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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

[old Flag of Akron,
                      Ohio 1965-1996]
Aug 1965 - Mar 1996
[Flag of
                      Akron, Ohio, 1996-2009]
Mar 1996 - 2009
[Flag of Akron, Ohio
                      (U.S.)]
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

[flag of Albany, New
                        York (U.S.)]
(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 

[Flag of
                        Albuquerque, New Mexico (U.S.)]
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

[Flag of Anchorage, Alaska
                (U.S.)]

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 -              David Bronson                      (b. 1958)            Rep



Annapolis

[Flag of Annapolis,
                        Maryland (U.S.)]
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

[flag of Atlanta, Georgia (U.S.)]
Adopted 1902

[Games of the 26th
                      Olympiad: Atlanta 1996]
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

[flag of Austin,
                        Texas (U.S.)]
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

[Unofficial Flag of
                      Baltimore, Maryland c.1899-1915]
c.1899 - 11 Feb 1915 Unofficial
[Flag of Baltimore, Maryland (U.S.)]
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
1899 - 1903                Thomas G. Hayes                    (b. 1844 - d. 1916)  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

[Billings, Montana
                        (U.S.)]
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

[flag of Birmingham,
                        Alabama (U.S.)]
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

[flag of Bismarck,
                        North Dakota (U.S.)]
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

[former Flag of Boise,
                      Idaho 1921]
From 5 Sep 1921
[former Flag of Boise,
                      Idaho 1972-2001]
3 Jan 1972 - Mar 2001
[flag of Boise, Idaho
                      (U.S.)]
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

[unofficial flag Boston,
                      Massachusetts 1907-1917] 
 1907 - 1917 Unofficial

[Flag of Boston, Massachusetts (U.S.)]
Adopted 30 Jan 1917

[flag reverse side of
                      Boston, Massachusetts]
Reverse

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

[Flag of Buffalo,
                        New York (U.S.)]
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

[former Flag of
                      Burlington, Vermont 1990-2017]
1990 - 31 Dec 2017
[flag of Burlington,
                      Vermont (U.S.)]
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)

[old flag of Charleston,
                      South Carolina, 1882 (reconstruction) ]
1882 - c.1952

[old flag of
                      Charleston, South Carolina, c.1952
                      (reconstruction)]
c.1952 - 1990's

[Flag of Charleston, South
                      Carolina]
Adopted 1990's
[Variant Flag of
                      Charleston, South Carolina (U.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.
18 Feb 1865 - 10 Nov 1868  U.S. federal occupation.    
 1 Dec 1901 - 20 Jun 1902  South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Exposition.

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 (provsional)       (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


 
Charleston (West Virginia)

[Charleston, West
                        Virginia (U.S.)]
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

[flag of Charlotte, North
                      Carolina (U.S.)]
Adopted 6 May 1929
[Government Service flag
                      Charlotte, North Carolina]
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  W
illiam 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

[former flag of Cheyenne,
                      Wyoming 1967-1985 (U.S.)]
1967 - 1985
[flag of Cheyenne, Wyoming
                      (U.S.)]
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

[unofficial flag of
                      Chicago, Illinois, 1892-1893] 
  2 Oct 1892 - 30 Oct 1893 Unofficial
[former flag of
                      Chicago, Illinois, 1917-1933] 
  4 Apr 1917 - 11 Oct 1933

[former flag
                      of Chicago, Illinois, 1933-1939]
11 Oct 1933 - 21 Dec 1939

[flag of Chicago, Illinois
                      (U.S.)]
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

[flag of Cincinnati,
                        Ohio (U.S.)] (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

[flag of Cleveland,
                        Ohio (U.S.)]
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

[former flag of
                      Columbus, Ohio 1912-1929]
12 Feb 1912 - 28 Jan 1929

[flag of
                      Columbus, Ohio (U.S.)]
Adopted 28 Jan 1929

[flag of Columbus,
                      Ohio as used c.1965-1976]
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

[former Flag
                      of Dallas, TX 1916-1954 (as adopted)]
20 Mar 1916 - 1954 as Adopted
 [former Flag of Dallas,
                      Texas 1954-1967 (as used)]
1954 - 13 Feb 1967 as Used
[Flag of the City of
                      Dallas, Texas (U.S.)]
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

[Flag of Denver,
                        Colorado (U.S.)]
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
 

[Flag of Des Moines, Iowa (U.S.)]
15 Apr 1974 - 2009,
Re-adopted 14 Oct 2019

[Former Flag of Des
                      Moines, Iowa 2009-2019 (U.S.)]
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

[first flag of Detroit,
                      Michigan, 1948-1974]
(from 1908) 20 Apr 1948 - 1974
[second flag
                      of Detroit, Michigan 1974-c.2000]
1974 - c.2000

[flag of Detroit,
                      Michigan (U.S.)]
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-B
aptiste 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. Barker                 (b. 1819 - d. 1875)  Rep
1866 - 1867                Merrill I. Mills                   (b. 1819 - d. 1882)  Dem
1868 - 1871                William W. Wheaton                 (b. 1833 - d. 1891)  Dem
1872 - 1875                Hugh Moffat                        (b. 1810 - d. 1884)  Rep
1876 - 1877                Alexander Lewis                    (b. 1822 - d. 1900)  Dem
1878 - 1879                George C. Langdon                  (b. 1833 - d. 1909)  Dem
1880 - 1883                William G. Thompson                (b. 1842 - d. 1904)  Rep
1884 - 1885                Stephen B. Grummond                (b. 1834 - d. 1894)  Rep
1886 - 1887                Marvin H. Chamberlain              (b. 1842 - d. 1923)  Dem
1888 - 1889                John Pridgeon, Jr.                 (b. 1852 - d. 1829)  Dem
1890 - 22 Mar 1897         Hazen S. Pingree                   (b. 1840 - d. 1901)  Rep
22 Mar 1897 -  5 Apr 1897  William Richert (acting)           (b. 1859 - d. 1912)  Rep
 5 Apr 1897 - 1904         William Cotter Maybury             (b. 1848 - d. 1909)  Dem
1905 - 1906                George Pierre Codd                 (b. 1869 - d. 1927)  Rep
1907 - 1908                William Barlum Thompson (1st time) (b. 1860 - d. 1941)  Dem
1909 - 1910                Philip Breitmeyer                  (b. 1864 - d. 1941)  Rep
1911 - 1912                William Barlum Thompson (2nd time) (s.a.)               Dem
1913 - 1918                Oscar B. Marx                      (b. 1866 - d. 1923)  Rep
1919 -  5 Dec 1922         James Couzens                      (b. 1872 - d. 1936)  Rep
 5 Dec 1922 -  9 Apr 1923  John Christian Lodge (1st time)    (b. 1862 - d. 1950)  Rep
                             (acting)
 9 Apr 1923 - 10 Jun 1924  Frank E. Doremus                   (b. 1865 - d. 1947)  Dem
10 Jun 1924 -  2 Aug 1924  Joseph A. Martin (acting)          (b. 1888 - d. 1928)  Rep
 2 Aug 1924 - 21 Nov 1924  John Christian Lodge (2nd time)    (s.a.)               Rep
                             (acting) 
21 Nov 1924 -  9 Jan 1928  John W. Smith (1st time)           (b. 1883 - d. 1942)  Rep
10 Jan 1928 - 14 Jan 1930  John Christian Lodge (3rd time)    (s.a.)               Rep
14 Jan 1930 - 22 Sep 1930  Charles E. Bowles                  (b. 1884 - d. 1957)  Non-party
23 Sep 1930 - 10 May 1933  Frank Murphy                       (b. 1890 - d. 1949)  Dem
10 May 1933 -  8 Sep 1933  Frank Couzens (1st time)(acting)   (b. 1902 - d. 1950)  Rep
 8 Sep 1933 -  2 Jan 1934  John W. Smith (2nd time)(acting)   (s.a.)               Rep
 2 Jan 1934 -  3 Jan 1938  Frank Couzens (2nd time)           (s.a.)               Rep
 4 Jan 1938 -  1 Jan 1940  Richard William Reading            (b. 1882 - d. 1952)  Non-party
 2 Jan 1940 -  5 Jan 1948  Edward J. Jeffries, Jr.            (b. 1900 - d. 1950)  Non-party
 6 Jan 1948 -  2 Jan 1950  Eugene Ignatius Van Antwerp        (b. 1889 - d. 1962)  Dem
 3 Jan 1950 - 12 Sep 1957  Albert Eugene Cobo                 (b. 1893 - d. 1957)  Rep
12 Sep 1957 -  2 Jan 1962  Louis Charles Miriani              (b. 1897 - d. 1987)  Non-party
                             (acting to 7 Jan 1958)
 2 Jan 1962 -  5 Jan 1970  Jerome Patrick Cavanaugh           (b. 1928 - d. 1979)  Dem
 6 Jan 1970 -  1 Jan 1974  Roman S. Gribbs                    (b. 1925 - d. 2016)  Dem
 1 Jan 1974 -  3 Jan 1994  Coleman A. Young                   (b. 1918 - d. 1997)  Non-party
 3 Jan 1994 -  4 Jan 2002  Dennis W. Archer                   (b. 1942)            Dem
 4 Jan 2002 - 19 Sep 2008  Kwame Kilpatrick                   (b. 1970)            Dem
 7 Aug 2008 -  8 Aug 2008  Kandia N. Milton
                  (b. 1971)            Dem
                             (acting for Kilpatrick)
19 Sep 2008 - 11 May 2009  Ken Cockrel, Jr.                   (b. 1965)
           Dem
11 May 2009 -  1 Jan 2014  David Bing                         (b. 1943)            Dem
25 Mar 2013 - 10 Dec 2014  Kevyn Orr (emergency manager)      (b. 1958)            Non-party
 1 Jan 2014 -              Michael Duggan                     (b. 1958)            Dem



El Paso

[Flag of El Paso,
                      Texas as adopted 1948-1962]
As Adopted 17 Jun 1948 - 29 Mar 1962
[Flag of El
                      Paso, Texas as used 1948-1962]
As Used 17 Jun 1948 - 29 Mar 1962
[Flag of El Paso, Texas
                      (U.S.)]
Adopted 29 Mar 1962

28 Nov 1685                El Paso del Norte founded.
27 Sep 1827                Settlement of area begins.
 8 Mar 1854                Fort Bliss founded (1868-69 Camp Concordia).
14 Jul 1861 - 10 Aug 1862  Confederate occupation.
10 Aug 1862 - 30 Mar 1870  U.S. federal occupation.
18 Jun 1873                City of El Paso incorporated.

16 Sep 1888                Mexican border city renamed Ciudad Juarez.

Commissioners
18 Jun 1873 - 15 Aug 1873  Joseph Magoffin                    (b. 1837 - d. 1923)  Dem
                           + Samuel Schutz                    (b. 1828 - d. 1906)
Mayors
15 Aug 1873 - 10 Aug 1875  Benjamin S. Dowell                 (b. 1818 - d. 1880)

10 Aug 1875 - Aug 1877     Melton A. Jones                    (d. 1880)            Dem
1877 - 1880                city government discontinued
30 Jul 1880 - 15 Aug 1881  Solomon C. Schutz (Shutes)         (b. 1846 - d. 1925)

15 Aug 1881 - 15 Aug 1885  Joseph Magoffin (1st time)         (s.a.)               Dem
15 Aug 1885 - 18 Apr 1889  Robert C. Lightbody                (b. 1851 - d. 1917)
18 Apr 1889 - 28 Jun 1889  Gorham E. Hubbard                  (b. 1850? - d. 1906)
1889                       Adolph Krakauer                    (b. 1846 - d. 1914)  Rep

                             (elected, but disqualified)
28 Jun 1889 - 18 Apr 1893  Richard Caples                     (b. 1853 - d. 1911)  Dem

18 Apr 1893 - 12 Jan 1894  William H. Austin                  (b. 1857 - d. 1918)
12 Jan 1894 - 10 Apr 1894  Adolph Solomon (acting)            (b. 1853 - d. 1905)
10 Apr 1894 - 20 Apr 1894  A. Karl "Doc" Albers
20 Apr 1894 - 16 Apr 1895  Richard F. Johnson
16 Apr 1895 - 29 Apr 1897  Robert F. Campbell                 (b. 1836 - d. 1905)

29 Apr 1897 - 13 Apr 1901  Joseph Magoffin (2nd time)         (s.a.)               Dem
13 Apr 1901 - 18 Apr 1903  Benjamin F. Hammett                (b. 1842 - d. 1910)
18 Apr 1903 - 15 Apr 1905  Charles R. Morehead                (b. 1836 - d. 1921)  Dem
15 Apr 1905 - 12 Apr 1907  Charles Davis, Sr.  
              (b. 1877 - d. 1943)  Dem
12 Apr 1907 - 28 Apr 1910  Joseph U. Sweeney                  (b. 1875 - d. 1942)  Dem
28 Apr 1910 - 14 Aug 1910  William F. Robinson                (b. 1865 - d. 1910)
18 Aug 1910 - 17 Apr 1915  Charles E. "Henry" Kelly           (b. 1863 - d. 1932)  Dem
17 Apr 1915 - 14 Apr 1917  Thomas C. Lea, Jr.                 (b. 1877 - d. 1945)  Dem
14 Apr 1917 - 27 Apr 1923  Charles Davis, Jr.                 (b. 1877 - d. 1903)  Dem
27 Apr 1923 -  1 May 1925  Richard M. Dudley                  (b. 1862 - d. 1925)  Dem
 5 May 1925 - 14 Apr 1927  Harvey P. Jackson                  (b. 1878 - d. 1961)
14 Apr 1927 - 26 Feb 1931  R. Ewing Thomason                  (b. 1879 - d. 1973)  Dem
26 Feb 1931 - 14 Apr 1931  Alton Bascom Poe                   (b. 1904 - d. 1960)
15 Apr 1931 - 15 Apr 1937  Raymond E. Sherman                 (b. 1884 - d. 1947)  Dem
15 Apr 1937 - 13 Apr 1939  Marvin A. Harlan                   (b. 1898 - d. 1970)  Dem
13 Apr 1939 -  5 Feb 1947  John Edward Anderson               (b. 1879 - d. 1947)
27 Feb 1947 - 10 Apr 1947  Daniel L.P. Duke (1st time)        (b. 1889 - d. 1978)  Dem
10 Apr 1947 - 14 Apr 1949  Daniel R. Ponder                   (b. 1907 - d. 1965)  Dem

14 Apr 1949 - 12 Apr 1951  Daniel L.P. Duke (2nd time)        (s.a.)               Dem
12 Apr 1951 - 14 Apr 1955  Fred Hervey (1st time)             (b. 1909 - d. 1999)  Dem
14 Apr 1955 - 27 Apr 1955  Winston T. "Mike" Misenhimer                            Dem
27 Apr 1955 - 11 Apr 1957  Tom E. Rogers                      (b. 1911 - d. 1983)  Dem
11 Apr 1957 - 16 Apr 1961  Raymond L. Telles, Jr.             (b. 1915 - d. 2013)  Dem
16 Apr 1961 - 16 Apr 1963  Ralph E. Seitsinger                (b. 1916 - d. 2016) People's Ticket
16 Apr 1963 -  1 Mar 1969  Judson F. Williams                 (b. 1913 - d. 1997)  GGL
 3 Mar 1969 - 16 Apr 1969  Ashley G. Classen                  (b. 1903 - d. 1979)  Dem
16 Apr 1969 - 16 Apr 1971  Peter de Wetter                    (b. 1920 - d. 1999)  Dem
16 Apr 1971 - 16 Apr 1973  Bert Williams                      (b. 1926 - d. 2017)  Dem
16 Apr 1973 - 16 Apr 1975  Fred Hervey (2nd time)             (s.a.)               Rep
16 Apr 1975 - 23 Apr 1977  Don Henderson                      (b. 1934 - d. 2022)  Rep
23 Apr 1977 - 16 May 1979  Reynaldo "Ray" Salazar             (b. 1931 - d. 2016)  Dem
16 May 1979 - 19 May 1981  Thomas D. Westfall                 (b. 1927 - d. 2005)  Ind
19 May 1981 - 12 Jun 1989  Jonathan W. Rogers                 (b. 1928 - d. 2007)  Rep
12 Jun 1989 - 10 Jun 1991  Suzanne "Suzie" S. Azar (f)        (b. 1946)            Dem      
10 Jun 1991 - 10 Jun 1993  William S. Tilney                  (b. 1939)            Dem
10 Jun 1993 -  8 Jun 1997  Larry Francis                      (b. 1933)            Dem
 8 Jun 1997 -  9 Jun 2001  Carlos M. Ramirez                  (b. 1951 - d. 2008)  Dem
 9 Jun 2001 -  9 Jun 2003  Raymond "Ray" C. Caballero         (b. 1942)            Dem
 9 Jun 2003 - 13 Jun 2005  Joe D. Wardy                       (b. 1953)            Dem
13 Jun 2005 - 24 Jun 2013  John Cook                          (b. 1946)            Dem
24 Jun 2013 - 27 Jun 2017  Oscar Leeser (1st time)            (b. 1958)            Dem
27 Jun 2017 -  5 Jan 2020  Donald "Dee" Margo                 (b. 1952)            Rep

 5 Jan 2020 -              Oscar Lesser (2nd time)            (s.a.)               Dem



Fort Worth

[former flag of Fort Worth, Texas,
                      1912-1968]
1912 - 4 Sep 1968

[old Flag of
                      Fort Worth, Texas, 1968 - 2004]
4 Sep 1968 - 6 Jul 2004

[flag of Fort Worth, Texas
                      (U.S.)]
Adopted 6 Jul 2004

 6 Jun 1849                Camp Worth
14 Nov 1849                Fort Worth
17 Sep 1853                Fort evacuated.
17 Feb 1873                City of Fort Worth incorporated.

