List of mayors of Houston
| Mayor of Houston | |
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| Style | The Honorable |
| Term length | Four years, renewable once (effective 2016) |
| Inaugural holder |
James S. Holman 1837 |
| Formation | Houston City Charter |
| Website | Official website |
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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 lasted two years, and (beginning with the tenure of Bob Lanier) the city charter term limits officeholders to no more than three terms (six years total).
On November 3, 2015, voters approved Proposition 2, which extended the terms of the Mayor, City Controller and City Councilmembers to two four-year terms.
List of mayors of Houston
| Term | Mayor |
|---|---|
| 2016- 2021 | Sylvester Turner |
| 2010–2015 | Annise Parker |
| 2004–2011 | Bill White |
| 1998–2003 | 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 (5th) |
| 1953–1955 | Roy Hofheinz |
| 1947–1952 | Oscar F. Holcombe (4th) |
| 1943–1946 | Otis Massey |
| 1941–1942 | Neal Pickett |
| 1939–1941 | Oscar F. Holcombe (3rd) |
| 1937–1938 | Richard H. Fonville |
| 1933–1936 | Oscar F. Holcombe (2nd) |
| 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 (2nd) |
| 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 (2nd) |
| 1875–1876 | I. C. Lord |
| 1874 | James T. D. Wilson |
| 1870–1873 | Thomas H. Scanlan |
| 1868–1870 | Joseph R. Morris |
| 1867–1868 | Alexander McGowan (2nd) |
| 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. (3rd) |
| 1847–1848 | B. P. Buckner |
| 1846 | James Bailey |
| 1845 | W. W. Swain |
| 1844 | Horace Baldwin |
| 1843 | Francis W. Moore, Jr. (2nd) |
| 1841–1842 | Colonel J.D. Andrews |
| 1840 | Charles Bigelow |
| 1839 | George W. Lively |
| 1838–1839 | Francis W. Moore, Jr. |
| 1837 | James S. Holman |
Living former mayors
As of January 2016, five former mayors were alive, the oldest being Lee Brown (1998–2004, born 1937). The most recent mayor to die was Bob Lanier (1992–1998), on December 20, 2014.
| Name | Mayoral term | Date of birth |
|---|---|---|
| Fred Hofheinz | 1974–1977 | 1938 |
| Kathy Whitmire | 1982–1991 | August 15, 1946 |
| Lee Brown | 1998–2004 | October 4, 1937 |
| Bill White | 2004–2010 | June 16, 1954 |
| Annise Parker | 2010–2016 | May 17, 1956 |
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