The Political Graveyard: Mayors of Austin, Texas

Mayors of Austin, Texas

Mayors of Austin, 1840-2003 (may be incomplete!)
Edwin Waller 1840 Thomas William Ward 1840-41 Moses Johnson 1841 Asa Brigham 1842-43 J. W. Robertson 1843-44 James M. Long 1845-46 Jacob M. Harrell 1847 S. G. Haynie 1850-51 George J. Durham 1852 Thomas William Ward 1853 W. P. DeNormandie 1853 John S. Ford 1854 J. T. Cleveland 1855 E. R. Peck 1856 Thomas E. Sneed 1857 B. F. Carter 1858-59 James W. Smith 1860-62 S. G. Haynie 1863-64 Thomas William Ward 1865 William Carr 1866-67 Leander Brown 1867-71 John Glenn 1871-72 Thomas Benton Wheeler 1873-77 Jacob Carl DeGress 1877-80 L. M. Crocker 1880-81 W. A. Saylor 1881-84 J. W. Robertson 1884-87 Joseph Nalle 1888-89 John McDonald 1890-95 Louis Hancock 1896-97 John Dodd McCall 1898-1901 R. E. White 1901-05 W. D. Shelley 1905-07 F. M. Maddox 1907-09 Alexander Penn Wooldridge 1909-19 W. D. Yett 1919-26 P. W. McFadden 1926-33 Tom Miller 1933-49 Taylor Glass 1949-51 W. S. Drake, Jr. 1951-53 Charles A. McAden 1953-55 Tom Miller 1955-61 Lester Palmer 1961-67 Harry Akin 1967-69 Travis L. LaRue 1969-71 Roy Butler 1971-75 Jeffrey Friedman 1975-77 Carole Keeton McClellan 1977-83 Ron Mullen 1983-85 Frank C. Cooksey 1985-88 Lee Cooke 1988-91 Bruce Todd 1991-97 Kirk Watson 1997-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1971 Apr 3: Roy Butler, elected; Travis L. LaRue, defeated; Raymond Donley, Jr., defeated.

1973 Apr 7: Roy Butler, elected; George Olivarra, defeated; Melissa Singler, defeated; Raymond Donley, Jr., defeated; John Wallace Durham, defeated; Aumla, defeated.

1975 Apr 5: Jeffrey Friedman, elected; S. H. 'Bud' Dryden, defeated; Raymond Donley, Jr., defeated; Horace E. Johnson, defeated; Bob Garrett, defeated.

1977 Apr 2: Carole Keeton McClellan, advanced to runoff; Jack McCreary, advanced to runoff; Wilson Foreman, defeated; Chris Crow, defeated; Ben Blond, defeated; Judson Neff, defeated; Richard Douglas Cram, defeated; Raymond Donley, Jr., defeated; James R. Ray, defeated; Pat Scully, defeated.

1977 Apr 30: Carole Keeton McClellan, elected; Jack McCreary, defeated.

1979 Apr 7: Carole Keeton McClellan, elected; Thomas J. Baker, defeated.

1981 Apr 4: Bob Binder, advanced to runoff; Carole Keeton McClellan, advanced to runoff; Jack McCreary, defeated; Gary E. Johnson, defeated; Richard Shield, defeated; William M. Ashwood, defeated.

1981 May 2: Carole Keeton McClellan, elected; Bob Binder, defeated.

1983 Apr 2: Ron Mullen, advanced to runoff; Lowell Lebermann, advanced to runoff; Michael Nofziger, defeated.

1983 Apr 30: Ron Mullen, elected; Lowell Lebermann, defeated.

1985 Apr 6: Ron Mullen, advanced to runoff; Frank C. Cooksey, advanced to runoff; Michael Nofziger, defeated; Mike Poulson, defeated; Mae Harris Marion, defeated; William M. Ashwood, defeated.

1985 May 4: Frank C. Cooksey, elected; Ron Mullen, defeated.

1988 May 7: Lee Cooke, advanced to runoff; Frank C. Cooksey, advanced to runoff; Jeffrey Friedman, defeated; Mike Poulson, defeated; Richard Shield, defeated; Carl Hickerson-Bull, defeated; William M. Ashwood, defeated; Rick Martinez, defeated.

1988 May 28: Lee Cooke, elected; Frank C. Cooksey, defeated.

1991 May 4: Bruce Todd, advanced to runoff; Robert Barnstone, advanced to runoff; Robert Singleton, defeated; Mae Harris Marion, defeated; Hank Sinatra, defeated; Austin Teutsch, defeated; John Johnson, defeated.

1991 May 18: Bruce Todd, elected; Robert Barnstone, defeated.

1994 May 7: Bruce Todd, advanced to runoff; Daryl Slusher, advanced to runoff; James Cooley, defeated; Brian E. Kline, defeated; John Johnson, defeated; Ray Blanchette, defeated.

1994 Jun 4: Bruce Todd, elected; Daryl Slusher, defeated.

1997 May 3: Kirk Watson, elected; Ronney Reynolds, defeated; Michael Nofziger, defeated; Jennifer L. Gale, defeated; Kirk Becker, defeated; Ray Blanchette, defeated; Ted Kircher, defeated; John Johnson, defeated.

2000 May 6: Kirk Watson, elected; Leslie A. Cochran, defeated; Dale A. Reed, defeated; Jennifer L. Gale, defeated.

2001 Nov 6: Gus Garcia, elected; Eric Mitchell, defeated; Greg Gordon, defeated; Leslie A. Cochran, defeated; Jennifer L. Gale, defeated; David Blakely, defeated; Ray Blanchette, defeated; Allen Phillips, defeated.

2003 May 3: Will P. Wynn, elected; Michael Nofziger, defeated; Marc Katz, defeated; Brad Meltzer, defeated; Leslie A. Cochran, defeated; Jennifer L. Gale, defeated; Christopher N. Keating, defeated; Herman Luckett, defeated.

"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."
Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872

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