List of mayors of Cheyenne, Wyoming

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Mayor of Cheyenne, Wyoming
Incumbent
Patrick Collins
since January 4, 2021
Seat Cheyenne, Wyoming
AppointerCheyenne City Council
Formation1867
First holder H. M. Hook

The following is a list of mayors of Cheyenne, Wyoming. The current mayor is Patrick Collins.

List

#PartyMayor [1] Term Years
1Nonpartisan H. M. Hook 1867  1868
2Democratic Luke Murrin 1868  1869
3NonpartisanW. W. Slaughter1869
4NonpartisanJ. H. Martin1870
5Nonpartisan Jervis Joslin 1871  1872
6NonpartisanM. Sloan1872
7Democratic M. V. Boughton 1873  1874
8NonpartisanGeorge Cassels1874
9NonpartisanI. C. Whipple1875
10NonpartisanL. R. Bresnahan1876
11NonpartisanD. Fisk1877
12NonpartisanL. R. Bresnahan (2)1878  1879
13NonpartisanF. E. Addoms1880  1881
14Republican Joseph M. Carey 1881  1885
15Nonpartisan Francis E. Warren 1885
16NonpartisanA. H. Reel1885  1886
17NonpartisanCharles W. Riner1887  1890
18NonpartisanL. R. Bresnahan (3)1891  1892
19NonpartisanEd F. Stahle1893  1895
20NonpartisanSamuel Merrill1896  1897
21NonpartisanWilliam R. Schnitger1897  1900
22NonpartisanJ. L. Murray1901  1902
22Republican Moses Patrick Keefe 1903  1904
23Democratic Daniel Webster Gill 1905  1906
24NonpartisanP. S. Cook1907  1910
25NonpartisanL. R. Bresnahan (4)1911  1912
26Democratic Daniel Webster Gill (2)1913  1914
27NonpartisanR. N. La Fontaine1914  1917
28NonpartisanEdward W. Stone1918  1919
29NonpartisanEd P. Taylor1920  1923
30NonpartisanArchie Allison1924  1925
31NonpartisanCharles W. Riner (2)1926  1929
32NonpartisanCal Holliday1930  1931
33NonpartisanJ. F. Weyhrecht1932  1933
34NonpartisanArchie Allison (2)1934  1940
35Democratic Ed Warren 1940  1944
36Republican Ira L. Hanna 1944
37Republican Bruce S. Jones 1944  1946
38NonpartisanJohn J. Mcinerney1946  1947
39NonpartisanBenjamin C. Nelson1949  1951
40NonpartisanEdward Gowdy1951
41Democratic Ed Warren (2)1951  1952
42NonpartisanR. E. Cheever1952  1954
43NonpartisanVal S. Christensen1954  1957
44NonpartisanWorth Story1958  1961
45Democratic Bill Nation [2] 1962  1965
46NonpartisanBill Herbert Kingham1966  1967
47NonpartisanGeorge R. Cox1968  1969
48NonpartisanFloyd Holland1970  1971
49Nonpartisan James D. Van Velzor 1972  1973
50Democratic Bill Nation (2)1973  1976
51NonpartisanDonald Erickson1977  1988
52NonpartisanGary Schaeffer [2] 1989  1992
53Nonpartisan Leo Pando 1993  2001
54NonpartisanJack R. Spiker2001  2008
55NonpartisanRichard L. Kaysen2009  2016
56RepublicanMarian Orr2017  2020
57NonpartisanPatrick Collins [3] 2021 – present

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References

  1. "City of Cheyenne Elected Mayors Page 23" (PDF).
  2. 1 2 "Cheyenne's mayors proud to be a part of history". August 7, 2017.
  3. Eagle, Margaret Austin | Wyoming Tribune. "Turning a new chapter, Cheyenne elects Patrick Collins as mayor". Wyoming Tribune Eagle. Archived from the original on 2021-11-03. Retrieved 2021-02-01.