1. Jesse Lowe (1814)

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American politician who became the first mayor of Omaha, Nebraska in 1857.

2. Roger Lapham (1883)

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Shipowner, businessman, and Republican politician who served as the 32nd mayor of San Francisco from 1944 to 1948. Due to the increasing of streetcar fares during his tenure he became...

3. Harry Baals (1886)

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During the 1930s and 1940s and again in the early 1950s, this Republican Party politician served as Mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana. While in office, he brought about the construction...

4. Ralph Tucker (1906)

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Politician who was a long-standing mayor of Terre Haute, Indiana from 1948 to 1968. He left office at the beginning of 1968 and started his own public relations firm.

5. Abraham Beame (1906)

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The 104th Mayor of New York City from 1974 to 1977. He belonged to the Democratic Party and was one of the city's shortest mayors.

6. Scott Maddox (1968)

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After chairing the Florida Democratic Party, Maddox was elected Mayor of Tallahassee. In addition, during the early 2000s, he launched unsuccessful campaigns for both Florida Attorney General and Governor of...

7. Frank Rizzo (1920)

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Philadelphia police commissioner who was the city's mayor from 1972 to 1980. He was known for his oddly symbiotic relationship with the Philadelphia press.

8. Robert C. Henry (1921)

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Politician and Democrat who was mayor of Springfield, Ohio from 1966 to 1968. He was notably the first African American mayor of an American city.

9. Charles Evers (1922)

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Civil rights activist and politician who became the first African-American mayor in the state of Mississippi since the Reconstruction era in 1969.

10. Annette Strauss (1924)

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American consultant, philanthropist, and politician who became the second female mayor of Dallas and its second Jewish mayor in 1987.

11. John Rousakis (1929)

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Politician and member of the Democratic party who was mayor of Savannah, Georgia from 1970 to 1991.

12. Jane Byrne (1934)

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Politician and Democrat who was the first female mayor of Chicago, an office she held from 1979 to 1983. She notably helped revitalize the Navy Pier and the downtown Chicago...

13. Lee P. Brown (1937)

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He became the first African American to be elected mayor of Houston, Texas in 1998. While in office he renovated and improved the city's airport, libraries, and police and fire...

14. Wilson Goode (1938)

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The first African-American mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, an office he held from 1984 to 1992. His tenure was marred by the MOVE confrontation in 1985, which killed 11 people, and...

15. Oscar Goodman (1939)

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American lawyer and politician who served as mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada from 1999 to 2011. He is a member of the democratic party.

16. Buddy Cianci (1941)

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Infamous Mayor of Providence, RI who held that office for over 21 years and turned Providence into the metropolitan city it is today. In 2002 he was forced to resign...

17. Thomas Menino (1942)

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53rd Mayor of Boston from 1993 to 2013. He is a Democrat who co-founded the Mayors Against Illegal Guns and served as the president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors...

18. Norm Rice (1943)

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Politician and Democrat who became the first African American mayor of Seattle, Washington in 1989. He made an unsuccessful bid to be Governor of Washington in 1996.

19. Ed Rendell (1944)

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American Democratic politician from Pennsylvania who has served as both the Mayor of Philadelphia and the Governor of Pennsylvania. He also served as the General Chairperson of the Democratic National...

20. Sharon Pratt Kelly (1944)

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Former Mayor of the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1995 who was the first African American woman to serve as a mayor of a major U.S. city. Her tenure...

21. Anthony Foxx (1971)

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Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, from 2009 to 2013 who became the 17th United States Secretary of Transportation in 2013.

22. Henry Cisneros (1947)

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Under the presidential administration of Bill Clinton, Cisneros served as United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Previously, he had held office as Mayor of San Antonio, Texas.

23. Pedro Segarra (1959)

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Democratic Party politician and the first known gay mayor of Hartford, Connecticut. Before succeeding fellow Democrat and Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez, he presided over the Hartford City Council and was...

24. Pat McCrory (1956)

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Politician who became the 74th Governor of North Carolina in January 2013. He previously served as the Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina for fourteen years, a city record.

25. Michael Nutter (1957)

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African-American Democratic politician who was elected Mayor of Philadelphia in 2008. From 2012-2013, he served as President of the United States Conference of Mayors.

26. Gavin Newsom (1967)

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American politician democrat who became the Lieutenant Governor of California in 2011 after serving as the 42nd Mayor of San Francisco from 2004 to 2011. In January 2019, he became...

