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Mayor of Dallas
Incumbent
Mike Rawlings
since 2011
StyleThe Honorable
Term lengthNone
Inaugural holderDr. Samuel B. Pryor
1856
FormationDallas City Charter

The Mayor of the City of Dallas is the head of government for the city. The current holder of the office is Mike Rawlings, who was re-elected in the Dallas municipal election, 2015.

History

The Office of Mayor was created with the formation of the Dallas City Charter in 1856, also providing for the mayor six aldermen, a treasurer, recorder and a constable. In the charter, it was stated that each office would be elected for a term of one year. In the reorganization of 1876, the mayor was elected to the office for a term of two years.

The office was first elected in the election of 1856, in which Dr. Samuel B. Pryor defeated A. D. Rice for the position.

List

This is the list of people who have held the office of Mayor.

# Mayor Term start Term end Terms   Party
1 Dr. Samuel B. Pryor 1856 1857 1 bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| None
2 John McClannahan Crockett 1857 1858 1 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
3 Isaac Naylor 1858 1858 1 bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| None
4 A. D. Rice 1858 1859 1 bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| None
5 John M. Crockett (Second term) 1859 1861 1 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
6 J. L. Smith 1861 1861 1 bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| None
7 Thos. E. Sherwood 1861 1862 1 bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| None
- No Mayor due to American Civil War and the military governor. 1862 1865 None None
8 John M. Crockett (Third term) 1865 1866 1 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
9 John W. Lane 1866 1866 1 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
10 George W. Guess 1866 1868 1 bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| None
11 Benjamin Long 1868 1870 1 bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| None
12 Henry Ervay 1870 1872 1 bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| None
13 Benjamin Long (Second term) 1872 1874 1 bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| None
14 William Lewis Cabell 1874 1876 1 bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| None
15 John D. Kerfoot 1876 1877 ½ bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| None
16 William Lewis Cabell (Second term) 1877 1879 1 bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| None
17 J. M. Thurmond 1879 1880 1 bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| None
18 J. J. Good 1880 1881 ½ bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
19 J. W. Crowdus 1881 1883 1 bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| None
20 William Lewis Cabell (Third term) 1883 1885 1 bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| None
21 John Henry Brown 1885 1887 1 bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| None
22 Winship C. Connor 1887 1894 3 bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| None
23 Bryan T. Barry 1894 1895 ½ bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| None
24 F. P. Holland 1895 1897 1 bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| None
25 Bryan T. Barry (Second term) 1897 1898 1 bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| None
26 John H. Traylor 1898 1900 2 bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| None
27 Ben E. Cabell 1900 1904 4 bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| None
28 Bryan T. Barry (Third term) 1904 1906 2 bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| None
29 Curtis P. Smith 1906 1907 1 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
30 Stephen J. Hay 1907 1911 2 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
31 W. M. Holland 1911 1915 2 bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| None
32 Henry D. Lindsley 1915 1917 1 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
33 Joe E. Lawther 1917 1919 1 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
34 Frank W. Wozencraft 1919 1921 1 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
35 Sawnie R. Aldredge 1921 1923 1 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
36 Louis Blaylock 1923 1927 2 bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| None
37 R. E. Burt 1927 1929 1 bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| None
38 J. Waddy Tate 1929 1931 1 bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| None
39 Tom Bradford 1931 1932 ½ bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| None
40 Charles E. Turner 1932 1935 1½ bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
41 George Sergeant 1935 1937 1 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
42 George Sprague 1937 1939 1 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
43 Woodall Rodgers 1939 1947 4 bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| None
44 J. R. Temple 1947 1949 1 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
45 Wallace H. Savage 1949 1951 1 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
46 Jean Baptiste Adoue 1951 1953 1 bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| None
47 Robert L. Thornton 1953 1961 4 bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| None
48 Earle Cabell 1961 1964 1½ bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
49 J. Erik Jonsson 1964 1971 3½ bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| None
50 Wes Wise 1971 1976 2½ bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| None
Acting Adlene Harrison 1976 1976 less than 1 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
51 Robert Folsom 1976 1981 2½ bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| None
52 Jack Wilson Evans 1981 1983 1 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Republican
53 Starke Taylor 1983 1987 2 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Republican
54 Annette Strauss 1987 1991 2 bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| None
55 Steve Bartlett 1991 1995 2 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Republican
56 Ron Kirk 1995 2002 3½ bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
57 Laura Miller 2002 2007 2½ bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
58 Tom Leppert 2007 2011 2 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Republican
Acting Dwaine Caraway 2011 2011 less than 1 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
59 Mike Rawlings 2011 incumbent 3+ bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic


See also

Notes

  1. Term legnths changed many times during the multiple reorganizations of the Dallas City Charter.

References

  1. "01Chartr (1).pdf" (PDF). City of Dallas. p. 5.
  2. "01Chartr (1).pdf" (PDF). City of Dallas. p. 6.
  3. "ElectMasterList.pdf" (PDF). City of Dallas. p. 5.
  4. "01Chartr (1).pdf" (PDF). City of Dallas. p. 6.

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