List of members of the Portland City Council

Last updated July 20, 2025

This is a list of members of the Portland City Council in Oregon, both past and present.^[1]^[2]

From 1913 to 2025, the city operated under a commission form of government, where all 5 members of the council, officially called the City Commission, were elected at-large. The city commission also included the mayor.^[3] Beginning in January 2025, the city switched to a mayor-council form of government, with 12 members, not including the mayor, were elected from four geographic districts.^[4]

1851-1861

Portland City Council members, 1851-1861
Session	Mayor	Councilors
1851	Hugh O'Bryant	Robert Thompson	Shubrick Norris	George A. Barnes	Thomas G. Robinson	L. B. Hastings
1852	A. C. Bonnell	W. P. Abrams	A. P. Dennison	Thomas Pritchard	Abell G. Tripp	Hiram Smith
1852	Simon B. Marye	Shubrick Norris	A. P. Dennison	Thomas Pritchard	Philip A. Marquam	Josiah Failing
1853	Josiah Failing	Robert Thompson	William S. Ladd	John H. Couch	W. P. Abrams	R. N. McLaren	R. N. Field	Charles B. Pillow	H. W. Davis	Jonas Williams
1854	William S. Ladd	A. M. Starr	James Field Jr.	Shubrick Norris	Thomas Carter	William McMillan	A. D. Fitch	O. J. Backus	A. R. Shipley	James Turnbull
1855	George W. Vaughn	George Kittridge	John Green	H. S. Jacobs	Matthew Patton	Lewis Love	John C. Carson	Thomas Hartness	E. B. Calhoun	G. Collier Robbins
1856	James O'Neill	Robert Porter	A. D. Shelby	A. B. Elfeldt	A. M. Starr	William S. Ladd	William Beck	H. W. Davis	S. M. Smith	James Burke
1857	James O'Neill	John H. Couch	T. J. Holmes	Absalom Barrett Hallock	Charles Hutchins	P. Hardenburg	N. S. Coon	B. F. Goodwin	Simeon Gannett Reed	James M. Blossom
1858	William S. Ladd	John H. Couch	T. J. Holmes	Absalom Barrett Hallock	Charles Hutchins	P. Hardenburg	N. S. Coon	B. F. Goodwin	Simeon Gannett Reed	James M. Blossom
1858	A. M. Starr	G. Collier Robbins	Alexander P. Ankeny	C. P. Bacon	T. N. Lakin	R. Porter	T. J. Homes	J. C. Carson	William King	C. S. Kingsley
1859	S. J. McCormick	Absalom Barrett Hallock	J. M. Vansyckle	J. Davidson	A. D. Shelby	M. M. Lucas	James C. Hawthorne	Erasmus D. Shattuck	A. C. R. Shaw	John Blanchard
1860	G. Collier Robbins		John C. Ainsworth	J. Davidson	A. D. Shelby	M. M. Lucas	W. L. Higgins	Erasmus D. Shattuck	A. C. R. Shaw	Jacob Stitzel
1861	John M. Breck		John McCraken	F. Harbaugh	W. C. Hull	William M. King	W. L. Higgins	E. R. Scott	William Masters	John S. White
1861	John M. Breck		John McCraken	F. Harbaugh	W. C. Hull	William M. King	W. L. Higgins	S. E. Barr	William Masters	John S. White

1862-1889

Portland City Council members, 1862-1889
Year	Mayor	President	Ward
Year	Mayor	President	1			2			3
1862	William H. Farrar		Thomas A. Davis	Thomas J. Holmes	Absalom Barrett Hallock	O. Risley	A. P. Dennison	J. M. Breck	S. Coffin	C. S. Silvers	A. G. Walling
1863	William H. Farrar	O. Risley	N. Williams	Thomas J. Holmes	Absalom Barrett Hallock	O. Risley	A. P. Dennison		S. Coffin	C. S. Silvers	A. G. Walling
1863-64	David Logan	John Sutton	Al Zieber	H. Saxer	Alexander Dodge	John Sutton	I. A. Austin	P. S. Watson	M. M. Lucas	Joseph Knott	David Monastes
1864-65	Henry Failing		James W. Cook	John McCracken	A. M. Starr	William H. Bennett	J. J. Hoffman	Thomas Robertson	Thomas Frazer	S.Gilmore	Israel Garden
1865-66	Henry Failing		P. C. Schuyler		Robert R. Thompson	E. S. Morgan	S. A. Clark	A. Rosenheim	J. P. O. Lownsdale	S.Gilmore	O. P. S. Plummer
1866-67	Thomas J. Holmes		Al Zieber		Absalom Barrett Hallock	M. O'Connor	C. Fechheimer		J. P. O. Lownsdale	T. J. Carter	J. C. Carson
1867-68	J. A. Chapman		A. C. Ripley			R. Porter	C. Fechheimer		Lucerne Besser	C. D. Burch	M. F. Mulky
1868-69	Hamilton Boyd			William Cree			J. M. Breck			C. D. Burch	Charles Hopkins
1869-70	Bernard Goldsmith				C. Bills			W. Moffet		D. C. Lewis	Charles Hopkins
1870-71	Bernard Goldsmith		Absalom Barrett Hallock		C. Bills	J. B. Congle				William Lair Hill	J. M. Drake
1871-72	Phillip Wasserman			George L. Story	E. M. Burton		J. M. Caywood				R. G. Combs
1872-73	Phillip Wasserman							E. F. Russell			Julius C. Moreland
1873-74	Henry Failing		G. W. Hoyt			J. H. Lyon
1874-75	Henry Failing				Robert R. Thompson	J. H. Lyon	John Catlin			Elijah Corbett
1875-76	J. A. Chapman			H. D. Sandborn	J. R. Wiley	William H. Andrus	John Catlin	Stephen G. Skidmore			E. J. W. Stemme
1876-77	J. A. Chapman		Thomas Stephens	D. F. Harrington			S. Blumeauer		Noah Lambert
1877-78	William Spencer Newbury			F. Opitz			Joseph Simon			G. W. Yocum
1878-79	William Spencer Newbury				J. W. Payne			E. H. Stolte		G. W. Yocum	H. Weber
1879-80	David P. Thompson		R. Gerdes		J. W. Payne	T. L. Nicklin			J. F. Watson	J. S. Keller
1880-81				J. S. Raleigh	Henry Hewett		William H. Andrus		J. B. Kellogg
1881-82				J. S. Raleigh			Charles Homan	W. L. Chittenden			W. B. Honeyman
1882-83	J. A. Chapman		D. Mackay	J. E. Smith		W. S. Scoggin	Charles Homan			W. H. Adams
1883-84			R. Gerdes		J. B. Hailey		William H. Andrus		A. F. Sears Jr.
1884-85					J. J. Holland			C. M. Forbes			William Fliedner
1885-86	John Gates			J. J. Gallagher		S. Farrell				F. Hacheny
1886-87				J. J. Gallagher			R. H. Schwab		Tyler Woodward
1887-88				C. Castendeick
1888-89	Van B. DeLashmutt	Tyler Woodward		C. Castendeick	Richard Hoyt					William Showers

