List of mayors of Duluth, Minnesota

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Mayor of Duluth
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Incumbent
Roger Reinert
since January 4, 2024
Seat Duluth City Hall
Term length Four years
Inaugural holderJoshua 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.MayorTermPartyRef
1Joshua B. Culver1870–1871 Democratic [1]
2Sidney Luce1872 [2]
3Vespasian Smith1873–1874 [3]
4Peter Dean1875 [4]
5John Drew1876–1879 [5]
6Peter Dean1880
7Josaiah Davis Ensign1881–1882 [6]
8 Charles Hinman Graves 1882–1883 Republican [7]
9Joshua B. Culver1883 Democratic [1]
10Josaiah Davis Ensign1884
11H.B. Moore1885
12John B. Sutphin1886–1889
13M.J. Davis1890–1891
14Charles d’Autremont, Jr.1892–1893
15Ray T. Lewis1894–1895
16Henry Truelsen1896–1900 People's [8]
17Trevanion W. Hugo1900–1903
18Dr. Marcus B. Cullo1904–1907 Democratic [9]
19R.D. Haven1908–1909 Republican [9]
20Dr. Marcus B. Cullo1910–1911 Democratic [9]
21John A. McCuen1912
22William I. Prince1913–1917
23 Clarence R. Magney 1917–1920
24Trevanion W. Hugo1920
25 Samuel F. Snively 1921–1937 Farmer–Labor [10]
26 Carl Rudolf Berghult 1937–1941 Republican
27Edward H. Hatch1941–1945
28 George W. Johnson 1945–1953 Republican
29George D. Johnson1953–1956
30Eugene R. Lambert1956–1959 [11]
31E. Clifford Mork1959–1963
32George D. Johnson1963–1967
33 Ben Boo 1967–1975 Republican [12]
34Robert Beaudin1975–1979 Democratic–Farmer–Labor [13]
35 John Fedo 1979–1992 Democratic–Farmer–Labor [14]
36 Gary Doty 1992–2004 Democratic–Farmer–Labor [15]
37 Herb Bergson 2004–2008 Democratic–Farmer–Labor
38 Don Ness 2008–2016 Democratic–Farmer–Labor [16]
39 Emily Larson 2016–2024 Democratic–Farmer–Labor [17]
40 Roger Reinert 2024– Democratic–Farmer–Labor [18]

‡ = second time in office

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