Post: | Mayor |
Body: | the City of Amarillo |
Flag: | AmarilloTexasSeal.gif |
Flagsize: | 155px |
Flagcaption: | Flag of the City of Amarillo |
Insigniasize: | 110px |
Insigniacaption: | Seal of the City of Amarillo |
Incumbent: | Cole Stanley |
Incumbentsince: | May 15, 2023 |
Termlength: | Two years |
Inaugural: | Warren W. Wetsel |
Department: | Government of Amarillo, Texas |
The mayor of the City of Amarillo is the chief executive officer of the city of Amarillo, Texas. The current mayor is Cole Stanley, who was elected on May 6, 2023, and took office on May 15 of that month.
No.[1] | Portrait | Name | Term in office | Length of service | Previous office | |
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1 | Warren W. Wetsel | February, 1892 – 1894 | 2 years | None | ||
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2 | R. L. Stringfellow | 1899 – 1902 | 3 years | None | ||
3 | Stafford Lightburne | 1902 – 1906 | 4 years | None | ||
4 | Will A. Miller Jr. | 1906 – April, 1908 | 2 years | None | ||
5 | Lon D. Marrs | April, 1908 – April 23, 1910 | 2 years | Potter County Attorney Member of the Potter County Court | ||
6 | James H. Patton [2] | April 23, 1910 – April, 1912 | 2 years | None | ||
7 | W. E. Gee [3] | April, 1912 – December, 1914 | 1 year, 8 months | City attorney of Amarillo | ||
8 | J. N. Beasley | December, 1913 – 1917 | 3 years | Member of Shelby County, Tennessee Court until 1910 | ||
9 | Lon D. Marrs | 1917 – 1923 | 6 years | Potter County Attorney Member of the Potter County Court Mayor of Amarillo | ||
10 | E. S. Blasdel | 1923 – April, 1925 | 2 years | None | ||
11 | Lee Bivins † | April, 1925 – January 17, 1929 | 3 years, 9 months | None | ||
12 | Ernest O. Thompson [4] | April, 1929 – May 31, 1932 | 3 years, 1 month | None | ||
13 | Ross D. Rogers [5] [6] | July 19, 1932 – April 14, 1941 | 8 years, 9 months | None | ||
14 | Joe A. Jenkins [7] | April 14, 1941 – May 5, 1947 | 6 years | Member of the Amarillo City Commission | ||
15 | Lawrence R. Hagy | May 5, 1947 – May 2, 1949 | 2 years | None | ||
16 | E. H. Klein [8] | May 2, 1949 – April, 1953 | None | |||
17 | S. T. Curtis | April, 1953 – April, 1955 | 2 years | |||
18 | R. C. Jordan | April, 1955 – April 15, 1957 | 2 years | |||
19 | John R. Armstrong [9] [10] | April 15, 1957 – May 4, 1959 | 2 years | None | ||
20 | A. F. Madison [11] [12] | May 4, 1959 – May 8, 1961 | 2 years | None | ||
21 | Jack Seale [13] [14] | May 8, 1961 – April 29, 1963 | 2 years | None | ||
22 | F. V. Wallace | April 29, 1963 – May 8, 1967 | 4 years | None | ||
23 | J. Ernest Stroud [15] | May 8, 1967 – May 10, 1971 | 4 years | None | ||
24 | L. Ray Vahue [16] | May 10, 1971 – May 12, 1975 | 4 years | Member of the Amarillo City Commission | ||
25 | John C. Drummond [17] | May 12, 1975 – May 2, 1977 | 2 years | None | ||
26 | Jerry H. Hodge (born 1942; age)[18] | May 2, 1977 – May 4, 1981 | 4 years | Member of the Amarillo City Commission | ||
27 | Rick Klein [19] | May 4, 1981 – April, 1987 | 6 years | None | ||
28 | Glen Parkey [20] [21] | April, 1987 – 1989 | 2 years | None | ||
29 | Keith Adams [22] | 1989 – 1993 | 4 years | Member of the Amarillo City Commission | ||
30 | Kel Seliger (born 1953; age) | 1993 – 2001 | 8 years | Member of the Amarillo City Commission | ||
31 | Trent Sisemore (born 1961; age) | 2001 – 2005 | 4 years | Member of the Amarillo City Commission | ||
32 | Debra McCartt (born 1950; age) | 2005 – May, 2011 | 6 years | Member of the Amarillo City Commission | ||
33 | Paul Harpole (born 1950; age) | May, 2011 – May 16, 2017 | 8 years | Member of the Amarillo City Commission | ||
34 | Ginger Nelson (born 1970; age)[23] | May 16, 2017 – May 16, 2023 | 6 years | Member of the Amarillo City Commission | ||
35 | Cole Stanley (born 1978; age) | May 16, 2023 – Incumbent | None |