List of mayors of Oakland, California
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List of mayors of Oakland, California, which was 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, state assemblyman, state senator, son would also be mayor and then governor |
| 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
