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| Mayor of the City of Amarillo | |
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 Flag of the City of Amarillo | |
| Term length | Two years |
| Inaugural holder | Warren W. Wetsel |
| Formation | January 1892 |
List of mayors of Amarillo
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term in office | Length of service | Previous office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
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Warren W. Wetsel (1849–1928; aged 79) |
February, 1892 – 1894 |
None | |
| government enjoined (1894–1899) | |||||
| 2 | R. L. Stringfellow (1854–1909) |
1899 – 1902 |
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| 3 | Stafford Lightburne (1854–1927) |
1902 – 1906 |
364 days | Los Angeles City Recorder (1850–1851) | |
| 4 | 
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Will A. Miller Jr. (1871–1930; aged 58) |
May 3, 1853 – May 4, 1854 |
1 year, 1 day | 1st Los Angeles County Assessor (1850–1853) |
| 5 | 
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Lon D. Marrs (1820–1898; aged 77) |
May 4, 1854 – January 13, 1855[a] |
254 days | Member of the Los Angeles Board of Education (1853–1854) |
| – | _(cropped).jpg)
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Manuel Requena[a] (1802–1876; aged 74) |
January 13, 1855 – January 25, 1855 |
12 days | Member of the Los Angeles Common Council (1850–1855) |
| (5) |
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Stephen C. Foster[b] (1820-1898; aged 77) |
January 25, 1855[a] – May 9, 1855 |
138 days | Mayor of Los Angeles (1854–1855) |
| 6 | Thomas Foster (unknown birth or death) |
May 9, 1855 – May 7, 1856 |
364 days | Member of the Board of Education School Commission (1860–1862) | |
| (5) |
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Stephen C. Foster[b] (1820-1898; aged 77) |
May 7, 1856 – September 22, 1856[c] |
138 days | Mayor of Los Angeles (1855) |
| – |
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Manuel Requena (1802–1876; aged 74) |
September 22, 1856 – October 4, 1856 |
12 days | Member of the Los Angeles Common Council (1856–1867) |
| (3) | 
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John G. Nichols[b] (1812-1898; aged 85) |
October 4, 1856 – May 9, 1859 |
2 years, 217 days | Member of the Los Angeles Common Council (1855–1856) |
| 7 | 
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Damien Marchesseault (1818–1868; aged 49) |
May 9, 1859 – May 9, 1860 |
1 year | None |
| 8 | 
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Henry Mellus †[d] (1816–1860; aged 44) |
May 9, 1860 – December 26, 1860 |
231 days | None |
| – | 
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Wallace Woodworth[d] (1832–1882; aged 50) |
December 26, 1860 – January 7, 1861 |
12 days | Member of the Los Angeles Common Council (1860–1861) |
| (7) |
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Damien Marchesseault[b] (1818–1868; aged 49) |
January 7, 1861 – May 5, 1865 |
4 years, 119 days | Member of the Los Angeles Common Council (1860) |
| 9 | 
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Jose Mascarel (1816–1899; aged 83) |
May 5, 1865 – May 10, 1866 |
1 year, 5 days | Member of the Los Angeles Common Council (1864–1865) |
| 10 | .jpg)
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Cristobal Aguilar (1816–1886; aged 70) |
May 10, 1866 – May 8, 1867[e] |
363 days | Member of the Los Angeles Common Council (1861–1862) |
| (7) |
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Damien Marchesseault[b] (1818–1868; aged 49) |
May 8, 1867 – August 8, 1867[e] |
92 days | Zanjero of Los Angeles (1866–1867) |
| (10) |
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Cristobal Aguilar[b] (1816–1886; aged 70) |
August 8, 1867 – December 7, 1868 |
1 year, 121 days | Mayor of Los Angeles (1866–1867) |
| 11 | Joel Turner (1820–1888; aged 68) |
December 9, 1868 – December 9, 1870 |
2 years | Member of the Los Angeles Common Council (1862–1864) | |
