List of mayors of Mesa, Arizona explained

Post:Mayor
Body:Mesa, Arizona
Flag:Flag of Mesa, Arizona.svg
Flagsize:200
Flagcaption:Flag of Mesa, Arizona
Incumbent:John Giles
Incumbentsince:2014
Type:Mayor
Member Of:City council
Termlength:4 years
Formation:July 15, 1883[1]
First:Alexander Findlay Macdonald
Deputy:Vice mayor
Salary:$74,745.16[2]
Website:https://www.mesaaz.gov/government/mayor-council

The following is a list of the mayors of Mesa, Arizona.

Mayors

PortraitMayorTook OfficeLeft Office
1Alexander Findlay MacDonald18831885[3]
2Alvin Franklin Stewart18851886
3George Passey18861888
4William Johnson LeBaron18881896
5James Rouse Turman18961898
6David Tully LeBaron Jr.18981899
7William A. Kimball18991900[4]
8Jedidiah Grant Peterson
(1st term)		19001902[5]
9Charles M. Mullen19021904
10John L. Waring19041906
11Phil Metz19061908
12John D. Loper19081908
13Lionel Brand Johnson19081908
14John H. Barnett19081910
15Ralph Fleetwood Palmer19101912
16John Taylor LeSueur19121914
17Max Viault19141916[6]
18Paul Baxter Beville19161918[7]
19Dan H. Kleinman19181922[8] [9]
20Robert Scott19221924
21Jedidiah Grant Peterson
(2nd term)		19241936
22Linford B. Werner19361938[10]
23George Nicholas Goodman
(1st term)		19381942[11]
24John A. Hamblin19421944[12]
25Zebulon Pearce19441946[13]
26George Nicholas Goodman
(2nd term)		19461948
27Frank E. Bendick19481950[14]
28Oscar Virgil Crismon19501952[15]
29George Nicholas Goodman
(3rd term)		19521956[16]
30Richard G. Johnson Sr.19561958[17]
31Egbert J. Brown19581966[18]
32Jack Taylor19661972[19] [20]
33Eldon W. Cooley19721976[21] [22] [23]
34Wayne C. Pomeroy19761980[24] [25]
35Don W. Strauch19801984[26]
36Sumner "Al" Brooks19841988[27] [28]
37Margaret "Peggy" Rubach19881992[29]
38William "Willie" Wong19921996[30] [31]
39Wayne Brown19962000[32]
40Keno L. Hawker20002008[33]
41Scott W. Smith20082014[34] [35]
42Alex Finter2014 2014[36]
432014Incumbent[37]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mesa Heritage Wall. 2024-07-10 . Arizona Museum of Natural History. en-US.
  2. Web site: Mesa City Charter Article II Section 202 . library.municode.com . 10 August 2024.
  3. Web site: Mesa mayors . 2024-07-10 . The Arizona Republic . en-US.
  4. Web site: Temple Historic District . 2024-07-10 . Mesaaz.gov.
  5. https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-republic/8662395/ "Death Claims Mesa Pioneer, Jed Peterson"
  6. Web site: June 8, 1916 . Paul Beville Mesa’s Mayor . 2024-07-10 . Arizona Republican via Newspapers.com . en.
  7. Web site: September 19, 1916 . Beville Busy . 2024-07-10 . Arizona Republic . en.
  8. Web site: June 16, 1922 . State Armory to be Built at Mesa for Battery Home . 2024-07-10 . Arizona Republican via Newspapers.com . en.
  9. Web site: October 29, 1920 . Mayor Wins Election Bet . 2024-07-10 . Arizona Republican via Newspapers.com . en.
  10. Web site: May 31, 1978 . Linford Werner dies; former mayor of Mesa . 2024-07-10 . Arizona Republic . en.
  11. Web site: November 4, 1959 . George N. Goodman . 2024-07-10 . Arizona Republic . en.
  12. Web site: June 30, 1942 . Mesa Budget Meet Scheduled Tonight . 2024-07-10 . Arizona Republic . en.
  13. Web site: June 20, 1946 . Mesa Council Names Mayor . 2024-07-10 . Arizona Republic . en.
  14. Web site: June 16, 1948 . Mesa Mayor is Elected . 2024-07-10 . Arizona Republic . en.
  15. Web site: April 7, 1951 . Mesana Map Fight Plans for Clinic . 2024-07-10 . Arizona Republic . en.
  16. Web site: June 4, 1952 . New Mesa City Council Elects Goodman Mayor . 2024-07-10 . Arizona Republic . en.
  17. Web site: June 12, 1956 . Johnson New Mesa Mayor . 2024-07-10 . Arizona Republic . en.
  18. Web site: April 7, 1989 . Egbert J. Brown . 2024-07-10 . Arizona Republic . en.
  19. Web site: Jerald Jackson "Jack" Taylor . 2024-07-10 . Arizona State Library.
  20. Web site: June 7, 1966 . Jack Taylor Elected Mesa Mayor . 2024-07-10 . Arizona Republic . en.
  21. Web site: East Valley loses another long-time founder . 2024-07-10 . news.asu.edu.
  22. Web site: History / Cooley Family History . 2024-07-10 . www.husd.org . en.
  23. Web site: Gersema . Emily . 2007-05-15 . Former Mesa Mayor Eldon W. Cooley dies at 89 . 2024-07-10 . East Valley Tribune . en.
  24. Web site: Bowling . Joshua . Former Mesa Mayor and WWII hero Wayne Pomeroy dies at 96 . 2024-07-10 . The Arizona Republic . en-US.
  25. Web site: Wayne Pomeroy Downtown Mesa . 2024-07-10 . downtownmesa.com.
  26. Web site: Mark . Jay . Mesa history: Remembering Mayor Don Strauch . 2024-07-10 . The Arizona Republic . en-US.
  27. Web site: Gary . Nelson . Mesa Indian ruins open after decades of effort . 2024-07-10 . USA Today . en-US.
  28. Web site: December 31, 1986 . Four Generations Light the Menorah, 1986 . 2024-07-10 . Arizona Memory Project.
  29. Web site: October 9, 1987 . Mayoral race offers ‘incumbent’ edge to councilwoman . 2024-07-10 . Arizona Republic . en.
  30. Web site: Pineda . Paulina . Notable Asian Americans in Arizona business and politics . 2024-07-10 . The Arizona Republic . en-US.
  31. Web site: Groff . Garin . 2011-10-27 . Light-rail expansion will claim former Mesa mayor's land, possibly business . 2024-07-10 . East Valley Tribune . en.
  32. Web site: Reese . Michelle . 2013-05-17 . Mesa Mayor Wayne Brown remembered for moving city 'forward' . 2024-07-10 . East Valley Tribune . en.
  33. Web site: Boyd . Lillian . 'A strong advocate for Mesa': Keno Hawker, former Mesa mayor and City Council member, dies at 76 . 2024-07-10 . The Arizona Republic . en-US.
  34. Web site: Scott Smith for Mesa . 2024-07-10 . Scott Smith for Mesa . en-US.
  35. Web site: Smith was good for Mesa, is good for Ariz. . 2024-07-10 . The Arizona Republic . en-US.
  36. Web site: Nelson . Gary . Mesa's next mayor knows heat comes with job . 2024-07-10 . The Arizona Republic . en-US.
  37. News: Dominguez . Maritza . What to know about Mesa Mayor John Giles . March 21, 2024 . The Arizona Republic . February 11, 2023.

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