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Party abbreviations: Char = Charter Party of Cincinnati (liberal-reformist, est.1924,
Cincinnati,OH); Dem = Democratic Party (liberal, center-left, formerly D-R); DFL
= Democratic Farmer-Labor Party (liberal, upper-midwest Dem party); Fus
= Fusion (representing more than one party/coalition of parties); Grn
= Green Party; Ind = Independent; Libt = Libertarian Party;
Ref
=
Reform Party; Rep = Republican Party (conservative, center-right, est.1854); Soc = Socialist Party; Mil = Military;
- Former parties: AMP = American Party;
CP
= Citizens' Party; D-R = Democratic Republican (anti-Federalist;
renamed Democratic Party 1828); Fed = Federalist Party (conservative,
pro-Federal power, 1780's-1815); FRP = Free and Rowdy Party; K-N = Know-Nothing Party (anti-immigrant,
anti-Roman Catholic, Unionist, formally called AP, 1853-1860); MP = Moral Party; NAm =
National American Party; NR = National Republican Party (anti-Jacksonian
Democrat, 1826-1834); NUP = Nullifier Party (1830's short-lived states rights party in South Carolina); PP = Populist Party (reformist/socialist,
formerly People's Party, 1892-1908); Pro = Progressive Party (progressive/socialist,
1924-1955); Rep-Amr = Republican American; Uni = Union Party
(Unionist or Constitutional Union Party, formed chiefly by remnants of K-N and southern
Whigs, May 1860-1861); Whg = Whig Party (conservative 1824-1850's);
Wor = Workingman's Party (anti-Chinese immigration, 1877-1882])
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.
![[Flag of Akron, Ohio]](us-oh-ak.gif)
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 - 1839
John Curtis Singletary (b. 1789 - d. 1851) Ind
1839
Lucius V. Bierce (1st time)
(b. 1801 - d. 1870)
1840
Arad Kent
(b. 1802 - d. 1871)
1841
Lucius V. Bierce (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1842 - 1843
Harvey H. Johnston
1844
Lucius V. Bierce (3rd time) (s.a.)
1845 - 1846
Philo Chamberlin (b. 1811 - d. 1886)
1847
Levi Rawson
1848 - 1849
Israel E. Carter (b. 1810 - d. 1885)
1849 - 1850
Lucius
V. Bierce (4th time) (s.a.)
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
K. Wadsworth (b. 1786 - d. 1869)
1853 - 1854
Philip
N. Schuyler
1854 - 1855
William
T. Allen (b. 1814 - d. 1886)
1855 - Dec 1856
Nathaniel
Fitch
Feb 1857 - 1859
Frederick A. Nash
1859 - 1860
George
W. McNeil
1860 - 1861
Henry Purdy (1st time) (b. 1815 - d. 1893) Rep
1862 - 1863
Charles A. Collins
1863 - 1864 Henry A. Collins
1864 - 1865
George
D. Bates
1865 - 1866
James Mathews (b. 1803 - d. 1883)
1867 - 1868
Lucius V. Bierce (5th time) (s.a.)
1869 - 1872
John L. Robertson
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. 19..) Rep
1879 - 1880
John M. Fraze
1881 - 1882
Samuel A. Lane (b. 1815 - d. 1905)
1883 - 1886
Lorenzo D. Watters (1st time) (b. 1855 - d. ....)
1887 - 1888
Louis D. Seward (b. 1852 - d. ....)
1889 - 1892
William H. Miller (b. 1843 - d. 1914)
1893 - 1894
Lorenzo D. Watters (2nd time) (s.a.)
1895 - 1896
E.R. Harper
1897 - 1900
W.E. Young
1901 - 1902
W.B. Doyle
1903 - 1907
Charles W. Kemple
Dem
1908 - 1911
William T. Sawyer (b. 1862 - d. 19..)
1912 - 1915
Frank W. Rockwell (b. 1851 - d. 1917) Rep
1916 - 1917
William J. Laub, Sr.
1918 - 1919
I.S. Myers (1st time)
Dem
1920 - 1921
Carl F. Beck
1922
Daniel C. Rybolt
Administrators
1922
Homer Cambell
1922 - 1927
M.P. Tucker
Mayors
1928 - 1931
G. Lloyd Weil
1932 - 1933
C. Nelson Sparks
1934 - 1935
I.S. Myers (2nd time)
Dem
1936 - 1941
Lee D. Schroy
Rep
1942 - 1943
George J. Harter
1944 - 30 Jun 1953
Charles E. Slusser
1 Jul 1953 - 31 Dec 1953 Russell M. Bird
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)
Rep
1980 - 1983
Roy L. Ray
(b. 1939)
Rep
1984 - 1986
Thomas C. Sawyer
(b. 1945)
Dem
Jan 1987 -
Donald "Don" L. Plusquellic
(b. 1949)
Dem
Albany
![[flag of Albany, New York]](us-nyalb.gif)
Adopted 1909
1624
Fort Orange established by the Dutch.
1652
Beverwyck settlement founded.
24 Sep 1664
English rule; Beverwyck renamed Albany.
Aug 1673 - Nov 1674 Dutch
occupation (renamed Willemstadt).
22 Jul 1686
City charter granted.
1780
New York state legislature first meets in
Albany.
1 Jan 1797
Albany made the capital of New York state.
Mayors
1686 - 1694
Peter
Schuyler
(b. 1657
- d. 1724)
1690 - 1691
Johannes Wendell
(b. 1649 - d. 1692)
(in opposition; appointed by Jacob Leisler)
1694 - 1695
Johannis Abeel (1st time)
(b. 1667 - 1711)
1695 - 1696
Evert Bancker (1st time)
(b. 1665 - d. 1734)
1696 - 1698
Dirck Wessels Ten Broeck
(b. 1638 - d. 1717)
1698 - 1699
Hendrick
Hansen
(b. 1665
- d. 1724)
1699 - 1700
Peter Van Brugh (1st time)
(b. 1666 - d. 1740)
1700 - 1701
Jan Janse Bleecker
(b. 1641 - d. 1732)
1701 - 1702
Johannis Bleecker
(b. 1668 - d. 1738)
1702 - 1703
Albert Janse Ryckman
(b. c.1640 - d. 1737)
1703 - 1706
Johannis Schuyler
(b. 1668 - d. 1747)
1706 - 1707
David D. Schuyler
(b. 1669 - d. 1715)
1707 - 1709
Evert Bancker (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1709 - 1710
Johannis Abeel (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1710 - 1719
Robert Livingston, Jr.
(b. 1663 - d. 1725)
1719 - 1721
Myndert Schuyler (1st time) (b.
1672 - d. 1755)
1721 - 1723
Peter Van Brugh (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1723 - 1725
Myndert Schuyler (2nd time) (s.a.)
1725 - 1726
Johannes
Cuyler
(b. 1661
- d. 1740)
1726 - 1729
Rutger Janse Bleecker
(b. 1675 - d. 1756)
1729 - 1731
Johnnes "John" De Peyster
(b. 1694 - d. 1789)
(1st time)
1731 - 1732
Joahnnes "Hans" Hansen (1st time) (b. 1695 - d. 1756)
1732 - 1733
Johnnes "John" De Peyster
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
1733 - 1741
Edward
Holland
(b. 1702
- d. 1756)
1741 - 5 Nov 1741
Johannes "John" Schuyler, Jr. (b. 1697 -
d. 1741)
1742 - 1746
Cornelius Cuyler
(b. 1697 - d. 1765)
1746 - 1748
Dirck Ten Broeck
(b. 1686 - d. 1751)
1748 - 1750
Jacob C. Ten Eyck
(b. 1705 - d. 1793)
1750 - 1754
Robert
Sanders
(b. 1705
- d. 1765)
1754 - 1756
Joahnnes "Hans" Hansen (2nd time) (s.a.)
1756 - 1761
Sybrant G. Van Schaick
(b. 1708 - d. 1772)
1761 - 1770
Volkert P.
Douw
(b. 1720 -
d. 1801)
1770 - 1778
Abraham C. Cuyler
(b. 1742 - d. 1810)
1778 - 1779
John Barclay
(b. 1720 - d. 1779)
1779 - 1783
Abraham Ten Broeck (1st time) (b. 1734 -
d. 1810)
1783 - 1786
John Jacob Beekman
(b. 1733 - d. 1802)
1786 - 1790
John Lansing, Jr.
(b. 1754 - d. 1829)
29 Sep 1790 - 30 Jun 1796 Abraham Yates, Jr.
(b. 1724 - d. 1796)
1796 - 1798
Abraham Ten Broeck (2nd time) (s.a.)
1798 - 1816
Philip S. Van Rensselaer (1st time)(b. 1766 - d. 1824)
1816 - 1819
Elisha Jenkins (b. 1772 - d. 1849) D-R
1819 - 1821
Philip S. Van Rensselaer (2nd time)(s.a.)
1821 - 1824
Charles Edward Dudley (1st time) (b. 1780 - d. 1841)
Dem
1824 - 1826
Ambrose
Spencer
(b. 1765
- d. 1848) Dem
1826 - 1828
James Stevenson (b. 1788 - d. 1852)
1828 - 9 Feb 1829
Charles Edward Dudley (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
9 Feb 1829 - 31 Dec 1830 John Townsend (1st time)
(b. 1783 - d. 1854) Whg
1831 - 1832
Francis Bloodgood (1st time) (b. 1768 - d. 1840)
1 Jan 1832 - 31 Dec 1832 John Townsend (2nd
time) (s.a.)
Whg
1833 - 1834
Francis Bloodgood (2nd time) (s.a.)
1834
- 1837
Erastus Corning
(b. 1794 - d. 1872) Dem
1837 - 1838
Teunis Van Vechten (1st time) (b.c.1786 - d. 1859) Whg
1838 - 1841
Jared L. Rathbone (b.c.1792 - d. 1845) Whg
1841 - 1842
Teunis Van Vechten (2nd time) (s.a.) Whg
1842 - 1843
Barent P. Staats (b. 1796 - d. 1871) Dem
1843 - 1845
Friend Humphrey (1st time) (b.c.1787 - d. 1854) Whg
1845 - 1846
John Keyes Paige (b. 1788 - d. 1857) Dem
1846 - 1848
William Parmelee (1st time) (b. 1806 - d. 1856) Whg
1848
- 1849
John Taylor
(b. 1797 - d. 1863) Whg
1849 - 1850
Friend Humphrey (2nd time) (s.a.) Whg
1850 - 1851
Franklin Townsend (b. 1821 - d. 1898) Whg
1851 - 1854
Eli Perry (1st time)
(b. 1799 - d. 1881) Dem
1854 - 15 Mar 1856
William Parmelee (2nd time) (s.a.) Whg
1856
Charles Watson Godard
(b. 1817 - d. 1883) Rep
14 Apr 1856 - 1860
Eli Perry (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
6 May 1856 - 1856
John N. Quackenbush (in dissidence)(b. 1819 - d. 1876) Rep
1860 - 1862
George H. Thacher (1st time) (b. 1818
- d. 1887) Dem
1862 - 1866
Eli Perry (3rd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
1866 - 1868
George H. Thacher (2nd time) (s.a.) Dem
1868 - 1870
Charles E. Bleecker (b. 1826 - d. 1873) Dem
1870 - 1874
George H. Thacher (3rd time) (s.a.) Dem
1874
John G. Burch (acting)
(b. 1827 - d. 1905)
1874 - 1876
Edmund L. Judson (b. 1830 - d. 1890) Rep
1876 - 1878
A. Bleecker Banks (1st time) (b. 1837 - d. 1910) Dem
1878 - 1883
Michael N. Nolan
(b. 1833 - d. 1905) Dem
1883 - 1884
John Swinburne
(b. 1802 - d. 1889) Rep
1884 - 1886
A. Bleecker Banks (2nd time) (s.a.) Dem
1886 - 1888
John Boyd Thacher I (1st time) (b. 1847 - d. 1909) Dem
1888 - 1890 Edward Augustin Maher (b. 1848 - d. 1920) Dem
1890 - 1894
James Hilton
Manning
(b. 1854 - d. 1925) Dem
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 1903 John S. Davis
Rep
1
Jan 1904 - 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 1927)
1 Jan 1941 - 31 Dec 1941
Herman F. Hoogkamp (acting)
Dem
1 Jan 1942 - 28 May 1983 Erastus Corning
II
(b. 1910 - d. 1983) Dem
1942
- 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 -
Gerald "Jerry" D. Jennings
(b. 1948)
Dem
Albuquerque
![[Flag of Albuquerque, New Mexico]](us-nm-aq.gif)
7 Feb 1706
Founded as Villa San Francisco de Alburquerque.
24 Feb 1862 - 12 Apr 1862 Albuquerque occupied by Confederate
forces.
2 Jul 1885
Town of Albuquerque incorporated.
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. ....)
Apr 1889 - Apr 1890 G.W.
