Mayor of Houston
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Incumbent
John Whitmire
since January 1, 2024
StyleThe Honorable
Term lengthFour years, renewable once (effective 2016)
Inaugural holderJames S. Holman
1837
FormationHouston City Charter
Salary$236,189 (2019)
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The following is a list of people who have served as mayor of the city of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas.

Until 2015, the term of the mayor was two years. Beginning with the tenure of Bob Lanier, the city charter imposed term limits on officeholders of no more than three terms (six years total). On November 3, 2015, voters approved Proposition 2, which extended the terms of the Mayor, City Controller and City Councilmembers to four years, while imposing a limit of two terms.

List of mayors of Houston

No. Term Mayor Party affiliation
63 2024–present John Whitmire   Democratic
62 2016–2024 Sylvester Turner   Democratic
61 2010–2016 Annise Parker   Democratic
60 2004–2010 Bill White   Democratic
59 1998–2004 Lee Brown   Democratic
58 1992–1998 Bob Lanier   Democratic
57 1982–1992 Kathy Whitmire[1]   Democratic
56 1978–1982 Jim McConn   Republican
55 1974–1978 Fred Hofheinz   Democratic
54 1964–1974 Louie Welch   Republican
53 1958–1964 Lewis Cutrer   Democratic
52 1956–1958 Oscar F. Holcombe (5th)   Democratic
51 1953–1956 Roy Hofheinz   Democratic
50 1947–1953 Oscar F. Holcombe (4th)   Democratic
49 1943–1947 Otis Massey   Democratic
48 1941–1943 Neal Pickett   Democratic
47 1939–1941 Oscar F. Holcombe (3rd)   Democratic
46 1937–1939 Richard H. Fonville
45 1933–1937 Oscar F. Holcombe (2nd)   Democratic
44 1929–1933 Walter E. Monteith
43 1921–1929 Oscar F. Holcombe   Democratic
42 1918–1921 A. Earl Amerman
41 1917–1918 Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Jr.
40 1917 J. J. Pastoriza (died in office)
39 1913–1917 Ben Campbell
38 1905–1913 H. Baldwin Rice (2nd)
37 1904–1905 Andrew L. Jackson
36 1902–1904 O. T. Holt
35 1901–1902 John D. Woolford
34 1898–1901 Samuel H. Brashear
33 1896–1898 Horace Baldwin Rice
32 1892–1896 John T. Browne
31 1890–1892 Henry Scherffius
30 1886–1890 Daniel C. Smith
29 1880–1886 William R. Baker
28 1879–1880 Andrew Jackson Burke
27 1877–1878 James T. D. Wilson (2nd)
26 1875–1876 I. C. Lord
25 1874 James T. D. Wilson
24 1870–1873 Thomas H. Scanlan
23 1868–1870 Joseph Robert Morris
22 1867–1868 Alexander McGowan (2nd)
21 1866 Horace D. Taylor
20 1863–1865 William Anders
19 1862 Thomas W. House
18 1861 William J. Hutchins
17 1860 Thomas W. Whitmarsh
16 1859 William King
15 1858 Alexander McGowan
14 1856–1857 Cornelius Ennis
13 1855–1856 James H. Stevens
12 1853–1854 Nathan Fuller
11 1849–1852 Francis W. Moore Jr. (3rd)
10 1847–1848 Benjamin P. Buckner
9 1846 James Bailey
8 1845 William Swain
7 1844 Horace Baldwin
6 1843 Francis W. Moore Jr. (2nd)
5 1841–1842 John Day Andrews
4 1840 Charles Bigelow
3 1839 George W. Lively
2 1838–1839 Francis W. Moore Jr.
1 1837 James S. Holman

See also

References

  1. ^ "Timeline". Women in Texas History. Austin: Ruthe Winegarten Memorial Foundation for Texas Women's History. Archived from the original on March 23, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2017.

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