List of mayors of Sacramento, California

This is a list of mayors of Sacramento, California. The Sacramento City Council met for the first time on August 1, 1849 and the citizens approved the city charter on October 13, 1849. The City Charter was recognized by the State of California on February 27, 1850 and Sacramento was incorporated on March 18, 1850.[1]

Mayors of Sacramento, California
YearMayorNotes and references
2008–PresentKevin JohnsonFirst African-American mayor to serve in office.
2000–2008Heather Fargo
1999–2000Jimmie R. YeeServed as an interim mayor.
1993–1999Joe Serna, Jr.Died in office.
1983–1992Anne RudinFirst elected female mayor in Sacramento.
1982–1983R. Burnett Miller
1975–1982Phil Isenberg
1968–1975Richard H. Marriott
1966–1967Walter Christensen
1960–1965James B. McKinney
1956–1959Clarence L. Azevedo
1954–1955H. H. Hendren
1954W. A. HicksResigned from office.
1952–1953Leslie E. Wood
1950–1951Bert E. Geisreiter[2]
1948–1949Belle CooledgeFirst female mayor to serve in office.
1946–1947George L. Klumpp
1938–1945Tom B. Monk
1936–1937Arthur D. Ferguson
1934–1935Thomas P. Scollan
1930–1933C. H. S. Bidwell
1928–1929R. E. Conley
1926–1927A. E. Goddard
1921–1925Albert ElkusFirst mayor to be born within city boundaries
1920–1921Charles A. Bliss
1919–1920John Q. Brown
1917–1919D. W. Carmichael
1915–1917G. C. Simmons
1912–1915M. J. Burke
1910–1912M. R. Beard
1908–1909Clinton F. White
1906–1907M. R. Beard
1904–1905W. J. Hassett
1900–1903George H. Clark
1898–1899William Land
1896–1897C. H. Hubbard
1893–1895B. U. Steinman
1889–1892W. D. Comstock
1887–1888Eugene J. Gregory
1881–1886John Q. Brown
1878–1880Jabez Turner
1872–1877Christopher Green
1863–1871Charles Heman Swift
1859–1862W. Shattuck
1858Henry Lambard Nichols
1857Joseph Palmer Dyer
1856Benjamin Barnard Redding
1855James Lawrence English
1854R. P. Johnson
1853James Richmond Hardenberg
1852C. I. Hutchinson
1851James Richmond Hardenberg (1814-?)
1850Horace Smith
1850Hardin Bigelow
1849Albert Maver Winn
1849William S. HamiltonFirst mayor of Sacramento, California. He was mayor for three weeks.

See also : Lists of incumbents

See also

References

  1. "Center for Sacramento History". Cityofsacramento.org. 1972-09-04. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
  2. "Nurseryman, Former Mayor Bert Geisreiter, 83, Dies". Sacramento Bee. June 20, 1987. Retrieved 2012-09-15. Bert E. Geisreiter, a former Sacramento mayor who first ran for election in 1947 as a last-minute candidate and ended up serving nine years on the City Council, died at home Friday following a long illness. He was 83. ...

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