Mayor of Los Angeles
official head and chief executive officer of Los Angeles, California, United States
The mayor of Los Angeles is the head of the executive branch of the government of Los Angeles and the chief executive of Los Angeles. The office is nonpartisan.[1]
| Mayor of the City of Los Angeles | |
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| Government of Los Angeles | |
| Style | Her Honor |
| Residence | Getty House |
| Term length | Four years (renewable once) |
| Inaugural holder | Alpheus P. Hodges |
| Formation | 1850 |
| Salary | $269,365 |
| Website | mayor |
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List
change| No. | Portrait | Name | Term in office | Length of service | Party affiliation[a] | Election | Previous office | |
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Alpheus P. Hodges (1821–1858; aged 37) |
July 1, 1850 – May 7, 1851 |
340 days | Democratic | 1850 | None | |
| 2 | _Wilson,_a_portrait.jpg)
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Benjamin D. Wilson (1811–1878; aged 66) |
May 7, 1851 – May 4, 1852 |
363 days | Democratic | 1851 | Member of the Los Angeles Common Council (1850–1851) | |
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John G. Nichols (1812-1898; aged 85) |
May 4, 1852 – May 3, 1853 |
364 days | Democratic | 1852 | Los Angeles City Recorder (1850–1851) | |
| 4 | 
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Antonio F. Coronel (1817–1894; aged 76) |
May 3, 1853 – May 4, 1854 |
1 year, 1 day | Democratic | 1853 | 1st Los Angeles County Assessor (1850–1853) | |
| 5 | 
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Stephen C. Foster (1820–1898; aged 77) |
May 4, 1854 – January 13, 1855[b] |
254 days | Democratic | 1854 | Member of the Los Angeles Board of Education (1853–1854) | |
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Manuel Requena[b] (1802–1876; aged 74) |
January 13, 1855 – January 25, 1855 |
12 days | Republican | Member of the Los Angeles Common Council (1850–1855) | ||
| (5) |
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Stephen C. Foster[c] (1820-1898; aged 77) |
January 25, 1855[b] – May 9, 1855 |
138 days | Democratic | 1855 (J) | Mayor of Los Angeles (1854–1855) | |
| 6 | Thomas Foster (unknown birth or death) |
May 9, 1855 – May 7, 1856 |
364 days | Democratic | 1855 (M) | Member of the Board of Education School Commission (1860–1862) | ||
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Stephen C. Foster[c] (1820-1898; aged 77) |
May 7, 1856 – September 22, 1856[d] |
138 days | Democratic | 1856 (M) | Mayor of Los Angeles (1855) | |
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Manuel Requena (1802–1876; aged 74) |
September 22, 1856 – October 4, 1856 |
12 days | Republican | Member of the Los Angeles Common Council (1856–1867) | ||
| (3) |
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John G. Nichols[c] (1812-1898; aged 85) |
October 4, 1856 – May 9, 1859 |
2 years, 217 days | Democratic | 1856 (O)
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Member of the Los Angeles Common Council (1855–1856) | |
| 7 | 
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Damien Marchesseault (1818–1868; aged 49) |
May 9, 1859 – May 9, 1860 |
1 year | Democratic | 1859 | None | |
| 8 | 
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Henry Mellus †[e] (1816–1860; aged 44) |
May 9, 1860 – December 26, 1860 |
231 days | Democratic | 1860 | None | |
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Wallace Woodworth[e] (1832–1882; aged 50) |
December 26, 1860 – January 7, 1861 |
12 days | Democratic | Member of the Los Angeles Common Council (1860–1861) | ||
| (7) |
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Damien Marchesseault[c] (1818–1868; aged 49) |
January 7, 1861 – May 5, 1865 |
4 years, 119 days | Democratic | 1861
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Member of the Los Angeles Common Council (1860) | |
| 9 | 
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Jose Mascarel (1816–1899; aged 83) |
May 5, 1865 – May 10, 1866 |
1 year, 5 days | Republican | 1865 | Member of the Los Angeles Common Council (1864–1865) | |
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Cristobal Aguilar (1816–1886; aged 70) |
May 10, 1866 – May 8, 1867[f] |
363 days | Democratic | 1866 | Member of the Los Angeles Common Council (1861–1862) | |
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Damien Marchesseault[c] (1818–1868; aged 49) |
May 8, 1867 – August 8, 1867[f] |
92 days | Democratic | 1867 | Zanjero of Los Angeles (1866–1867) | |
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Cristobal Aguilar[c] (1816–1886; aged 70) |
August 8, 1867 – December 7, 1868 |
1 year, 121 days | Democratic | Mayor of Los Angeles (1866–1867) | ||
| 11 | Joel Turner (1820–1888; aged 68) |
December 9, 1868 – December 9, 1870 |
2 years | Democratic | 1868
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Member of the Los Angeles Common Council (1862–1864) | ||
| (10) |
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Cristobal Aguilar[c] (1816–1886; aged 70) |
