List of mayors of Tulsa, Oklahoma

Mayor of Tulsa
Seal of City of Tulsa
Incumbent Monroe Nichols since December 2, 2024
Term length	Four years
Website	Mayor of Tulsa

This is a list of mayors of Tulsa , a city in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Mayors of Tulsa are elected for four year terms.

Mayors of Tulsa

#	Image	Mayor	Term start	Term end		Party
1		Edward E. Calkins	1898	1899		Republican
2		R. N. Bynum	1899	1900		Republican
3		Lewis Poe	1900	1901		Democratic
4		George D. Blakey	1901	1903		Republican
5		George Mowbray	1902	1904		Republican
6		H. R. Cline	1904	1905		Democratic
7		Charles LaFayette Reeder	1905	1906		Democratic
8		John O. Mitchell	1906	1907		Democratic
9		William E. Rohde	1907	1909		Democratic
10		John O. Mitchell	1909	1910		Democratic
11		L. J. Martin	1910	1912		Democratic
12		Frank M. Wooden [A 1]	1912	1916		Democratic
13		John Simmons (Oklahoma politician)	1916	1918		Republican
14		C. H. Hubbard	1918	1920		Democratic
15		T. D. Evans	1920	1922		Republican
16		Herman Frederick Newblock	1922	1928		Democratic
17		Dan W. Patton	1928	1930		Republican
18		George L. Watkins	1930	1932		Democratic
19		Herman Frederick Newblock	1932	1934		Democratic
20		T. A. Penney	1934	1940		Democratic
21		Clarence H. Veale	1940	1944		Democratic
22		Olney F. Flynn	1944	1946		Republican
23		Lee Price	1946	1948		Republican
24		Roy M. Lundy	1948	1950		Democratic
25		George H. Stoner	1950	1952		Republican
26		Clancy M. Warren	1952	1954		Republican
27		L. C. Clark	1954	1956		Republican
28		George E. Norvell	1956	1958		Democratic
29		James Maxwell	May 6, 1958 [2]	May 3, 1966 [3]		Democratic
30		James M. Hewgley Jr.	1966	1970		Republican
31		Robert J. LaFortune	1970	1978		Republican
32		Jim Inhofe	1978	1984		Republican
33		Terry Young	1984	1986		Democratic
34		Dick Crawford	1986	1988		Republican
35		Rodger Randle [A 2]	1988	1992		Democratic
36		Susan Savage	1992	March 31, 2002		Democratic
37		Bill LaFortune	April 1, 2002 [4]	April 9, 2006		Republican
38		Kathy Taylor	April 10, 2006 [5]	December 6, 2009		Democratic
39		Dewey F. Bartlett Jr.	December 7, 2009 [6]	December 4, 2016		Republican
40		G. T. Bynum	December 5, 2016 [7]	December 2, 2024		Republican
41		Monroe Nichols	December 2, 2024			Democratic

Notes

1. Wooden was removed from office in 1916. ^[1]
2. Randle resigned July 13, 1992. Savage served as Mayor Pro Tem, elected August 25, 1992 to complete Randle's term.

See also

• Timeline of Tulsa, Oklahoma

References

General

• Political Graveyard–Mayors of Tulsa, Oklahoma
• City Officials at website of Tulsa City Auditor Phil Wood (archived by WebCite here)

Specific

1. Wooden v. State, 1918 OK 280, 173 P. 829, 173 P. 829 (Okla. 1918), available here
2. "Maxwell Takes Over as Youngest Mayor" . The Tulsa Tribune. May 6, 1958. Retrieved July 5, 2025.
3. "Hewgley and Coulson Takes City Positions" . Tulsa World. May 4, 1966. p. 1. Retrieved July 5, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
4. Killman, Curtis; Lassek, P.J. (April 2, 2002). "Tulsa's new mayor bullish on basics". Tulsa World. Archived from the original on October 8, 2012. Retrieved November 11, 2009.
5. Lassek, P.J. (April 6, 2006). "Taylor visits City Hall". Tulsa World. Archived from the original on October 8, 2012. Retrieved November 11, 2009.
6. Barber, Brain; Lassek, P.J. (November 11, 2009). "Bartlett elected as mayor". Tulsa World. Archived from the original on November 15, 2009. Retrieved November 11, 2009.
7. Matt Trotter, "Bynum, Councilors, Auditor Sworn in at City Inauguration", KWGS, December 5, 2016.