List of elected socialist mayors in the United States

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The following is a list of mayors who have declared themselves to be socialists or have been a member of a socialist party in the United States.

Contents

Statistics

In 1911, one author estimated that there were twenty-eight such mayors [1] and in 1913 another author estimated thirty-four. [2] In 1967, however, James Weinstein's table of "Cities and Towns Electing Socialist Mayors or Other Major Municipal Officers, 1911–1920" counted 74 such municipalities in 1911 and 32 in 1913, with smaller peaks in 1915 (22) and 1917 (18): [3] : 116–118 

U.S. towns electing Socialist mayors or major officers, 1911–1920
YearNo.YearNo.YearNo.YearNo.YearNo.
19117419133219152219171819195
1912819145191661918219202
Total82Total37Total28Total20Total7

In 1911, the SPA won election to about 1,141 local offices in total. [4]

List of mayors

MayorTerm
start		Term
end		CityState PartyRef
Eduardo Martinez 2023Current Richmond California Democratic Party (DSA member) [5]
Sara Innamorato [lower-alpha 1] 2023Current Allegheny County Pennsylvania Democratic Party (DSA member, now former) [6]
Konstantine Anthony 20222023 Burbank California Democratic Party (DSA member) [7]
khalid Kamau [lower-alpha 2] 2022Current South Fulton Georgia Democratic Party (DSA member [9] and WFP endorsed) [10] [11] [12]
James H. Coleman 2021Current South San Francisco California Democratic Party (DSA member) [13]
Anne Watson 2018Current Montpelier Vermont Fusion candidate: Vermont Progressive Party and Democratic
Marc Elrich [lower-alpha 3] 2018Current Montgomery County Maryland Democratic Party (DSA member) [14]
Chokwe Antar Lumumba [lower-alpha 4] 2017Current Jackson Mississippi Democratic Party, self-described socialist [15]
Ethan Strimling 20152019 Portland Maine Democratic Party (DSA member) [16]
Chokwe Lumumba 20132014 Jackson Mississippi Democratic Party, self-described socialist [17]
Ron Dellums 20072011 Oakland California Democratic Party (DSA member) [18]
Bob Kiss 20062012 Burlington Vermont Vermont Progressive Party
Peter Clavelle 19952006 Burlington Vermont Vermont Progressive Party (1995-2004), then Democratic Party (2004-2006) [lower-alpha 5]
James Scheibel 19901994 Saint Paul Minnesota Democratic Party (DSA member) [19]
David Dinkins 19901993 New York City New York Democratic Party (DSA member) [20]
Peter Clavelle 19891993 Burlington Vermont Vermont Progressive Party
Benjamin Nichols 19891995 Ithaca New York Democratic Party (DSA member) [21]
Bernie Sanders 19811989 Burlington Vermont Independent [22]
Gus Newport 19791986 Berkeley California Berkeley Citizens Action (DSA member) [23]
David Belgum 19761987 University Heights Iowa Socialist Party of America [24]
Frank P. Zeidler 19481960 Milwaukee Wisconsin Socialist Party of America
Irving Freese 19471951 Norwalk Connecticut Socialist Party of America [25] [26]
J. Henry Stump 19431947 Reading Pennsylvania Socialist Party of America
J. Henry Stump 19351939 Reading Pennsylvania Socialist Party of America
C. Henry Bloom 19331953 Rockford Illinois Rockford Progressive Party [lower-alpha 6] [29] [28]
Jasper McLevy 19331957 Bridgeport Connecticut Socialist Party of America
William Swoboda 19311932 Racine Wisconsin Socialist Party of America [30] [31]
Fred W. Suitor 19291931 Barre Vermont Socialist Party of America [32]
J. Henry Stump 19271931 Reading Pennsylvania Socialist Party of America
Robert A. Bakeman 19251929 Peabody Massachusetts Non-partisan election, member of the Socialist Party of America [33] [34]
James B. Furber 1922unclear Rahway New Jersey Socialist Party of America [35]
J. Herman Hallstrom 19211933 Rockford Illinois Rockford Labor Legion (1921-29), then Independent (1929-33) [lower-alpha 7] [28]
C.L. Barewald 19201922 Davenport Iowa Socialist Party of America [lower-alpha 8] [36]
Parkman B. Flanders 19201923 Haverhill Massachusetts Socialist Party of America [37]
John H. Gibbons 1919 Lackawanna New York Socialist Party of America [38]
Frank B. Hamilton 1918 Piqua Ohio Socialist Party of America [39]
Major Church 19181921 Eureka Utah Socialist Party of America [40]
Thomas Van Lear 19171919 Minneapolis Minnesota Socialist Party of America (1917-18), then Public Ownership Party (1918-19) [lower-alpha 9] [41]
David Love 1916 West Allis Wisconsin Socialist Party of America [42]
