List of mayors of Portland, Oregon

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See also: Government of Portland, Oregon
File:Portland Mayors Office Portrait Gallery 001.jpg
Gallery of the mayors of Portland

This is a list of mayors of the city of Portland, Oregon. Note: under Portland's system of government, members of the City Council (known as Commissioners) have many duties that are generally the domain of a mayor.

The current term for mayor of Portland is four years. Mayoral elections are held in May of US presidential election years (years divisible by four), during the Oregon primary election, with a runoff between the top two vote-getters held in November of the same year should no candidate garner a majority vote in the May election. The mayor-elect takes office the following January.

List

C # Image Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term start Term end Political party Notes
1 No image.svg Hugh O'Bryant
(1813–1883)		 7 April 1851 5 April 1852 Independent [1][2]
2 No image.svg A. C. Bonnell
(1801–1875)		 5 April 1852 15 November 1852 Independent
3 No image.svg Simon B. Marye
(c. 1810–1868)		 15 November 1852 4 April 1853 Independent [3][2]
4 Josiah Failing 1903.JPG Josiah Failing
(1806–1877)		 4 April 1853 15 March 1854 Independent [2]
5 75px William S. Ladd
(1826–1893)		 15 March 1854 2 April 1855 Democratic [2]
6 No image.svg George W. Vaughn
(1809–1877)		 2 April 1855 7 April 1856 Independent [2]
7 No image.svg James O'Neill
(1824–1913)		 7 April 1856 4 November 1857 Republican [2]
8 75px William S. Ladd
(1826–1893)		 4 November 1857 5 April 1858 Democratic [2]
9 No image.svg A. M. Starr
(1820–1891)		 5 April 1858 4 April 1859 Republican [2]
10 No image.svg S. J. McCormick
(1828–1891)		 4 April 1859 2 April 1860 Democratic [2]
11 75px G. Collier Robbins
(1823–1907)		 2 April 1860 1 April 1861 Independent [2]
12 75px John M. Breck
(1828–c. 1875)		 1 April 1861 7 April 1862 Independent [2]
13 No image.svg William H. Farrar
(1826–1873)		 7 April 1862 6 April 1863 Democratic [2]
14 75px David Logan
(1824–1874)		 6 April 1863 4 April 1864 Republican [2]
15 75px Henry Failing
(1834–1898)		 4 April 1864 16 November 1866 Republican [2]
16 No image.svg Thomas J. Holmes
(1819–1867)		 16 November 1866 31 July 1867 Democratic [2]
17 75px J. A. Chapman
(1821–1885)		 31 July 1867 16 June 1868 Democratic [2]
18 No image.svg Hamilton Boyd
(1831-1886)		 16 June 1868 21 June 1869 Independent [2]
19 Goldsmith-Bernard.jpg Bernard Goldsmith
(1832–1901)		 21 June 1869 20 June 1871 Republican [2]
20 No image.svg Philip Wasserman
(1828–1895)		 20 June 1871 16 June 1873 Republican [2]
21 75px Henry Failing
(1834–1898)		 16 June 1873 21 June 1875 Republican [2]
22 75px J. A. Chapman
(1821–1885)		 21 June 1875 18 June 1877 Democratic [2]
23 75px William Spencer Newbury
(1834–1915)		 18 June 1877 16 June 1879 Republican [2]
24 Davidpthompson.jpg David P. Thompson
(1834–1901)		 16 June 1879 19 June 1882 Republican [2]
25 75px J. A. Chapman
(1821–1885)		 19 June 1882 15 June 1885 Democratic [2]
26 75px John Gates
(1827–1888)		 15 June 1885 27 April 1888
(died in office)		 Republican [2][4]
27 75px Van B. DeLashmutt
(1842–1921)		 2 May 1888 15 June 1891 Republican [2]
28 75px William S. Mason
(1832–1899)		 15 June 1891 4 June 1894 Republican [2]
29 No image.svg George P. Frank
(1852–1896)		 4 June 1894 1 June 1896 Republican [2]
30 SylvesterPennoyer.png Sylvester Pennoyer
(1831–1902)		 1 June 1896 6 June 1898 People's [2]
31 75px William S. Mason
(1832–1899)		 6 June 1898 27 March 1899
(Died in office)		 Republican
32 William A. Storey.png W. A. Storey
(1854–1917)		 16 May 1899 4 June 1900 Republican [2][5]
33 75px Henry S. Rowe
(1851–1914)		 4 June 1900 2 June 1902 Republican [2]
34 George Henry Williams - Brady-Handy - Restored & Cropped.jpg George Henry Williams
(1823–1910)		 2 June 1902 5 June 1905 Democratic [2]
35 Lane-Harry.jpg Harry Lane
(1855–1917)		 5 June 1905 7 June 1909 Independent [2]
36 Joseph Simon of Oregon.jpg Joseph Simon
(1851–1935)		 7 June 1909 5 June 1911 Republican [2]
37 Allen G. Rushlight.jpg Allen G. Rushlight
(1874–1930)		 5 June 1911 2 June 1913 Republican [2]
38 75px H. Russell Albee
(1867–1950)		 2 June 1913 4 June 1917 Democratic [2]
39 75px George L. Baker
(1868–1941)		 4 June 1917 2 June[citation needed] 1933 Democratic [2]
40 Joseph K. Carson.jpg Joseph K. Carson
(1891–1956)		 2 June[citation needed] 1933 2 June[citation needed] 1941 Democratic
41 No image.svg Earl Riley
(1890–1965)		 2 June[citation needed] 1941 2 June[citation needed] 1949 Democratic
42 No image.svg Dorothy McCullough Lee
(1901–1981)		 2 June[citation needed] 1949 2 June[citation needed] 1953 Republican
43 No image.svg Fred L. Peterson
(1896–1985)		 2 June[citation needed] 1953 2 June[citation needed] 1956 Republican
44 Portrait from Terry Schrunk Plaza.jpg Terry Schrunk
(1913–1975)		 2 June[citation needed] 1956 31 December 1972[citation needed] Democratic
45 Neil Goldschmidt.jpg Neil Goldschmidt
(born in 1940)		 1 January[citation needed] 1973 3 January 1979 Democratic
46 No image.svg Connie McCready
(1921–2000)		 1 January[citation needed] 1979 1 January[citation needed] 1981 Republican
47 75px Frank Ivancie
(born 1924)		 3 January[citation needed] 1981 3 January[citation needed] 1985 Democratic
48 75px Bud Clark
(born 1931)		 2 January 1985[6] 1 January[citation needed] 1993 Independent
49 Vera Katz.jpg Vera Katz
(born 1933)		 1 January[citation needed] 1993 3 January 2005 Democratic
50 75px Tom Potter
(born 1940)		 3 January 2005 1 January 2009 Independent
51 75px Sam Adams
(born 1963)		 1 January 2009 1 January 2013 Democratic
52 Charlie Hales in 2011.jpg Charlie Hales
(born 1956)		 1 January 2013 Incumbent Democratic

The City of Portland mayor's office, in the City Hall, contains a collection of mounted portraits of all the mayors to date. As of November 2014 only two mayors are missing from the collection; William H. Farrar (1862–1863), and Hamilton Boyd (1868–1869).

References

  1. ↑ Lansing, Jewel. (2003). Portland: People, Politics, and Power, 1851–2001, p. 26–49.
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 2.25 2.26 2.27 2.28 2.29 2.30 2.31 2.32 2.33 2.34 2.35 2.36 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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See also

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