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The following is a list of the mayors of Phoenix, Arizona.
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1 | John T. Alsap | 1881 | ||
2 | Francis A. Shaw | 1881–1883 | ||
3 | DeForest Porter | 1883–1884 | ||
4 | George F. Coats | 1884–1885 | ||
5 | Emil Ganz | 1885–1886 | First Jewish mayor [1] | |
6 | DeForest Porter (2nd) | 1886–1888 | ||
7 | A. Leonard Meyer | 1888–1889 | ||
8 | George F. Coats (2nd) | 1889–1890 | ||
9 | T. D. McGlasson | 1890–1891 | ||
10 | Joseph Campbell | 1891–1893 | ||
11 | P. J. Cole | 1893–1894 | ||
12 | James D. Monihon | 1894–1895 | ||
13 | R. L. Rosson | 1895–1896 | ||
14 | R. Allyn Lewis | 1896 | ||
15 | Frank B. Moss | 1896 | ||
16 | James D. Monihon (2nd) | 1896–1897 | ||
17 | John C. Adams | 1897–1899 | ||
18 | Czar James Dyer | 1899 | ||
19 | Emil Ganz (2nd) | 1899–1901 | ||
20 | Walter Talbot | 1901–1903 | ||
21 | Walter Bennett | 1903–1904 | ||
22 | John T. Dunlap | 1904–1905 | ||
23 | John C. Adams (2nd) | 1905 | ||
24 | Frank B. Moss (2nd) | 1905–1906 (died in office) | ||
25 | R. H. Greene | 1906 | ||
26 | Lewis W. Coggins | 1906–1909 | ||
27 | Lloyd B. Christy | 1909–1914 | ||
28 | George U. Young | 1914–1916 | ||
29 | Peter Corpstein | 1916–1920 | ||
30 | Willis H. Plunkett | 1920–1922 | ||
31 | L. L. Harmon | 1922–1923 | ||
32 | Louis B. Whitney | 1923–1925 | ||
33 | Frank A. Jefferson | 1925–1928 | ||
34 | Fred J. Paddock | 1928–1930 | ||
35 | Franklin D. Lane | 1930–1932 | ||
36 | Fred J. Paddock (2nd) | 1932–1934 | ||
37 | Joseph S. Jenckes | 1934–1936 | ||
38 | John Hunt Udall | 1936–1938 | ||
39 | Walter J. Thalheimer | 1938–1940 | ||
40 | Reed Shupe | 1940–1942 | ||
41 | Newell Stewart | 1942–1944 | ||
42 | J. H. Fleming | 1944–1946 | ||
43 | Ray Busey | 1946–1948 | ||
44 | John Nicholas Udall | 1948–1952 | ||
45 | Hohen Foster | 1952–1954 | ||
46 | Frank G. Murphy | 1954–1956 | ||
47 | Jack Williams | 1956–1960 | ||
48 | Sam Mardian | 1960–1964 | ||
49 | Milton H. Graham | 1964–1970 | ||
50 | John D. Driggs | 1970–1974 | ||
51 | Timothy A. Barrow | 1974–1976 | ||
52 | Margaret Hance | 1976–1984 | First woman mayor | |
53 | Terry Goddard | 1984–1990 | ||
54 | Paul Johnson | 1990–1994 | ||
55 | John B. Nelson (fill-in) | 1994 | ||
56 | Thelda Williams (interim) | 1994 | ||
57 | Skip Rimsza | 1994–2004 | ||
58 | Phil Gordon | 2004–2012 | 2nd Jewish mayor of Phoenix [2] | |
59 | Thelda Williams (interim) | 2012 | ||
60 | Greg Stanton | 2012–2018 | ||
61 | Thelda Williams (interim) | 2018–2019 | ||
62 | Kate Gallego | 2019–present | Elected 2019 [3] First female Jewish mayor of Phoenix [1] |
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