Meylert
Apr 1890 - Apr 1891 Michael
Mandell
Apr 1891 - Apr 1892 Joseph
Exum Saint
(b. 1847 - d. 1927)
Apr 1892 - Apr 1893 George
S. Easterday
Apr 1893 - Apr 1894 Neill
Brooks Field
(b. 1854 - d. 1932)
Apr 1894 - Apr 1895 John
F. Luthy
Apr 1895 - Apr 1897 Joseph
C. Baldridge
(b. 1848 - d. ....)
Apr 1897 - Apr 1898 Strickland
Aubright
Apr 1898 - Apr 1899 Frank
Willey Clancy
(b. 1852 - d. 1928) Rep
Apr 1899 - Apr 1902 Owen
N.
Marron
(b.
1861 - d. 1945) Dem
Apr 1902 - Apr 1904 Charles
F. Myers
Apr 1904 - Apr 1908 Frank
McKee
(b. 1857 - d. 1915)
Apr 1908 - Apr 1910 Felix
H. Lester
(b. 1872 - d. 1912)
Dem
Apr 1910 - Apr 1912 John
W. Elder
(d. 1943)
Rep
Apr 1912 - Apr 1914 D.K.B.
Sellers
(b. 1861 - d. 19..) Dem
Apr 1914 - Apr 1916 David
H. Boatright
(b. 1859 - d. 1939)
Rep
Apr 1916 - Dec 1917 Henry
Westerfeld (b. 1863 - d. 1938)
Chairmen of the City Commission
4
Dec 1917 - 24 May 1919 Charles F. Wade
(d. 1919)
Jun 1919 - Apr 1922 Walter
Connell
(b. 1879 - d. 1952) Dem
Apr 1922 - Dec 1922 William
R. Walton
(d. 1940)
Feb 1923 - 24 Feb 1925 Edwin Burnham Swope
(b. 1888 - d. 1955) Dem
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)
Apr 1938 - Oct 1939 Clyde
Elmer Oden
(b. 1892 - d. 1948)
Oct 1939 - Apr 1946 Clyde
K. Tingley (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
Apr 1946 - 12 Aug 1947 Albert E. Buck
(b. 1903 - d. 1951)
12 Aug 1947 - 10 Oct 1947 Frank W. Darrow
(b. 1891 - d. 1961)
10 Oct 1947 - 27 Jan 1948 Clyde K. Tingley (3rd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
27 Jan 1948 - Oct 1951 Ernest Everly
(b. 1893 - d. 1979) Rep
Oct 1951 - Apr 1954 Clyde
K. Tingley (4th time)
(s.a.)
Dem
Apr 1954 - Apr 1962 Maurice
Sanchez
(b. 1912 - d. 1991)
Dem
Apr 1962 - Apr 1966 Archie
Westfall
(b. 1905 - d. 2004) Dem
Apr
1966 - Oct 1967 Ralph S.
Trigg
(b. 1908 - d. 1979)
Oct 1967 - Mar 1970 Pete
V. Domenici
(b. 1932)
Rep
May 1970 - Oct 1971 Charles
E. Barnhart
(b. 1922 - d. 2007)
Oct 1971 - 21 Feb 1973 Harry E. Kinney
(b. 1924 - d. 2006) Rep
21 Feb 1973 - 10 Dec 1972 Louis E. Saavedra
(b. 1933 - d. 2009)
Dem
18 Dec 1972 - 1 Apr 1974 Ray R. Baca
(b. 1926)
1 Apr 1974 - 30 Jun 1974 Richard G. Vaughn
(b. 1932 - d. 2011)
Mayors
1 Jul 1974 - Nov 1977 Harry E. Kinney
(1st time)
(s.a.)
Rep
Dec 1977 - Nov 1981 David
Rusk
(b. 1940)
Dem
Dec 1981 - Nov 1985 Harry
E. Kinney (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Rep
Dec 1985 - Nov 1989 Ken
Schultz
(b. 1940)
Dem
Dec 1989 - Nov 1993 Louis
E. Saavedra
(s.a.)
Dem
Dec 1993 - 30 Nov 1997 Martin J. 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 - Richard
J. Berry (b.
1962) Rep
Anchorage
![[Flag of Anchorage, Alaska]](us-akage.gif)
1915 Anchorage founded.
23 Nov 1920
Anchorage incorporated.
1 Jan 1964 - 15 Sep 1975 Separate Greater Anchorage
Area Borough.
27 Mar 1964
9.2 Earthquake.
15 Sep 1975
City and borough of Anchorage.
Mayors
26 Nov 1920 - 11 Apr 1923 Leopold David
(b. 1878 - d. 1924)
11
Apr 1923 - 8 Oct 1924 M. Joseph Conroy
(b. 1874 - d. 1958)
8 Oct 1924 - 1 Jan 1926 Charles Bush
1 Jan 1926 - 9 May 1927 Chris M. Eckmann
(b. 1873 - d. 1937)
9 May 1927 - 9 Apr 1928 William Clayson
9 Apr 1928 - 10 Apr 1929 Grant Reed
(d. 1942)
10 Apr 1929 - 11 Apr 1932 James Delaney
(b. 1889 - d. 1970)
11 Apr 1932 - 7 Apr 1933 Oscar S. Gill (1st time) (b. 1880 - d. 1947) Rep
7 Apr 1933 - 1 Jan 1934 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)
12 Apr 1937 - 11 Apr 1938 Joseph H. Romig
(b. 1872 - d. 1951)
11 Apr 1938 - 8 Apr 1940 Herbert E. Brown (2nd time)
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.
(b. 1902 - d. 1985)
8 Apr 1946 - 12 Apr 1948 Francis 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)
1 May 1956 - 21 Oct 1958 Anton Anderson
(b. 1892 - d. 1960)
21 Oct 1958 - 7 Oct 1959 Hewitt Lounsbury
(b. 1911 - d. 1971)
7 Oct 1959 - 9 Oct 1961 George Byer
(b. 1912 - d. 2000)
9 Oct 1961 - 12 Oct 1964 George Sharrock
(b. 1910 - d. 2005)
1 Jan 1964 - Oct 1972 John M. Asplund
(b.
1913 - d. 1994)
(borough president)
12 Oct 1964 - 9 Oct 1967 Elmer E. Rasmuson
(b. 1909 - d. 2000) Rep
Oct 1972 - 15 Sep 1975 John "Jack" R. Roderick
(b. 1900 - d. 2002)
(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 Tom Fink
(b. 1928)
Rep
1 Jul 1994 - 30 Jun 2000 Rick Mystrom
(b. 1944)
Rep
1 Jul 2000 - 30 Jun 2003 George P. Wuerch
(b. c.1936)
Rep
1 Jul 2003 - 3 Jan 2009 Mark Begich
(b. 1962)
Dem
3 Jan 2009 - 30 Jun 2009 Matt Claman (acting)
Dem
1 Jul 2009 - Dan Sullivan
(b. 1951) Rep
Annapolis
![[Flag of Annapolis, Maryland]](us-md-an.gif)
Dec 1649
Settlement begins (Providence,later Anne Arundel Town).
Feb 1694 Becomes the capital of Maryland.
1695
Renamed Annapolis.
22 Nov 1708
City incorporated.
26 Nov 1783 - 9 Aug 1784 Briefly the capital of the
United States.
Mayors
1708 - 1715
Amos Garrett (1st time) (b. 1671 - d. 1727)
1715 - 1716 Thomas Macnemara
1716 - 1717 Amos Garrett (2nd time) (s.a.)
1717 - 1718 John
Gresham
(d. 1723)
1718 - 1720 Amos Garrett (3rd time) (s.a.)
1720 - 1721
Thomas Larkin
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
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. c.1710 - 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 (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
1776 - 1777 Thomas
Jennings (2nd time) (s.a.)
1777 - 1778 William
Paca
(b. 1740 - d. 1799)
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)
1782 - 1783
James Brice (1st time) (b. 1746 - d. 1801)
1783 - 1784
Jeremiah Townley Chase
(b. 1748 - d. 1828)
1784 - 1785
Nicholas Carroll (1st time) (b. 1750/51 - d. 1812)
1785 - 1786
Robert Couden (1st time)
1786 - 1787
Allen Quynn (4th time) (s.a.)
1787 - 1788
James Brice (2nd time) (s.a.)
1788 - 1789
John Bullen, Jr. (2nd time)
1789 - 1790
Nicholas Carroll (2nd time) (s.a.)
1790 - 1791
Robert Couden (2nd time)
1791 - 1792
Allen Quynn (5th time) (s.a.)
1792 - 1793
John Bullen, Jr. (3rd time)
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.)
1796 - 1797
John Bullen, Jr. (4th time)
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.)
1802 - 1803
Samuel Ridout (1st time) (b. 1765 - d. 1840)
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.)
1806 - 1807
Burton Whetcroft (1st time) (b.
c.1753 - d. 1822)
1807 - 1808
John Kilty (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 (d. 1836)
1812 - 1813
Nicholas Brewer II (1st time) (b. 1771 - d. 1839)
1813 - 1814
John Randall (1st time) (b. 1750 - d. 1826)
1814 - 1815
Nicholas Brewer II (2nd time) (s.a.)
1815 - 1816
John Randall (2nd time) (s.a.)
1816 - 1817
Nicholas Brewer II (3rd time) (s.a.)
1817 - 1818
John Randall (3rd time) (s.a.)
1818 - 1819
Nicholas Brewer II (4th time) (s.a.)
1819 - 1823
Lewis Duvall (b. 1776 - d. 1829)
1823 - 1825
James Boyle (b. 1784 - d. 1854)
1825 - 1828
Richard Harwood (b. 1775 - d. 1835)
1828 - 1837
Dennis Claude (1st time)
(b. c.1782 - d. 1863)
1837 - 1840
John Miller (b. c.1794 - d. 1856)
1840 - 1843
Alexander C. Magruder (b. c.1779 - d. 1853)
1843 - 1845
Richard Swann (1st time) (b. 1811 - d. 1877)
1845 - 1846
William Bryan (b. 1801 - d. 1886)
1846 - 1848
Richard Swann (2nd time) (s.a.)
1848 - 1849
Richard R. Goodwin (1st time) (b. c.1804 - d. 1873)
1849 - 1851
Abram Claude (1st time) (b. 1818 - d. 1901)
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.)
1854 - 1855
Abram Claude (2nd time) (s.a.)
1855 - 1856
Nicholas Brewer, Jr. (III) (b. 1828 - d. 1896)
1856 - 1858
Richard Swann (3rd time) (s.a.)
1858 - 1859
Joseph Brown
1859 - 1860
William
Harwood
(b. 1809
- d. 1900)
1860 - 1862
John R. Magruder (1st time) (b. 1829 - d. 1916)
1862 - 1863
J. Wesley White (b. 1822 - d. 1870)
1863 - 1864
John R. Magruder (2nd time) (s.a.)
1864 - 1865
Solomon Phillips (b. c.1819 - d. 1876)
1865 - 1866
Richard R. Goodwin (3rd time) (s.a.)
1866 - 1867
Richard Swann (4th time) (s.a.)
1867 - 1869
Abram Claude (3rd time) (s.a.)
1869 - 1870
Augustus Gassaway (b. c.1824 - d. 1885)
1870 - 1871
John T.E. Hyde (b. c.1820 - d. 1879)
1871 - 1875
James Munroe (b. 1827 - d. 1896)
1875 - 1877
Arthur W. Wells (d. 1886)
1877 - 1879
James H. Brown (1st time)
1879 - 1883
Thomas E. Martin
1883 - 1889
Abram Claude (4th time) (s.a.)
1889 - 1893
James H. Brown (2nd time)
1893 - 1897
John H. Thomas
1897 - 1899
Richard H. Green (d. 1899)
13 Feb 1899 - Jul 1899 Nevett Steele
(b.
1849 - d. 1924)
Jul 1899 - 1901
Edwin A. Seidewitz
(b. 1866 - d. 1918)
1901 - 1903
Charles A. Dubois
1903 - 1905
Samuel Jones (1st time)
1905 - 1907
John de Peyster Douw (b. 1873 - d. 1942)
1907 - 1909
Gordon H. Claude
1909 - 1919
James French Strange
(b. 1872 - d. 1926)
1919 - 1921
John J. Levy
1921 - 1923
Samuel Jones (2nd time)
1923 - 1925
Charles W. Smith (1st time)
1925 - 1927
Allen Bowie Howard
1927 - 1929
Charles W. Smith (2nd time)
1929 - 1935
Walter E. Quenstedt
1935 - 1939
Louis N. Phipps
1939 - 1941
George W. Haley
1941 - 1949
William U. McCready
1949 - Jan 1952
Roscoe C. Rowe
(b. 1884 - d. 1952) Rep
Jan 1952 - 1952 Robert H. Campbell, Sr. (acting)
1952 - 1961
Arthur G. Ellington
Dem
1961 - 1965
Joseph H. Griscom, Sr.
