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Mayor of Pasadena | |
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Term length | 4 years |
Formation | 1886 |
First holder | Henry James Holmes |
# | Dates | Image | Name | Life dates | Elected by | Party | Notes |
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1 | 1886–1887 | Henry James Holmes | 1825–1892 | council | Republican | ||
2 | 1887–1889 | Millard Mayhew Parker | 1849–1928 [1] [2] | council | Republican | ||
3 | 1889–1890 | Amos G. Throop | 1811–1894 | council | Temperance | ||
4 | 1890–1892 | Theodore Lukens (1) | 1848–1918 | council | Republican | ||
5 | 1892–1894 | Oscar Fitzallen Weed | 1824–1919 | council | Republican | ||
6 | 1894–1895 | Theodore Lukens (2) | 1848–1918 | council | Republican | ||
7 | 1895–1896 | John Samuel Cox | 1857–1941 | council | Republican | ||
8 | 1896–1898 | Calvin Hartwell | 1849–1920 | council | Republican | ||
9 | 1898–1900 | George Downing Patten | 1847–1922 | council | Republican | ||
10 | 1900–1901 | Horace Dobbins | 1868–1962 | council | Republican | ||
11 | 1901–1903 | Martin H. Weight [3] | 1854–1920 | public | Republican | First publicly elected mayor | |
12 | 1903–1905 | William Vedder | 1862–1923 | public | Democratic | ||
13 | 1905–1907 | William Waterhouse | 1852–1943 | public | Republican | ||
14 | 1907–1911 | Thomas Earley | 1849–1912 | public | Democratic | ||
15 | 1911–1913 | William Thum | 1862–1941 | public | Socialist | ||
16 | 1913–1915 | Richard Lee Metcalf | 1854–1916 | public | Democratic | ||
17 | 1915–1921 | Arthur Lincoln Hamilton | 1859–1953 | public | |||
18 | 1921–1925 | Hiram W. Wadsworth | 1862–1939 [4] | public | Republican | ||
19 | 1925–1927 | Franklin Brooks Cole | 1872–1943 | council | |||
20 | 1927–1929 | Clayton Taylor | 1870–1941 | council | Republican | ||
21 | 1929–1931 | Robert L. Daugherty | 1885–1978 | council | Republican | ||
22 | 1931–1932 | Patrick M. Walker | 1876–1946 | council | |||
23 | 1932–1941 | Edward O. Nay | 1873–1941 | council | Republican | Only mayor to die in office | |
24 | 1941–1943 | Albert I. Stewart | 1870–1963 | council | Republican | ||
25 | 1943–1945 | Carl G. Wopschall | 1879–1959 | council | |||
26 | 1945–1947 | Robert E. Dawson | 1884–1968 | council | Republican | ||
27 | 1947–1948 | Charles Hamill | 1898–1978 | council | |||
28 | 1948–1951 | A. Ray Benedict | 1885–1974 | council | Republican | ||
29 | 1951–1953 | Alson E. Abernethy | 1900–1969 | council | Republican | ||
30 | 1953–1955 | Clarence A. Winder | 1887–1959 | council | Republican | [5] [6] | |
31 | 1955–1956 | Warren Dorn | 1918–2006 | council | Republican | ||
32 | 1956–1959 | Seth Miller | 1890–1967 | council | Republican | ||
33 | 1959–1961 | Ray G. Woods | 1910–1990 | council | Republican | ||
34 | 1961–1963 | C. Lewis Edwards | 1905–1999 | council | Democratic | ||
35 | 1963–1964 | Clarence Allen Oakley | 1915–1982 [7] [8] | council | Democratic | ||
36 | 1964–1966 | Floyd Gwinn | 1897–1972 | council | Democratic | ||
37 | 1966–1968 | Boyd Welin | 1904–1989 | council | Republican | ||
38 | 1968–1970 | Cyril Bernard Cooper | 1900–1971 | council | Republican | ||
39 | 1970–1972 | Walter Benedict | 1908–2000 | council | Republican | ||
40 | 1972–1974 | Donald F. Yokaitis | 1932– | council | Republican | ||
41 | 1974–1976 | Mortimer J. Matthews | 1933–2007 | council | Republican | ||
42 | 1976–1977 | Robert Glenn White | 1929–2010 | council | Democrat | ||
43 | 1977–1980 | Dr. Ellis Jones | 1916–1986 | council | Republican | ||
44 | 1980–1982 | Josephine Heckman | 1914–1998 | council | Republican | First female mayor | |
45 | 1982–1984 | Loretta Thompson-Glickman | 1945–2001 | council | Democratic | First African-American mayor | |
46 | 1984–1986 | Bill Bogaard (1) | 1938– | council | Democratic | ||
47 | 1986–1988 | John C. Crowley | 1920–2007 | council | Democratic | ||
48 | 1988–1990 | William E. Thomson | 1927– | council | Republican | ||
49 | 1990–1992 | Jess Hughston | 1924–1998 | council | Democratic | ||
50 | 1992–1994 | Rick Cole | 1953– | council | Democratic | ||
51 | 1994–1995 | Katie Nack | 1925–2008 | council | Democratic | ||
52 | 1995–1997 | Bill Paparian | 1950– | council | Independent | ||
53 | 1997–1999 | Chris Holden | 1960– | council | Democratic | Second African-American mayor | |
54 | 1999–2015 | Bill Bogaard (2) | 1938– | public | Democratic | Longest-serving mayor | |
55 | 2015–2020 | Terry Tornek | 1945- | public | Democratic | ||
56 | 2020– | Victor Gordo | 1969- | public | Democratic | Current mayor |
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