List of mayors of Oakland, California

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List of mayors of Oakland, California, founded in 1852. It was incorporated as a city in 1854.

No. Date term started Name Notes
1 April 17, 1854 Horace W. Carpentier lawyer
2 March 5, 1855 Charles Campbell
3 March 3, 1856 S. H. Robinson
4 March 2, 1857 Andrew Williams
5 March 7, 1859 Francis K. Shattuck
6 March 7, 1860 J. P. M. Davis
7 March 5, 1862 George M. Blake
8 March 1863 W. H. Bovee
9 March 14, 1864 Dr. Edward Gibbons
10 March 6, 1865 B. F. Ferris
11 March 5, 1866 John W. Dwinelle Dwinelle Hall University of California at Berkeley
12 March 7, 1867 William Watrus Crane, Jr. resigned November 2
13 November 1867 Dr. Samuel Merritt medical doctor; appointed 1867, elected 1868
14 March 1, 1869 John B. Felton
15 March 6, 1871 Nathaniel W. Spaulding
16 March 4, 1873 Rev. Henry Durant founder University of California - died in office January 22, 1875
17 February 1875 Mack Weber appointed Feb., elected March 1
18 March 13, 1876 Dr. Enoch H. Pardee medical doctor
19 March 25, 1878 Washburne R. Andrus
20 March 8, 1880 James E. Blethen
21 March 13, 1882 Charles K. Robinson
22 March 12, 1883 J. West Martin
23 March 10, 1884 Ashmun C. Henry
24 March 9, 1885 Eli W. Playter
25 March 14, 1887 William R. Davis
26 March 12, 1888 Charles D. Pierce
27 March 11, 1889 John R. Glascock Alameda County district attorney 1875-1877; congressman, 1883-1885
28 March 9, 1891 Melvin C. Chapman lawyer
29 March 13, 1893 Dr. George C. Pardee governor of California 1903-1907
30a March 11, 1895 John L. Davie first term
31 March 9, 1897 W. R. Thomas
32 March 13, 1899 Roland W. Snow
33 March 11, 1901 Anson Barstow
34 March 9, 1903 Warren Olney
35 March 1905 Frank K. Mott "The Mayor Who Built Oakland" - elected 1911 under new charter - city commission government
30b July 1, 1915 John L. Davie "My City Oakland" - longest serving mayor
36 July 1, 1931 Fred N. Morcom first mayor under the council-manager government
37 July 1, 1933 William J. McCracken
38 July 1, 1941 Dr. John F. Slavich medical doctor
39 July 1, 1945 Herbert L. Beach
40 July 1, 1947 Joseph E. Smith lawyer
41 July 1, 1949 Clifford E. Rishell house painter; first mayor under mayor-council government
42 July 1, 1961 John C. Houlihan lawyer; announced retirement February 1966 (effective April 30) convicted of mishandling the Estate of Sarilla Whitlock.
43 May 1, 1966 John H. Reading owner Red's Tamales
44 July 1, 1977 Lionel J. Wilson Alameda County superior court judge; city's first African American mayor
45 January 7, 1991 Elihu M. Harris state assemblyman 1979-1990
46 January 4, 1999 Jerry Brown secretary of state of california 1971-1975; governor of California 1975-1983; attorney general of California 2007-
47 January 8, 2007 Ronald V. Dellums congressman 1971-1998

[edit] Notes

  • Office terms:
    • 1 year 1854 - major elected by fellow city council members
    • 2 years 1893 - major elected by fellow city council members
    • 4 years 1953 - mayor elected by popular vote
  • John L. Davie had split terms 1895-1897 and 1915-1931
  • Enoch H. Pardee and George C. Pardee were father-son
  • George C. Pardee was governor during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake
  • John C. Houlihan retired Feb. 1966, imprisoned for embezzlement 1967, paroled 1969, pardoned 1973 (not related to public office)
  • Jerry Brown was also governor, elected California State Attorney General in 2006

[edit] References

  • The Beginnings of Oakland, California, A.U.C. by Peter T. Conmy, City Librarian, Oakland Public Library, 1961.
  • Mayors of Oakland: 1854 – 2002 by David Nicolas, director, Pardee Home Museum for exhibit Populists, Visionaries, & Self-Promoters: 46 Oakland Mayors to honor the city's sesquicentennial 2002
  • From then to now: these were mayors. Oakland Tribune, Thursday May 1, 1952 p W-7 Oakland Centennial special edition. includes photos
  • Oakland History Room, Oakland Public Library
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