Mayors of Los Angeles, 1850-2020(may beincomplete!)
AlpheusP. Hodges 1850-51BenjaminD. Wilson 1851-52JohnG. Nichols 1852-53AntonioF. Coronel 1853-54StephenC. Foster 1854-55StephenC. Foster 1855ThomasFoster 1855-56StephenC. Foster 1856ManuelRequena 1856JohnG. Nichols 1856-59DamienMarchessault 1859-60HenryMellus 1860WilliamWoodworth 1860-61DamienMarchessault 1861-65JosephMascarel 1865-66CristóbalAguilar 1866-67DamienMarchessault 1867CristóbalAguilar 1867-68JoelTurner 1868-70CristóbalAguilar 1870-72JamesR. Toberman 1872-74PrudentBeaudry 1874-76FrederickA. MacDougal 1876-78BernardCohn 1878JamesR. Toberman 1878-82CameronE. Thom 1882-84EdwardF. Spence 1884-86WilliamH. Workman 1886-88JohnBryson 1888-89HenryT. Hazard 1889-92WilliamH. Bonsall 1892ThomasE. Rowan 1892-94FrankRader 1894-96MeredithP. Snyder 1896-98FrederickS. Eaton 1898-1900MeredithP. Snyder 1900-04OwenC. McAleer 1904-06ArthurC. Harper 1906-09WilliamD. Stephens 1909GeorgeAlexander 1909-13HenryR. Rose 1913-15CharlesE. Sebastian 1915-16FredericT. Woodman 1916-19MeredithP. Snyder 1919-21GeorgeE. Cryer 1921-29JohnC. Porter 1929-33FrankL. Shaw 1933-38FletcherBowron 1938-53C.Norris Poulson 1953-61SamuelW. Yorty 1961-73TomBradley 1973-93RichardJ. Riordan 1993-2001JamesK. Hahn 2001-05AntonioR. Villaraigosa 2005-13EricGarcetti 2013- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1860 Dec 26:HenryMellus, died in office. 1878 Nov 16:FrederickA. MacDougal, died in office. 1898:MeredithP. Snyder, defeated. 1904:MeredithP. Snyder, defeated. 1909 Mar 11:ArthurC. Harper, resigned. 1911:JobHarriman (Socialist), defeated. 1913:JobHarriman (Socialist), defeated. 1915 May 4:CharlesE. Sebastian, nominated;FrederickJ. Whiffen, nominated;RobertM. Allen, defeated in primary;RalphL. Criswell, defeated in primary;D.C. 'Tip' Casselman, defeated in primary;H.S. McCallum, defeated in primary. 1915 Jun 1:CharlesE. Sebastian, elected;FrederickJ. Whiffen, defeated. 1916 Sep 2:CharlesE. Sebastian, resigned. 1917 May 1:FredericT. Woodman, elected;MeredithP. Snyder, defeated;HenryH. Roser, defeated;CharlesE. Sebastian, defeated. 1919 May 6:MeredithP. Snyder, nominated;FredericT. Woodman, nominated;SylvesterL. Weaver, defeated in primary;GesnerWilliams, defeated in primary;IreneM. Smith, defeated in primary;HenryE. Small, defeated in primary. 1919 Jun 3:MeredithP. Snyder, elected;FredericT. Woodman, defeated. 1921 May 3:MeredithP. Snyder, nominated;GeorgeE. Cryer, nominated;BoyleWorkman, defeated in primary;WilliamL. Smith, defeated in primary;AlfredA. Wright, defeated in primary;HaydenMorgan, defeated in primary. 1921 Jun 7:GeorgeE. Cryer, elected;MeredithP. Snyder, defeated. 1923 May 1:GeorgeE. Cryer, elected;BertL. Farmer, defeated;EdwardE. Moore, defeated;E.H. Hancock, defeated;RalphL. Knapp, defeated. 1925 May 5:GeorgeE. Cryer, elected;BenjaminF. Bledsoe, defeated;MilesS. Gregory, defeated;EdgarMcKee, defeated;G.J. Rindler, defeated;RalphL. Knapp, defeated. 1929 May 7:JohnC. Porter, nominated;WilliamG. Bonelli, nominated;JohnR. Quinn, defeated in primary;PerryH. Greer, defeated in primary;WilliamLa Plante, defeated in primary;CharlesJ. Colden, defeated in primary;CarlinG. Smith, defeated in primary;NicholasB. Harris, defeated in primary;LloydS. Nix, defeated in primary;BoyleWorkman, defeated in primary;CharlesHopper, defeated in primary;RalphL. Knapp, defeated in primary;AdamC. Derkum, defeated in primary;DavidHorsley, defeated in primary. 1929 Jun 4:JohnC. Porter, elected;WilliamG. Bonelli, defeated. 