Mayors of U.S. Cities M - W
Party abbreviations: Dem = Democratic Party
(liberal, formerly D-R); DFL = Democratic-
Farmer-Labor Party (liberal, upper-midwest Dem party); Fus
= Fusion (representing more than one party/coalition of parties); Grn
= Green Party; Ind = Independent; Lib = Liberal Party;
Libt = Libertarian Party;
PNP = Partido Nuevo Progresivo
(New Progressive Party, Puerto Rico pro-statehood, conservative); PPD
= Partido Popular Democrático (Popular Democratic Party, Puerto
Rico pro-autonomy, liberal); Rep = Republican Party (conservative
[est.1854 as anti-slavery]);
PRP = Puerto Rican Renewal Party; Ref
=
Reform Party; Soc = Socialist Party;
Mil = Military;
- Former parties: APA = American Protective
Association (Nashville); AMP = American Party (anti-immigrant, anti-Roman
Catholic, Unionist, 1853-1860, informally K-M); BMT = Business Men's Ticket (Seattle);
Con = Conservative Party; CP = Citizens'
Party; D-R = Democratic-Republican Party (pro-states rights, anti-Federalist,
1794-1829, renamed Dem); Emp = Emancipation Party; Exp = Experience Party; Fed = Federalist Party (conservative,
pro-Federal power, 1780's-1815); FP
= Fireproof Party; K-N
= Know-Nothing Party (anti-immigrant, anti-Roman Catholic, Unionist, formally
called AP, 1853-1860); NAm = National American Party; NR =
National Republican Party (anti-Jacksonian Democrat, 1826-1834); OPP
= Opposition Party (Nashville); PF = Partido Federal (Federal Party,
Puerto Rico); PI = Partido Incondicional (Unconditional Party, Puerto Rico); PLC = Partido Liberal Conformista (Liberal Conformist Party); PLR = Partido Liberal-Reformista (Liberal-Reformist
Party, Puerto Rico); PO = Partido Ortodoxo (Orthodox Party, Puerto Rico); POP = Public Ownership Party; PP = Populist
Party (reformist/socialist, formerly People's Party, 1892-1908);
Pro
= Progressive Party (progressive/socialist, 1924-1955); PRP = Partido
Republicano Puertorriqueño (Puerto Rican Republican Party); PT
=
People's Ticket (Seattle);
PU = Partido Unión (Union Party, Puerto Rico); PUR
= Partido Unión Republicana (Republican Union Party, Puerto Rico);
Rep-Amr
= Republican American; ULP = Union Labor Party;
UnCty = Union City Party; Uni = Union Party (or Constitutional
Union Party, formed chiefly by remnants of the K-N and southern Whigs,
May 1860-1861); UTLP = Utah Liberal Party; VigPp = Vigilance People's Party;
WDem = War Democrat;
Whg = Whig Party (pro-federal
govt., anti-Jacksonian, 1834-1854/60);
Wor = Workingman's Party (anti-Chinese immigration, 1877-1882])
Memphis
Adopted 1969
15 Aug 1739
French Fort Assumption founded.
1795
Spanish Fort San Fernando de las Barrancas.
1797
U.S. Fort Adams.
22 May 1819
Memphis founded.
19 Dec 1826
City incorporated.
6 Jun 1862 - 1865
Occupied by U.S. federal army.
31 Jan 1879 - 1893
Dis-incorporated as a result of a yellow fever epidemic
and bankruptcy. Memphis becomes a state taxing district.
Mayors
1827 - 1829
Marcus B. Winchester
1829 - 1831
Isaac Rawlings (1st time)
1831 - 1832
Seth Wheatley
1832 - 1833
Robert Lawrence
1833 - 1836
Isaac Rawlings (2nd time)
1836 - 1837
Enoch Banks (1st time)
1837 - 1838
John H. Morgan
1838 - 1839
Enoch Banks (2nd time)
1839 - 1841
Thomas Dixon
1841 - 1842
William Spickernagle
1842 - 1845
Edwin Hickman (1st time)
1845 - 1846
Jesse Johnson Finley
(b. 1812 - d. 1904) Dem
1846 - 1847
Edwin Hickman (2nd time)
1847 - 1848
Enoch Banks (3rd time)
1848 - 1849
Gardner E. Locke
1849 - 1852
Edwin Hickman (3rd time)
1852 - 1855
A.B. Taylor
(b. 1796 - d. 1866)
1855 - 1856
Addison H. Douglas
1856 - 1857
T.B. Carroll
1857 - 1861
Richard D. Baugh
1861 - 1864
John Park (1st time)
1864
Thomas H. Harris
1864 - 1865
Channing Richards
1865 - 1866
John Park (2nd time)
1866 - 1868
William Lofland
1868
McDavitt
1868 - 1869
John William Leftwich (1st time) (b. 1826 - d. 1870)
Dem
1869
J.T. Swayne
1869 - 1870
John William Leftwich (2nd time) (s.a.)
Dem
1870 - 1874
John Johnson
1874 - 1876
John Loague
1876 - 1879
John R. Flippin
Chairmen of the Board of Fire and Police
1879 - 1881
David T. Porter
1881 - 1883
John Overton
1883 - 1891
David Park Hadden
1891 - 1893
William D. Bethell
Mayors
1893 - 1898
Waler Lucas Clapp
1898 - 1906
J.J. Williams
1906 - 1910
James H. Malone
1910 - 1915
Edward Hull Crump (1st time) (b. 1874
- d. 1954) Dem
"Boss Crump"
Nov 1915 - Feb 1916 George
C. Love
1916 - 1917
Thomas C Ashcroft
1917 - 1918
Harry H. Litty
1918 - 1919
Frank L. Monteverde
1920 - 1927
Rowlett Paine
(b. 1879 - d. 19..) Dem
1928 - 1939
S. Watkins Overton
1940
Edward Hull Crump (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
1940
Joseph Patrick Boyle (1st time)
1940 - 1946
Walter Chandler
(b. 1887 - d. 1967) Dem
1946
Joseph Patrick Boyle (2nd time)
1946 - 1947
Sylvanus W. Polk, Sr.
1947 - 1949
James J. Pleasants, Jr.
