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This is a list of people who have served as mayor of the city of [[Shreveport, Louisiana]]. |
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This is a list of people who have served as mayor of the city of [[Shreveport, Louisiana|Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]]. |
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| [[Angus McNeill]] || 1836 || 1839 || None || President of Shreve Town Co. |
| [[Angus McNeill]] || 1836 || 1839 || None || President of Shreve Town Co. |
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| [[John Octavius Sewall]] || 1839 || 1840 || [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] || First Elected Mayor |
| [[John Octavius Sewall]] || 1839 || 1840 || [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] || First Elected Mayor |
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| [[William Walton George]], M.D. || 1840 || 1840 || [[Democratic Party (United States)| |
| [[William Walton George]], M.D. || 1840 || 1840 || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || |
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| [[Samuel W. Briggs]] || 1841 || 1841 || None || |
| [[Samuel W. Briggs]] || 1841 || 1841 || None || |
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| [[William Walton George]], M.D. || 1842 || 1843 || [[Democratic Party (United States)| |
| [[William Walton George]], M.D. || 1842 || 1843 || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || |
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| [[John N. Howell]] || 1844 || 1844 || [[Democratic Party (United States)| |
| [[John N. Howell]] || 1844 || 1844 || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || |
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| [[Joseph Clinton Beall]] || 1845 || 1845 || [[Democratic Party (United States)| |
| [[Joseph Clinton Beall]] || 1845 || 1845 || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || |
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| [[Lawrence Pike Crain]] || 1846 || 1847 || [[Democratic Party (United States)| |
| [[Lawrence Pike Crain]] || 1846 || 1847 || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || |
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| [[Robert Nathaniel Wood]] || 1847 || 1847 || [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]/[[Know Nothing |
| [[Robert Nathaniel Wood]] || 1847 || 1847 || [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]/[[Know Nothing]] || Died in Mexico |
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| [[John Morgan Landrum]] || 1848 || 1848 || [[Democratic Party (United States)| |
| [[John Morgan Landrum]] || 1848 || 1848 || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || Elected to Congress in 1859 |
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| Rev. [[John Bryce]] || 1849 || 1849 || [[Democratic Party (United States)| |
| Rev. [[John Bryce]] || 1849 || 1849 || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || |
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| [[Robert W. Cooke]] || 1850 || 1850 || [[Democratic Party (United States)| |
| [[Robert W. Cooke]] || 1850 || 1850 || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || |
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| [[Joseph Clinton Beall]] || 1851 || 1853 || [[Democratic Party (United States)| |
| [[Joseph Clinton Beall]] || 1851 || 1853 || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || |
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| [[John Wallace Jones]] || 1854 || 1857 || [[Democratic Party (United States)| |
| [[John Wallace Jones]] || 1854 || 1857 || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || |
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| [[Jonas Robeson]] || 1858 || 1858 || [[Democratic Party (United States)| |
| [[Jonas Robeson]] || 1858 || 1858 || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || |
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| [[John W. Pennall]] || 1859 || 1859 || [[Democratic Party (United States)| |
| [[John W. Pennall]] || 1859 || 1859 || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || Also Mayor of Homer, LA and State Judge in 1861 |
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| [[Jonas Robeson]] || 1860 || 1861 || [[Democratic Party (United States)| |
| [[Jonas Robeson]] || 1860 || 1861 || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || |
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| [[Joseph Clinton Beall]] || 1862 || 1863 || [[Democratic Party (United States)| |
| [[Joseph Clinton Beall]] || 1862 || 1863 || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || |
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| [[John Gooch (mayor)|John Gooch]], [[Samuel Wells]] || 1864 || 1865 || [[Democratic Party (United States)| |
| [[John Gooch (mayor)|John Gooch]], [[Samuel Wells]] || 1864 || 1865 || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || Gooch was ousted by the Union and was replaced by Wells. |
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| [[Alexander Boarman]] || 1866 || 1867 || [[Republican Party (United States)| |
| [[Alexander Boarman]] || 1866 || 1867 || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican.]] || Appointed by Union. |
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| [[Lewis S. Markham]] || 1867 || 1867 || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Dem.]] || Served only one month. |
| [[Lewis S. Markham]] || 1867 || 1867 || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Dem.]] || Served only one month. |
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| [[Martin Tally]] || 1867 || 1868 || [[Republican Party (United States)| |
| [[Martin Tally]] || 1867 || 1868 || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || Appointed during reconstruction by Union. |