Daniel Webster Hoan 19161940 Milwaukee Wisconsin Socialist Party of America
Robert Gordon 19161917 Barre Vermont Socialist Party of America [32]
Ernst Gottfrid Strand 19161917 Two Harbors Minnesota Socialist Party of America [43]
George R. Lunn 19151917 Schenectady New York Socialist Party of America [44]
Henry M. Schutte 1915 Adamston West Virginia Socialist Party of America
Elijah Falk 19151919 Eureka California Socialist Party of America [45]
Eugene Bootz 19141915 Edgewater Colorado Socialist Party of America [45]
James Love 19141916 Lake Worth Florida Socialist Party of America [46]
A. W. Vincent 19141915 St. Johns Oregon Socialist Party of America [47]
A. Barton Cross 19131914 Naugatuck Connecticut Socialist Party of America [45]
Seth Wood 19131914 Lafayette Colorado Socialist Party of America [45]
N. L. Larson 19121913 Crookston Minnesota Socialist Party of America [48]
Thomas M. Fluhart 1912 Linden Heights Ohio Socialist Party of America [49]
J.M. Haley 19121916 Paonia Colorado Socialist Party of America [45]
George A. Huscher 19121915 Murray Utah Socialist Party of America [50] [51]
J.F. Johnston 19121914 Fairhope Alabama Socialist Party of America [52] [53]
Walter V. Tyler 19121915 New Castle Pennsylvania Socialist Party of America [54]
George Urie 19121913 Cedar City Utah Socialist Party of America [55]
Joseph Warnock 1912 Harbor Springs Michigan Socialist Party of America [56]
Scott Wilkins 19121913 St. Marys Ohio Socialist Party of America [57]
Thomas W. Pape 1912 Lorain Ohio Socialist Party of America [49]
Alfred A. Perrin 19121913 Mount Vernon Ohio Socialist Party of America [49]
Corbin Shook 1912 Lima Ohio Socialist Party of America [49]
Peter Stewart 19121914 Hartford Arkansas Socialist Party of America [58] [59]
George R. Lunn 19111913 Schenectady New York Socialist Party of America [44]
Henry Stolze, Jr. 1911 Manitowoc Wisconsin Socialist Party of America [60]
Edward Mauck 1911 Wymore Nebraska Socialist Party of America [60]
John A. C. Menton 19111912 Flint Michigan Socialist Party of America [61] [60]
Robert Murray 19111915 Toronto Ohio Socialist Party of America
E.E. Robinson 19111913 Mineral Ridge Ohio Socialist Party of America
William Shay 19111917 Star City West Virginia Socialist Party of America
Jackson Stitt Wilson 19111913 Berkeley California Socialist Party of America [60]
John T. Wood 19111913 Coeur d'Alène Idaho Socialist Party of America [62]
James Larson 1911 Marinette Wisconsin Socialist Party of America [60]
M.E. Kirkpatrick 1911 Granite City Illinois Socialist Party of America [63]
H.P. Houghton 1911 Girard Kansas Socialist Party of America [60]
W.E. Griffin 1911  Beatrice Nebraska Socialist Party of America [60]
Alexander Halliday 1911 Two Harbors Minnesota Socialist Party of America [64]
Edward Foe 1911 Red Cloud Nebraska Socialist Party of America [65]
W. H. Cook 1911 Edmonds Washington Socialist Party of America [66]
John Dobler 19111913 Gulfport Florida Socialist Party of America [46]
Louis J. Duncan [lower-alpha 10] 19111914 Butte Montana Socialist Party of America [60] [69]
J.B. Bitterly 19111915 Victor Colorado Socialist Party of America [45]
Albert B. Thomas 1911 Greenville Michigan Socialist Party of America [70]
William Thum 19111913 Pasadena California Socialist Party of America [60] [45]
Emil Seidel 19101912 Milwaukee Wisconsin Socialist Party of America [71]
Ewell Work 19101912 Ledford Illinois Socialist Party of America [72]
Arthur LeSueur 19101911 Minot North Dakota Socialist Party of America [73]
A. Ousdahl 19091910 Brainerd Minnesota Socialist Party of America [74]
Thomas M. Todd 19091914 Grand Junction Colorado Socialist Party of America [45]
Andrew Mitchell 1908 Eureka Utah Socialist Party of America [75]
Daniel T. Leigh 19061907 Cedar City Utah Socialist Party of America [55]
Brand Whitlock 19061912 Toledo Ohio Socialist Party of America [76]
Ray Austin 19051906 Red Lodge Montana Socialist Party of America [77] [78]
Parkman B. Flanders 19031904 Haverhill Massachusetts Socialist Party of America [37] [79]
John Frinke 1903 Anaconda Montana Socialist Party of America [80]
Charles A. Born 19031904 Sheboygan Wisconsin Socialist Party of America [81] [82]
Charles H. Coulter 19001901 Brockton Massachusetts Social Democratic Party, then Socialist Party of America [lower-alpha 11] [84] [83] : 117 
John C. Chase 18981900 Haverhill Massachusetts Social Democratic Party, then Socialist Party of America [lower-alpha 11] [83] : 90, 117 

