Mayors of San Francisco, 1850-2023(may beincomplete!)
JohnW. Geary 1850-51CharlesJames Brenham 1851StephenRandall Harris 1852CharlesJames Brenham 1852-53CorneliusKingsland Garrison 1853-54StephenP. Webb 1854-55JamesP. Van Ness 1855-56GeorgeJ. Whelan 1856EphraimWillard Burr 1856-59HenryFrederick Teschemacher 1859-63HenryPerrin Coon 1863-67FrankMcCoppin 1867-69ThomasHenry Selby 1869-71WilliamAlvord 1871-73JamesOtis 1873-75GeorgeHewston 1875AndrewJackson Bryant 1875-79IsaacS. Kalloch 1879-81MauriceC. Blake 1881-83WashingtonBartlett 1883-87EdwardB. Pond 1887-91GeorgeH. Sanderson 1891-93LeviRichard Ellert 1893-95AdolphSutro 1895-97JamesD. Phelan 1897-1902EugeneE. Schmitz 1902-07CharlesBoxton 1907EdwardRobeson Taylor 1907-10PatrickHenry McCarthy 1910-12JamesRolph, Jr. 1912-31AngeloJ. Rossi 1931-44RogerD. Lapham 1944-48ElmerE. Robinson 1948-56GeorgeChristopher 1956-64JohnF. Shelley 1964-68JosephL. Alioto 1968-76GeorgeMoscone 1976-78DianneFeinstein 1978-88ArtAgnos 1988-92FrankJordan 1992-96WillieL. Brown, Jr. 1996-2004GavinNewsom 2004-11EdLee 2011-17LondonN. Breed 2017-18MarkE. Farrell 2018LondonN. Breed 2018- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1875:AndrewJackson Bryant (Dem), elected. 1875 Oct 30:JamesOtis, died in office. 1877:AndrewJackson Bryant (Dem), elected. 1879 Sep 3:BrilsfordP. Flint (Rep), defeated. 1896 Nov 3:JamesD. Phelan (Dem & Citizens' Non-Partisan), elected;CharlesL. Taylor (Rep & Citizens Independent & United Labor), defeated;CharlesS. Laumeister (Citizens' Republican), defeated;JosephI. Dimond (Anti-Charter Democrat & People's), defeated;C.C. O'Donnell (Ind), defeated;OliverEverett (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1907:CharlesBoxton, resigned. 1939 Nov 7:AngeloJ. Rossi, elected;FranckR. Havenner, defeated;AdolphUhl, defeated;JamesB. McSheehy, defeated;AdolphE. Schmidt, defeated. 1947:ElmerE. Robinson, elected. 1951:GeorgeChristopher, defeated;ElmerE. Robinson, elected. 1955:FrankBarbaria, defeated. 1955 Nov 8:EarlDavid Brown, defeated. 1959 Nov 3:EarlDavid Brown, defeated. 1963 Nov 5:JohnF. Shelley, elected;HaroldDobbs, defeated;EdwardT. Mancuso, defeated. 1967 Nov 7:JosephL. Alioto, elected;HaroldDobbs, defeated;JackMorrison, defeated;RobertCharles Le Bugle, defeated;LloydKoreneff Downton, defeated;ClaudeW. Mitchell, defeated;CharlesD. Walker, defeated;RobertDavis, defeated;WilliamW. Billings, defeated;EarlDavid Brown, defeated;HerbertSteiner, defeated;GeorgeM. Del Secco, defeated;JerryPatrick Miller, defeated;GeorgeW. Looby, defeated;HaroldB. Hoogasian, defeated;WilhelmJoerres, defeated;BenMaxwell, defeated;SamuelKline, defeated. 1971 Nov 2:JosephL. Alioto, elected;HaroldDobbs, defeated;DianneFeinstein, defeated;FredSelinger, defeated;ScottNewhall, defeated;J.Tony Serra, defeated;NathanWeinstein, defeated;JohnC. Diamante, defeated;StanleyLee Cotton, defeated;JohnGardner Brent, defeated;JeffreyR. Chaskin, defeated. 1975 Nov 4:GeorgeMoscone, advanced to runoff;JohnJ. Barbagelata, advanced to runoff;DianneFeinstein, defeated;JohnA. Ertola, defeated;MiltonMarks, defeated;JohnC. Diamante, defeated;RolandSheppard, defeated;RayCunningham, defeated;Josie-LeeKuhlman, defeated;DonaldDonaldson, defeated;NicholasF. Benton, defeated. 1975 Dec 11:GeorgeMoscone, elected;JohnJ. Barbagelata, defeated. 1978 Nov 27:GeorgeMoscone, died in office. 