December 9, 1870 – December 5, 1872 |
1 year, 362 days | Democratic | 1870
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Mayor of Los Angeles (1867–1868) | |
| 12 | .jpg)
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James R. Toberman (1836–1911; aged 75) |
December 5, 1872 – December 18, 1874 |
2 years, 13 days | Democratic | 1872
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Member of the Los Angeles Common Council (1870) | |
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Prudent Beaudry (1819–1893; aged 74) |
December 18, 1874 – December 8, 1876 |
1 year, 356 days | Democratic | 1874
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Member of the Los Angeles Common Council (1871–1874) | |
| 14 | 
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Frederick A. MacDougall †[g] (1818–1878) |
December 8, 1876 – November 16, 1878 |
1 year, 348 days | Democratic | 1876
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None | |
| – | Bernard Cohn[g] (1835–1889; aged 53) |
November 16, 1878 – November 21, 1878 |
5 days | Democratic | Member of the Los Angeles Common Council (1876–1878) | |||
| 15 | November 21, 1878 – December 5, 1878 |
14 days | ||||||
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James R. Toberman[c] (1836–1911; aged 75) |
December 5, 1878 – December 9, 1882 |
4 years, 4 days | Democratic | 1878
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Mayor of Los Angeles (1872–1874) | |
| 16 | 
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Cameron E. Thom (1825–1915; aged 89) |
December 9, 1882 – December 9, 1884 |
2 years | Democratic | 1882
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15th Los Angeles County District Attorney (1877–1879) | |
| 17 | .jpg)
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Edward F. Spence (1832–1892; aged 59) |
December 9, 1884 – December 14, 1886 |
2 years, 5 days | Republican | 1884
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Member of the Los Angeles Common Council (1879–1881) | |
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William H. Workman (1839–1918; aged 79) |
December 14, 1886 – December 10, 1888 |
1 year, 362 days | Democratic | 1886
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Member of the Los Angeles Common Council (1878–1880) | |
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John Bryson (1852–1915; aged 63) |
December 10, 1888 – February 25, 1889[h] |
77 days | Democratic | 1888 | Member of the Board of Police Commissioners (1890–1891) | |
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Henry T. Hazard (1844–1921; aged 77) |
February 25, 1889 – December 5, 1892[i] |
3 years, 291 days | Republican | 1889
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Member of the Los Angeles Board of Freeholders (1887–1888) | |
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William H. Bonsall[i] (1846–1905; aged 59) |
December 5, 1892 – December 12, 1892 |
7 days | Republican | Member of the Los Angeles City Council (1889–1892) | ||
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Thomas E. Rowan (1842–1901; aged 59) |
December 12, 1892 – December 12, 1894 |
2 years | Democratic | 1892 | 8th Los Angeles City Treasurer (1868–1870) | |
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Frank Rader (1848–1897; aged 48) |
December 12, 1894 – December 16, 1896 |
2 years, 4 days | Republican | 1894 | Member of the Los Angeles Street Commission (1890–1894) | |
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Meredith P. Snyder (1859–1937; aged 77) |
December 16, 1896 – December 15, 1898 |
1 year, 364 days | Democratic | 1896 | Member of the Los Angeles City Council (1894–1896) | |
| 24 | 
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Frederick Eaton (1856–1934; aged 78) |
December 15, 1898 – December 12, 1900 |
1 year, 362 days | Republican | 1898 | Los Angeles City Engineer (1889–1890) | |
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Meredith P. Snyder[c] (1859–1937; aged 77) |
December 12, 1900 – December 8, 1904 |
3 years, 362 days | Democratic | 1900
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Mayor of Los Angeles (1896–1898) | |
| 25 | 
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Owen McAleer (1858–1944; aged 86) |
December 8, 1904 – December 13, 1906 |
2 years, 5 days | Republican | 1904 | Member of the Los Angeles City Council (1902–1904) | |
| 26 | 
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Arthur C. Harper (1866–1948; aged 82) |
December 13, 1906 – March 11, 1909[j] |
2 years, 88 days | Democratic | 1906 | Member of the Los Angeles Charter Revision Committee (1906) | |
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Niles Pease (1838–1921; aged 83) |
March 11, 1909 – March 15, 1909 |
4 days | Republican | Member of the Los Angeles City Council (1906–1909) | ||
| 27 | 
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William Stephens[j] (1859–1944; aged 84) |
March 15, 1909 – March 26, 1909 |
11 days | Republican | Member of the Los Angeles Board of Education (1906) | ||
| 28 | 