Rep
1965 - 2 Jun 1973
Roger "Pip" W. Moyer
Dem
2 Jun 1973 - 11 Jun 1973 Noah A. Hillman
Dem
11 Jun 1973 - 3 Mar 1981
John C. Apostol
Rep
9 Mar 1981 - 12 Apr 1981 Gustav Akerland (acting)
(b. 1920 - d. 1981) Rep
12 Apr 1981 - 7 Jun 1981 John C. Chambers, Jr. (acting) (b. 1928 - d. 2011) Rep
1981 - 1985
Richard Lazer Hillman
Rep
1985 - 1989
Dennis M. Callahan
Dem
1989 - 1997
Alfred A. Hopkins
(b. 1925 - d. 2006) Dem
1997 - 3 Dec 2001
Dean
L. Johnson
(b.
1943)
Dem
3 Dec 2001 - 7 Dec 2009 Ellen O. Moyer (f)
(b. 1936)
Dem
7 Dec 2009 -
Joshua J. Cohen
(b. 1973) Dem
Atlanta
![[flag of Atlanta, Georgia]](us-gaat2.gif)
1813
Fort Gilmer (later Ft. Peachtree) founded.
Sep 1837
Terminus founded.
23 Dec 1843
Renamed Marthasville.
29 Dec 1845
Named Atlanta.
29 Dec 1847
City incorporated.
15 Nov 1864
City burned by General Sherman.
4 Jul 1868
Becomes the capital of Georgia.
19 Jul 1996 - 4 Aug 1996 Twenty-Sixth Olympic Games
held in Atlanta.
Mayors
29 Jan 1848 - 17 Jan 1849
Moses W. Formwalt (b. 1820 - d. 1852) FRP
17
Jan 1849 - 23 Jan 1850 Benjamin P. Bomar
(b. 1816 - d. 1868) FRP
23
Jan 1850 - Jan 1851 Willis Buell
(b. 1790 - d. 1851)
FRP
1851 - 1852
Jonathan Norcross
(b. 1808 - d. 1898) MP
1852 - Jan 1853
Thomas F. Gibbs (b. 1798 - d. 1859)
Jan 1853 - 29 Oct 1853 John F. Mims
(b.
1815 - d. 1856)
14 Nov 1853 - 1854
William Markham (b. 1811 - d. 1890) Rad
1854 - 1855
William M. Butt (b. 1805 - d. 1864)
Jan
1855 - 6 Jul 1855 Allison
Nelson
(b. 1822 - d. 1862) Dem
20 Jul 1855 - 1856
John Glen (acting) (b. 1809 - d. 1895)
1856 - 1858
William Ezzard (1st time) (b. 1799 - d. 1887) Dem
1858 - 1860
Luther J. Glenn (b. 1818 - d. 1886) Dem
1860
- 1861
William Ezzard (2nd time) (s.a.)
Dem
1861 - 13 Dec 1861
Jard Irwin Whitaker (b. 1818 - d. 1884)
13 Dec 1861 - 1862
Thomas F. Lowe (acting) (b. 1812 - d. 1875)
1862 - 1866
James M. Calhoun (b. 1811 - d. 1875) Whg
1866 - 1869
James E. Williams (b. 1826 - d. 1900) Dem
1869 - 1870
William Hulsey (b. 1838 - d. 1909) Dem
1870 - 1871
William Ezzard (3rd time) (s.a.) Dem
1871 - 1872
Dennis F. Hammond (b. 1819 - d. 1891) Rep
1872 - 1873
John H. James (b. 1830 - d. 1917) Dem
Jan 1873 - Jan 1874
Cicero C. Hammock (1st time) (b. 1823 - d. 1890)
Jan 1874 - Jan 1845 S.B. Spencer
(b. 1827 - d. 1901) Dem
Jan 1875 - Jan 1876
Cicero C. Hammock (2nd time) (s.a.)
Jan 1877 - Jan 1879
Nedon L. Angier (b. 1814 - d. 1882) Rep
Jan 1879 - Jan 1881
William Lowndes Calhoun (b. 1837 - d. 1908)
Jan 1881 - Jan 1883
James W. English (b. 1837 - d. 1925)
Jan 1883 - Jan 1885
John B. Goodwin (1st time) (b. 1850 - d. 1921)
Jan
1885 - Jan 1887 George
Hillyer
(b. 1835 - d. 1927) Dem
Jan 1887 - Jan 1889
John Tyler Cooper
(b. 1844 - d. 1912)
Jan 1889 - Jan 1891
John Thomas Glenn (b. 1844 - d. 1899)
Jan 1891 - Jan 1893
William H. Hemphill (b. 1842 - d. 1902)
Jan 1893 - Jan 1895
John B. Goodwin (2nd time) (s.a.)
Jan 1895 - Jan 1897
Porter King (b. 1857 - d. 1901)
Jan 1897 - Jan 1899
Charles A. Collier (b. 1848 - d. 1900)
Jan 1899 - Jan 1901 James G. Woodward (1st time) (b. 1840 - d. 1923) Dem
Jan 1901 - Jan 1903
Livingston Mims (b. 1830 - d. 1906) Dem
Jan 1903 - Jan 1905
Evan P. Howell (b. 1839 - d. 1905)
Jan 1905 - Jan 1907
James G. Woodward (2nd time) (s.a.) Dem
Jan 1907 - Jan 1909
Walthall "Cap" R. Joyner (b. 1854 - d. 1925)
Jan 1909 - Jan 1911
Robert F. Maddox (b. 1870 - d. 1965)
Jan 1911 - Jan 1913
Cortland S. Winn (b. 1863 - d. 1940)
Jan 1913 - Jan 1917
James G. Woodward (3rd time) (s.a.) Dem
1917
- 1919
Asa G. Candler
(b. 1851 - d. 1929)
1919 - 1923
James L. Key (1st time)
(b. 1867 - d. 1939)
1923 - 1927
Walter A. Sims (b. 1880 - d. 1953) Dem
1927 - 1931
Isaac Newton Ragsdale (b. 1859 - d. 1937)
1931 - 1937
James L. Key (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1937 - 1941
William B. Hartsfield (1st time) (b. 1890 - d. 1971) Dem
1941 - 13 Mar 1942
Roy LeCraw (b. 1895 - d. 1935)
13 Mar 1942 - 31 May 1942 George B. Lyle (acting)
1 Jun 1942 - Jan 1962 William B.
Hartsfield (2nd time) (s.a.) Dem
Jan 1962 - Jan 1970 Ivan
Allen, Jr.
(b. 1911 - d. 2003) Dem
Jan 1970 - Jan 1974 Sam
Massell
(b. 1927)
Dem
Jan 1974 - Jan 1982 Maynard
H. Jackson (1st time) (b. 1938 - d. 2003)
Dem
Jan 1982 - Jan 1990 Andrew
Young
(b. 1932)
Dem
Jan 1990 - 3 Jan 1994 Maynard H. Jackson
(2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
3 Jan 1994 - 7 Jan 2002 William "Bill" C. Campbell
(b. 1953)
Dem
7 Jan 2002 - 4 Jan 2010 Shirley Clarke Franklin (f) (b.
1945)
Dem
4 Jan 2010 - Kasim
Reed
(b. 1966) Dem
Austin
![[flag of Austin, Texas]](us-tx-au.gif)
1839
Austin founded (named Nov 1839).
17 Oct 1839 - Mar 1842 Capital of the Republic
of Texas.
27 Dec 1839 Austin incorporated.
4 Jul 1845
Capital of the Republic, then State of Texas
(confirmed 19 Feb 1846).
Mayors
13
Jan 1840 - Aug 1840 Edwin Waller
(b. 1800 - d. 1881)
Aug 1840 - 1841
Thomas W. Ward (1st time)
(b. 1807 - d. 1872)
1841 - 1842
Moses Johnson (b. 1808 - d. 1853)
1842 - 1843
Asa Brigham
(b. 1790 - 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)
1852 - 1853
George J. Durham (b. 1820 - d. 1868) Dem
1853
Thomas W. Ward (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1853 - 1854
William P. DeNormandie (b. 1824 - d. 1881)
1854 - 1855
John S. Ford (b. 1815 - d. 1897)
1855 - 1856
John T. Cleveland
1856 - 1857
Edward R. Peck
1857 - 1858
Thomas E. Sneed (b. 1832 - d. 1901)
1858 - 1860
Benmain F. Carter (b. 1831 - d. 1863)
1860 - 1863
James W. Smith
1863 - 1865
Samuel G. Haynie (2nd time) (s.a.)
1865 - 1866
Thomas W. Ward (3rd time)
(s.a.)
1866 - 1867
William Carr
1867 - 1871
Leander Brown
1871 - 1872
John Glenn
1872 - 7 May 1877
Thomas Benton Wheeler
(b. 1840 - d. 1913) Dem
19 Jun 1877 - 1879
Jacob Carl DeGress (b. 1842 - d. 1894)
1879 - 1881
L.M. Crooker
1881 - 1 Jun 1884
William A. Saylor
13 Jun 1884 - 1888
John W. Robertson
1888 - 1890
Joseph Nalle
1890 - 1896
John McDonald
1896 - 1898
Louis Hancock, Sr.
1898 - 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)
1907 - 1909
Frank M. Maddox (d. 1925)
1909 - 1919
Alexander Penn Wooldridge
(b. 1847 - d. 1930)
1919 - 1926
William D. Yett
1926 - 1933
Paul W. McFadden
1933 - 1949
Robert "Tom" Miller (1st time) (b. 1893 - d. 1962)
Dem
1949 - 1951
Taylor Glass
1951 - 1953
William S. Drake, Jr. (b. 1909 - d. 1967) Rep
1953 - 1955
Charles A. McAden
1955 - 1961
Robert "Tom" Miller (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
1961 - 1967
Lester Palmer (b. 1908 - d. 2003)
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) Rep
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 Trevino, Jr. (acting)
15 May 1983 - 1985
Ron Mullen (b. 1939)
1985 - 1988
Frank C.
Cooksey
(b. 1933)
Dem
1988 - 1991
C. Lee Cooke
(b. 1944)
1991 - 1997
Bruce Todd
(b. 1949) Dem
May
1997 - 9 Nov 2001
Kirk Watson
(b. 1958)
Dem
9 Nov 2001 - 16 Jun 2003 Gus Garcia
(b. 1934)
Dem
16 Jun 2003 - 22 Jun 2009
Will Wynn
(b. 1961)
Dem
22 Jun 2009 - Lee Leffingwell
(b. 1939)
Dem
Baltimore
![[Flag of Baltimore, Maryland]](us-md-b.gif)
Adopted 1915
8 Aug 1729
Baltimoretown founded.
20 Dec 1776 - 27 Feb 1777 Briefly the capital of the
United States.
31 Dec 1796
City of Baltimore incorporated.
4 Jun 1851
Separated from Baltimore County.
Mayors
1797 - 1804
James Calhoun
(b. 1743 - d. 1816)
1804 - 1808
Thorowgood Smith
(b. c.1743 - d. 1810)
1808 - 1816
Edward Johnson (1st time)
(b. 1767 - d. 1829) D-R
1816 - 1819
George Stiles
(b. 1760 - d. 1819) D-R
1819 - 1820
Edward Johnson (2nd time)
(s.a.)
D-R
1820 - 1823
John Montgomery, Jr.
(b. 1764 - d. 1828) D-R
1823 - 1826
Edward Johnson (3rd time)
(s.a.)
D-R
1826 - 1831
Jacob Small, Jr.
(b. c.1772 - d. 1851)NR
1831 - 1832
William Stewart (acting)
(b. 1780 - d. 1839)
1832 - 1835
Jesse Hunt
(b. 1793 - d. 1872)
1835 - 1838
Samuel Smith
(b. 1752 - d. 1839) Dem
1838 - 1840
Sheppard C. Leakin
(b. 1790 - d. 1867) Whg
1840 - 1842
Samuel Brady
(b. 1789 - d. 1871) Dem
1842 - 1843
Solomon Hillen, Jr.
(b. 1810 - d. 1873) Dem
1843 - 1844
James O. Law
(b. 1809 - d. 1847) Whg
1844 - 1848
Jacob G.
Davies
(b. 1796
- d. 1857) Dem
1848 - 1850
Elijah Stansbury, Jr.
(b. 1791 - d. 1883) Dem
1850 - 1852
John Hanson Thomas Jerome
(b. 1814 - d. 1863) Whg
1852 - 1854
John Smith Hollins
(b. 1786 - d. 1856) Dem
1854 - 1856
Samuel Hinks
(b. 1815 - d. 1887) K-W
1856 - 1860
Thomas Swann
(b. 1806 - d. 1883) K-W
1860 - 13 May 1861
George William Brown
(b. 1812 - d. 1890) Dem
1861
John C. Blackburn (mayor ex-officio)
Dem
Sep 1861 - Jan 1862
Charles
J. Baker (mayor ex-officio)(b. 1821 - d. ....) Dem
1862 - 1867
John Lee Chapman
(b. 1811 - d. 1880) Rep
1867 - 1871
Robert Tunstall Banks
(b. 1822 - d. 1901) Dem
1871 - 1875
Joshua Van
Sant
(b. 1803 -
d. 1884) Dem
1875 - 1877
Ferdinand C. Latrobe (1st time) (b. 1833 - d. 1911)
Dem
1877 - 23 Jun 1878
George Procotr Kane
(b. 1820 - d. 1878) Dem
1878 - 1881
Ferdinand C. Latrobe (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
1881 - 1883
William Pinkney Whyte
(b. 1824 - d. 1908) Dem
1883 - 1885
Ferdinand C. Latrobe (3rd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
1885 - 1887
James Hodges, Jr.
