List of mayors of Houston

This is a list of people who have served as mayor of the city of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas.

Mayor of Houston
Incumbent
Sylvester Turner

since January 2, 2016
StyleThe Honorable
Term lengthFour years, renewable once (effective 2016)
Inaugural holderJames S. Holman
1837
FormationHouston City Charter
WebsiteOfficial website

Until 2015, the term of the mayor was two years. Beginning with the tenure of Bob Lanier, the city charter imposed term limits on officeholders of no more than three terms (six years total). On November 3, 2015, voters approved Proposition 2, which extended the terms of the Mayor, City Controller and City Councilmembers to four years, while imposing a limit of two terms.

List of mayors of Houston

TermMayor Party Affiliation
2016–presentSylvester Turner   Democratic
2010–2016Annise Parker   Democratic
2004–2010Bill White   Democratic
1998–2004Lee Brown   Democratic
1992–1998Bob Lanier   Democratic
1982–1992Kathy Whitmire[1]   Democratic
1978–1981Jim McConn   Republican
1974–1978Fred Hofheinz   Democratic
1964–1973Louie Welch   Republican
1958–1963Lewis Cutrer   Democratic
1956–1957Oscar F. Holcombe (5th)   Democratic
1953–1955Roy Hofheinz   Democratic
1947–1952Oscar F. Holcombe (4th)   Democratic
1943–1946Otis Massey   Democratic
1941–1942Neal Pickett
1939–1941Oscar F. Holcombe (3rd)   Democratic
1937–1938Richard H. Fonville
1933–1936Oscar F. Holcombe (2nd)   Democratic
1929–1933Walter E. Monteith
1921–1929Oscar F. Holcombe   Democratic
1918–1921A. Earl Amerman
1917–1918Joseph Chappell Hutcheson, Jr.
1917J. J. Pastoriza (died in office)
1913–1917Ben Campbell
1905–1913H. Baldwin Rice (2nd)
1904–1905Andrew L. Jackson
1902–1904O. T. Holt
1901–1902John D. Woolford
1898–1901Samuel H. Brashear
1896–1898H. Baldwin Rice
1892–1896John T. Browne
1890–1892Henry Scherffius
1886–1890Daniel C. Smith
1880–1886William R. Baker
1879–1880Andrew J. Burke
1877–1878James T. D. Wilson (2nd)
1875–1876I. C. Lord
1874James T. D. Wilson
1870–1873Thomas H. Scanlan
1868–1870Joseph Robert Morris
1867–1868Alexander McGowan (2nd)
1866Horace D. Taylor
1863–1865William Anders
1862Thomas W. House
1861William J. Hutchins
1860Thomas W. Whitmarsh
1859William King
1858Alexander McGowan
1856–1857Cornelius Ennis
1855–1856James H. Stevens
1853–1854Nathan Fuller
1849–1852Francis W. Moore, Jr. (3rd)
1847–1848B. P. Buckner
1846James Bailey
1845W. W. Swain
1844Horace Baldwin
1843Francis W. Moore, Jr. (2nd)
1841–1842Colonel J.D. Andrews
1840Charles Bigelow
1839George W. Lively
1838–1839Francis W. Moore, Jr.
1837James S. Holman

Living former mayors

As of January 2020, five former mayors were alive, the oldest being Lee Brown (1998–2004, born 1937). The most recent mayor to die was Bob Lanier (1992–1998), on December 20, 2014.

NameMayoral termDate of birth
Fred Hofheinz 1974–1977 March 15, 1938
Kathy Whitmire 1982–1991 August 15, 1946
Lee Brown 1998–2004 October 4, 1937
Bill White 2004–2010 June 16, 1954
Annise Parker 2010–2016 May 17, 1956

See also

References

  1. "Timeline". Women in Texas History. Austin: Ruthe Winegarten Memorial Foundation for Texas Women's History. Archived from the original on March 23, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
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