The Political Graveyard: Mayors of San Francisco, California

Mayors of San Francisco, California

Mayors of San Francisco, 1850-2004 (may be incomplete!)
John W. Geary 1850-51 Charles James Brenham 1851 Stephen Randall Harris 1852 Charles James Brenham 1852-53 Cornelius Kingsland Garrison 1853-54 Stephen Palfrey Webb 1854-55 James P. Van Ness 1855-56 George J. Whelan 1856 Ephraim Willard Burr 1856-59 Henry Frederick Teschemacher 1859-63 Henry Perrin Coon 1863-67 Frank McCoppin 1867-69 Thomas Henry Selby 1869-71 William Alvord 1871-73 James Otis 1873-75 George Hewston 1875 Andrew Jackson Bryant 1875-79 Isaac Smith Kalloch 1879-81 Maurice C. Blake 1881-83 Washington Bartlett 1883-87 Edward B. Pond 1887-91 George Henry Sanderson 1891-93 Levi Richard Ellert 1893-95 Adolph Heinrich Joseph Sutro 1895-97 James D. Phelan 1897-1902 Eugene E. Schmitz 1902-07 Charles Boxton 1907 Edward Robeson Taylor 1907-10 Patrick Henry McCarthy 1910-12 James Rolph, Jr. 1912-31 Angelo J. Rossi 1931-44 Roger Dearborn Lapham 1944-48 Elmer E. Robinson 1948-56 George Christopher 1956-64 John F. Shelley 1964-68 Joseph L. Alioto 1968-76 George Moscone 1976-78 Dianne Feinstein 1978-88 Art Agnos 1988-92 Frank Jordan 1992-97 Willie L. Brown, Jr. 1997- Gavin Newsom 2004

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1875: Andrew Jackson Bryant (Dem), elected.

1875 Oct 30: James Otis, died in office.

1877: Andrew Jackson Bryant (Dem), elected.

1907: Charles Boxton, resigned.

1947: Elmer E. Robinson, elected.

1951: George Christopher, defeated; Elmer E. Robinson, elected.

1975: Dianne Feinstein, defeated; Milton Marks, defeated.

1978 Nov 27: George Moscone, died in office.

1979: Quentin L. Kopp, defeated; Jello Biafra, defeated.

1991: Angela Alioto, defeated.

1995: Roberta Achtenberg, defeated; Angela Alioto, defeated.

1999: Tom R. Ammiano, defeated.

2003: Susan Leal, defeated; Gavin Newsom, elected; Tom R. Ammiano, defeated; Angela Alioto, defeated; Matt Gonzales, defeated; Matt Gonzalez, defeated.

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

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