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This is a list of people who have served as mayor of the city of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas. Each mayoral term lasts two years.
| Mayor of Houston of Texas |
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|---|---|
| Style | The Honorable |
| Term length | Two years, renewable twice |
| Inaugural holder | James S. Holman 1837 |
| Formation | Houston City Charter |
| Website | Official website |
| Term | Mayor |
|---|---|
| 2010— | Annise Parker |
| 2004–2010 | Bill White |
| 1998–2004 | Lee Brown |
| 1992–1998 | Bob Lanier |
| 1982–1991 | Kathy Whitmire |
| 1978–1981 | Jim McConn |
| 1974–1977 | Fred Hofheinz |
| 1964–1973 | Louie Welch |
| 1958–1963 | Lewis Cutrer |
| 1956–1957 | Oscar F. Holcombe |
| 1953–1955 | Roy Hofheinz |
| 1947–1952 | Oscar F. Holcombe |
| 1943–1946 | Otis Massey |
| 1941–1942 | Neal Pickett |
| 1939–1941 | Oscar F. Holcombe |
| 1937–1938 | R. H. Fonville |
| 1933–1936 | Oscar F. Holcombe |
| 1929–1933 | Walter E. Monteith |
| 1921–1929 | Oscar F. Holcombe |
| 1918–1921 | A. Earl Amerman |
| 1917–1918 | Joseph Chappell Hutcheson, Jr. |
| 1917 | J. J. Pastoriza (died in office) |
| 1913–1917 | Ben Campbell |
| 1905–1913 | H. Baldwin Rice |
| 1904–1905 | Andrew L. Jackson |
| 1902–1904 | O. T. Holt |
| 1901–1902 | John D. Woolford |
| 1898–1901 | Samuel H. Brashear |
| 1896–1898 | H. Baldwin Rice |
| 1892–1896 | John T. Browne |
| 1890–1892 | Henry Scherffius |
| 1886–1890 | Daniel C. Smith |
| 1880–1886 | William R. Baker |
| 1879–1880 | Andrew J. Burke |
| 1877–1878 | James T. D. Wilson |
| 1875–1876 | I. C. Lord |
| 1874 | James T. D. Wilson |
| 1870–1873 | Thomas H. Scanlan |
| 1868–1870 | Joseph R. Morris |
| 1867–1868 | Alexander McGowan |
| 1866 | Horace D. Taylor |
| 1863–1865 | William Anders |
| 1862 | Thomas W. House |
| 1861 | William J. Hutchins |
| 1860 | Thomas W. Whitmarsh |
| 1859 | William King |
| 1858 | Alexander McGowan |
| 1856–1857 | Cornelius Ennis |
| 1855–1856 | James H. Stevens |
| 1853–1854 | Nathan Fuller |
| 1849–1852 | Francis W. Moore, Jr. |
| 1847–1848 | B. P. Buckner |
| 1846 | James Bailey |
| 1845 | W. W. Swain |
| 1844 | Horace Baldwin |
| 1843 | Francis W. Moore, Jr. |
| 1841–1842 | Colonel J.D. Andrews |
| 1840 | Charles Bigelow |
| 1839 | George W. Lively |
| 1838–1839 | Francis W. Moore, Jr. |
| 1837 | James S. Holman |
As of January 2010[update], five former mayors were alive, the oldest being Bob Lanier (1992–1998, born 1925). The most recent mayor to die was Louie Welch (1964–1973), on January 27, 2008. The most recently serving mayor to die was Jim McConn (1978–1981), on March 14, 1997.
| Name | Mayoral term | Date of birth |
|---|---|---|
| Fred Hofheinz | 1974–1977 | 1938 |
| Kathy Whitmire | 1982–1991 | August 15, 1946 |
| Bob Lanier | 1992–1998 | March 10, 1925 |
| Lee Brown | 1998–2004 | October 4, 1937 |
| Bill White | 2004–2010 | June 16, 1954 |