List of mayors of Oakland, California
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This is the list of mayors of the city of Oakland, California, which was founded in 1852. It was incorporated as a city in 1854.
[edit] Terms
- Office terms:
- 1 year 1854 - mayor elected by fellow city council members
- 2 years 1893 - mayor elected by fellow city council members
- 4 years 1953 - mayor elected by popular vote
[edit] List of mayors
| Term start | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| April 17, 1854 | Horace W. Carpentier | lawyer |
| March 5, 1855 | Charles Campbell | |
| March 3, 1856 | S. H. Robinson | |
| March 2, 1857 | Andrew Williams | |
| March 7, 1859 | Francis K. Shattuck | |
| March 7, 1860 | J. P. M. Davis | |
| March 5, 1862 | George M. Blake | |
| March 1863 | W. H. Bovee | |
| March 14, 1864 | Edward Gibbons | |
| March 6, 1865 | B. F. Ferris | |
| March 5, 1866 | John W. Dwinelle | Dwinelle Hall University of California at Berkeley |
| March 7, 1867 | William Watrus Crane, Jr. | resigned November 2 |
| November 1867 | Samuel Merritt | medical doctor; appointed 1867, elected 1868 |
| March 1, 1869 | John B. Felton | |
| March 6, 1871 | Nathaniel W. Spaulding | |
| March 4, 1873 | Rev. Henry Durant | founder and first president University of California - died in office January 22, 1875 |
| February 1875 | Mack Weber | appointed Feb., elected March 1 |
| March 13, 1876 | Enoch H. Pardee | medical doctor, state assemblyman, state senator; father of George C. Pardee who also served as mayor of Oakland |
| March 25, 1878 | Washburne R. Andrus | |
| March 8, 1880 | James E. Blethen | |
| March 13, 1882 | Charles K. Robinson | |
| March 12, 1883 | J. West Martin | |
| March 10, 1884 | Ashmun C. Henry | |
| March 9, 1885 | Eli W. Playter | |
| March 14, 1887 | William R. Davis | |
| March 12, 1888 | Charles D. Pierce | |
| March 11, 1889 | John R. Glascock | Alameda County district attorney 1875-1877; congressman, 1883-1885 |
| March 9, 1891 | Melvin C. Chapman | lawyer |
| March 13, 1893 | George C. Pardee | governor of California 1903-1907; also son of Enoch H. Pardee |
| March 11, 1895 | John L. Davie | first term |
| March 9, 1897 | W. R. Thomas | |
| March 13, 1899 | Roland W. Snow | |
| March 11, 1901 | Anson Barstow | |
| March 9, 1903 | Warren Olney | |
| March 1905 | Frank K. Mott | "The Mayor Who Built Oakland" - elected 1911 under new charter - city commission government |
| July 1, 1915 | John L. Davie | "My City Oakland" - longest serving mayor |
| July 1, 1931 | Fred N. Morcom | first mayor under the council-manager government - Morcom Rose Garden |
| July 1, 1933 | William J. McCracken | |
| July 1, 1941 | John F. Slavich | medical doctor |
| July 1, 1945 | Herbert L. Beach | |
| July 1, 1947 | Joseph E. Smith | lawyer |
| July 1, 1949 | Clifford E. Rishell | house painter; first mayor under mayor-council government |
| July 1, 1961 | John C. Houlihan | lawyer; announced retirement February 1966 (effective April 30) convicted of mishandling the Estate of Sarilla Whitlock. |
| May 1, 1966 | John H. Reading | owner Red's Tamales |
| July 1, 1977 | Lionel J. Wilson | Alameda County superior court judge; city's first African American mayor |
| January 7, 1991 | Elihu M. Harris | state assemblyman 1979-1990 |
| January 4, 1999 | Jerry Brown | secretary of state of California 1971-1975; governor of California 1975-1983; attorney general of California 2007- |
| January 8, 2007 | Ronald V. Dellums | congressman 1971-1998 |
[edit] References
- Conmy, Peter Thomas (1961). The beginnings of Oakland, California, A.U.C.. Oakland, Calif.: Oakland Public Library. OCLC 7488215.
- "From then to now: these were mayors", Oakland Tribune, 1952-05-01, p. W-7, Oakland Centennial special edition.Includes photos
- Nicolas, David (2002). Mayors of Oakland: 1854 – 2002 (exhibition catalog), Pardee Home Museum.
