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See also: Government of Portland, Oregon

Gallery of the mayors of Portland

This is a list of mayors of the city of Portland, Oregon. Under Portland's system of government, members of the City Council (known as Commissioners) have many duties that are generally the domain of a mayor.

The current term for mayor of Portland is four years. Mayoral elections are held in May of US presidential election years (years divisible by four), during the Oregon primary election, with a runoff between the top two vote-getters held in November of the same year should no candidate garner a majority vote in the May election. The mayor-elect takes office the following January.

List

# Image Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term start and end
style="background:Template:Unknown Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 1 Hugh O'Bryant
(1813–1883) 		1851–1852[1][2]
style="background:Template:Unknown Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 2 A. C. Bonnell
(1801–1875) 		April 1852 – November 1852
style="background:Template:Unknown Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 3 Simon B. Marye
(c. 1810–1868) 		November 1852 – April 1853
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 4 Josiah Failing
(1806–1877) 		1853–1854
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 5 William S. Ladd
(1826–1893) 		1854–1855
style="background:Template:Unknown Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 6 George W. Vaughn
(1809–1877) 		1855–1856
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 7 James O'Neill
(1824–1901) 		1856–1857
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 8 William S. Ladd
(1826–1893) 		1857–1858
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 9 A. M. Starr
(c. 1820–1891) 		1858–1859
style="background:Template:Unknown Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 10 S. J. McCormick
(1828–1891) 		1859–1860
style="background:Template:Unknown Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 11 G. Collier Robbins
(1823–19??) 		1860–1861
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 12 John M. Breck
(1828–1900) 		1861–1862
style="background:Template:Unknown Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 13 William H. Farrar
(1826–1873) 		1862–1863
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 14 David Logan
(1824–1874) 		1863–1864
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 15 Henry Failing
(1834–1898) 		1864 – November 16, 1866[3]
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 16 Thomas J. Holmes
(1819–1867) 		1866–1867
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 17 J. A. Chapman
(1821–1885) 		1867–1868
style="background:Template:Unknown Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 18 Hamilton Boyd
 1868–1869
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 19 Bernard Goldsmith
(1832–1901) 		1869–1871
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 20 Philip Wasserman
(1828–1895) 		1871–1873
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 21 Henry Failing
(1834–1898) 		1873–1875
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 22 J. A. Chapman
(1821–1885) 		1875–1877
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 23 William Spencer Newbury
(1834–1915) 		1877–1879
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 24 David P. Thompson
(1834–1901) 		1879–1882
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 25 J. A. Chapman
(1821–1885) 		1882–1885
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 26 John Gates
(1827–1888) 		1885 – April 27, 1888
(died in office)[4]
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 27 Van B. DeLashmutt
(1842–1921) 		May 2, 1888[5] – 1891
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 28 William S. Mason
(1832–1899) 		1891–1894
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 29 George P. Frank
(1852–1896) 		1894–1896
style="background:Template:People's Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 30 Sylvester Pennoyer
(1831–1902) 		1896–1898
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 31 William S. Mason
(1832–1899) 		July 1, 1898[6] – March 27, 1899
(died in office)[7]
style="background:Template:Unknown Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 32 W. A. Storey
(1854–1917) 		May 17, 1899[8] –1900
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 33 Henry S. Rowe
(1851–1914) 		1900–1902
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 34 George Henry Williams
(1823–1910) 		1902–1905
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;"| 35 Harry Lane
(1855–1917) 		1905–1909
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 36 Joseph Simon
(1851–1935) 		1909–1911
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 37 Allen G. Rushlight
(1874–1930) 		1911–1913
style="background:Template:Unknown Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 38 H. Russell Albee
(1867–1950) 		June 1913 – July 1917[9]
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 39 George L. Baker
(1868–1941) 		July 1917 – July 1933[9]
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 40 Joseph K. Carson
(1891–1956) 		July 1933 – December 1940[9]
style="background:Template:Unknown Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 41 Earl Riley
(1890–1965) 		January 1941 – December 1948[9]
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 42 Dorothy McCullough Lee
(1901–1981) 		January 1949 – December 1952[9]
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 43 Fred L. Peterson
(1896–1985) 		January 1953 – December 1956
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 44 Terry Schrunk
(1913–1975) 		January 1957 – December 1972[9]
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 45 Neil Goldschmidt
(born 1940) 		January 1973 – August 15, 1979[9][10]
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 46 Connie McCready
(1921–2000) 		September 5, 1979[9][11] – November 23, 1980[9]
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 47 Frank Ivancie
(1924–2019) 		November 24, 1980[9][12] – January 2, 1985[13]
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;"| 48 Bud Clark
(born 1931) 		January 1985 – December 1992[9]
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 49 Vera Katz
(1933–2017) 		January 1993 – December 2004[9]
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 50 Tom Potter
(born 1940) 		January 2005 – December 31, 2008[9]
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 51 Sam Adams
(born 1963) 		January 1, 2009 – December 31, 2012[9]
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 52 Charlie Hales
(born 1956) 		January 1, 2013 – December 31, 2016
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;"| 53 Ted Wheeler
(born 1962) 		January 1, 2017 – present