Mayors
17 Feb 1873 - 10 Nov 1874  William Paxton Burts               (b. 1827 - d. 1895)
10 Nov 1874 -  8 Aug 1878  Giles H. Day                       (b. 1839 - d. 1911)
 8 Aug 1878 - 12 Apr 1880  Robert E. Beckham                  (b. 1844 - d. 1910)
12 Apr 1880 - 11 Apr 1882  John T. Brown
11 Apr 1882 - 20 Apr 1886  John Peter Smith (1st time)        (b. 1831 - d. 1901)
20 Apr 1886 -  8 Apr 1890  Hiram Stokely Broiles              (b. 1845 - d. 1913)

 8 Apr 1890 -  5 Aug 1890  William S. Pendleton               (b. 1848 - d. 1933)
 5 Aug 1890 - 12 Apr 1892  John Peter Smith (2nd time)        (s.a.)
12 Apr 1892 - 10 Apr 1900  Buckley B. Paddock                 (b. 1844 - d. 1922)  Dem
10 Apr 1900 - 10 Apr 1906  Thomas J. Powell
10 Apr 1906 - 13 Apr 1909  William Dawson Harris              (b. 1852 - d. 1916)
13 Apr 1909 -  1 Jun 1909  William D. Williams                (b. 1857 - d. 1916)
 1 Jun 1909 - 15 Apr 1913  William D. Davis (1st time)        (b. 1867 - d. 1942)  Dem
15 Apr 1913 - 15 Apr 1915  Robert F. Milam                    (b. 1872 - d. 1956)
16 Apr 1915 - 16 Apr 1917  Elisha T. Tyra                     (b. 1864 - d. 1956)
16 Apr 1917 - 16 Apr 1921  William D. Davis (2nd time)        (s.a.)               Dem
16 Apr 1921 -  8 Oct 1924 
Egbert Railey Cockerell            (b. 1872 - d. 1934) 
 8 Oct 1924 - 15 Apr 1925  Willard P. Burton                  (b. 1849 - d. 1943)
15 Apr 1925 - 12 Apr 1927  Henry Clay Meacham                 (b. 1869 - d. 1929)
12 Apr 1927 - 20 Dec 1933  William J. Bryce                   (b. 1861 - d. 1944)
20 Dec 1933 -  7 Apr 1937  Van Zandt Jarvis                   (b. 1873 - d. 1940)  Dem
 8 Apr 1937 - 11 May 1938  William Jackson Hammonds           (b. 1896 - d. 1965)  Dem
11 May 1938 - 27 Jul 1938  Roland H.W. Drechsel               (b. 1903 - d. 1980)
27 Jul 1938 - 19 Jun 1940  Thomas J. "Togie" Harrell          (b. 1894 - d. 1934)
17 Jul 1940 -  4 Apr 1945  Isaac Newton
McCrary               (b. 1886 - d. 1949)
 4 Apr 1945 -  8 Apr 1947  Roscoe L. Carnrike                 (b. 1885 - d. 1968)
 9 Apr 1947 -  6 Apr 1951  F. Edgar Deen (1st time)           (b. 1888 - d. 1967)  
 6 Apr 1951 - 22 Apr 1953  Joseph R. Edwards                  (b. 1877 - d. 1958)
22 Apr 1953 -  6 Apr 1955  F. Edgar Deen (2nd time)           (s.a.)
20 Apr 1955 -  2 Apr 1957  F.E. "Jack" Garrison               (b. 1906 - d. 1964)
 2 Apr 1957 - 21 Apr 1961  Thomas A. McCann                   (b. 1915 - d. 1996)
21 Apr 1961 - 22 Apr 1963  John S. Justin, Jr.                (b. 1917 - d. 2001)  Dem
22 Apr 1963 -  6 Apr 1965  Bayard H. Friedman                 (b. 1926 - d. 1998)  Rep
 6 Apr 1965 -  6 Apr 1967  Willard Barr                       (b. 1908 - d. 1998)  Dem
 6 Apr 1967 -  6 Apr 1969  DeWitt McKinley                    (b. 1905 - d. 1997)  Dem
 6 Apr 1969 - 14 Apr 1975  R.M. "Sharkey" Stovall             (b. 1916 - d. 1996)            
14 Apr 1975 -  5 Apr 1977  Clif Overcash                      (b. 1921 - d. 1997)  Rep
 5 Apr 1977 -  1 May 1979  Hugh Q. Parmer                     (b. 1939 - d. 2020)  Dem
 1 May 1979 - 10 Nov 1981  Woodie Woods                       (b. 1920 - d. 1989)  Rep
10 Nov 1981 -  2 Feb 1982  Richard C. Newkirk (acting)        (b. 1913 - d. 1986)
 2 Feb 1982 - 21 May 1991  Robert "Bob" E. Bolen              (b. 1926 - d. 2014)  Rep
21 May 1991 - 19 Dec 1995  Kay Granger (f)                    (b. 1943)            Rep
20 Dec 1995 - 20 May 1996  Jewel Woods McKinney (f) (acting)  (b. 1925 - d. 2020)  Rep
21 May 1996 - 20 May 2003  Kenneth L. Barr
                   (b. 1942)            Dem
20 May 2003 - 12 Jul 2011  Michael J. Moncrief                (b. 1943)            Dem
12 Jul 2011 - 15 Jun 2021  Betsy Price (f)                    (b. 1950)            Rep
15 Jun 2021 -              Mattie Parker (f)                  (b. 1984)            Rep



Fresno

[flag of Fresno,
                        California (U.S.)]
Adopted 10 May 1962

1872                       Fresno founded.
30 Sep 1885                Incorporated as a city. 
28 Jan 1901                City charter adopted. 

Presidents of the Board of Trustees
27 Oct 1885 - 25 Apr 1887  William Faymonville                (d. 1888) 
25 Apr 1887 - 31 Oct 1887  W.L. Graves 
31 Oct 1887 - 15 Apr 1889  Angus Marion Clark                 (b. 1831 - d. 1907)
15 Apr 1889 - Apr 1891     Alfred J. Pedlar                   (b. 1853 - d. 1913)  Rep 
Apr 1891 - Apr 1893        Stephen Hudson Cole                (b. 1838 - d. 1909)
Apr 1893 - Apr 1895        Firman Church                      (b. 1825 - d. 1899)
Apr 1895 (10 minutes)      Joseph Spinney                     (b. 1849 - d. 1903)
Apr 1895 - 1901            Columbus Joel "C.J." Craycroft     (b. 1845 - d. 1915)  Rep

Mayors
1901 - 1905                Lewis Oliver Stephens              (b. 1859 - d. 1928)  Dem 
1905 - Mar 1908            William Parker Lyon, Sr.           (b. 1865 - d. 1949)  Non-party
Mar 1908 - 1909            Edward E. Bush (acting)            (b. 1859 - d. 1934)  Dem
26 Apr 1909 -  9 May 1912  Chester A. Rowell                  (b. 1844 - d. 1912)  Rep
28 May 1912 - 1917         Alva E. Snow (acting to 1913)      (b. 1860 - d. 1933)  Rep
1917 - 1921                William F. Toomey                  (b. 1870 - d. 1928)  Rep
1921 - 1925                Truman G. Hart                     (b. 1866 - d. 1927)  Rep
27 Apr 1925 - 22 Apr 1929  Alpheus Eugene Sunderland          (b. 1866 - d. 1940)  Rep
22 Apr 1929 - 26 Apr 1937  Zygmunt "Zeke" S. Leymel (1st time)(b. 1883 - d. 1947)  Rep
26 Apr 1937 - 28 Apr 1941  Frank A. Homan                     (b. 1875 - d. 1958)  Rep 
28 Apr 1941 -  9 May 1947  Zygmunt "Zeke" S. Leymel (2nd time)(s.a.)               Rep
 9 May 1947 - 25 Apr 1949  Glenn M. Devore (acting)           (b. 1886 - d. 1950)  Rep
25 Apr 1949 - 22 Apr 1957  Gordon G. Dunn                     (b. 1912 - d. 1964)  Non-party
22 Apr 1957 - 21 Apr 1958  Charles Calvin "Cal" Evans         (b. 1905 - d. 1971)  Non-party
21 Apr 1958 -  5 Dec 1963  Arthur L. Selland                  (b. 1905 - d. 1963)  Rep
10 Dec 1963 - 19 Apr 1965  Wallace D. Henderson (acting)      (b. 1912 - d. 1983)  Dem
19 Apr 1965 - 22 Jan 1969  Floyd H. Hyde                      (b. 1921 - d. 2016)  Rep
22 Jan 1969 - 25 Apr 1977  Ted Carl Wills, Sr.                (b. 1911 - d. 2003)  Dem
25 Apr 1977 - 26 Jan 1985  Daniel K. Whitehurst               (b. 1948)            Dem
26 Jan 1985 -  6 Jun 1989  Dale E. Doig                       (b. 1935 - d. 2022)  Dem
                             (acting to 5 May 1985)
 6 Jun 1989 -  7 Jan 1993  Karen M. Humphrey (f)              (b. 1945)            Dem
 7 Jan 1993 -  5 Jan 2001  Norwood James "Jim" Patterson, Jr. (b. 1948)            Rep
 5 Jan 2001 -  6 Jan 2009  Carlos Alan Autry, Jr.             (b. 1952)            Rep
 6 Jan 2009 -  3 Jan 2017  Ashley Swearengin (f)              (b. 1972)            Rep
 3 Jan 2017 -  4 Jan 2021  Lee R. Brand                       (b. 1949)            Rep
 4 Jan 2021 -              Jerry P. Dyer                      (b. 1959)            Rep



Hartford

[flag of Hartford,
                        Connecticut (U.S.)]
Adopted 12 Sep 1983

c.1623                     Dutch trading post (Huys de Hoop).
Jun 1636                   Hartford founded (named Newton until 1638).
23 Apr 1662                Becomes the capital of Connecticut.
29 May 1784                City incorporated.
 1 Apr 1896                Town and city consolidated.

Mayors
18 Jun 1784 - 28 May 1812  Thomas Seymour                     (b. 1735 - d. 1829)  Fed
 8 Jun 1812 - 18 Aug 1815  Chauncey Goodrich                  (b. 1759 - d. 1815)  Fed
 9 Sep 1815 - 22 Nov 1824  Jonathan Brace                     (b. 1754 - d. 1837)  Fed
22 Nov 1824 - 28 Mar 1831  Nathaniel Terry                    (b. 1768 - d. 1844)  Whg
28 Mar 1831 - 27 Apr 1835  Thomas Scott Williams              (b. 1777 - d. 1861)  Whg
27 Apr 1835 - 15 Jun 1835  Henry Levitt Ellsworth             (b. 1791 - d. 1858)  Dem
15 Jun 1835 - 22 Nov 1835  Jared Griswold                     (b. 1794 - d. 1835)  Whg
23 Nov 1835 - 18 Apr 1836  Jeremy Hoadley (acting)            (b. 1776 - d. 1847)  Whg
18 Apr 1836 - 20 Apr 1840  Henry Hudson                       (b. 1780 - d. 1843)  Whg
20 Apr 1840 - 17 Apr 1843  Thomas Kimberley Brace             (b. 1779 - d. 1860)  Whg
17 Apr 1843 - 19 Apr 1847  Amos M. Collins                    (b. 1788 - d. 1858)  Dem
19 Apr 1847 - 21 Apr 1851  Philip Ripley                      (b. 1792 - d. 1862)  Dem
21 Apr 1851 - 18 Apr 1853  Ebenezer Flower                    (b. 1787 - d. 1866)  Dem
18 Apr 1853 - 17 Apr 1854  William James Hamersley (1st time) (b. 1808 - d. 1876)  Dem
17 Apr 1854 - 12 Apr 1858  Henry Champion Deming (1st time)   (b. 1815 - d. 1872)  Dem
12 Apr 1858 -  8 Apr 1860  Timothy M. Allyn                   (b. 1800 - d. 1882)  Rep
 9 Apr 1860 - 27 Jan 1862  Henry Champion Deming (2nd time)   (s.a.)               Dem
10 Feb 1862 - 14 Apr 1862  Charles Benton                     (b. 1801 - d. 1886)  Dem
14 Apr 1862 - 11 Apr 1864  William James Hamersley (2nd time) (s.a.)               Dem
11 Apr 1864 -  9 Apr 1866  Allyn S. Stillman                  (b. 1800 - d. 1880)  Rep
 9 Apr 1866 -  1 Apr 1872  Charles R. Chapman                 (b. 1827 - d. 1897)  Dem 
 1 Apr 1872 -  6 Apr 1874  Henry Cornelius Robinson           (b. 1832 - d. 1900)  Rep
 6 Apr 1874 -  1 Apr 1878  Joseph H. Sprague                  (b. 1829 - d. 1898)  Dem
 1 Apr 1878 -  5 Apr 1880  George G. Sumner                   (b. 1841 - d. 1906)  Dem
 5 Apr 1880 -  2 Apr 1888  Morgan Gardner Bulkeley            (b. 1837 - d. 1922)  Rep
 2 Apr 1888 -  7 Apr 1890  John Gilbert Root                  (b. 1835 - d. 1910)  Rep
 7 Apr 1890 -  4 Apr 1892  Henry Cecil Dwight                 (b. 1841 - d. 1918)  Rep
 4 Apr 1892 -  2 Apr 1894  William Waldo Hyde                 (b. 1845 - d. 1915)  Dem
 2 Apr 1894 -  6 Apr 1896  Leverett Brainard                  (b. 1828 - d. 1902)  Rep
 6 Apr 1896 -  2 Apr 1900  Miles B. Preston                   (b. 1850 - d. 1911)  Dem 
 2 Apr 1900 -  7 Apr 1902  Alexander Harbison                 (b. 1840 - d. 1910)  Rep
 7 Apr 1902 -  4 Apr 1904  Ignatius A. Sullivan               (b. 18.. - d. 1928)  Dem 
 4 Apr 1904 -  7 Apr 1908  William Franklin Henney            (b. 1852 - d. 1928)  Rep
 7 Apr 1908 -  5 Apr 1910  Edward W. Hooker                   (b. 1865 - d. 1915)  Rep
 5 Apr 1910 -  2 Apr 1912  Edward Laurence Smith              (b. 1875 - d. 1923)  Dem
 2 Apr 1912 -  7 Apr 1914  Louis Richmond Cheney              (b. 1859 - d. 1944)  Rep
 7 Apr 1914 -  4 Apr 1916  Joseph H. Lawler                   (b. 1884 - d. 1956)  Dem
 7 Apr 1916 -  7 May 1918  Frank A. Hagarty                   (b. 1871? - d. 1940) Rep
 7 May 1918 -  4 May 1920  Richard J. Kinsella (1st time)     (b. 1857 - d. 1925)  Dem
 4 May 1920 -  2 May 1922  Newton Case Brainard               (b. 1880 - d. 1964)  Rep
 2 May 1922 -  6 May 1924  Richard J. Kinsella (2nd time)     (s.a.)               Dem
 6 May 1924 -  1 May 1928  Norman C. Stevens                  (b.c.1884 - d. 1932) Rep
 1 May 1928 -  1 Dec 1931  Walter E. Batterson                (b. 1887 - d. 1957)  Rep
 1 Dec 1931 -  4 Dec 1933  William J. Rankin                  (b. 1879 - d. 1945)  Dem
 4 Dec 1933 -  3 Dec 1935  Joseph W. Beach                    (b. 1889? - d. 1973) Rep
 3 Dec 1935 - 18 Jun 1943  Thomas J. Spellacy                 (b. 1880 - d. 1957)  Dem
24 Jun 1943 -  7 Dec 1943  Dennis P. O'Connor                 (b. 1893? - d. 1974) Dem
 7 Dec 1943 -  4 Dec 1945  William H. Mortensen               (b. 1903 - d. 1990)  Rep
 4 Dec 1945 - 24 Dec 1946  Cornelius A. Moylan                (b. 1898 - d. 1946)  Rep
 3 Jan 1947 -  6 Jan 1948  Edward N. Allen                    (b. 1891 - d. 1972)  Rep
 6 Jan 1948 -  4 Dec 1951  Cyril Coleman                      (b. 1902 - d. 1958)  Dem
 4 Dec 1951 -  1 Dec 1953  Joseph V. Cronin (1st time)        (b. 1909 - d. 1993)  Dem
 1 Dec 1953 - 1955         Dominick J. DeLucco (1st time)     (b. 1895 - d. 1976)  Dem
1955 - 1957                Joseph V. Cronin (2nd time)        (s.a.)               Dem
1957 - 1960                James H. Kinsella                  (b. 1924 - d. 2012)  Dem
14 Nov 1960 -  5 Dec 1961  Dominick J. DeLucco (2nd time)     (s.a.)               Dem
 5 Dec 1961 -  7 Dec 1965  William E. Glynn                   (b. 1923 - d. 1984)
  Dem
 7 Dec 1965 -  5 Dec 1967  George B. "Pete" Kinsella          (b. 1927 - d. 2016)  Dem
 5 Dec 1967 - 12 Apr 1971  Antonina "Ann" P. Uccello (f)      (b. 1922 - d. 2023)  Rep
12 Apr 1971 -  1 Dec 1981  George A. Athanson                 (b. 1927 - d. 2000)  Dem
 1 Dec 1981 -  1 Dec 1987  Thirman L. Milner                  (b. 1933)            Dem
 1 Dec 1987 -  7 Dec 1993  Carrie Saxon Perry (f)             (b. 1931 - d. 2018)  Dem
 7 Dec 1993 -  4 Dec 2001  Michael P. Peters                  (b. 1948 - d. 2009)  Dem
 4 Dec 2001 - 25 Jun 2010  Eddie A. Perez                     (b. 1957)            Dem
25 Jun 2010 - 31 Dec 2015  Pedro E. Segarra                   (b. 1959
)            Dem
 1 Jan 2016 - 31 Dec 2023  Luke A. Bronin                     (b. 1979)            Dem
 1 Jan 2024 -              Arunan Arulampalam                 (b. 1985)            Dem



Honolulu 

[flag of Honolulu,
                        Hawaii (U.S.)]
Adopted 13 Dec 1960

[flag Variant of
                        Honolulu, Hawaii 1969-1981, 1985-1994]
Variant 1969-1981, 1985-1994

1803 - 1812                Briefly the capital of Hawaii.
1845                       Becomes the capital of Hawaii.
 1 Jul 1905                County of Oahu
30 Apr 1907                City and County of Honolulu
 4 Jan 1909                Municipal government inaugurated.
 1 Jul 1959                City charter adopted.

