List of mayors of El Paso, Texas

The following is a list of people who have served as mayors of the city of El Paso in the U.S state of Texas.

The first mayor of El Paso, Benjamin Shacklett Dowell. Mayor of El Paso

Flag of the City of El Paso

Incumbent
Oscar Leeser
since January 5, 2021

Style| The Honorable
Term length| Four years, Two Term Limit
Inaugural holder| Ben S. Dowell
1873
Formation| 1873
Salary| $78,750 As of 2021
Website| www.elpasotexas.gov/mayor/
Elections in Texas

Federal government

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* 1932
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* 1948
* 1952
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* 1960
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* 1st sp
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* 6th sp
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* 1st sp
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* 12th sp
* 18th sp
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* 19th sp
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* 22nd
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* 27th sp
* 2020
* 2021
* 6th sp
* 2022
* 34th sp
* 2024

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* 1898
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* 1912
* 1914
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* 1918
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* 1924
* 1926
* 1928
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* 1932
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* 1936
* 1938
* 1940
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* 1944
* 1946
* 1948
* 1950
* 1952
* 1954
* 1956
* 1958
* 1960
* 1962
* 1964
* 1966
* 1968
* 1970
* 1972
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* 1978
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* 1990
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* 2002
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* 2014
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Lieutenant gubernatorial elections

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Attorney General elections

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Comptroller elections

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Constitutional amendments

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Austin

|  Mayoral elections

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* 2006
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* 2024

Austin municipal elections

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Corpus Christi

|  Mayoral elections

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Dallas–Fort Worth

|  Arlington mayoral elections

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Dallas mayoral elections

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* 2003
* 2007
* 2011
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Dallas municipal elections

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* 2021

Fort Worth mayoral elections

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* 2007
* 2009
* 2011
* 2015
* 2017
* 2019
* 2021
* 2023

Denton mayoral elections

* 2020
* 2022

Plano municipal elections

* 2017
* 2019
* 2021

El Paso

|  Mayoral elections

* 2001
* 2003
* 2005
* 2009
* 2013
* 2017
* 2020

Municipal elections

* 2017
* 2020

Houston

|  Mayoral elections

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* 1995
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* 2013
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Municipal elections

* 2005
* 2007
* 2009

Laredo

|  Mayoral elections

* 2018
* 2022

Lubbock

|  Mayoral elections

* 2006
* 2008
* 2010
* 2012
* 2014
* 2016
* 2018
* 2020

San Antonio

|  Mayoral elections

* 2005
* 2007
* 2009
* 2011
* 2013
* 2015
* 2017
* 2019
* 2021
* 2023
* 2025

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## List of Mayors of El Paso

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Mayor | Term

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Ben S. Dowell | 1873–1875
Melton A. Jones | 1875–1876
Solomon Shultz | 1880–1881
Joseph Magoffin | 1881–1885
C. Lightbody | 1885–1889
Richard Caples | 1889–1893
W. H. Austin | 1893–1894
Adolph Solomon | 1894
A. K. Albers | 1894
Robert Campbell | 1895–1897
Joseph Magoffin | 1897–1901
Ben F. Hammett | 1901–1903
Charles Robert Morehead Jr.  | 1903-1905[1]
Charles Davis | 1905–1907
Joseph Sweeney | 1907–1910
W. F. Robinson | 1910
Charles E. Kelly | 1910–1915
Tom Lea | 1915–1917
Charles Davis | 1917–1923
R. M. Dudley | 1923–1925
H. P. Jackson | 1925–1927
R. Ewing Thomason | 1927–1931
A. B. Poe | 1931
R. E. Sherman | 1931–1937
M. A. Harlan | 1937–1938
J. E. Anderson | 1938–1947
Dan R. Ponder | 1947–1949
Dan L. P. Duke | 1949–1951
Fred Hervey | 1951–1955
W. T. Misenhimer | 1955
Tom E. Rogers | 1955–1957
Raymond Telles | 1957–1961
Ralph Seitsinger | 1961–1963
Judson F. Williams | 1963–1969
Ashley G. Classen | 1969
Peter De Wetter | 1969–1971
Bert Williams | 1971–1973
Fred Hervey | 1973–1975
Don Henderson | 1975–1977
Ray Salazar | 1977–1979
Thomas D. Westfall | 1979–1981
Jonathan W. Rogers | 1981–1989
Suzanne S. Azar | 1989–1991
William S. Tilney | 1991–1993
Larry Francis | 1993–1997
Carlos Ramirez | 1997–2001
Raymond Caballero | June 9, 2001 – June 10, 2003
Joe Wardy | June 10, 2003 – June 13, 2005
John Cook | June 13, 2005 – June 24, 2013
Oscar Leeser | June 24, 2013 – June 26, 2017 [2]
Dee Margo | June 27, 2017 – January 5, 2021[3]
Oscar Leeser  | January 5, 2021 – Present

## References

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1. ^ HAMILTON, NANCY (2010-06-15). "MOREHEAD, CHARLES ROBERT". tshaonline.org. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
2. ^ "El Paso Downtown ballpark-guarantee push rejected - el Paso Times". Archived from the original on June 24, 2013. Retrieved June 26, 2013.
3. ^ Ramirez, Ruben R. "At the helm of the city". El Paso Times. Retrieved February 28, 2021.

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