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San Francisco, California
Mayors, Postmasters, Collectors of Customs, Suveyors of Customs, Collectors of Internal Revenue

Mayors of San Francisco, 1850-2023 (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 P. 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 S. Kalloch 1879-81 Maurice C. Blake 1881-83 Washington Bartlett 1883-87 Edward B. Pond 1887-91 George H. Sanderson 1891-93 Levi Richard Ellert 1893-95 Adolph 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 D. 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 1992-96 Willie L. Brown, Jr. 1996-2004 Gavin Newsom 2004-11 Ed Lee 2011-17 London N. Breed 2017-18 Mark E. Farrell 2018 London N. Breed 2018-

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.
  • 1879 Sep 3: Brilsford P. Flint (Rep), defeated.
  • 1896 Nov 3: James D. Phelan (Dem & Citizens' Non-Partisan), elected; Charles L. Taylor (Rep & Citizens Independent & United Labor), defeated; Charles S. Laumeister (Citizens' Republican), defeated; Joseph I. Dimond (Anti-Charter Democrat & People's), defeated; C. C. O'Donnell (Ind), defeated; Oliver Everett (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1907: Charles Boxton, resigned.
  • 1939 Nov 7: Angelo J. Rossi, elected; Franck R. Havenner, defeated; Adolph Uhl, defeated; James B. McSheehy, defeated; Adolph E. Schmidt, defeated.
  • 1947: Elmer E. Robinson, elected.
  • 1951: George Christopher, defeated; Elmer E. Robinson, elected.
  • 1955: Frank Barbaria, defeated.
  • 1955 Nov 8: Earl David Brown, defeated.
  • 1959 Nov 3: Earl David Brown, defeated.
  • 1963 Nov 5: John F. Shelley, elected; Harold Dobbs, defeated; Edward T. Mancuso, defeated.
  • 1967 Nov 7: Joseph L. Alioto, elected; Harold Dobbs, defeated; Jack Morrison, defeated; Robert Charles Le Bugle, defeated; Lloyd Koreneff Downton, defeated; Claude W. Mitchell, defeated; Charles D. Walker, defeated; Robert Davis, defeated; William W. Billings, defeated; Earl David Brown, defeated; Herbert Steiner, defeated; George M. Del Secco, defeated; Jerry Patrick Miller, defeated; George W. Looby, defeated; Harold B. Hoogasian, defeated; Wilhelm Joerres, defeated; Ben Maxwell, defeated; Samuel Kline, defeated.
  • 1971 Nov 2: Joseph L. Alioto, elected; Harold Dobbs, defeated; Dianne Feinstein, defeated; Fred Selinger, defeated; Scott Newhall, defeated; J. Tony Serra, defeated; Nathan Weinstein, defeated; John C. Diamante, defeated; Stanley Lee Cotton, defeated; John Gardner Brent, defeated; Jeffrey R. Chaskin, defeated.
  • 1975 Nov 4: George Moscone, advanced to runoff; John J. Barbagelata, advanced to runoff; Dianne Feinstein, defeated; John A. Ertola, defeated; Milton Marks, defeated; John C. Diamante, defeated; Roland Sheppard, defeated; Ray Cunningham, defeated; Josie-Lee Kuhlman, defeated; Donald Donaldson, defeated; Nicholas F. Benton, defeated.
  • 1975 Dec 11: George Moscone, elected; John J. Barbagelata, defeated.
  • 1978 Nov 27: George Moscone, died in office.
  • 1979 Nov 6: Dianne Feinstein, advanced to runoff; Quentin L. Kopp, advanced to runoff; Jello Biafra, defeated; Sylvia Weinstein, defeated; Cesar Ascarrunz, defeated; Steve L. Calitri, defeated; Tibor Uskert, defeated; Joe Hughes, defeated; Patricia Dolbeare, defeated.
  • 1979 Dec 11: Dianne Feinstein, elected; Quentin L. Kopp, defeated.
  • 1983 Nov 8: Dianne Feinstein, elected; Cesar Ascarrunz, defeated; Gloria E. La Riva, defeated; Pat Wright, defeated; Brian Lantz, defeated; Carrie Drake, defeated.
  • 1987 Nov 3: Art Agnos, advanced to runoff; John L. Molinari, advanced to runoff; Roger Boas, defeated; Warren Hinckle, defeated; Cesar Ascarrunz, defeated; Will Durst, defeated; Melissa Ehman, defeated; Peter Anestos, defeated; Joseph Ryan, defeated; Scott D. Redmond, defeated.
  • 1987 Dec 8: Art Agnos, elected; John L. Molinari, defeated.
  • 1991 Nov 5: Frank Jordan, advanced to runoff; Art Agnos, advanced to runoff; Angela Alioto, defeated; Tom Hsieh, defeated; Richard D. Hongisto, defeated; Gloria E. La Riva, defeated; Joni Jacobs, defeated; Cesar Ascarrunz, defeated; Ellis Keyes, defeated; Dehnert C. Queen, defeated; Peter Planteen, defeated.
  • 1991 Dec 10: Frank Jordan, elected; Art Agnos, defeated.
  • 1995 Nov 7: Willie L. Brown, Jr., advanced to runoff; Frank Jordan, advanced to runoff; Roberta Achtenberg, defeated; Ben Hom, defeated; Angela Alioto, defeated; Joel Ventresca, defeated; Daniel James Larkosh, defeated; Ellis Keyes, defeated.
  • 1995 Dec 12: Willie L. Brown, Jr., elected; Frank Jordan, defeated.
  • 1999 Nov 2: Willie L. Brown, Jr., advanced to runoff; Tom Ammiano, advanced to runoff; Frank Jordan, defeated; Clint Reilly, defeated; Martin Lee Eng, defeated; Lucrecia Bermudez, defeated; Cesar Ascarrunz, defeated; Jim Reid, defeated; Joel Ventresca, defeated; David J. Martz, defeated; Mark O'Hara, defeated; A. D. Wyatt Norton, defeated; Max Wood, defeated; William Felzer, defeated; J. R. Manuel, defeated.
  • 1999 Dec 14: Willie L. Brown, Jr., elected; Tom Ammiano, defeated.
  • 2003 Nov 4: Gavin Newsom, advanced to runoff; Matt Gonzalez, advanced to runoff; Angela Alioto, defeated; Tom Ammiano, defeated; Susan Leal, defeated; Tony Ribera, defeated; Michael F. Denny, defeated; Roger E. Schulke, defeated; Jim Reid, defeated.
  • 2003 Dec 9: Gavin Newsom, elected; Matt Gonzalez, defeated.
  • 2007 Nov 6: Gavin Newsom, elected; Quintin Mecke, defeated; Harold M. Hoogasian, defeated; Wilma Pang, defeated; Ahimsa Sumchai, defeated; Chicken John, defeated; Lonnie Holmes, defeated; Josh Wolf, defeated; Grasshopper Kaplan, defeated; Harold Brown, defeated; George Davis, defeated; Michael Powers, defeated.
  • 2011 Jan 10: Gavin Newsom, resigned.
  • 2011 Jan 11: Ed Lee, appointed.
  • 2011 Nov 8: Ed Lee, elected; John Avalos, defeated; Dennis J. Herrera, defeated; David Chiu, defeated; Leland Y. Yee, defeated; Jeff Adachi, defeated; Bevan Dufty, defeated; Tony Hall, defeated; Michela Alioto-Pier, defeated; Joanna Rees, defeated; Terry Baum, defeated; Phil Ting, defeated; Cesar Ascarrunz, defeated; Wilma Pang, defeated; Emil Lawrence, defeated; Paul Currier, defeated.
  • 2015 Nov 3: Ed Lee, elected; Francisco Herrera, defeated; Amy Farah Weiss, defeated; Stuart Schuffman, defeated; Kent Graham, defeated; Reed Martin, defeated.
  • 2017 Dec 12: Ed Lee, died in office.
  • 2018 Jun 5: London N. Breed, elected; Mark Leno, defeated; Jane Kim, defeated; Angela Alioto, defeated; Ellen Lee Zhou, defeated; Richie Greenberg, defeated; Amy Farah Weiss, defeated; Michelle Bravo, defeated.
  • 2019 Nov 5: London N. Breed, elected; Ellen Lee Zhou, defeated; Joel Ventresca, defeated; Paul Y. Robertson, defeated; Wilma Pang, defeated; Robert Jordan, defeated.