(b. 1822 - d. 1895) Dem
1887 - 1889
Ferdinand C. Latrobe (4th time)
(s.a.)
Dem
1889 - 1891
Robert C. Davidson
(b. 1850 - d. 1924) Dem
1891 - 1895
Ferdinand C. Latrobe (5th time)
(s.a.)
Dem
1895 - 1897
Alcaeus
Hooper
(b. 1859
- d. 1938) Rep
1897 - 1899
William T. Malster
(b. 1843 - d. 1907) Rep
1899 - 1903
Thomas G.
Hayes
(b. 1844 -
d. 1916) Ref
1903 - 1904
Robert M. McLane
(b. 1867 - d. 1904) Dem
1904 - 1907
E. Clay
Timanus
(b. 1863
- d. 1923) Rep
1907 - 1911
J. Barry
Mahool
(b. 1870
- d. 1935) Dem
1911 - 1919
James H. Preston
(b. 1860 - d. 1938) Dem
1919 - 1923
William Frederick Broening
(b. 1870 - d. 1953) Rep
(1st time)
1923 - 1927
Howard Wilkinson Jackson (1st time)(b. 1877 - d. 1960) Dem
1927 - 1931
William Frederick Broening
(s.a.)
Rep
(2nd time)
1931 - 1943
Howard Wilkinson Jackson (2nd time)(s.a.)
Dem
1943 - 1947
Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin (b.
1900 - d. 1974) Rep
(1st time)
16 May 1947 - 16 May 1959 Thomas L.J. D'Alesandro, Jr. (b. 1903
- d. 1987) Dem
1959 - Nov 1962
J. Harold
Grady
(b. 1917 -
d. 2002) Dem
Nov 1962 - May 1963
Philip H. Goodman
(b. 1914 - d. 1976) Dem
May 1963 - 1967
Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin
(s.a.)
Rep
(2nd time)
1967 - 1971
Thomas L.J. D'Alesandro III (b.
1929)
Dem
1971 - Jan 1987
William Donald Schaefer
(b. 1921 - 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 - Stephanie
C. Rawlings-Blake (f) (b. 1970)
Dem
![[Billings (Montana)]](us-mtbil.gif)
15 Mar 1882 Billings founded.
10 Mar 1885 Incorporated as a city.
Mayors
10 Apr 1885 - 20 Jul 1885 John Tully
20 Jul 1885 - Apr 1887 Walter P. Matheson
Apr 1887 - Apr 1888 James R. Goss
Apr 1888 - May 1889 Edgar B. Camp
May 1889 - Apr 1890 Fred H. Foster (1st time) (b. 1856 - d. 1917)
Apr 1890 - Apr 1891 Joseph H. Rinehart
Apr 1891 - Apr 1892 George A. Griggs (1st time)
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.)
Apr 1895 - May 1896 Charles A. Dewar
Apr 1896 - May 1897 George A. Griggs (2nd time)
May 1897 - Aug 1898 Henry Chapple
Aug 1898 - Apr 1899 Peter H. Smith
Apr
1899 - May 1901 Christian "Chris" Yegen
(b. 1857 - d. 19..)
May 1901 - May 1903 William B. George
May 1903 - Apr 1909 Fred H. Foster (3rd time) (s.a.)
Apr 1909 - May 1911 Harlan J. Thompson
May 1911 - Apr 1912 Frank T. Woods
Apr
1912 - Apr 1915 Robert Leavens
(b. 1869 - d. 1949)
Apr 1915 - Apr 1917 E.A. Berhart
Apr 1917 - Apr 1919 William M. Johnston
Apr 1919 - Apr 1921 W. Lee Mains
Apr 1921 - Feb 1925 William V. Beers
Feb
1925 - Feb 1927 Edwin Grafton
(b. 1888 - d. 1979)
Feb
1927 - Apr 1931 Arthur Trenerry
(b. 1881 - d. 1962)
Apr
1931 - Dec 1933 Fred L. Tilton
(d. 1933)
1933 - 1937 Clarence J. Williams
1937 - 1943 Charles T. Trott
1943 - 1949 Harry E. Biddinger
1949 - 1953 Thompson T. Rowe
1953 - 1959 Earle Knight
1959 - 1962 Carl J. Clavadetscher
1962
- 1963 Harold E.
Gerke
(b. 1912 - d. ....) Dem
1963 - 1969 Willard E. Fraser (1st time) (b. 1907 - d. 1972)
1969
- 1971 Howard E.
Hultgren (b. 1924
- d. 2005) Rep
1971
- 21 Sep 1972 Willard
E. Fraser (2nd time) (s.a.)
1972 - 1977 Joseph A. Leone
1977
- 1984 William "Bill"
B. Fox (b. 1925 - d. 2010)
1984 - 1990 James E. Van Arsdale
1990 - 1996 Richard L. Larson
1996
- 2006 Charles "Chuck" F. Tooley
Dem
9
Jan 2006 - 4 Jan 2010 Ronald Tussing
(b. 1947?) Dem
4
Jan 2010 - Tom W. Hanel
(b. 1955?) Rep
![[flag of Birmingham, Alabama]](us-albir.gif)
Adopted 18 Aug 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 - 22 Apr 1872 Robert H. Henley
(b. 1843 - d. 1873)
1872 W.J. McDonald (acting for Henley)
1872 - 31 Dec 1872 Thomas Tate (interim)
1 Jan 1873 - 1875 James
R. Powell
(b. 1814 - d. 1883)
4 Jan 1875 - 1878
William H. Morris
(b. 1817 - d. 1907)
1878
Henry M. Caldwell
(b. 1836 -
d. 1895)
1878 - 1882 Thomas
Jeffers
(b. 1838 - d. ....)
1882 - 1888 Alexander O.
Lane (1st time) (b. 1848
- d. 1916)
1888 - 1890 Burges
A. Thompson
(b. 1850 - d. 1922)
1890 - 1892
Alexander O. Lane (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1892 - 1894 David J. Fox
1894 - 1896 James
A. Van Hoose (b.
1852 - d. 1936)
1896 - 1899 Frank
V. Evans
(b. 1850 - d. ....) Dem
1899 - 1905 Walter
"Mel" Drennen (b. 1851
- d. 1926)
4 May 1905 - 1908 George
B. Ward
(b. 1867 - d. 1940)
1908
- 1910 Frank
P. O'Brien
(b. 1844 - d. 1910)
1910 - 1911 Culpepper
Exum
(b. 1866 - d. 19..)
Presidents of the City Commission
1911 - Nov 1913 Culpepper Exum (s.a.)
13 Nov 1913 - 1917 George B. Ward (s.a.)
6 Nov 1917
- 7 Nov 1921 Nathaniel
A. Barrett (b. c.1870 -
d. 19..)
7
Nov 1921 - 2 Nov 1925 David E. McLendon
(b. 1869 - d. 19..)
1925 - 1940 James M.
Jones, Jr.
(b. 1883 - d. 1940)
29
Feb 1940 - 1953 W. Cooper Green
(b. 1900 -
d. 1980) Dem
1953 - 1961 James
W. Morgan
(b. 1891 - d. 1971)
1961 - May 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) 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. c.1965)
26 Jan 2010 - William A. Bell, Sr. (2nd time) (s.a.)
Dem
Bismarck
![[flag of Bismarck, North Dakota]](us-ndbis.gif)
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
Edmund Hackett
Apr 1875 - 1877
John A. McLean (b. 1849 - d. 1916)
Nov 1877 - 1881
George Peoples (b. 1847 - d. 1918)
Apr 1881 - Apr 1882
R.B. Thurston
Apr 1882 - Apr 1884
James W. Raymond
Apr 1884 - 1885
John P. Dunn (b. 1839 - d. 1917)
1885
Justus Bragg
Apr 1885 - Apr 1886
John E. Carland (b. 1854 - d. 1922)
Apr 1886 - Apr 1887 Israel
P. Hunt
(b. 1821 - d. 1893)
Apr 1887 - Apr 1890
William A. Bentley (1st time)
Apr 1890 - Apr 1891
Isaac Post Baker (b. 1855 - d. 1938) Dem
Apr 1891 - Apr 1892
William A. Bentley (2nd time)
Apr 1892 - Apr 1894 Edward S. Allen
Apr 1894 - Apr 1896
Albert N. Leslie
Apr 1896 - Apr 1901
Edward G. Patterson (b. 1866 - d. 1945)
Apr 1901 - Apr 1905
Francis H. Register (b. 1859 - d. 19..)
Apr 1905 - Apr 1907
William H. Webb
Apr 1907 - Apr 1909
Francis R. Smyth
Apr 1909 - Apr 1913
Erastus A. Williams (b. 1850 - d. 1930)
Apr 1913 - Apr 1921
Arthur W. Lucas
Apr 1921 - Apr 1937
Amil P. Lenhart (1st time)
Apr 1937 - Aug 1938
Obert A. Olson (d. 1938)
Apr 1939 - Apr 1946
Neil O. Churchill (b. 1891 - d. 1969)
Apr 1946 - Apr 1950
Amil P. Lenhart (2nd time)
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 Heskin
Apr 1978 - Apr 1986
Eugene "Bus" Leary
Apr 1986 - Apr 1990 Marlan "Hawk" Haakenson
Apr
1990 - 11 Jun 2002
Bill Sorenson
(b. 1953?)
11 Jun 2002 -
John Warford
(b. 1947)
Rep
Boise
![[flag of Boise, Idaho]](us-idboi.gif)
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.
Mayors
18 Nov 1867 - 14 Jan 1868
Henry E. Prickett (b. 1839 - d. 1885) Rep
1868 - 1869
Thomas B. Hart
16 Jan 1869 - 12 Jul 1872 Charles Himrod (1st time) (b. 1842 - d. 1925)
1872 - 1873
George H. Twitchell
1873 - 1875
Thomas E. Logan (1st time) (b. 1834 - d. 1894)
1875 - 1876
John Lemp (b. 1838 - d. 1912)
1876 - 1878
Thomas E. Logan (2nd time) (s.a.)
8 Jul 1878 - 14 Jul 1879
Charles Himrod (2nd time) (s.a.)
1879 - 1880
Cyrus Y. Jacobs (b. 1831 - d. 1901)
1880 - 1881
Charles P. Bilderback (b. 1846 - d. 1917)
11 Jul 1881 - 20 Jul 1885 James A. Pinney (1st time) (b. 1853 - d. 1914)
20 Jul 1885 - 5 Nov 1885 Solomon "Sol" Hasbrouck (b. 1833 - d. 1906)
28 Dec 1885 - 18 Jul 1887 James W. Huston
1887 - 1889
Peter J. Pefley (b. 1830 - d. 1906)
15 Jul 1889 - 15 Jul 1893 James A. Pinney (2nd time) (s.a.)
1893 - 1895
Peter Sonna (b. 1835 - d. 1907)
1895 - 1897
Walter E. Pierce (b. 1860 - d. 1951)
15 Jul 1897 - 13 Jul 1899
Moses Alexander (1st time)
(b. 1853 - d. 1932) Dem
1899 - 1901
James H. Richards
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.)
6 Apr 1907 - 10 Apr 1909 John Michiner Haines
(b. 1863 - d. 1917) Rep
1909 - 1911
Joseph T. Pence (b. 1869 - d. 1941) Dem
1911 - 1912
Harry K. Fritchman (b. 1865 - d. 1942)
1912 - 1915
Arthur Hodges (b. 1865 - d. 1944)
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)
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.)
2 May 1927 - 6 May 1927 Herbert F.
Lemp
(b. 1884 - d. 1927)
6 May 1927 - 30 Apr 1929 Walter
F. Hansen (acting)
30 Apr 1929 - 13 Feb 1933 James Pickney Pope
(b. 1884 - d. 1966) Dem
13 Feb 1933 - 1 May 1933 Ross Cady (acting)
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
19 Apr 1941 - 11 May 1942 Henry Westerman Whillock
(1st time)(b. 1904 - d. 1985?)
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)
Rep
Jan 1974 - Jan 1986 Richard
R. Eardley
(b. 1928)
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)
18 Feb 2003 - 6 Jan 2004 Carolyn Terteling-Payne (f)
(b. 1936)
Rep
6 Jan 2004 -
David
H. Bieter
(b.
1959)
Dem
Boston
![[Flag of Boston, Massachusetts]](us-ma-bo.gif)
Adopted 30 Jan 1917
17 Sep 1630
Boston founded as capital of Massachusetts.
