List of mayors of Houston facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Mayor of Houston |
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 John Whitmire since January 1, 2024 |
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| Style | The Honorable |
| Term length | Four years, renewable once (effective 2016) |
| Inaugural holder | James S. Holman 1837 |
| Formation | Houston City Charter |
| Salary | $236,189 (2019) |
The following is a list of people who have served as mayor of the city of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas.
Until 2015, the term of the mayor was two years. Beginning with the tenure of Bob Lanier, the city charter imposed term limits on officeholders of no more than three terms (six years total). On November 3, 2015, voters approved Proposition 2, which extended the terms of the Mayor, City Controller and City Councilmembers to four years, while imposing a limit of two terms.
List of mayors of Houston
| No. | Term | Mayor | Party affiliation | |
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| 63 | 2024–present | John Whitmire | Democratic | |
| 62 | 2016–2024 | Sylvester Turner | Democratic | |
| 61 | 2010–2016 | Annise Parker | Democratic | |
| 60 | 2004–2010 | Bill White | Democratic | |
| 59 | 1998–2004 | Lee Brown | Democratic | |
| 58 | 1992–1998 | Bob Lanier | Democratic | |
| 57 | 1982–1992 | Kathy Whitmire | Democratic | |
| 56 | 1978–1982 | Jim McConn | Republican | |
| 55 | 1974–1978 | Fred Hofheinz | Democratic | |
| 54 | 1964–1974 | Louie Welch | Republican | |
| 53 | 1958–1964 | Lewis Cutrer | Democratic | |
| 52 | 1956–1958 | Oscar F. Holcombe (5th) | Democratic | |
| 51 | 1953–1956 | Roy Hofheinz | Democratic | |
| 50 | 1947–1953 | Oscar F. Holcombe (4th) | Democratic | |
| 49 | 1943–1947 | Otis Massey | Democratic | |
| 48 | 1941–1943 | Neal Pickett | Democratic | |
| 47 | 1939–1941 | Oscar F. Holcombe (3rd) | Democratic | |
| 46 | 1937–1939 | Richard H. Fonville | ||
| 45 | 1933–1937 | Oscar F. Holcombe (2nd) | Democratic | |
| 44 | 1929–1933 | Walter E. Monteith | ||
| 43 | 1921–1929 | Oscar F. Holcombe | Democratic | |
| 42 | 1918–1921 | A. Earl Amerman | ||
| 41 | 1917–1918 | Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Jr. | ||
| 40 | 1917 | J. J. Pastoriza (died in office) | ||
| 39 | 1913–1917 | Ben Campbell | ||
| 38 | 1905–1913 | H. Baldwin Rice (2nd) | ||
| 37 | 1904–1905 | Andrew L. Jackson | ||
| 36 | 1902–1904 | O. T. Holt | ||
| 35 | 1901–1902 | John D. Woolford | ||
| 34 | 1898–1901 | Samuel H. Brashear | ||
| 33 | 1896–1898 | Horace Baldwin Rice | ||
| 32 | 1892–1896 | John T. Browne | ||
| 31 | 1890–1892 | Henry Scherffius | ||
| 30 | 1886–1890 | Daniel C. Smith | ||
| 29 | 1880–1886 | William R. Baker | ||
| 28 | 1879–1880 | Andrew Jackson Burke | ||
| 27 | 1877–1878 | James T. D. Wilson (2nd) | ||
| 26 | 1875–1876 | I. C. Lord | ||
| 25 | 1874 | James T. D. Wilson | ||
| 24 | 1870–1873 | Thomas H. Scanlan | ||
| 23 | 1868–1870 | Joseph Robert Morris | ||
| 22 | 1867–1868 | Alexander McGowan (2nd) | ||
| 21 | 1866 | Horace D. Taylor | ||
| 20 | 1863–1865 | William Anders | ||
| 19 | 1862 | Thomas W. House | ||
| 18 | 1861 | William J. Hutchins | ||
| 17 | 1860 | Thomas W. Whitmarsh | ||
| 16 | 1859 | William King | ||
| 15 | 1858 | Alexander McGowan | ||
| 14 | 1856–1857 | Cornelius Ennis | ||
| 13 | 1855–1856 | James H. Stevens | ||
| 12 | 1853–1854 | Nathan Fuller | ||
| 11 | 1849–1852 | Francis W. Moore Jr. (3rd) | ||
| 10 | 1847–1848 | Benjamin P. Buckner | ||
| 9 | 1846 | James Bailey | ||
| 8 | 1845 | William Swain | ||
| 7 | 1844 | Horace Baldwin | ||
| 6 | 1843 | Francis W. Moore Jr. (2nd) | ||
| 5 | 1841–1842 | John Day Andrews | ||
| 4 | 1840 | Charles Bigelow | ||
| 3 | 1839 | George W. Lively | ||
| 2 | 1838–1839 | Francis W. Moore Jr. | ||
| 1 | 1837 | James S. Holman |
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