| (10) |
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Cristobal Aguilar[b] (1816–1886; aged 70) |
December 9, 1870 – December 5, 1872 |
1 year, 362 days | Mayor of Los Angeles (1867–1868) |
| 12 | .jpg)
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James R. Toberman (1836–1911; aged 75) |
December 5, 1872 – December 18, 1874 |
2 years, 13 days | Member of the Los Angeles Common Council (1870) |
| 13 | 
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Prudent Beaudry (1819–1893; aged 74) |
December 18, 1874 – December 8, 1876 |
1 year, 356 days | Member of the Los Angeles Common Council (1871–1874) |
| 14 | 
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Frederick A. MacDougall †[f] (1818–1878) |
December 8, 1876 – November 16, 1878 |
1 year, 348 days | None |
| – | Bernard Cohn[f] (1835–1889; aged 53) |
November 16, 1878 – November 21, 1878 |
5 days | Member of the Los Angeles Common Council (1876–1878) | |
| 15 | November 21, 1878 – December 5, 1878 |
14 days | |||
| (12) |
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James R. Toberman[b] (1836–1911; aged 75) |
December 5, 1878 – December 9, 1882 |
4 years, 4 days | Mayor of Los Angeles (1872–1874) |
| 16 | 
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Cameron E. Thom (1825–1915; aged 89) |
December 9, 1882 – December 9, 1884 |
2 years | 15th Los Angeles County District Attorney (1877–1879) |
| 17 | .jpg)
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Edward F. Spence (1832–1892; aged 59) |
December 9, 1884 – December 14, 1886 |
2 years, 5 days | Member of the Los Angeles Common Council (1879–1881) |
| 18 | .jpg)
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William H. Workman (1839–1918; aged 79) |
December 14, 1886 – December 10, 1888 |
1 year, 362 days | Member of the Los Angeles Common Council (1878–1880) |
| 19 | 
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John Bryson (1852–1915; aged 63) |
December 10, 1888 – February 25, 1889[g] |
77 days | Member of the Board of Police Commissioners (1890–1891) |
| 20 | .jpg)
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Henry T. Hazard (1844–1921; aged 77) |
February 25, 1889 – December 5, 1892[h] |
3 years, 291 days | Member of the Los Angeles Board of Freeholders (1887–1888) |
| – | .jpg)
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William H. Bonsall[h] (1846–1905; aged 59) |
December 5, 1892 – December 12, 1892 |
7 days | Member of the Los Angeles City Council (1889–1892) |
| 21 | _(cropped).jpg)
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Thomas E. Rowan (1842–1901; aged 59) |
December 12, 1892 – December 12, 1894 |
2 years | 8th Los Angeles City Treasurer (1868–1870) |
| 22 | .jpg)
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Frank Rader (1848–1897; aged 48) |
December 12, 1894 – December 16, 1896 |
2 years, 4 days | Member of the Los Angeles Street Commission (1890–1894) |
| 23 | 
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Meredith P. Snyder (1859–1937; aged 77) |
December 16, 1896 – December 15, 1898 |
1 year, 364 days | Member of the Los Angeles City Council (1894–1896) |
| 24 | 
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Frederick Eaton (1856–1934; aged 78) |
December 15, 1898 – December 12, 1900 |
1 year, 362 days | Los Angeles City Engineer (1889–1890) |
| (23) | 
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Meredith P. Snyder[b] (1859–1937; aged 77) |
December 12, 1900 – December 8, 1904 |
3 years, 362 days | Mayor of Los Angeles (1896–1898) |
| 25 | 
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Owen McAleer (1858–1944; aged 86) |
December 8, 1904 – December 13, 1906 |
2 years, 5 days | Member of the Los Angeles City Council (1902–1904) |
| 26 | 
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Arthur C. Harper (1866–1948; aged 82) |
December 13, 1906 – March 11, 1909[i] |
2 years, 88 days | Member of the Los Angeles Charter Revision Committee (1906) |
| – | .jpg)