Dem
1949 - 1953
Watkins Overton
1953 - 11 Sep 1955
Frank T. Tobey
11 Sep 1955 - 1956
Walter Chandler
1956 - 1959
Edmund Orgill
Dem
1960 - 1963
Henry Loeb (1st time)
1963
Claude Armour
1963 - 1967
William B. Ingram
1968 - 1971
Henry Loeb (2nd time)
1972 - 1982
Wyeth Chandler
1982
J.O. Patterson, Jr.
Dem
1982
Wallace Madewell
1982 - 1991
Richard "Dick" C. Hackett
Dem
1992 -
Willie W. Herenton
(b. 1940)
Dem
Miami
1870
Miami founded.
28 Jul 1896
City of Miami incorporated.
29 Mar 1915
Miami Beach incorporated as a separate city.
21 May 1957
Home-rule for Dade County.
Mayors
Jul 1896 - Nov 1900 John
B. Reilly
(b. 1870? - d. 19..)
Nov 1900 - Nov 1903 J.E.
Lummus
Nov 1903 - Nov 1907 John
Sewell (b. 1867 - d. 1938) Nov 1907 - Nov 1911 F.H.
Wharton
Nov 1911 - 7 Jun 1912 S. Rodman Smith
18 Jul 1912 - Nov 1915 J.W. Watson, Sr.
(1st time)
(acting to Nov 1913)
Nov 1915 - Nov 1917 P.A.
Henderson (1st time)
(b. 18.. - d. 1925)
Nov 1917 - Nov 1919 J.W.
Watson, Sr. (2nd time)
Nov 1919 - Jul 1921 W.P.
Smith
Jul 1921 - Jun 1923 C.D.
Leffler
Jun 1923 - 25 Jul 1925 P.A. Henderson (2nd
time) (s.a.)
Aug 1925 - Jun 1927 Edward
C. Romfh
Jun 1927 - Jun 1929 E.G.
Sewell (1st time)
(d. 1940)
Jun 1929 - Jun 1931 C.H.
Reeder (1st time)
Jun 1931 - Jun 1933 R.B.
Gautier
Jun 1933 - May 1935 E.G.
Sewell (2nd time)
(s.a.)
May 1935 - May 1937 A.D.H.
Fossey
May 1937 - Mar 1939 Robert
R. Williams
Mar 1939 - Apr 1940 E.G.
Sewell (3rd time)
(s.a.)
Apr 1940 - 13 May 1941 Alexander Orr, Jr.
May 1941 - May 1943 C.H.
Reeder (2nd time)
May 1943 - May 1945 Leonard
K. Thomson
May 1945 - Nov 1947 Perrine
Palmer, Jr.
Nov 1947 - Nov 1949 Robert
L. Floyd (b. 1918 - d. 2007)
Nov 1949 - Nov 1951 William
M. Wolfarth
Nov 1951 - Nov 1953 Chelsie
J. Senerchia
Nov 1953 - Nov 1955 Abraham
"Abe" Aronovitz
Nov 1955 - Nov 1957 Randall
"Randy" N. Christmas (b. 1920 - d.
1969)
28 Nov 1957 - 30 Aug 1967 Robert King High
(b. 1924 - d. 1967) Dem 2 Sep 1967 - 25 Nov 1970 Stephen P. Clark (1st time)
(b. 1923 - d. 1996)
25 Nov 1970 - 11 Apr 1973 David T. Kennedy (1st time)
19 Apr 1973 - Aug 1973 Maurice A. Ferré
(1st time) (b. 1935)
Dem
Aug 1973 - Nov 1973 David
T. Kennedy (2nd time)
8 Nov 1973 - 13 Nov 1985 Maurice A. Ferré (2nd
time) (s.a.)
Dem
13 Nov 1985 - 9 Nov 1993 Xavier L. Suarez (1st time)
(b. 1949)
Dem
9 Nov 1993 - 4 Jun 1996 Stephen P. Clark (2nd
time) (s.a.)
4 Jun 1996 - 23 Jul 1996 Wilred Gort (acting)
23 Jul 1996 - 13 Nov 1997 Joseph "Joe" Carollo (1st time)
(b. 1955)
Dem
14 Nov 1997 - 4 Mar 1998 Xavier L. Suarez (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
12 Mar 1998 - 19 Nov 2001 Joseph "Joe" Carollo (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
19 Nov 2001 -
Manuel "Manny" Diaz
(b. 1954)
Ind
Miami-Dade County
21 May 1957
Home-rule for Dade County (metropolitan Miami);
office of mayor created.
1993 - 1996
Post of Mayor abolished.
13 Nov 1997
Dade County renamed Miami-Dade County.
Mayors (Chairmen of the Board of County Commissioners)
1965? - 1970
Chuck Hall
1970 - 1972
Stephen P. Clark (1st time) (s.a.)
1972 - 1974
Jack Orr
1974 - 1993
Stephen P. Clark (2nd time) (s.a.)
Mayors
15 Oct 1996 - 16 Nov 2004 Alex Penelas
(b. 1961)
Dem
16 Nov 2004 -
Carlos Alvarez
(b. 1952?)
Rep
Milwaukee
1835
Settlement begins.
20 Dec 1839
Milwaukee founded.
31 Jan 1846
City incorporated.
Mayors
1846 - 1847
Laurent Solomon Juneau
(b. 1798 - d. 1856) Dem
1847 - 1848
Horatio N. Wells
(b. 1807 - d. 1858) Dem
1848 - 1849
Byron Kilbourn (1st time)
(b. 1801 - d. 1870) Dem
1849 - 1850
Don A.J. Upham
(b. 1809 - d. 1877) Dem
1851 - 1852
George H. Walker (1st time) (b.
1811 - d. 1866) PP
1852 - 1853
Hans Crocker
(b. 1815 - d. 1889) PP
1853 - 1854
George H. Walker (2nd time)
(s.a.)
