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list of mayors of Houston

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| post = Mayor

| body = Houston

| insignia = Seal of Houston, Texas.png

| insigniacaption = Seal of the City of Houston

| flag = File:Flag of Houston, Texas.svg

| flagcaption = Flag of the City of Houston

| image = John Whitmire speaking at Veterans Day Ceremony, 2024 (5366) (cropped).jpg

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| incumbent = John Whitmire

| incumbentsince = January 1, 2024

| style = The Honorable

| salary = $236,189 (2019)

| termlength = Four years, renewable once (effective 2016)

| formation = Houston City Charter

| inaugural = James S. Holman
1837

| website = {{Official website|http://www.houstontx.gov/mayor/index.html}}

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The following is a list of people who have served as mayor of the city of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas.

Qualifications, election, and terms

To file to run for mayor, a person must be a qualified voter of the city of Houston, and have has resided in the city for at least 12 months immediately preceding the election day; to serve, the person must continue to be a qualified voter and resident. Elections for mayor are held every other odd-numbered year. To serve as mayor of Houston, a person must be a qualified voter and resident of the City. To win the election, a candidate is required to receive the majority of votes; if no candidate receives a majority, a run-off election between the top two

Until 2015, the term of the mayor was two years. Beginning with the tenure of Bob Lanier, the city charter imposed term limits on officeholders of no more than three terms (six years total). On November 3, 2015, voters approved Proposition 2, which extended the terms of the Mayor, City Controller and City Councilmembers to four years, while imposing a limit of two terms.

List of mayors of Houston

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! {{abbr|No.|Number}} !! Term !! Mayor

!

! Party affiliation

63

| 2024–present

| John Whitmire

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| 

| Democratic

62

| 2016–2024

| Sylvester Turner

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| 

| Democratic

61

| 2010–2016

| Annise Parker

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| 

| Democratic

60

| 2004–2010

| Bill White

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| 

| Democratic

59

| 1998–2004

| Lee Brown

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| 

| Democratic

58

| 1992–1998

| Bob Lanier

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| 

| Democratic

57

| 1982–1992

| Kathy Whitmire{{cite web |url=http://www.womenintexashistory.org/timeline/ |title=Timeline |work=Women in Texas History |publisher=Ruthe Winegarten Memorial Foundation for Texas Women's History |location=Austin |access-date=April 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323170755/http://www.womenintexashistory.org/timeline |archive-date=March 23, 2017 |url-status=dead }}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| 

| Democratic

56

| 1978–1982

| Jim McConn

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"| 

| Republican

55

| 1974–1978

| Fred Hofheinz

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| 

| Democratic

54

| 1964–1974

| Louie Welch

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"| 

| Republican

53

| 1958–1964

| Lewis Cutrer

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| 

| Democratic

52

| 1956–1958

| Oscar F. Holcombe (5th)

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| 

| Democratic

51

| 1953–1956

| Roy Hofheinz

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| 

| Democratic

50

| 1947–1953

| Oscar F. Holcombe (4th)

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| 

| Democratic

49

| 1943–1947

| Otis Massey

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| 

| Democratic

48

| 1941–1943

| Neal Pickett

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| 

| Democratic

47

| 1939–1941

| Oscar F. Holcombe (3rd)

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| 

| Democratic

46

| 1937–1939

| Richard H. Fonville

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45

| 1933–1937

| Oscar F. Holcombe (2nd)

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| 

| Democratic

44

| 1929–1933

| Walter E. Monteith

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43

| 1921–1929

| Oscar F. Holcombe

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| 

| Democratic

42

| 1918–1921

| A. Earl Amerman

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41

| 1917–1918

| Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Jr.

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40

| 1917

| J. J. Pastoriza (died in office)

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39

| 1913–1917

| Ben Campbell

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38

| 1905–1913

| H. Baldwin Rice (2nd)

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37

| 1904–1905

| Andrew L. Jackson

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36

| 1902–1904

| O. T. Holt

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35

| 1901–1902

| John D. Woolford

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34

| 1898–1901

| Samuel H. Brashear

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33

| 1896–1898

| Horace Baldwin Rice

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32

| 1892–1896

| John T. Browne

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31

| 1890–1892

| Henry Scherffius

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30

| 1886–1890

| Daniel C. Smith

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29

| 1880–1886

| William R. Baker

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28

| 1879–1880

| Andrew Jackson Burke

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27

| 1877–1878

| James T. D. Wilson (2nd)

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26

| 1875–1876

| I. C. Lord

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25

| 1874

| James T. D. Wilson

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24

| 1870–1873

| Thomas H. Scanlan

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23

| 1868–1870

| Joseph Robert Morris

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22

| 1867–1868

| Alexander McGowan (2nd)

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21

| 1866

| Horace D. Taylor

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20

| 1863–1865

| William Anders

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19

| 1862

| Thomas W. House

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18

| 1861

| William J. Hutchins

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17

| 1860

| Thomas W. Whitmarsh

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16

| 1859

| William King

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15

| 1858

| Alexander McGowan

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14

| 1856–1857

| Cornelius Ennis

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13

| 1855–1856

| James H. Stevens

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12

| 1853–1854

| Nathan Fuller

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11

| 1849–1852

| Francis W. Moore Jr. (3rd)

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10

| 1847–1848

| Benjamin P. Buckner

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9

| 1846

| James Bailey

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8

| 1845

| William Swain

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7

| 1844

| Horace Baldwin

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6

| 1843

| Francis W. Moore Jr. (2nd)

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5

| 1841–1842

| John Day Andrews

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4

| 1840

| Charles Bigelow

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3

| 1839

| George W. Lively

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2

| 1838–1839

| Francis W. Moore Jr.

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1

| 1837

| James S. Holman

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See also

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References

{{Reflist|refs=

{{cite web|accessdate=February 25, 2025

|url=https://library.municode.com/tx/houston/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=CH_ARTVOFEL_S4QUELOF

|title=ARTICLE V. - OFFICERS AND ELECTION

|work=CODE OF ORDINANCES CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS

|publisher=Municode}}

{{cite news|accessdate=February 25, 2025

|url=https://www.keranews.org/texas-news/2024-02-27/how-many-primary-races-will-require-overtime-heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-runoffs-in-texas

|title=What triggers a runoff election in Texas? Here's what you need to know |date=February 27, 2024

|first=Julián |last=Aguilar |publisher=KERA News}}

}}

External links

  • {{cite web|url=http://www.houstontx.gov/mayor/bio.html |title=Mayor of Houston Biography|publisher=Mayor's Office, City of Houston}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.houstontx.gov/mayor/history.html |title=Mayoral History - List of Houston Mayors

|publisher=Mayor's Office, City of Houston}}

  • {{cite web|url=http://www.rulers.org/uscit.html#houston|title=Rulers: U.S. Cities- Houston| publisher=rulers.org}}

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