List of mayors of Saint Paul, Minnesota

People who have served as mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Term Name Party From Profession Religion
1850–1851 Thomas R. Potts Pennsylvania Physician
1851–1852 Robert Kennedy
1852–1854 Bushrod W. Lott Dem. New Jersey (Dutch) Lawyer Episcopal
1854–1855 David Olmsted Dem. Vermont Newspaper
1855–1856 Alexander Ramsey Dem. Pennsylvania (Scot-German) Lawyer Presbyterian
1856–1857 George L. Becker Dem. New York (Dutch) Lawyer
1857–1858 John B. Brisbin Dem. New York (French) Lawyer
1858–1859 Norman Wolfred Kittson Dem. Quebec (English) Trader Episcopal
1859–1860 Daniel A. Robertson Dem. Nova Scotia Newspaper
1860–1863 John S. Prince Dem. Ohio (English) Banker Catholic
1863–1864 John E. Warren Dem. New York Lawyer
1864–1865 Jacob H. Stewart Rep. New York Physician
1865–1867 John S. Prince Dem. Ohio Banker
1867–1868 George L. Otis Dem. New York (English) Lawyer Episcopal
1868–1869 Jacob H. Stewart Rep. New York Physician
1869–1870 James T. Maxfield Ohio
1870–1872 William Lee Dem. New Jersey Wholesale
1872–1875 Jacob H. Stewart Rep. New York Physician
1875–1878 James T. Maxfield Ohio
1878–1881 William Dawson Ireland (Irish) Banker Episcopal
1881–1883 Edmund Rice Dem. Vermont (English) Railroad
1883–1885 Christopher D. O'Brien Dem. Ireland (Irish) Lawyer Catholic
1885–1887 Edmund Rice Vermont Railroad
1887–1892 Robert A. Smith Dem. Indiana (English) Lawyer Methodist
1892–1894 Frederick P. Wright Rep. Pennsylvania Newspaper Presbyterian
1894–1896 Robert A. Smith Dem. Indiana Methodist
1896–1898 Frank Doran Rep. Ireland (Irish) Fuel Universalist
1898–1900 Andrew Kiefer Rep. Germany (German) Business
1900–1908 Robert A. Smith Indiana Lawyer Methodist
1908–1910 Daniel W. Lawler Dem. Wisconsin Lawyer Catholic
1910–1914 Herbert P. Keller Rep. St. Paul (German) Lawyer (none)
1914–1916 Winn Powers Dem. Ohio Publisher (none)
1916–1918 Vivian R. Irvin Rep. Illinois Grocer
1918–1922 Laurence C. Hodgson Dem. Minnesota Newspaper Evangelical
1922–1926 Arthur C. Nelson Rep. Minnesota Lawyer (none)
1926–1930 Laurence C. Hodgson Dem. Minnesota Newspaper Evangelical
1930–1932 Gerhard J. Bundlie Minnesota (Norwegian) Lawyer Lutheran
1932–1934 William Mahoney Illinois (Irish) Union (none)
1934–1938 Mark H. Gehan St. Paul Lawyer Catholic
1938–1940 William H. Fallon Minnesota (Irish) Lawyer Catholic
1940–1948 John J. McDonough Dem/DFL St. Paul (Irish) Lawyer Catholic
1948–1952 Edward K. Delaney DFL St. Paul (Irish) Lawyer Catholic
1952–1954 John E. Daubney St. Paul (Irish) Lawyer Catholic
1954–1960 Joseph E. Dillon DFL St. Paul (Irish) Lawyer Catholic
1960–1966 George J. Vavoulis Greek Florist Greek Orthodox
1966–1970 Thomas R. Byrne DFL Irish Lawyer Catholic
1970–1972 Charles P. McCarty DFL Irish Catholic
1972–1976 Lawrence D. Cohen DFL Lawyer Jewish
1976–1990 George Latimer DFL New York (Lebanese) Lawyer Catholic
1990–1994 James Scheibel DFL Minnesota Community Organizer Catholic
1994–2002 Norm Coleman DFL/Rep. New York City Lawyer Jewish
2002–2006 Randy Kelly DFL St. Paul State Senator Catholic
2006– Chris Coleman DFL St. Paul Fmr. Councilman Catholic

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