PP
1854 - 1855
Byron Kilbourn (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
1855 - 1858
James B. Cross
(b. 1819 - d. 1876) Dem
1858 - 1859
William Augustus Prentiss
(b. 1800 - d. 1892) PP
1859 - 1860
Herman L. Page
(b. 1818 - d. 1873) Dem
1860 - 1861
William Pitt Lynde
(b. 1817 - d. 1885) Dem
1861 - 1862
James S. Brown
(b. 1824 - d. 1878) Dem
1862 - 1863
Horace Chase
(b. 1810 - d. 1886) Dem
1863 - 1864
Edward O'Neill (1st time)
(b. 1820 - d. 1870) Dem
1864 - 1865
Abner Kirby
(b. 1818 - d. 1893) Dem
1865 - 1866
John J. Tallmadge
(b. 1818 - d. 1873) Dem
1867 - 1869
Edward O'Neill (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
1870 - 1871
Joseph Phillips
(b. 1825 - d. ....) Dem
1871 - 1872
Harrison Ludington (1st time) (b. 1812 -
d. 1891) Rep
1873 - 1873
David G. Hooker
(b. 1830 - d. 1888) Dem
1873 - 1874
Harrison Ludington (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Rep
1874 - 1875
Levi H. Kellogg
Dem
1875
Harrison Ludington (3rd time)
(s.a.)
Rep
1875 - 1876
H.M. Benjamin (acting)
1876 - 1878
Ammi A.R. Butler
(b. 1821 - d. 1901) Dem
1878 - 1880
John Black
(b. 1827 - d. 1899) Dem
1880 - 1882
Thomas H. Brown (1st time)
(b. 1839 - d. 1908) Rep
1882 - 1884
John M. Stowell
(b. 1827 - d. 1907) Dem
1884 - 1888
Emil Wallber
(b. 1841 - d. 1923) Rep
1888 - 1890
Thomas H. Brown (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Rep
1890 - 11 Nov 1890 George
W. Peck
(b. 1840 - d. 1915) Dem
6 Dec 1890 - 5 Jun 1893 Peter J. Somers
(b. 1850 - d. 1924) Dem
5 Jun 1893 - 1 Jul 1893 Henry Hase (acting)
1893 - 1896
John C. Koch
(b. 1841 - d. 1907) Rep
1896 - 1898
William G. Rauschenberger
(b. 1855 - d. 1918) Rep
1898 - 1906
David S. Rose (1st time)
(b. 1856 - d. 1932) Dem
1906 - 1908
Sherburn M. Becker
(b. 1876 - d. 1949) Rep
1908 - 1910
David S. Rose (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
1910 - 1912
Emil Seidel
(b. 1864 - d. 1947) Soc
1912 - 1916
Gerhard A. Bading
(b. 1870 - d. 1946) Dem/Rep
1916 - 1940
Daniel Webster Hoan
(b. 1881 - d. 1961) Soc
1940 - 11 Dec 1942
Carl Frederick Zeidler
(b. 1908 - d. 1942) Ind
Apr 1942 - 1948
John L. Bohn
(b. 1867 - d. 1955) Non-party
(acting [for Zeidler to 11 Dec 1942] to 1944)
1948 - 19 Apr 1960
Frank P. Zeidler
(b. 1912 - d. 2006) Soc
19 Apr 1960 - Apr 1988 Henry Walter Maier
(b. 1918 - d. 1994) Dem
Apr 1988 - 1 Jan 2004 John O. Norquist
(b. 1949)
Dem
1 Jan 2004 - 20 Apr 2004 Marvin Pratt (acting)
(b. 1944)
Dem
20 Apr 2004 -
Thomas "Tom" Barrett
(b. 1953)
Dem
Minneapolis
Adopted 27 May 1955
1855
Minneapolis founded.
6 Feb 1867
City incorporated.
Mayors
26 Feb 1867 - 14 Apr 1868 Dorilus Morrison (1st time)
(b. 1814 - d. 1897) Rep
14 Apr 1868 - 13 Apr 1869 Hugh G. Harrison
(b. 1822 - d. 1891) Rep
13 Apr 1869 - 12 Apr 1870 Dorilus Morrison (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Rep
12 Apr 1870 - 9 Apr 1872 Eli B. Ames
(b. 1820 - d. 1897) Dem
9 Apr 1872 - 8 Apr 1873 Eugene M. Wilson (1st
time) (b. 1833 - d. 1890)
Dem
8 Apr 1873 - 14 Apr 1874 George A. Brackett
(b. 1836 - d. 1921) Rep
14 Apr 1874 - 13 Apr 1875 Eugene M. Wilson (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
13 Apr 1875 - 11 Apr 1876 Orlando C. Merriman
(b. 1827 - d. 1906) Rep
11 Apr 1876 - 10 Apr 1877 Albert A. Ames (1st time)
(b. 1842 - d. 1911) Dem
10 Apr 1877 - 9 Apr 1878 John De Laittre
(b. 1832 - d. 1921) Rep
9 Apr 1878 - 11 Apr 1882 A.C. Rand
(b. 1832 - d. 1885) Rep
11 Apr 1882 - 8 Apr 1884 Albert A. Ames (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
8 Apr 1884 - 13 Apr 1886 George A. Pillsbury
(b. 1816 - d. 1898) Rep
13 Apr 1886 - 7 Jan 1889 Albert A. Ames (3rd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
7 Jan 1889 - 5 Jan 1891 E.C. Babb
(b. 1834 - d. 1899) Rep
5 Jan 1891 - 2 Jan 1893 Phillip B. Winston
(b. 1845 - d. 1901) Dem
2 Jan 1893 - 7 Jan 1895 William H. Eustis
(b. 1845 - d. 1928) Rep
7 Jan 1895 - 2 Jan 1899 Robert Pratt
(b. 1845 - d. 1908) Rep
2 Jan 1899 - 7 Jan 1901 James Gray
(b. 1862 - d. 1916) Dem
7 Jan 1901 - 27 Aug 1902 Albert A. Ames (4th time)
(s.a.)