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| [[Jerome B. Gilmore]] || 1869 || 1871 || [[Republican Party (United States)| |
| [[Jerome B. Gilmore]] || 1869 || 1871 || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || Appointed during reconstruction by Union. |
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| [[William Rabun Shivers]] || 1871 || 1871 || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Dem.]] || Was killed before he was able to serve term. |
| [[William Rabun Shivers]] || 1871 || 1871 || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Dem.]] || Was killed before he was able to serve term. |
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| [[Moses Hodge Crowell]] || 1871 || 1872 || [[Republican Party (United States)| |
| [[Moses Hodge Crowell]] || 1871 || 1872 || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || Appointed by the Union. |
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| [[Joseph Taylor (Louisiana politician)|Joseph Taylor]], M.D. || 1872 || 1873 || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Dem.]] || Was forbidden to serve by Federal authorities. ([[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] Loyalist) |
| [[Joseph Taylor (Louisiana politician)|Joseph Taylor]], M.D. || 1872 || 1873 || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Dem.]] || Was forbidden to serve by Federal authorities. ([[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] Loyalist) |
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| [[Samuel Levy]], M.A. Walsh || 1872 || 1873 || [[Republican Party (United States)| |
| [[Samuel Levy (Louisiana politician)|Samuel Levy]], [[M.A. Walsh]] || 1872 || 1873 || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || Jointly appointed by Federal government, Levy was the first Jewish Mayor. |
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| [[Samuel J. Ward]] || 1874 || 1874 || [[Democratic Party (United States)| |
| [[Samuel J. Ward]] || 1874 || 1874 || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || Sheriff of [[Caddo Parish]] in 1869. Born in Wales. |
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| [[W. Nick Murphy]] || 1875 || 1878 || [[Republican Party (United States)| |
| [[W. Nick Murphy]] || 1875 || 1878 || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]/[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || Switched from Republican to Democrat. |
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| [[Andrew Currie (Louisiana politician)|Andrew Currie]] || 1878 || 1889 || [[Democratic Party (United States)| |
| [[Andrew Currie (Louisiana politician)|Andrew Currie]] || 1878 || 1889 || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || Resigned from his position in 1890. Born in Ireland. |
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| [[Edward B. Herndon]] || 1890 || 1890 || [[Democratic Party (United States)| |
| [[Edward B. Herndon]] || 1890 || 1890 || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || Elected to fill unfinished term. |
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| [[Richard Tucker Vinson]] || 1891 || 1895 || [[Democratic Party (United States)| |
| [[Richard Tucker Vinson]] || 1891 || 1895 || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || |
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| Reuben Neil McKellar || 1896 || 1900 || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || Born in Kickapoo in [[Anderson County, Texas|Anderson County]], [[Texas]]; moved to Shreveport in his early teens |
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| [[Benjamin Holzman]] || 1900 || 1902 || [[Democratic Party (United States)| |
| [[Benjamin Holzman]] || 1900 || 1902 || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || Born in Germany. |
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| [[Andrew Querbes|Andrew C. Querbes, Sr.]] || 1902 || 1906 || [[Democratic Party (United States)| |
| [[Andrew Querbes|Andrew C. Querbes, Sr.]] || 1902 || 1906 || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || Born in [[New Orleans]]. |
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| [[Ernest Ralph Berstein]] || 1906 || 1908 || [[Democratic Party (United States)| |
| [[Ernest Ralph Berstein]] || 1906 || 1908 || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || |
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| [[Samuel Augustus Dickson]], M.D. || 1908 || 1910 || [[Democratic Party (United States)| |
| [[Samuel Augustus Dickson]], M.D. || 1908 || 1910 || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || |
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| [[John H. Eastman]] || 1910 || 1914 || [[Democratic Party (United States)| |
| [[John H. Eastman]] || 1910 || 1914 || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || First mayor under [[city commission government]] |
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| [[Samuel Augustus Dickson]], M.D. || 1914 || 1916 || [[Democratic Party (United States)| |
| [[Samuel Augustus Dickson]], M.D. || 1914 || 1916 || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || |
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| [[Robert Hodges Ward]] || 1916 || 1918 || [[Democratic Party (United States)| |
| [[Robert Hodges Ward]] || 1916 || 1918 || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || Son of Mayor Samuel J. Ward. |
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| [[John McW. Ford|John McWilliams Ford]] || 1918 || 1922 || [[Democratic Party (United States)| |
| [[John McW. Ford|John McWilliams Ford]] || 1918 || 1922 || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || |
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| [[Lee Emmett Thomas]] || 1922 || 1930 || [[Democratic Party (United States)| |
