List of mayors of Sacramento, California
This is a list of Mayors of Sacramento, California. The Sacramento City Council met for the first time on August 1, 1849 and the citizens approved the city charter on October 13, 1849. The City Charter was recognized by the State of California on February 27, 1850 and Sacramento was incorporated on March 18, 1850.[1]
| Year | Mayor | Notes and references |
|---|---|---|
| 2016–present | Darrell Steinberg | |
| 2008–2016 | Kevin Johnson | First African-American mayor and former NBA player |
| 2000–2008 | Heather Fargo | Second elected female mayor in Sacramento |
| 1999–2000 | Jimmie R. Yee | First Asian-American to serve as mayor (interim mayor) |
| 1992–1999 | Joe Serna, Jr. | First Hispanic-American to be elected as mayor (died in office) |
| 1983–1992 | Anne Rudin | First elected female mayor in Sacramento |
| 1983 | R. Burnett Miller | |
| 1975–1982 | Phil Isenberg | Later served in the California State Assembly |
| 1968–1975 | Richard H. Marriott | |
| 1966–1967 | Walter Christensen | |
| 1960–1965 | James B. McKenney | |
| 1956–1959 | Clarence L. Azevedo | |
| 1954–1955 | H. H. Hendren | |
| 1954 | William A. Hicks | Resigned from office |
| 1952–1953 | Leslie E. Wood | |
| 1950–1951 | Bert E. Geisreiter[2] | |
| 1948–1949 | Belle Cooledge | First female mayor |
| 1946–1947 | George L. Klumpp | |
| 1938–1945 | Thomas B. Monk | |
| 1936–1937 | Arthur D. Ferguson | |
| 1934–1935 | Thomas P. Scollan | |
| 1930–1933 | C. H. S. Bidwell | |
| 1928–1929 | Ralph E. Conley | |
| 1926–1927 | Alexander E. Goddard | |
| 1921–1925 | Albert Elkus | First mayor to be born within city boundaries |
| 1920–1921 | Charles A. Bliss | |
| 1918–1920 | John Q. Brown | Son of former mayor John Q. Brown (served 1881-1887) |
| 1916–1918 | Daniel W. Carmichael | |
| 1915–1916 | Gustavaus C. Simmons | |
| 1912–1915 | Michael J. Burke | |
| 1910–1912 | Marshall R. Beard | |
| 1908–1909 | Clinton L. White | |
| 1906–1907 | Marshall R. Beard | |
| 1904–1905 | William J. Hassett | |
| 1900–1903 | George H. Clark | |
| 1898–1899 | William Land | |
| 1896–1897 | Cyrus H. Hubbard | |
| 1893–1895 | Bernard U. Steinman | First Jew elected mayor of Sacramento[3] |
| 1889–1892 | William D. Comstock | |
| 1887–1888 | Eugene J. Gregory | |
| 1881–1887 | John Q. Brown | Father of mayor John Q. Brown (served 1918-1920) |
| 1878–1880 | Jabez Turner | Elected on what was known as the State Workingmen's ticket |
| 1872–1877 | Christopher Green | |
| 1863–1871 | Charles Heman | |
| 1859–1862 | William Shattuck | |
| 1858 | Henry Lambard Nichols | Later served as Secretary of State of California |
| 1857 | Joseph Palmer Dyer | |
| 1856 | Benjamin Barnard Redding | Born in Canada |
| 1855 | James Lawrence English | Later served as the California State Treasurer |
| 1854 | R. P. Johnson | |
| 1853 | James Richmond Hardenberg | |
| 1852 | C. I. Hutchinson | |
| 1851 | James Richmond Hardenberg | |
| 1850 | Hardin Bigelow | The first elected mayor of Sacramento |
| 1849 | Albert Maver Winn | |
| 1849 | William Stout | Spent three weeks in office[1] |
| Mayor of Sacramento, California | |
|---|---|
Incumbent Darrell Steinberg since 2016 | |
| Type | Mayor |
| Formation | 1849 |
| First holder | William Stout |
See also : Lists of incumbents
See also
References
- "Sacto Facto". Center for Sacramento History. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
- "Nurseryman, Former Mayor Bert Geisreiter, 83, Dies". Sacramento Bee. June 20, 1987. Retrieved 2012-09-15.
Bert E. Geisreiter, a former Sacramento mayor who first ran for election in 1947 as a last-minute candidate and ended up serving nine years on the City Council, died at home Friday following a long illness. He was 83. ...
- "Bernard Ulmer Steinman, Jewish Pioneer Businessman, Civil Servant and Mayor of Sacramento, California". Jmaw.org. Jewish Museum of the American West. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
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