List of mayors of Pasadena, California

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Mayor of Pasadena
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Incumbent
Victor Gordo
since December 15, 2020
Term length 4 years
Formation1886
First holderHenry James Holmes

Mayors of Pasadena, California

#DatesImageNameLife datesElected byPartyNotes
11886–1887Henry James Holmes1825–1892councilRepublican
21887–1889Millard Mayhew Parker1849–1928 [1] [2] councilRepublican
31889–1890 Amos G. Throop 1840 (a).jpg Amos G. Throop 1811–1894council Temperance
41890–1892 Theodore P.Lukens.jpg Theodore Lukens (1)1848–1918councilRepublican
51892–1894Oscar Fitzallen Weed1824–1919councilRepublican
61894–1895 Theodore P.Lukens.jpg Theodore Lukens (2)1848–1918councilRepublican
71895–1896John Samuel Cox1857–1941councilRepublican
81896–1898 Calvin Hartwell 1913.jpeg Calvin Hartwell 1849–1920councilRepublican
91898–1900George Downing Patten1847–1922councilRepublican
101900–1901 Horace Dobbins 1868–1962councilRepublican
111901–1903 Martin H. Weight.jpeg Martin H. Weight [3] 1854–1920publicRepublicanFirst publicly elected mayor
121903–1905William Vedder1862–1923publicDemocratic
131905–1907William Waterhouse1852–1943publicRepublican
141907–1911Thomas Earley1849–1912publicDemocratic
151911–1913 William Thum image.jpg William Thum 1862–1941public Socialist
161913–1915Richard Lee Metcalf1854–1916publicDemocratic
171915–1921Arthur Lincoln Hamilton1859–1953public
181921–1925Hiram W. Wadsworth1862–1939 [4] publicRepublican
191925–1927Franklin Brooks Cole1872–1943council
201927–1929Clayton Taylor1870–1941councilRepublican
211929–1931Robert L. Daugherty1885–1978councilRepublican
221931–1932Patrick M. Walker1876–1946council
231932–1941Edward O. Nay1873–1941councilRepublicanOnly mayor to die in office
241941–1943Albert I. Stewart1870–1963councilRepublican
251943–1945Carl G. Wopschall1879–1959council
261945–1947Robert E. Dawson1884–1968councilRepublican
271947–1948Charles Hamill1898–1978council
281948–1951A. Ray Benedict1885–1974councilRepublican
291951–1953Alson E. Abernethy1900–1969councilRepublican
301953–1955 Clarence A. Winder 1887–1959councilRepublican [5] [6]
311955–1956Warren Dorn1918–2006councilRepublican
321956–1959Seth Miller1890–1967councilRepublican
331959–1961Ray G. Woods1910–1990councilRepublican
341961–1963C. Lewis Edwards1905–1999councilDemocratic
351963–1964Clarence Allen Oakley1915–1982 [7] [8] councilDemocratic
361964–1966Floyd Gwinn1897–1972councilDemocratic
371966–1968Boyd Welin1904–1989councilRepublican
381968–1970Cyril Bernard Cooper1900–1971councilRepublican
391970–1972Walter Benedict1908–2000councilRepublican
401972–1974Donald F. Yokaitis1932–councilRepublican
411974–1976Mortimer J. Matthews1933–2007councilRepublican
421976–1977Robert Glenn White1929–2010councilDemocrat
431977–1980Dr. Ellis Jones1916–1986councilRepublican
441980–1982Josephine Heckman1914–1998councilRepublicanFirst female mayor
451982–1984 Loretta Thompson-Glickman, 1982.jpg Loretta Thompson-Glickman 1945–2001councilDemocraticFirst African-American mayor
461984–1986 Bill Bogaard.JPG Bill Bogaard (1)1938–councilDemocratic
471986–1988John C. Crowley1920–2007councilDemocratic
481988–1990William E. Thomson1927–councilRepublican
491990–1992Jess Hughston1924–1998councilDemocratic
501992–1994 Rick Cole, 2014.jpg Rick Cole 1953–councilDemocratic
511994–1995Katie Nack1925–2008councilDemocratic
521995–1997 Bill Paparian 1950–councilIndependent
531997–1999 Chris Holden, California State Assembly (2012).jpg Chris Holden 1960–councilDemocraticSecond African-American mayor
541999–2015 Bill Bogaard.JPG Bill Bogaard (2)1938–publicDemocraticLongest-serving mayor
552015–2020 Terry Tornek.jpg Terry Tornek 1945-publicDemocratic
562020– Victor Gordo, mayor of Pasadena.jpg Victor Gordo 1969-publicDemocraticCurrent mayor

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