25 May 1775 - 17 Mar 1776 British occupation.
23 Feb 1822 Incorporated as a city.
Chairmen of the Board of Selectmen
1634 - 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
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. c.1728 - d. 1802)
1797? - 1798? Ebenezer Sever
(b.
1737 - d. 1812)
1798? - 1799? Thomas Edwards
1799 - 1818
Charles Bulfinch
(b. 1763 - d. 1844) Fed
1818 - 1820
Turner Phillips
1820 - 1822
Eliphalet Williams (b. 1778 - d. 1855)
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
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
(in prison 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 -
Thomas M. Menino
(b. 1942)
Dem
Buffalo
![[Flag of Buffalo, New York]](us-nybff.gif)
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.
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)
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)
(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
Charleston
![[Flag of Charleston, South Carolina]](us-sc-ch.gif)
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 City under federal military occupation.
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)
11 Sep 1786 - 15 Sep 1788
John Faucherhaud Grimké (b. 1752 - d. 1819)
29 Sep 1788 - 7 Sep 1789 Rawlins Lowndes
(b. 1721 - d. 1800)
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)
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)
14
Sep 1801 - 13 Sep 1802 John Ward
(b. 1767 - d. 1816)
13 Sep 1802 - 12 Sep 1803 David Deas
(b. 1771 - d. 1822)
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 (d. 1833)
8 Sep 1806 - Jul 1808 John Dawson, Jr.
(b. 1765 - d. 1823)
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)
10 Sep 1810 - 21 Sep 1812 Thomas H. McCalla
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)
30 Mar 1815 - 15 Sep 1817 Elias Horry (1st time) (b. 1773 - d. 1834)
(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)
4 Sep 1820 - 3 Sep 1821 Elias Horry (2nd time) (s.a.)
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)
25 Sep 1825 - 3 Sep 1827 Joseph Johnson
(b. 1776 - d. 1862)
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)
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/NUP
4 Sep 1837 - Sep 1840
Henry Laurens Pinckney
(s.a.)
Dem/NUP
7 Sep 1840
- 15 Mar 1842 Jacob F. Mintzing
(d. 1842)
NUP
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
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 -
Joseph P. Riley, Jr.
(b. 1943)
Dem
Charlotte
![[flag of Charlotte, North Carolina]](us-nccha.gif)
Adopted 6 May 1929
1751
Settlement
begins.
7 Nov 1768
City incorporated (Charlotte Town).
Chairmen of the Board of Commissioners
22 Jun 1816 - 1 Apr 1824 William Smith (1st time)
1 Apr 1824 - 7 Mar 1825 Samuel Henderson
7 Mar 1825 - 6 Mar 1826 David R. Dunlap (1st time)
6 Mar 1826 - 5 Mar 1827 William Smith (2nd time)
5 Mar 1827 - 12 Apr 1828 William Davidson
12 Apr 1828 - 5 Mar 1832 William Smith (3rd time)
5 Mar 1832 - 3 Mar 1834 John M. Slaughter
3 Mar 1834 - 17 Mar 1835 J.R. Hutchinson
17 Mar 1835 - 10 Mar 1836 David R. Dunlap (2nd time)
10 Mar 1836 - 4 Aug 1837 James T. Asbury
7 Aug 1837 - 11 Mar 1839 J.D. Boyd
11 Mar 1839 - 9 Mar 1840 Alexander Graham (1st time)
9 Mar 1840 - 25 Mar 1841 Dan Graham
25 Mar 1841 - 25 Mar 1842 W.B. Williams
25 Mar 1842 - 28 Mar 1843 Alexander Graham (2nd time)
28 Mar 1843 - 22 Mar 1844 J.H. Wilson (1st time)
22 Mar 1844 - 12 Mar 1845 James H. Orr
12 Mar 1845 - 8 Mar 1847 J.H. Wilson (2nd time)
8 Mar 1847 - 9 Mar 1849 Robert F. Davidson
9 Mar 1849 - 5 Mar 1850 S.P. Alexander
5 Mar 1850 - 21 Jan 1851 William K. Reid
21 Jan 1851 - 23 Jan 1851 B. Oates
23 Jan 1851 - 25 Apr 1851 R.H. Brawly
Intendants
25 Apr 1851 - 17 Jan 1852 William K. Reid
17 Jan 1852 - 10 Jan 1853 Alexander Graham
10 Jan 1853 - 9 Jan 1854 William F. Davidson
Mayors
1854 - 1857
William F. Davidson (1st time)
1857 - 1859
David Parks
1859 - 1861
Jennings B. Kerr
1861 - 1862
William A. Owens (b. 1833 - d. 1864)
8 Feb 1862 - 11 Jan 1864
Robert F. Davidson
1864 - 1865
Samuel A. Harris (1st time)
27 Jun 1865 - 8 Jan 1866 H.M. Pritchard (1st time)
1866 - 1867
Samuel A. Harris (2nd time)
1 Aug 1868 - 22 Dec 1868 H.M. Pritchard (2nd time)
22 Dec 1868 - 5 Jan 1869
Frederick W. Ahrens
5 Jan 1869 - 1 May 1871 Clement Dowd
(b. 1832 - d. 1898) Dem
1871 - 1873
John A. Young
7 May 1873 - 5 May 1875 William F. Davidson (2nd time)
5 May 1875 - 5 May 1878 William Johnston (1st time) (b. 1817 - d. 1896)
6 May 1878 - 5 May 1879 Benjamin Rush Smith
(b. 1840 - d. 19..)
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)
7 May 1883 - 4 May 1885 William C. Maxwell
4 May 1885 - 3 May 1887 William Johnston (2nd time) (s.a.)
3 May 1887 - 4 May 1891 Franklin Brevard McDowell (b. 1849 - d. 1928)
4 May 1891 - 7 May 1895
R.J. Brevard
1895 - 1897
J.H. Weddington
1897 - 1899
Eli B. Spring (b. 1852 - d. 1933)
1899 - 1901
Johnson D. McCall
7 May 1901 - 1 May 1905 Peter Marshall Brown
(b. 1859 - d. 1913)
1905 - 1907
Samuel S. McNinch (b. c.1857 - d. 19..)
1907 - 1909
Thomas S. Franklin
1909 - 1911
Thomas W. Hawkins
3 May 1911 - 5 May 1915
Charles A. Bland (b. 1872 - d. 1947)
1915
- 1917
Thomas Leroy Kirkpatrick (b. 1877 - d.
1946)
1917 - 1920
Frank R. McNinch
(b.
1873 - d. 1950) Dem
11 Oct 1920 - 4 May 1921 John M. Wilson
4 May 1921 - 4 Dec 1924 James O. Walker
4 Dec 1924 - 1 Apr 1926 Harvey Wilson Moore
1 Apr 1926 - 4 May 1927 David M. Abernathy
4 May 1927 - 8 May 1929 Francis Marion Redd
(b. 1879 - d. 1956)
8 May 1929 - 6 May 1931
George E. Wilson, Jr. (b. 1890 - d. 1957)
6 May 1931 - 3 May 1933
Charles E. Lambeth (b. 1883 - d. 1948)
1933 - 1935
Arthur E. Wearn
8 May 1935 - 6 May 1941 Ben Elbert Douglas, Jr.
(b. 1894 - d. 1982) Dem
1941 - 1943
E. McArthur Currie
1943 - 1949 Herbert Hill Baxter (b. 1894 - d. 1967)
9
May 1949 - 11 May 1953 Victor B. Shaw
(b. 1888 - d. 1966)
11 May 1953 - 13 May 1957 Philip L. Van Every (b. 1913 - d. 1980)
1957 - 1961
James Saxon Smith
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
H. 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
Vinroot
(b.
1941)
Rep
1995 - 7 Dec 2009
Patrick "Pat" McCrory
(b. 1956)
Rep
7 Dec 2009 -
Anthony Foxx
(b. 1971)
Dem
Chicago
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![[flag of Chicago, Illinois - 1917]](us-il-ch1.gif)
![[flag of Chicago, Illinois - 1933]](us-il-ch2.gif)
![[flag of Chicago, Illinois]](us-il-ch.gif)
17 Aug 1803
Fort Dearborn
12 Aug 1833
Town of Chicago incorporated.
4 Mar 1837
City charter granted.
8 Oct 1871
Great fire burns most of the city.
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)
Dem
29 Apr 1983 - 25 Nov 1987 Harold Washington
(b. 1922 - d. 1987) Dem
25 Nov 1987 - 2 Dec 1987 David Duvell Orr (acting)
(b. 1944)
Dem
2 Dec 1987 - 24 Apr 1989 Eugene Sawyer (acting)
(b. 1934 - d. 2008) Dem
24 Apr 1989 - 16 May 2011
Richard Michael Daley
(b. 1942)
Dem
16 May 2011 -
Rahm Emanuel
(b. 1959)
Dem
Cincinnati
![[flag of Cincinnati, Ohio]](us_cincinatti.gif)
Adopted 1 Jan 1972
28 Dec 1788
Losantiville settlement.
4 Jan 1790
Renamed Cincinnati.
17 Jan 1802
Cincinnati a village
5 Feb 1819
Incorporated as a city.
Presidents
1802 - 1803
David Ziegler
(b. 1748 - d. 1811)
1804 - 1805
Joseph Prince
1805 - 1806
James Findlay (1st time)
(b. 1770 - d. 1835)
1806 - 1807 John Gano
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 - 1815
William Stanley
Jan 1815 - Apr 1815
Samuel W. Davis
(b. c.1776 - d. 1843)
Mayors
Apr 1815 - Apr 1819
William Correy (Corry)
(b. 1779 - d. 1833)
Apr 1819 - 1830
Isaac G.
Burnet
(b. 1784
- d. 1856)
1831 - 1832
Elisha Hotchkiss
(b. 1778 - d. 1858)
1833 - 1842
Samuel W.
Davis
(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 - 1860
Richard Moore Bishop
(b. 1812 - d. 1893) Ind
1861 - 1862
George Hatch
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 - 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)
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)
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)
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)
Char
1 Dec 1976 - 1 Dec 1977 James T. Luken
(b. 1921 - d. 1979) Dem
1 Dec 1977 - 1 Dec 1978 Gerald "Jerry" Norman
Springer (b. 1944)
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
Char
1 Dec 1983 - 1 Dec 1984 Arnold "Arn" L. Bortz
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 -
Mark
L. Mallory
(b.
1962)
Dem
Cleveland
![[floag of Cleveland, Ohio]](us-oh-cl.gif)
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.
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 Victor Voinovich
(b. 1936)
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 -
Frank
G. Jackson
(b.
1946)
Dem
Ohio City
3 Mar 1836 Ohio City incorporated.
5 Jun 1854 Annexed to Cleveland.
Mayors
1836
Josiah Barber
(b. 1771 - d. 1842)
1837 Francis A. Burrows (1st time)
1838 - 1839 Norman
C. Baldwin
(b. 1802 - d. 1887)
1840 - 1841 Needham
M. Standart (b. 1797
- d. 1874)
1842 Francis A. Burrows (2nd time)
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)
1851 - 1852 Benjamin Sheldon
1853 - 1854 William
B. Castle (b.
1814 - d. 1872) Whg
Columbus
![[flag of Columbus, Ohio]](us-oh-co.gif)
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
James Robinson
1827 - 1833
William Long
(b. 1781 - d. 1851)
1833 - 1834
Philo H. Olmsted (1st time) (b.
1793 - d. 1870)
1834
- 1835
John Brooks
(b. 1785 - d. 1869)
1835
John Bailhache
(b. 1787 - d. 1857) Whg
1836 - 1837
Warren Jenkins
Whg
1838 - 1839
Philo H. Olmsted (2nd time) (s.a.) Whg
1840
- 1841
John G. Miller
(b. 1795 - d. 1871) Whg
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)
1846
Augustus S. Decker
(b. 1813 - d. 1872) Whg
1847 - 1849
Alexander Patton (2nd time) (s.a.)
1850 - 1861
Lorenzo
English
(b. 1819
- d. 1888) Whg
1861
- 1864
Wray Thomas
(b. 1810 - d. ....) 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)
1879 - 1880
Gilbert G. Collins
(b. 1830 - d. 1885)
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 - 1 Jan 1960
Maynard "Jack" E. Sensenbrenner (b. 1902 - d. 1991)
Dem
(1st time)
1 Jan 1960 - 1 Jan 1964 Ralston Westlake
(b. 1907 - d. 1978) Rep
1 Jan 1964 - 1 Jan 1972 Maynard "Jack" E. Sensenbrenner
(s.a.)
Dem
(2nd time)
1 Jan 1972 - 1 Jan 1984 Tom Moody
(b. 1929
- d. 2008) Rep
1 Jan 1984 - 1 Jan 1992 Dana
"Buck" G. Rinehart
(b.
