Alcades of The Pueblo of San Diego
San Diego became a pueblo in 1834, after a petition to Governor José Figueroa endorsed by Commandant Santiago Arguello. The first Alcade (mayor) Juan María Osuna was elected, defeating Pío Pico by 13 votes. By 1838, the population shrank enough to lose its pueblo status and was ruled by a Juez de Paz as a partition of the Los Angeles District until San Diego was incorporated as a city under U.S. rule.
The following are the Juez de Paz and Alcades (Justices of the Peace and Mayors) of San Diego. In this table "suplente" means substitute.
| Alcalde | Term | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Juan María Osuna | January 1, 1835 – 1836 | 1st time |
| Santiago Argüello | 1836–1837 | Also last full-time Commandant |
| José Antonio Estudillo | 1837–1839 | 1st time; previously Commandant |
| Juan María Marrón | 1839–1841 | 1st time |
| Rosario E. Aguilar | 1841 | Juez de Paz |
| Jesús Moreno | 1841 | Suplente |
| José Antonio Congora | 1842 | Juez de Paz; 1st time |
| José María Alvarado | 1842 | Suplente |
| José Joaquin Ortega | 1843 – May 1843 | Juez de Paz; 1st time |
| José Antonio Congora | May 1843 – 1843 | Juez de Paz; 2nd time |
| José María Orozco | 1843 | Suplente |
| Juan María Marrón | 1844 | Juez de Paz; 2nd time; b. February 8, 1808 |
| Thomas Wrightington | 1844 | Suplente; 1st time |
| Francisco María Alvarado | 1845 | Juez de Paz |
| José Antonio Estudillo | 1845 | Juez de Paz (temporary); 2nd time |
| José Ramon Argüello | 1845 – April 1845 | Suplente |
| José Antonio Estudillo | April 1846 – 1846 | Sub-prefect; 3rd time; served until arrival of Americans |
| Juan María Osuna | 1846 | Juez de Paz; 2nd time(?); at first declined office, possibly did not act |
| Miguel Pedrorena | 1846 | Juez de Paz; served in Estudillo's absence |
| José Joaquin Ortega | August 1846 – August 1846 | Juez de Paz; 2nd time; 1st under American rule |
| Henry D. Fitch | August 1846 – June 1847 | Suplente; Juez de Paz in 1847 |
| Lt. Robert Clift, Jr. | June 1847 – 1847 | Suplente; also Juez de Paz to March 1848 |
| Philip Crosthwaite | 1847 | Suplente; possibly appointed with Fitch |
| Thomas Wrightington | 1847 – March 1848 | Suplente; 2nd time; possibly served in Crosthwaite's place |
| Juan Bandini | March 29, 1848 – September 27, 1848 | Juez de Paz |
| E. L. Brown | April 15, 1848 – 1848 | |
| Juan María Marrón | October 3, 1848 – 1849 | Juez de Paz |
| Dennis Gahagan | 1849–1850 | Alcalde |
| Thomas W. Sutherland | March 1850 – 1850 | Acting Alcalde |
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