List of Mayors of Seattle

This is a list of Mayors of Seattle, Washington, USA.

On January 14, 1865, the Territorial Legislature approved the incorporation of the town of Seattle. However, following submission of a petition by several of the Town's citizens, Seattle was unincorporated on January 28, 1867. Records of this two-year period of municipal government did not survive. During this period, the city was governed by a board of trustees, with Charles C. Terry as its president. The town (now a city) of Seattle was incorporated a second time on December 2, 1869.

Name Picture Elected Term began Term ended
Henry A. Atkins appointed December 2, 1869

elected July 11, 1870

 1869 1871
John T. Jordan elected July 10, 1871 1871 1872
Corliss P. Stone elected July 8, 1872

abandoned office: left for San Francisco February 23, 1873 after allegedly embezzling $15,000

 1872 1873
John T. Jordan appointed 1873 1873
Moses R. Maddocks Elected 1873 1873
John Collins elected July 14, 1873 1873 1874
Henry Yesler elected July 13, 1874 1874 1875
Bailey Gatzert elected August 2, 1875 1875 1876
Gideon A. Weed elected July 10, 1876

and July 9, 1877

 1876 1878
Beriah Brown elected July 8, 1878 1878 1879
Orange Jacobs elected July 14, 1879 1879 1880
Leonard Purley Smith elected July 12, 1880

and July 11, 1881

 1880 1882
Henry G. Struve elected July 10, 1882

and July 9, 1883

 1882 1884
John Leary
elected July 14, 1884 1884 1885
Henry Yesler elected July 13, 1885 1885 1886
William H. Shoudy elected July 12, 1886 1886 1887
Dr. Thomas T. Minor elected July 11, 1887 1887 1888
Robert Moran elected July 9, 1888

and July 8, 1889

 1888 1890
Harry White elected July 14, 1890

resigned under pressure November 30, 1891.

 1890 1891
George W. Hall appointed December 9, 1891 1891 1892
James T. Ronald
elected March 8, 1892 1892 1894
Byron Phelps elected March 12, 1894 1894 1896
Frank D. Black elected March 9, 1896

resigned after three weeks in office

 1896 1896
W. D. Wood appointed April 6, 1896

resigned July 1897

 1896 1897
Thomas J. Humes appointed November 19, 1897

and elected March 13, 1900

 1897 1904
Richard A. Ballinger elected March 8, 1904 1904 1906
William Hickman Moore elected March 6, 1906 1906 1908
John F. Miller elected March 3, 1908 1908 1910
Hiram C. Gill
elected March 8, 1910

recalled February 9, 1911

 1910 1911
George W. Dilling
appointed February 10, 1911 1912
George F. Cotterill elected March 5, 1912 1912 1914
Hiram C. Gill
elected March 3, 1914 1914 1918
Ole Hanson elected March 5, 1918

resigned August 28, 1919 after several months out of town

 1918 1919
C. B. Fitzgerald appointed August 28, 1919 1919 1920
Hugh M. Caldwell elected March 2, 1920 1920 1922
Edwin J. Brown elected May 2, 1922

and March 4, 1924

 1922 1926
Bertha Knight Landes
elected March 9, 1926 1926 1928
Frank E. Edwards elected March 6, 1928

and March 4, 1930

recalled July 13, 1931

 1928 1931
Robert H. Harlin appointed July 14, 1931 1931 1932
John F. Dore elected March 8, 1932 1932 1934
Charles L. Smith elected March 6, 1934 1934 1936
John F. Dore elected March 3, 1936

became gravely ill and was relieved of office April 13, 1938, already a lame duck after the 1938 election. He died five days later.

 1936 1938
Arthur B. Langlie elected March 8, 1938

appointed to take office early, April 27, 1938, after Dore's death.
elected March 5, 1940
resigned January 11, 1941, to become Governor of Washington

 1938 1941
John E. Carroll appointed January 27, 1941 1941 1941
Earl Millikin elected March 4, 1941 1941 1942
William F. Devin elected March 3, 1942, March 7, 1944, March 5, 1946, and March 2, 1948 1942 1952
Allan Pomeroy elected March 4, 1952 1952 1956
Gordon S. Clinton elected March 6, 1956

and March 8, 1960

 1956 1964
James d'Orma Braman elected March 10, 1964

resigned March 23, 1969, to accept an appointment as an Assistant Secretary in the Department of Transportation in the Nixon administration.

 1964 1969
Floyd C. Miller appointed March 23, 1969 1969 1969
Wesley C. Uhlman elected November 4, 1969

and November 6, 1973
survived recall attempt on July 1, 1975

December 1, 1969 January 1, 1978
Charles Royer
elected November 8, 1977, November 3, 1981, and November 5, 1985 January 1, 1978 January 1, 1990
Norman B. Rice elected November 7, 1989 January 1, 1990 January 1, 1998
Paul Schell
elected November 4, 1997 January 1, 1998 January 1, 2002
Gregory J. Nickels elected November 6, 2001

and November 8, 2005

 January 1, 2002 January 1, 2010
Michael McGinn
elected November 3, 2009 January 1, 2010

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