Mayor of San Jose
This is a list of mayors of San Jose, California from its incorporation in 1850.
- Josiah Belden 1850–1851
- Thomas White 1851–1854
- O. H. Allen 1854–1855
- Sherman Otis Houghton 1855–1856
- Lawrence Archer 1856
- John M. Murphy 1856
- George Givens 1856–1857
- Ranson G. Moody 1857–1858
- Peter O. Minor 1858–1859
- Thomas Fallon 1859–1860
- Richard B. Buckner 1860–1861
- Joseph W. Johnson 1861–1863
- John Alonzo Quinby 1863–1868
- Mark Leavenworth 1868–1870
- Adolph Pfister 1870–1873
- Bernard D. Murphy 1873–1877
- George B. McKee 1877–1878
- Lawrence Archer 1878–1880
- Bernard D. Murphy 1880–1882
- Charles J. Martin 1882–1884
- Campbell Thompson Settle 1884–1886
- Charles W. Breyfogle 1886–1887
- Samuel Watson Boring 1887–1890
- Samuel N. Rucker 1890–1894
- Paul P. Austin 1894–1896
- Valentine Koch 1896–1898
- Charles J. Martin 1898–1902
- George D. Worswick 1902–1906
- Henry D. Mathews 1906–1908
- Charles W. Davison 1908–1910
- Thomas Monahan 1910–1914
- Fred R. Husted 1914–1916
- Elmer E. Chase 1916–1918 1
- Charles M. O'Brian 1918–1920
- Albert C. Jayet 1920–1922
- M. E. Arnerich 1922–1924
- Joseph T. Brooks 1924–1926
- Dan W. Gray 1926–1928
- Fred Doerr 1928–1930
- W. L. Biebrach 1930–1932
- A. M. Meyer 1932–1934
- Charles Bishop 1934–1936
- Richard French 1936–1938
- Clyde L. Fischer 1938–1940
- Harry Young 1940–1944
- Earl Campbell 1944–1945
- Ernest E. Renzel 1945–1946
- Albert J. Ruffo 1946–1948
- Fred Watson 1948–1950
- Clark L. Bradley 1950–1952
- Parker Hathaway 1952–1954
- George Starbird 1954–1956
- Robert Doerr 1956–1958
- Louis Solari 1958–1960
- Paul Moore 1960–1962
- Robert Welch 1962–1964
- Joseph L. Pace 1964–1966
- Ron James 1966–1970
- Norman Mineta 1971–1974
- Janet Gray Hayes 1975–1982
- Tom McEnery 1983–1990
- Susan Hammer 1991–1998
- Ron Gonzales 1999–2006
- Chuck Reed January 9, 2007–Present
References
- Arbuckle, Clyde; Clyde Arbuckle's History of San Jose; 1985
- Pioneers who made a difference
- San Jose case study, part one, the urban growth boundary
Notes
1Elmer E. Chase was the first mayor who was not the city's chief executive; the city moved to a council-manager government corresponding to his election. Chase and all following mayors are simply the president of the city council.
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