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Mayor of San Francisco
The Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco is the head of the executive branch of San Francisco's city and county government. The mayor has the duty to enforce city laws, and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, the legislative branch....
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Charles James Brenham
Charles James Brenham was mayor of San Francisco in 1851 and from 1852 to 1853.
Brenham was born on November 6, 1817 in Frankfort, Kentucky. At an early age, he left home to work on riverboats on the Mississippi. By age twenty, he ran his own...
Date of birth:
- 1817
Date of death:
- 1876 (age 59 years)
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Stephen Randall Harris
Stephen Randall Harris (1802 – 1879) was mayor of San Francisco from January 1 - October 2, 1852.
He was born in Poughkeepsie, New York. After his father was killed in the War of 1812, he went to live with relatives. He was then apprenticed to a...
Date of birth:
- 1802
Date of death:
- Apr 27, 1879 (age 77 years)
Party:
Cornelius Kingsland Garrison
Cornelius Kingsland Garrison (March 1, 1809 – May 1, 1885) was a shipbuilder, capitalist, and Mayor of San Francisco (1853-1854). He was born in Fort Montgomery, near West Point, New York. During his childhood, he studied architecture and civil...
Date of birth:
- Mar 1, 1809
Date of death:
- May 1, 1885 (age 76 years)
Stephen Palfrey Webb
Stephen Palfrey Webb (March 20, 1804 - September 29, 1879) was Mayor of Salem, Massachusetts for two nonconsecutive terms (1842-1845, 1860-1862) and Mayor of San Francisco (1854-1855). After finishing law school, he practiced law in Salem....
Date of birth:
- Mar 20, 1804
Date of death:
- Sep 29, 1879 (age 75 years)
Party:
James Van Ness
James Van Ness (1808 Burlington, Vermont - December 28, 1872) was mayor of San Francisco, USA from 1855 to 1856.
He was the son of Dutch-American Vermont Governor Cornelius Van Ness and father-in-law of future San Francisco mayor Frank McCoppin....
Date of birth:
- 1808
Date of death:
- Dec 28, 1872 (age 65 years)
George J. Whelan
George J. Whelan (birth and death dates unknown) served as Mayor of San Francisco in from July 8 to November 15, 1856. He had been a lawyer and before serving as mayor. He actually was chosen mayor by justices of the peace who were acting as the...
Ephraim Willard Burr
Ephraim Willard Burr (1809–1894) was a businessman who served as mayor of San Francisco, California from 1856 to 1859.
Burr was born on March 7, 1809 in Rhode Island. As a young man, he worked for a whaling company which sent him west. After losing...
Date of birth:
- 1809
Date of death:
- 1894 (age 85 years)
Party:
Henry F. Teschemacher
Henry Frederick Teschemacher (February 16, 1823 - November 26, 1904) served as mayor of San Francisco from October 3, 1859 to June 30, 1863.
He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and worked for a Boston shipping house around the 1840s. The firm sent...
Date of birth:
- Feb 16, 1823
Date of death:
- Nov 26, 1904 (age 81 years)
Party:
Henry Perrin Coon
Henry Perrin Coon (September 30, 1822 – December 4, 1884) was the 11th Mayor of San Francisco who served from July 1, 1863 to December 1, 1867. Henry Perrin Coon was one of the most versatile men ever to hold the office. He worked as a teacher,...
Date of birth:
- Sep 30, 1822
Date of death:
- Dec 4, 1884 (age 62 years)
John W. Geary
John White Geary (December 30, 1819 – February 8, 1873) was an American lawyer, politician, and a Union general in the American Civil War. He was the final alcalde and first mayor of San Francisco, California, and the governor of the Kansas...
Date of birth:
- Dec 30, 1819
Date of death:
- Feb 8, 1873 (age 53 years)
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Thomas Henry Selby
Thomas Henry Selby (May 14, 1820 – June 17, 1875) was the 13th Mayor of San Francisco serving from December 6, 1869 to December 3, 1871.
Thomas Henry Selby was born on May 14, 1820 in New York, NY. When he was 29 years old, Selby went to California...
Date of birth:
- May 14, 1820
Date of death:
- Jun 17, 1875 (age 55 years)
William Alvord
William Alvord (January 3, 1833 – December 21, 1904) was a San Francisco merchant, banker and political leader. He was the 14th Mayor of San Francisco from 1871 to 1873 and served as president of the Bank of California from 1878 until his death....
Date of birth:
- Jan 3, 1833
Date of death:
- Dec 21, 1904 (age 72 years)
James Otis
James Otis (August 11, 1826 – October 30, 1875) was a politician from San Francisco, California. James Otis was born in Boston, Massachusetts on August 11, 1826 Otis then moved to San Francisco for the 1849 California Gold Rush. Otis then became an...
Date of birth:
- Aug 11, 1826
Date of death:
- Oct 30, 1875 (age 49 years)
George Hewston
George Hewston (September 11, 1826 - September 4, 1891) was appointed the 16th Mayor of San Francisco upon the death of James Otis. He was sworn in on November 4, 1875 and served until December 5, 1875.
