Listing of the mayors of the Pueblo de Los Angeles and Los Angeles from 1781 to 1850, before the admission of California to statehood in the United States.
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The office of Alcalde-Mayor of the El Pueblo de la Reina de los Ángeles in the Las Californias [1786–1804] and Alta California [1804–1822] territories of the Commandancy General of the Provincias Internas in the Castilian (Spanish) Viceroyalty of New Spain.
Name | Tenure | Title |
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Jose Vicente Feliz | 1781–1786 | Comisionado (area military commissioner), acted as Chief Public Official. |
Jose Vanegas | 1786–1788 | Alcalde |
Jose Sinova | 1789 | Alcalde[3] |
Francisco Reyes | 1790 | Alcalde (removed from office for gambling in July)[4] |
Mariano Verdugo | 1790–1791 | Alcalde (elected July 1790, reelected January 1791)[5] |
Jose Vanegas | 1792 | Alcalde (tenure uncertain)[6] |
Francisco Reyes | 1793–1795 | Alcalde |
José Vanegas | 1796 | Alcalde |
Manuel Ramírez Arellaneo | 1797 | Alcalde[7] |
Guillermo Soto | 1798 | Alcalde[8] |
Francisco Serrano | 1799 | Alcalde |
Joaquin Higuera | 1800–1801 | Alcalde |
Mariano Verdugo | 1802–1808 | Alcalde[9] |
Guillermo Soto | 1809 | Alcalde[10] |
Francisco Avila | 1810 | Alcalde |
Manuel Gutierrez | 1811–1812 | Alcalde |
Guillermo Soto | 1812–1815 | Comisionado, assumed responsibilities of Alcalde |
Antonio Maria Lugo | 1816 | Alcalde[11] |
José Polanco | 1817 | Alcalde[12] |
Anastasio Avila | 1819–1821 | Alcalde |
The office of Alcalde-Mayor of the Pueblo de Los Angeles in the Alta California territory of Independent Mexico [1821–1848].
Name | Tenure | Title |
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Manuel Gutierrez | 1821–1824 | Alcalde |
Guillermo Cota | 1824 | Alcalde |
Encarnacion Urquides | 1824 | Alcalde |
José Maria Avila | 1825 | Alcalde |
José Antonio Carrillo | 1826 | Alcalde |
Claudio Lopez | 1826–1827 | Alcalde |
Guillermo Cota | 1827–1828 | Alcalde |
José Antonio Carrillo | 1828–1829 | Alcalde |
Guillermo Soto | 1829–1830 | Alcalde |
Tiburcio Tapia | 1830–1831 | Alcalde |
Vicente Sanchez | 1831–1832 | Alcalde |
Manuel Dominguez | 1832–1833 | Alcalde |
José Antonio Carrillo | 1833–1834 | Alcalde |
José Perez | 1834–1835 | Alcalde |
Francisco Javier Alvarado | 1835–1836 | Alcalde |
Manual Requena | 1836–1837 | Alcalde |
Jose Loreto Sepulveda | 1837 | Alcalde |
Luis Arenas | 1838–1839 | Alcalde |
Tiburcio Tapia and Jose Loreto Sepulveda | 1839–1840 | First and Second Alcalde |
Ygnacio Palomares and Ygnacio Alvarado | 1841 | Justices of Peace |
Manuel Dominguez and Jose Loreto Sepulveda | 1842 | Justices of Peace |
Manuel Dominguez and Antonio F. Coronel | 1843 | Justices of Peace |
Manual Requena and Tiburcio Tapia | 1844 | First and Second Alcalde |
Vicente Sanchez and Juan Capistrano Sepulveda | 1845 | First and Second Alcalde |
Juan Gallardo and Jose Loreto Sepulveda | 1846 | First and Second Alcalde |
Jose Salazar and Enrique Avila | 1847 | First and Second Alcalde |
Ygnacio Palomares and Jose Loreto Sepulveda | 1848 | First and Second Alcalde |
The office of Mayor of the town of Los Angeles in the U.S. Executive Department of California [1848–1850].
Name | Tenure | Title |
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Stephen Clark Foster | 1848–1850 | Mayor |