The Political Graveyard: Mayors of Baltimore, Maryland

Mayors of Baltimore, Maryland

Mayors of Baltimore, 1794-2007 (may be incomplete!)
James Calhoun 1794-1804 Thorowgood Smith 1804-08 Edward Johnson 1808-16 George Stiles 1816-19 Edward Johnson 1819-20 John Montgomery 1820-22 Edward Johnson 1822-24 John Montgomery 1824-26 Jacob Small, Jr. 1826-31 William Steuart 1831-32 Jesse Hunt 1832-35 Samuel Smith 1835-38 Sheppard C. Leakin 1838-40 Samuel Brady 1840-42 Solomon Hillen, Jr. 1842-43 James O. Law 1843-44 Jacob G. Davies 1844-48 Elijah Stansbury, Jr. 1848-50 John Hanson Thomas Jerome 1850-52 John Smith Hollins 1852-54 Samuel Hinks 1854-56 Thomas Swann 1856-60 George William Brown 1860-61 John C. Blackburn 1861-62 John Lee Chapman 1862-67 Robert T. Banks 1867-71 Joshua Van Sant 1871-75 Ferdinand Claiborne Latrobe 1875-77 George Proctor Kane 1877-78 Ferdinand Claiborne Latrobe 1878-81 William Pinkney Whyte 1881-83 Ferdinand Claiborne Latrobe 1883-85 James Hodges 1885-87 Ferdinand Claiborne Latrobe 1887-89 Robert C. Davidson 1889-91 Ferdinand Claiborne Latrobe 1891-95 Alcaeus Hooper 1895-97 William T. Malster 1897-99 Thomas Gordon Hayes 1899-1903 Robert M. McLane 1903-04 E. Clay Timanus 1904-07 J. Barry Mahool 1907-11 James H. Preston 1911-19 William F. Broening 1919-23 Howard W. Jackson 1923-27 William F. Broening 1927-31 Howard W. Jackson 1931-43 Theodore R. McKeldin 1943-47 Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr. 1947-59 J. Harold Grady 1959-62 Philip H. Goodman 1962-63 Theodore R. McKeldin 1963-67 Thomas L. J. D'Alesandro III 1967-71 William Donald Schaefer 1971-87 Du Burns 1987 Kurt L. Schmoke 1987-99 Martin J. O'Malley 1999-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1831 Mar 31: Jacob Small, Jr., resigned.

1878 Jun 23: George Proctor Kane, died in office.

1903: Frank C. Wachter, defeated.

1903 May 5: Robert M. McLane (Dem), elected.

1904 May 30: Robert M. McLane, died in office.

1907: J. Charles Linthicum, defeated.

1915: John Philip Hill, defeated.

1935: Blanchard Randall, Jr. (Rep), defeated; Elisabeth Gilman (Socialist), defeated.

1963: Philip H. Goodman, defeated.

1967: Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr., defeated.

1971: George L. Russell, Jr. (Dem), defeated in primary.

1971: Ross Z. Pierpont (Rep), defeated.

1975: Claudette Chandler (Rep), defeated.

1983 Sep 13: William Donald Schaefer (Dem), nominated; William H. Murphy, Jr. (Dem), defeated in primary; Monroe Cornish (Dem), defeated in primary; Lawrence Freeman (Dem), defeated in primary.

1983 Sep 13: Samuel A. Culotta (Rep), nominated; Byron P. Roberts, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary; Melvin C. Perkins (Rep), defeated in primary.

1983 Nov 8: William Donald Schaefer (Dem), elected; Samuel A. Culotta (Rep), defeated.

1987 Sep 15: Kurt L. Schmoke (Dem), nominated; Du Burns (Dem), defeated in primary; Charles A. Dugger (Dem), defeated in primary; Gene L. Michaels (Dem), defeated in primary; John G. Grinage (Dem), defeated in primary; Linda B. Robinson (Dem), defeated in primary.

1987 Sep 15: Samuel A. Culotta (Rep), nominated; Roy F. Carraher (Rep), defeated in primary; Earl Koger (Rep), defeated in primary; Melvin C. Perkins (Rep), defeated in primary; Monroe Cornish (Rep), defeated in primary.

1987 Nov 3: Kurt L. Schmoke (Dem), elected; Samuel A. Culotta (Rep), defeated.

1991 Sep 12: Kurt L. Schmoke (Dem), nominated; Du Burns (Dem), defeated in primary; William A. Swisher (Dem), defeated in primary; Gene L. Michaels (Dem), defeated in primary; John B. Ascher (Dem), defeated in primary; Philip C. Dypsky, Sr. (Dem), defeated in primary; Sheila Hopkins (Dem), defeated in primary; Ronald W. Williams (Dem), defeated in primary.

1991 Sep 12: Samuel A. Culotta (Rep), nominated; Joseph A. Scalia (Rep), defeated in primary; Bruce K. Price (Rep), defeated in primary; Roy F. Carraher (Rep), defeated in primary; William Edward Roberts, Sr. (Rep), defeated in primary; Dan Heigel (Rep), defeated in primary.

1991 Nov 15: Kurt L. Schmoke (Dem), elected; Samuel A. Culotta (Rep), defeated.

1995 Sep 12: Kurt L. Schmoke (Dem), nominated; Mary Pat Clarke (Dem), defeated in primary; Kelley Culver Brohawn (Dem), defeated in primary.

1995 Sep 12: Victor Clarke, Jr. (Rep), nominated; S. Scott McCown (Rep), defeated in primary; Arthur W. Cuffie, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary.

1995 Nov 7: Kurt L. Schmoke (Dem), elected; Victor Clarke, Jr. (Rep), defeated.

1999 Sep 14: Martin J. O'Malley (Dem), nominated; Carl Stokes (Dem), defeated in primary; Lawrence Bell (Dem), defeated in primary; Mary W. Conaway (Dem), defeated in primary; A. Robert Kaufman (Dem), defeated in primary; Charles A. Dugger (Dem), defeated in primary; Sandra Okwaye (Dem), defeated in primary; Robert S. Cunningham (Dem), defeated in primary; Phillip A. Brown, Jr. (Dem), defeated in primary; William Edward Roberts, Sr. (Dem), defeated in primary; Jessica June Davis (Dem), defeated in primary; Gene L. Michaels (Dem), defeated in primary; Richard Riha (Dem), defeated in primary; Bernard Kempa (Dem), defeated in primary; Richard A. Darrah (Dem), defeated in primary; Vincent Phillip Fullard (Dem), defeated in primary; John William Hahn (Dem), defeated in primary.

1999 Sep 14: David F. Tufaro (Rep), nominated; Carl M. Adair (Rep), defeated in primary; Melanie M. Taylor (Rep), defeated in primary; Arthur W. Cuffie, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary; Lynwood H. Leverette (Rep), defeated in primary; Roberto Marsili (Rep), defeated in primary.

1999 Nov 2: Martin J. O'Malley (Dem), elected; David F. Tufaro (Rep), defeated.

2003 Sep 9: Martin J. O'Malley (Dem), nominated; Andrey Bundley (Dem), defeated in primary; Marvin Ray Jones (Dem), defeated in primary; A. Robert Kaufman (Dem), defeated in primary; Charles U. Smith (Dem), defeated in primary.

2004 Nov 2: Martin J. O'Malley (Dem), elected; Elbert R. Henderson (Rep), defeated.

2007 Sep 11: Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr. (Dem), defeated in primary.

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