Hewston was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
Date of birth:
- Sep 11, 1826
Date of death:
- Sep 4, 1891 (age 65 years)
Andrew Jackson Bryant
Andrew Jackson Bryant (October 30, 1823 – May 11, 1888) was the 17th Mayor of San Francisco serving from December 6, 1875 to November 30, 1879.
Bryant was born in Ettingham, New Hampshire. He was elected mayor of San Francisco in 1875 to replace...
Date of birth:
- Oct 30, 1823
Date of death:
- May 11, 1888 (age 64 years)
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Isaac Smith Kalloch
Isaac Smith Kalloch (July 10, 1832 – December 9, 1887) was the 18th Mayor of San Francisco serving from December 1, 1879 to December 4, 1881. He was born at Rockland, Maine and was a native of Maine. Kalloch was a Baptist minister and came to...
Date of birth:
- Jul 10, 1832
Date of death:
- Dec 9, 1887 (age 55 years)
Maurice Carey Blake
Maurice Carey Blake (1815-10-20 – 1897-09-26) was Republican and the 19th Mayor of San Francisco, serving from December 5, 1881 to January 7, 1883.
Maurice C. Blake was born on October 20, 1815 in Otisville, Maine. He became a lawyer in California...
Date of birth:
- Oct 20, 1815
Date of death:
- Sep 26, 1897 (age 81 years)
Party:
Edward B. Pond
Edward B. Pond (September 7, 1833 – April 22, 1910) was a Democratic politician from California. He was the Mayor of San Francisco from 1887 to 1891. In 1890, he ran for Governor of California under the Democratic ticket, but lost to Henry Markham.
Date of birth:
- Sep 7, 1833
Date of death:
- Apr 22, 1910 (age 76 years)
Party:
Washington Bartlett
Washington Montgomery Bartlett (February 29, 1824 – September 12, 1887) was Mayor of San Francisco, California from 1883–1887 and was California's first and to date only Jewish governor.
Bartlett was born in Savannah, Georgia in 1824. He was a life...
Date of birth:
- Feb 29, 1824
Date of death:
- Sep 12, 1887 (age 63 years)
Party:
George Henry Sanderson
George Henry Sanderson (1824-1 February 1893) was a notable politician of the United States Republican Party. Henderson was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and traveled to San Francisco during the 1849 Gold Rush in California. He served as the Mayor...
Date of birth:
- 1824
Date of death:
- Feb 1, 1893 (age 69 years)
Party:
Levi Richard Ellert
Levi Richard Ellert (October 20, 1857 - July 21, 1901) served as mayor of San Francisco from 1893 to 1895. He was the first San Francisco native to serve in that office. No previous San Francisco mayors had even been born in California.
Before...
Date of birth:
- Oct 20, 1857
Date of death:
- Jul 21, 1901 (age 43 years)
Party:
Adolph Sutro
Adolph Heinrich Joseph Sutro (April 29, 1830 – August 8, 1898) was the 24th mayor of San Francisco, California, and second Jewish mayor, serving in that office from 1894 until 1896. He is today perhaps best remembered for the various San Francisco...
Date of birth:
- Apr 29, 1830
Date of death:
- Aug 8, 1898 (age 68 years)
Eugene Schmitz
Eugene Edward Schmitz (August 22, 1864, San Francisco, California - November 20, 1928, San Francisco) was an American politician and mayor of San Francisco, who became notorious for his conviction by a jury on charges of corruption.
"Handsome Gene"...
Date of birth:
- Aug 22, 1864
Date of death:
- Nov 20, 1928 (age 64 years)
Charles Boxton
Charles Boxton (April 24, 1860 Shasta County, California - August 29, 1927 San Mateo, California) served as mayor of San Francisco, California from July 9 to July 16, 1907.
He attended the San Francisco public schools and then entered a dental...
Date of birth:
- Apr 24, 1860
Date of death:
- Aug 29, 1927 (age 67 years)
Edward Robeson Taylor
Edward Robeson Taylor (September 24, 1838 – July 5, 1923) was the 28th Mayor of San Francisco serving from July 16, 1907 to January 7, 1910.
Edward Robeson Taylor was born on September 24, 1838 in Springfield, Illinois, the only son of Henry West...
Date of birth:
- Sep 24, 1838
Date of death:
- Jul 5, 1923 (age 84 years)
Party:
P. H. McCarthy
Patrick Henry McCarthy (March 17, 1863 – July 1, 1933), generally known as P.H. McCarthy and sometimes, more jocularly, as "Pinhead", was an influential labor leader in San Francisco and Mayor of the City from 1910 to 1912. Born in County Limerick,...
Date of birth:
- Mar 17, 1863
Date of death:
- Jul 1, 1933 (age 70 years)
Party:
James D. Phelan
James Duval Phelan (April 20, 1861 – August 7, 1930) was an American politician, civic leader and banker.
Phelan was born in San Francisco, the son of an Irish immigrant who became wealthy during the California Gold Rush as a trader, merchant and...