    Postmasters at San Francisco, 1849-1980 (may be incomplete!)
    John W. Geary 1849 Jacob B. Moore 1849-53 Thomas J. Henley 1853-54 Charles L. Weller 1854-61 Samuel H. Parker 1861-64 Richard F. Perkins 1864-68 Holland Smith 1868-69 James Coey 1869-70 Napoleon B. Stone 1870-74 James Coey 1874-82 Samuel W. Backus 1882-86 William J. Bryan 1886-90 Samuel W. Backus 1890-94 Frank McCoppin 1894-97 Wilfred W. Montague 1897-1903 Arthur G. Fisk 1903-13 Charles W. Fay 1913-21 James E. Power 1922 James E. Power 1922-27 Harry L. Todd 1927-28 Harry L. Todd 1928-33 William H. McCarthy 1933-34 William H. McCarthy 1934-48 John F. Fixa 1948-49 John F. Fixa 1949-65 Lim P. Lee 1966-67 Lim P. Lee 1967-80

    Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1897 May 26: Frank McCoppin, died in office.

    Collectors of Customs at San Francisco, 1849-1951 (may be incomplete!)
    James Collier 1849-51 T. Butler King 1851-53 Beverly C. Saunders 1853 Richard P. Hammond 1853-55 Milton S. Latham 1855-57 B. F. Washington 1857-61 Ira P. Rankin 1861-63 F. F. Low 1863 Willard B. Farwell 1863 Charles James 1863-65 John F. Miller 1865-70 Timothy G. Phelps 1870-72 Thomas B. Shannon 1872-80 Eugene L. Sullivan 1880-84 W. H. Sears 1884-85 John S. Hager 1885-89 Timothy G. Phelps 1889-92 John H. Wise 1892-97 John P. Jackson 1897-1900 Stanley Jackson 1900 Frederick S. Stratton 1900-13 J. O. Davis 1913-19 William B. Hamilton as of 1921-32 Charles O. Dunbar as of 1933-38 Paul R. Leake as of 1941-51

    Surveyors of Customs at San Francisco, 1877-1927 (may be incomplete!)
    Paul Morrill 1877-79 John M. Morton as of 1881 Paris Kilburn as of 1891 Joseph S. Spear, Jr. as of 1899-1905 Edward F. Woodward as of 1907-09 Duncan E. McKinlay 1911 Justus S. Wardell as of 1913-15 John S. Irby 1917-21 John T. Stone as of 1927

    U.S. Collectors of Internal Revenue at San Francisco, 1867-1952 (may be incomplete!)
    Frank Soule as of 1867 William Higby 1876-79 John C. Quinn as of 1891 John C. Lynch as of 1905-07 August E. Muenter as of 1909-11 Joseph J. Scott as of 1913-15 Justus S. Wardell as of 1917-19 John P. McLaughlin 1921-32 John V. Lewis 1933-37 Clifford C. Anglim 1938-41 Richard Nickell 1942 Harold A. Berliner 1943-44 Richard Nickell 1945 James G. Smyth 1946-51 Glen T. Jamison 1952

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