List of mayors of Tacoma, Washington

The following is a list of mayors of the city of Tacoma, Washington state, United States.

Former city hall building in Tacoma, Washington; built in 1890s

• John W. Sprague, 1884 ^[1]
• Robert Jacob Weisbach, 1884-1885 ^{[2] [1]}
• Jacob Mann, 1886 ^[1]
• Ira Town, 1887 ^[1]
• Henry Drum, 1888 ^[1]
• Samuel Adams Wheelright, 1889 ^{[2] [1]}
• Stuart Rice, 1890 ^[1]
• George B. Kandle, 1891 ^{[1] [3]}
• Herbert S. Huson, 1892-1893 ^{[2] [1]}
• Edward S. Orr, 1894-1895, 1896, 1897 ^{[2] [1]}
• Angelo Vance Fawcett, 1896, 1897; elected in 1898, 1909, 1914, 1922 ^{[2] [1]}
• Johnson Nickeus, 1898 ^{[2] [1]}
• Louis Campbell, elected in 1900 ^{[2] [3]}
• George Wright, c.1904 ^{[3] [4]}
• John Linck, c.1908 ^{[2] [5]}
• William W. Seymour, elected in 1910 ^[2]
• Crocket M. Riddell, 1918-1922 ^[6]
• Melvin G. Tennent, elected in 1929, 1930 ^[2]
• James G. Newbegin, elected in 1929 ^[2]
• George Smitley, elected in 1934 ^[2]
• John C. Seigle, elected in 1938 ^[2]
• J.J. Kaufman, elected in 1939 ^[2]
• Harry P. Cain, 1940–1946 ^[2]
• C. Val Fawcett, elected in 1946 ^[2]
• John Anderson, elected in 1950, 1956 ^[2]
• Harold M. Tollefson, elected in 1954, 1962 ^[2]
• Ben Hanson, elected in 1958 ^[2]
• Albert Lawrence "Slim" Rasmussen, elected in 1967 ^[2]
• Gordon Johnston, elected in 1969 ^[2]
• Mike Parker, elected in 1977 ^[2]
• Doug Sutherland, 1982-1989 ^[2]
• Karen Vialle, elected in 1989 ^[2]
• Jack Hyde, elected in 1993 ^[2]
• Harold Moss, 1994-1996 ^[2]
• Brian Ebersole, 1996-2001 ^{[2] [7]}
• Mike Crowley, elected in 2001 ^[2]
• Bill Baarsma, 2002-2010 ^[2]
• Marilyn Strickland, 2010-2018 ^[2]
• Victoria Woodards, 2018-present ^[2]

See also

• Tacoma history
• City government in Washington (state)

References

1. Henry C. Beach, ed. (1898), "City Officials", Revised charter, amendments and revised ordinances of the city of Tacoma, Washington, pp. 5–16 – via HathiTrust
2. Bill Baarsma (2020), "Chronology of Tacoma Mayors - 1883-2020", tacomahistory.org, Tacoma Historical Society
3. History of Pierce County, Washington, Chicago: Pioneer Historical Pub. Co., 1927 – via HathiTrust
4. R. L. Polk & Co.'s Tacoma city directory 1904 – via HathiTrust
5. Manual of the City Council, 1908, City of Tacoma, Washington – via HathiTrust
6. "C.M. Ridell Dies at Home at Age of 78", Tacoma Times, May 12, 1941 – via Library of Congress' Chronicling America
7. "Tacoma's City Council", www.ci.tacoma.wa.us, archived from the original on February 24, 1999 – via Wayback Machine

Further reading

• Charter and general ordinances of the city of Tacoma, Washington, 1913 – via HathiTrust