Rep
27 Aug 1902 - 5 Jan 1903 David P. Jones (1st time)
(b. 1860 - d. 1927) Rep
5 Jan 1903 - 2 Jan 1905 James C. Haynes (1st
time) (b. 1848 - d. 1913)
Dem
2 Jan 1905 - 7 Jan 1907 David P. Jones (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
7 Jan 1907 - 6 Jan 1913 James C. Haynes (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Rep
6 Jan 1913 - 1 Jan 1917 Wallace G. Nye
(b. 1859 - d. 1926) Rep
1 Jan 1917 - 6 Jan 1919 Thomas Van Lear
(b. 1864 - d. 1931) POP
6 Jan 1919 - 3 Jul 1921 J.E. Meyers
(b. 1862 - d. 1944) Loyalist
4 Jul 1921 - 7 Jul 1929 George E. Leach (1st
time) (b. 1876 - d. 1955)
Rep
8 Jul 1929 - 5 Jul 1931 William F. Kunze
(b. 1872 - d. 1962) Rep
6 Jul 1931 - 2 Jul 1933 William A. Anderson
(b. 1873 - d. 1954) FL
3 Jul 1933 - 7 Jul 1935 A.G. Bainbridge
(b. 1885 - d. 1936) Rep
8 Jul 1935 - 4 Jul 1937 Thomas E. Latimer
(b. 1879 - d. 1937) FL
5 Jul 1937 - 6 Jul 1941 George E. Leach (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Rep
7 Jul 1941 - 1 Jul 1945 Marvin L. Kline
(b. 1903 - d. 1974) Rep
2 Jul 1945 - 30 Nov 1948 Hubert H. Humphrey
(b. 1911 - d. 1978) DFL
1 Dec 1948 - 7 Jul 1957 Eric G. Hoyer
(b. 1898 - d. 1990) DFL
8 Jul 1957 - 2 Jul 1961 P. Kenneth Peterson
(b. 1915 - d. 1993) Rep
3 Jul 1961 - 6 Jul 1969 Arthur Naftalin
(b. 1917 - d. 2005) DFL
7 Jul 1969 - 31 Dec 1973 Charles Stenvig (1st time)
(b. 1928)
Ind
31 Dec 1973
Richard M. Erdall
(b. 1933)
Rep
1 Jan 1974 - 31 Dec 1975 Albert J. Hofstede (1st time)
(b. 1940)
DFL
1 Jan 1976 - 31 Dec 1977 Charles Stenvig (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Ind
1 Jan 1978 - 31 Dec 1979 Albert J. Hofstede (2nd time)
(s.a.)
DFL
1 Jan 1980 - 31 Dec 1993 Donald M. Fraser
(b. 1924)
DFL
1 Jan 1994 - 31 Dec 2001 Sharon Sayles Belton (f)
(b. 1951)
DFL
1 Jan 2002 -
R.T. Rybak
(b. 1955)
DFL
Mobile
Adopted 4 Dec 1968
20 Jan 1702
French Fort St. Louis de la Mobile.
1711
French to move 27 miles south to the
present site of Mobile.
1720
Renamed Fort Condé.
10 Feb 1763
British rule (renamed Fort Charlotte).
14 Mar 1780 - 3 Sep 1783 Occupied by Spain (renamed
Fort Carlota).
3 Sep 1783
Part of Spanish Louisiana.
15 Apr 1813
American rule (Fort Charlotte).
20 Jan 1814
Mobile town incorporated.
2 Mar 1819
City incorporated.
12 Apr 1865 - Apr 1866 Occupied by U.S.
federal army.
Presidents
1814 - 1815
James Innerarity (1st time)
1815 - 1816
Lewis Judson
1816 - 1817
James Innerarity (2nd time)
1817 - 1818
Daniel Duvol
1818 - 1819
Samuel H. Garrow
Mayors
1819 - 1820
Daniel Duvol
1820 - 1822
Addin Lewis (1st time)
1822 - 1823
John Elliott
1823 - 1824
Addin Lewis (2nd time)
1824 - 1826
Samuel H. Garrow (1st time)
1827 - 1830
John F. Everett (1st time)
1830 - 1831
Samuel H. Garrow (2nd time)
1831 - 1834
John Stocking, Jr.
(b. 1797 - d. 1835)
1835 - 1836
John F. Everett (3rd time)
1836 - 1837
George Washington Owen
(b. 1796 - d. 1837)
1837 - 1839
George Walton
1839 - 1840
Henry Chamberlain
1840 - 4 Apr 1842
Edward Hall
4 Apr 1842 - 1845
Charles H. Hoppin
24 Dec 1845 - 1848
Blanton McAlpine
1848 - 7 Oct 1848
J.W.L. Childers
1849 - 1851
Charles Carter Langdon (1st time)
1851 - 1852
Joseph Seawell
1852 - 1855
Charles Carter Langdon (2nd time)
1856 - 1861
Jones Mitchell Withers (1st time)
K-N
13 May 1861 - Dec 1861 John Forsyth (1st
time) (b. 1812
- d. 1879) Dem
1862 - 12 Apr 1865
Robert H. Slough
16 Aug 1865 - Dec 1865 John Forsyth (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
(provisional)
1866 - 1867
Jones Mitchell Withers (2nd time)
Dem
1867 - 1868
Gustavus Horton
Rep
1868 - 1870
Caleb Price
Rep
1870 - 1871
George F. Harrington
Rep
1871
Martin Horst
Dem
1872
Gideon M. Parker
Dem
1873 - 1874
Cleveland F. Mouldon
CP
1874
John Reid, Jr.