Mayors
 4 Jan 1909 - Jan 1915     Joseph James Fern (1st time)       (b. 1872 - d. 1920)  Dem
Jan 1915 -  2 Jul 1917     John Carey Lane                    (b. 1872 - d. 1958)  Rep  
 2 Jul 1917 - 20 Feb 1920  Joseph James Fern (2nd time)       (s.a.)               Dem
1920 - 1927                John Henry Wilson (1st time)       (b. 1871 - d. 1956)  Dem
1927 - 1929                Charles N. Arnold                  (b. 1880 - d. 1929)  Rep 
1929 - 1931                John Henry Wilson (2nd time)       (s.a.)               Dem
1931 -  2 Jul 1938         George Fred Wright                 (b. 1881 - d. 1938)  Rep
15 Jul 1938 -  2 Jan 1941  Charles Spencer Crane              (b. 1869 - d. 1958)  Rep
1941 - 1947                Lester Petrie                      (b. 1878 - d. 1956)  Dem
1947 - 1955                John Henry Wilson (3rd time)       (s.a.)               Dem
1955 - 1969                Neal Shaw Blaisdell                (b. 1902 - d. 1975)  Rep
1969 -  2 Jan 1981         Frank Francis Fasi (1st time)      (b. 1920 - d. 2010)  Dem
 2 Jan 1981 -  2 Jan 1985  Eileen Anderson (f)                (b. 1928 - d. 2021)  Dem
 2 Jan 1985 - Jul 1994     Frank Francis Fasi (2nd time)      (s.a.)               Rep
Jul 1994 -  2 Jan 2005     Jeremy Harris                      (b. 1950)            Dem
 2 Jan 2005 - 20 Jul 2010  Mufi F. Hannemann                  (b. 1954)            Dem
20 Jul 2010 - 11 Oct 2010  Kirk Caldwell (1st time)(acting)   (b. 1952)            Dem
11 Oct 2010 -  2 Jan 2013  Peter B. Carlisle                  (b. 1952)            Ind
 2 Jan 2013 - 
2 Jan 2021  Kirk Caldwell (2nd time)           (s.a.)               Dem
 
2 Jan 2021 -              Rick Blangiardi                    (b. 1946)            Ind



Houston

[Former Flag of Houston,
                      Texas 1915 - 1990's]
13 Sep 1915 - 1990's

[Flag of Houston,
                        Texas (U.S.)]
Adopted 1990's

30 Aug 1836                Houston founded.
19 Apr 1837 - 17 Oct 1839  Capital of the Republic of Texas.
 5 Jun 1837                City incorporated.

13 Mar 1842 - Sep 1842     Capital of the Republic of Texas.
24-31 May 1929             Major flooding.
 6 - 9 Dec 1935            Great Houston flood of 1935.
27 Aug 2017 -  1 Sep 2017  Massive city flooding from Hurricane Harvey.

Mayors
1837 - 1838                James S. Holman                    (b. 1804 - d. 1867)
1838 - Jun 1839            Francis W. Moore, Jr. (1st time)   (b. 1808 - d. 1864)
Jun 1839 - 1840            George W. Lively
1840 - 1841                Charles Bigelow                    (b. 1805 - d. 1885)
1841 - 1843                John Day Andrews                   (b. 1795 - d. 1882)
1843 - 1844                Francis W. Moore, Jr. (2nd time)   (s.a.)
1844 - 1845                Horace Baldwin                     (b. 1801 - d. 1850)
1845 - 1846                William W. Swain                   (b. c.1802 - d. 1848)
1846 - 1847                James Bailey                       (b. 1801 - d. 1880)
1847 - 1849                Benjamin P. Buckner                (b. 1801 - d. 1876)
1849 - 1853                Francis W. Moore, Jr. (3rd time)   (s.a.)
1853 - 1855                Nathan Fuller                      (b. 1803 - d. 1889)
1855 - Jul 1856            James H. Stevens                   (b. 1818 - d. 1856)  Dem
Jul 1856 - Dec 1857        Cornelius Ennis                    (b. 1813 - d. 1899)
1858 - 1859                Alexander D. McGowan (1st time)    (b. 1817 - d. 1893)
1859 - 1860                William Harrison King              (b. 1814 - d. 1867)
1860 - 1861                Thomas W. Whitmarsh                (b. 1821 - d. 1883)
1861 - 1862                William J. Hutchins                (b. 1813 - d. 1884)  Dem
1862 - 1863                Thomas W. House                    (b. 1814 - d. 1880)  Dem
1863 - 1866                William Anders                     (b. 1820 - d. 1873)
1866 - 1867                Horace D. Taylor                   (b. 1821 - d. 1890)
1867 - 1868                Alexander D. McGowen (2nd time)    (s.a.)
1868 - 1870                Joseph R. Morris                   (b. 1828 - d. 1876)  
1870 - 1874                Thomas H. Scanlan                  (b. 1832 - d. 1906)  Rep
1874 - 1875                James T.D. Wilson (1st time)       (b. 1820 - d. 1902)  Dem
1875 - 1877                Irvin Capers Lord                  (b. 1827 - d. 1917)  Dem
1877 - 1879                James T.D. Wilson (2nd time)       (s.a.)               Dem
1879 - 1880                Andrew J. Burke                    (b. 1813 - d. 1903)  Dem
1880 - 1886                William R. Baker                   (b. 1820 - d. 1890)  Dem
1886 - 1890                Daniel C. Smith                    (b. 1836 - d. 1915)  Dem
1890 - 1892                Henry B. Scherffius                (b. 1838 - d. 1894)

1892 - 1896                John T. Browne                     (b. 1845 - d. 1941)  Dem
1896 - 1898                Horace Baldwin Rice (1st time)     (b. 1861 - d. 1929)  Dem
1898 - 1901                Samuel Houston Brashear            (b. 1866 - d. 1941)  Dem
1901 - 1902                John D. Woolford, Sr.              (b. 1855 - d. 1918)  Dem
1902 - 1904                Orren Thaddeus Holt                (b. 1849 - d. 1913)  Dem 
1904 - Jul 1905            Andrew Lee Jackson                 (b. 1863 - d. 1926)
1905 - 1913                Horace Baldwin Rice (2nd time)     (s.a.)               Dem
1913 - 1917                Ben Campbell                       (b. 1858 - d. 1942)  Dem
1917 -  9 Jul 1917         Joseph J. Pastoriza                (b. 1854 - d. 1917)  Dem
1917 - Apr 1918            Joseph C. Hutcheson, Jr.           (b. 1879 - d. 1973)  Dem  
1918 - 1921                A. Earl Amerman, Sr.               (b. 1878 - d. 1958)  Dem
1921 - 1929                Oscar F. Holcombe (1st time)       (b. 1888 - d. 1968)  Dem
1929 - 1933                Walter E. Monteith                 (b. 1877 - d. 1953)  Dem
1933 - 1937                Oscar F. Holcombe (2nd time)       (s.a.)               Dem
1937 -  2 Jan 1939         Richard H. Fonville                (b. 1882 - d. 1954)
 2 Jan 1939 -  2 Jan 1941  Oscar F. Holcombe (3rd time)       (s.a.)               Dem
 2 Jan 1941 - Jan 1943     Cornelius A. "Neal" Pickett        (b. 1902 - d. 1990)  Dem
Jan 1943 - Jan 1947        Otis Massey                        (b. 1891 - d. 1968)  Dem
Jan 1947 - 1953            Oscar F. Holcombe (4th time)       (s.a.)               Dem
1953 - 1956                Roy M. Hofheinz                    (b. 1912 - d. 1982)  Dem
1956 - 1958                Oscar F. Holcombe (5th time)       (s.a.)               Dem
1958 - 1964                Lewis W. Cutrer                    (b. 1904 - d. 1981)  Dem
1964 -  2 Jan 1974         Louis W. Welch                     (b. 1918 - d. 2008)  Dem
 2 Jan 1974 - 1978         James Fred Hofheinz                (b. 1938)            Dem
1978 - 1982                James "Jim" J. McConn              (b. 1928 - d. 1997)  Rep
1982 -  2 Jan 1992         Kathryn J. Niederhofer Whitmire (f)(b. 1946)            Dem
 2 Jan 1992 -  2 Jan 1998  Robert "Bob" C. Lanier             (b. 1925 - d. 2014)  Dem
 2 Jan 1998 -  2 Jan 2004  Lee P. Brown                       (b. 1937)            Dem
 2 Jan 2004 -  2 Jan 2010  William "Bill" H. White            (b. 1954)            Dem
 2 Jan 2010 -  2 Jan 2016  Annise Parker (f)                  (b. 1956)
            Dem
 2 Jan 2016 - 
2 Jan 2024  Sylvester Turner                   (b. 1954)            Dem
 2 Jan 2024 -              John Whitmire                      (b. 1949)            Dem



Indianapolis

[old
                      flag of Indianapolis, Indiana 1915-1963]
21 Jun 1915 - 20 May 1963
[Flag of Indianapolis,
                      Indiana (U.S.)]
Adopted 20 May 1963
[Local Variant of Flag of
                      Indianapolis, Indiana]
Local Variant

 2 Apr 1821                Indianapolis founded.
12 Jan 1825                Becomes the capital of Indiana.
27 Mar 1847                City incorporated.
 1 Jan 1970                Marion County merged with
City of Indianapolis.

Mayors
Apr 1847 - 1849            Samuel Henderson                   (b.c.1800 - d. 1883) Whg
1849 -  7 Nov 1851         Horatio C. Newcomb                 (b. 1821 - d. 1882)  Whg
Nov 1851 - 1854            Caleb Scudder                      (b. 1795 - d. 1866)  Whg
1854 - 1856                James McCready                     (b. 1816 - d. 1909)  Dem
1856 -  8 Nov 1856         Henry F. West                      (b. 1796 - d. 1856)  Dem
 8 Nov 1856 - 22 Nov 1856  Charles G. Coulon                  (b. 1825 - d. 1881)  Dem
1856 -  3 May 1858         William J. Wallace                 (b. 1814 - d. 1894)  Rep
1858 - 1863                Samuel D. Maxwell                  (b. 1803 - d. 1873)  Rep
1863 - 1867                John Caven (1st time)              (b. 1824 - d. 1905)  Rep
1867 - 1873                Daniel McCauley                    (b. 1839 - d. 1894)  Rep
1873 - 1875                James L. Mitchell                  (b. 1834 - d. 1894)  Dem
1875 - 1881                John Caven (2nd time)              (s.a.)               Rep
12 May 1881 -  1 Jan 1884  Daniel W. Grubbs                   (b. 1835 - d. 1917)  Rep
 1 Jan 1884 -  1 Jan 1886  John L. McMaster                   (b. 1843 - d. 1914)  Rep
 1 Jan 1886 -  1 Jan 1890  Caleb S. Denny (1st time)          (b. 1850 - d. 1926)  Rep
1890 - 1893                Thomas L. Sullivan                 (b. 1846 - d. 1936)  Dem
12 Oct 1893 - 10 Oct 1895  Caleb S. Denny (2nd time)          (s.a.)               Rep
1895 - 1901                Thomas Taggart                     (b. 1856 - d. 1929)  Dem
1901 - 1903                Charles A. Bookwalter (1st time)   (b. 1860 - d. 1926)  Rep
1903 - 1906                John W. Holtzman                   (b. 1858 - d. 1942)  Dem
1906 - 1910                Charles A. Bookwalter (2nd time)   (s.a.)               Rep
1910 - 28 Nov 1913         Samuel Lewis Shanks (1st time)     (b. 1872 - d. 1927)  Rep
28 Nov 1913 -  1 Jan 1914  Harry R. Wallace                   (b. 1869 - d. 1915)  Rep
1914 - 1918                Joseph E. Bell                     (b. 1865 - d. 1923)  Dem
1918 - 1922                Charles W. Jewett                  (b. 1884 - d. 1961)  Rep
1922 - 1926                Samuel Lewis Shanks (2nd time)     (s.a.)               Rep
1926 - 27 Oct 1927         John L. Duvall                     (b. 1874 - d. 1962)  Rep
27 Oct 1927 -  9 Nov 1927  Claude E. Negley                   (b. 1873 - d. 1943)  Rep
 9 Nov 1927 - 1930         Ert Slack                          (b. 1874 - d. 1952)  Dem
1930 - 1935                Reginald H. Sullivan (1st time)    (b. 1876 - d. 1980)  Dem
1935 -  2 Sep 1937         John W. Kern, Jr.                  (b. 1900 - d. 1971)  Dem
1937 - 1939                Walter C. Boetcher                 (b. 1881 - d. 1951)  Dem
1939 - 1943                Reginald H. Sullivan (2nd time)    (s.a.)               Dem
1943 -  9 Jul 1947         Robert H. Tyndall                  (b. 1877 - d. 1947)  Rep
 9 Jul 1947 -  1 Jan 1948  George L. Denny                    (b. 1878 - d. 1958)  Rep
 1 Jan 1948 - 12 Nov 1950  Albert G. Feeney                   (b. 1892 - d. 1950)  Dem
12 Nov 1950 - 24 Nov 1951  Philip L. Bayt, Jr. (1st time)     (b. 1910 - d. 1989)  Dem
24 Nov 1951 -  1 Jan 1952  Christian J. Emhardt               (b. 1883 - d. 1971)  Dem
 1 Jan 1952 -  1 Jan 1956  Alex M. Clark                      (b. 1916 - d. 1991)  Rep
 1 Jan 1956 -  1 Jan 1959  Philip L. Bayt, Jr. (2nd time)     (s.a.)               Dem
 1 Jan 1959 -  6 Aug 1962  Charles H. Boswell                 (b. 1909 - d. 2006)  Dem
 6 Aug 1962 -  1 Jan 1964  Albert H. Losche                   (b. 1891 - d. 1966)  Rep
 1 Jan 1964 -  1 Jan 1968  John J. Barton                     (b. 1906 - d. 2004)  Dem
 1 Jan 1968 -  1 Jan 1976  Richard G. Lugar                   (b. 1932 - d. 2019)  Rep
 1 Jan 1976 -  1 Jan 1992  William H. Hudnut III              (b. 1932 - d. 2016)  Rep
 1 Jan 1992 -  1 Jan 2000  Stephen Goldsmith                  (b. 1946)            Rep
 1 Jan 2000 -  1 Jan 2008  Bart Peterson                      (b. 1958)            Dem
 1 Jan 2008 -  1 Jan 2016  Greg Ballard                       (b. 1955)            Rep
 1 Jan 2016 -              Joseph "Joe" H. Hogsett            (b. 1956)            Dem


Jackson

[Jackson, Mississippi
                      Unofficial flag 1978-1993]
14 Feb 1978 - 12 Jan 1993 Unofficial
[Jackson, Mississippi
                      (U.S.)]
Adopted 12 Jan 1993

28 Nov 1821                Jackson City founded.
23 Dec 1822                Becomes the capital of Mississippi.
25 Dec 1833                Jackson incorporated as a city.
14 May 1863 -
15 May 1863  U.S. federal occupation.
16 Jul 1863 - 23 Feb 1870  U.S. federal occupation.

