Mayor of New Orleans
Mayor of New Orleans | |
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![]() Seal of City of New Orleans | |
since May 7, 2018 | |
Style | The Honorable |
Term length | 4 years renewable once |
Inaugural holder | Étienne de Boré |
Formation | 1803 |
Salary | $140,000[1] |
Website | Mayor's office website |
Elections in Louisiana |
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The post of Mayor of the City of New Orleans (French: Maire de La Nouvelle-Orléans) has been held by the following individuals since New Orleans came under American administration following the Louisiana Purchase — the 1803 acquisition by the U.S. of 828,800 square miles (2,147,000 km2) of the French province La Louisiane. In all mayoral elections since 1930, New Orleans has used a two-round system with a preliminary round and a runoff if no candidate reached a majority in the first round. All mayors of New Orleans since 1872 have been Democrats.
List
[edit]# | Mayor | Term start | Term end | Terms | ||
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1 | Étienne de Boré | December 20, 1803 | May 26, 1804 | 1 | None | |
2 | Cavelier Petit | May 26, 1804 | June 5, 1804 | Acting | None | |
3 | James Pitot | June 6, 1804 | July 26, 1805 | 1 | None | |
4 | John Watkins | July 27, 1805 | March 8, 1807 | 1 | None | |
5 | James Mather | March 9, 1807 | May 23, 1812 | 1 | None | |
6 | Charles Trudeau | May 24, 1812 | October 8, 1812 | Acting | None | |
7 | Nicholas Girod[2] | October 8, 1812 | November 5, 1812 | Partial | Democratic-Republican | |
8 | François Dorgenois | November 6, 1812 | December 4, 1812 | Acting | Democratic-Republican | |
(7) | Nicholas Girod | December 5, 1812 | September 4, 1815 | 1 1⁄2 | Democratic-Republican | |
9 | Augustin de Macarty | September 4, 1815 | May 13, 1820 | 2 | Democratic-Republican | |
10 | Louis Philippe de Roffignac | May 14, 1820 | May 10, 1828 | 4 | Democratic-Republican | |
11 | Denis Prieur | May 12, 1828 | April 9, 1838 | 6 | Democratic | |
12 | Paul Bertus | April 10, 1838 | May 12, 1838 | Acting | None | |
13 | Charles Genois | May 12, 1838 | May 10, 1840 | 1 | Whig[3] | |
14 | William Freret | May 11, 1840 | April 4, 1842 | 1 | Native American[4] | |
(11) | Denis Prieur | April 4, 1842 | February 7, 1843 | 1⁄2 | Democratic | |
(12) | Paul Bertus | February 7, 1843 | February 26, 1843 | Acting | None | |
(14) | William Freret | February 27, 1843 | May 12, 1844 | Partial | Whig | |
15 | Joseph Montegut | May 13, 1844 | April 5, 1846 | 1 | Democratic | |
16 | Abdiel Crossman | May 11, 1846 | March 26, 1854 | 4 | Whig | |
17 | John L. Lewis | April 10, 1854 | June 17, 1856 | 1 | Democratic | |
18 | Charles M. Waterman | June 17, 1856 | June 3, 1858 | 1 | American | |
19 | Henry M. Summers[5] | June 5, 1858 | June 21, 1858 | Partial | American | |
20 | Gerald Stith | June 21, 1858 | June 18, 1860 | 1 | American | |
21 | John T. Monroe | June 18, 1860 | May 16, 1862 | 1 | Constitutional Union | |
Acting military mayors during American Civil War and Reconstruction era | ||||||
— | George Foster Shepley | May 20, 1862 | July 11, 1862 | — | ||
Jonas H. French | August 6, 1862 | August 20, 1862 | ||||
Godfrey Weitzel | August 21, 1862 | September 30, 1862 | ||||
(21) | John T. Monroe | October 2, 1862 | January 30, 1863 | Republican | ||
— | James F. Miller | January 30, 1862 | February 2, 1864 | |||
Stephen Hoyt | February 9, 1864 | March 21, 1865 | ||||
Hugh Kennedy | March 21, 1865 | May 5, 1865 | ||||
Samuel Miller Quincy | May 5, 1865 | June 8, 1865 | ||||