Dem
(elected but did not serve)
1875 - 1877
Alphonse Hurtel
(d. 1877)
Dem
1877 - 1878
Daniel P. Bestor (acting)
1878 - 1879
George G. Duffee
PP
1879 - 1888
Richard B. Owen
Dem
1888 - 1894
Joseph C. Rich
1894 - 1897
Constantine L. Lavretta
1897 - 1900
John Curtis Bush
1900 - 1902
Thomas S. Fry
1902 - 1903
Walter F. Walsh
1903 - 1904
Charles F. Mclean
1904 - 1911
Patrick J. Lyons (1st time)
Mayor-Presidents
1911 - 1913
Laz Schwarz
1913 - 1914
Patrick J. Lyons (2nd time)
1914 - 1915
Harry Pillans (1st time)
1915 - 1916
Patrick J. Lyons (3rd time)
1916 - 1917
Harry Pillans (2nd time)
1917 - 1918
Patrick J. Lyons (4th time)
1918 - 1919
George E. Crawford (1st time)
1919 - 1921
Harry Pillans (3rd time)
1921 - 1922
George E. Crawford (2nd time)
1922 - 1924
R.V. Taylor (1st time)
1924 - 1925
Harry T. Hartwell (1st time)
1925 - 1926
George E. Crawford (3rd time)
1926 - 1927
Harry T. Hartwell (2nd time)
1927 - 1928
Leon Schwarz
1928 - 1929
Cecil F. Bates (1st time)
1929 - 1930
Harry T. Hartwell (3rd time)
1930 - 1931
Leon Schwarz
1931 - 1932
Cecil F. Bates (2nd time)
1932 - 1933
Harry T. Hartwell (4th time)
1933 - 1934
R.V. Taylor (2nd time)
1934 - 1935
Cecil F. Bates (3rd time)
1935 - 1936
Charles A. Baumhauer (1st time)
1936 - 1937
R.V. Taylor (3rd time)
1937 - 1938
Cecil F. Bates (4th time)
1938 - 1939
Charles A. Baumhauer (2nd time)
1939 - 1941
Cecil F. Bates (5th time)
1941 - 1942
Charles A. Baumhauer (3rd time)
1942 - 1943
Ernest M. Megginson (1st time)
1943 - 1944
Robin C. Herndon (1st time)
1944 - 1945
Charles A. Baumhauer (4th time)
1945 - 1946
Ernest M. Megginson (2nd time)
1946 - 1947
Robin C. Herndon (2nd time)
1947 - 1948
Charles A. Baumhauer (5th time)
1948 - 1949
Ernest M. Megginson (3rd time)
1949 - 1950
Charles A. Baumhauer (6th time)
1950 - 1951
Ernest M. Megginson (4th time)
1951 - 1952
Joseph R. Mitternight
1952 - 1953
Charles A. Baumhauer (7th time)
1953 - 1954
Henry R. Luscher (1st time)
1954 - 1955
Charles F. Hackmeyer
1955 - 1956
Joseph N. Langan (1st time) (d.
2005)
1956 - 1957
Henry R. Luscher (2nd time)
1957 - 1958
Joseph N. Langan (2nd time) (s.a.)
1958 - 1959
Henry R. Luscher (3rd time)
1959 - 1960
Joseph N. Langan (3rd time) (s.a.)
1960 - 1961
Henry R. Luscher (4th time)
1961 - 1962
George E. McNally
1962 - 1963
Charles S. Trimmier (1st time)
1963 - 1964
Joseph N. Langan (4th time) (s.a.)
1964 - 1965
Charles S. Trimmier (2nd time)
1965 - 1967
Joseph N. Langan (5th time) (s.a.)
1967 - 1968
Arthur R. Outlaw (1st time) (d.
2004) Rep
1968 - 1969
Lambert C. Mims (1st time)
1969 - 1971
Joseph A. Bailey
1971 - 1972
Robert B. Doyle, Jr. (1st time) (b. 1925? - d. 2005)
1972 - 1973
Lambert C. Mims (2nd time)
1973 - 1975
Gary A. Greenough (1st time)
1975 - 1976
Robert B. Doyle, Jr. (2nd time) (s.a.)
1976 - 1979
Lambert C. Mims (3rd time)
1979 - 1980
Gary A. Greenough (2nd time)
1980 - 1981
Robert B. Doyle, Jr. (3rd time) (s.a.)
1981 - 1983
Gary A. Greenough (3d time)
1983 - 1984
Robert B. Doyle, Jr. (4th time) (s.a.)
1984 - 1985
Lambert C. Mims (4th time)
Mayors
1985 - 1989
Arthur R. Outlaw (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Rep
1989 - 3 Oct 2005
Michael "Mike" C. Dow
(b. 1947)
Ind
3 Oct 2005 -
Samuel "Sam" L. Jones
(b. 1947)
Dem
Montgomery
1814
Fort Montgomery.
3 Dec 1819
Montgomery
6 Dec 1847
Becomes the capital of Alabama.
4 Feb 1861 - 20 May 1861 Capital of the Confederate
States of America.
Mayors
1838
Samuel D. Holt (1st time)
1839 - 1840
Jack Thorington
1841
Hardy Herbet
1842 - 1846
Perez Coleman
1847
Nimrod E. Benson
1848 - 1849
Edwin B. Harris
1850
Robert T. Davis
1851
Thomas Welsh
1852
Samuel D. Holt (2nd time)
1853 - 1859
Charles R. Hansford
1860 - 1861
Andrew J. Noble
1862 - 1863
J.F. Johnson
1864 - 1867
Walter L. Coleman
1868
Walter L. Coleman
+ Thomas O. Glasscock
1869 - 1870
Thomas O. Glasscock
1870
Thomas O. Glasscock
+ H.E. Faber
1870 - 1875
H.E. Faber
1875 - 1881
M.L. Moses
1881 - 1885
J.B. Gaston
1885 - 1889
W.S. Reese
1889 - 1891
Edward A. Graham
1891 - 1895
John G. Crommelin
1895 - 1899
John H. Clisby
1900 - 1903
E.E. Joseph
1903 - 1905
Thomas H. Carr
1905 - 1909
W.M. Teague
1909 - 1910
Gaston Gunter
1911 - 1915
W.A. Gunter, Jr. (1st time)
1915 - 1919
W.T. Robertson
1919 - 1940
W.A. Gunter, Jr. (2nd time)
1941 - 1944
Cyrus B. Brown
1944 - 1945
David E. Dunn
1946 - 1951
John L. Goodwyn
1951 - 1959
W.A. Gayle
Dem
1959 - 1971
Earl D. James
Dem
1971 - 1977
Jim Robinson
Dem 1977 - 1999
Emory McCord Folmar
(b. 1930)
Rep
9 Nov 1999 -
Bobby N. Bright
(b. 1952)
Ind/Dem
Nashville
c.1952 - 1963 |
Adopted 1963 |
24 Dec 1779
Nashville founded.
11 Sep 1806
City incorporated.
1812 - 1815
Capital of Tennessee.
6 Oct 1843
Made the capital of Tennessee.
1 Apr 1963
Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County.
Mayors
1 Oct 1806 - 1809 Joseph
Coleman
(b. 17.. - d. 1819) D-R
1809 - 1811
Benjamin J. Bradford
(b. c.1772 - d. 18..)D-R
1811 - 1814
William Tait
(b. 17.. - d. 1816) D-R
1814 - 1817
Joseph Thorpe Elliston
(b. 1779 - d. 1856) D-R
1817 - 1818
Stephen Cantrell, Jr.