1946)
Rep
1 Jan 1992 - 1 Jan 2000 Greg S. Lashutka
(b. 1944)
Rep
1 Jan 2000 -
Michael B. Coleman
(b. 1954)
Dem
Dallas
![[old Flag of Dallas, TX 1916-1967]](us-txdal.gif)
1916 - 13 Feb 1967 | ![[Flag of the City of Dallas, Texas]](us-tx-da.gif)
Adopted 13 Feb 1967 |
Nov 1841
Settlement begins.
2 Feb 1856
City chartered.
Mayors
1856 - 1857
Samuel B.
Pryor
(b. 1816 -
d. 1866)
Apr 1857 - Apr 1858
John M. Crockett (1st time) (b.
1816 - d. 1887)
Apr 1858 - Aug 1858
Issac C. Naylor
(b. 1824 - d. 1885)
Aug 1858 - Aug 1859
Anderson Doniphan Rice (b. 1818 - d. 1869)
Aug 1859 - 1861
John M. Crockett (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1861
Joshua Lafayette Smith
(b. 1830 - d. 1867)
1861 - 1862
Thomas E. Sherwood
(b. 1835 - d. 1897)
1862 - 1865
City run by governor of Texas
1865 - 1866
John M. Crockett (3rd time) (s.a.)
1866
John William Lane
(b. 1835 - d. 1888)
1866 - 1867
George W.
Guess
(b. 1829 -
d. 1868)
Sep 1868 - 1 Apr 1870
Benjamin Long (1st time)
(b. 1838 - d. 1877) Rep
Apr 1870 - Nov 1872
Henry Schley Ervay
(b. 1834 - d. 1911)
Nov 1872 - Apr 1874
Benjamin Long (2nd time)
(s.a.) Rep
1874 - 1876
William Lewis Cabell (1st time) (b. 1827 - d. 1911)
Apr 1876 - Apr 1877 John
D. Kerfoot
(b. 1835 - d. 1903)
Apr 1877 - Apr 1879 William Lewis Cabell (2nd time) (s.a.)
Apr 1879 - Sep 1880
J.M. Thurmond
(b. 1836 - d. 1882)
Sep 1880 - Apr 1881
John Jay Good
(b. 1827 - d. 1882)
Apr 1881 - May 1881 John Stone
(elected, but declared ineligible)
17 May 1881 - 1883
John William Crowdus
(b. 1828 - d. 1895)
1883 - 1885
William Lewis Cabell (3rd time) (s.a.)
1885 - 1888
John Henry Brown
(b. 1820 - d. 1895)
Apr 1888 - 1894
Winship C. Connor
(b. 1848 - d. 1921)
1894 - 1895
Bryan Thomas Barry (1st time) (b. 1851 -
d. 1919)
1895 - 1897
Franklin Pierce Holland
(b. 1852 - d. 1928)
1895 - 1898
Bryan Thomas Barry (2nd time) (s.a.)
1898 - 1900
John Henry Traylor
(b. 1839 - d. 1925)
1900 - 1904
Ben E. Cabell
(b. 1858 - d. 1931)
1904 - 1906
Bryan Thomas Barry (3rd time) (s.a.)
1906 - 1907
Curtis Pendleton Smith
(b. 1863 - d. 1919)
1907 - 1911
Stephen John Hay
(b. 1864 - d. 1916) Dem
1911 - 1915
William M. Holland
(b. 1875 - d. 1966)
1915 - 1917
Henry Dickinson Lindsley
(b. 1872 - d. 1938)
1917 - 1919
Joseph "Joe" Earl Lawther
(b. 1876 - d. 1943)
1919 - 1921
Frank Wilson Wozencraft
(b. 1892 - d. 1966)
1921 - 1923
Sawnie Robertson Aldredge
(b. 1890 - d. 1949)
1923 - 1927
Louis
Blaylock
(b. 1849
- d. 1932) Dem
1927 - 1929
Robert E. Burt
(b. 1862 - d. 1943)
1929 - 1931
J. Waddy Tate
(b. 1870 - d. 1938)
1931 - 1932
Thomas Leonard Bradford
(b. 1869 - d. 1932)
1931 - 1935
Charles E. Turner
(b. 1886 - d. 1936)
1935 - 1937
George Sergeant
(b. 1881 - d. 1971)
1939 - 1947
James Woodall Rodgers
(b. 1890 - d. 1961)
1947 - 1949
James R. Temple
(b. 1899 - d. 1980)
1949 - 1951
Wallace H. Savage
(b. 1912 - d. 2000) Dem
1951 - 1953
Jean Baptiste Adoue, Jr.
(b. 1884 - d. 1956)
1953 - 1961
Robert Lee Thornton (b. 1880 - d. 1964)
1961 - 1964
Earle Cabell
(b. 1906 - d. 1975) Dem
1964 - 1971
John Erik Jonsson
(b. 1901 - d. 1995)
1971 - 11 Feb 1976
Wes Wise
(b. 1929)
11 Feb 1976 - 1977 Adelene
Harrison (f)
(b. 1923) Dem
1977 - 1981
Robert Folsom
(b. 1927)
1981 - 1983
Jack Evans (b. 1922 - d. 1997)
1983 - 1987
A. Starke Taylor, Jr. (b. 1922)
18
Apr 1987 - 1991 Annette G.
Strauss (f)
(b. 1924 - d. 1998)
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)
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 - 25 Jun 2011 Dwaine Caraway (acting)
Dem
25 Jun 2011 - Michael Rawlings
(b. 1954)
Dem
Denver
![[Flag of Denver, Colorado]](us-co-dv.gif)
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
1859 - 1861
John C. Moore
1861 - 1863
Charles A. Cook (d. 1878)
1863 - 1864
Amos Steck (b. 1802 - d. 1908) Rep
1864
- 1865
Hiram J. Brendlinger (b.
1824 – d. 1894)
1865 - 1866
George T. Clark
(b. 1837 - d. 1888) Rep
1866 - 1868
Milton M. DeLano
1868 - 1869
William M. Clayton
1869 - 1871
Baxter B. Stiles (1st time) (b. 1824 - d. 1889) Rep
1871 - 1872
John Harper
1872 - 1873
Joseph E. Bates (1st time) (b. 1837 - d. 1900)
1873 - 1874
Francis M. Case
1874 - 1876
William J. Barker (d. 1911)
1876 - 1877
Richard Green Buckingham (b. 1816 - d. 1889)
1877 - 1878
Baxter B. Stiles (2nd time) (s.a.) Rep
1878 - 1881
Richard Sopris (b. 1813 - d. 1893)
1881 - 1883
Robert Morris
1883 - 1885
John Long
Routt
(b. 1826 -
d. 1907) Rep
1885 - 1887
Joseph E. Bates (2nd time) (s.a.)
1887 - 1889
William Scott Lee
1889 - 1891
Wolfe Londoner
(b. 1842 - d. 1912) Rep
1891 - 1893
Platt Rogers (b. 1850 - d. 1928)
1893 - 1895
Marion D. Van Horn (b. 1837 - d. 1895)
1895 - 1899
Thomas S. McMurry
1899 - 1901
Henry Viley Johnson (b. 1852 - d. 1931) Dem
1901 - 1904
Robert R. Wright
1904 - 1912
Robert W. Speer (1st time) (b. 1855 - d. 1918)
1912 - 1913
Henry J. Arnold
1913 - 1915
James M. Perkins
(b. 1863 -
d. 19..)
1915
- 1916
William H. Sharpley
(b. 1854 - d. 1929) Dem
1916 - 14 May 1918
Robert W. Speer (2nd time) (s.a.)
1918
- 1919
W.F.R. Mills
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) 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 -
Michael Hancock
(b. 1969) Dem
Des Moines
![[Flag of Des Moines, Iowa]](us-ia-dm.gif)
Adopted 15 Apr 1974
May 1843
Fort Racoon established (renamed Fort Des Moines).
22 Sep 1851
Fort Des Moines incorporated.
18 Jan 1853 Incorporated as a town.
28 Jan 1857
Renamed Des Moines.
19 Oct 1857
Becomes the capital of Iowa.
President
25 Oct 1851 - 1853 Thompson Bird (b. 1804 - d. 1869)
Mayors
1853 - 1854
Benjamin Luce
1854 - 1855
Lampson P. Sherman (b. 1821 - d. 1900)
1855 - 1856
Barlow Granger (b. 1816 - d. ....)
1856 - 1857
William DeFord
1857 - 1 May 1857
Charles W. Nash
1 May 1857 - 1858
W.H. McHenry
1858 - 1859
H.E. Lemoreaux
1859 - 1860
Robert L. Tidrick (d. 1894)
1860 - 1861
P.H.W. Latshaw
1861
Ira Cook
(b. 1821 - d. 1902)
1861 - 1862
W.S. Barnes (acting)
1862 - 1863
Thomas Cavanaugh (or Kavanaugh)
1863 - 1865
William H. Leas (b. 1818 - d. 1892)
1865 - 1868
George W. Cleveland
1868 - 1869
Sumner F. Spofford (b. 1808 - d. 1872)
1869 - 1871
J.H. Hatch
1871 - 1872
Martin Tuttle
1872 - 1873
J.P. Foster
1873 - 1874
Giles H. Turner (1st time) (b. 1822 - d. 1886)
1874 - 1876
A. Newton
1876 - 1877
Giles H. Turner (2nd time) (s.a.)
1877 - 1880
George Sneer (acting to 1878)
1880 - 1881
William H. Merritt (b. 1820 - d. ....)
1882 - 1885
P.V. Carey
1886 - 1887
J.H. Phillips
1888 - 1890
W.L. Carpenter
1890 - 1892
J.H. Campbell
1892 - 1894
C.C. Lane
1894 - 1896
Isaac Lea Hillis (b. 1853 - d. 19..)
1896 - 1900
John MacVicar (1st time)
(b. 1859 - d. 1928) Rep
1900 - 1902
Jeremiah J. Hartenbower (b. 1843 - d. 1914) Dem
1902 - 1904
J.M. Brenton
1904 - 1908
George W. Mattern, Sr.
Rep
1908 - 1910
A.J. Mathis
Dem
1910 - 1916
James R. Hanna (b. 1866 - d. 1931)
1916 - 1918
John MacVicar (2nd time)
(s.a.) Rep
1918 - 1920
Thomas Fairweather
1920 - 1922
H.H. Barton
1922 - 1926
Charlton "Carl" M. Garver
1926 - 1928
Fred H. Hunter
1928 - 15 Nov 1928
John MacVicar (3rd time)
(s.a.) Rep
1928 (1 week) Emma
Killmer Blaise (f) (b. 1869 - d.
1961) Rep
1928 - 1930
Edwin H. "Hub" Mulock (b.
1882 - d. 1964)
1930 - 1932
Parker L. Crouch
1932 - 1936
Dwight N. Lewis (1st time)
(d. 1940)
1936 - 1938
Joseph H.
Allen
(b. 1870?
- d. 1948)
1938 - 1940
Dwight N. Lewis (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1940 - 1942
Mark L. Conkling
1942 - 1948
John MacVicar, Jr.
(b. 1890? - d. 1950)
1948 - 1949
Hector Ross
1950 - 1951
Abe Chambers
1952 - 1953
Allan W. Denny
1954 - 1955
Joseph Van Dreser
1955 - 1956 Ruby
Holton (f)
(b. 1895 - d. 1977)
1956 - 1957
Ray Mills
1958 - 1959
Charles F. Iles (1st time)
1960 - 1961
Reinhold Carlson
(b. 1905 - d. 2006)
1962 - 1967
Charles f. Iles (2nd time)
1968 - 1971
Thomas N. Urban, Jr. (b. 1934)
1972 - 1979
Richard E. Olson
Rep
1980 - 24 Dec 1986
Pete Crivaro
(b. 1913 - d. 1986)
6 Jan 1986 - 17 Apr 1987 George J. Nahas (acting) (b. 1916 - d. 2011)
17 Apr 1987 - 1996
John "Pat" Dorrian
1996 - 1997
A. Arthur
Davis
(b. 1928 -
d. 1997)
1997 Gene Phillips (interim)
1997 - 17 Nov 1997 Robert D. Ray
(interim)
(b. 1928)
17 Nov 1997 - 5 Jan 2004 Preston A. Daniels
(b. 1945?)
Dem
5 Jan 2004 -
Frank Cownie
(b. 1948)
Dem
Detroit
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![[first flag of Detroit, Michigan]](us-mi-dt2.gif)
![[second flag of Detroit]](us-mi-dt.gif)
![[flag of Detroit, Michigan]](Detroit.jpg)
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.
Commanders of Fort Detroit
24 Jul 1701 - 1710
Antoine Laumet de la Mothe Cadillac,
Sieur de Douaguet
(b. 1658 - d. 1730)
1704
Piere Alphonse de Tonty, Baron de
(d. 1727)
Paludy (acting for Cadillac)
(1st time)
1705
Francois Dauphin de la Forest
(acting for Cadillac) (1st time) (d. 1714)
1 Jan 1706 - 1706
Etienne Venyard, Sieur de Bourgmont
(acting for Cadillac)
1711 - 6 Oct 1714
Francois Dauphin d la Forest
(2nd time)
(s.a.)
