List of mayors of Mesa, Arizona

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Mayor of Mesa, Arizona
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John Giles (52172866844).jpg
Incumbent
John Giles
since 2014
TypeMayor
Member ofCity council
Term length 4 years
FormationJuly 15, 1883 [1]
First holderAlexander Findlay Macdonald
DeputyVice mayor
Salary$74,745.16 [2]
Website https://www.mesaaz.gov/government/mayor-council

The following is a list of the mayors of Mesa, Arizona.

Contents

Mayors

#PortraitMayorTook OfficeLeft OfficeRef.
1Alexander Findlay MacDonald18831885 [3]
2Alvin Franklin Stewart18851886
3George Passey18861888
4William Johnson LeBaron18881896
5James Rouse Turman18961898
6David Tully LeBaron Jr.18981899
7William A. Kimball18991900 [4]
8 Jedidiah Grant Peterson
(1st term)
19001902 [5]
9Charles M. Mullen19021904
10John L. Waring19041906
11Phil Metz19061908
12John D. Loper19081908
13Lionel Brand Johnson19081908
14John H. Barnett19081910
15Ralph Fleetwood Palmer19101912
16John Taylor LeSueur19121914 [4]
17Max Viault19141916 [6]
18Paul Baxter Beville19161918 [6] [7]
19Dan H. Kleinman19181922 [8] [9]
20Robert Scott19221924 [8]
21Jedidiah Grant Peterson
(2nd term)
19241936 [5]
22Linford B. Werner19361938 [10]
23 George N. Goodman, mayor of Chandler Arizona.jpg George Nicholas Goodman
(1st term)
19381942 [11]
24John A. Hamblin19421944 [12]
25Zebulon Pearce19441946 [13]
26 George N. Goodman, mayor of Chandler Arizona.jpg George Nicholas Goodman
(2nd term)
19461948 [11] [13]
27 Frank E. Bendick, mayor of Mesa Arizona.jpg Frank E. Bendick19481950 [14]
28Oscar Virgil Crismon19501952 [15]
29 George N. Goodman, mayor of Chandler Arizona.jpg George Nicholas Goodman
(3rd term)
19521956 [11] [16]
30Richard G. Johnson Sr.19561958 [17]
31Egbert J. Brown19581966 [18]
32 Jack Taylor 19661972 [19] [20]
33Eldon W. Cooley19721976 [21] [22] [23]
34 Wayne C. Pomeroy, mayor of Mesa.jpg Wayne C. Pomeroy 19761980 [24] [25]
35 Don W. Strauch 19801984 [26]
36Sumner "Al" Brooks19841988 [27] [28]
37Margaret "Peggy" Rubach19881992 [29]
38William "Willie" Wong19921996 [30] [31]
39 Wayne Brown 19962000 [32]
40Keno L. Hawker20002008 [33]
41 Scott Smith by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg Scott W. Smith 20082014 [34] [35]
42Alex Finter20142014 [36]
43 John Giles (52449206966).jpg John Giles 2014Incumbent [37]

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