Note: The color shown in the number (#) column denotes political party (red for Republican, blue for Democratic, teal for the People's Party (Populist), gray for Independent).

The City of Portland mayor's office, in the City Hall, contains a collection of mounted portraits of all the mayors to date. As of November 2014 only two mayors are missing from the collection; William H. Farrar (1862–1863), and Hamilton Boyd (1868–1869).

Living former mayors

As of 2019, there are 5 living former mayors. The most recent mayor to die was Frank Ivancie, on May 2, 2019.

Mayor Term Date of birth
Neil Goldschmidt 1973–1979 (1940-06-16) June 16, 1940 (age 84)
Bud Clark 1985–1992 (1931-12-19) December 19, 1931 (age 92)
Tom Potter 2005–2008 (1940-09-12) September 12, 1940 (age 83)
Sam Adams 2009–2012 (1963-12-03) December 3, 1963 (age 60)
Charlie Hales 2013–2016 (1956-01-22) January 22, 1956 (age 68)

See also

References

  1. ^ Lansing, Jewel. (2003). Portland: People, Politics, and Power, 1851–2001, p. 26–49.
  2. ^ Office of Auditor Mary Hull Caballero. "Mayors of Portland, Oregon". Portland Auditor's Office. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
  3. ^ Chet Orloff. "Henry Failing (1834-1898)". The Oregon Encyclopedia.
  4. ^ "Death of Mayor Gates". The Morning Oregonian. April 28, 1888. p. 8.
  5. ^ "Mayor Van B. De Lashmutt; The Council Chooses a Head to the City Government". The Morning Oregonian. May 3, 1888. p. 8.
  6. ^ "Mason at the Helm". The Morning Oregonian, July 2, 1898, p. 8.
  7. ^ "William A. Storey Dies; Life in Portland For Many Years Was Prominent". The Morning Oregonian. July 31, 1917. p. 11.
  8. ^ "Took Oath of Office: Auditor Gambell Declined, So Storey Went Before a Notary". The Morning Oregonian. May 18, 1899. p. 12.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "City Elected Officials Since 1913". Office of Auditor Mary Hull Caballero. Retrieved February 13, 2016.
  10. ^ Jennings, Steve (August 23, 1979). "Schwab says Portland needs 'budgetary diet'". The Oregonian. p. C1.
  11. ^ Jenning, Steve (September 6, 1979). "Mayor McCready takes office". The Oregonian. p. 1.
  12. ^ Williams, Linda (November 25, 1980). "Beaming Ivancie sworn in as Portland mayor". The Oregonian. p. 1.
  13. ^ Painter Jr., John (January 3, 1985). "Mayor Clark takes oath; new era begins". The Oregonian. p. 1.

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