Glendy Burke | June 8, 1865 | June 28, 1865 | ||||
Hugh Kennedy | June 28, 1865 | March 18, 1866 | ||||
J. A. D. Rozier | March 19, 1866 | March 20, 1866 | ||||
George Clark | March 20, 1866 | May 11, 1866 | ||||
Office resumed following Reconstruction | ||||||
(21) | John T. Monroe | May 12, 1866 | March 27, 1867 | 1⁄2 | Democratic | |
22 | Edward Heath | March 28, 1867 | June 10, 1868 | 1⁄2 | Republican | |
23 | John R. Conway | June 10, 1868 | April 4, 1870 | 1 | Democratic | |
24 | Benjamin Flanders | April 4, 1870 | November 29, 1872 | 1 | Republican | |
25 | Louis A. Wiltz | November 30, 1872 | November 30, 1874 | 1 | Democratic | |
26 | Charles J. Leeds | November 30, 1874 | December 19, 1876 | 1 | Democratic | |
27 | Edward Pilsbury | December 19, 1876 | November 18, 1878 | 1 | Democratic | |
28 | Isaac W. Patton | November 18, 1878 | December 16, 1880 | 1 | Democratic | |
29 | Joseph A. Shakspeare | December 16, 1880 | November 20, 1882 | 1 | Democratic | |
30 | William J. Behan | November 20, 1882 | April 28, 1884 | 1 | Democratic | |
31 | Joseph V. Guillotte | April 29, 1884 | April 23, 1888 | 2 | Democratic | |
(29) | Joseph A. Shakspeare | April 23, 1888 | April 25, 1892 | 2 | Democratic | |
32 | John Fitzpatrick | April 25, 1892 | April 27, 1896 | 2 | Democratic | |
33 | Walter C. Flower | April 27, 1896 | May 7, 1900 | 2 | Democratic | |
34 | Paul Capdevielle | May 7, 1900 | December 5, 1904 | 2 | Democratic | |
35 | Martin Behrman | December 5, 1904 | December 6, 1920 | 3 | Democratic | |
36 | Andrew J. McShane | December 6, 1920 | May 4, 1925 | 2 | Democratic | |
(35) | Martin Behrman † | May 4, 1925 | January 12, 1926 | 1 | Democratic | |
37 | Arthur J. O'Keefe | January 12, 1926 | July 15, 1929 | 1 | Democratic | |
38 | Thomas S. Walmsley | July 15, 1929 | June 30, 1936 | 3 1⁄2 | Democratic | |
39 | Albert M. Pratt | June 30, 1936 | July 15, 1936 | Acting | Democratic | |
40 | Fred A. Earhart | July 15, 1936 | July 15, 1936 | Acting | Democratic | |
41 | Jesse S. Cave | July 15, 1936 | August 17, 1936 | Acting | Democratic | |
42 | Robert Maestri | August 18, 1936 | April 4, 1946 | 4 | Democratic | |
43 | Chep Morrison | April 4, 1946 | July 17, 1961 | 3 | Democratic | |
44 | Victor H. Schiro | July 17, 1961 | May 2, 1970 | 2 | Democratic | |
45 | Maurice Landrieu | May 2, 1970 | May 1, 1978 | 2 | Democratic | |
46 | Ernest N. Morial | May 1, 1978 | May 5, 1986 | 2 | Democratic | |
47 | Sidney Barthelemy | May 5, 1986 | May 2, 1994 | 2 | Democratic | |
48 | Marc Morial | May 2, 1994 | May 6, 2002 | 2 | Democratic | |
49 | Ray Nagin | May 6, 2002 | May 3, 2010 | 2 | Democratic | |
50 | Mitch Landrieu | May 3, 2010 | May 7, 2018 | 2 | Democratic | |
51 | LaToya Cantrell | May 7, 2018 | Incumbent | — | Democratic |
Further reading
[edit]- "Administrations of the Mayors of New Orleans, 1803-1936" by E. D. Friedrichs, Archives of the City of New Orleans
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ http://media.nola.com/news_impact/other/nola-city-salaries-051510.pdf [dead link]
- ^ Girod administration at New Orleans Public Library site, accessed 09 Sept 2015.
- ^ Genois administration at New Orleans Public Library site, accessed 09 Sept 2015.
- ^ John Kendall's History of New Orleans, 1922, Chapter IX, accessed 22 Nov 2015.
- ^ Thomas Watkins Campbell, Manual of the city of New Orleans, comprising city charter of 1896, New Orleans, Louisiana City Council
- Cahoon, Benjamin M. "Mayors of U.S. Cities M-W". Retrieved 2008-01-21.
- Kestenbaum, Lawrence. "The Political Graveyard: Mayors of New Orleans, Louisiana". Retrieved 2008-01-21.