List of mayors of the city of Los Angeles
The list of the mayor of the city of Los Angeles provides an overview of the mayor of the Californian city of Los Angeles since receipt of the town charter in 1850. Stephen C. Foster was already before the survey of California for the US state of Mayor of Los Angeles, also occupied Manuel Requena under Mexican rule this office. Their terms of office are therefore not numbered. Second and further non-consecutive terms of office are also not numbered.
| No. | mayor | Term of office | Political party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alpheus P. Hodges | July 1, 1850–7. May 1851 | |
| 2 | Benjamin Davis Wilson | May 7, 1851-4. May 1852 | |
| 3 | John Greg Nichols | May 4, 1852-3. May 1853 | Democratic Party |
| 4th | Antonio Francisco Coronel | May 3, 1853-4. May 1854 | Democratic Party |
| 5 | Stephen Clark Foster | May 4, 1854-9. May 1855 | Democratic Party |
| 6th | Thomas Foster | May 9, 1855-7. May 1856 | Democratic Party |
| - | Stephen Clark Foster | May 7, 1856-22. September 1856, third term | Democratic Party |
| ? | Manuel Requena | September 22, 1856-4. October 1856, executive, 3rd term | Republican Party |
| - | John Greg Nichols | October 4, 1856-9. May 1859, second term | Democratic Party |
| 7th | Damien Marchesseault | May 9, 1859-9. May 1860 | Democratic Party |
| 8th | Henry Mellus | May 9, 1860-26. December 1860 | Democratic Party |
| ? | William Woodworth | December 27, 1860-7. January 1861, in charge of office | Democratic Party |
| ? | Damien Marchesseault | January 7, 1861–6. May 1865, second term | Democratic Party |
| 9 | Jose Mascarel | May 5, 1865-10. May 1866 | Republican Party |
| 10 | José Cristóbal Aguilar | May 10, 1866-7. December 1868 | Democratic Party |
| 11 | Joel Turner | December 9, 1868-9. December 1870 | Democratic Party |
| - | José Cristóbal Aguilar | December 9, 1870-5. December 1872, second term | Democratic Party |
| 12 | James Robert Toberman | December 5, 1872-18. December 1874 | Democratic Party |
| 13 | Prudent Beaudry | December 18, 1874-8. December 1876 | |
| 14th | Frederick A. MacDougal | December 8, 1876–16. November 1878 | Democratic Party |
| 15th | Bernard Cohn | November 21, 1878-5. December 1878, in charge of office | Democratic Party |
| - | James Robert Toberman | December 5, 1878-9. December 1882, second term | |
| 16 | Cameron E. Thom | December 9, 1882-9. December 1884 | Democratic Party |
| 17th | Edward Falles Spence | December 9, 1884-14. December 1886 | Democratic Party |
| 18th | William Henry Workman | December 14, 1886-10. December 1888 | Democratic Party |
| 19th | John Bryson | December 10, 1888-25. February 1889 | Democratic Party |
| 20th | Henry Thomas Hazard | February 25, 1889-5. December 1892 | Republican Party |
| ? | William Hartshorn Bonsall | December 5, 1892-12. December 1892, in charge of office | Republican Party |
| 21st | Thomas E. Rowan | December 12, 1892-12. December 1894 | Democratic Party |
| 22nd | Frank Rader | December 12, 1894-16. December 1896 | Republican Party |
| 23 | Meredith Pinxton Snyder | December 16, 1896-15. December 1898 | Democratic Party |
| 24 | Frederick Eaton | December 15, 1898-12. December 1900 | Republican Party |
| - | Meredith Pinxton Snyder | December 12, 1900–8. December 1904, second term | Democratic Party |
| 25th | Owen McAleer | December 8, 1904-13. December 1906 | Republican Party |
| 26th | Arthur Cyprian Harper | December 13, 1906-11. March 1909 | Democratic Party |
| 27 | William Dennison Stephens | March 15, 1909-26. March 1909, in charge of office | Republican Party |
| 28 | George Alexander | March 26, 1909 – July 1913 | Democratic Party |
| 29 | Henry R. Rose | July 1913 – July 1915 | Republican Party |
| 30th | Charles Edward Sebastian | July 1915–2. September 1916 | Democratic Party |
| 31 | Frederick Thomas Woodman | September 5, 1916 – July 1919 | Republican Party |
| - | Meredith Pinxton Snyder | July 1919 – July 1921, third term | Democratic Party |
| 32 | George Edward Cryer | July 1921 – July 1929 | Republican Party |
| 33 | John Clinton Porter | July 1929 – July 1933 | Democratic Party |
| 34 | Frank Lawrence Shaw | July 1933–26. September 1938 | reform |
| 35 | Fletcher Bowron | September 26, 1938-30. June 1953 | Democratic Party |
| 36 | C. Norris Poulson | July 1, 1953-30. June 1961 | Republican Party |
| 37 | Samuel William Yorty | July 1, 1961-30. June 1973 | Democratic Party |
| 38 | Thomas J. Bradley | July 1, 1973-30. June 1993 | Democratic Party |
| 39 | Richard J. Riordan | July 1, 1993-30. June 2001 | Republican Party |
| 40 | James Kenneth Hahn | July 1, 2001–30. June 2005 | Democratic Party |
| 41 | Antonio Ramón Villaraigosa | July 1, 2005 - June 30, 2013 | Democratic Party |
| 42 | Eric Michael Garcetti | since July 1, 2013 | Democratic Party |
Remarks
- ↑ Between January 13th and 25th, 1855, the post was vacant.