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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
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Name(Birth–Death)
Term start and end
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Hugh O'Bryant (1813–1883)
1851–1852[ 1] [ 2]
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A. C. Bonnell (1801–1875)
April 1852 – November 1852
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Simon B. Marye (c. 1810–1868)
November 1852 – April 1853
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Josiah Failing (1806–1877)
1853–1854
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William S. Ladd (1826–1893)
1854–1855
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George W. Vaughn (1809–1877)
1855–1856
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James O'Neill (1824–1913)
1856–1857
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William S. Ladd (1826–1893)
1857–1858
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A. M. Starr (c. 1820–1891)
1858–1859
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S. J. McCormick (1828–1891)
1859–1860
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G. Collier Robbins (1823–19??)
1860–1861
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John M. Breck (1828–1900)
1861–1862
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William H. Farrar (1826–1873)
1862–1863
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David Logan (1824–1874)
1863–1864
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Henry Failing (1834–1898)
1864 – November 16, 1866[ 3]
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Thomas J. Holmes (1819–1867)
1866–1867
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J. A. Chapman (1821–1885)
1867–1868
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Hamilton Boyd
1868–1869
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Bernard Goldsmith (1832–1901)
1869–1871
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Philip Wasserman (1828–1895)
1871–1873
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Henry Failing (1834–1898)
1873–1875
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J. A. Chapman (1821–1885)
1875–1877
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William Spencer Newbury (1834–1915)
1877–1879
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David P. Thompson (1834–1901)
1879–1882
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J. A. Chapman (1821–1885)
1882–1885
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John Gates (1827–1888)
1885 – April 27, 1888(died in office) [ 4]
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Van B. DeLashmutt (1842–1921)
May 2, 1888[ 5] – 1891
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William S. Mason (1832–1899)
1891–1894
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George P. Frank (1852–1896)
1894–1896
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Sylvester Pennoyer (1831–1902)
1896–1898
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William S. Mason (1832–1899)
July 1, 1898[ 6] – March 27, 1899(died in office) [ 7]
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W. A. Storey (1854–1917)
May 17, 1899[ 8] –1900
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Henry S. Rowe (1851–1914)
1900–1902
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George Henry Williams (1823–1910)
1902–1905
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Harry Lane (1855–1917)
1905–1909
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Joseph Simon (1851–1935)
1909–1911
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Allen G. Rushlight (1874–1930)
1911–1913
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H. Russell Albee (1867–1950)
June 1913 – July 1917[ 9]
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George L. Baker (1868–1941)
July 1917 – July 1933[ 9]
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Joseph K. Carson (1891–1956)
July 1933 – December 1940[ 9]
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Earl Riley (1890–1965)
January 1941 – December 1948[ 9]
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Dorothy McCullough Lee (1901–1981)
January 1949 – December 1952[ 9]
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Fred L. Peterson (1896–1985)
January 1953 – December 1956
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Terry Schrunk (1913–1975)
January 1957 – December 1972[ 9]
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Neil Goldschmidt (born 1940)
January 1973 – August 15, 1979[ 9] [ 10]
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Connie McCready (1921–2000)
September 5, 1979[ 9] [ 11] – November 23, 1980[ 9]
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Frank Ivancie (born 1924)
November 24, 1980[ 9] [ 12] – January 2, 1985[ 13]
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Bud Clark (born 1931)
January 1985 – December 1992[ 9]
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Vera Katz (1933–2017)
January 1993 – December 2004[ 9]
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Tom Potter (born 1940)
January 2005 – December 31, 2008[ 9]
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Sam Adams (born 1963)
January 1, 2009 – December 31, 2012[ 9]
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Charlie Hales (born 1956)
January 1, 2013 – December 31, 2016
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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 (or Populist), gray for Independent , and none for unknown), but it must be noted that Mayor of Portland is a nonpartisan office.
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).
As of 2017, there are 6 living former mayors. The most recent mayor to die was Vera Katz , on December 11, 2017.
Mayor
Term
Date of birth
Neil Goldschmidt
1973–1979
(1940-06-16 ) June 16, 1940 (age 84)
Frank Ivancie
1980–1985
(1924-07-19 ) July 19, 1924 (age 100)
Bud Clark
1985–1992
(1931-12-19 ) December 19, 1931 (age 92)
Tom Potter
2005–2009
(1940-09-12 ) September 12, 1940 (age 84)
Sam Adams
2009–2013
(1963-12-03 ) December 3, 1963 (age 60)
Charlie Hales
2013–2017
(1956-01-22 ) January 22, 1956 (age 68)
See also
References
^ Lansing, Jewel . (2003). Portland: People, Politics, and Power, 1851–2001 , p. 26–49.
^ Office of Auditor Mary Hull Caballero. "Mayors of Portland, Oregon" . Portland Auditor's Office. Retrieved December 23, 2015 .
^ Chet Orloff . "List of mayors of Portland, Oregon" . The Oregon Encyclopedia .
^ "Death of Mayor Gates". The Morning Oregonian . April 28, 1888. p. 8.
^ "Mayor Van B. De Lashmutt; The Council Chooses a Head to the City Government". The Morning Oregonian . May 3, 1888. p. 8.
^ "Mason at the Helm". The Morning Oregonian , July 2, 1898, p. 8.
^ "William A. Storey Dies; Life in Portland For Many Years Was Prominent" . The Morning Oregonian . July 31, 1917. p. 11.
^ "Took Oath of Office: Auditor Gambell Declined, So Storey Went Before a Notary". The Morning Oregonian . May 18, 1899. p. 12.
^ 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 .
^ Jennings, Steve (August 23, 1979). "Schwab says Portland needs 'budgetary diet' ". The Oregonian . p. C1.
^ Jenning, Steve (September 6, 1979). "Mayor McCready takes office". The Oregonian . p. 1.
^ Williams, Linda (November 25, 1980). "Beaming Ivancie sworn in as Portland mayor". The Oregonian . p. 1.
^ Painter Jr., John (January 3, 1985). "Mayor Clark takes oath; new era begins". The Oregonian . p. 1.
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