List of pre-statehood mayors of San Jose

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

This is a list of pre-statehood alcaldes and mayors of San Jose , from 1777 to 1850, during the Spanish, Mexican, and early American periods, prior to California's admission to statehood.

Spanish era

Alcaldes of San José

Alcalde	Term	Notes
José Manuel Gonzales	1785 - 1789	[1] [2]
Ignacio Archuleto	1803
Luis María Peralta	1807-1821	[3]
José Agustín Narváez	1821

Mexican era

Alcaldes of San José ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Portrait	Alcalde	Term	Notes
	Francisco Castro	1822
	Juan Alvires	1823
	Ignacio Pacheco	1824
	Joaquín Higuera	1825
	Antonio Suñol	1826
	Mariano Castro	1827
	Juan Salvio Pacheco II	1828
	Florentino Archuleta	1829
	Mariano Castro	1830
	Mariano Duarte	1831
	Ignacio Ceballos	1832
	Juan Salvio Pacheco II	1833
	Pedro Chaboya	1834
	Antonio María Pico	1835
	José María Alviso	1836
	Juan Alvires	1837
	Dolores Pacheco	1838
	José Noriega	1839
	Dolores Pacheco	1840
	Antonio Suñol	1841
	Antonio Buelna	1842
	Juan Salvio Pacheco II	1843
	Antonio María Pico	1844-1845
	John Burton	1846

American era

Alcaldes of San José

Alcalde	Term	Notes
John Burton	1847
Charles White	1848
H.K. Dimmick	1849	[7]
Richard M May	1849
John C. Conroy	1849-1850

See also

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

References

1. Inside San Jose - Peralta Adobe's First Resident, an Overlooked Figure in SJ History
2. Santa Clara Library - Jose Manuel Gonzales: Apache Mayor of San José
3. The Peraltas and Their Home - California Historical Society Quarterly. Vol. 30, No. 3 (Sep., 1951), pp. 217-231
4. Bancroft, Hubert Howe. History of California: 1825-1840 Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1840. ISBN   978-1344073653; See pages 729-731
5. Bancroft, Hubert Howe. History of California: 1808-1824 Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1840. ISBN   9789353603700; See pages 604-606
6. History of San Jose, California - Alley, Bowen & Co. Publishers
7. Sawyer, Eugene T. (1970). History of Santa Clara County. Jazzybee Verlag. ISBN   9783849678470 . Retrieved April 6, 2018– via Google Books.