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Niles Pease (1838–1921; aged 83) |
March 11, 1909 – March 15, 1909 |
4 days | Member of the Los Angeles City Council (1906–1909) |
| 27 | 
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William Stephens[i] (1859–1944; aged 84) |
March 15, 1909 – March 26, 1909 |
11 days | Member of the Los Angeles Board of Education (1906) |
| 28 | 
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George Alexander (1839–1923; aged 83) |
March 26, 1909 – July 1, 1913 |
4 years, 97 days | Member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors (1901–1909) |
| 29 | .jpg)
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Henry H. Rose (1856–1923; aged 67) |
July 1, 1913 – July 1, 1915 |
2 years | Judge of the Los Angeles Police Judges (1905–1913) |
| 30 | 
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Charles E. Sebastian (1873–1929; aged 56) |
July 1, 1915 – September 2, 1916 |
1 year, 63 days | Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (1911–1915) |
| – | 
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Martin F. Betkouski (1860–1942; aged 81) |
September 2, 1916 – September 5, 1916 |
3 days | |
| 31 | 
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Frederic T. Woodman (1871–1949; aged 77) |
September 5, 1916 – July 1, 1919 |
2 years, 299 days | Member of the Los Angeles Harbor Commission (1902–1916) |
| (23) | 
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Meredith P. Snyder[b] (1859–1937; aged 77) |
July 1, 1919 – July 1, 1921 |
2 years | Commissioner of the Los Angeles Ethics Commission (1913–1917) |
| 32 | 
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George E. Cryer (1875–1961; aged 86) |
July 1, 1921 – July 1, 1929 |
8 years | Chief Los Angeles County District Attorney (1915–1919) |
| 33 | 
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John C. Porter (1871–1959; aged 88) |
July 1, 1929 – July 1, 1933 |
4 years | None |
| 34 | 
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Frank L. Shaw (1877–1958; aged 80) |
July 1, 1933 – September 26, 1938[j] |
5 years, 87 days | Member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors (1928–1933) |
| 35 | .jpg)
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Fletcher Bowron (1887–1968; aged 81) |
September 26, 1938 – July 1, 1953 |
14 years, 278 days | Judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court (1926–1938) |
| 36 | 
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Norris Poulson (1895–1982; aged 82) |
July 1, 1953 – July 1, 1961 |
8 years | U.S. Representative for California (1947–1953) |
| 37 | 
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Sam Yorty (1909–1998; aged 88) |
July 1, 1961 – July 1, 1973 |
12 years | U.S. Representative for California (1951–1955) |
| 38 | 
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Tom Bradley (1917–1998; aged 80) |
July 1, 1973 – July 1, 1993 |
20 years | Member of the Los Angeles City Council (1963–1973) |
| 39 | 
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Richard Riordan (1930–2023; aged 92) |
July 1, 1993 – July 1, 2001 |
8 years | Member of the Board of Recreation and Parks Commissioners (1987–1992) |
| 40 | .jpg)
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James Hahn (born 1950; age 74) |
July 1, 2001 – July 1, 2005 |
4 years | 15th Los Angeles City Attorney (1985–2001) |
| 41 | .jpg)
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Antonio Villaraigosa (born 1953; age 71) |
July 1, 2005 – July 1, 2013 |
8 years | Member of the Los Angeles City Council (2003–2005) |
| 42 | .jpg)
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Eric Garcetti (born 1971; age 53) |
July 1, 2013 – December 11, 2022[k] |
9 years, 163 days | Member of the Los Angeles City Council (2001–2013) |
| 43 | .jpg)
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Karen Bass (born 1953; age 70) |
December 12, 2022 – Incumbent |
1 year, 225 days | U.S. Representative for California (2011–2022) |
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