The following persons have held the office of mayor of Oklahoma City . Mayors of Oklahoma City are elected to four year terms.
No. [a] | Portrait | Mayor [2] | Took office | Left office | Tenure | Election | Party | |
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Provisional mayors following land run | ||||||||
1 | ![]() | William Couch (1850–1890) [3] | April 27, 1889 | November 11, 1889 | 198 days | – | Unknown | |
2 | ![]() | Sidney Clarke (1831–1909) Acting [4] | November 11, 1889 | November 27, 1889 | 16 days | – | Republican | |
3 | ![]() | Andrew Jackson Beale (1831–1909) [5] | November 27, 1889 | December 30, 1889 | 33 days | – | Unknown | |
4 | ![]() | David Williams Gibbs (1837–1917) Acting [6] | July 15, 1890 | August 9, 1890 | 25 days | – | Unknown | |
Elected mayors following Oklahoma City's incorporation | ||||||||
5 | ![]() | William James Gault (1830–1899) [7] | August 12, 1890 | April 12, 1892 | 1 year, 244 days | 1890 | Unknown | |
6 | ![]() | Oscar A. Mitscher (1861–1926) [8] | April 12, 1892 | April 9, 1894 | 1 year, 362 days | 1892 | Republican | |
7 | ![]() | Nelson Button (1849–1914) [9] | April 9, 1894 | April 13, 1896 | 2 years, 4 days | 1894 | Unknown | |
8 | ![]() | Charles G. Jones (1856–1911) 1st time [10] | April 13, 1896 | April 12, 1897 | 364 days | 1896 | Republican | |
9 | ![]() | James P. Allen (1848–1922) [11] | April 12, 1897 | April 10, 1899 | 1 year, 363 days | 1897 | Democratic | |
10 | ![]() | Robert E. Lee Van Winkle (1862–1928) 1st time [12] | April 10, 1899 | April 8, 1901 | 1 year, 363 days | 1899 | Unknown | |
11 | ![]() | Charles G. Jones (1856–1911) 2nd time [10] | April 8, 1901 | April 13, 1903 | 2 years, 5 days | 1901 | Republican | |
12 | ![]() | Robert E. Lee Van Winkle (1862–1928) 2nd time [12] | April 13, 1903 | April 10, 1905 | 1 year, 363 days | 1903 | Unknown | |
13 | ![]() | Joseph Fife Messenbaugh (1873–1928) [13] | April 10, 1905 | April 8, 1907 | 1 year, 363 days | 1905 | Unknown | |
14 | ![]() | Henry Scales (1869–1918) [14] | April 8, 1907 | October 18, 1910 [b] | 3 years, 193 days | 1907 | Unknown | |
1909 | ||||||||
15 | ![]() | Dan V. Lackey (1877–1959) Acting [15] | October 18, 1910 | June 8, 1911 | 233 days | – | Unknown | |
16 | ![]() | Whit M. Grant (1851–1927) [16] | June 8, 1911 | April 13, 1915 | 3 years, 309 days | 1911 | Democratic | |
17 | ![]() | Ed Overholser (1869–1931) [17] | April 13, 1915 | December 24, 1918 [c] | 3 years, 255 days | 1915 | Republican | |
18 | ![]() | Byron D. Shear (1869–1929) Acting [18] | December 24, 1918 | April 7, 1919 | 104 days | – | Republican | |
19 | ![]() | Jack C. Walton (1881–1949) [19] | April 7, 1919 | January 9, 1923 [d] | 3 years, 277 days | 1919 | Democratic | |
20 | ![]() | Mike Donnelly (1880–1972) Acting [20] | January 9, 1923 | April 4, 1923 | 85 days | – | Unknown | |
21 | ![]() | O. A. Cargill (1885–1973) [21] | April 4, 1923 | April 12, 1927 | 4 years, 8 days | 1923 | Democratic | |
22 | ![]() | Walter Crowder Dean (1865–1952) [22] | April 12, 1927 | April 12, 1931 | 4 years, 0 days | 1927 | Unknown | |
23 | ![]() | Clarence Blinn (1886–1976) [23] | April 12, 1931 | November 7, 1933 [e] | 2 years, 209 days | 1931 | Unknown | |
24 | ![]() | Thomas McGee (1887–1963) [24] | November 7, 1933 | April 9, 1935 | 1 year, 153 days | – | Unknown | |
25 | ![]() | John Frank Martin (1892–1968) [25] | April 9, 1935 | April 11, 1939 | 4 years, 2 days | 1935 | Unknown | |
26 | ![]() | Robert A. Hefner (1874–1971) [26] | April 11, 1939 | April 8, 1947 | 7 years, 362 days | 1939 | Unknown | |
1943 | ||||||||
27 | ![]() | Allen Street (1885–1969) [27] | April 8, 1947 | April 7, 1959 | 11 years, 364 days | 1947 | Democratic | |
1951 | ||||||||
1955 | ||||||||
28 | ![]() | James Norick (1920–2015) 1st time [28] | April 7, 1959 | April 9, 1963 | 4 years, 2 days | 1959 | Democratic | |
29 | ![]() | Jack Stauffer Wilkes (1917–1969) [29] | April 9, 1963 | May 31, 1964 [f] | 1 year, 52 days | 1963 | Democratic | |
30 | ![]() | George H. Shirk (1913–1977) [30] | June 16, 1964 | April 11, 1967 | 2 years, 299 days | App. | Unknown | |
1965 special | ||||||||
31 | ![]() | James Norick (1920–2015) 2nd time [28] | April 11, 1967 | April 13, 1971 | 4 years, 2 days | 1967 | Democratic | |
32 | ![]() | Patience Latting (1918–2012) [31] | April 13, 1971 | April 12, 1983 | 11 years, 364 days | 1971 | Democratic | |
1975 | ||||||||
1979 | ||||||||
33 | ![]() | Andy Coats (born 1935) [32] | April 12, 1983 | April 14, 1987 | 4 years, 2 days | 1983 | Democratic | |
34 | ![]() | Ron Norick (born 1941) [33] | April 14, 1987 | April 14, 1998 | 11 years, 0 days | 1987 | Republican | |
1991 | ||||||||
1995 | ||||||||
35 | ![]() | Kirk Humphreys (born 1950) [34] | April 14, 1998 | November 3, 2003 [g] | 5 years, 203 days | 1998 | Republican | |
2002 | ||||||||
36 | ![]() | Guy Liebmann (born 1936) Acting [35] | November 3, 2003 | March 2, 2004 | 120 days | – | Republican | |
37 | ![]() | Mick Cornett (born 1958) [36] | March 2, 2004 | April 10, 2018 | 14 years, 39 days | 2004 | Republican | |
2006 | ||||||||
2010 | ||||||||
2014 | ||||||||
38 | ![]() | David Holt (born 1979) [1] | April 10, 2018 | Incumbent | 7 years, 190 days | 2018 | Republican | |
2022 |