Date of birth:
- Apr 20, 1861
Date of death:
- Aug 7, 1930 (age 69 years)
Party:
James Rolph
James Rolph, Jr. (August 23, 1869 – June 2, 1934) was an American politician and a member of the Republican Party. He was elected to a single term as the 27th Governor of California from January 6, 1931 until his death on June 2, 1934 at the height...
Date of birth:
- Aug 23, 1869
Date of death:
- Jun 2, 1934 (age 64 years)
Party:
Angelo Joseph Rossi
Angelo Joseph Rossi (January 22, 1878 – April 4, 1948) was a U.S. political figure who served as mayor of San Francisco.
Rossi was born in Volcano, Amador County, California and came to San Francisco in 1889. He was a florist with his company Rossi ...
Date of birth:
- Jan 22, 1878
Date of death:
- Apr 4, 1948 (age 70 years)
Party:
Roger Lapham
Roger Dearborn Lapham (6 December 1883 – 16 April 1966) was a shipowner and businessman who was elected Republican mayor of San Francisco from 1944 to 1948.
Lapham was born in New York City, the son of Antoinette N. (née Dearborn) and Lewis Henry...
Date of birth:
- Dec 6, 1883
Date of death:
- Apr 16, 1966 (age 82 years)
Party:
Elmer Robinson
Elmer Edwin Robinson (October 3, 1894 – June 9, 1982) was the 33rd mayor of San Francisco, California. A Republican, he served as San Francisco's mayor from January 1948 until January 1956.
Robinson was born in the Richmond District of San Francisco...
Date of birth:
- Oct 3, 1894
Date of death:
- Jun 9, 1982 (age 87 years)
Party:
George Christopher
George Christopher (December 8, 1907 - September 14, 2000) was the 34th Mayor of San Francisco, serving in that office from January 1956 until January 1964. He was, as of 2009, the last Republican to be elected mayor of San Francisco; all San...
Date of birth:
- Dec 8, 1907
Date of death:
- Sep 14, 2000 (age 92 years)
Party:
Joseph Alioto
Joseph Lawrence Alioto (February 12, 1916 – January 29, 1998) was the mayor of San Francisco, California, from 1968 to 1976.
Alioto was born in San Francisco. His father was a Sicilian immigrant who owned and operated several fish processing plants....
Date of birth:
- Feb 12, 1916
Date of death:
- Jan 29, 1998 (age 82 years)
Party:
Dianne Feinstein
Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein (pronounced /ˈfinestine/; born June 22, 1933) is the senior U.S. Senator from California and a member of the Democratic Party. Feinstein was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1992, after serving as Mayor of San...
Date of birth:
- Jun 22, 1933 (age 76 years)
Party:
George Moscone
George Richard Moscone (November 24, 1929 – November 27, 1978) (pronounced /mɒsˈkoʊni/) was an American attorney and Democratic politician. He was the mayor of San Francisco, California, US from January 1976 until his assassination in November 1978....
Date of birth:
- Nov 24, 1929
Date of death:
- Nov 27, 1978 (age 49 years)
Party:
Arthur Christ Agnos
Arthur (Art) Christ Agnos (born September 1, 1938) is an American politician. He served as the mayor of San Francisco, California from 1988 to 1992, and the Regional Head of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development from 1993 - 2001....
Date of birth:
- Sep 1, 1938 (age 71 years)
Party:
Frank Jordan
Francis M. “Frank” Jordan (born February 20, 1935) is a U.S. politician, foundation executive and former Chief of Police.
He served as the Mayor of San Francisco, California from 1992, succeeding Art Agnos, until January, 1996, after being defeated...
Date of birth:
- Feb 20, 1935 (age 74 years)
Party:
Willie Brown
Willie Lewis Brown, Jr. (born March 20, 1934) is an American politician of the Democratic Party. He served over thirty years in the California State Assembly, spending fifteen years as its Speaker, and afterward served as mayor of San Francisco, the...
Date of birth:
- Mar 20, 1934 (age 75 years)
Party:
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Christopher Newsom (born October 10, 1967) is the current mayor of San Francisco. A Democrat, Newsom was elected mayor in 2003, succeeding Willie Brown and becoming San Francisco's youngest mayor in 100 years. Newsom was re-elected in 2007...
Date of birth:
- Oct 10, 1967 (age 42 years)
Party:
John Shelley
John Francis "Jack" Shelley (September 3, 1905 – September 1, 1974) was a U.S. politician. He served as the mayor of San Francisco, California, from 1964 to 1968, the first Democrat elected to the office in 50 years, and the first in an unbroken...
Date of birth:
- Sep 3, 1905
Date of death:
- Sep 1, 1974 (age 69 years)
Party:
Frank McCoppin
Frank McCoppin (July 4, 1834, County Longford, Ireland – May 26, 1897, San Francisco, California) was the first Irish-born Mayor of San Francisco. He is also the son-in-law of former mayor James Van Ness.
McCoppin was a member of the Royal Irish...
Date of birth:
- Jul 4, 1834
Date of death:
- May 26, 1897 (age 62 years)