Presidents of Selectmen

1834 - 1835                Thomas Hyde Dickson (1st time)    (b. 1812 - d. 1837)
1835 - 1836                S.P. Baley (1st time)             (b. 1806 - d. 1876)
1836                       Thomas Hyde Dickson (2nd time)    (s.a.)
1836 - 1837                S.P. Baley (2nd time)             (s.a.)
1837 - 1839                John P. Oldham                    (b. 1808 - d. 1884)
Mayors
1839 - 1840                John P. Oldham (1st time)         (s.a.)
1840                       H.R. McDonald  
1840 - 1841                John P. Oldham (2nd time)         (s.a.)
1842 - 1843                James Hervey Boyd (1st time)      (b. 1809 - d. 1877)
1844 - 1849                John P. Oldham (3rd time)         (s.a.)
1850 - 1851                James Hervey Boyd (2nd time)      (s.a.)
1851 - 1852                J.P. Jones
1852 - 1854                William H. Taylor (1st time)      (b. 1816 - d. 1897)
Jan 1854 - Jan 1855        Richard Fletcher  
Jan 1855 - Jan 1858        William H. Taylor (2nd time)      (s.a.)
Jan 1858 - Jan 1859        James Hervey Boyd (3rd time)      (s.a.)
Jan 1859 - Jan 1860        Wilson A. Purdom  
Jan 1860 - Jan 1862        Richard C. Kerr
Jan 1862 - Jan 1864        Charles Henry Manship             (b. 1812 - d. 1895)  Dem
1863 - 1864                Joseph A. Mower                   (b. 1827 - d. 1870)  Mil
                             (federal military governor)
Jan 1864 - May 1868        David Nye Barrows                 (b. 1816 - d. 1895)  
 8 May 1868 -  9 Jul 1868  Thomas H. Norton                  (b. 1840 - d. 1908)  Mil
 9 Jul 1868 - 31 Jul 1868  James Biddle                                           Mil
31 Jul 1868 - 12 Jan 1869  James Perry Sessions              (b. 1814 - d. 1886) 
12 Jan 1869 -  2 Apr 1869  Rhesa Hatcher (1st time)          (b. 1810 - d. 1873)  Dem 
 2 Apr 1869 -  8 Jun 1869  Joseph G. Crane (acting)          (d. 1869)            Mil
16 Jun 1869 - 16 Jul 1869  F.A. Field                                             Mil
16 Jul 1869 -  5 Nov 1869  A. Way Kelly
 9 Nov 1869 - 22 Jun 1870  E.W. Cabiness (Cabaniss)
22 Jun 1870 - 17 Oct 1871  Oliver Clifton (1st time)         (b. 1847 - d. 1905)  Dem
27 Oct 1871 -  3 Jan 1872  Rhesa Hatcher (2nd time)(acting)  (s.a.)               Dem
 3 Jan 1872 -  5 Jan 1874  Marion Smith  
 5 Jan 1874 - Jan 1888     John F. McGill                    (b. 1838 - d. 1896)  Dem  
Jan 1888 - 1893            William Henry
                    (b. 1850? - d. ....) Dem
1893 - 1895                L.F. Chiles
                                           Dem  
1895 - 1897                Oliver Clifton (2nd time)
        (s.a.)               Dem  
1897 - 1899                Ramsey Wharton (1st time)
        (b. 1855 - d. 1908)  Dem  
1899                       Harlan Mercer Taylor
             (b. 1828 - d. 1902)  Dem
1899                       W.W. Morrison (mayor pro-tem)
1899 - 1901                John W. Todd
                                          Dem
1901 - 1905                William Hemmingway
               (b. 1839 - d. 1925)  Dem
1905 - Nov 1908            Ramsey Wharton (2nd time)
        (s.a.)               Dem
1909 - 1913                Arthur Campbell Crowder, Sr.      (b. 1868 - d. 1936)
  Dem
1913 - 1917                Swepson James Taylor
              (b. 1862 - d. 1947)  Dem
1917 - 1945                Walter A. Scott                   (b. 1876 - d. 1963)  Dem
1945 - 1949                Leland L. Speed
                  (b. 1899 - d. 1971)  Dem
1949 - 1969                Allen C. Thompson                 (b. 1906 - d. 1980)  Dem
1969 - 1977                Russell C. Davis                  (b. 1922 - d. 1993)  Dem
1977 - 1989               
Alney Dale Danks, Jr.             (b. 1939 - d. 2021)  Dem
Jul 1989 - Jul 1997        John Kane Ditto                   (b. 1944)            Dem
Jul 1997 - Jul 2005        Harvey Johnson, Jr. (1st time)    (b. 1946)            Dem
 4 Jul 2005 -  7 May 2009  Frank E. Melton                   (b. 1949 - d. 2009)  Dem
 7 May 2009 -  6 Jul 2009  Leslie B. McLemore (interim)      (b. 1940)            Dem
 6 Jul 2009 -  1 Jul 2013  Harvey Johnson, Jr. (2nd time)    (s.a.)               Dem
 1 Jul 2013 - 25 Feb 2014  Chokwe Lumumba                    (b. 1947 - d. 2014)  Dem
25 Feb 2014 - 24 Apr 2014  Charles H. Tillman (acting)       (b. 1932)            Dem
24 Apr 2014 -  1 Jul 2017  Tony Yarber                       (b. 1978)            Dem
 1 Jul 2017 -              Chokwe Antar Lumumba              (b. 1980)            Dem


Jacksonville

[former Flag of Jacksonville, Florida
                        1914-1976]
21 Jan 1914 - 9 Mar 1976
[Flag of Jacksonville,
                        Florida (U.S.)]
Adopted 9 Mar 1976

1791                       Cowford settlement.
12 Aug 1822                Jacksonville founded.
 9 Feb 1832                City incorporated.
12 Mar 1862 -  9 Apr 1862  U.S. federal occupation.
10 Mar 1863 - 29 Mar 1863  U.S. federal occupation.
 7 Feb 1864 - 25 Jun 1868  U.S. federal occupation.
31 May 1887                Cities of LaVilla and Fairfield and most of
                             the Springfield community annexed.
1888 - 1889                Great Yellow Fever epidemic.
 
3 May 1901                Great Fire of 1901 burns 146 city blocks.
 1 Oct 1968                Jacksonville and Duval County consolidated.

Mayors
1832 - 1835                William John Mills
1835 - 1839                ....
1839 - 1841                Stephen Eddy 
Intendants 
1841 - 1844                ....
1844 - 1845                Obediah Congar                     (b. 1768 - d. 1848) 
1845 - 1846                ....
1846 - 1847                Joseph B. Lancaster                (b. 1790 - d. 1856)  Whg 
1847 - 1848                Oliver Wood 
1848 - 1849                ....
1849 - 1850                Rodney Dorman (1st time)           (b. 1818 - d. af.1887) 
1850 - 1851                J. McRobert Baker 
1851 - 1852                Rodney Dorman (2nd time)           (s.a.) 
1852 - 1853                Henry Drayton Holland              (b. 1805 - d. 1860) 
1853 - 1854                Isaac Swart                        (b. 1824 - d. 1858)
1854 - 1855                F.C. Barrett 
1855 - 1856                Philip Frazer                      (b. 1814 - d. 1876)
1856 - 1857                F.I. Wheaton
                           + George C. Gibbs
1858 - 1859                John S. Murdock                    (b. 1818 - d. 1860)
Mayors
1859 - 1861                Holmes Steele (1st time)           (b. 1821 - d. 1867)  Dem
1861 - 1866                Halstead H. Hoeg                   (b. 1820 - d. 1876)  Dem
1866 -  7 May 1867         Holmes Steele (2nd time)           (s.a.)               Dem
1867 - 1868                John Clark                                              Dem
1868 - 1870                Edward Hopkins                     (b. 1809 - d. 1887)  Dem
 5 Apr 1870 - 1873         Peter Jones (1st time)             (b. 1832 - d. 1891)  Rep
 1 Apr 1873 - 1874         Jonathan C. Greeley                (b. 1833 - d. 1915)  Rep
 4 Apr 1874 - 1876         Peter Jones (2nd time)             (s.a.)               Rep
 3 Apr 1876 - 1877         Luther McConihe (1st time)         (b. 1824 - d. 1882)  Dem
 2 Apr 1877 - 1878         William Stokes Boyd                                     Dem
 1 Apr 1878 - 1879         Luther McConihe (2nd time)         (s.a.)               Dem 
17 Jul 1879 - 1880         Peter Jones (3rd time)             (s.a.)               Rep
 5 Apr 1880 - 1881         J. Ramsay Dey                      (b. 1840 - d. 1898)  Rep
 4 Apr 1881 - 1883         Morris A. Dzialynski               (b. 1841 - d. 1907)  Dem
 2 Apr 1883 - 1885         William McLaws Dancy               (b. 1851 - d. 1933)  Dem
 7 Apr 1885 - 1886         Marshall C. Rice                   (d. 1898)            Dem
 5 Apr 1886 - 1887         Patrick McQuaid (1st time)         (b. 1844 - d. 1892)  Dem
 8 Apr 1887 - 13 Dec 1887  John Q. Burbridge                  (b. 1829 - d. 1892)  Dem
13 Dec 1887 - 1889         Charles Bristol Smith              (b. 1833 - d. 1913)  Rep
1889 - 1891                Patrick McQuaid (2nd time)         (s.a.)               Dem
1891 - 1893                Henry Robinson                     (b. 1838 - d. 1924)  Dem
1893 - 1895                Duncan U. Fletcher (1st time)      (b. 1859 - d. 1936)  Dem
1895 - 1897                William M. Bostwick                (b. 1830 - d. 1914)  Dem
1897 - 1899                Raymond D. Knight, Sr.             (b. 1857 - d. 1908)  Dem
1899 - 1901                J.E.T. Bowden (1st time)           (b. 1857 - d. 1930)  Dem
1901 - 1903                Duncan U. Fletcher (2nd time)      (s.a.)               Dem
1903 -  9 Nov 1906         George M. Nolan                    (b. 1834 - d. 1906)  Dem
1906 - 1907                William H. Baker                   (b. 1868 - d. 1932)  Dem
1907 - 1909                William H. Sebring                 (b. 1840 - d. 1926)  Dem
1909 - 1913                William Spencer Jordan             (b. 1853 - d. 1932)  Dem
1913 - 1915                Van C. Swearingen                  (b. 1873 - d. 1943)  Dem
1915 - 1917                J.E.T. Bowden (2nd time)           (s.a.)               Dem
1917 - 1923                John W. Martin                     (b. 1884 - d. 1958)  Dem
1923 - 1937                John T. Alsop, Jr. (1st time)      (b. 1874 - d. 1958)  Dem
1937 - 1941                George C. Blume                    (b. 1890 - d. 1955)  Dem
1941 - 1945                John T. Alsop, Jr. (2nd time)      (s.a.)               Dem
1945 - 1949                C. Frank Whitehead                 (b. 1892 - d. 1976)  Dem
1949 - 1965                W. Haydon Burns                    (b. 1912 - d. 1987)  Dem
1965 - 1967                Louis H. Ritter                    (b. 1925 - d. 2010)  Dem
1967 -  1 Jul 1979         Hans Tanzler, Jr.                  (b. 1927 - d. 2013)  Dem
 1 Jul 1979 -  1 Jul 1987  Jake Godbold                       (b. 1934 - d. 2020)  Dem
 1 Jul 1987 -  1 Jul 1991  Tommy Hazouri                      (b. 1944 - d. 2021)  Dem
 1 Jul 1991 -  1 Jul 1995  T. Ed Austin, Jr.                  (b. 1926 - d. 2011)  Dem;1994 Rep
 1 Jul 1995 -  1 Jul 2003  John A. Delaney                    (b. 1956)            Rep
 1 Jul 2003 -  1 Jul 2011  John Peyton                        (b. 1964)            Rep
 1 Jul 2011 -  1 Jul 2015  Alvin Brown                        (b. 1963)            Dem
 1 Jul 2015 -  1 Jul 2023  Lenny Curry                        (b. 1970)            Rep
 1 Jul 2023 -              Donna E. Deegan (f)                (b. 1961)            Dem



Jersey City

[flag of Jersey
                        City, New Jersey (U.S.)]
Adopted 19 Jul 1938

1630                       Paulus Hook settlement.
23 Sep 1776 - 12 Nov 1783  British occupation.
28 Jan 1820                City of Jersey
23 Jan 1829                Renamed Jersey City.
22 Feb 1838                City incorporated.
 5 Oct 1869                Jersey City consolidated with Bergen and Hudson City.
11 Aug 1873                Greenville merged into Jersey City.

Presidents of the Board of Selectmen
22 May 1820 -  1 Sep 1823  Joseph Lyon
 2 Sep 1823 -  5 Sep 1825  William Lyon
 6 Sep 1825 -  4 Sep 1826  Joseph Kissam                      (b. 1785 - d. 1869)
 5 Sep 1826 -  5 Sep 1831  George Dummer                      (b. 1782 - d. 1853)
 6 Sep 1831 -  2 Sep 1833  David C. Colden                    (b. 1797 - d. 1850)
 3 Sep 1833 -  1 Sep 1834  William Glaze (1st time)
 2 Sep 1834 -  7 Sep 1835  John F. Ellis
 8 Sep 1835 -  5 Sep 1836  Robert Gilchrist                   (b. c.1790 - d. 1866)
 6 Sep 1836 - Apr 1838     William Glaze (2nd time)
Mayors
Apr 1838 - Apr 1840        Dudley Sanford Gregory (1st time)  (b. 1800 - d. 1874)  Whg
Apr 1840 - Apr 1841        Peter McMartin                     (b. 1805 - d. 1875)
Apr 1841 - Apr 1842        Dudley Sanford Gregory (2nd time)  (s.a.)               Whg
Apr 1842 - Apr 1843        Thomas A. Alexander                (b. 1800 - d. 1866)
Apr 1843 - Apr 1844        Peter Bentley, Sr.                 (b. 1805 - d. 1875)  Dem
Apr 1844 - 20 Apr 1848     Phineas C. Dummer                  (b. 1787 - d. 1875)  Whg
21 Apr 1848 - 18 Apr 1850  Henry C. Taylor                    (b. 1812 - d. 1889)  Whg
19 Apr 1850 -  2 May 1852  Robert Gilchrist                   (s.a.)               Whg
 3 May 1852 -  3 May 1857  David Stout Manners                (b. 1808 - d. 1884)  Whg
 4 May 1857 -  2 May 1858  Samuel Wescott                     (b. 1811 - d. 1861)  Dem
 3 May 1858 -  6 May 1860  Dudley Sanford Gregory (3rd time)  (s.a.)               Whg
 7 May 1860 -  4 May 1862  Cornelius Van Vorst                (b. 1822 - d. 1906)  Dem
 5 May 1862 -  1 May 1864  John B. Romar                      (b. 1823 - d. 1892)  Dem
 2 May 1864 -  5 May 1867  Orestes Cleveland (1st time)       (b. 1829 - d. 1896)  Dem
 6 May 1867 -  3 May 1868  James Gopsill                      (b. 1823 - d. 1884)  Rep
 4 May 1868 - 10 Apr 1869  Charles H. O'Neill (1st time)      (b. 1800 - d. 1897)  Dem
11 Apr 1869 -  1 May 1870  William Clarke                     (b. 1812 - d. 1892)  Dem
 2 May 1870 -  3 May 1874  Charles H. O'Neill (2nd time)      (s.a.)               Dem
 4 May 1874 - 30 Apr 1876  Henry Traphagen                    (b. 1842 - d. 1918)  Dem
 1 May 1876 -  5 May 1878  Charles Seidler                    (b. 1839 - d. 1921)  Rep
 6 May 1878 -  2 May 1880  Henry J. Hopper                    (b. 1880 - d. 1905)  Dem
 3 May 1880 -  4 May 1884  Isaac W. Taussig                   (b. 1850 - d. 1917)  Dem
 5 May 1884 -  2 May 1886  Gilbert Collins                    (b. 1846 - d. 1920)  Rep
 3 May 1886 -  1 May 1892  Orestes Cleveland (2nd time)       (s.a.)               Dem
 2 May 1892 -  2 May 1897  Peters F. Wanser                   (b. 1849 - d. 1918)  Rep
 3 May 1897 - 31 Dec 1901  Edward Hoos                        (b. 1850 - d. 1912)  Dem
 1 Jan 1902 - 31 Dec 1907  Mark M. Fagan (1st time)           (b. 1869 - d. 1955)  Rep
 1 Jan 1908 - 16 Jun 1913  H. Otto Wittpen                    (b. 1871 - d. 1931)  Dem
17 Jun 1913 - 14 May 1917  Mark M. Fagan (2nd time)           (s.a.)               Rep
15 May 1917 - 17 Jun 1947  Frank Hague                        (b. 1876 - d. 1956)  Dem
17 Jun 1947 - 16 May 1949  Frank Hague Eggers                 (b. 1901 - d. 1954)  Dem
17 May 1949 - 15 Dec 1953  John V. Kenny                      (b. 1894 - d. 1975)  Dem
15 Dec 1953 - 20 May 1957  Bernard J. Berry                   (b. 1913 - d. 1963)  Dem
21 May 1957 - 30 Jun 1961  Charles S. Witkowski               (b. 1907 - d. 1993)  Dem
 1 Jul 1961 - 25 Sep 1963  Thomas Gangemi                     (b. 1903 - d. 1976)  Dem
25 Sep 1963 - 15 Nov 1963  John Moriarty                      (d. 1998)            Dem
                           + Meyer Pesin                      (b. 1901 - d. 1989) 
                           (acting)
15 Nov 1963 -  7 Jul 1971  Thomas J. Whelan                   (b. 1922 - d. 2002)  Dem
 5 Aug 1971 -  8 Nov 1971  Charles K. Krieger (interim)       (b. 1914 - d. 1982)  Dem
 9 Nov 1971 - 30 Jun 1977  Paul T. Jordan                     (b. 1941)            Dem
 1 Jul 1977 - 12 May 1981  Thomas "Tommie" F.X. Smith         (b. 1927 - d. 1996)  Dem
 1 Jul 1981 - 30 Jun 1985  Gerald McCann (1st time)           (b. 1950)            Dem
 1 Jul 1985 - 30 Jun 1989  Anthony R. Cucci                   (b. 1922 - d. 2015)  Dem
 1 Jul 1989 - 13 Feb 1992  Gerald McCann (2nd time)           (s.a.)               Dem
14 Feb 1992 - 30 Jun 1992  Marilyn Roman (f)                  (b. 1936)            Dem
                             (acting to 11 Mar 1992)
 1 Jul 1992 -  1 Nov 1992  Joseph Rakowski (acting)           (b. c.1952)          Dem

 2 Nov 1992 - 30 Jun 2001  Bret Schundler                     (b. 1959)            Rep
 1 Jul 2001 - 25 May 2004  Glenn Cunningham                   (b. 1943 - d. 2004)  Dem
25 May 2004 - 12 Nov 2004  L. Harvey Smith (acting)           (b. 1948)            Dem
12 Nov 2004 - 30 Jun 2013  Jerramiah T. Healy                 (b. 1950)            Dem
                             (acting to Jul 2005)  

 1 Jul 2013 -              Steven Fulop                       (b. 1977)            Dem



Juneau

[old Flag of Juneau,
                      Alaska]
Former Flag bf.1970
[flag of Juneau, Alaska
                      (U.S.)]
Current Flag

18 Aug 1880                Settlement begins.
18 Oct 1880                Named Harrisonburg.
10 Feb 1881                Named Rockwell.
14 Dec 1881                Renamed Juneau City.
10 Jan 1882                Named Juneau.
29 Jun 1900                City incorporated.
 8 Sep 1906                Becomes the capital of Alaska.
30 Sep 1963 -  1 Jul 1970  Separate Greater Juneau Borough.
 1 Jul 1970                City and Borough of Juneau (merger of city of Juneau,
                            
Greater Juneau Borough and Douglas).