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Innamorato is a county executive, not a mayor proper.
  2. ↑ kamau uses lowercase letters for his names. [8]
  3. ↑ Elrich is a county executive, not a mayor proper.
  4. ↑ Son of the previous socialist mayor, Chokwe Lumumba
  5. ↑ Clavelle became a member of the Democratic Party in 2004.
  6. ↑ Bloom ran for the Rockford Progressive Party, which was formed by dissidents of the Rockford Labor Party in 1929. [27] [28]
  7. ↑ Hallstrom ran for the Rockford Labor Legion from 1921–1927, in 1929 the Labor Party refused to nominate him on the grounds that he had moved from some of the party's principles. He ran as an independent from 1929-33. [28] The Rockford Labor Legion was a coalition of local trade unions, socialist organizations and temperance societies. [28]
  8. ↑ Barewald resigned from the Socialist Party during the first week of January 1921 and captured national headlines by declaring radicals "insane" and instructing local police to greet unwanted members of the Industrial Workers of the World with "hot lead." See: "Wants Town Rid of IWW: Mayor Barewald Advises Use of Riot Guns," Eugene Morning Register, Jan. 9, 1921, pg. 1.
  9. ↑ Van Lear was expelled from the Socialist Party of America in 1918.
  10. ↑ Louis Duncan's name is alternatively spelled Lewis Duncan. [67] [68]
  11. 1 2 Chase and Coulter were both elected mayor for the Social Democratic Party, but the party later merged itself with a dissident faction of the Socialist Labor Party in 1901 and founded the Socialist Party of America. [83] : 122  The Socialist Party of America was then named the Social Democratic Party of America.

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