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Mayors of Washington, District of Columbia

Mayors of Washington, 1802-2004 (may be incomplete!)
Robert Brent 1802-12 Daniel Rapine 1812-13 James H. Blake 1813-17 Benjamin G. Orr 1817-19 Samuel N. Smallwood 1819-22 Thomas Carbery 1822-24 Samuel N. Smallwood 1824 Roger C. Weightman 1824-27 Joseph Gales, Jr. 1827-30 John P. Van Ness 1830-34 William A. Bradley 1834-36 Peter Force 1836-40 William Winston Seaton 1840-50 Walter Lenox 1850-52 John W. Maury 1852-54 John Thomas Towers 1854-56 William B. Magruder 1856-58 James G. Berret 1858-61 Richard Wallach 1861-68 Sayles J. Bowen 1868-70 Matthew Gault Emery 1870-71 Walter Washington 1975-79 Marion Barry 1979-91 Sharon Pratt Kelly 1991-95 Marion Barry 1995-99 Anthony A. Williams 1999-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1978: Walter Washington (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1986: Carol Schwartz (Rep), defeated.
  • 1990 Sep 11: Sharon Pratt Dixon (Dem), nominated; John Ray (Dem), defeated in primary; Charlene Drew Jarvis (Dem), defeated in primary; David A. Clarke (Dem), defeated in primary; Walter E. Fauntroy (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1990 Sep 11: Maurice T. Turner, Jr. (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1990 Sep 11: Alvin C. Frost (D.C. Statehood), nominated unopposed.
  • 1990 Nov 6: Sharon Pratt Dixon (Dem), elected; Maurice T. Turner, Jr. (Rep), defeated; Alvin C. Frost (D.C. Statehood), defeated; Nancy Lord (Libertarian), defeated; Mary E. Cox (Ind), defeated; Brian P. Moore (Ind), defeated; Bernell Brooks (Ind), defeated; Thomas Barnes Carter (Ind), defeated; Ike Nahem (Socialist Workers), defeated; Osie L. Thorpe (Ind), defeated; Faith (Ind), defeated.
  • 1994 Sep 13: Marion Barry (Dem), nominated; John Ray (Dem), defeated in primary; Sharon Pratt Kelly (Dem), defeated in primary; Otis H. Troupe (Dem), defeated in primary; Don Reeves (Dem), defeated in primary; Osie L. Thorpe (Dem), defeated in primary; Don Folden, Sr. (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1994 Sep 13: Carol Schwartz (Rep), nominated; Brian P. Moore (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1994 Nov 8: Marion Barry (Dem), elected; Carol Schwartz (Rep), defeated; Curtis Pree (Ind), defeated; Jodean M. Marks (D.C. Statehood), defeated; Jesse Battle, Jr. (Ind), defeated; Aaron Ruby (Socialist Workers), defeated; Faith (Ind), defeated.
  • 1998 Sep 15: Anthony A. Williams (Dem), nominated; Kevin P. Chavous (Dem), defeated in primary; Jack Evans (Dem), defeated in primary; Harold Brazil (Dem), defeated in primary; Sylvia Robinson-Green (Dem), defeated in primary; Jeff Gildenhorn (Dem), defeated in primary; Osie L. Thorpe (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1998 Sep 15: Carol Schwartz (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1998 Sep 15: John Gloster, Jr. (D.C. Statehood), nominated unopposed.
  • 1998 Nov 3: Anthony A. Williams (Dem), elected; Carol Schwartz (Rep), defeated; John Gloster, Jr. (D.C. Statehood), defeated; Alpha Brown (Ind), defeated; Brian P. Moore (Ind), defeated; Faith (Ind), defeated; Sam Manuel (Socialist Workers), defeated; Albert Ceccone (Ind), defeated.

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