Mayors
1900                       John Maloney (acting)              (b. 1857 - d. 1918)
1900 - 1901                Arthur K. Delaney                  (b. 1841 - d. 1905)  Dem

1901 - 1902                George F. Forrest (1st time)       (b. c.1870 - d. 19..)
1902 - 1904                Ohlin H. Adsit                     (b. 1855 - d. 1909)
1904 - 1905                George F. Forrest (2nd time)       (s.a.)
1905 - 1906                John F. Maloney                    (b. 1857 - d. 1919)
1906 - 1907                Herman T. Tripp                    (b. 1859 - d. 1939)  Rep
1907 - 1908                George F. Forrest (3rd time)       (s.a.)
1908 - 1912                Emery Valentine (1st time)         (b. 1858 - d. 1930)  Rep
1912 - 1913                Harry A. Bishop                    (b.c.1869 - d. 1920) Dem
1913 - 1914                Charles W. Carter                  (b. 1870 - d. 1961)  Rep
1914 - 1916                John Reck                          (b. 1865 - d. 1951)
1916 - 1917                Benjamin D. Stewart                (b. 1878 - d. 1976)
1917 - 1919                Emery Valentine (2nd time)         (s.a.)               Rep
1919 - 1920                J. Latimer "Dolly" Gray            (b. 1879 - d. 1945)
1920 - 1923                Ralph E. Robertson                 (b. 1885 - d. 1961)  Rep
1923 - 1925                Isadore Goldstein (1st time)       (b. 1883 - d. 1959)
1925 - 1927                James J. Connors                   (b. 1876 - d. 1951)  Dem
1927 - 1933                Thomas B. Judson (1st time)        (b. 1882 - d. 1938)  Dem
1933 - 1937                Isadore Goldstein (2nd time)       (s.a.)
1937 - 1938                Thomas B. Judson (2nd time)        (s.a.)               Dem
1938 - 1944                Harry I. Lucas                     (b. 1890 - d. 1949)
1944 - 1945                A.B. "Cot" Hayes
1945 - 1946                Ernest Parsons                     (b. 1895 - d. 1982)
1946 - 1953                Waino E. Hendrickson               (b. 1896 - d. 1983)  Rep
1953 - 1955                Bert F. McDowell                   (b. 1904 - d. 1974)  Rep
1955 - 1959                Morell L. MacSpadden               (b. 1903 - d. 1961)  Rep
1959 - 1961                Lauris S. Parker (1st time)        (b. 1918 - d. 2003)
1961                       J. Wayne Johnson (acting)          (b. 1909 - d. 2007)
1961 - Oct 1961            A.W. Boddy (acting)
1961 - 1967                Lauris S. Parker (2nd time)        (s.a.)
1963 - 1967                Claude Millsap, Jr.                (b. 1920 - d. 2016)  Rep
                             (mayor of the Greater Juneau Borough)
1967                       Timothy O'Day           

1967 - 1969                Joseph George                      (b. 1902 - d. 1975)
1967 - 1970                Myrton R. Charney                  (b. 1931 – d. 2013)
                             (mayor of the Greater Juneau Borough)
1969 - 1973                Joseph A. McLean                   (b. 1917 - d. 2012)  Rep

1973 - 1975                William A. Macomber                (b. 1911 - d. 19..)
1975 - 1976                Virginia Kline Chitwood (f)
1976 - 1983                W.D. "Bill" Overstreet             (b. 1926 - d. 2013)
1983 - 1985                Frances "Fran" A. Ulmer (f)        (b. 1947)            Dem
1985 - 1988                Ernest E. Polley                   (b. 1936 - d. 1997)  Rep
1988 - 1991                Bruce M. Botelho (1st time)        (b. 1948)            Dem        
Oct 1991 -  4 Oct 1994     Jamie Parsons                      (b. 1941 - d. 2015)  Rep
Oct 1994 - 13 Feb 1995     Byron Ivar Mallott                 (b. 1943 - d. 2020)  Dem
13 Feb 1995 -  3 Oct 2000  Dennis W. Egan                     (b. 1947 - d. 2022)  Dem
 3 Oct 2000 - 27 Oct 2003  Sally Smith (f)                    (b. 1945)            Dem
27 Oct 2003 - 15 Oct 2012  Bruce M. Botelho (2nd time)        (s.a.)               Dem
15 Oct 2012 - 20 Oct 2015  Merrill Sandford                   (b. 1947)            Non-party
20 Oct 2015 - 30 Nov 2015  Stephen "Greg" Fisk                (b. 1945 - d. 2015)  Non-party
30 Nov 2015 - 28 Mar 2016  Mary Becker (f) (acting)                                Dem
28 Mar 2016 - 15 Oct 2018  Ken Koelsch                        (b. 1944)            Non-party
15 Oct 2018 -              Beth A. Weldon (f)                 (b. 1965)            Non-party


Kansas City

[Flag of Kansas City,
                          Missouri 1913-1936]
17 Jun 1913 - 1936

[flag of Kansas City, Missouri
                          1936-1944]
1936 - 26 Dec 1944

[Flag of Kansas City, Missouri
                          1944-1972]
26 Dec 1944 - 7 Jan 1972

[flag of Kansas City,
                        Missouri 1972-1992]  
7 Jan 1972 - 6 Dec 1992
[flag of Kansas City,
                        Missouri 1992-2023 (U.S.)]
6 Dec 1992 - 9 Feb 2023
[Kansas City, Missouri
                      Civic Banner 1995-2023]
Civic Banner 25 May 1995-2023

[flag of Kansas City,
                        Missouri (U.S.)]
Adopted 9 Feb 2023



14 Nov 1838                 Town of Kansas (MO) founded.
 3 Jun 1850                 
Town of Kansas (MO) incorporated.
28 Mar 1853                 City of Kansas (MO)
1889                        Renamed Kansas City.


Mayors
1853 - 1854                 William S. Gregory                (b. 1825 - d. 1887)  Whg
1854 - 1855                 Johnston Lykins                   (b. 1800 - d. 1876)  Dem
1855  (35 days)             John Johnson                      (b. 1816 - d. 1903)  Dem
1855 - 1860                 Milton J. Payne (1st time)        (b. 1829 - d. 1900)  Dem
1860 - 1861                 George M.B. Maughs                (b. 1823 - d. 1895)  Dem
1861 - 1862                 Robert T. Van Horn
(1st time)     (b. 1824 - d. 1916)  Rep
1862 - 1863                 Milton J. Payne (2nd time)        (s.a.)               Dem
1863  (1 month)             William Bonnifield                (b. 1814 - d. 1875)  Dem
1863 - 1865                 Robert T. Van Horn (2nd time)     (s.a.)               Rep
1865 - 1866                 Patrick Shannon                   (b. 1824 - d. 1871)  Dem
1866 - 1867                 Alexander L. Harris (1st time)    (b. 1820 - d. 1898)  Dem
1867 - 1867                 Edward H. Allen                   (b. 1830 - d. 1895)  Rep
1868 - 1869                 Alexander L. Harris (2nd time)    (s.a.)               Dem
1869 - 1870                 Francis R. Long                   (b. 1812 - d. 1881)  Rep
1870 - 1871                 Elijah M. McGee                   (b. 1819 - d. 1873)  Dem
1871 - 1872                 William Warner                    (b. 1839 - d. 1916)  Rep
1872 - 1873                 Robert H. Hunt                    (b. 1839 - d. 1908)  Rep
1873 - 1874                 Edward L. Martin                  (b. 1842 - d. 1912)  Dem
1874 - 1875                 Smith D. Woods                    (b. 1830 - d. 1888)  Dem
1875 - 1876                 Turner A. Gill                    (b. 1841 - d. 1919)  Dem
1876 - 1878                 James W.L. Slavens                (b. 1838 - d. 1905)  Rep
1878 - 1879                 George M. Shelley                 (b. 1849 - d. 1927)  Dem
1880 - 1881                 Charles A. Chace                  (b. 1835 - d. 1900)  Rep
1881 - 1882                 Daniel A. Frink                   (b. 1835 - d. 1885)  Rep
1882 - 1883                 Thomas B. Bullene                 (b. 1828 - d. 1894)  Rep
1883 - 1884                 James Gibson                      (b. 1849 - d. 1918)  Dem
1884 - 1885                 Leander J. Talbott                (b. 1849 - d. 1924)  Dem
1885 - 1886                 John W. Moore                     (b. 1840 - d. 1917)  Dem
1886 - 1888                 Henry C. Kumpf                    (b. 1830 - d. 1904)  Rep
1889 - 1890                 Joseph J. Davenport               (b. 1849 - d. 1921)  Rep
1890 - 1891                 Benjamin Holmes                   (b. 1846 - d. 1914)  Dem
1892 - 1893                 William S. Cowherd                (b. 1860 - d. 1915)  Dem
1894 - 1895                 Webster Davis                     (b. 1861 - d. 1923)  Rep
1896 - 1899                 James M. Jones                    (b. 1862 - d. 1928)  Rep
1900 - 1903                 James A. Reed                     (b. 1861 - d. 1944)  Dem
1904 - 1905                 Jay H. Neff                       (b. 1854 - d. 1915)  Rep
1906 - 1907                 Henry M. Beardsley                (b. 1858 - d. 1938)  Rep
1908 - 1909                 Thomas T. Crittenden, Jr.         (b. 1863 - d. 1938)  Dem
1910 - 1911                 Darius A. Brown                   (b. 1869 - d. 1938)  Rep
1912 - 1915                 Henry L. Jost                     (b. 1873 - d. 1950)  Dem
1916 - 1917                 George H. Edwards                 (b. 1860 - d. 1941)  Rep
1918 - 20 Jan 1922          James Cowgill                     (b. 1848 - d. 1922)  Dem
Jan 1922 - 1922             Sam B. Strother                   (b. 1871 - d. 1929)  Dem
1922 - 1924                 Frank H. Cromwell                 (b. 1878 - d. 1955)  Dem
1924 - 1930                 Albert I. Beach                   (b. 1883 - d. 1939)  Rep
1930 -  5 Jan 1940          Bryce B. Smith                    (b. 1878 - d. 1962)  Dem
1940                        Charles S. Keith
                 (b. 1873 - d. 1965)  Dem
1940 - 1946                 John B. Gage                      (b. 1887 - d. 1970)  Dem
1946 - 1955                 William E. Kemp                   (b. 1899 - d. 1968)  Dem
1955 - 1962                 H. Roe Bartle                     (b. 1901 - d. 1974)  Dem
10 Apr 1963 - 10 Apr 1971   Ilus W. Davis                     (b. 1917 - d. 1996)  Dem
10 Apr 1971 - 10 Apr 1979   Charles B. Wheeler, Jr.           (b. 1926 - d. 2022)  Dem
May 1979 - May 1991         Richard L. Berkley                (b. 1931 - d. 2023)  Rep
May 1991 - May 1999         Emanuel Cleaver II                (b. 1944)            Dem
May 1999 -  1 May 2007      Kay Waldo Barnes (f)              (b. 1938)            Dem
 1 May 2007 -  1 May 2011   Mark Funkhouser                   (b. 1949)            Dem
 1 May 2011 -  1 Aug 2019   Sylvester "Sly" James, Jr
.        (b. 1951)            Dem
 1 Aug 2019 -               Quinton Lucas                     (b. 1984)            Dem


Key West

[Key West, Florida
                        unofficial flag (U.S.)]
Unofficial from 1982

[Conch Republic Flag
                        1982, Key West, Florida (U.S.)]
Conch Rep. Flag 23-24 Jul 1982

1513                       Discovered and named Cayo Hueso by the Spanish.
1815 - 1822                Granted to Juan Pablo Sales.
25 Mar 1822                Renamed Thompson's Island.
 8 Jan 1828                City of Key West incorporated.
 8 Nov 1828                Incorporation repealed.
29 Mar 1832                Re-incorporated as a city.
 8 Feb 1861 - 10 May 1865  Remains under U.S. federal control during Civil War.
 1 Apr 1886                Fire destroys most of the city.
23 Jul 1982 - 24 Jul 1982  "Conch Republic" declared in protest against U.S.
                             federal border control road blocks.

Mayor
1828                       Edgar Macon                        (b. 1801 - d. 1829)
Presidents of the Town Council 
1828 - 1830                Edgar Macon                        (s.a.)
1831 - 1832                David Coffin Pinkham               (d. 1833)
Mayors
1832 - 1833                Oliver O'Hara
1833 - 1834                Fielding A. Browne (1st time)      (b. c.1796 - d. 1852)
1834 - 1835                Adam Gordon                        (b. 1793 - d. 1861)
1835 - 1837                Fielding A. Browne (2nd time)      (s.a.)
1837 - 1838                William A. Whitehead               (b. 1810 - d. 1884)
1838 - 1839                Tomaso Saccheti (Socarty)
1839 - 1840?               Pardon C. Greene                   (b. 1781 - d. 18..)
1840? - 1841?
             Philip J. Fontaine (1st time)      (b. c.1808 - d. 1858)
1841 - 1842                Alexander Patterson (1st time)     (b. 1797 - d. 1870)
1842? - 1844?              Philip J. Fontaine (2nd time)      (s.a.)
1844 - 1846                Benjamin Sawyer                    (b. 1804 - d. 1856)
1846? - 1848?              Walter C. Maloney                  (b. 1813 - d. 1884)

1848 - 1852                Alexander Patterson (2nd time)     (s.a.)

