List of pre-statehood mayors of San Francisco

For the current political office, see Mayor of San Francisco.

This is a list of pre-statehood alcaldes and mayors of San Francisco , from 1779 to 1850, during the Spanish, Mexican, and early American periods, prior to California's admission to statehood.

Spanish era

California's first governor Felipe de Neve ordered all of the Missions to elect local Alcaldes (a combination of Mayor and Magistrate) around 1779. ^[1]

Alcaldes of Mission San Francisco de Asís

	Term
Valeriano and Jorge were elected. [2]	1797
Two Ohlone men from the village Pruristac with the baptismal names Hilarion and George [3]	1807

Mexican era

Alcaldes of San Francisco ^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

Portrait	Alcalde	Term	Notes
	Francisco de Haro	1834	1835
	José Joaquín Estudillo	1835	1836
	Francisco Guerrero y Palomares	1836	1837
	Ygnacio Martínez	1837	1838
	Francisco de Haro	1838	1839
	Francisco Guerrero y Palomares	1839	1842
	José de Jesús Noé	1842	1843
	Francisco Sánchez	1843	1844
	William Sturgis Hinckley	1844	1845
	Juan Nepomuceno Padilla	1845	1845
	José de la Cruz Sánchez	1845	1846
	José de Jesús Noé	1846	1846

American era

Alcaldes of San Francisco ^{[4] [5]}

Portrait	Alcalde	Term	Notes
	Washington Allon Bartlett	August 22, 1846	February 22, 1847
	Edwin Bryant	February 22, 1847	June 1847
	George Hyde [9]	June 1847	April 1848
	John Townsend	April 1848	September 1848
	Thaddeus M. Leavenworth	October 1848	August 1849
	John White Geary	August 1849	March 1, 1850

See also

• List of pre-statehood mayors of Los Angeles
• List of pre-statehood mayors of San Jose
• List of pre-statehood mayors of San Diego

References

1. Fr. Engelhardt O. F. M, Zephyrin. San Francisco or Mission Dolores, Franciscan Herald Press, 1924 pg 97
2. Englehardt, 1924
3. Milliken, Randall. A Time of Little Choice: The Disintegration of Tribal Culture in the San Francisco Bay Area 1769–1910 Menlo Park, CA: Ballena Press Publication, 1995. ISBN   0-87919-132-5 (alk. paper); See pages 206–207
4. MisterSF.com
5. Mayors of US Major Cities M-W
6. Bancroft, Hubert Howe. History of California: 1825-1840 Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1840. ISBN   978-1344073653; See pages 729-731
7. Bancroft, Hubert Howe. History of California: 1808-1824 Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1840. ISBN   9789353603700; See pages 604-606
8. History of San Jose, California - Alley, Bowen & Co. Publishers
9. "Early San Francisco Street Names - 1846-1849". Archived from the original on August 7, 2007. Retrieved June 1, 2007.