| [[Lee Emmett Thomas]] || 1922 || 1930 || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || Louisiana State Representative, 1912–1916 |
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| [[J. G. Palmer]] || 1930 || 1932 || [[Democratic Party (United States)| |
| [[J. G. Palmer]] || 1930 || 1932 || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || Louisiana State Judge. |
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| [[John McWilliams Ford]] || 1932 || 1932 || [[Democratic Party (United States)| |
| [[John McWilliams Ford]] || 1932 || 1932 || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || |
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| [[George W. Hardy, Jr.]] || 1932 || 1934 || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || Louisiana State Judge. |
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| [[Sam Caldwell|Samuel S. Caldwell]] || 1934 || 1946 || [[Democratic Party (United States)| |
| [[Sam Caldwell|Samuel S. Caldwell]] || 1934 || 1946 || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || |
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| [[Clyde Fant|Clyde E. Fant]] || 1946 || 1954 || [[Democratic Party (United States)| |
| [[Clyde Fant|Clyde E. Fant]] || 1946 || 1954 || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || |
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| [[James C. Gardner]] || 1954 || 1958 || [[Democratic Party (United States)| |
| [[James C. Gardner]] || 1954 || 1958 || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || Louisiana State Representative, 1952–1954 |
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| [[Clyde Fant|Clyde E. Fant]] || 1958 || 1970 || [[Democratic Party (United States)| |
| [[Clyde Fant|Clyde E. Fant]] || 1958 || 1970 || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || Longest serving term of any Shreveport Mayor. |
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| [[Calhoun Allen|L. Calhoun Allen, Jr.]] || 1970 || 1978 || [[Democratic Party (United States)| |
| [[Calhoun Allen|L. Calhoun Allen, Jr.]] || 1970 || 1978 || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || |
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| [[William T. "Bill" Hanna|William T. Hanna, Jr.]] || 1978 || 1982 || [[Democratic Party (United States)| |
| [[William T. "Bill" Hanna|William T. Hanna, Jr.]] || 1978 || 1982 || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || |
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| John Brennan Hussey || 1982 || 1990 || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || |
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| [[Hazel Beard]] || 1990 || 1994 || [[Republican Party (United States)| |
| [[Hazel Beard]] || 1990 || 1994 || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || First female mayor and first Republican mayor since the [[Reconstruction era]] |
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| [[Robert W. "Bo" Williams]] || 1994 || 1998 || [[Republican Party (United States)| |
| [[Robert W. "Bo" Williams]] || 1994 || 1998 || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || |
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| [[Keith Hightower]] || 1998 || 2006 || [[Democratic Party (United States)| |
| [[Keith Hightower]] || 1998 || 2006 || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || |
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| [[Cedric Glover|Cedric B. Glover]] || 2006 || 2014 |
| [[Cedric Glover|Cedric B. Glover]] || 2006 || 2014 || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || First African-American mayor |
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| Ollie Tyler || 2014 || 2018 ||[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || First African-American female mayor |
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| [[Adrian Perkins]] || 2018 || 2022 || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || |
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| [[Martin Thomas “Tom” Arceneaux]] || 2022 || Incumbent || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || |
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==See also== |
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* [[Timeline of Shreveport, Louisiana]] |
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==Notes== |
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Cedric Glover was elected in 2006 over a Republican opponent, Jerry Jones, and reelected in 2010 over another Republican opponent, city council member Bryan Wooley. |
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On December 8, 2018, Adrian D. Perkins was elected Mayor of Shreveport and will succeed Ollie Tyler on December 29, 2018. |
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Ollie Tyler became the first African-American female mayor in 2014, when she defeated [[Independent (politics)|Independent]] Victoria Provenza and African-American [[Louisiana House of Representatives|State Representative]] [[Patrick Williams (Louisiana politician)|Patrick C. Williams]]. |
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== External links == |
== External links == |
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*[http://www.ci.shreveport.la.us/ |
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061208100502/http://www.ci.shreveport.la.us/DEPT/mayor/index.htm Mayor of Shreveport Page] |
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*[http://www.thebestoftimesnews.com/article.php?article=308 Shreveport Mayoral Trivia] |
*[http://www.thebestoftimesnews.com/article.php?article=308 Shreveport Mayoral Trivia] |
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This is a list of people who have served as mayor of the city of Shreveport, Louisiana.