1852 - 1853                Fernando J. Moreno                 (b. 1823 - d. 1905)
1853 - 1854                John Woodbridge Porter             (b. 1820 - d. ....)
1854 - 1855                William Curry                      (b. 1821 - d. 1896)
1855 - 1856                Philip J. Fontaine (3rd time)      (s.a.)
1856 - 1857                Alexander Patterson (3rd time)     (s.a.)
1857 - 1861                John P. Baldwin                    (b. 1808 - d. 1864)  Dem
1861                       William Marvin (1st time)          (b. 1808 - d. 1902)
1861 - 1864                Alexander Patterson (4th time)     (s.a.)
1864 - 1865                Edwin Oliver Gwynn (1st time)      (b. 1820 - d. 1884)
1865 - 1866                Alexander Patterson (5th time)     (s.a.)
1866                       William Marvin (2nd time)          (s.a.)
1866 - 1867                Edwin Oliver Gwynn (2nd time)      (s.a.)
1867 - 1868                Alexander Patterson (6th time)     (s.a.)
1868                       Henry Mulrennan (1st time)         (b. 1830 - d. 1874)
1868                       William Smith Allen (1st time)     (b. 1823 - d. 1891)
1868 - 1869               
Daniel W. Whitehurst               (b. 1807 - d. 1872)
1870                      
Henry Mulrennan (2nd time)         (s.a.)
1870? - 1871?              Joseph Beverly Browne              (b. 1814 - d. 1888)
1871 - 1872                William D. Cash                    (b. 1834 - d. 1923)
1872? - 1873?              Winer Bethel                       (b. 1816 - d. 1877)
1873 - 1874                
William Smith Allen (2nd Term)     (s.a.)
1874 - 1875                Edwin Oliver Gwynn (3rd time)      (s.a.)
1875 - 1876                Carlos Manuel de Cespedes          (b. 1840 - d. 1915)
1876 - 1880                Livingston W. Bethel               (b. 1845 - d. 1914)  Dem
1880 - 1881                Robert Jasper Perry (1st time)     (b. 1838 - d. 1907)
1881 - 1882                Edwin Oliver Gwynn (4th time)      (s.a.)
1882 - 1883                William McClintock                 (b. 1839 - d. 1894)
1883 - 1885                R. Alfred Monsalvatge              (b. 1854 - d. 1900)
1885 - 1886                James G. Jones                     (b. 18.. - d. 1905)
1886 - 1888                Joseph W.V.R. Plummer              (b. 1842 - d. 1906)
1888 - 1889
                James A. Waddell (1st time)        (b. 1842 - d. 1904)
1889 - 1891                Walter C. Maloney, Jr.             (b. 1839 - d. 1894)
1891 - 1895                Robert Jasper Perry (2nd time)     (s.a.)
1895 - 1897                James A. Waddell (2nd time)        (s.a.)
1897 - 1898                John B. Maloney                    (b. 1867 - d. 1916)
1898 - 1903                George L. Bartlum                  (b. 1858 - d. 1930)
1903 - 1905                Benjamin D. Trevor                 (b. 1869 - d. 1945)
1906 - 1907                George L. Babcock                  (b. 1869 - d. 1933)
1907 - 1915                Joseph N. Fogarty                  (b. 1876 - d. 1936)
1915 - 1917                Norberg Thompson                   (b. 1884 - d. 1951)
1917 - 1919                Allen B. Cleare                    (b. 1878 - d. 1961)
1919 - 1921                Louis E. Otto                      (d. 1931)
1921 - 1925                Frank H. Ladd                      (b. 1867 - d. 1952) 
1925 - 1933                Leslie A. Curry                    (b. 1885 - d. 1933) 
1933 - 1935                William H. Malone                  (b. 1876 - d. 1944)
1935 - 1937                Henry C. Galey                     (b. 1886 - d. 1947)
1937 - 1945                Willard Martin Albury              (b. 1885 - d. 1973) 
1945                       William W. Demeritt (1st time)     (b. 1880 - d. 1948)
1945                       John W. Carbonell (1st time)       (b. 1906 - d. 1968)
13 Nov 1945 - 11 Nov 1947  William W. Demeritt (2nd time)     (s.a.)
11 Nov 1947 - 15 Nov 1949  Aurelius Maitland Adams            (b. 1896 - d. 1979)
15 Nov 1949 - 17 Jul 1950  Louis M.J. Eisner (1st time)       (b. 1898 - d. 1977)
17 Jul 1950 - 26 Feb 1951  John W. Carbonell (2nd time)       (s.a.)
 5 Mar 1951 - Nov 1951     Louis M.J. Eisner (2nd time)       (s.a.) 
1951 - 1957                C.B. Harvey (1st time)             (b. 1908 - d. 1988)  Dem
1957 - 1961                Delio M. Cobo (1st time)           (b. 1911 - d. 1994)
1961 - 1963                C.B. Harvey (2nd time)             (s.a.)               Dem
1963 - 1969                Kermit H. Lewin                    (b. 1921 - d. 2005)
1969 - 1971                Delio M. Cobo (2nd time)           (s.a.)
1971 - 1981                Charles "Sonny" E. McCoy           (b. 1928 - d. 2020)  Rep
1981 - 1983                Dennis J. Wardlow (1st time)       (b. 1944)            Ind
                             (self-declared prime minister of Conch Republic in 1982)
1983 - 1985                Richard A. Heyman (1st time)       (b. 1935 - d. 1994)  Dem 

1985 - 1987                Tom Sawyer (1st time)              (b. 1948 - d. 2005)
1987 - 1989                Richard A. Heyman (2nd time)       (s.a.)               Dem
1989 - 1991                Tony Tarracino "Captain Tony"      (b. 1916 - d. 2008)  Ind
1991 - 1995                Dennis J. Wardlow (2nd time)       (s.a.)               Ind
1995                       Tom Sawyer (2nd time)              (s.a.)
1995 - 1997
               Dennis J. Wardlow (3rd time)       (s.a.)               Ind
1997 - 1999                Sheila K. Mullins (f)              (b. 1946)            Dem
1999 -  7 Oct 2005         Jimmy F. Weekley                   (b. 1947)            Dem
 7 Oct 2005 - 13 Oct 2009  Morgan J. McPherson                (b. 1968)            Rep
13 Oct 2009 -
19 Nov 2018  Craig C. Cates                     (b. 1953)            Rep
19 Nov 2018 -              Teri Johnston (f)                  (b. 1951)            Ind


Lansing

[old Flag of Lansing,
                      Michigan 1969-1994]
1969 - 17 Oct 1994
[Lansing, Michigan
                      (U.S.)]
Adopted 17 Oct 1994

16 Mar 1847                Michigan Town becomes the capital of Michigan.
 3 Apr 1848                Renamed Lansing.
15 Feb 1859                Lansing incorporated as a city.


Mayors
1859 - 1860                Hiram H. Smith                     (b. 1809 - d. 1898)  Rep
1860 - 1861                John A. Kerr                       (b. 1825 - d. 1868)  Rep
1861 - 1862                William H. Chapman                 (b. 1820 - d. 1895)  Dem
1863 - 1865                Ira H. Bartholomew                 (b. 1828 - d. 1899)  Rep
1866 - 1867                William H. Haze                    (b. 1816 - d. 1910)  Rep
1867 - 1868                George W. Peck                     (b. 1818 - d. 1905)  Dem
1868 - 1869                Cyrus Hewitt                       (b. 1805 - d. 1882)  Rep
1870 - 1871                Solomon W. Wright                  (d. c.1883)          Dem
1871 - 1872                John Robson (1st time)             (b. 1833 - d. 1916)  Rep
1872 - 1873                John S. Tooker (1st time)          (b. 1834 - d. 1915)  Rep
1874 - 1875                Daniel W. Buck (1st time)          (b. 1828 - d. 1908)  Dem
1876 - 1877                John S. Tooker (2nd time)          (s.a.)               Rep
1877 - 1878                Orlando Mack Barnes
               (b. 1824 - d. 1899)  Dem
1878 - 1879                Joseph E. Warner                   (b. 1831 - d. 1914)
1879 - 1880                William Van Buren                  (b. 1843 - d. ....)  Rep
1881 - 1882                John Robson (2nd time)             (s.a.)               Rep
1882 - 1883                Orlando F. Barnes                  (b. 1856 - d. 1837)  Dem
1884 - 1885                William Donovan                    (b. 1846 - d. 1937)  Rep
1886 - 1887                Daniel W. Buck (2nd time)          (s.a.)               Dem
1887 - 1888                Jacob F. Schultz                   (b. 1856?- d. 1932)  Rep
1888 - 1889                John F. Crotty                     (b. 1851 - d. 1933)  Dem
1889 - 1890                James M. Turner (1st time)         (b. 1850 - d. 1896)  Rep
1890 - 1891                Frank Braton Johnson                                    Dem
1892 - 1893                Arthur O. Bement                   (b. 1847 - d. 1915)  Rep
1894 - 1895                Alroy A. Wilbur                    (b. 1848 - d. 1912)  Rep
1895 - 1896                James M. Turner (2nd time)         (s.a.)               Rep
1896 - 1897                Russell C. Ostrander               (b. 1851 - d. 1919)  Rep
1897 - 1899                Charles J. Davis                                        Rep
1900 - 1903                James F. Hammell                   (b. 1859 - d. 1916)  Dem
1904 - 1907                Hugh Lyons                         (b. 1847 - d. 1909)  Rep
1908 - 1911                John S. Bennett                    (b. 1848 - d. 1929)  Dem
1912 - 1917                J. Gottlieb Reutter                (b. 1868 - d. 1954)  Dem
1918 - 1919                Jacob W. Ferle (1st time)          (b. 1864 - d. 1922)
1920 - 1921                Benjamin A. Kyes                   (b. 1866 - d. 1933)  Dem
1922
- 23 Nov 1922         Jacob W. Ferle (2nd time)          (s.a.)
23 Nov 1922 - Apr 1923     Silas S. Main (acting)             (b. 1867 - d. 1954)
1923 - 1926                Alfred H. Doughty                  (b. 1881 - d. 1943)
1927 - 1930                Laird S. Troyer                    (b. 1882 - d. 1949)  Rep
1931 - 1932                Peter F. Gray                      (b. 1872? - d. 1948) Dem
1932 - 1941                Max A. Templeton (acting to 1933)  (b. 1879 - d. 1942)
1941                       Arthur E. Stoppel (acting)         (b. 1904 - d. 1951)
1941 - 1942                Sam Street Hughes                  (b. 1897 - d. 1990)  Rep
1943 - 1961                Ralph W. Crego                     (b. 1893 - d. 1989)
1961 - 1965                Willard I. Bowerman, Jr.           (b. 1917 - d. 1987)  Rep
1965 - 1969                Max E. Murninghan                  (b. 1924 - d. 2000)  Rep
1969 - 1981                Gerald W. Graves                   (b. 1923 - d. 2006)  Rep
1981 - 1992                Terry John McKane                  (b. 1941)
1992 - 1993                Jim Crawford                       (b. 1951)            Rep
1993 - 2003                David Hollister                    (b. 1942)            Dem
2003 - 2006                Antonio "Tony" Benavides           (b. 1937 - d. 2022)  Dem
2006 -  1 Jan 2018         Virgil "Virg" Bernero              (b. 1964)            Dem 
 1 Jan 2018 -              Andy Schor                         (b. 1975)            Dem



Las Vegas

[Former flag of Las Vegas,
                      Nevada]
Former Flag
[Flag of Las
                      Vegas, Nevada (U.S.)]
Adopted 2 Oct 1968

Jun 1855                   Settlement begins.
15 May 1905                Las Vegas Valley founded.
 6 May 1911                City of Las Vegas incorporated.
19 Mar 1931                Nevada legislature relaxes marriage and divorce laws and
                             repeals its gambling ban.
 3 Apr 1941                First major casino (El Rancho Vegas) is opened and on
                            
26 Dec 1946 Bugsy Siegel opens the Flamingo hotel.

Mayors
Jun 1911 - May 1913        Peter Buol                         (b. 1873 - d. 1939)  Rep
May 1913 - 1919            William "Bill" L. Hawkins          (b. 1863 - d. 1940)  Dem
1919 - 1921                William E. Ferron                  (b. 1887 - d. 1965)
1921 - 23 Jul 1921         Horace T. Jones                    (b. 1873? - d. 1921)

 3 Aug 1921 -  4 Oct 1921  Charles Ireland                                         Dem
 4 Oct 1921 -  6 Jan 1922  William "Bill" C. German (1st time)
 6 Jan 1922 -  1 Feb 1922  Frank Britchie (mayor pro-tem)
 1 Feb 1922 - 16 May 1923  W.H. Dentner (mayor pro-tem)
16 May 1923 - 1925         William "Bill" C. German (2nd time)
1925 - 1931                J. Fred Hesse                      (b. 1872 - d. 1941)  Rep
1931 - 1935                Ernie W. Cragin (1st time)         (b. 1895 - d. 1959)  Dem
1935 -  4 May 1938         Leonard L. Arnett                  (d. 1985)            Dem
 4 May 1938 - 1939         Harmon P. Marble                   (b. 1870 - d. 1945)  Dem
1939 - 10 May 1941         John Lewis Russell                 (b. 1883 - d. 1941)  Dem
10 May 1941 - 26 May 1941  Herbert Krause (mayor pro-tem)
26 May 1941 - 1943         Howell "Hal" C. Garrison           (b. 1899 - d. 1960)
1943 - 1951                Ernie W. Cragin (2nd time)         (s.a.)               Dem
1951 - 1959                Charles Duncan "C.D." Baker        (b. 1901 - d. 1972)  Dem
1959 - 1975                Oran K. Gragson                    (b. 1911 - d. 2002)  Rep
1975 - 1987                William "Bill" H. Briare           (b. 1930 - d. 2006)  Dem
1987 - 1991                Ronald "Ron" Philip Lurie          (b. 1941 - d. 2020)  Dem
1991 -  8 Jun 1999         Jan Laverty Jones (f)              (b. 1949)            Dem
 8 Jun 1999 -  6 Jul 2011  Oscar B. Goodman                   (b. 1939)          Dem;2009 Ind
 6 Jul 2011 -
             Carolyn Goodman (f)                (b. 1939)            Ind



Lincoln

[Former Flag of
                        Lincoln, Nebraska 1931-2022 (U.S.)]
14 Sep 1931 - 24 Jan 2022

[Flag of
                      Lincoln, Nebraska (U.S.)]
Adopted 24 Jan 2022

1856                       Founded as Lancaster.
29 Jul 1867                Selected as the state capital of Nebraska (effected Dec 1868).
 
6 Sep 1867                Renamed Lincoln.
 7 Apr 1869                Incorporated as a town.
18 Mar 1871                Incorporated as a city (and again 25 Mar 1887).

Chairmen of the Board of Trustees
10 Apr 1869 - 1870         Humphrey D. Gilbert
1870 -  4 Apr 1871         Charles Henry Gere                 (b. 1838 - d. 1904)  Rep
Mayors

 4 Apr 1871 - 10 Apr 1872  William F. Chapin                  (b. 1831 - d. 1885)  Rep
10 Apr 1872 - 1873         Erastus E. Brown                   (b. 1836 - d. 1908)  Rep
1873 - 11 Apr 1874         Robert D. Silver, Jr. (1st time)   (b. 1843 - d. 1899)  Dem
11 Apr 1874 - 16 Apr 1875  Samuel W. Little                   (b. 1818 - d. 1911)  Temperance
16 Apr 1875 - 11 Apr 1876  Amasa Cobb                         (b. 1823 - d. 1905)  Rep
11 Apr 1876 - 11 Apr 1877  Robert D. Silver, Jr. (2nd time)   (s.a.)               Dem
11 Apr 1877 - 14 Apr 1879  Harvey Wesley Hardy                (b. 1825 - d. 1913)  Rep
14 Apr 1879 - 19 Apr 1880  Seth P. Galey                      (b. 1844 - d. 1892)  Rep
19 Apr 1880 - 10 Apr 1882  John B. Wright                     (b. 1845 - d. 1925)  Rep
10 Apr 1882 -  9 Apr 1883  John Doolittle                     (b. 1836 - d. 1898)  Rep
 9 Apr 1883 - 13 Apr 1885  Robert Emmett Moore                (b. 1849 - d. 1921)  Rep
13 Apr 1885 - 12 Apr 1887  Carlos C. Burr                     (b. 1846 - d. 1927)  Rep
12 Apr 1887 -  9 Apr 1889  Andrew J. Sawyer                   (b. 1844 - d. 1924)  Ind
 9 Apr 1889 - 14 Apr 1891  Robert B. Graham                   (b. 1842 - d. 1912)  Rep 
14 Apr 1891 -  8 Apr 1895  Austin H. Weir                     (b. 1842 - d. 1907)  Ind 
 8 Apr 1895 - 10 Apr 1899  Frank A. Graham                    (b. 1854 - d. 1925)  Rep
10 Apr 1899 - 13 Apr 1903  Hudson J. Winnett                  (b. 1846 - d. 1918)  Rep
13 Apr 1903 - 10 Apr 1905  George A. Adams                    (b. 1849 - d. 1936)  Rep
10 Apr 1905 - 11 May 1909  Francis W. Brown                   (b. 1854 - d. 1915)  Dem
11 May 1909 -  8 May 1911  Don Lathrop Love (1st time)        (b. 1863 - d. 1940)  Rep
 8 May 1911 - 13 May 1913  Alvin H. Armstrong                 (b. 18.. - d. 1933)  Rep
13 May 1913 - 10 May 1915  Frank Connell Zehrung (1st time)   (b. 1858 - d. 1942)  Rep
10 May 1915 -  7 May 1917  Charles Wayland Bryan (1st time)   (b. 1867 - d. 1945)  Dem
 7 May 1917 -  9 May 1921  John Eschelman Miller              (b. 1859 - d. 1938)  Dem
 9 May 1921 -  9 May 1927  Frank Connell Zehrung (2nd time)   (s.a.)               Rep
 9 Apr 1927 - 13 May 1929  Verne Hedge                        (b. 1877 - d. 1963)  Rep
13 May 1929 - 11 May 1931  Don Lathrop Love (2nd time)        (s.a.)               Rep 
11 May 1931 -  8 May 1933  Frank Connell Zehrung (3rd time)   (s.a.)               Rep
 8 May 1933 - 13 May 1935  Fenton B. Fleming                  (b. 1882 - d. 1953)  Rep
13 May 1935 - 10 May 1937  Charles Wayland Bryan (2nd time)   (s.a.)               Dem
10 May 1937 - 28 Feb 1940  Oren Sturmon Copeland              (b. 1886 - d. 1958)  Rep
 4 Mar 1940 - 12 May 1941  Robert Erle Campbell               (b. 1888 - d. 1978)  Rep 
12 May 1941 - 10 May 1943  Richard O. Johnson                 (b. 1894 - d. 1971)  Rep
10 May 1943 - 12 May 1947  Lloyd J. Marti                     (b. 1901 - d. 1994)  Rep
12 May 1947 - 31 Jul 1950  Clarence Gillespie Miles           (b. 1887 - d. 1959)  Dem
31 Jul 1950 - 11 Sep 1950  Thomas R. Pansing (acting)         (b. 1917 - d. 1973)  Rep
11 Sep 1950 - 18 May 1953  Victor Emanuel Anderson            (b. 1902 - d. 1962)  Rep
18 May 1953 - 30 Jul 1956  Clark Jeary                        (b. 1892 - d. 1959)  Rep
30 Jul 1956 - 18 May 1959  Bennett "Abe" S. Martin            (b. 1904 - d. 1975)  Rep
18 May 1959 - 31 Dec 1962  Bartlett "Pat" E. Boyles           (b. 1907 - d. 1972)  Dem 
 7 Jan 1963 - 20 May 1963  Delzon L. "Dell" Tyrrell           (b. 1895 - d. 1965)  Rep
20 May 1963 - 15 May 1967  Dean H. Petersen                   (b. 1904 - d. 1989)  Rep
15 May 1967 - 19 May 1975  Sam Schwartzkopf                   (b. 1916 - d. 2004)  Dem
19 May 1975 - 16 May 1983  Helen Geankoplis Boosalis (f)      (b. 1919 - d. 2009)  Dem
16 May 1983 - 18 May 1987  Ronald A. Luedtke                  (b. 1924 - d. 2005)  Rep
18 May 1987 - 20 May 1991  Louis William "Bill" Harris        (b. 1939 - d. 2011)  Dem
20 May 1991 - 30 Nov 1998  Mike O. Johanns                    (b. 1950)            Rep
30 Nov 1998 - 17 May 1999  Dale L. Young                      (b. 1928 - d. 2022)  Rep
17 May 1999 - 19 May 2003  Don Wesely                         (b. 1954)            Dem
19 May 2003 - 14 May 2007  Coleen J. Seng (f)                 (b. 1936)            Dem
14 May 2007 - 20 May 2019  Chris Beutler                      (b. 1944)            Dem
20 May 2019 -              Leirion Gaylor Baird (f)           (b. 1971)            Dem



Little Rock

[Little Rock,
                        Arkansas (U.S.)]
Adopted 18 Oct 1988

Oct 1821                   Little Rock made the capital of Arkansas.
 7 Nov 1831                Little Rock incorporated as a town.
 2 Nov 1835                Incorporated as a city.
 6 May 1862 - 14 Jul 1862  Capital temporarily relocated to Hot Springs.
10 Sep 1863 - 31 Dec 1865  Occupied by Federal forces, city government suspended.
10 Sep 1863 - 28 May 1865  Confederate state capital moved to Washington in Hempstead county.