(b. 1783 - d. 1854) D-R
1818 - 1819
Felix Robertson (1st time)
(b. 1781 - d. 1865)
1819 - 1820
Thomas Crutcher
(b. 1760 - d. 1844) D-R
1820 - 1821
James Condon
(b. c.1767 - d. 1837)D-R
1821 - 1822
John Patton Erwin (1st time) (b. 1795
- d. 1857) Whg
1822 - 1824
Robert Brownlee Currey
(b. c.1774 - d. 1848)D-R
1824 - 1825
Randall McGavock
(b. 1766 - d. 1843) D-R
1825 - 1826
Wilkins F. Tannehill
(b. 1787 - d. 1858) Whg
1827 - 1829
Felix Robertson (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1829 - 1833
William Armstrong
(b. c.1795 - d. 1847)Dem
1833 - 1834
John Meredith Bass
(b. 1804 - d. 1878) Whg/Uni
1834 - 1835
John Patton Erwin (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Whg
1835 - 1837
William Nichol
(b. 1800 - d. 1878) Whg/Dem
1837 - 1839
Henry Hollingsworth
(b. 1808 - d. 1855) Dem
1839 - 1840
Charles Clay Trabue
(b. 1798 - d. 1851) Dem
1841 - 1842
Samuel Van Dyke Stout
(b. 1786 - d. 1850) Whg/Dem
1842 - 1843
Thomas B. Coleman
(b. c.1795 - d. 1848)
1843 - 1845
Powhatan Woolridge Maxey
(b. 1810 - d. 1876) Whg/Uni
1845 - 1846
John Hugh Smith (1st time)
(b. 1819 - d. 1870) Whg/Uni
1846 - 1847
John A. Goodlett
1847 - 1849
Alexander Allison
(b. c.1799 - d. 1862)
1849 - 1850
John McCormick Lea
(b. 1818 - d. 1903) Whg/Uni
1850 - 1853
John Hugh Smith (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Whg/Uni
1853 - 1854
William Hartley Horn
(b. 1799 - d. 1870) Whg
1854 (3 days)
William B. Shapard
(b. 1797 - d. 1870)
1854 - 1856
Robert Bell Castleman
(b. 1808 - d. 1886) Whg
1856 - 1857
Andrew Anderson
(b. c.1796 - d. 1867)
1857 - 1858
John Alexander McEwen
(b. 1822 - d. 1859)
1858 - 1859
Randall William McGavock
(b. 1826 - d. 1863) Dem
1859 - 1860
Samuel Newton Hollingsworth (b.
1825 - d. 1861) Opp
1860 - 1862
Richard Boone Cheatham
(b. 1824 - d. 1877) Dem
1862 - 1864
John Hugh Smith (3rd time)
(s.a.)
Uni
1865 - 1867
William Matt Brown
(b. 1815 - d. 1885) Dem
1867 - 1869
Augustus E. Alden
(b. 1837 - d. 1886) Rep
1869
John M. Bass (receiver)
(b. 1804 - d. 1878) Uni
1869 - 1871
Kindred Jenkins Morris
(b. 1819 - d. 1884) Dem
1872 - 1874
Thomas A. Kercheval (1st time) (b. 1837 - d. 1915)
Rep
1874 - 1875
Morton Boyte Howell
(b. 1834 - d. ....) Dem
1875 - 1883
Thomas A. Kercheval (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Rep
1883 - 10 Sep 1886 Clairborne
Hooper Phillips (b. 1847
- d. 1886) Dem
1886 - 1887
Thomas A. Kercheval (3rd time)
(s.a.)
Rep
1888 - Oct 1890
Charles P. McCarver
(b. 1851 - d. 1892) Dem
Oct 1890 - 1891
William Litterer
(b. 1834 - d. 1917) Dem
1891 - 1895
George Buckmore Guild
(b. 1834 - d. 1917) Dem
1895 - 1897
William Marshall McCarthy
(b. c.1841 - d. 1899)APA
1897 - 1900
Robert Houston Dudley
(b. 1836 - d. 19..) Dem
1900 - 1904
James Marshall Head
(b. 1855 - d. 1930) Dem
1904 - 1906
Albert Smiley Williams
(b. 1849 - d. 1924) Dem
1906 - 1908
Thomas Owen Morris
(b. 1845 - d. 1924) Dem
1908 - 1909
James Stephenson Brown
(b. 18.. - d. 1947) Dem
1909 - 27 Jul 1915 Hilary Ewing
Howse (1st time) (b. 1866 - d. 1938)
Dem
27 Jul 1915 - 1915 Robert Vaughan
(receiver)
+ Park Marshall
(president of the Commission)
1915 - 1917
Robert Ewing
(b. 1849 - d. 1932) Dem
1917 - 1921
William Gupton
(b. 1870 - d. 19..) Dem
1921 - 1922
Felix Zollicoffer Wilson
(b. 1866 - d. 1950) Dem
1922 - 1924
William Percy Sharpe
(b. 1871 - d. 1942) Dem
1924 - 1938
Hilary Ewing Howse (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
1938 - 1951
Thomas Leon Cummings
(b. 1891 - d. 1968) Dem
1951 - 1963
Raphael Benjamin West
(b. 1911 - d. 1974) Dem
1963 - 1975
Clifton Beverly Briley
(b. 1914 - d. 1980) Dem
1975 - 1987
Richard Harmon Fulton
(b. 1927)
Dem
1987 - 1991
William Hill Boner
(b. 1945)
Dem
1991 - 1999
Philip Norman Bredesen, Jr. (b.
1943)
Dem
21 Sep 1999 - 21 Sep 2007 William "Bill" P. Purcell, Jr.
(b. 1953)
Dem 21 Sep 2007 - Karl
F. Dean
(b. 1955)
Dem
Newark
May 1666
Settlement begins.
27 Nov 1806
Orange made a separate town.
20 Mar 1836
Newark city charter granted.
