List of mayors of Sacramento, California explained

Post:Mayor
Body:Sacramento
Insignia:Seal of Sacramento, California.png
Insigniacaption:Seal of the City of Sacramento
Flag:Flag of Sacramento, California.svg
Flagcaption:Flag of the City of Sacramento
Incumbent:Darrell Steinberg
Incumbentsince:December 13, 2016
Type:Mayor
Formation:1849
First:William Stout

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]

List of mayors of Sacramento
MayorTerm startTerm endNotes and references
1William Stout1849Spent three weeks in office
2Albert Maver Winn1849
3Hardin BigelowApril 1, 1850November 1850The first elected mayor of Sacramento
4James Richmond HardenbergNovember 18501851
5C. I. Hutchinson1852
6James Richmond Hardenberg1853
7R. P. Johnson1854
8James Lawrence English1855Later served as the California State Treasurer
9Benjamin Barnard Redding18561857Born in Canada
10Joseph Palmer Dyer1857
11Henry Lambard Nichols1858Later served as Secretary of State of California
12William Shattuck18591862
13Charles Heman18631871
14Christopher Green18721877
15Jabez Turner18781880Elected on what was known as the State Workingmen's ticket
16John Q. Brown18811887Father of mayor John Q. Brown (1918-1920)
17Eugene J. Gregory18871888
18William D. Comstock18891892
19Bernard U. Steinman18931895First Jewish mayor of Sacramento[2]
20Cyrus H. Hubbard18961897
21William Land18981899
22George H. Clark19001903
23William J. Hassett19041905
24Marshall R. Beard19061907
25Clinton L. White19081909
26Marshall R. Beard19101912
27Michael J. Burke19121915
28Gustavaus C. Simmons19151916
29Daniel W. Carmichael19161918
30John Q. Brown19181920Son of former mayor John Q. Brown (1881-1887)
31Charles A. Bliss19201921
32Albert Elkus19211925First mayor to be born within city boundaries
33Alexander E. Goddard19261927
34Ralph E. Conley19281928Resigned effective October 15, 1928
35Martin I. Welsh19281930Ran for Lieutenant Governor of California in 1930
36C. H. S. Bidwell19301933
37Thomas P. Scollan19341935
38Arthur D. Ferguson19361937
39Thomas B. Monk19381945
40George L. Klumpp19461947
41Belle Cooledge19481949First female mayor
42Bert E. Geisreiter[3] 19501951
43Leslie E. Wood19521953
44William A. Hicks1954Resigned from office
45H. H. Hendren19541955
46Clarence L. Azevedo19561959
47James B. McKenney19601965
48Walter Christensen19661967
49Richard H. Marriott19681975
50Phil Isenberg19751982Later served in the California State Assembly
51R. Burnett Miller1983
52Anne Rudin1983January 2, 1993First elected female mayor in Sacramento
53Joe Serna, Jr.January 2, 1993November 7, 1999First Hispanic-American to be elected as mayor (died in office)
VacantNovember 7, 1999December 14, 1999
Jimmie R. Yee (interim)December 14, 1999November 27, 2000First Asian-American mayor
54Heather FargoNovember 27, 2000December 2, 2008Second elected female mayor in Sacramento
55Kevin JohnsonDecember 2, 2008December 13, 2016First African-American mayor and former NBA player
56Darrell SteinbergDecember 13, 2016Incumbent

See also : Lists of incumbents

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sacto Facto . Center for Sacramento History . 31 December 2016 . 4 December 2018 .
  2. Web site: Bernard Ulmer Steinman, Jewish Pioneer Businessman, Civil Servant and Mayor of Sacramento, California. 6 February 2019. Jmaw.org. Jewish Museum of the American West.
  3. News: June 20, 1987. Nurseryman, Former Mayor Bert Geisreiter, 83, Dies. Sacramento Bee. 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. ....