Mayors
Jan 1832 - Jan 1833        Matthew Cunningham                 (b. 1782 - d. 1851)
Jan 1833 - Jan 1834        William Wilson Stevenson           (b. 1768 - d. 1857)
Jan 1834 - Jan 1835        Elijah A. More                     (b. 1799 - d. 1878)
Jan 1835 - Nov 1835        David Fulton                       (b. 1771 - d. 1843)  Dem
Nov 1835 - Dec 1837        James Pitcher                      (b. c.1792 - d. 1844)
Jan 1838 - Jan 1841        Jesse Brown    
Apr 1839 - Nov 1839        Nicholas Peay (acting for Brown)   (b. 1784 - d. 1843)
Jan 1841 - Jan 1842        Samuel H. Webb (1st time)          (b. 1798 - d. 1875)
Jan 1842 - 24 May 1842     John Widgery                       (b. 1802 - d. 1873)
May 1842 -  4 Jan 1843     Samuel G. Trowbridge
Jan 1843 - 12 Sep 1843     Thomas S. Reynolds                 (b. 1796 - d. 1844)
Sep 1843 - Jan 1844        Eli Colby                          (b. 1814 - d. 1844)
Jan 1844 - Jan 1845        William Brown, Sr. 
Jan 1845 - Jan 1847        Lambert J. Reardon                 (b. 1813 - d. 1854)  Dem
Jan 1847 - Jan 1848        Roderick Lathrop "R.L." Dodge      (b. 1808 - d. 1893)
Jan 1848 - 19 Apr 1849     Samuel H. Webb (2nd time)          (s.a.)
Apr 1849 - 13 Feb 1850     Roswell Beebe                      (b. 1795 - d. 1856)
Feb 1850 - Jan 1851        D.J. Baldwin
Jan 1851 - Jan 1852        John Elliot Knight                 (b. 1816 - d. 1901)
Jan 1852 - Jan 1854        André Joseph Hutt                  (b. 1815 - d. 1885)
Jan 1854 - Jan 1855        Thomas Dwight Merrick              (b. 1814 - d. 1866)
Jan 1855 - Jan 1857        Charles "C.P." Bertrand            (b. 1808 - d. 1865)
Jan 1857 - Jan 1859        William Elliot Ashley (1st time)   (b. 1823 - d. 1868) 
Jan 1859 - Jan 1861        Gordon Neill Peay                  (b. 1819 - d. 1876)
Jan 1861 - 21 Sep 1863     William Elliot Ashley (2nd time)   (s.a.) 
21 Sep 1863 - Dec 1865     city government ceased operations
Jan 1866 - Jan 1867        John Josephus "J.J." McAlmont      (b. 1821 - d. 1896)
10 Jan 1867 - 28 Feb 1868  James Wilson Hopkins               (b. 1820 - d. 1913)
Feb 1868 - Dec 1868        John Wassell                       (b. 1814 - d. 1881)
Jan 1869 - Nov 1871        Alexis Karl Hartman                (b. 1838 - d. 1899)  Rep
                             (suspended Feb-Jun 1870, from Jan 1871)
Nov 1869 - Oct 1871        James V. Fitch
                             (president city council)
Jan 1871 - Nov 1871        Jefferson G. Botsford (acting)     (b. 1838 - d. 1915)
Oct 1871 - May 1872        Frederick G. Kramer                (b. 1829 - d. 1896)  Rep
                             (president city council)
Nov 1871 - Nov 1873        Robert Francis Catterson           (b. 1835 - d. 1914)  Rep
Jun 1872 - Nov 1872        W.T. Gibb
                             (president city council)
Dec 1872 - Mar 1875        D.T. Upham
                             (president city council)
Nov 1873 - Apr 1875        Frederick Kramer (1st time)        (s.a.)               Rep
Apr 1875 - Apr 1881        John Gould Fletcher                (b. 1831 - d. 1906)  Dem
Apr 1881 - Apr 1887        Frederick Kramer (2nd time)        (s.a.)               Dem
Apr 1887 - Apr 1891        William G. Whipple                 (b. 1834 - d. 1914)  Rep 
Apr 1891 - Apr 1893        Henry Lewis "H.L." Fletcher        (b. 1833 - d. 1896)
Apr 1893 - Apr 1895        M.G. Hall
Apr 1895 - May 1900        James Alexander Woodson            (b. 1848 - d. 1908)
May 1900 - Apr 1903        William R. Duley (1st time)        (d. 1920)            Dem
Apr 1903 - Apr 1908        Warren E. Lenon                    (b. 1867 - d. 1946)
Apr 1908 - Jun 1908        John Herndon Hollis                (b. 1870 - d. 1941)  Dem
                             (mayor pro-tempore)
Jun 1908 - Apr 1911        William R. Duley (2nd time)        (s.a.)               Dem
20 Feb 1911 - Apr 1911     John S. Odom (acting)
Apr 1911 - Apr 1919        Charles Edward Taylor              (b. 1868 - d. 1932)  Dem    
Apr 1919 - Apr 1925        Ben D. Brickhouse                  (b. 1873 - d. 1941)  Dem
Apr 1925 - Apr 1929        Charles E. Moyer (1st time)        (b. 1880 - d. 1945)
Apr 1929 - Apr 1931        Pat L. Robinson                    (b. 1900 - d. 19..)  Dem
Apr 1931 - Apr 1935        Horace A. Knowlton                 (b. 1872 - d. 1965)  Dem
Apr 1935 - Apr 1939        Richard E. "R.E." Overman          (d. 1947)
Apr 1919 - Apr 1941        John Vines "J.V." Satterfield, Jr. (b. 1902 - d. 1966)  Dem
 1 Jan 1941 - 31 Mar 1941  E.W. Gibb (acting)
Apr 1941 - Apr 1945        Charles E. Moyer (2nd time)        (s.a.)
Apr 1945 - Apr 1947        Dan T. Sprick                      (b. 1902 - d. 1972)  Dem
Apr 1947 - Dec 1951        Sam M. Wassell                     (b. 1883 - d. 1954)  Dem
Jan 1952 - Dec 1955        Pratt Cates Remmel                 (b. 1916 - d. 1991)  Rep  
                             (leave of absence 31 Aug - 31 Dec 1954)
31 Aug 1954 - 31 Dec 1954  Fred W. Parris
                             (acting for Remmel)
 1 Jan 1956 - Nov 1957     Woodrow Wilson Mann                (b. 1916 - d. 2002)  Dem
Nov 1957 - Dec 1962        Werner Caldwell Knoop              (b. 1915 - d. 1991)  Rep
Jan 1963 - Dec 1964        Byron R. Morse                     (b. 1917 - d. 2001)
Jan 1965 - Dec 1966        Harold "Sonney" Henson, Jr.        (b. 1923 - d. 2013)
Jan 1967 - Dec 1968        Martin Borchert                    (b. 1916 - d. 2007)  Dem
Jan 1969 - Dec 1970        Haco O. Boyd                       (b. 1902 - d. 1988)
Jan 1971 - Dec 1972        George Wimberly (1st time)         (b. 1920 - d. 2023)
 1 Jan 1973 - 31 Dec 1974  William H. Walters                 (b. 1912 - d. 2005)
Jan 1975 - Dec 1976        George Wimberly (2nd time)         (s.a.)
Jan 1977 - Dec 1978        Donald L. Mehlburger               (b. 1937 - d. 1992)
Jan 1979 - Jun 1979        A.M. "Sandy" Keith                 (b. 1924 - d. 2008)
Jun 1979 - Jul 1961        Webster "Webb" Lee Hubbell         (b. 1948)            Dem
Jul 1981 - Dec 1982        Charles E. Bussey, Jr.             (b. 1918 - d. 1996)
                             (acting to Nov 1981)
Jan 1983 - Dec 1984        J.W. "Buddy" Benafield             (b. 1927 - d. 2021)  Dem
Jan 1985 - Dec 1986        Thomas "Tom" A. Prince             (b. 1949)            Rep
Jan 1987 - Dec 1988        Lottie H. Shackelford (f)          (b. 1941)            Dem
Jan 1989 - Dec 1990        Floyd G. "Buddy" Villines          (b. 1947)
Jan 1991 - Dec 1992        Sharon M. Devlin Priest (f)        (b. 1947)            Dem
Jan 1993 - Dec 2006        Dalton J. "Jim" Dailey, Jr.        (b. 1942)
 3 Jan 2007 - 31 Dec 2018  Mark Stodola                       (b. 1949)            Dem
 1 Jan 2019 -              Frank D. Scott, Jr.                (b. 1983)            Dem



Long Beach

[City of Long Beach,
                        California]
Adopted 5 Jul 1967

[City of
                      Long Beach, as used California]
As used from 2020
1880                       Wilmore city founded.
10 Feb 1888                City of Long Beach
incorporated.
28 May 1897 - 14 Dec 1897  City dis-incorporated.
10 Mar 1933                6.4 earthquake strikes.

Presidents of the Board of Trustees

1888 - 1890                John Roberts 
1890 - 1894                Thomas Stovall 
1894 - 1895                I.G. Groucher 
1895 - 1896                W.H. Mintzner 
1896 - 1897                Elon C. Denio                      (b. 1864 - d. 1952)
1897 - 1900                C.A.F. Johnson 
1900 - 1903                C.J. Walker
1903 - 1905                Stephen Townsend                   (b. 1848 - d. 1920)
1905 - 1906                Rufus A. Eno                       (b. 1859 - d. 1926)
1906                       Samuel Merrill                     (b. 1831 - d. 1924)
1906 - 1908                Frank H. Downes                    (b. 1862 - d. 19..)

Mayors
1908 - 1912                Charles H. Windham                 (b. 1871 - d. 1932)  Rep  
1912 - 1914                Ira S. Hatch                       (b. 1869 - d. 1940)  Rep
1914 - 1915                Louis N. Whealton                  (b. 1872 - d. 1951)  Pro
1915 - 1921                William T. Lisenby                 (b. 1869 - d. 1944)
1921 - 1924                Charles A. Buffum                  (b. 1870 - d. 1936)
1924 -  6 May 1926         Ray R. Clark                       (b. 1872 - d. 1926)
1926 - 1927                Fillmore Condit                    (b. 1855 - d. 1939)  Rep
1927 - 1930                Oscar L. Hauge                     (b. 1868 - d. 1945)  Rep
1930 - 1933                Asa E. Fickling                    (b. 1877 - d. 1963)
1933 - 1934                Merritt E. Paddock                 (b. 1867 - d. 1937)
12 Aug 1934 - 1936         Carl Fletcher                      (b. 1883 - d. 1955)  Dem
1936 - 1938                Thomas M. Eaton                    (b. 1896 - d. 1939)  Rep
1938 - 1939                Clarence E. Wagner (1st time)      (b. 1896 - d. 1979) 
1939 - 1942                Francis Hudson Gentry              (b. 1892 - d. 1963)  Dem
1942 - 1945                Clarence E. Wagner (2nd time)      (s.a.)           
1945 - 1947                Herbert E. Lewis                   (d. 1972)            Rep
1947 - 1953                Burton W. Chace                    (b. 1901 - d. 1972)  Rep
1953 - 1954                Lyman B. Sutter                    (b. 1906 - d. 1963)
1954 - 1957                George M. Vermillion               (b. 1900 - d. 1961)  Rep 
1957 - 1960                Raymond "Ray" C. Kealer            (b. 1901 - d. 1978)
1960 - 30 Jun 1975         Edwin W. Wade                      (b. 1903 - d. 1975)  Rep
1975 - 1980                Thomas J. Clark, Jr. (1st time)    (b. 1926 - d. 2020)  Rep
1980 - 1982                Eunice Noda Sato (f)               (b. 1921 - d. 2021)  Rep
1982 - 1984                Thomas J. Clark, Jr. (2nd time
)    (s.a.)               Dem
1984 - 1994                Ernie E. Kell, Jr.                 (b. 1928 - d. 2017)  Dem
Jun 1994 - 2006            Beverly Joy Lewis O'Neill (f)      (b. 1930)            Dem
18 Jul 2006 - 15 Jul 2014  Robert "Bob" Foster                (b. 1947)            Dem
15 Jul 2014 - 20 Dec 2022  Robert J. Garcia                   (b. 1977)            Dem 
20 Dec 2022 -              Rex Richardson                     (b. 1983)            Dem



Los Angeles

[flag of Los Angeles,
                        California (U.S.)]
Adopted 22 Jul 1931

[Games of
                      the 23rd Olympiad: Los Angeles 1984]
1984 23rd Olympic Games Flag

 4 Sep 1781                Spanish settlement of el Pueblo de la Reina de Los Angeles
                            (from the longer but unofficial: El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora
                             la Reina de los Angeles de Porciúncula [The Town of Our
                             Lady the Queen of Angels of Portiuncula]).
 9 Jan 1847                United States takes possession.
 4 Apr 1850                City of Los Angeles
28 Aug 1909                San Pedro annexed (itself incorporated a city in 1888).

 7 Feb 1910                Hollywood annexed (incorporated 1903).
 2 Jul 1923 -  4 Oct 1923  American Historical Review Motion Picture Exposition and Monroe
                             Doctrine Centennial.
25 Nov 1925                Venice annexed (incorporated 1904).

29 May 1926                Watts annexed (incorporated 1907).
30 Jul 1932 - 14 Aug 1932  10th Olympic Summer Games held in Los Angeles.
28 Jul 1984 - 12 Aug 1984  23rd Olympic Summer Games held in Los Angeles.
14 Jul 2028 - 30 Jul 2028  34th Olympic Summer Games to be held in Los Angeles.

Military commissioner
1781 - 1786                José Vicente Féliz                 (b. c.1741 - d. 1822)
Alcaldes
1786 - 1788                José Vanegas (1st time)            (b. c.1753 - d. ....)
1789 - 1790                José Sinova
1790 - Jul 1790            Francisco Reyes (1st time)         (b. 1749 - d. 1809)
Jul 1790 - 1793            Mariano Verdugo (1st time)         (b. 1746 - d. 1822)

1793 - 1795                Francisco Reyes (2nd time)         (s.a.)
1796                       José Vanegas (2nd time)            (s.a.)
1797 - 1798                Juan Manuel Ramírez Arellano
1798 - 1799                Guillermo Cota (1st time)          (b. 1768 - d. 1844)
1799 - 1800                Francisco Serrano
1800 - 1802                Joaquín Higuera
1802 - 1809                Mariano Verdugo (2nd time)         (s.a.)
1810 - 1811                Francisco Ávila                    (b. 1772 - d. 1832)
1811 - 1812                Manuel Gutiérrez (1st time)
1812 - 1816                Guillermo Soto                     (b. 1768 - d. 1844)
                             (military commissioner)

1816 - 1819                Antonio María Lugo                 (b. 1775 - d. 1860)
1819 - 1821                José Anastasio Ávila               (b. 1776 - d. 18..)
1821 - 1822                Abel Stearns                       (b. 1798 - d. 1871)
1822 - 1824                Manuel Gutiérrez (2nd time)

1824                       Guillermo Cota (2nd time)          (s.a.)
1824 - 1825                Encarnación Urquides               (b. 1770 - d. 1833)
1825 - 1826                José María Ávila                   (b. 1790 - d. 1831)
1826                       José Antonio Carrillo (1st time)   (b. 1796 - d. 1862)
1826 - 1827                Claudio López                      (b. c.1767 - d. 18..)
1827 - 1828                Guillermo Cota (3rd time)          (s.a.)
1828 - 1829                José Antonio Carrillo (2nd time)   (s.a.)
1829 - 1830                Guillermo Soto                     (s.a.)
1830 - 1831                Tiburcio Tapia                     (b. 1789 - d. 1845)
1831 - 1832                José Vicente Anastacio Sánchez     (b. 1785 - d. 1846)
1832 - 1833                Manuel Domínguez                   (b. 1804 - d. 1882)
1833 - 1834                José Antonio Carrillo (3rd time)   (s.a.)

