List of mayors of Houston

This is a list of people who have served as mayor of the city of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas. Each mayoral term lasts two years, and (beginning with the tenure of Bob Lanier) the city charter term limits officeholders to no more than three terms (six years total).

Mayor of Houston of Texas
Incumbent Annise Parker since January 2, 2010
Style	The Honorable
Term length	Two years, renewable twice
Inaugural holder	James S. Holman 1837
Formation	Houston City Charter
Website	Official website

List of mayors of Houston

Term	Mayor
2010—	Annise Parker
2004–2010	Bill White
1998–2004	Lee Brown
1992–1998	Bob Lanier
1982–1991	Kathy Whitmire
1978–1981	Jim McConn
1974–1977	Fred Hofheinz
1964–1973	Louie Welch
1958–1963	Lewis Cutrer
1956–1957	Oscar F. Holcombe
1953–1955	Roy Hofheinz
1947–1952	Oscar F. Holcombe
1943–1946	Otis Massey
1941–1942	Neal Pickett
1939–1941	Oscar F. Holcombe
1937–1938	R. H. Fonville
1933–1936	Oscar F. Holcombe
1929–1933	Walter E. Monteith
1921–1929	Oscar F. Holcombe
1918–1921	A. Earl Amerman
1917–1918	Joseph Chappell Hutcheson, Jr.
1917	J. J. Pastoriza (died in office)
1913–1917	Ben Campbell
1905–1913	H. Baldwin Rice
1904–1905	Andrew L. Jackson
1902–1904	O. T. Holt
1901–1902	John D. Woolford
1898–1901	Samuel H. Brashear
1896–1898	H. Baldwin Rice
1892–1896	John T. Browne
1890–1892	Henry Scherffius
1886–1890	Daniel C. Smith
1880–1886	William R. Baker
1879–1880	Andrew J. Burke
1877–1878	James T. D. Wilson
1875–1876	I. C. Lord
1874	James T. D. Wilson
1870–1873	Thomas H. Scanlan
1868–1870	Joseph R. Morris
1867–1868	Alexander McGowan
1866	Horace D. Taylor
1863–1865	William Anders
1862	Thomas W. House
1861	William J. Hutchins
1860	Thomas W. Whitmarsh
1859	William King
1858	Alexander McGowan
1856–1857	Cornelius Ennis
1855–1856	James H. Stevens
1853–1854	Nathan Fuller
1849–1852	Francis W. Moore, Jr.
1847–1848	B. P. Buckner
1846	James Bailey
1845	W. W. Swain
1844	Horace Baldwin
1843	Francis W. Moore, Jr.
1841–1842	Colonel J.D. Andrews
1840	Charles Bigelow
1839	George W. Lively
1838–1839	Francis W. Moore, Jr.
1837	James S. Holman

Living former mayors

As of January 2010, five former mayors were alive, the oldest being Bob Lanier (1992–1998, born 1925). The most recent mayor to die was Louie Welch (1964–1973), on January 27, 2008. The most recently serving mayor to die was Jim McConn (1978–1981), on March 14, 1997.

Name	Mayoral term	Date of birth
Fred Hofheinz	1974–1977	1938
Kathy Whitmire	1982–1991	August 15, 1946
Bob Lanier	1992–1998	March 10, 1925
Lee Brown	1998–2004	October 4, 1937
Bill White	2004–2010	June 16, 1954

External links

• Mayor of Houston Biography
• List of Houston mayors
• Rulers - Houston