List of mayors of Shreveport, Louisiana

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This is a list of people who have served as mayor of the city of Shreveport, Louisiana.

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MayorFromToPartyNotes
Angus McNeill 18361839NonePresident of Shreve Town Co.
John Octavius Sewall 18391840 Whig First Elected Mayor
William Walton George, M.D.18401840 Democratic
Samuel W. Briggs 18411841None
William Walton George, M.D.18421843 Democratic
John N. Howell 18441844 Democratic
Joseph Clinton Beall 18451845 Democratic
Lawrence Pike Crain 18461847 Democratic
Robert Nathaniel Wood 18471847 Whig/Know Nothing Died in Mexico
John Morgan Landrum 18481848 Democratic Elected to Congress in 1859
Rev. John Bryce 18491849 Democratic
Robert W. Cooke 18501850 Democratic
Joseph Clinton Beall 18511853 Democratic
John Wallace Jones 18541857 Democratic
Jonas Robeson 18581858 Democratic
John W. Pennall 18591859 Democratic Also Mayor of Homer, LA and State Judge in 1861
Jonas Robeson 18601861 Democratic
Joseph Clinton Beall 18621863 Democratic
John Gooch, Samuel Wells 18641865 Democratic Gooch was ousted by the Union and was replaced by Wells.
Alexander Boarman 18661867 Republican. Appointed by Union.
Lewis S. Markham 18671867 Dem. Served only one month.
Martin Tally 18671868 Republican Appointed during reconstruction by Union.
Jerome B. Gilmore 18691871 Republican Appointed during reconstruction by Union.
William Rabun Shivers 18711871 Dem. Was killed before he was able to serve term.
Moses Hodge Crowell 18711872 Republican Appointed by the Union.
Joseph Taylor, M.D.18721873 Dem. Was forbidden to serve by Federal authorities. (Confederate Loyalist)
Samuel Levy, M.A. Walsh 18721873 Republican Jointly appointed by Federal government, Levy was the first Jewish Mayor.
Samuel J. Ward 18741874 Democratic Sheriff of Caddo Parish in 1869. Born in Wales.
W. Nick Murphy 18751878 Republican/Democratic Switched from Republican to Democrat.
Andrew Currie 18781889 Democratic Resigned from his position in 1890. Born in Ireland.
Edward B. Herndon 18901890 Democratic Elected to fill unfinished term.
Richard Tucker Vinson 18911895 Democratic
Reuben Neil McKellar18961900 Democratic Born in Kickapoo in Anderson County, Texas; moved to Shreveport in his early teens
Benjamin Holzman 19001902 Democratic Born in Germany.
Andrew C. Querbes, Sr. 19021906 Democratic Born in New Orleans.
Ernest Ralph Berstein 19061908 Democratic
Samuel Augustus Dickson, M.D.19081910 Democratic
John Henry Eastham, Jr. 19101914 Democratic First mayor under city commission government
Samuel Augustus Dickson, M.D.19141916 Democratic
Robert Hodges Ward 19161918 Democratic Son of Mayor Samuel J. Ward.
John McWilliams Ford 19181922 Democratic
Lee Emmett Thomas 19221930 Democratic Louisiana State Representative, 1912–1916
J. G. Palmer 19301932 Democratic Louisiana State Judge.
John McWilliams Ford 19321932 Democratic
George W. Hardy, Jr. 19321934 Democratic Louisiana State Judge.
Samuel S. Caldwell 19341946 Democratic
Clyde E. Fant [1] 19461954 Democratic
James C. Gardner 19541958 Democratic Louisiana State Representative, 1952–1954
Clyde E. Fant 19581970 Democratic Longest serving term of any Shreveport Mayor.
L. Calhoun Allen, Jr. 19701978 Democratic
William T. Hanna, Jr. 19781982 Democratic
John Brennan Hussey19821990 Democratic
Hazel Beard 19901994 Republican First female mayor and first Republican mayor since the Reconstruction era
Robert W. "Bo" Williams 19941998 Republican
Keith Hightower 19982006 Democratic
Cedric B. Glover 20062014 Democratic First African-American mayor
Ollie Tyler20142018 Democratic First African-American female mayor
Adrian Perkins 20182022 Democratic
Tom Arceneaux 2022Incumbent Republican

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References

  1. "Mayors of cities, towns and villages", State of Louisiana roster of officials, State of Louisiana, 1949 via HathiTrust