1714
Charles Regnault, Sieur du
Buisson (acting)
1714 - Jul 1717
Jacques Charles Sabrevois,
(d. 1727)
Sieur de Bleury
Jul 1717 - 1727
Pierre Alphonse de Tonty, Baron de
Paludy (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1727 - 1729
Jean Baptist de St. Ours, Sieur
des Chaillons
(d. 1747)
1729 - 1733
Louis Henry Deschamps, Sieur de
Boisherbert
(d. 1736)
1733 - 1736
Ives Jacques Hugues Pean, Sieur de
Livandiere
(d. 1747)
1736 - 3 Jul 1742
Nicolas Joseph des Noyelles,
Sieur de Charvis (acting to 1739)
3 Jul 1742 - 1744
Pierre Joseph Celoron, Sieur de
Blainville (1st time)
(d.
1759)
1744 - 1750
Paul Joseph le Moine, Chevalier
de Longeuil
(d. 1778)
1750 - 1754
Pierre Joseph Celoron, Sieur de (s.a.)
Blainville (2nd time)
1755 - 1758
Jacques Pierre Daneau, Sieur de Muy
1758
Jean Baptiste Henry Beranger
(acting)
1758 - 29 Nov 1760
Francois Marie Picote de Bellestre (b. 1719 - d. 1793)
29 Nov 1760 - 23 Dec 1760 Robert Rogers
23 Dec 1760 - Jul 1762 Donald Campbell
Jul 1762 - 1764
Henry Gladwin
1764 - 14 Sep 1764
John Bradstreet
14 Sep 1764 - 1766
Robert Bayard
1766
John Campbell
1766 - Jun 1770
George Turnbull
Jun 1770 - Sep 1770 Thomas
Bruce
Sep 1770 - 8 Jan 1772 James Stephenson
8 Sep 1772 - 1774
George Etherington
1774 - 29 Aug 1779
Richard Beringer Lernoult
29 Aug 1779 - 1784
Arent Schuyler de Peyster
1784 - 1786
William Ancrum
1786 - 1787
Thomas Bennett
1787 - 1788
Robert Matthews
1788 - 1790
Patrick Murray
1790 - 1792
John Smith
1792
William Claus
1792 - 11 Jul 1796
Richard England
12 Jul 1796 - 1797
John Francis Hamtramck (1st time) (b. 1754 - d. 1803)
1797
Anthony Wayne
1797
James Wilkinson
1797 - 1800
D. Strong
1800
Porter
1800 - 1802
H.J. Hunt
1802 - 11 Apr 1803
John Francis Hamtramck (2nd time) (s.a.)
1803
John Whistler (1st time)
1803 - 1805
Thomas Hunt
Aug 1805 - Apr 1807 S.T.
Dyson
1809 - 1812
Jacob Kingsbury
May 1812 - Jul 1812 John
Whistler (2nd time)
Jul 1812 - 18 Aug 1812 William Hull
18 Aug 1812 - 18 Sep 1813 Henry A. Procter -British commander
29 Sep 1813 - 1813
Duncan McArthur
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
Feb 1814 - Mar 1814 H.
Butler (1st time)
Mar 1814 - Jul 1814 George
Croghan
Jul 1814 - 1815
H. Butler (2nd time)
1815
W.H. Puthuff
Sep 1815 - 1815
Miller
Chairmen of the Board of Trustees
18 Jan 1802 - May 1803 James Henry
May 1803 - May 1804 James
May
May 1804 - May 1805 James
Sibley
May 1805 - 11 Jun 1805 Joseph Wilkinson
11 Jun 1805 - 24 Oct 1815 the governors of Michigan
and Territorial Judges
- A.B. Woodward (1805-1815)
- Frederick Bates (1805-1808)
- John Griffin (1805-1815)
- James Witherall (1808-1815)
Oct 1815 - May 1816 Solomon
Sibley
(b. 1769 - d. 1846) D-R
May 1816 - May 1817 George
McDougall (b. 1766 - d. c.1840)
May 1817 - May 1818 Abraham
Edwards
May 1818 - May 1819 John
R. Williams
(b. 1782 - d. 1854)
May 1819 - May 1820 James
McCloskey
May 1820 - May 1821 James
Abbott (1st time)
May 1821 - May 1823 A.G.
Whitney
May 1824 - May 1824 James
Abbott (2nd time)
Mayors
1824 - 1825
John R. Williams (1st time) (s.a.)
D-R
1826
Henry J. Hunt
(b. 1788 - d. 1826) 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. 1890) 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 (Grzyb)
(b. 1925)
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 - David
Bing
(b. 1943) Dem
El Paso
![[Flag of El Paso, Texas]](us-txelp.gif)
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
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)
+ Samuel Schutz
Mayors
15 Aug 1873 - 10 Aug 1875 Benjamin S. Dowell
(b. 1818 - d. 1880)
10 Aug 1875 - Aug 1877
Melton A. Jones
1877 - 1880 city government discontinued
30 Jul 1880 - 15 Aug 1881 Solomon C. Shultz
15 Aug 1881 - 15 Aug 1885 Joseph Magoffin (1st time)
(s.a.)
15 Aug 1885 - 18 Apr 1889 Robert C. Lightbody (b. 1851 - d. 1917)
18 Apr 1889 - 28 Jun 1889 Gorham E. Hubbard
1889
Adolph Krakauer
(b. 1846 - d. 1914) Rep
(elected, but disqualified)
28
Jun 1889 - 18 Apr 1893 Richard Caples
Dem
18 Apr 1893 - 12 Jan 1894 William H. Austin
(b. 1858 - d. ....)
12 Jan 1894 - 10 Apr 1894 Adolph Solomon (acting)
10 Apr 1894 - 20 Apr 1894 A.K. Albers
20 Apr 1894 - 16 Apr 1895 Richard F. Johnson
16 Apr 1895 - 29 Apr 1897 Robert F. Campbell
29 Apr 1897 - 13 Apr 1901 Joseph Magoffin (2nd time)
(s.a.)
13 Apr 1901 - 18 Apr 1903 Benjamin F. Hammett
18 Apr 1903 - 15 Apr 1905 Charles
R. Morehead (b. 1836
- d. 1921) Dem
15 Apr 1905 - 12 Apr 1907 Charles Davis, Sr.
Dem
12 Apr 1907
- 28 Apr 1910 Joseph U. Sweeney
Dem
28 Apr 1910 - 14 Aug 1910 William F. Robinson (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)
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 B. Poe
15 Apr 1931 - 15 Apr 1937 Raymond E. Sherman
15 Apr 1937 - 13 Apr 1939 Marvin A. Harlan
13 Apr 1939 - 27 Feb 1947
John E. Anderson
(d. 1947)
27 Feb 1947 - 10 Apr 1947 Daniel L.P. Duke (1st time)
10 Apr 1947 - 14 Apr 1949 Daniel R. Ponder
14 Apr 1949 - 12 Apr 1951 Daniel L.P. Duke (2nd time)
12 Apr 1951 - 14 Apr 1955 Fred Hervey (1st time)
(b. 1909 - d. 1999)
14 Apr 1955 - 27 Apr 1955
Winston T. "Mike" Misenhimer
27 Apr 1955 - 11 Apr 1957
Tom E. Rogers
11 Apr 1957 - 16 Apr 1961 Raymond L. Telles, Jr.
(b. 1915)
Dem
16 Apr 1961 - 16 Apr 1963 Ralph E. Seitsinger
16 Apr 1963 - 1 Mar 1969 Judson F. Williams (b. 1913)
3 Mar 1969 - 16 Apr 1969
Ashley G. Classen
16 Apr 1969 - 16 Apr 1971 Peter de Wetter
(b. 1920 - d. 1999)
16 Apr 1971 - 16 Apr 1973 Bert Williams
(b. 1926)
16 Apr 1973 - 16 Apr 1975
Fred Hervey (2nd time)
(s.a.)
16 Apr 1975 - 23 Apr 1977 Don Henderson
23 Apr 1977 - 16 May 1979 Ray Salazar
16 May 1979 - 19 May 1981 Thomas D. Westfall
(b. 1928 - d. 2005)
Non-party
19 May 1981 - 12 Jun 1989 Jonathan W. Rogers
(b. 1928 - d. 2007)
12 Jun 1989 - 10 Jun 1991 Suzanne "Suzie" S. Azar (f)
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 -
John Cook
(b. 1946)
Dem
Fort Worth
![[Flag of Fort Worth, TX to 2004]](us-txftwo.gif)
to 6 Jul 2004 | ![[flag of Fort Worth, Texas]](us-texftw.jpg)
Adopted 6 Jul 2004 |
6 Jun 1849 Camp Worth
14 Nov 1849 Fort Worth
17 Sep 1853 Fort evacuated.
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 G.H. Day
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 J. 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 W.S. Pendleton
5 Aug 1890 - 12 Apr 1892 J. Peter Smith (2nd time) (s.a.)
12 Apr 1892 - 10 Apr 1900 Buckley B. Paddock (b. 1844 - d. 1922)
10 Apr 1900 - 10 Apr 1906 T.J. Powell
10 Apr 1906 - 13 Apr 1909 W.D. Harris
13
Apr 1909 - 1 Jun 1909 William D. Williams
(b. 1857 - d. 1916)
1 Jun 1909 - 15 Apr 1913 W.D. Davis (1st time)
15 Apr 1913 - 15 Apr 1915 R.F. Milam
16 Apr 1915 - 16 Apr 1917 E.T. Tyra
16 Apr 1917 - 16 Apr 1921 W.D. Davis (2nd time)
16 Apr 1921 - 8 Oct 1924 E.R. Cockerell
8 Oct 1924 - 15 Apr 1925 W.P. Burton
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 W.J. Hammonds
11 May 1938 - 27 Jul 1938 Roland H.W. Drechsel (b. 1903 - d. 1980)
27 Jul 1938 - 19 Jun 1940 T.J. Harrell
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 J.R. Edwards
22 Apr 1953 - 6 Apr 1955 F. Edgar Deen (2nd time) (s.a.)
20 Apr 1955 - 2 Apr 1957 F.E. "Jack" Garrison
2
Apr 1957 - 21 Apr 1961 Thomas A. McCann
(b. 1916? - d. 1996)
21
Apr 1961 - 22 Apr 1963 John Justin, Jr.
(b. 1917 - d. 2001)
22 Apr 1963
- 6 Apr 1965 Bayard H. Friedman
(b. 1926 - d. 1998)
6 Apr 1965 - 6 Apr 1967 Willard Barr
6
Apr 1967 - 6 Apr 1969 DeWitt McKinley
(b. 1906? - d. 1997)
6
Apr 1969 - 14 Apr 1975 R.M. "Sharkey" Stovall
(b. 1916? - d. 1996)
14
Apr 1975 - 5 Apr 1977 Clif Overcash
(b. 1923? - d. 1997) Rep
5
Apr 1977 - 1 May 1979 Hugh Parmer
(b. 1939)
Dem
1 May 1979 - 10 Nov 1981 Woodie Woods
10 Nov 1981 - 2 Feb 1982 Richard Newkirk (acting)
2
Feb 1982 - 21 May 1991 Bob Bolen
Rep
21 May 1991 - 19 Dec 1995 Kay Granger
(f)
(b. 1943) Rep
19 Dec 1995 - 21 May 1996 Jewel Woods (f) (interim)
21 May 1996 - 20 May 2003 Kenneth Barr
Dem
20
May 2003 - 12 Jul 2011 Michael J. Moncrief
(b. 1943)
Dem
12 Jul 2011 - Betsy Price
(f)
(b. 1950) Rep
Fresno
![[flag of Fresno, California]](us-cafre.gif)
Adopted 10 May 1962
1872
Fresno founded.
30 Sep 1885
Incorporated as a city.
1901
City charter adopted.
