List of mayors of Portland, Oregon

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Gallery of the mayors of Portland

This is a list of mayors of the city of Portland, Oregon. Under Portland's system of government, members of the City Council (known as Commissioners) have many duties that are generally the domain of a mayor.

The current term for mayor of Portland is four years. Mayoral elections are held in May of US presidential election years (years divisible by four), during the Oregon primary election, with a runoff between the top two vote-getters held in November of the same year should no candidate garner a majority vote in the May election. The mayor-elect takes office the following January.

## Contents

* 1 List
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## List[edit]

#  | Image  | Name
(Birth–Death) | Term start and end

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1  |  | Hugh O'Bryant
(1813–1883) | 1851–1852[1][2]
2  |  | A. C. Bonnell
(1801–1875) | April 1852 – November 1852
3  |  | Simon B. Marye
(c. 1810–1868) | November 1852 – April 1853
4  |  | Josiah Failing
(1806–1877) | 1853–1854
5  |  | William S. Ladd
(1826–1893) | 1854–1855
6  |  | George W. Vaughn
(1809–1877) | 1855–1856
7  |  | James O'Neill
(1824–1901) | 1856–1857
8  |  | William S. Ladd
(1826–1893) | 1857–1858
9  |  | A. M. Starr
(c. 1820–1891) | 1858–1859
10  |  | S. J. McCormick
(1828–1891) | 1859–1860
11  |  | G. Collier Robbins
(1823–19??) | 1860–1861
12  |  | John M. Breck
(1828–1900) | 1861–1862
13  |  | William H. Farrar
(1826–1873) | 1862–1863
14  |  | David Logan
(1824–1874) | 1863–1864
15  |  | Henry Failing
(1834–1898) | 1864 – November 16, 1866[3]
16  |  | Thomas J. Holmes
(1819–1867) | 1866–1867
17  |  | J. A. Chapman
(1821–1885) | 1867–1868
18  |  | Hamilton Boyd
| 1868–1869
19  |  | Bernard Goldsmith
(1832–1901) | 1869–1871
20  |  | Philip Wasserman
(1828–1895) | 1871–1873
21  |  | Henry Failing
(1834–1898) | 1873–1875
22  |  | J. A. Chapman
(1821–1885) | 1875–1877
23  |  | William Spencer Newbury
(1834–1915) | 1877–1879
24  |  | David P. Thompson
(1834–1901) | 1879–1882
25  |  | J. A. Chapman
(1821–1885) | 1882–1885
26  |  | John Gates
(1827–1888) | 1885 – April 27, 1888
(died in office)[4]
27  |  | Van B. DeLashmutt
(1842–1921) | May 2, 1888[5] – 1891
28  |  | William S. Mason
(1832–1899) | 1891–1894
29  |  | George P. Frank
(1852–1896) | 1894–1896
30  |  | Sylvester Pennoyer
(1831–1902) | 1896–1898
31  |  | William S. Mason
(1832–1899) | July 1, 1898[6] – March 27, 1899
(died in office)[7]
32  |  | W. A. Storey
(1854–1917) | May 17, 1899[8] –1900
33  |  | Henry S. Rowe
(1851–1914) | 1900–1902
34  |  | George Henry Williams
(1823–1910) | 1902–1905
35  |  | Harry Lane
(1855–1917) | 1905–1909
36  |  | Joseph Simon
(1851–1935) | 1909–1911
37  |  | Allen G. Rushlight
(1874–1930) | 1911–1913
38  |  | H. Russell Albee
(1867–1950) | June 1913 – July 1917[9]
39  |  | George L. Baker
(1868–1941) | July 1917 – July 1933[9]
40  |  | Joseph K. Carson
(1891–1956) | July 1933 – December 1940[9]
41  |  | Earl Riley
(1890–1965) | January 1941 – December 1948[9]
42  |  | Dorothy McCullough Lee
(1901–1981) | January 1949 – December 1952[9]
43  |  | Fred L. Peterson
(1896–1985) | January 1953 – December 1956
44  |  | Terry Schrunk
(1913–1975) | January 1957 – December 1972[9]
45  |  | Neil Goldschmidt
(born 1940) | January 1973 – August 15, 1979[9][10]
46  |  | Connie McCready
(1921–2000) | September 5, 1979[9][11] – November 23, 1980[9]
47  |  | Frank Ivancie
(1924–2019) | November 24, 1980[9][12] – January 2, 1985[13]
48  |  | Bud Clark
(1931–2022) | January 1985 – December 1992[9]
49  |  | Vera Katz
(1933–2017) | January 1993 – December 2004[9]
50  |  | Tom Potter
(born 1940) | January 3, 2005[citation needed] – December 31, 2008[9]
51  |  | Sam Adams
(born 1963) | January 1, 2009 – December 31, 2012[9]
52  |  | Charlie Hales
(born 1956) | January 1, 2013 – December 31, 2016
53  |  | Ted Wheeler
(born 1962) | January 1, 2017 – present

Note: The color shown in the number (#) column denotes political party (red for Republican, blue for Democratic, teal for the People's Party (Populist), gray for Independent).

The City of Portland mayor's office, in the City Hall, contains a collection of mounted portraits of all the mayors to date. As of November 2014 only two mayors are missing from the collection; William H. Farrar (1862–1863), and Hamilton Boyd (1868–1869).

## See also[edit]

* List of mayors of places in Oregon
* Lists of Oregon-related topics

## References[edit]

1. ^ Lansing, Jewel. (2003). Portland: People, Politics, and Power, 1851–2001, p. 26–49.
2. ^ "Directory of Current and Past Elected Officials: Mayors of Portland". Auditor's Office, City of Portland, Oregon. Archived from the original on January 21, 2021. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
3. ^ Chet Orloff. "Henry Failing (1834-1898)". The Oregon Encyclopedia.
4. ^ "Death of Mayor Gates". The Morning Oregonian. April 28, 1888. p. 8.
5. ^ "Mayor Van B. De Lashmutt; The Council Chooses a Head to the City Government". The Morning Oregonian. May 3, 1888. p. 8.
6. ^ "Mason at the Helm". The Morning Oregonian, July 2, 1898, p. 8.
7. ^ "William A. Storey Dies; Life in Portland For Many Years Was Prominent". The Morning Oregonian. July 31, 1917. p. 11.
8. ^ "Took Oath of Office: Auditor Gambell Declined, So Storey Went Before a Notary". The Morning Oregonian. May 18, 1899. p. 12.
9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "City Elected Officials Since 1913". Office of Auditor Mary Hull Caballero. Retrieved February 13, 2016.
10. ^ Jennings, Steve (August 23, 1979). "Schwab says Portland needs 'budgetary diet'". The Oregonian. p. C1.
11. ^ Jenning, Steve (September 6, 1979). "Mayor McCready takes office". The Oregonian. p. 1.
12. ^ Williams, Linda (November 25, 1980). "Beaming Ivancie sworn in as Portland mayor". The Oregonian. p. 1.
13. ^ Painter Jr., John (January 3, 1985). "Mayor Clark takes oath; new era begins". The Oregonian. p. 1.

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