Mayors
1836 - 1837
William Halsey
1837 - 1839
Theodore Frelinghuysen (b. 1787 - d. 1862) Whg 1839 - 1840
James Miller
1840 - 1841
Oliver Spencer Halstead
1841 - 1844
William Wright
(b. 1794 - d. 1866) Whg
1844 - 1845
Stephen Dod
1845 - 1846
Isaac Baldwin
1846 - 1848
Beach Vanderpool
1848 - 1851
James Miller
1851 - 1854
James M. Quinby
1854 - 1857
Horace J. Poinier
1857 - 1864
Moses Bigelow
1864 - 1866
Theodore Runyon (b. 1822 - d. 1896) Dem 1866 - 1870
Thomas Baldwin Peddie
(b. 1808 - d. 1889) Rep
1870 - 1874
Frederick W. Ricord
1874 - 1876
Nehemiah Perry
(b. 1816 - d. 1881) Dem 1876 - 1880
Henry J. Yates
1880 - 1882
William H.F. Fiedler (b. 1847 - d. 1919) Dem 1882 - 1884
Henry Lang
1884 - 1894
Joseph E. Haynes
Dem 1894 - 1896
Julius A. Lebkuecher
1896 - 1903
James M. Seymour
1903 - 1907
Henry Meade Doremus
Rep
1907 - 1915
Jacob Haussling
1915 - 1917
Thomas L. Raymond (1st time)
1917 - 1921
Charles P. Gillen
(b. 1876 - d. 1956) Dem
1921 - 1922
Alexander Archibald
1922 - 1925
Frederick C. Breidenbach
1925 - 1928
Thomas L. Raymond (2nd time)
1928 - 1933
Jerome T. Congleton
1933 - 1941
Meyer C. Ellenstein
(d. 1967)
Dem
1941 - 1949
Vincent J. Murphy
1949 - 1953
Ralph A. Villani
1953 - 1962
Leo P. Carlin
(b. 1908 - d. 1999)
1962 - 1970
Hugh Joseph Addonizio
(b. 1914 - d. 1981) Dem
1970 - 1986
Kenneth A. Gibson
(b. 1932)
Dem
1986 - 1 Jul 2006
Sharpe James
(b. 1936)
Dem
1 Jul 2006 -
Cory A. Booker
(b. 1969)
Dem
New Orleans
Adopted 5 Feb 1918
16 Apr 1718
Nouvelle-Orléans founded.
1722 - 1849
Capital of Louisiana.
17 Feb 1805
New Orleans incorporated as a city.
28 Apr 1862 - 1865
Occupied by U.S. federal army.
29 Aug 2005 - 19 Sep 2005 Massive flooding from Hurricane
Katrina
forces an evacuation of the city.
Administrators
1718 - 1769
the governors of Louisiana
Alcalde Mayor Provincial
1769 - 1 Jan 1770
Pedro Francisco Olivier
Alcaldes Ordinarios
- first Alcaldes -
1 Jan 1770 - 1 Jan 1771 Luis de La Chaise
1 Jan 1771 - 1 Jan 1772 Pedro Chabert
1 Jan 1772 - 1 Jan 1773 Hipolito Amelot
1 Jan 1773 - 1 Jan 1774 Pedro Duplessis
1 Jan 1774 - 1 Jan 1775 Nicolas Forstall (1st
time)
1 Jan 1775 - 1 Jan 1776 Guy (Guido) Dufossat
1 Jan 1776 - 1 Jan 1777 Pedro Desneville
1 Jan 1777 - 1 Jan 1778 Nicolas Forstall (2nd
time)
1 Jan 1778 - 1 Jan 1779 Martin Navarro
1 Jan 1779 - 1 Jan 1781 Pedro Piernas
1 Jan 1781 - 1 Jan 1783 Jacinto Panis
1 Jan 1783 - 1 Jan 1784 Francisco Le Breton
1 Jan 1784 - 1 Jan 1785 Francisco Maria de Reggio
1 Jan 1785 - 1 Jan 1786 Nicolas Forstall (3rd
time)
1 Jan 1786 - 1 Jan 1787 Joseph de Orue
1 Jan 1787 - 1 Jan 1788 Pedro Chabert
1 Jan 1788 - 1 Jan 1789 Joseph Foucher
1 Jan 1789 - 1 Jan 1791 Joseph de Ortega
1 Jan 1791 - 1 Jan 1792 Juan Ventura Morales
1 Jan 1792 - 1 Jan 1793 Pedro Marigny
1 Jan 1793 - 1 Jan 1795 Manuel Serrano (1st time)
1 Jan 1795 - 1 Jan 1796 Ignacio de Lovio
1 Jan 1796 - 1 Jan 1797 Manuel Pérez (1st
time)
1 Jan 1797 - 22 Jan 1798 Manuel Serrano (2nd time)
22 Jan 1798 - 1 Jan 1799 Pedro Denis de La Ronde
1 Jan 1799 - 1 Jan 1800 Francisco de Riaño
1 Jan 1800 - 1 Jan 1801 Manuel Pérez (2nd
time)
1 Jan 1801 - 1 Jan 1803 Nicolas Forstall (4th
time)
1 Jan 1803 - 30 Nov 1803 Pablo Lanusse
- second Alcaldes -
1 Jan 1770 - 1 Jan 1771 Luis Trudeau
1 Jan 1771 - 1 Jan 1772 Nicholas Forstall
1 Jan 1772 - 1 Jan 1773 Francisco de Villier
(1st time)
1 Jan 1773 - 1 Jan 1774 Francisco Doriocourt
1 Jan 1774 - 1 Jan 1775 Pedro Chabert
1 Jan 1775 - 1 Jan 1776 Santiago de La Chaise
1 Jan 1776 - 1 Jan 1777 Santiago Livaudais
1 Jan 1777 - 1 Jan 1778 Francisco de Villiery
(2nd time)
1 Jan 1778 - 1 Jan 1779 Guy (Guido) Dufossat
(1st time)
1 Jan 1779 - 1 Jan 1781 Pedro Deverges
1 Jan 1781 - 1 Jan 1783 Guy (Guido) Dufossat
(2nd time)
1 Jan 1783 - 1 Jan 1784 Juan Ventura Morales
1 Jan 1784 - 1 Jan 1785 Esteban Bore
1 Jan 1785 - 1 Jan 1786 Renato Hucher de Kernion
1 Jan 1786 - 1 Jan 1787 Guy (Guido) Dufossat
(3rd time)
1 Jan 1787 - 1 Jan 1788 Carlos de Reggio
1 Jan 1788 - 1 Jan 1789 Antonio Argote
1 Jan 1789 - 1 Jan 1791 Andres Almonester
1 Jan 1791 - 1 Jan 1792 Pedro Marigny
1 Jan 1792 - 1 Jan 1793 Pedro Jose de la Peña
1 Jan 1793 - 1 Jan 1795 Nicolas D’Aunoy
1 Jan 1795 - 1 Jan 1796 Joseph Xavier de Pontalba
1 Jan 1796 - 1 Jan 1797 Carlos de La Chaise
1 Jan 1797 - 1 Jan 1799 Pedro Marón de
Argote
1 Jan 1799 - 1 Jan 1800 Gabriel Fonvergne
1 Jan 1800 - 1 Jan 1801 Juan Bautista Poeyfarre
1 Jan 1801 - 1 Jan 1803 Francisco Caiserguez
1 Jan 1803 - 30 Nov 1803 Francisco Merieult
Mayors
30 Nov 1803 - 26 May 1804 Jean Etienne Borè
(b. 1741 - d. 1820)
2 Jun 1804 - 26 Jul 1805 James Pitot
(b. 1761 - d. 1831)
27 Jul 1805 - 8 Mar 1807 John Watkins
(b. 17.. - d. 1812)
9 Mar 1807 - 16 May 1812 James J. Mather
(b. 1750 - d. 1821)
16 May 1812 - 8 Oct 1812 Charles Trudeau (acting)
(b. 17.. - d. 18..)
