List of mayors of New York City

For a list of the Dutch Directors General who governed New Amsterdam as part of New Netherland between 1625 and 1664, see: Director-General of New Netherland

The Mayor of New York City is the chief executive of the government of New York City, as stipulated by the Charter of the City of New York.

This list through 1897 includes the mayors of (roughly) what is now considered Manhattan and portions of The Bronx only. The five boroughs were consolidated in 1898. See History of New York City.

The 108th and current Mayor of New York City is Michael Bloomberg, twice elected as a Republican and now an Independent.

It is interesting to note that although New York City voters are overwhelmingly registered Democrats, the city has elected a Republican in the last 4 mayoral elections.

17th century

Thomas Willett	1665–1666	First person to be specifically appointed Mayor
Thomas Delavall	1666–1667
Thomas Willett	1667–1668
Cornelius Van Steenwyk	1668–1671
Thomas Delavall	1671–1672
Matthias Nicholls	1672–1673
John Lawrence	1673–1675
William Dervall	1675–1676
Nicholas De Mayer	1676–1677
Stephanus Van Cortlandt	1677–1678
Thomas Delavall	1678–1679
Francis Rombouts	1679–1680
William Dyre	1680–1682
Cornelius Van Steenwyk	1682–1684
Gabriel Minvielle(*)	1684–1685
Nicholas Bayard(*)	1685–1686
Stephanus Van Cortlandt	1686–1688
Peter Delanoy	1688–1691
John Lawrence(*)	1691–1692
Abraham DePeyster	1692–1694
Charles Lodwik	1694–1696
William Merritt	1696–1698
Johanness De Peyster	1698–1699
David Provost	1699–1700

Notes

• During the Dutch colonial period from 1625 to 1664, New Amsterdam was governed by a Director-General.

• For the year prior to the establishment of the office of Mayor of New York in 1665, New York was run by Richard Nicolls, who was the British Military Governor of the Province of New York.

• Prior to 1680, Mayors served one year terms. As of 1680, they served two year terms. Exceptions are noted thus (*).

18th century

Isaac De Reimer	1700–1701
Thomas Noell	1701–1702
Thomas Hood	1702
Phillip French	1702–1703
William Peartree	1703–1707
Ebenezer Wilson	1707–1710
Jacobus Van Cortlandt	1710–1711
Caleb Heathcote	1711–1714
John Johnstone	1714–1719
Jacobus Van Cortlandt	1719–1720
Robert Walters	1720–1725
Johannes Jansen	1725–1726
Robert Lurting	1726–1735
Paul Richard	1735–1739
John Cruger	1739–1744
Stephen Bayard	1744–1747
Edward Holland	1747–1757
John Cruger, Jr.	1757–1766
Whitehead Hicks	1766–1776
David Matthews	1776–1784
James Duane	1784–1789
Richard Varick	1789–1801

Notes

• Mayors served two year terms.

19th century

Edward Livingston	1801–1803	Democratic-Republican
DeWitt Clinton	1803–1807	Democratic-Republican
Marinus Willett	1807–1808
De Witt Clinton	1808–1810	Democratic-Republican
Jacob Radcliff	1810–1811
DeWitt Clinton	1811–1815	Democratic-Republican
John Ferguson	1815
Jacob Radcliff	1815–1818
Cadwallader D. Colden	1818–1821	Federalist
Stephen Allen	1821–1824
William Paulding, Jr.	1825–1826	Democratic
Philip Hone	1826–1827	Whig
William Paulding Jr.	1827–1829	Democratic
Walter Bowne	1829–1833
Gideon Lee	1833–1834	Democratic
Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence	1834–1837	Democratic
Aaron Clark	1837–1839
Isaac Varian	1839–1841
Robert Morris	1841–1844
James Harper	1844–1845
William Havemeyer	1845–1846	Democratic
Andrew H. Mickle	1846–1847
William Brady	1847–1848
William Havemeyer	1848–1849	Democratic
Caleb Smith Woodhull	1849–1851
Ambrose Kingsland	1851–1853
Jacob Westervelt	1853–1855
Fernando Wood	1855–1858	Democratic
Daniel F. Tiemann	1858–1860
Fernando Wood	1860–1862	Democratic
George Opdyke	1862–1864	Republican
Charles Godfrey Gunther	1864–1866	Democratic
John T. Hoffman	1866–1868	Democratic
Thomas Coman	1868
Abraham Oakley Hall	1869–1872
William F. Havemeyer	1873–1874	Republican
Samuel B. H. Vance	1874
William H. Wickham	1875–1876	Democratic
Smith Ely, Jr.	1877–1878	Democratic
Edward Cooper	1879–1880	Democratic
William Russell Grace	1881–1882
Franklin Edson	1883–1884	Democratic
William Russell Grace	1885–1886
Abram S. Hewitt	1887–1888	Democratic
Hugh L. Grant	1889–1892
Thomas F. Gilroy	1893–1894	Democratic
William L. Strong	1895–1897	Fusion

Notes

• Until 1821, mayors were appointed by state. From 1821 to 1834, the Common Council appointed the mayor. In 1834, Cornelius Lawrence became the first popularly-elected mayor of New York City.

20th century

Robert A. Van Wyck	1898–1901	Democratic
Seth Low	1902–1903	Republican/Citizens Union Party
George B. McClellan Jr.	1904–1909	Democratic
William Jay Gaynor	1910–1913	Democratic
Ardolph Loges Kline	1913	Republican
John Purroy Mitchel	1914–1917	Fusion
John F. Hylan	1918–1925	Democratic
James J. Walker	1926–1932	Democratic
Joseph V. McKee	1932 (Sept. 1–Dec. 31)	Democratic
John P. O'Brien	1933 (Jan. 1–Dec. 31)	Democratic
Fiorello H. LaGuardia	1934–1945	Republican/Fusion
William O'Dwyer	1946–1950	Democratic
Vincent R. Impellitteri	1950–1953	Democratic
Robert F. Wagner Jr.	1954–1965	Democratic
John V. Lindsay	1966–1973	Republican/Liberal 1966–69; Democratic/Liberal 1970–73
Abraham D. Beame	1974–1977	Democratic
Edward I. Koch	1978–1989	Democratic
David N. Dinkins	1990–1993	Democratic
Rudolph W. Giuliani	1994–2001	Republican

21st century

Name		Portrait	Entered office	Left office	Political party
style="background-color: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" |	Michael R. Bloomberg		1 January 2002	Incumbent	Republican 2002-2007 Independent 2007-

See also

• Election results for Mayor of New York
• History of New York City