1913-2024

Portland City Commissioners, 1913-2024
Year	Mayor	Commissioner #1	Commissioner #2	Commissioner #3	Commissioner #4
1913	H. Russell Albee	Will H. Daly	Robert Dieck	William L. Brewster	C. A. Bigelow¹
1914				William L. Brewster
1915				George L. Baker
1916				George L. Baker
1917	George L. Baker	Asbury Barbur	John M. Mann²	Dan Kellaher³
1918				Dan Kellaher³
1919				Stanhope C. Pier
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930					Earl Riley³
1931				Earl Riley	Ralph C. Clyde
1932			A. G. Johnson³	Earl Riley	Ralph C. Clyde
1933	Joseph K. Carson	Earl Riley	Ralph C. Clyde†	Ormond R. Bean¹	J. E. Bennett²
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939				William A. Bowes³
1940
1941	Earl Riley	Fred L. Peterson			Kenneth L. Cooper³
1942
1943			Dorothy McCullough Lee³
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949	Dorothy McCullough Lee		Ormond R. Bean
1950
1951					J. E. Bennet
1952		Nathan A. Boody³			J. E. Bennet
1953	Fred L. Peterson				Stanley Earl
1954
1955
1956
1957	Terry Schrunk
1958
1959		Mark A. Grayson
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967		Stanley Earl†	Mark A. Grayson	Frank Ivancie*	William A. Bowes†
1968					William A. Bowes†
1969					Lloyd Anderson¹
1970		Connie McCready**
1971			Neil Goldschmidt*
1972			Neil Goldschmidt*
1973	Neil Goldschmidt¹		Mildred Schwab
1974					Charles Jordan¹³
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979	Connie McCready	Mike Lindberg
1980	Connie McCready
1981	Frank Ivancie			Margaret Strachan
1982
1983
1984
1985	Bud Clark				Dick Bogle
1986
1987			Earl Blumenauer¹	Bob Koch
1988
1989
1990
1991				Gretchen Kafoury
1992
1993	Vera Katz				Charlie Hales¹
1994
1995
1996			Erik Sten¹
1997		Jim Francesconi
1998
1999				Dan Saltzman
2000
2001
2002
2003					Randy Leonard
2004
2005	Tom Potter	Sam Adams
2006
2007
2008			Nick Fish
2009	Sam Adams	Amanda Fritz
2010
2011
2012
2013	Charlie Hales				Steve Novick
2014
2015
2016
2017	Ted Wheeler				Chloe Eudaly
2018
2019				Jo Ann Hardesty
2020			Dan Ryan
2021		Carmen Rubio			Mingus Mapps
2022
2023				Rene Gonzalez
2024				Rene Gonzalez

¹: resigned

²: recalled

³: council member was originally appointed

†: died in office

*: elected mayor during council term

**: appointed mayor during council term

2025-present

Portland City Council members, 2025-
Year	Mayor	President	District
Year	Mayor	President	1			2			3			4
2025	Keith Wilson	Elana Pirtle-Guiney	Candace Avalos	Loretta Smith	Jamie Dunphy	Dan Ryan	Elana Pirtle-Guiney	Sameer Kanal	Steve Novick	Tiffany Koyama Lane	Angelita Morillo	Olivia Clark	Mitch Green	Eric Zimmerman

References

↑ Scott, Harvey Whitefield (1890). History of Portland, Oregon : with illustrations and biographical sketches of prominent citizens and pioneers. Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. Syracuse, N.Y. : D. Mason & co.
↑ "City Elected Officials Since 1913". 2015-12-25. Archived from the original on 25 December 2015. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
↑ "Portland Commission Government". www.oregonencyclopedia.org. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
↑ "Transition Overview | Portland.gov". www.portland.gov. Retrieved 2025-06-04.

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[1] Scott, Harvey Whitefield (1890). History of Portland, Oregon : with illustrations and biographical sketches of prominent citizens and pioneers. Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. Syracuse, N.Y. : D. Mason & co.

[2] "City Elected Officials Since 1913". 2015-12-25. Archived from the original on 25 December 2015. Retrieved 2025-01-14.

[3] "Portland Commission Government". www.oregonencyclopedia.org. Retrieved 2025-06-04.

[4] "Transition Overview | Portland.gov". www.portland.gov. Retrieved 2025-06-04.

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