The mayor of the City of Los Angeles is the official head and chief executive officer of Los Angeles. The officeholder is elected for a four-year term and is limited to serving no more than two terms.
Benjamin Davis Wilson,commonly known as Don Benito Wilson,was an American-Mexican politician,fur trapper,and ranchero of California. Born in Tennessee,Wilson eventually settled in Alta California,became a Mexican resident,married into a prominent Californio family and acquired Rancho Jurupa. Following the American Conquest of California,Wilson served a term as Mayor of Los Angeles.
Don Antonio Francisco Coronel was a Californio politician and ranchero who was Mayor of Los Angeles and California State Treasurer. Coronel was considered one of the first preservationists in Los Angeles,and his private collection formed the basis of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
JoséCristóbal Aguilar was a Californio politician and journalist,who served three terms as Mayor of Los Angeles,the last Hispanic to hold the office until 2005,with the election of Antonio Villaraigosa.
Stephen Clark Foster was a politician,the first American mayor of Los Angeles under United States military rule. Foster served in the state constitutional convention,and was elected to the State Senate. He was elected as mayor of Los Angeles in 1856,and later elected for four terms to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.
Don Manuel Domínguez (1803–1882) was a Californio ranchero,politician,and a signer of the Californian Constitution in 1849. He served as two terms as Alcalde of Los Angeles (mayor). He was one of the largest landowners in Southern California,having inherited Rancho San Pedro in 1825,one of the largest ranchos in California. He was one of the founders of the cities of Carson and Compton and of the fishing village of San Pedro. Today,California State University,Dominguez Hills and the communities of Rancho Dominguez,East Rancho Dominguez,and West Rancho Dominguez bear his family's name.
Julian Antonio Chavez was a rancher,landowner and elected official in early Los Angeles,California,who served multiple terms on the Los Angeles Common Council and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. His land holdings included the area later known as Chavez Ravine.
David W. Alexander was an early California politician and pioneer in Los Angeles County,California. He was on the Board of Supervisors in 1853 and 1854,and in 1855 he was elected the third sheriff for the county.
Rancho San Jose was a 22,340-acre (90.4 km2) Mexican land grant in northeastern Los Angeles County given in 1837 by Governor Juan Bautista Alvarado to Ygnacio Palomares and Ricardo Véjar. Today,the communities of Pomona,LaVerne,San Dimas,Diamond Bar,Azusa,Covina,Walnut,Glendora,and Claremont are located in whole or part on land that was once part of the Rancho San Jose.
Don Juan Temple was a Californian ranchero and merchant. Born in Massachusetts,he emigrated to Alta California in 1827,becoming a Mexican citizen,adopting the Spanish language and a Spanish name,and eventually marrying into a prominent Californio family. After acquiring Rancho Los Cerritos in 1843,he became one of the largest landowners in Los Angeles County.
The Ávila family was a prominent Californio family of Southern California,founded by Cornelio Ávila in the 1780s. Numerous members of the family held important rancho grants and political positions,including two Alcaldes of Los Angeles.
Tomas Avila Sanchez (1826–1882),soldier,sheriff and public official,was on the Los Angeles County,California,Board of Supervisors and was a member of the Los Angeles Common Council,the legislative branch of the city.
Juan Leal Goraz,also called Juan Leal Gonzal,was a Spanish settler and politician who served as the first alcalde of La Villa de San Fernando,which later would become the city of San Antonio,Texas. A native of the Canary Islands,Leal went to San Antonio in 1731 leading a group of settlers from the Canary Islands to populate this municipality,founded by the Spanish government under the sponsorship of King Philip V. Leal had asserted himself as the Canarian emigrants' leader and spokesman since they left the islands. He served as alcade of San Antonio between 1731 and 1732,and again in 1735.
Matthew Keller or Mathew Keller (1810–81) was an early agriculturalist,vintner and distiller in Los Angeles,California,shortly after it became part of the United States following the Mexican War. He was also on the county Board of Supervisors and on the Common Council,the city's governing body.
William Taylor Barnes Sanford (1814–1863) was an American road builder,a landowner and the second postmaster of Los Angeles,California,after it became a part of the United States. He was a member of the Los Angeles Common Council in 1853–54.
George Cady Carson (1832–1901) was a merchant,road builder,rancher and member of the Los Angeles,California,Common Council in the 1850s.
Alexander Bell (1801–1871) was a Los Angeles merchant both before and after that city became a part of the United States. He was elected to the first Los Angeles Common Council,the city's governing body,on July 1,1850,but resigned on September 26 of that year.
The mayor of Santa Maria is the highest decision-maker and chief executive of the municipality of Santa Maria,Bulacan,Philippines. He leads the enforcement of municipal ordinances and improvement of public services. The mayor has a term of office of three years,but has a maximum electoral tenure of three consecutive terms. Inaugural holder of the office was Maximo Evidente (1899-1900).
The Sepúlveda family is a prominent Californio family of Southern California. Members of the family held extensive rancho grants and numerous important positions,including Alcalde of Los Angeles,California State Assemblymen,and Los Angeles County Supervisor.
