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List Of Mayors Of Oakland, CaliforniaList of mayors of Oakland, California, founded in 1852. incorporated as city 1854. | lign=left| Date term started | align=left| Name | | 1 | April 17, 1854 | Horace W. Carpentier | | 2 | March 5, 1855 | Charles Campbell | | 3 | March 3, 1856 | S. H. Robinson | | 4 | March 2, 1857 | Andrew Williams | | 5 | March 7, 1859 | Francis K. Shattuck | | 6 | March 7, 1860 | J. P. M. Davis | | 7 | March 5, 1862 | George M. Blake | | 8 | March 1863 | W. H. Bovee | | 9 | March 14, 1864 | Dr. Edward Gibbons | | 10 | March 6, 1865 | B. F. Ferris | | 11 | March 5, 1866 | John W. Dwinelle | | 12 | March 7, 1867 | William Watrus Crane, Jr. - resigned November 2 | | 13 | November 1867 | Dr. Samuel Merritt - appointed 1867, elected 1868 | | 14 | March 1, 1869 | John B. Felton | | 15 | March 6, 1871 | Nathaniel W. Spaulding | | 16 | March 4, 1873 | Rev. Henry Durant - founder University of California - died in office January 22, 1875 | | 17 | February, 1875 | Mack Weber - appointed Feb., elected March 1 | | 18 | March 13, 1876 | Dr. Enoch H. Pardee | | 19 | March 25, 1878 | Washburne R. Andrus | | 20 | March 8, 1880 | James E. Blethen | | 21 | March 13, 1882 | Charles K. Robinson | | 22 | March 12, 1883 | J. West Martin | | 23 | March 10, 1884 | Ashmun C. Henry | | 24 | March 9, 1885 | Eli W. Playter | | 25 | March 14, 1887 | William R. Davis | | 26 | March 12, 1888 | Charles D. Pierce | | 27 | March 11, 1889 | John R. Glascock | | 28 | March 9, 1891 | Melvin C. Chapman | | 29 | March 13, 1893 | Dr. George C. Pardee - elected governor of California in 1902 | | 30a | March 11, 1895 | John L. Davie | | 31 | March 9, 1897 | W. R. Thomas | | 32 | March 13, 1899 | Roland W. Snow | | 33 | March 11, 1901 | Anson Barstow | | 34 | March 9, 1903 | Warren Olney | | 35 | March 1905 | Frank K. Mott - "The Mayor Who Built Oakland" - elected 1911 under new charter - city commission government | | 30b | July 1, 1915 | John L. Davie - "My City Oakland" - longest serving mayor | | 36 | July 1, 1931 | Fred N. Morcom - first mayor under the council-manager government | | 37 | July 1, 1933 | William J. McCracken | | 38 | July 1, 1941 | John F. Slavich | | 39 | July 1, 1945 | Herbert L. Beach | | 40 | July 1, 1947 | Joseph E. Smith | | 41 | July 1, 1949 | Clifford E. Rishell - first mayor under mayor-council government | | 42 | July 1, 1961 | John C. Houlihan - announced retirement Feb. 1966 (effective April 30) | | 43 | May 1, 1966 | John H. Reading | | 44 | July 1, 1977 | Lionel J. Wilson - city's first African American mayor | | 45 | January 7, 1991 | Elihu M. Harris | | 46 | January 4, 1999 | Jerry Brown | Notes - Office terms:
- 1 year 1854 - elected by fellow city council members
- 2 years 1893
- 4 years 1953 - mayor elected by popular vote
- John L. Davie had split terms 1895-1897 and 1915-1931
- Enoch H. Pardee and George C. Pardee were father-son
- George C. Pardee was governor during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake
- John C. Houlihan retired Feb. 1966, imprisoned for embezzlement 1967, paroled 1969, pardoned 1973 (not related to public office)
- Jerry Brown was also governor, plans to run for California State Attorney General in 2006
References - Mayors of Oakland: 1854 - 2002 by David Nicolas, director, Pardee Home Museum for exhibit Populists, Visionaries, & Self-Promoters: 46 Oakland Mayors to honor the city's sesquicentennial 2002
- From then to now: these were mayors. Oakland Tribune, Thursday May 1, 1952 p W-7 Oakland Centennial special edition. includes photos
- Oakland History Room, Oakland Public Library
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