8 Oct 1812 - 4 Sep 1815 Nicholas Girod
(b. 1747 - d. 1840)
4 Sep 1815 - 13 May 1820 Augustin Macarty
(b. 1774 - d. 1844)
14 May 1820 - 10 May 1828 Joseph Roffignac
(b. 1766 - d. 1846)
(Louis Philippe Joseph, comte de Roffignac)
12 May 1828 - 9 Apr 1838 Denis Prieur (1st time)
(b. 1791 - d. 1857) Dem
10 Apr 1838 - 12 May 1838 Paul Bertus (1st time) (acting)
12 May 1838 - 10 May 1840 Charles Genois
(b. 1793 - d. 1866) Whg
11 May 1840 - 4 Apr 1842 William Freret (1st time)
(b. 1799 - d. 1864) NAm
4 Apr 1842 - 7 Feb 1843 Denis Prieur (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
7 Feb 1843 - 26 Feb 1843 Paul Bertus (2nd time) (acting)
27 Feb 1843 - 12 May 1844 William Freret (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Whg
13 May 1844 - 5 Apr 1846 Joseph E. Montegut
(b. 1806 - d. 1880) Dem
11 May 1846 - 26 Mar 1854 Abial Daily Crossman
(b. 1804 - d. 1859) Whg
10 Apr 1854 - 17 Jun 1856 John L. Lewis
(b. 1800 - d. 1886) Dem
17 Jun 1856 - 8 Jun 1858 Charles W. Waterman
(b. 1809 - d. 1860) AMP
21 Jun 1858 - 18 Jun 1860 Gerald Stith
(b. 1821 - d. 1880) AMP
18 Jun 1860 - 16 May 1862 John T. Monroe (1st time)
(b. 1842 - d. 1931) AMP
20 May 1862 - 11 Jul 1862 George Foster Shepley (acting)
(b. 1819 - d. 1878) Mil
14 Jul 1862 - 5 Aug 1862 Godfrey Weitzel (1st time)
(acting)(b. 1835 - d. 1884) Mil
6 Aug 1862 - 20 Aug 1862 Jonas Herrod French (acting)
(b. 1829 - d. 1903) Mil
21 Aug 1862 - 30 Sep 1862 Godfrey Weitzel (2nd time) (acting)(s.a.)
Mil
2 Oct 1862 - 30 Jan 1863 Henry C. Deming (acting)
(b. 1815 - d. 1872) Mil
30 Jan 1863 - 12 Sep 1863 James F. Miller (1st time) (acting)(b.
1831 - d. 1873) Mil
12 Sep 1863 - 30 Oct 1863 Edward Henry Durell (acting)
Mil
6 Nov 1863 - 2 Feb 1864 James F. Miller (2nd
time) (acting)(s.a.)
Mil
9 Feb 1864 - 21 Mar 1865 Stephen A. Hoyt (acting)
Mil
21 Mar 1865 - 5 May 1865 Hugh Kennedy (1st time) (acting)
(b. 1810 - d. 1888)
5 May 1865 - 8 Jun 1865 Samuel Miller Quincy
(acting) (b. 1833 - d. 1887)
8 Jun 1865 - 28 Jun 1865 Glendy Burke (acting)
(b. 1805 - d. 1879)
28 Jun 1865 - 18 Mar 1866 Hugh Kennedy (2nd time) (acting)
(s.a.)
19 Mar 1866 - 20 Mar 1866 Joseph A. Rozier (acting)
(b. 1817 - d. 1896)
20 Mar 1866 - 11 May 1866 George Clark (acting)
12 May 1866 - 28 Mar 1867 John T. Monroe (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
28 Mar 1867 - 10 Jun 1868 Edward Heath
(b. 1819 - d. 1892) Rep
10 Jun 1868 - 4 Apr 1870 John R. Conway
(b. 1825 - d. 1896) Dem
4 Apr 1870 - 29 Nov 1872 Benjamin Franklin Flanders
(b. 1816 - d. 1896) Dem
30 Nov 1872 - 30 Nov 1874 Louis Alfred Wiltz
(b. 1843 - d. 1881) Dem
30 Nov 1874 - 19 Dec 1876 Charles J. Leeds
(b. 1823 - d. 1898) Dem
19 Dec 1876 - 18 Nov 1878 Edward Pilsbury
(b. 1873 - d. 1882) Dem
18 Nov 1878 - 16 Dec 1880 Isaac W. Patton
(b. 1828 - d. 1890) Dem
16 Dec 1880 - 20 Nov 1882 Joseph A. Shakspeare (1st time)
(b. 1837 - d. 1896) Dem
20 Nov 1882 - 28 Apr 1884 William J. Sheen
(b. 1840 - d. 1928) Dem
29 Apr 1884 - 23 Apr 1888 J. Valsin Guillotte
(b. 1850 - d. 1917) Dem
24 Apr 1888 - 25 Apr 1892 Joseph A. Shakspeare (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
25 Apr 1892 - 27 Apr 1896 John Fitzpatrick
(b. 184 |