List of mayors of Houston

Mayor of Houston
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

Elections in Texas
Federal government Presidential elections 1992 2000 2004 2008 2012 Presidential primaries and caucuses Democratic 2008 Republican 2008 2012 United States Senate elections 1984 1990 1994 1996 2000 2002 2006 2008 2012 2014 United States House elections 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 22nd 2008 2010 2012 2014 Special elections for U.S. Congress Senate, 1993 House 28th district, 1997 House 19th district, 2003 House 22nd district, 2006
State government Gubernatorial elections 1845 1847 1849 1851 1853 1855 1972 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 Legislative elections 2006 2008 Constitutional amendments 2005 2007 Other state elections 2006
Austin Mayoral elections 2009
Dallas Mayoral elections 2007 2011
Fort Worth Mayoral elections 2011
Houston Mayoral elections 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 Municipal elections 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013
San Antonio Mayoral elections 2009

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).

List of mayors of Houston

Term	Mayor
2010–present	Annise Parker (Democratic Party)
2004–2010	Bill White (Democratic Party)
1998–2004	Lee Brown (Democratic Party)
1992–1998	Bob Lanier (Democratic Party)
1982–1991	Kathy Whitmire (Democratic Party)
1978–1981	Jim McConn (Republican Party)
1974–1977	Fred Hofheinz (Democratic Party)
1964–1973	Louie Welch (Republican Party)
1958–1963	Lewis Cutrer (Democratic Party)
1956–1957	Oscar F. Holcombe (5th)
1953–1955	Roy Hofheinz
1947–1952	Oscar F. Holcombe (4th)
1943–1946	Otis Massey
1941–1942	Neal Pickett
1939–1941	Oscar F. Holcombe (3rd)
1937–1938	Richard H. Fonville
1933–1936	Oscar F. Holcombe (2nd)
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 (2nd)
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 (2nd)
1875–1876	I. C. Lord
1874	James T. D. Wilson
1870–1873	Thomas H. Scanlan
1868–1870	Joseph R. Morris
1867–1868	Alexander McGowan (2nd)
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. (3rd)
1847–1848	B. P. Buckner
1846	James Bailey
1845	W. W. Swain
1844	Horace Baldwin
1843	Francis W. Moore, Jr. (2nd)
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