1932 May 3:JohnC. Porter, won against attempted recall;CharlesW. Dempster, defeated;WilliamG. Bonelli, defeated;D.Joseph Coyne, defeated;WilliamBusick, defeated;JamesM. Hyde, defeated;EdwardA. Sandler, defeated;LyndonR. Foster, defeated;NathanielH. Barragar, defeated;GeorgeE. Friend, defeated. 1933 May 2:FrankL. Shaw, nominated;JohnC. Porter, nominated;GeorgeE. Cryer, defeated in primary;CharlesW. Dempster, defeated in primary;CharlesS. Hutson, defeated in primary;FrankC. Shoemaker, defeated in primary;ChaimShapiro, defeated in primary;MartinC. Neuner, defeated in primary;GeorgeH. McLain, defeated in primary;LawrenceRoss, defeated in primary. 1933 Jun 6:FrankL. Shaw, elected;JohnC. Porter, defeated. 1937 Apr 6:FrankL. Shaw, nominated;JohnAnson Ford, nominated;GordonL. McDonough, defeated in primary;CarlB. Wirsching, defeated in primary;AndraeNordskog, defeated in primary;FrankC. Shoemaker, defeated in primary. 1937 May 4:FrankL. Shaw, elected;JohnAnson Ford, defeated. 1938 Sep 16:FrankL. Shaw, recalled;FletcherBowron, elected;FrankL. Shaw, defeated;AlonzoJehiel Riggs, defeated;AlbertF. Osterloh, defeated. 1941 Apr 1:FletcherBowron, nominated;StephenW. Cunningham, nominated;CharlesKramer, defeated in primary;JohnC. Porter, defeated in primary;FrankL. Shaw, defeated in primary;CharlesJ. Husband, defeated in primary;AngieRossitto, defeated in primary;JosephH. Thayer, defeated in primary. 1941 May 6:FletcherBowron, elected;StephenW. Cunningham, defeated. 1945 Apr 3:FletcherBowron, elected;CliffordE. Clinton, defeated;RogerW. Jessup, defeated;IraJ. McDonald, defeated;AnthonyP. Entenza, defeated;SamuelW. Yorty, defeated;OliverK. Jones, defeated;DoloresGunn, defeated;FredDyster, defeated;JamesL. Hill, defeated;MyraTanner Weiss, defeated;LelandE. Zeman, defeated;GeorgeR. Martin, defeated;HarveyMosteller, defeated. 1949 Apr 5:FletcherBowron, nominated;LloydAldrich, nominated;EllisE. Patterson, defeated in primary;JackB. Tenney, defeated in primary;OlinE. Darby, defeated in primary;WilliamN. Attaway, defeated in primary;JosephE. Shaw, defeated in primary;MyraTanner Weiss, defeated in primary;JosephH. Thayer, defeated in primary. 1949 May 31:FletcherBowron, elected;LloydAldrich, defeated. 1950 Nov 7:FletcherBowron, won against attempted recall;LloydAldrich, defeated;RobertW. Kenny, defeated;DeanE. McHenry, defeated;JamesL. Cole, defeated;RussellE. Parsons, defeated;GeorgeR. Hubbard, defeated;AlMatthews, defeated. 1953 Apr 7:C.Norris Poulson, nominated;FletcherBowron, nominated;LloydAldrich, defeated in primary;PaulBurke, defeated in primary;MyraTanner Weiss, defeated in primary. 1953 May 26:C.Norris Poulson, elected;FletcherBowron, defeated. 1957 Apr 2:C.Norris Poulson, elected;RobertYeakel, defeated;JohnM. Ennis, defeated;WilliamCarpenter, defeated;ErrollBanks, defeated. 1961 Apr 4:C.Norris Poulson, nominated;SamuelW. Yorty, nominated;PatrickD. McGee, defeated in primary;RobertC. Ronstadt, defeated in primary;HowardM. Kessler, defeated in primary;WilliamCarpenter, defeated in primary;M.Garet Miller, defeated in primary;OscarG. Coover, defeated in primary;WallaceJ. Lauria, defeated in primary. 1961 May 31:SamuelW. Yorty, elected;C.Norris Poulson, defeated. 1965 Apr 6:SamuelW. Yorty, elected;JamesRoosevelt, defeated;PatrickD. McGee, defeated;JamesA. Ware, defeated;JamesF. Bolger, defeated;SocratesChrisoheris, defeated;JosephW. Hawthorne, defeated;OscarG. Coover, defeated. 1969:AlphonzoBell, defeated;BaxterWard, defeated;TomBradley, defeated. 1969 Apr 1:SaxonCameron Elliott, defeated in primary;EileenAnderson, defeated in primary. 