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.
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| 56
| 1978–1982
| Jim McConn
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| Republican
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| 55
| 1974–1978
| Fred Hofheinz
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| Democratic
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| 54
| 1964–1974
| Louie Welch
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| Republican
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| 53
| 1958–1964
| Lewis Cutrer
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| Democratic
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| 52
| 1956–1958
| Oscar F. Holcombe (5th)
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| Democratic
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| 51
| 1953–1956
| Roy Hofheinz
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| Democratic
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| 50
| 1947–1953
| Oscar F. Holcombe (4th)
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| Democratic
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| 49
| 1943–1947
| Otis Massey
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| Democratic
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| 48
| 1941–1943
| Neal Pickett
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| Democratic
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| 47
| 1939–1941
| Oscar F. Holcombe (3rd)
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| Democratic
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| 46
| 1937–1939
| Richard H. Fonville
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| 45
| 1933–1937
| Oscar F. Holcombe (2nd)
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| Democratic
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| 44
| 1929–1933
| Walter E. Monteith
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| Democratic
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| 43
| 1921–1929
| Oscar F. Holcombe
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| Democratic
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| 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
- Timeline of Houston