1979 Nov 6:DianneFeinstein, advanced to runoff;QuentinL. Kopp, advanced to runoff;JelloBiafra, defeated;SylviaWeinstein, defeated;CesarAscarrunz, defeated;SteveL. Calitri, defeated;TiborUskert, defeated;JoeHughes, defeated;PatriciaDolbeare, defeated. 1979 Dec 11:DianneFeinstein, elected;QuentinL. Kopp, defeated. 1983 Nov 8:DianneFeinstein, elected;CesarAscarrunz, defeated;GloriaE. La Riva, defeated;PatWright, defeated;BrianLantz, defeated;CarrieDrake, defeated. 1987 Nov 3:ArtAgnos, advanced to runoff;JohnL. Molinari, advanced to runoff;RogerBoas, defeated;WarrenHinckle, defeated;CesarAscarrunz, defeated;WillDurst, defeated;MelissaEhman, defeated;PeterAnestos, defeated;JosephRyan, defeated;ScottD. Redmond, defeated. 1987 Dec 8:ArtAgnos, elected;JohnL. Molinari, defeated. 1991 Nov 5:FrankJordan, advanced to runoff;ArtAgnos, advanced to runoff;AngelaAlioto, defeated;TomHsieh, defeated;RichardD. Hongisto, defeated;GloriaE. La Riva, defeated;JoniJacobs, defeated;CesarAscarrunz, defeated;EllisKeyes, defeated;DehnertC. Queen, defeated;PeterPlanteen, defeated. 1991 Dec 10:FrankJordan, elected;ArtAgnos, defeated. 1995 Nov 7:WillieL. Brown, Jr., advanced to runoff;FrankJordan, advanced to runoff;RobertaAchtenberg, defeated;BenHom, defeated;AngelaAlioto, defeated;JoelVentresca, defeated;DanielJames Larkosh, defeated;EllisKeyes, defeated. 1995 Dec 12:WillieL. Brown, Jr., elected;FrankJordan, defeated. 1999 Nov 2:WillieL. Brown, Jr., advanced to runoff;TomAmmiano, advanced to runoff;FrankJordan, defeated;ClintReilly, defeated;MartinLee Eng, defeated;LucreciaBermudez, defeated;CesarAscarrunz, defeated;JimReid, defeated;JoelVentresca, defeated;DavidJ. Martz, defeated;MarkO'Hara, defeated;A.D. Wyatt Norton, defeated;MaxWood, defeated;WilliamFelzer, defeated;J.R. Manuel, defeated. 1999 Dec 14:WillieL. Brown, Jr., elected;TomAmmiano, defeated. 2003 Nov 4:GavinNewsom, advanced to runoff;MattGonzalez, advanced to runoff;AngelaAlioto, defeated;TomAmmiano, defeated;SusanLeal, defeated;TonyRibera, defeated;MichaelF. Denny, defeated;RogerE. Schulke, defeated;JimReid, defeated. 2003 Dec 9:GavinNewsom, elected;MattGonzalez, defeated. 2007 Nov 6:GavinNewsom, elected;QuintinMecke, defeated;HaroldM. Hoogasian, defeated;WilmaPang, defeated;AhimsaSumchai, defeated;Chicken John, defeated;LonnieHolmes, defeated;JoshWolf, defeated;GrasshopperKaplan, defeated;HaroldBrown, defeated;GeorgeDavis, defeated;MichaelPowers, defeated. 2011 Jan 10:GavinNewsom, resigned. 2011 Jan 11:EdLee, appointed. 2011 Nov 8:EdLee, elected;JohnAvalos, defeated;DennisJ. Herrera, defeated;DavidChiu, defeated;LelandY. Yee, defeated;JeffAdachi, defeated;BevanDufty, defeated;TonyHall, defeated;MichelaAlioto-Pier, defeated;JoannaRees, defeated;TerryBaum, defeated;PhilTing, defeated;CesarAscarrunz, defeated;WilmaPang, defeated;EmilLawrence, defeated;PaulCurrier, defeated. 2015 Nov 3:EdLee, elected;FranciscoHerrera, defeated;AmyFarah Weiss, defeated;StuartSchuffman, defeated;KentGraham, defeated;ReedMartin, defeated. 2017 Dec 12:EdLee, died in office. 2018 Jun 5:LondonN. Breed, elected;MarkLeno, defeated;JaneKim, defeated;AngelaAlioto, defeated;EllenLee Zhou, defeated;RichieGreenberg, defeated;AmyFarah Weiss, defeated;MichelleBravo, defeated. 2019 Nov 5:LondonN. Breed, elected;EllenLee Zhou, defeated;JoelVentresca, defeated;PaulY. Robertson, defeated;WilmaPang, defeated;RobertJordan, defeated.