1973 Apr 3:TomBradley, nominated;SamuelW. Yorty, nominated;JesseM. Unruh, defeated in primary;TomReddin, defeated in primary;JoelWachs, defeated in primary;BobDornan, defeated in primary;OlgaL. Rodriguez, defeated in primary;RayBagley, defeated in primary;EileenAnderson, defeated in primary;MalbourL. Watson, defeated in primary;WalterR. Buchanan, defeated in primary;LeonardOrr, defeated in primary;JamesA. Ware, defeated in primary. 1973 May 20:TomBradley, elected;SamuelW. Yorty, defeated. 1981:SamuelW. Yorty, defeated. 1981 Apr 7:JamesA. Ware, defeated;EileenAnderson, defeated. 1985:JohnFerraro, defeated. 1985 Apr 9:WalterR. Buchanan, defeated;EileenAnderson, defeated. 1989 Apr 11:EileenAnderson, defeated. 1993:MichaelK. Woo, defeated;ErnaniBernardi, defeated. 1993 Apr 20:JulianNava, defeated in primary;EileenAnderson, defeated in primary. 2001 Apr 10:JamesK. Hahn, nominated;AddieMae Miller, defeated in primary. 2001 Jun 5:AntonioR. Villaraigosa, defeated;JamesK. Hahn, elected. 2005 Mar 8:AntonioR. Villaraigosa, nominated;JamesK. Hahn, nominated;RobertM. Hertzberg, defeated in primary;BernardC. Parks, defeated in primary;RichardA. Alarcón, defeated in primary;WalterMoore, defeated in primary;WendyLyons, defeated in primary;AddieMae Miller, defeated in primary;MartinLuther King Aubrey, Sr., defeated in primary;WilliamJ. Wyatt, defeated in primary;BruceHarry Darian, defeated in primary;TedCrisell, defeated in primary. 2005 May 17:AntonioR. Villaraigosa, elected;JamesK. Hahn, defeated. 2009 Mar 3:AntonioR. Villaraigosa, elected;WalterMoore, defeated;GordonTurner, defeated;DavidSaltsburg, defeated;BruceHarry Darian, defeated;DavidHernandez, defeated;CraigX. Rubin, defeated;CarlosAlvarez, defeated;JamesHarris, defeated;PhilJennerjahn, defeated. 2013 Mar 5:EricGarcetti, nominated;WendyGreuel, nominated;KevinJames, defeated in primary;JanPerry, defeated in primary;EmanuelPleitez, defeated in primary;NortonSandler, defeated in primary;AddieMae Miller, defeated in primary;YehudaDraiman, defeated in primary. 2013 May 21:EricGarcetti, elected;WendyGreuel, defeated.
Postmasters at Los Angeles, 1850-1969(may beincomplete!)
J.Pugh 1850-51WilliamT. B. Sanford 1851-53WilliamB. Osborn 1853-55JamesS. Waite 1855-58JohnD. Woodworth 1858-60ThomasJ. White 1860-61WilliamG. Still 1861-64FranciscoP. Ramirez 1864-65RussellSackett 1865-66GeorgeJ. Clarke 1866-73H.K. W. Bent 1873-77IsaacR. Dunkelberger 1877-85JohnW. Green 1885-87EdwardA. Preuss 1887-90JohnW. Green 1890-92HenryV. Van Dusen 1892-95JohnR. Mathews 1895-1900LewisA. Groff 1900-04MotleyH. Flint 1904-10WilliamH. Harrison 1910-14HarringtonBrown 1914-21PatrickP. O'Brien 1921-22PatrickP. O'Brien 1922-34HenryB. R. Briggs 1934-35HenryB. R. Briggs 1935-36MaryD. Briggs 1936-38MaryD. Briggs 1938-45MichaelD. Fanning 1945-46MichaelD. Fanning 1946-53NorvalN. Edwards 1953-54OttoK. Oleson 1954-55OttoK. Oleson 1955-63LeslieN. Shaw 1963-64LeslieN. Shaw 1964-69
(annexedto Los Angeles 1926)
Mayors of Venice, 1914(may be incomplete!)
E.A. Gerety as of 1914
Collectors of Customs at Los Angeles, 1891-1951(may beincomplete!)
StephenB. Moffitt as of 1891CorneliusW. Pendleton 1907-13JohnB. Elliott 1913-22LewisH. Schwaebe as of 1927HowardW. Seager as of 1932WilliamJ. Bryan, Jr. as of 1941-51
U.S. Collectors of Internal Revenue at Los Angeles, 1909-51(may be incomplete!)
ClaudeI. Parker as of 1909-11JohnP. Carter 1913-21RexB. Goodcell 1921-25GalenH. Welch 1926-32JohnP. Carter 1933-35EdgarM. Cohee 1935NatRogan 1935-43HarryC. Westover 1943-49RobertA. Riddell 1950-51 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1935 Apr 25:JohnP. Carter, died in office. 1943 Jun 30:NatRogan, resigned.
Collectors of Customs at Wilmington, 1890-94(may beincomplete!)
HenryZ. Osborne 1890-94 | |
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