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