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George Alexander (1839–1923; aged 83) |
March 26, 1909 – July 1, 1913 |
4 years, 97 days | Republican | 1909 (M)
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Member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors (1901–1909) | |
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Henry H. Rose (1856–1923; aged 67) |
July 1, 1913 – July 1, 1915 |
2 years | Independent | 1913 | Judge of the Los Angeles Police Judges (1905–1913) | |
| 30 | 
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Charles E. Sebastian (1873–1929; aged 56) |
July 1, 1915 – September 2, 1916 |
1 year, 63 days | Democratic | 1915 | Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (1911–1915) | |
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Martin F. Betkouski (1860–1942; aged 81) |
September 2, 1916 – September 5, 1916 |
3 days | Democratic | Member of the Los Angeles City Council (1909–1917) | ||
| 31 | 
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Frederic T. Woodman (1871–1949; aged 77) |
September 5, 1916 – July 1, 1919 |
2 years, 299 days | Republican | 1917 | Member of the Los Angeles Harbor Commission (1902–1916) | |
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Meredith P. Snyder[c] (1859–1937; aged 77) |
July 1, 1919 – July 1, 1921 |
2 years | Democratic | 1919 | Commissioner of the Los Angeles Ethics Commission (1913–1917) | |
| 32 | 
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George E. Cryer (1875–1961; aged 86) |
July 1, 1921 – July 1, 1929 |
8 years | Republican | 1921
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Chief Los Angeles County District Attorney (1915–1919) | |
| 33 | 
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John C. Porter (1871–1959; aged 88) |
July 1, 1929 – July 1, 1933 |
4 years | Democratic | 1929 | None | |
| 34 | 
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Frank L. Shaw (1877–1958; aged 80) |
July 1, 1933 – September 26, 1938[k] |
5 years, 87 days | Republican | 1933
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Member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors (1928–1933) | |
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Fletcher Bowron (1887–1968; aged 81) |
September 26, 1938 – July 1, 1953 |
14 years, 278 days | Republican | 1938
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Judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court (1926–1938) | |
| 36 | 
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Norris Poulson (1895–1982; aged 82) |
July 1, 1953 – July 1, 1961 |
8 years | Republican | 1953
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U.S. Representative for California (1947–1953) | |
| 37 | 
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Sam Yorty (1909–1998; aged 88) |
July 1, 1961 – July 1, 1973 |
12 years | Democratic | 1961
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U.S. Representative for California (1951–1955) | |
| 38 | 
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Tom Bradley (1917–1998; aged 80) |
July 1, 1973 – July 1, 1993 |
20 years | Democratic | 1973
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Member of the Los Angeles City Council (1963–1973) | |
| 39 | 
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Richard Riordan (1930–2023; aged 92) |
July 1, 1993 – July 1, 2001 |
8 years | Republican | 1993
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Member of the Board of Recreation and Parks Commissioners (1987–1992) | |
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James Hahn (born 1950; age 74) |
July 1, 2001 – July 1, 2005 |
4 years | Democratic | 2001 | 15th Los Angeles City Attorney (1985–2001) | |
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Antonio Villaraigosa (born 1953; age 71) |
July 1, 2005 – July 1, 2013 |
8 years | Democratic | 2005
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Member of the Los Angeles City Council (2003–2005) | |
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Eric Garcetti (born 1971; age 53) |
July 1, 2013 – December 11, 2022[l] |
9 years, 163 days | Democratic | 2013
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Member of the Los Angeles City Council (2001–2013) | |
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Karen Bass (born 1953; age 71) |
December 12, 2022 – Incumbent |
2 years, 13 days | Democratic | 2022 | U.S. Representative for California (2011–2022) | |
- Notes
- ↑ In 1909, Los Angeles adopted a nonpartisan form of government, with the office and mayoral elections being officially nonpartisan since then.[2]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Foster resigned as Mayor to help lead a lynch mob against David Brown, a man who had killed one of Foster's friends and was given a stay of execution by the California Supreme Court.[3] Manuel Requena, the President of the City Council, was the acting mayor in his absence.[4] Foster was then re-elected via a special election.[5]
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 The City of Los Angeles counts one mayoralty for those who served multiple non-consecutive terms.
