List of mayors of Vancouver, Washington
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The following is a list of mayors of Vancouver, Washington from 1858 on. The city of Vancouver was incorporated on January 23, 1857.
| # | Mayor | Term start | Term end | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Levi Farnsworth | 1858 | ||
| 2 | H. F. Stryker | 1859 | ||
| 3 | S. W. Brown | 1861 | ||
| 4 | A. G. Tripp | 1865 | ||
| 5 | Joseph M. Fletcher | 1869 | ||
| 6 | O. A. Freeman | 1871 | ||
| 7 | Abel G. Tripp [a] | 1873 | September 17, 1875 | |
| 8 | Louis Sohns | 1875 | ||
| 9 | Dr Randolph Smith | 1881 | ||
| 10 | Randolph Smith | 1883 | ||
| 11 | J. R. Smith | 1885 | ||
| 12 | Charles Brown | 1887 | ||
| 13 | Louis Sohns | 1889 | ||
| 14 | J. R. Smith | 1890 | ||
| 15 | W. Byron Daniels | 1891 | ||
| 16 | G. W. Stapleton | 1894 | ||
| 17 | William Hoyt Brewster | 1897 | ||
| 18 | A. B. Eastham | 1898 | ||
| 19 | A. L. Johnson | 1900 | ||
| 20 | A. B. Eastham | 1901 | ||
| 21 | L. B. Clough | 1903 | ||
| 22 | E. G. Crawford | 1904 | ||
| 23 | Joseph R. Harvey | 1906 | ||
| 24 | E. M. Green | 1907 | ||
| 25 | John Phillip Kiggins | 1908 | 1st Term | |
| 26 | C. S. Irwin | 1911 | ||
| 27 | Henry Drass | 1913 | ||
| 28 | Milton Evans | 1914 | ||
| 29 | G. R. Percival [b] | 1918 | 1920 | |
| 30 | John Phillip Kiggins | 1920 | 2nd Term | |
| 31 | B. E. Allen | 1925 | ||
| 32 | John Phillip Kiggins | 1927 | 3rd Term | |
| 33 | Edward A. Hamilton [c] | 20 May 1935[2] | 31 December 1935 | Was victim in a car accident, and finally passed away on New Years Eve of 1935. |
| 34 | C. Art Pender [c][d] | 1936 | 1936 | Supposedly hated the job. Resigned after 8 months. |
| 35 | Joseph Powell Breckel [d] | 1936 | Chose not to run for re-election. | |
| 36 | John Phillip Kiggins | 1937 | 1938[3] | 4th Term |
| 37 | A. N. Stanley | 1939 | ||
| 38 | John A. Hogg | 1942 | ||
| 39 | Fred W. Sinclair | 1944 | ||
| 40 | V. B. Anderson | 1948 | ||
| 41 | Ralph E. Carter | 1952 | ||
| 42 | Robert S. McCall | June 1954[4] | ||
| 43 | Roy W. Adams | 1955 | ||
| 44 | Henry L. Schumacher | 1956 | ||
| 45 | Irving A. Jensen | 1958 | ||
| 46 | P. L. "Bob" Wilson | 1960 | ||
| 47 | Rudolph Luepke | 1962 | ||
| 48 | Robert D. McMullen | 1966 | ||
| 49 | Albert C. Angelo | 1967 | ||
| 50 | Irving C. Jensen | 1969 | ||
| 51 | Lloyd Stromgren | 1972 | ||
| 52 | James Gallagher | 1974 | ||
| 53 | Jim Justin | 1978 | 1984[5] | |
| 54 | Bryce Seidl | 1984 | ||
| 55 | Bruce Hagensen | 1988 | ||
| 56 | Royce Pollard | 1996 | ||
| 57 | Tim Leavitt | 2010 | ||
| 58 | Anne McEnerny-Ogle | 2018 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Tripp died in office on September 17, 1875.[1][2]
- ^ Percival disappeared October 17, 1920. His body was found November 22, 1920.[2]
- ^ a b Hamilton was in a traffic accident in late 1935 and died in January 1936. City councilman Pender was chosen by his fellow councillors to be mayor until the next election.[3]
- ^ a b Pender disliked being mayor and resigned within a few months of assuming the office. Breckel took over, as no other city councillor wanted to be mayor.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Bancroft, Hubert Howe (1890). The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft Volume XXXI: History of Washington, Idaho, and Montana 1845-1889. San Francisco: The History Company. p. 365. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ^ a b c Landerholm, Carl (1960). Vancouver Area Chronology 1784-1958 (PDF) (2002 ed.). Vancouver, WA: Clarke County Historical Society. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ^ a b c Jollota, Pat (2012). Legendary Locals of Vancouver, Washington. Mount Pleasant, SC: Arcadia Publishing. p. 69. ISBN 9781467100014. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ^ "New Mayor Named". The Daily Chronicle. Centralia, WA. 10 June 1954.
- ^ Damewood, Andrea (9 December 2009). "Justin, Ex-mayor of Vancouver, Dies". The Columbian. Vancouver, WA. Retrieved 6 February 2015.