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Angus McNeill | 1836 | 1839 | None | President of Shreve Town Co. |
John Octavius Sewall | 1839 | 1840 | Whig | First Elected Mayor |
William Walton George, M.D. | 1840 | 1840 | Democratic | |
Samuel W. Briggs | 1841 | 1841 | None | |
William Walton George, M.D. | 1842 | 1843 | Democratic | |
John N. Howell | 1844 | 1844 | Democratic | |
Joseph Clinton Beall | 1845 | 1845 | Democratic | |
Lawrence Pike Crain | 1846 | 1847 | Democratic | |
Robert Nathaniel Wood | 1847 | 1847 | Whig/Know Nothing | Died in Mexico |
John Morgan Landrum | 1848 | 1848 | Democratic | Elected to Congress in 1859 |
Rev. John Bryce | 1849 | 1849 | Democratic | |
Robert W. Cooke | 1850 | 1850 | Democratic | |
Joseph Clinton Beall | 1851 | 1853 | Democratic | |
John Wallace Jones | 1854 | 1857 | Democratic | |
Jonas Robeson | 1858 | 1858 | Democratic | |
John W. Pennall | 1859 | 1859 | Democratic | Also Mayor of Homer, LA and State Judge in 1861 |
Jonas Robeson | 1860 | 1861 | Democratic | |
Joseph Clinton Beall | 1862 | 1863 | Democratic | |
John Gooch, Samuel Wells | 1864 | 1865 | Democratic | Gooch was ousted by the Union and was replaced by Wells. |
Alexander Boarman | 1866 | 1867 | Republican. | Appointed by Union. |
Lewis S. Markham | 1867 | 1867 | Dem. | Served only one month. |
Martin Tally | 1867 | 1868 | Republican | Appointed during reconstruction by Union. |
Jerome B. Gilmore | 1869 | 1871 | Republican | Appointed during reconstruction by Union. |
William Rabun Shivers | 1871 | 1871 | Dem. | Was killed before he was able to serve term. |
Moses Hodge Crowell | 1871 | 1872 | Republican | Appointed by the Union. |
Joseph Taylor, M.D. | 1872 | 1873 | Dem. | Was forbidden to serve by Federal authorities. (Confederate Loyalist) |
Samuel Levy, M.A. Walsh | 1872 | 1873 | Republican | Jointly appointed by Federal government, Levy was the first Jewish Mayor. |
Samuel J. Ward | 1874 | 1874 | Democratic | Sheriff of Caddo Parish in 1869. Born in Wales. |
W. Nick Murphy | 1875 | 1878 | Republican/Democratic | Switched from Republican to Democrat. |
Andrew Currie | 1878 | 1889 | Democratic | Resigned from his position in 1890. Born in Ireland. |
Edward B. Herndon | 1890 | 1890 | Democratic | Elected to fill unfinished term. |
Richard Tucker Vinson | 1891 | 1895 | Democratic | |
Reuben Neil McKellar | 1896 | 1900 | Democratic | Born in Kickapoo in Anderson County, Texas; moved to Shreveport in his early teens |
Benjamin Holzman | 1900 | 1902 | Democratic | Born in Germany. |
Andrew C. Querbes, Sr. | 1902 | 1906 | Democratic | Born in New Orleans. |
Ernest Ralph Berstein | 1906 | 1908 | Democratic | |
Samuel Augustus Dickson, M.D. | 1908 | 1910 | Democratic | |
John H. Eastman | 1910 | 1914 | Democratic | First mayor under city commission government |
Samuel Augustus Dickson, M.D. | 1914 | 1916 | Democratic | |
Robert Hodges Ward | 1916 | 1918 | Democratic | Son of Mayor Samuel J. Ward. |
John McWilliams Ford | 1918 | 1922 | Democratic | |
Lee Emmett Thomas | 1922 | 1930 | Democratic | Louisiana State Representative, 1912–1916 |
J. G. Palmer | 1930 | 1932 | Democratic | Louisiana State Judge. |
John McWilliams Ford | 1932 | 1932 | Democratic | |
George W. Hardy, Jr. | 1932 | 1934 | Democratic | Louisiana State Judge. |
Samuel S. Caldwell | 1934 | 1946 | Democratic | |
Clyde E. Fant | 1946 | 1954 | Democratic | |
James C. Gardner | 1954 | 1958 | Democratic | Louisiana State Representative, 1952–1954 |
Clyde E. Fant | 1958 | 1970 | Democratic | Longest serving term of any Shreveport Mayor. |
L. Calhoun Allen, Jr. | 1970 | 1978 | Democratic | |
William T. Hanna, Jr. | 1978 | 1982 | Democratic | |
John Brennan Hussey | 1982 | 1990 | Democratic | |
Hazel Beard | 1990 | 1994 | Republican | First female mayor and first Republican mayor since the Reconstruction era |
Robert W. "Bo" Williams | 1994 | 1998 | Republican | |
Keith Hightower | 1998 | 2006 | Democratic | |
Cedric B. Glover | 2006 | 2014 | Democratic | First African-American mayor |
Ollie Tyler | 2014 | 2018 | Democratic | First African-American female mayor |
Adrian Perkins | 2018 | 2022 | Democratic | |
Martin Thomas “Tom” Arceneaux | 2022 | Incumbent | Republican |
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[edit]On December 8, 2018, Adrian D. Perkins was elected Mayor of Shreveport and will succeed Ollie Tyler on December 29, 2018.