27. Robert G. Heft (1941)

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Designer of the current 50-star American flag, which came about as his high school class project.

28. Sheila Dixon (1953)

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Politician and member of the Democratic Party who became the first woman elected Mayor of Baltimore in 2007. However, in 2010 she was forced to resign after being convicted of...

29. Shirley Franklin (1945)

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Shirley Clarke Franklin is an American politician a member of the Democratic Party and served as mayor of Atlanta Georgia from 2002 to 2010. She currently serves as a member...

30. Andy Manar (1976)

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Andy Manar is a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate. He represents the 48th district stretches from Sangamon and Macon counties in the north to Madison County to the south...

31. Sophie Masloff (1917)

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Sophie Masloff is an American politician. A long-time member of the Democratic Party and civil servant she was elected to the Pittsburgh City Council and later served as the mayor...

32. Saul N. Ramirez, Jr. (1958)

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Saul N. Ramirez Jr. is the Chief Executive Officer of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials an interest group based in Washington D. C. Previously he worked...

33. Bart Peterson (1958)

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Barton Bart R. Peterson is the former mayor of the U. S city of Indianapolis Indiana. A Democrat first elected in 1999 he was defeated in 2007 in a bid...

34. Buddy Dyer (1958)

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John Hugh Buddy Dyer is the 32nd and current mayor of Orlando Florida first elected in 2003. He is a member of the United States Democratic Party. Previously he represented...

35. Talis J. Colberg (1958)

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Talis James Colberg was appointed by Governor Sarah Palin as the seventeenth attorney general of Alaska on December 13 2006. Colberg resigned in February 2009 over controversy over the Alaska...

36. Christopher Doherty (1958)

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Christopher Doherty is the former Mayor of Scranton Pennsylvania.

37. John Brennan Hussey (1930)

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John Brennan Hussey Jr. an attorney who specializes in contracts served for two terms as the Democratic Mayor of Shreveport Louisiana.

38. Greg Fischer (1958)

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Gregory E. Fischer is a businessman and Mayor of Louisville Kentucky. He is a graduate of Louisville's Trinity High School and Vanderbilt University entrepreneur and community leader. Fischer ran in...

39. Allen Joines (1947)

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Allen Joines is the current mayor of Winston-Salem North Carolina. In 2009 he was also appointed chairman of the North Carolina Economic Development Board. Joines a Democrat was elected mayor...

40. Robert A. Hefner (1864)

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Robert A. Hefner Sr. was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1949. He was born on February 7 1874 in the community of Hefner Chapel four miles...

41. Richard L. Berkley (1931)

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Richard L. Berkley served as mayor of Kansas City Missouri U. S. from 1979 to 1991. Although Kansas City mayors do not officially have political affiliations Mayor Berkley was the...

42. Chuck Hazama (Unknow)

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Charles K. Chuck Hazama is a Native Hawaiian and a former mayor of Rochester Minnesota. He served as Mayor of Rochester for eight 2-year terms from 1979 to 1995. Before...

43. Charmaine Tavares (Unknow)

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Charmaine Tavares is an American politician and politician. Tavares served as the Mayor of Maui from January 2007 to January 2011. She unsuccessfully sought a second four-year term in office...

44. Joseph Darst (1889)

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Joseph M. Darst was the thirty-seventh Mayor of St. Louis serving from 1949 to 1953. Darst attended St. Louis University High School Christian Brothers College and Saint Louis University. His...

45. William R. Hopkins (1869)

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Rowland Hopkins was an American politician of the Republican Party who served as the first city manager of Cleveland Ohio from 1924 to 1929 during the brief period that Cleveland...

46. Louis Brownlow (1879)

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Louis Brownlow was an American author political scientist and consultant in the area of public administration. As chairman of the Committee on Administrative Management in 1937 he co-authored a report...

47. Cecil Bauer (1927)

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Cecil Butch Dale Bauer was an owner of an insurance company former mayor of the city of Loveland Ohio and served on city council of the city for several years.

48. Robert Livingston the Younger (1663)

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Robert Livingston the Younger sometimes known as Robert Livingston jr. or The Nephew was a wealthy merchant and political figure in colonial Albany New York. He was the son of...

49. Daniel W. Lawler (Unknow)

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Daniel William Lawler was Mayor of Saint Paul Minnesota.

50. José Antonio de la Garza (1776)

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José Antonio de la Garza was a Tejano who was noted for being the first employer in San Antonio Texas and the first man to create a coin in this...