Postmasters at San Francisco, 1849-1980(may beincomplete!)
JohnW. Geary 1849JacobB. Moore 1849-53ThomasJ. Henley 1853-54CharlesL. Weller 1854-61SamuelH. Parker 1861-64RichardF. Perkins 1864-68HollandSmith 1868-69JamesCoey 1869-70NapoleonB. Stone 1870-74JamesCoey 1874-82SamuelW. Backus 1882-86WilliamJ. Bryan 1886-90SamuelW. Backus 1890-94FrankMcCoppin 1894-97WilfredW. Montague 1897-1903ArthurG. Fisk 1903-13CharlesW. Fay 1913-21JamesE. Power 1922JamesE. Power 1922-27HarryL. Todd 1927-28HarryL. Todd 1928-33WilliamH. McCarthy 1933-34WilliamH. McCarthy 1934-48JohnF. Fixa 1948-49JohnF. Fixa 1949-65LimP. Lee 1966-67LimP. Lee 1967-80 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1897 May 26:FrankMcCoppin, died in office.
Collectors of Customs at San Francisco, 1849-1951(may beincomplete!)
JamesCollier 1849-51T.Butler King 1851-53BeverlyC. Saunders 1853RichardP. Hammond 1853-55MiltonS. Latham 1855-57B.F. Washington 1857-61IraP. Rankin 1861-63F.F. Low 1863WillardB. Farwell 1863CharlesJames 1863-65JohnF. Miller 1865-70TimothyG. Phelps 1870-72ThomasB. Shannon 1872-80EugeneL. Sullivan 1880-84W.H. Sears 1884-85JohnS. Hager 1885-89TimothyG. Phelps 1889-92JohnH. Wise 1892-97JohnP. Jackson 1897-1900StanleyJackson 1900FrederickS. Stratton 1900-13J.O. Davis 1913-19WilliamB. Hamilton as of 1921-32CharlesO. Dunbar as of 1933-38PaulR. Leake as of 1941-51
Surveyors of Customs at San Francisco, 1877-1927(may beincomplete!)
PaulMorrill 1877-79JohnM. Morton as of 1881ParisKilburn as of 1891JosephS. Spear, Jr. as of 1899-1905EdwardF. Woodward as of 1907-09DuncanE. McKinlay 1911JustusS. Wardell as of 1913-15JohnS. Irby 1917-21JohnT. Stone as of 1927
U.S. Collectors of Internal Revenue at San Francisco,1867-1952(may be incomplete!)
FrankSoule as of 1867WilliamHigby 1876-79JohnC. Quinn as of 1891JohnC. Lynch as of 1905-07AugustE. Muenter as of 1909-11JosephJ. Scott as of 1913-15JustusS. Wardell as of 1917-19JohnP. McLaughlin 1921-32JohnV. Lewis 1933-37CliffordC. Anglim 1938-41RichardNickell 1942HaroldA. Berliner 1943-44RichardNickell 1945JamesG. Smyth 1946-51GlenT. Jamison 1952 | |
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