1812 - 18 Aug 1812 William
Hull
(b. 1753 - d. 1825)
British commander
18 Aug 1812 - 1813
Henry Patrick Procter
(b. 1763 - d. 1822)
American Commanders of Fort Detroit
29 Sep 1813 -
1813
Duncan McArthur
(b. 1772 - d. 1839)
1813 - Oct
1813
William Henry
Harrison
(b. 1773 - d. 1841)
Oct 1813 - Nov
1813 Lewis
Cass
(b. 1782 - d. 1866)
Nov 1813 - Feb
1814 Abraham
Edwards
(b. 1781 - d. 1860)
Feb 1814 - Mar
1814 Anthony
Butler (1st time) (b.
17.. - d. 1846)
Mar 1814 - Jul
1814 George
Croghan
(b. 1791 - d. 1849)
Jul 1814 - Jan
1815 Anthony
Butler (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1 Jan 1815 - 4 Feb 1815 Charles
Gratiot
(b. 1786 - d. 1855)
4 Feb 1815 - Aug 1815
Anthony Butler (3rd
time)
(s.a.)
1815
William H. Puthuff
(b. 1779 - d. 1824)
Sep 1815 -
1815
James
Miller
(b. 1776 - d. 1851)
Chairmen of the Board of Trustees
9 Feb 1802 - May 1803
James
Henry
(b. 1771 - d. 1812)
May 1803 - May
1804 James
May
(b. 1756 - d.
1829)
May 1804 - May
1805 Solomon
Sibley (1st time)
(b. 1769 - d. 1846)
May 1805 - 11 Jun 1805 Joseph
Wilkinson
(b. 1753 - d. 1820)
11 Jun 1805 - 24 Oct 1815 the governors of
Michigan
and Territorial Judges
- Augustus B. Woodward (1805-1815) (b. 1774 - d. 1827)
- Frederick Bates (1805-1808) (b.
1777 - d. 1825)
- John Griffin (1805-1815)
(b. 1771 - d. c.1842)
- James Witherell (1808-1815) (b.
1759 - d. 1838)
Oct 1815 - May
1816 Solomon
Sibley (2nd time)
(s.a.)
D-R
May 1816 - May
1817 George
McDougall
(b. 1766 - d. 1842)
May 1817 - May
1818 Abraham
Edwards
(b. 1781 - d. 1860)
May 1818 - May
1819 John R.
Williams
(b. 1782 - d. 1854)
May 1819 - May
1820 James
McCloskey
(b. 17.. - d. 1828)
May 1820 - May
1821 James
Abbott (1st time)
(b. 1775 - d. 1858)
May 1821 - May
1823 Andrew
Griswold Whitney
(b. 1786 - d. 1826)
May 1824 - May
1824 James
Abbott (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Mayors
1824 -
1825
John R. Williams (1st
time) (s.a.)
D-R
1826
Henry J.
Hunt
(s.a.)
D-R
1826
Jonathan Kearsley (1st
time) (b. 1786 - d.
1859) D-R
1827 -
1828
John
Biddle
(b. 1792 - d. 1859) Whg
1829
Jonathan Kearsley (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Dem
1829 -
1830
John R. Williams (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Dem
1831
Marshall Chapin (1st
time)
(b. 1798 - d. 1838) Whg
1832
Levi Cook (1st
time)
(b. 1791 - d. 1866) NR
1833
Marshall Chapin (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Whg
1834
Charles Christopher Trowbridge
(b. 1800 - d. 1883) NR
Sep 1834 -
1835
Andrew
Mack
(b. 1780 - d. 1854) Dem
Apr 1835 -
1836
Levi Cook (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Whg
1837 -
1838
Henry
Howard
(b. 1801 - d. 1878) Dem
1838 - 14 Mar
1839
Augustus Seymour
Porter
(b. 1798 - d. 1872) Whg
14 Mar 1839 - 18 Apr 1839 Asher Bates (acting)
(b.
1810 - d. 1873) Whg
1839 -
1840
De Garmo
Jones
(b. 1787 - d. 1846) Whg
1840 -
1841
Zina Pitcher (1st
time)
(b. 1797 - d. 1872) Whg
1842 -
1843
Douglas
Houghton
(b. 1809 - d. 1845) Dem
1843
Zina Pitcher (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Whg
1844 -
1846
John R. Williams (3rd
time)
(s.a.)
Dem
1847 -
1848
James Van
Dyke
(b. 1813 - d. 1855) Whg
1848 -
1849
Frederick
Buhl
(b. 1806 - d. 1864) Whg
1849 -
1850
Charles D.
Howard
(b. 1804 - d. 1883) Dem
1850 -
1851
John
Ladue
(b. 1803 - d. 1854) Dem
1851 -
1852
Zachariah
Chandler
(b. 1813 - d. 1879) Whg
1852 -
1854
John H.
Harmon
(b. 1819 - d. 1888) Dem
1854 -
1855
Oliver Moulton Hyde (1st time)
(b. 1804 - d. 1870) Whg
1855 -
1856
Henry
Ledyard
(b. 1812 - d. 1880) Dem
1856 -
1857
Oliver Moulton Hyde (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Rep
1858 -
1859
John
Patton
(b. 1811 - d. 1900) Dem
1860 -
1861
Christian H.
Buhl
(b. 1812 - d. 1894) Rep
1862 -
1863
William Chamberlain
Duncan
(b. 1820 - d. 1877) Dem
1864 -
1865
Kirkland C.
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