Mayor of Stockton, California

The Mayor of the City of Stockton is the official head and chief executive officer of Stockton, California. The mayor is elected for a four-year term and limited to serving no more than two terms. Under the California Constitution, all judicial, school, county, and city offices, including those of chartered cities, are nonpartisan. Kevin Lincoln is the city's 80th and current mayor, having assumed office on January 1, 2021.[2]

Mayor of Stockton, California
Seal of City of Stockton
Incumbent Kevin Lincoln since January 1, 2021
Term length	Four years (renewable once)
Inaugural holder	Samuel Purdy
Formation	1850
Salary	$72,384[1]
Website	City of Stockton

List of mayors

As of 2021, 80 individuals have served as Stockton's mayor since its incorporation as a city in California.[3] Ten mayors have served non consecutive terms, the first being E.S. Holden and the most recent being Arnold Rue. The mayor is chosen every four years in a municipal vote. Prior to 1992, the mayor was selected from the City Council.[4]

#	Mayor	Term start	Term end		Party	Notes
1	Samuel Purdy	October 5, 1850	1851		Democratic
2	John C. Edwards	1851	1852		Democratic
3	William Baker	1852	January 1853
4	Jacob K. Shafer	January 1853	May 1853		Democratic
5	M.B. Kenney	May 1853	1854
6	J.M. Buffington	1854	1855
7	Alvin N. Fisher	1855	1856
8	H.W. Gillingham	1856	1857
9	B.W. Bours	1857	1859
10	E.S. Holden	1859	1863
11	George Gray	1863	1866
12	C.T. Meader	1866	1867
13	L.M. Hickman	1867	1868
14	R.B. Lane	1868	1869
(13)	L.M. Hickman (2nd)	1869	1870
15	G.S. Evans	1870	1871
(10)	E.S Holden	1871	1872			2nd term.
16	Thomas Hook	1872	1873
17	J.K. Doak	1873	1875
18	Frank T. Baldwin	1875	1876
19	T.B. Buck	1876	1878
20	Charles Belding	1878	1879
21	G.C. Hyatt	1879	1881
22	H.O. Southworth	1881	1882
23	R.W. Tully	1882	1884
24	W.C. White	1884	1885
25	J.M. Welsh	1885	1888
26	L.U. Shippee	1888	1889
27	R.R. Reibenstein	1889	1891
28	W.R. Clark	1891	1895
29	J.M. McCall	1895	1895
30	H.N. Boggs	1895	1897
31	William Inglis	1897	1899
32	W.B. Harrison	1899	1901
33	George E. Catts	1901	1903
34	C.E. Williams	1903	1905
35	M.J. Gardner	1905	1907
36	George F. Hudson	1907	1909
(27)	R.R. Reibenstein	1909	1916			2nd term.
37	A.C. Oullahan	1916	1921
38	Dana P. Eicke	1921	1923
39	Raymond O. Wheeler	1923	1928
40	Grover A. Grider	1928	1930
41	Carl Tremain	1930	1932
42	Con J. Franke	1932	1935
43	M.F. Richards	1935	1936
44	Ralph W. Fay	1936	1939
45	Gay E. Crane	1939	1940
46	Woodrow Coale	1940	1941
47	Lawrence L. Ventre	1941	1942
48	R.O. Robinson	1942	1943
49	Lewis A. Lodde	1943	1944
(44)	Ralph W. Fay	1944	1945			2nd term.
(45)	Gay E. Crane	1945	1946			2nd term.
(46)	Woodrow Coale	1947	1948			2nd term.
50	Jerry Keithley	1948	1948
(47)	Lawrence L. Ventre	1948	December 1948			2nd term.
51	Angelo Sanguinetti	December 1948	1949
52	Dan W. Morrison	1950	1951
53	Woodrow W. LaTeer	1951	1952
(47)	Lawrence L. Ventre	1952	1953			3rd term.
54	Carl R. Evanhoe	1953	1954
55	Harvey M. Stull	1954	1955
56	Dean C. DeCarli	1955	1956
57	F.L. Bitterman	1956	1958
(55)	Harvey M. Stull	1958	1959			2nd term.
(56)	Dean C. DeCarli	1959	1959			2nd term.
58	Thomas E. Marnoch	1960	1962
59	Elmer R. Boss	1962	1964
60	Roger M. Huckins	1964	1965
61	Jimmie M. Rishwain	1965	1967
62	Albert Fedler	1967	1968
63	Joseph Doll	1968	1969
64	Arnold Rue	1969	1970
65	Luis Arismendi	1970	1971
(64)	Arnold Rue	1971	1972			2nd term.
66	Charles E. Bott	1972	1973
67	Clyde Davis	1973	1974
68	Manuel Silveria	1974	1975
69	Louis "Tom" Madden	1975	1977
(64)	Arnold Rue	1977	1978			3rd term.
70	Daniel A. O'Brien	1979	1981
(64)	Arnold Rue	1981	1983			4th term.
71	Randall Ronk	1983	1985
72	R. James Parkinson	1985	1985
73	Barbara Fass	1985	February 1990			First female mayor.[5]
74	Joan Darrah	February 1990	January 6, 1997		Democratic
75	Gary Podesto	January 6, 1997	January 1, 2005		Republican	2nd term.
76	Edward Chavez	January 1, 2005	January 6, 2009		Republican
77	Ann Johnston	January 6, 2009	January 8, 2013		Democratic
78	Anthony Silva	January 8, 2013	January 1, 2017		Republican
79	Michael Tubbs	January 1, 2017	January 1, 2021		Democratic	First African-American mayor
80	Kevin Lincoln	January 1, 2021	Incumbent		Republican

References

1. "City Council - City of Stockton, CA". Stocktongov.com. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
2. "Mayor Kevin J. Lincoln, II". stocktongov.com. January 4, 2021. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
3. "A positive legacy - recordnet". www.recordnet.com. 2004-12-05. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
4. "Joan Darrah, 72; ex-mayor of Stockton, descendant of Dearden's chain founder - latimes". Articles.latimes.com. 2006-06-25. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
5. Goldeen, Joe (June 5, 2020). "Barbara Fass, Stockton's first female mayor, dies at 80". recordnet.com. Retrieved July 19, 2020.