List of mayors of Spokane

This is a list of mayors of Spokane, Washington, a city in the northwestern United States.

• Nadine Woodward (2019– )

• David Condon (2011–2019) [1]

• Mary Verner (2007–2011)

• Dennis P. Hession (2005–2007)

• Jim West (2003–2005)

• John Powers (2000–2003)

• John Talbott (1998–2000)

• Jack Geraghty (1994–1998)

• Sheri Barnard (1989–1994)

• Vicki McNeill (1985–1989)

• Jim Chase (1982–1985)

• Ron Bair (1978–1982)

• David Rodgers (1967–1978)

• Neal Fosseen (1960–1967)

• Gaines Sutherlin (1958–1960) [2]

• Willard Taft (1955–1958) [3]

• Arthur Meehan (1945–1955)

• Frank Sutherlin (1937–1945)

• Arthur Burch (1935–1937)

• Leonard Funk (1929–1937)

• Charles Fleming (1920–1929)

• Charles Fassett (1918–1920) (2nd stint)

• Charles Fleming (1916–1918) [4][5]

• Charles Fassett (1914–1916)[6][4][5]

• William J. Hindley (1911–1914) [7]^:620 [8][4][5]

• Rev. Nelson S. Pratt (1909–1911) [7]^:620

• C. Herbert Moore (1907–1909) [7]^:535,620 [9]^:238–240 [4][5]

• Floyd L. Daggett (1905–1907) [7]^:620 [9]^:274–275

• L. Frank Boyd (1903–1905) [7]^:620

• Patrick S. Byrne (1901–1903) [7]^:620

• James M. Comstock (1899–1901) [7]^:620 [10]^{:90,462–463}

• Elmer D. Olmsted (1897–1899) [7]^:620 [9]^:331–333[10]^:90,467

• Horatio N. Belt (1894–1897) [7]^:620 [10]^{:89,383–384}

• Edward Louis Powell (1893–1894) [7]^:619 [10]^:89

• Daniel M. Drumheller (1892–1893) [7]^:619 [10]^:89 [4][5]

• David B. Fotheringham (1891–1892) [7]^:619 [10]^{:89,599–600} [4][5]

• C. F. Clough (1890–1891) [7]^:619 [9]^:334–336 [10]^{:89,368–369} [4][5]

• Fred Furth (1889–1890) [7]^:619 [10]^:89

• Isaac S. Kaufman (March 7, 1889 to April 17, 1889 acting Mayor; fulfilled the unexpired term of Jacob Hoover after he moved outside of the city limits) [7]^:619[10]^{:88,393–394}

• Jacob Hoover (1888–1889) [7]^:619 [10]^{:88,324–325}

• William H. Taylor (1887–1888) [7]^:619 [10]^:88,336

• Anthony M. Cannon (1885–1887) [11][7]^:619 [10]^:88

• James N. Glover (1884–1885) [7]^:619 [10]^:88 [4] [5]

• Robert W. Forrest (1881–1884) [7]^:619 [10]^{:82,56–57,87}

References

1. "Condon Outlines City Hall Plans | News". KXLY.com. 2011-11-15. Archived from the original on 2011-11-17. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
2. "The Spokesman-Review - Google News Archive". 1991-12-04. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
3. Thomas Clouse (2005-12-24). "Lawyer Kathleen Taft dies". Spokesman.com. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
4. Kip Hill (2018-06-15). "Glover Field, which honored Spokane's third mayor, renamed Redband Park". Spokesman-Review (Photo Archive). Retrieved 2020-05-13. This photo, taken between 1917 and 1920, features several ex-mayors of early Spokane. (2nd of 3-image slide show)
5. "Looking Back: Former Spokane mayors". Spokesman-Review. 1998-08-31. p. 20. Retrieved 2020-04-28. Mayoral group: sometime between 1917 and 1920, eight former mayors of Spokane gathered for this photo.
6. "Jim Kershner's this day in history". Spokesman-Review. 2014-12-03. Retrieved 2020-04-29. From our archives, 100 years ago: C.M. Fassett was named mayor of Spokane by unanimous vote of his fellow city commissioners. He would finish out the term of the former mayor, W.J. Hindley.
7. Durham, N.W. (1912). History of the city of Spokane and Spokane County, Washington: from its earliest settlement to the present time, Volume 1. S.J. Clarke Pub. Co.
8. https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6mb2qjg
9. Durham, N.W. (1912). History of the city of Spokane and Spokane County, Washington: from its earliest settlement to the present time, Volume 2. S.J. Clarke Pub. Co.
10. Edwards, Jonathan (1910). An Illustrated History of Spokane County, State of Washington. W. H. Lever.
11. "ANTHONY M. CANNON DEAD - The End Came Suddenly in the Sturtevant House. WAS THE FATHER OF SPOKANE FALLS He Had Recently Been to Brazil for His Health and Had Apparently Improved - His Busy Career. - View Article - NYTimes.com" (PDF). New York Times. Retrieved 2012-08-26.

Note

Alternate web sources:

Nelson Wayne Durham, History of the city of Spokane and Spokane County, Washington: from its earliest settlement to the present time, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1912.
Volume 1 https://archive.org/details/historyofcityofs01durh/page/n8/mode/2up
Volume 2 https://archive.org/details/historyofcityofs02indurh/page/n6/mode/2up

Jonathan Edwards, An illustrated history of Spokane county, state of Washington, W. J. Lever, 1910.
https://archive.org/details/illustratedhisto00edwa/page/n6/mode/2up