Presidents of the Board of Trustees
27 Oct 1885 - 25 Apr 1887 William Faymonville
25 Apr 1887 - 31 Oct 1887 W.L. Graves
31 Oct 1887 - 15 Apr 1889 A.M. Clark
15 Apr 1889 - 18..
A.J. Pedlar
27 Oct 1895 - 1901
C.J. Craycroft
Mayors
1901 - 1905 Lewis Oliver Stephens (b. 1859 - d. 1929)
1905 - 1908
W. Parker Lyon
1908 - 1909
Ed. F. Bush (acting)
1909 - 1912
Chester Rowell
(b. 1844 - d. 1912) Rep
1912 - 1917
Alva E. Snow (acting to 1913) (b. 1860 - d. 1933) Rep
1917 - 1921
William F. Toomey
1921 - 1925
Truman G. Hart
Rep
1925 - 1929
A.E. Sunderland
1929 - 1937 Zygmunt "Zeke" S. Leymel (1st time)(b. 1883 - d. 1947) Rep
1937 - 1941
Frank A. Homan (b. 1875 - d. 1958)
1941 - 1947 Zygmunt "Zeke" S. Leymel (2nd time)(s.a.) Rep
1947 - 1949
Glenn M. Devore (acting) (b. 1891 - d. 1950)
1949 - 1957
Gordon D. Dunn (b. 1912 - d. 1964)
1957 - 1958
C. Cal Evans
1958 - 5 Dec 1963
Arthur L. Selland
(b. 1905 - d. 1963) Rep
Dec 1963 - 1965
Wallace D. Henderson (acting) (b. 1912 - d. 1983) Dem
1965 - 1969
Floyd H. Hyde
1969 - 1977
Ted C. Wills (b. 1912? - d. 2003)
1977 - 26 Jan 1985
Daniel K. Whitehurst (b. 1948)
Dem
26 Jan 1985 - 1989
Dale Doig
(acting to 5 May 1985)
1989 - 1996
Karen Humphrey (f)
Dem
1996 - 2001
Jim Patterson
Rep
2001 - 6 Jan 2009
Alan Autry
(b. 1952)
Rep
6 Jan 2009 - Ashley
Swearengin (f) (b. 1972)
Rep
Hartford
![[flag of Hartford, Connecticut]](us-cthtf.gif)
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.
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
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
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. 1911?) Rep
7 Apr 1890 - 4 Apr 1892 Henry Cecil Dwight
(b. 1841 - d. ....) 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. 19..)
Rep
5 Apr 1910 - 2 Apr 1912 Edward L. Smith
Dem
2 Apr 1912 - 7 Apr 1914 Louis Richmond Cheney
(b. 1859 - d. 19..) Rep
7 Apr 1914 - 4 Apr 1916 Joseph H. Lawler
Dem
7 Apr 1916 - 7 May 1918 Frank A. Hagarty
(b. 18.. - d. 1940)
Rep
7 May 1918 - 4 May 1920 Richard J. Kinsella (1st
time) (b. 1857 - d. 19..)
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
(d. 1957)
Rep
1 Dec 1931 - 4 Dec 1933 William J. Rankin
Dem
4 Dec 1933 - 3 Dec 1935 Joseph W. Beach
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
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
(b. 1908? - d. 1993)
Dem
1 Dec 1953 - 5 Dec 1961 Dominick J. DeLucco
(b. 1895 - d. 1976)
Dem
5 Dec 1961 - 7 Dec 1965 William E. Glynn
(b. 1923? - d. 1984) Dem
7 Dec 1965 - 5 Dec 1967 George B. Kinsella
Dem
5 Dec 1967 - 12 Apr 1971 Antonina "Ann" P. Uccello (f)
(b. 1922)
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)
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 - Pedro E. Segarra
(b. 1959)
Dem
Honolulu
![[flag of Honolulu, Hawaii]](us-hi-hl.gif)
Adopted 1960
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)
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
(acting)
(b. 1952)
Dem
11 Oct 2010 -
Peter B. Carlisle
(b. 1952) Ind
Houston
![[Flag of Houston, Texas]](us-tx-hu.gif)
Adopted 1915
30 Aug 1836
Houston founded.
5 Jun 1837
City incorporated.
19 Apr 1837 - 19 Jan 1839 Capital of the Republic of Texas.
Sep 1842 - 1844
Capital of the Republic of Texas.
Mayors
1837 - 1838
James S.
Holman
(b. 1804
- d. 1867)
1838 - 1839
Francis W. Moore, Jr. (1st time) (b. 1808 -
d. 1864)
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 - 1857
James H. Stevens
(b. 1818 - d. 1856)
1857 - 1858
Cornelius
Ennis
(b. 1813 -
d. 1899)
1858 - 1859
Alexander D. McGowan (2nd time)
(b. 1817 - d. 1893)
1859 - 1860
William Harrison King
1860 - 1861
Thomas W. Whitmarsh
1861 - 1862
William J. Hutchins
(b. 1813 - d. 1884)
1862 - 1863
Thomas W.
House
(b. 1814 -
d. 1880)
1863 - 1866
William Anders (d. 1873)
1866 - 1867
Horace D. Taylor (b. 1821 - d. 1890)
1867 - 1868
Andrew D. McGowen (2nd time) (s.a.)
1868 - 1870
Joseph R. Morris
(b. 1828 - d. 1876)
1870 - 1874
Thomas H. Scanlan
(b. 1832 - d. 1906)
1874 - 1875
James T.D. Wilson (1st time) (b. 1820
- d. 1902)
1875 - 1877
Irvin Capers Lord (b. 1827 - d. 1917)
1877 - 1879
James T.D. Wilson (2nd time) (s.a.)
1879 - 1880
Andrew J. Burke (b. 1813 - d. 1903)
1880 - 1890
William R. Baker
(b. 1820 - d. 1890)
1890 - 1892
Henry B. Scherffius (b. 1838 - d. 1894)
1892 - 1896
John T. Browne (b. 1845 - d. 1941)
1896 - 1898
H. Baldwin Rice (1st time)
(b. 1861 - d. 19..)
1898 - 1900
Samuel H. Brashear (b. 1866 - d. 1941)
1900 - 1902
John D. Woolford, Sr. (b. 1855 - d. 1918)
1902 - 1904
Orren Thaddeus Holt
(b. 1849 - d. 1913)
1904 - 1905
Andrew L. Jackson (b. 1863 - d. 19..)
1905 - 1913
H. Baldwin Rice (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1913 - 1917
Ben Campbell (b. 1858 - d. 1942)
1917
Joseph J. Pastoriza
(b.
1854 - d. 1917)
1917 - 1918
Joseph C. Hutcheson, Jr.
(b. 1879 - d. 1973)
1918 - 1921
A. Earl Amerman, Sr.
(b. 1878 - d. 1958)
1921 - 1929
Oscar F. Holcombe (1st time) (b. 1888
- d. 1968) Dem
1929 - 1933
Walter E. Monteith (b. 1877 - d. 1953)
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.
Pickett
(b. 1902 - d. 1990)
Jan 1943 - Jan 1947 Otis
Massey (b. 1891 - d. 1968)
Jan 1947 - 1953
Oscar F. Holcombe (4th time) (s.a.) Dem
1953
- 1956
Roy M. Hofheinz
(b. 1912 - d. 1982)
1956 - 1958
Oscar F. Holcombe (5th time) (s.a.) Dem
1958
- 1964
Lewis W. Cutrer
(b. 1904 - d. 1981) Dem
1964
- Jan 1974
Louis W.
Welch
(b. 1918
- d. 2008) Dem
Jan
1974 - 1978
Fred
Hofheinz
(b. 1938)
Dem
1978 - 1982
James "Jim" J. McConn
(b. 1928 - d. 1997) Dem
1982 - 2 Jan 1992
Kathryn J. Niederhofer Whitmire (f)(b. 1946)
Dem
2 Jan 1992 - 2 Jan 1998 Robert "Bob" C. Lanier
(b. 1925)
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 -
Annise Parker (f)
(b. 1956)
Dem
Indianapolis
![[Flag of Indianapolis, Indiana]](us-in-in.gif)
2 Apr 1821
Indianapolis founded.
12 Jan 1825
Becomes the capital of Indiana.
27 Mar 1847
City incorporated.
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)
Rep
1 Jan 1976 - 1 Jan 1992 William H. Hudnut III
(b. 1932)
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 -
Greg Ballard
(b. 1955)
Rep
![[Jackson, Mississippi (U.S.)]](us-ms-jx.gif)
Adopted 6 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 - May 1863 Federal occupation.
16 Jul 1863 - Feb 1870 Federal occupation.
Presidents of Selectmen
1834 - 1835 Thomas H. Dickson (1st time)
1835 - 1836 S.P. Baley (1st time) (b. 1806 - d. 1876)
1836 Thomas H. Dickson (2nd time)
1836 - 1837 S.P. Baley (2nd time) (s.a.)
1837 - 1839 John P. Oldham
Mayors
1839 - 1840 John P. Oldham (1st time)
1840 H.R. McDonald
1840 - 1841 John P. Oldham (2nd time)
1842 - 1843 James H. Boyd (1st time) (b. 1809 - d. 1877)
1844 - 1849 John P. Oldham (2nd time)
1850 - 1851 James H. Boyd (2nd time) (s.a.)
1851 - 1852 J.P. Jones
1852 - 1853 William H. Taylor (1st time)
1854 - 1855 Richard Fletcher
1855 - 1857 William H. Taylor (2nd time)
1858 - 1859 James H. Boyd (3rd time) (s.a.)
1859 - 1860 W.A. Purdom
1860 - 1861 Richard C. Kerr
1862 - 1863 Charles Henry Manship (b. 1812 - d. 1895)
1863 - 1864 Joseph A. Mower (b. 1827 - d. 1870) Mil
(federal military governor)
1864 - May 1868 David Nye Barrows (b. 1816 - d. 1895)
8 May 1868 - 9 Jul 1868 Thomas H. Norton
9 Jul 1868 - 31 Jul 1868 James Biddle
31 Jul 1868 - 12 Jan 1869 James P. Sessions
12 Jan 1869 - 2 Apr 1869 Rhesa Hatcher (1st time) (b. 1810 - d. 1870/80)
2 Apr 1869 - 8 Jun 1869 Joseph G. Crane (d. 1869)
16 Jun 1869 - 16 Jul 1869 F.A. Field
16 Jul 1869 - 5 Nov 1869 A. Way Kelly
9 Nov 1869 - 22 Jun 1870 E.W. Cabaniss
22 Jun 1870 - Oct 1871 Oliver Clifton (1st time) (b. 1847 - d. 1905) Dem
Oct 1871 - 3 Jan 1872 Rhesa Hatcher (2nd time) (s.a.)
3 Jan 1872 - 5 Jan 1874 Marion Smith
5 Jan 1874 - Jan 1888 John McGill (b. 1838 - d. 1896) Dem
Jan 1888 - 1893 William Henry Dem
1893 - 1895 L.F. Chiles Dem
1895 - 1897 Oliver Clifton (2nd time) (s.a.) Dem
1897 - 1899 Ramsey Wharton (1st time) (b. 18.. - 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 Dem
1905 - Nov 1908 Ramsey Wharton (2nd time) (s.a.) Dem
1909 - 1913 A.C. Crowder Dem
1913 - 1917 S.J. Taylor Dem
1917 - 1945 Walter A. Scott Dem
1945 - 1949 Leland L. Speed Dem
1949 - 1969 Allen C. Thompson (b. 1906 - d. 1980) Dem
1969 - 1977 Russell C. Davis (b. 1922 - d. 1993) Dem
1977 - 1989 Dale Danks, Jr. Dem
Jul 1989 - Jul 1997 J. Kane Ditto 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 - Harvey Johnson, Jr. (2nd time) (s.a.) Dem
Jacksonville
![[former Flag of Jacksonville, Florida 1914-76]](us-fl-jk1.jpg)
1914 - 24 Feb 1976
| ![[Flag of Jacksonville, Florida]](us-fl-jk.gif)
Adopted 24 Feb 1976
|
1791
Cowford settlement.
12 Aug 1822
Jacksonville founded.
9 Feb 1832
City incorporated.
31 May 1887
Cities of LaVilla and Fairfield and most of
the Springfield community annexed.
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
1854 - 1855
F.C. Barrett
1855 - 1856
Philip Frazer
1856 - 1857
F.I. Wheaton
+ George C. Gibbs
1858 - 1859
John S. Murdock (b. 1818 - d. 1860)
Mayors
1859 - 1861
Holmes Steele (1st time)
Dem
1861 - 1866
Halstead H.
Hoeg
(b. 1820 - d. 1876)
Dem
1866 - 1867
Holmes Steele (2nd time)
Dem
1867 - 1868
John Clark
Dem
1868 - 1870
Edward
Hopkins
(b. 1809 - d. 1887)
Dem
1870 - 1873
Peter Jones (1st time)
Rep
1873 - 1874
J.C. Greeley
Rep
1874 - 1876
Peter Jones (2nd time)
Rep
1876 - 1877
Luther McConihe (1st time)
Dem
1877 - 1878
W. Stokes Boyd
Dem
1878 - 1879
Luther McConihe (2nd time)
Dem
1879 - 1880
Peter Jones (3rd time)
Rep
1880 - 1881
J. Ramsey Dey
Rep
1881 - 1883
Morris A. Dzialynski (b. 1841 - d. 1907) Dem
1883 - 1885
W. McClaws
Dancy
Dem
1885 - 1886
M.C. Rice
Dem
1886 - 1887
Patrick McQuaid (1st time)
(b. 1844? - d. 1892) Dem
8 Apr 1887 - 13 Dec 1887
John Q. Burbridge
Dem
13 Dec 1887 - 1888
C.B. Smith
Rep
1888 - 1891
Patrick McQuaid (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
1891 - 1893
Henry Robinson
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
William D. Knight
Dem
1899 - 1901
J.E.T. Bowden (1st time) (b.c.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
George H. Baker &