1834 - 1835                José Pérez
1835 - 1836                Francisco Javier Alvarado          (b. 1808 - d. ....)         
1836 - 1837                Manuel Requena                     (b. 1802 - d. 1876)
1837 - 1838                José Loreto Sepúlveda              (b. 1815 - d. 1881)
1838 - 1839                Luis Arenas
1839 - 1840                Tiburcio Tapia                     (s.a.)
                           + José
Loreto Sepúlveda            (s.a.)
                            (served jointly as first and second Alcaldes)
Justices of the Peace (Jueces de Paz)
1841                       Ignacio Palomares                  (b. 1811 - d. 1864)
                           + Ignacio Alvarado
1842                       Manuel Domínguez (1st time)        (s.a.)
                           + Juan Capistrano Sepúlveda        (b. 1814 - d. 1898)
1843                       Manuel Domínguez (2nd time)        (s.a.)
                           + Antonio Francisco Coronel        (b. 1817 - d. 1894)
Alcaldes
- first Alcaldes -
1844 - 1845                Manuel Requena                     (s.a.)
1845 - 1846                José Vicente Anastacio Sánchez     (s.a.)
1846 - 1847                Juan Gallardo 
1847 - 1848                José Salazar
1848                       Ignacio Palomores                  (s.a.)
- second Alcaldes -
1844 - 1845                Tiburcio Tapia                     (s.a.)
1845 - 1846                Juan Capistrano Sepúlveda          (s.a.)
1846 - 1847                José Loreto Sepúlveda (1st time)   (s.a.)
1847 - 1848                Enrique Ávila                      (b. 18.. - d.af.1910)
1848                       José Loreto Sepúlveda (2nd time)   (s.a.)
Mayors
 1 Jan 1848 - 1850         Stephen C. Foster (1st time)       (b. 1822 - d. 1898)  Dem
                             (resigned 21 May 1849, served as prefect [prefecto] for remainder)

 2 Jun 1850 - 29 Jun 1850  Ignacio Ramón de Jesus del Valle   (b. 1808 - d. 1880)  Dem
 1 Jul 1850 -  7 May 1851  Alpheus P. Hodges
                  (b. 1821 - d. 1858)
 7 May 1851 -  4 May 1852  Benjamin D. Wilson                 (b. 1811 - d. 1878)  Dem 
 4 May 1852 -  3 May 1853  John Gregg Nichols (1st time)      (b. 1812 - d. 1898)  Dem
 3 May 1853 -  4 May 1854  Antonio F. Coronel                 (s.a.)               Dem
 4 May 1854 - 13 Jan 1855  Stephen C. Foster (2nd time)       (s.a.)               Dem
12 Jan 1855 - 25 Jan 1855  Manuel Requena (1st time)(acting)  (s.a.)               Rep
25 Jan 1855 -  9 May 1855  Stephen C. Foster (3rd time)       (s.a.)               Dem
 9 May 1855 -  7 May 1856  Thomas Foster                      (b. 1814 - d. 1862)  Dem
 7 May 1856 - 22 Sep 1856  Stephen C. Foster (4th time)       (s.a.)               Dem
22 Sep 1856 -  4 Oct 1856  Manuel Requena (2nd time)(acting)  (s.a.)               Rep
 4 Oct 1856 -  9 May 1859  John Gregg Nichols (2nd time)      (s.a.)               Dem
 9 May 1859 -  9 May 1860  Damien Marchessault (1st time)     (b. 1821 - d. 1868)  Dem
 9 May 1860 - 26 Dec 1860  Henry Mellus                       (b. 1816 - d. 1860)  Dem
26 Dec 1806 -  7 Jan 1861  William Woodworth (acting)         (b. 1832 - d. 1882)  Dem
 7 Jan 1861 -  6 May 1865  Damien Marchessault (2nd time)     (s.a.)               Dem
 6 May 1865 - 10 May 1866  José Mascarel                      (b. 1816 - d. 1899)  Rep
10 May 1866 -  8 May 1867  Cristobal Aguilar (1st time)       (b. 1815 - d. 1886)  Dem
 8 May 1867 -  8 Aug 1867  Damien Marchessault (3rd time)     (s.a.)               Dem
 8 Aug 1867 -  7 Dec 1868  Cristobal Aguilar (2nd time)       (s.a.)               Dem
 9 Dec 1868 -  9 Dec 1870  Joel H. Turner                     (b. 1820? - d. 1888) Dem
 9 Dec 1870 -  5 Dec 1872  Cristobal Aguilar (3rd time)       (s.a.)               Dem
 5 Dec 1872 - 18 Dec 1874  James R. Toberman (1st time)       (b. 1836 - d. 1911)  Dem
18 Dec 1874 -  8 Dec 1876  Prudent Beaudry                    (b. 1818 - d. 1893)  Dem
 8 Dec 1876 - 16 Nov 1878  Frederick Alexander MacDougal      (b. 1814 - d. 1878)  Dem
16 Nov 1878 -  5 Dec 1878  Bernard Cohn                       (b. 1835 - d. 1889)  Dem
                             (acting to 21 Nov 1878)  
 5 Dec 1878 -  9 Dec 1882  James R. Toberman (2nd time)       (s.a.)               Wor
 9 Dec 1882 -  9 Dec 1884  Cameron Eerskine Thom              (b. 1825 - d. 1915)  Rep
 9 Dec 1884 - 14 Dec 1886  Edward Falles Spence               (b. 1832 - d. 1892)  Rep
14 Dec 1886 - 10 Dec 1888  William Henry Workman              (b. 1839 - d. 1918)  Dem
10 Dec 1888 - 25 Feb 1889  John Bryson, Sr.                   (b. 1819 - d. 1907)  Dem
25 Feb 1889 -  5 Dec 1892  Henry Thomas Hazard                (b. 1844 - d. 1914)  Rep
 5 Dec 1892 - 12 Dec 1892  William Hartshorn Bonsall (acting) (b. 1846 - d. 1905)  Rep
12 Dec 1892 - 12 Dec 1894  Thomas E. Rowan                    (b. 1842 - d. 1901)  Dem
12 Dec 1894 - 16 Dec 1896  Frank Rader                        (b. 1848 - d. 1897)  Rep
16 Dec 1896 - 15 Dec 1898  Meredith Pinxton Snyder (1st time) (b. 1859 - d. 1937)  Dem
15 Dec 1898 - 12 Dec 1900  Fred Eaton                         (b. 1855 - d. 1934)  Rep
12 Dec 1901 -  8 Dec 1904  Meredith Pinxton Snyder (2nd time) (s.a.)               Dem
 8 Dec 1904 - 13 Dec 1906  Owen C. McAleer                    (b. 1858 - d. 1944)  Rep
12 Dec 1906 - 11 Mar 1909  Arthur C. Harper                   (b. 1866 - d. 1948)  Dem
11 Mar 1909 - 15 Mar 1909  Niles Pease (acting)               (b. 1838 - d. 1921)  Rep
15 Mar 1909 - 26 Mar 1909  William Dennison Stephens (acting) (b. 1859 - d. 1944)  Rep
26 Mar 1909 -  1 Jul 1913  George Alexander                   (b. 1839 - d. 1823)  Dem
 1 Jul 1913 -  1 Jul 1915  Henry H. Rose                      (b. 1856 - d. 1923)  Rep
 1 Jul 1915 -  2 Sep 1916  Charles Edward Sebastian           (b. 1873 - d. 1929)  Dem 
 2 Sep 1916 -  5 Sep 1916  Martin F. Betkouski (acting)       (b. 1860 - d. 1942)  Dem
 5 Sep 1916 -  1 Jul 1919  Frederic Thomas Woodman            (b. 1872 - d. 1949)  Rep
 1 Jul 1919 -  1 Jul 1921  Meredith Pinxton Snyder (3rd time) (s.a.)               Dem
 1 Jul 1921 -  1 Jul 1929  George E. Cryer                    (b. 1875 - d. 1961)  Rep
 1 Jul 1929 -  1 Jul 1933  John Clinton Porter                (b. 1872 - d. 1959)  Dem
 1 Jul 1933 - 26 Sep 1938  Frank L. Shaw                      (b. 1877 - d. 1958)  Rep
26 Sep 1938 - 30 Jun 1953  Fletcher Bowron                    (b. 1887 - d. 1968)  Rep
 1 Jul 1953 - 30 Jun 1961  Charles Norris Poulson             (b. 1895 - d. 1982)  Rep
 1 Jul 1961 - 30 Jun 1973  Samuel William Yorty               (b. 1909 - d. 1998)  Dem;1972 Rep
 1 Jul 1973 - 30 Jun 1993  Thomas "Tom" Bradley               (b. 1917 - d. 1998)  Dem
 1 Jul 1993 - 30 Jun 2001  Richard J. Riordan                 (b. 1930 - d. 2023)  Rep
 1 Jul 2001 - 30 Jun 2005  James Kenneth Hahn                 (b. 1950)            Dem
 1 Jul 2005 - 30 Jun 2013  Antonio Villaraigosa               (b. 1953)            Dem
 1 Jul 2013 - 12 Dec 2022  Eric Michael Garcetti              (b. 1971)            Dem
12 Dec 2022 -              Karen Ruth Bass (f)                (b. 1953)            Dem



Louisville

[Flag of Louisville,
                      Kentucky 1949 - 2003]
(from 1927) 5 Oct 1949 - 5 Jan 2003
[flag of
                      Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government,
                      Kentucky]
Adopted 5 Jan 2003

27 May 1778                Louisville founded.
 7 Feb 1781                Village chartered.
13 Feb 1828                City incorporated. 
 1 Aug 1883 - 25 Oct 1884  Southern Exposition.
 5 Jan 2003                Merged with Jefferson County.

Mayors
 3 Mar 1828 - Mar 1834     John C. Bucklin                    (b. 1773 - d. 1844)
Mar 1834 - Mar 1836        John Joyes                         (b. 1799 - d. 1877)
Mar 1836 - 15 Mar 1837     William A. Cocke                   (b. 1796 - d. 1844)  D-R
15 Mar 1837 - 17 May 1841  Frederick A. Kaye (1st time)       (b. 1796 - d. 1866)  Whg
17 May 1841 - May 1844     David L. Beatty                    (b. 1798 - d. 1881)
May 1844 - May 1847        Frederick A. Kaye (2nd time)       (s.a.)               Whg
May 1847 - 15 May 1850     William R. Vance                   (b. 1806 - d. 1885)  Whg
15 May 1850 - 26 Apr 1852  John M. Delph (1st time)           (b. 1805 - d. 1891)  Dem
26 Apr 1852 - Apr 1855     James S. Speed                     (b. 1811 - d. 1860)  Whg
Apr 1855 - Apr 1857        John Barbee                        (b. 1815 - d. 1888)  K-N
Apr 1857 - 14 Aug 1858     William S. Pilcher                 (b. 1803 - d. 1858)  K-N
14 Aug 1858 - Apr 1859     Thomas W. Riley (pro-tem)          (b. 1804? - d. 1872) Whg
 2 Apr 1859 -  4 Apr 1861  Thomas H. Crawford                 (b. 1803 - d. 1871)  Uni
 6 Apr 1861 -  4 Apr 1863  John M. Delph (2nd time)           (s.a.)               Uni
 4 Apr 1863 -  1 Apr 1865  William Kaye                       (b. 1813 - d. 1890)  Dem
 1 Apr 1865 - 28 Dec 1865  Philip Tomppert (1st time)         (b. 1807 - d. 1873)  Dem
 2 Jan 1866 - 14 Feb 1867  James S. Lithgow                   (b. 1812 - d. 1902)  Dem
14 Feb 1867 - 1868         Philip Tomppert (2nd time)         (s.a.)               Dem
1869 - Mar 1870            Joseph H. Bunce                    (b. 1829 - d. 1908)  Dem
1870 - 1872                John G. Baxter (1st time)          (b. 1826 - d. 1885)  Dem
1873 - 1878                Charles Donald Jacob (1st time)    (b. 1838 - d. 1898)  Dem
1879 - 1881                John G. Baxter (2nd time)          (s.a.)               Dem
1882 - 1884                Charles Donald Jacob (2nd time)    (s.a.)               Dem
1885 - 1887                P. Booker Reed                     (b. 1842 - d. 1918)  Dem
1888 - 1890                Charles Donald Jacob (3rd time)    (s.a.)               Dem
12 May 1890 - 1891         William L. Lyons (pro-tem)         (b. 1857 - d. 1911)  Dem
1891 - 14 Jan 1896         Henry S. Tyler                     (b. 1851 - d. 1896)  Dem
14 Jan 1896 - 31 Jan 1896  Robert Emmet King (pro-tem)        (b. 1848 - d. 1921)  Rep
31 Jan 1896 - Nov 1897     George Davidson Todd               (b. 1856 - d. 1921)  Rep
Nov 1897 - Nov 1901        Charles P. Weaver                  (b. 1851 - d. 1932)  Dem
Nov 1901 - 14 Nov 1905     Charles F. Grainger                (b. 1854 - d. 1923)  Dem
14 Nov 1905 - Jun 1907     Paul C. Barth                      (b. 1858 - d. 1907)  Dem
Jun 1907 - Nov 1907        Robert Worth Bingham (interim)     (b. 1871 - d. 1937)  Dem
Nov 1907 - 16 Nov 1909     James F. Grinstead                 (b. 1845 - d. 1921)  Rep
16 Nov 1909 - 18 Nov 1913  William O. Head                    (b. 1859 - d. 1931)  Dem
18 Nov 1913 - 20 Nov 1917  John H. Buschemeyer                (b. 1869 - d. 1935)  Dem
20 Nov 1917 - 22 Nov 1921  George Weissinger Smith            (b. 1864 - d. 1931)  Rep
22 Nov 1921 - 17 Nov 1925  Huston Quin                        (b. 1876 - d. 1938)  Rep
17 Nov 1925 - Jun 1927     Arthur A. Will                     (b. 1871 - d. 1941)  Rep
Jun 1927 - Nov 1927        Joseph T. O'Neal                   (b. 1881 - d. 1944)  Dem
Nov 1927 - Nov 1933        Willliam B. Harrison               (b. 1889 - d. 1948)  Rep
Nov 1933 - 16 Nov 1937     Neville Miller                     (b. 1894 - d. 1977)  Dem
16 Nov 1937 -  1 Dec 1941  Joseph D. Scholtz                  (b. 1890 - d. 1972)  Dem
 1 Dec 1941 -  1 Dec 1945  Wilson W. Wyatt                    (b. 1905 - d. 1996)  Dem
 1 Dec 1945 - 16 Feb 1948  E. Leland Taylor                   (b. 1885 - d. 1948)  Dem
Feb 1948 - Mar 1948        Dann Conrad Byck (acting)          (b. 1899 - d. 1960
)  Dem
Mar 1948 -  1 Dec 1953     Charles Rowland Peaslee Farnsley   (b. 1907 - d. 1990)  Dem
 1 Dec 1953 -  1 Dec 1957  Andrew Broaddus                    (b. 1900 - d. 1972)  Dem
 1 Dec 1957 -  1 Dec 1961  Bruce Hoblitzell                   (b. 1887 - d. 1970)  Dem
 1 Dec 1961 -  1 Dec 1965  William Owen Cowger                (b. 1922 - d. 1971)  Rep
 1 Dec 1965 -  1 Dec 1969  Kenneth Albert Schmied             (b. 1911 - d. 1973)  Rep
 1 Dec 1969 -  1 Dec 1973  Frank W. Burke                     (b. 1920 - d. 2007)  Dem
 1 Dec 1973 -  1 Dec 1977  Harvey I. Sloane (1st time)        (b. 1936)            Dem
 1 Dec 1977 -  1 Jan 1982  William B. Stansbury               (b. 1923 - d. 1985)  Dem
 1 Jan 1982 -  1 Jan 1986  Harvey I. Sloane (2nd time)        (s.a.)               Dem
 1 Jan 1986 -  1 Jan 1999  Jerry E. Abramson (1st time)       (b. 1946)            Dem
 1 Jan 1999 -  5 Jan 2003  David L. Armstrong                 (b. 1941 - d. 2017)  Dem
 5 Jan 2003 -  3 Jan 2011  Jerry E. Abramson (2nd time)       (s.a.)               Dem
 3 Jan 2011 -  2 Jan 2023  Greg Fischer                       (b. 1958)            Dem

 2 Jan 2023 -              Craig Greenberg                    (b. 1973)            Dem






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