- ↑ Foster resigned as mayor to attend to the executorship of the estate of his brother-in-law.[6] City Council president Manuel Requena served as acting mayor until a special election could be held.[7]
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Mellus died in office on December 26, 1860. City Council president Wallace Woodworth served as acting mayor until a special election could be held.[8]
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Aguilar was unseated for three months and replaced with Marchesseault, who as Zanjero of Los Angeles was considered more important than the mayor. Aguilar was reinstated on August 8, 1867.[9]
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 MacDougall died on November 16, 1878. City Council president Bernard Cohn served as acting mayor until he was appointed by the council to become Mayor.[10]
- ↑ Due to a change in the city's election calendar, Bryson's term was cut short due to voter's adoption of a new city charter and Hazard's subsequent election.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 City Council president William H. Bonsall served as acting mayor for a week during the vacancy between the terms of Hazard and Rowan's terms.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Harper resigned as Mayor on March 11, 1909 in the wake of a recall election against him.[11] William Stephens, who was named as Harper's opponent in the recall, was appointed as Mayor before the next election.[12][13]
- ↑ Recalled from office; first Mayor recalled in Los Angeles history.[14]
- ↑ Due to a change in the city's election calendar to align mayoral elections with statewide elections, Garcetti's second term was longer than the usual four years.[15]
References
change- ↑ "Los Angeles: structure of a city government" (PDF). League of Women Voters.
- ↑ "LOS ANGELES: STRUCTURE OF A CITY GOVERNMENT" (PDF). League of Women Voters.
- ↑ "The Hidden History of LA: The mayor who helped lynch a man". KPCC.
- ↑ Rasmussen, Cecilia (May 18, 2005). "From the 19th Century, a Look at City's Past Latino Mayors". Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ Spitzzeri, Paul R. (August 8, 2021). "Stephen Clark Foster's Recollections of "Los Angeles on the Eve of the Gold Rush," Part II, in "Touring Topics," August 1929". Homestead Museum.
- ↑ Chronological Record of Los Angeles City Officials: 1850—1938, Compiled under Direction of Municipal Reference Library City Hall, Los Angeles, March 1938 (Reprinted 1966)
- ↑ "The Four Latino Mayors of Los Angeles". HispanicVista. May 23, 2005. Archived from the original on September 1, 2007.
- ↑ ""Influences That Mastered and Destroyed the Strong Man That Has Just Fallen": The Tragedy of Damien Marchessault, 1818-1868". Homestead Museum. December 13, 2022.
- ↑ Martinez, Yoli (September 24, 2012). "Iconic Hispanic Angelenos in History: Cristóbal Aguilar". KCET.
- ↑ Cite error: The named reference
Rasmussenwas used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page). - ↑ "HARPER'S RESIGNATION DOES NOT HALT RECALL; ELECTION MUST BE HELD, SAYS CITY ATTORNEY". Los Angeles Herald. March 16, 1909.
- ↑ "THE NEWS SUMMARY". Los Angeles Herald. February 2, 1909.
- ↑ "HERALD WINS ITS FIGHT FOR PURE GOVERNMENT". Los Angeles Herald. March 16, 1909.
- ↑ John R. Babcock, "When Los Angeles Was a World-Class City of Corruption," Los Angeles Herald-Examiner," May 12, 1989, page A-19
- ↑ O'Brien, Brendan (March 8, 2017). "Los Angeles mayor wins re-election in landslide". Reuters. Archived from the original on March 10, 2017. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
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