List of pre-statehood mayors of Los Angeles
Listing of the mayors of the Pueblo de Los Angeles and Los Angeles from 1781 to 1850, before the admission of California to statehood in the United States.
Spanish Colonial era - 1781–1821
The office of Alcalde-Mayor of the El Pueblo de la Reina de los Ángeles in the Las Californias [1786–1804] and Alta California [1804–1822] territories of the Commandancy General of the Provincias Internas in the Castilian (Spanish) Viceroyalty of New Spain.
- The Alcalde was elected annually, without the right to reelection for two years. With the incomplete nature of records from the Spanish colonial period of Los Angeles, only the first year of 1781 is certain. [1][2]
| Name | Tenure | Title |
|---|---|---|
| José Vicente Feliz | 1781–1786 | Comisionado (area military commissioner), acted as Chief Public Official. |
| Jose Vanegas | 1786–1788 | Alcalde |
| Jose Sinova | 1789 | Alcalde[3] |
| Francisco Reyes | 1790 | Alcalde (removed from office for gambling in July)[4] |
| Mariano Verdugo | 1790–1791 | Alcalde (elected July 1790, reelected January 1791)[5] |
| Jose Vanegas (2nd) | 1792 | Alcalde (tenure uncertain)[6] |
| Francisco Reyes (2nd) | 1793–1795 | Alcalde |
| José Vanegas (3rd) | 1796 | Alcalde |
| Juan Manuel Ramírez Arellano (Arellanes) | 1797 | Alcalde[7] |
| Guillermo Soto | 1798 | Alcalde[8] |
| Francisco Serrano | 1799 | Alcalde |
| Joaquin Higuera | 1800–1801 | Alcalde |
| Mariano Verdugo (2nd) | 1802–1808 | Alcalde[9] |
| Guillermo Soto (2nd) | 1809 | Alcalde[10] |
| Francisco Avila | 1810 | Alcalde |
| Manuel Gutierrez | 1811–1812 | Alcalde |
| Guillermo Soto (3rd) | 1812–1815 | Comisionado, assumed responsibilities of Alcalde |
| Antonio Maria Lugo | 1816 | Alcalde[11] |
| José Polanco | 1817 | Alcalde[12] |
| Anastasio Avila | 1819–1821 | Alcalde |
Mexican era - 1822 to 1848
The office of Alcalde-Mayor of the Pueblo de Los Angeles in the Alta California territory of Independent Mexico [1821–1848].
| Name | Tenure | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Manuel Gutierrez (2nd) | 1821–1824 | Alcalde |
| Guillermo Cota | 1824 | Alcalde |
| Encarnacion Urquides | 1824 | Alcalde |
| José Maria Avila | 1825 | Alcalde |
| José Antonio Carrillo | 1826 | Alcalde |
| Claudio Lopez | 1826–1827 | Alcalde |
| Guillermo Cota (2nd) | 1827–1828 | Alcalde |
| José Antonio Carrillo (2nd) | 1828–1829 | Alcalde |
| Guillermo Cota (4th) | 1829–1830 | Alcalde |
| Tiburcio Tapia | 1830–1831 | Alcalde |
| Vicente Sanchez | 1831–1832 | Alcalde |
| Manuel Dominguez | 1832–1833 | Alcalde |
| José Antonio Carrillo (3rd) | 1833–1834 | Alcalde |
| José Perez | 1834–1835 | Alcalde |
| Francisco Javier Alvarado | 1835–1836 | Alcalde |
| Manuel Requena | 1836–1837 | Alcalde |
| Jose Loreto Sepulveda | 1837 | Alcalde |
| Luis Arenas | 1838–1839 | Alcalde |
| Tiburcio Tapia (2nd) and Jose Loreto Sepulveda (2nd) | 1839–1840 | First and Second Alcalde |
| Ygnacio Palomares and Ygnacio Alvarado | 1841 | Justices of Peace |
| Manuel Dominguez (2nd) and Jose Loreto Sepulveda (3rd) | 1842 | Justices of Peace |
| Manuel Dominguez (2nd) and Antonio F. Coronel | 1843 | Justices of Peace |
| Manuel Requena (2nd) and Tiburcio Tapia (3rd) | 1844 | First and Second Alcalde |
| Vicente Sanchez (2nd) and Juan Capistrano Sepulveda | 1845 | First and Second Alcalde |
| Juan Gallardo and Jose Loreto Sepulveda (4th) | 1846 | First and Second Alcalde |
| Jose Salazar and Enrique Avila | 1847 | First and Second Alcalde |
| Ygnacio Palomares (2nd) and Jose Loreto Sepulveda (5th) | 1848 | First and Second Alcalde |
American Territorial era - 1848 to 1850
The office of Mayor of the town of Los Angeles in the U.S. Executive Department of California [1848–1850].
| Name | Tenure | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Stephen Clark Foster | 1848–1850 | Mayor |
See also
- Post-statehood Mayors of Los Angeles - [1850 to present]
- History of Los Angeles
- List of pre-statehood governors of California - [1769–1849]
- Las Californias - [1786–1804] Spanish
- Alta California - [1804–1822] Spanish - [1822–1848] Mexican
- Conquest of California - [1846–1848] U.S.
References
- ^ Caughey, John and LaRee Caughey. Los Angeles: Biography of a City. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1977. 74. ISBN 0-520-03410-4
- ^ "Alcalde" and "Ayuntamiento" in Pitt, Leonard and Dale PItt. Los Angeles A to Z: An Encyclopedia of the City and County. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997. 11 and 33. ISBN 0-520-20274-0
- ^ Mason, William M. Los Angeles Under the Spanish Flag: Spain's New World. Archived 2009-03-20 at the Wayback Machine Burbank: Southern California Genealogical Society, 2004, 23. ISBN 0-9617773-3-8
- ^ Mason, Los Angeles Under the Spanish Flag, 25.
- ^ Mason, Los Angeles Under the Spanish Flag, 25, 27.
- ^ Mason, Los Angeles Under the Spanish Flag, 32.
- ^ Mason, Los Angeles Under the Spanish Flag, 32.
- ^ Mason, Los Angeles Under the Spanish Flag, 34.
- ^ Mason, Los Angeles Under the Spanish Flag, 37.
- ^ Mason, Los Angeles Under the Spanish Flag, 44-45.
- ^ Mason, Los Angeles Under the Spanish Flag, 58.
- ^ Mason, Los Angeles Under the Spanish Flag, 58.
- John P. Schmal (2004-04-17). "The Mayors of Los Angeles". LatinoLA. Retrieved 2007-01-04.
- Los Angeles Almanac