The Political Graveyard: Mayors of Los Angeles, California

Mayors of Los Angeles, California

Mayors of Los Angeles, 1850-2005 (may be incomplete!)
Alpheus P. Hodges 1850-51 Benjamin D. Wilson 1851-52 John G. Nichols 1852-53 Antonio F. Coronel 1853-54 Stephen C. Foster 1854-55 Thomas Foster 1855-56 Stephen C. Foster 1856 John G. Nichols 1856-59 Damien Marchessault 1859-60 Henry Mellus 1860 Damien Marchessault 1861-65 Jose Mascarel 1865-66 Cristobal Aguilar 1866-68 Joel Turner 1868-70 Cristobal Aguilar 1870-72 J. R. Toberman 1872-74 Prudent Beaudry 1874-76 Frederick A. MacDougal 1876-78 J. R. Toberman 1878-82 Cameron E. Thom 1882-84 Edward F. Spence 1884-86 William H. Workman 1886-88 John Bryson 1888-89 Henry T. Hazard 1889-92 Thomas E. Rowan 1892-94 Frank Rader 1894-96 Meredith Pinxton Snyder 1896-98 Frederick S. Eaton 1898-1900 Meredith Pinxton Snyder 1900-04 Owen C. McAleer 1904-06 Arthur C. Harper 1906-09 William D. Stephens 1909 George Alexander 1909-13 Henry R. Rose 1913-15 Charles E. Sebastian 1915-16 Frederick T. Woodman 1916-19 Meredith Pinxton Snyder 1919-21 George E. Cryer 1921-29 John Clinton Porter 1929-33 Frank L. Shaw 1933-38 Fletcher Bowron 1938-53 C. Norris Poulson 1953-61 Samuel W. Yorty 1961-73 Tom Bradley 1973-93 Richard J. Riordan 1993-2001 James K. Hahn 2001-05

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1860: Henry Mellus, died in office.

1909 Mar 11: Arthur C. Harper, resigned.

1925: Benjamin Franklin Bledsoe, defeated.

1933: Frank L. Shaw, elected; John Clinton Porter, defeated.

1941: John Clinton Porter, defeated; Charles Kramer, defeated; Fletcher Bowron, elected.

1965: James Roosevelt, defeated.

1969: Alphonzo Bell, defeated; Baxter Ward, defeated; Tom Bradley, defeated.

1973: Robert K. Dornan, defeated; Jesse M. Unruh, defeated; Samuel W. Yorty, defeated; Tom Bradley, elected.

1981: Samuel W. Yorty, defeated.

1985: John Ferraro, defeated.

1993: Michael Woo, defeated; Ernani Bernardi, defeated.

2001 Jun 5: Antonio R. Villaraigosa, defeated.

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Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872

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