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Mayors of San Diego, California

Mayors of San Diego, 1850-2006 (may be incomplete!)
Joshua Bean 1850-51 David B. Kurtz 1851-52 George P. Tebbetts 1852 William J. Hunsaker 1888-89 Douglas Gunn 1889-91 Mathew Sherman 1891-93 William H. Carlson 1893-97 Daniel C. Reed 1897-99 Edwin M. Capps 1899-1901 Frank P. Frary 1901-05 John L. Sehon 1905-07 John F. Forward, Sr. 1907-09 Conard Grant 1909-11 James E. Wadham 1911-13 Charles F. O'Neill 1913-15 Edwin M. Capps 1915-17 Louis J. Wilde 1917-21 John L. Bacon 1921-27 Harry C. Clark 1927-31 Walter W. Austin 1931-32 John F. Forward, Jr. 1932-34 Rutherford B. Irones 1934-35 Percy J. Benbough 1935-42 Howard B. Bard 1942-43 Harley E. Knox 1943-51 John D. Butler 1951-55 Charles C. Dail 1955-63 Frank E. Curran 1963-71 Pete Wilson 1971-82 William E. Cleator, Sr. 1983 Roger Hedgecock 1983-85 Maureen O'Connor 1985-92 Susan Golding 1992-2000 Dick Murphy 2001-05 Michael J. Zucchet 2005 Toni G. Atkins 2005 Jerry Sanders 2005-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1932: C. Leon de Aryan, defeated.
  • 1934 Aug 22: John F. Forward, Jr., resigned; Rutherford B. Irones, appointed.
  • 1942 Nov 4: Percy J. Benbough, died in office.
  • 1942 Nov 30: Howard B. Bard, appointed.
  • 1963: Helen Cobb, defeated in primary.
  • 1963: Frank E. Curran, elected.
  • 1979: Simon Casady, defeated.
  • 1983: William E. Cleator, Sr., defeated.
  • 1986: William E. Cleator, Sr., defeated.
  • 2000: Dick Murphy, elected.
  • 2004: Dick Murphy, elected; Donna Frye, defeated.
  • 2005 Jul 15: Dick Murphy, resigned.
  • 2005 Nov 8: Jerry Sanders, elected; Donna Frye, defeated.

    "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."
    Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872
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    The Political Graveyard is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. It is the Internet's most comprehensive source for American political biography, listing 192,291 politicians, living and dead.

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