List of mayors of Duluth, Minnesota

Mayor of Duluth
Incumbent Roger Reinert since January 4, 2024
Seat	Duluth City Hall
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Joshua B. Culver
Website	duluthmn.gov/mayor

The Mayor of Duluth is the chief executive officer of Duluth, Minnesota, and is responsible for overseeing the city's administration. The Mayor's Office is located in the Duluth Civic Center Historic District. This article is a list of people who have served as mayor.

List

No.	Mayor	Term	Party		Ref
1	Joshua B. Culver	1870–1871		Democratic	[1]
2	Clinton Markell	1871-1872
3	Sidney Luce	1872			[2]
3	Vespasian Smith	1873–1874			[3]
4	Peter Dean	1875			[4]
5	John Drew	1876–1879			[5]
6	Peter Dean	1880 ‡
7	Josaiah Davis Ensign	1881–1882			[6]
8	Charles Hinman Graves	1882–1883		Republican	[7]
9	Joshua B. Culver	1883 ‡		Democratic	[1]
10	Josaiah Davis Ensign	1884 ‡
11	H.B. Moore	1885
12	John B. Sutphin	1886–1889
13	M.J. Davis	1890–1891
14	Charles d’Autremont, Jr.	1892–1893
15	Ray T. Lewis	1894–1895
16	Henry Truelsen	1896–1900		People's	[8]
17	Trevanion W. Hugo	1900–1903		Republican
18	Dr. Marcus B. Cullo	1904–1907		Democratic	[9]
19	R.D. Haven	1908–1909		Republican	[9]
20	Dr. Marcus B. Cullo	1910–1911 ‡		Democratic	[9]
21	John A. McCuen	1912
22	William I. Prince	1913–1917
23	Clarence R. Magney	1917–1920
24	Trevanion W. Hugo	1920–1921 ‡		Republican
25	Samuel F. Snively	1921–1937		Farmer–Labor	[10]
26	Carl Rudolf Berghult	1937–1941		Republican
27	Edward H. Hatch	1941–1945
28	George W. Johnson	1945–1953		Republican
29	George D. Johnson	1953–1956
30	Eugene R. Lambert	1956–1959			[11]
31	E. Clifford Mork	1959–1962			[12] [13]
32	George D. Johnson	1963–1967 ‡
33	Ben Boo	1967–1975		Republican	[14]
34	Robert Beaudin	1975–1979		Democratic–Farmer–Labor	[15]
35	John Fedo	1979–1992		Democratic–Farmer–Labor	[16]
36	Gary Doty	1992–2004		Democratic–Farmer–Labor	[17]
37	Herb Bergson	2004–2008		Democratic–Farmer–Labor
38	Don Ness	2008–2016		Democratic–Farmer–Labor	[18]
39	Emily Larson	2016–2024		Democratic–Farmer–Labor	[19]
40	Roger Reinert	2024–present		Democratic–Farmer–Labor	[20]

‡ = second time in office

References

1. "Joshua B. Culver: Duluth's first mayor and leader of 'The Ring'". Duluth News Tribune. March 9, 2020. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
2. "Portrait of Sidney Luce, Mayor 1872, Duluth, Minnesota". Minnesota Digital Library. July 8, 2024. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
3. "Portrait of Vespasian Smith, Mayor, 1873-1874 Duluth, Minnesota". collection.mndigital.org. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
4. "Portrait of Peter Dean, Mayor 1875, 1880, Duluth, Minnesota". Minnesota Immigrants: People on the Move - Minnesota Digital Library. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
5. "Portrait of John Drew, Mayor 1876-1879, Duluth, Minnesota". collection.mndigital.org. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
6. "Portrait of Josaiah Davis Ensign, Mayor 1881-1882, 1884, Duluth, Minnesota". collection.mndigital.org. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
7. "(Still Image) Portraits of Mayors Charles Hinman Graves, Marcus B. Cullum, and Clinton Markell, Duluth, Minnesota,". mndigital.org. Duluth Public Library. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
8. "Mayor of Duluth Re-elected". NYTimes.com. December 10, 1962. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
9. "DULUTH IS DEMOCRATIC.; Republican Mayor In Minnesota Ousted by a Plurality of 791". The New York Times. February 2, 1910. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved July 16, 2024.
10. Tribune, Curt Brown Star. "Four-term Duluth mayor laid down roots for renaissance". Star Tribune. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
11. "President Invited to Duluth". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved July 16, 2024.
12. Powers. "(Still Image) Portrait of Emil Clifford Mork, Mayor 1959-1962, Duluth, Minnesota,(1959)". Duluth Public Library. Retrieved August 18, 2024.
13. "E. CLIFFORD MORK". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved August 19, 2024.
14. "Portrait of Ben Boo, Mayor 1967-1975 Duluth, Minnesota". collection.mndigital.org. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
15. "Former Duluth Mayor Robert Beaudin dies at age 72". Duluth News Tribune. January 14, 2013. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
16. "Portrait of John Fedo, Mayor 1979-1992, Duluth, Minnesota". collection.mndigital.org. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
17. "Portrait of Gary Doty, Mayor 1992-2004, Duluth, Minnesota". collection.mndigital.org. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
18. Kimball, Joe (June 18, 2009). "Duluth poll shows they like Mayor Don Ness". MinnPost. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
19. "Duluth mayor to seek third term, citing unfinished business, including new library". Duluth News Tribune. December 13, 2022. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
20. "Reinert trounces Larson to become Duluth mayor". MinnPost. November 8, 2023. Retrieved July 9, 2024.